Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 256 Transmigration? A World of Large-Scale Conglomerates?
The word "crossing".

It's not unfamiliar to the various street literature on Earth.

In fact, because of the existence of real games, even if such a thing really happened, it wouldn't seem like a big deal.

But Chenghua didn't want to time travel!

Because Blue Star has now entered the extraordinary era, and Cheng Hua himself, as a member of the younger generation, already possesses the strength to enter the next level as soon as he came of age.

Even if his academic performance in high school was not ideal, with his extraordinary talent, it should be easy for him to get into a university that focuses on extraordinary individuals.

The students were envious, and the teachers and parents had high expectations.

Reaching the pinnacle of life is just around the corner.

He even overheard his teacher subtly mentioning that if he could consistently excel during his time at the Extraordinary University, even if he still didn't manage to secure a player qualification for the real game, there was a high probability that he would be extradited by the Human Alliance to the empire created by the 'Chief' Dragon God!
Once extradited into the Star Empire.

Without a doubt, that was the true meaning of "when one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

After all, the Star Empire is vastly different from Earth in terms of both technology and the number of superhumans.

At least, on numerous video websites on Earth, videos posted by players from the Star Empire are readily available.

Explore the stars and conquer different civilizations!
Just thinking about it is enough to get people excited!

Compared to the Star Empire, in Earth's own words, Earth is a retirement home.

It is also a talent pool for the Star Empire!

Therefore, all of humanity on Earth yearns for everything about the Star Empire.

Not to mention Chenghua, who has just come of age!
It's a pity that good luck makes people.

Cheng Hua had just turned 18 and was full of confidence, actively preparing to take the entrance exam for the University of the Extraordinary.

As it turned out, it happened just one week before the exam.

Cheng Hua had just closed his eyes to sleep, but when he opened them again the next second, he was devastated!
"I've been transported to another world!!!"

"My life had such a great start? And you sent me to time travel?!"

Cheng Hua looked with difficulty at the sky, which was filled with black smog.

Looking at his own simple, low-class attire, he felt somewhat lost and dejected.

Chenghua was devastated.

But since things have come to this, he must pull himself together!

It took Chenghua about ten minutes to quickly sort out the memories in his mind about the other Chenghua.

However, the more he knew, the less he could keep his composure.

"What kind of cyberpunk world is this?"

"This is fucking terrifying!"

Cheng Hua's face looked unusually pale beneath the gas mask.

This world is very similar to Earth!
Both are human-dominated civilizations.

Similar development trajectories.

However, unlike Earth, the Industrial Revolution occurred much earlier in this world.

Around 1700 AD, the world's level of development was already comparable to that of Earth in the early 20th century.

But at this point, a turning point also appeared!
Because of the lack of regulation of capital, and because capital controls almost all the means of production in the world, the world's environment has deteriorated at an incredibly rapid pace.

The negative consequences that had accumulated since the Industrial Revolution reached their peak in 1823.

The current world environment has completely collapsed!
Vast amounts of rainforest have been leveled, and numerous rivers and groundwater have been polluted by industrial wastewater.

Finally, the world's primary industry (agriculture) collapsed!
The sky is often shrouded in black fog, making it almost impossible to see the sun.

Due to insufficient sunlight, the plants withered and died rapidly, and at the same time, the number of birds and insects also decreased rapidly.

Meanwhile, because the entire planet is shrouded in dense fog containing harmful substances, ordinary people cannot go outside without wearing gas masks.

Therefore, the countries on the land of 'Azure Star' quickly disintegrated.

At this point, capital becomes even more obsessed and unscrupulous.

Countries were quickly controlled by different large, diversified corporations.

These companies, driven by their own interests, have altered laws and controlled citizens, becoming de facto rulers in different regions of the world.

As the rulers, these large conglomerates naturally have to consider their own survival environment.

Thus, by spending huge sums of money and all available human and material resources, eco-cities were quickly built.

An eco-city is something like being enveloped in an energy shield.

The people living in eco-cities are naturally the management and employees of large conglomerates, including their families and relatives.

In short, based on Chenghua's current memories and understanding.

Each eco-city is similar to a country.

The working-class neighborhoods are built close to eco-cities, and are also a byproduct of these eco-cities and a source of cheap labor.

And what about Chenghua?

Currently, I am just an employee with a primary school education, working for a small subsidiary of the company 'Juqing Technology'.

His job was not complicated; he worked as a team leader in a nutrient solution preparation workshop, working alongside ordinary workers.

The work is relatively easy, but the duration is terrifying!

Almost every day, Chenghua's predecessor had to work 12 hours a day. In fact, if he didn't work 4 hours of overtime with ordinary workers every day, he might lose his position as team leader.

Chenghua's predecessor was able to become the group leader entirely because he had a primary school education.

In fact, his primary school education is quite valuable in this world.

To paraphrase a subsidiary manager, as long as he works at the grassroots level in the nutrient solution workshop for ten years, he is guaranteed a position in real management.

That is, the workshop supervisor.

In this way, his working hours can be freed up, meaning he can enjoy the same eight-hour workday as in his previous life.

But there is definitely no such thing as a two-day weekend!

In this cruel world, this pie in the sky looks very appealing and very big.

But it really is a real pie.

Because, in Chenghua's memory.

His primary school education is really valuable in this world!
Because, since the collapse of the global environment, all power has been controlled by large corporations.

Compulsory education was then abolished.

The company's stated slogan is "to curb public spending."

But in reality, it is the wealthy class that deprives the poor class of their ability to think.

For the wealthy, the poor are worker bees working for them, requiring them to know nothing, think nothing, and simply be cogs in the machine.

Therefore, going to school, or even finishing primary school, is a huge burden for an ordinary person, even if the cost is bearable.

However, in order to ensure that their children could have decent jobs, Chenghua's parents died one after another from overwork!

Parents' hearts are truly full of love and worry for their children!
Fortunately.

Chenghua's primary school education is indeed somewhat useful; at least in this world, he can make a living without much trouble.

Chenghua, who graduated from primary school at the age of twelve, was already working at a nutritional supplement company.

Now, he has worked for eight years, which means he is twenty years old.

During those eight years, although his parents passed away one after another, Chenghua was able to pay off the money he borrowed to go to school two years ago with his own income.

All we need to do now is endure for another two years.

If Chenghua can succeed to the position of workshop supervisor, then he can live a relatively easier life.

It must be said that companies in this world haven't reached the absolute bottom line of being unscrupulous.

But actually, there's not much difference.

After all, ordinary people like Cheng Hua, who are able to finish primary school, are a tiny minority on the outskirts of the giant tech company's ecosystem.

It's also thanks to the fact that Chenghua's parents both had relatively stable jobs before.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have died from overwork like his parents, but would most likely have died like the homeless children who occasionally starve to death on the streets, with no one to bury him.

"This fucking world."

"That's utter nonsense. How could a planet be polluted like this?"

"Even a nuclear war couldn't be more extreme than this, could it?"

At this moment, Chenghua slowly stood up.

Late at night, under the dim streetlights on both sides of the street, Chenghua saw a few people gathered in twos and threes, who were as thin as skin and bones.

These guys were either deformed or hunched over; none of them were any good.

The moment Cheng Hua's predecessor collapsed and died suddenly, these guys, some crawling and some hunched over, all rushed toward him with their eyes glowing green.

But the moment Cheng Hua woke up and stood up, the eyes of these guys, which had been glowing with emerald light, suddenly lost their luster.

These guys were muttering silent curses like they'd lost their parents. Judging from their lip movements, Chenghua knew they were cursing him for not dying instantly!
"Depend on!"

Chenghua was also furious.

If it weren't for the fact that these guys looked like zombies, he would have wanted to run over and beat them up to vent his anger on time travel.

But these guys look like skin and bones that could be blown away by a gust of wind.

Seeing that he couldn't even stand up properly, he softened and gave up.

These guys are already miserable enough; he really didn't need to do this.

Unemployed civilians are perfectly normal in this world.

The number of homeless people is even greater.

These creatures are outdoors without protective masks or even enough clean food, so their lifespans are actually quite short.

Most people are lucky to live past thirty.

What about the issue of crimes committed by homeless people?
At least on the outskirts of the eco-city cluster, few people dare to act recklessly.

After all, at that moment, Cheng Hua also saw a small unmanned drone patrolling overhead, with a gun mounted on its belly, just flying over this area.

Furthermore, Cheng Hua is, after all, an employee of a subsidiary of Jubei Technology, and a minor manager.

He still had a cell phone in his arms at that moment.

As long as he dials the emergency number, none of the homeless men who dared to act recklessly will survive.

This is truly a 'magical' world.

After Chenghua understood the situation, he stopped talking and started walking home according to the route he remembered.

As a company employee.

Chenghua lives in a relatively peaceful residential area.

The living conditions in the residential areas here are actually similar to those in the resettlement housing communities on Blue Star.

The entire residential complex consists of eight-story flat-roofed buildings with no elevators, only staircases.

Upon entering the residential area, the dilapidated gate was almost unguarded, and there were hardly any people to be seen downstairs.

Even if there were people, they were all just off work, two or three people with panda eyes, heading home listlessly.

As for chatting?

What kind of extravagant behavior is that?

You'd be better off sleeping a little longer.

Moreover, most people who leave work at midnight are actually considered junior management employees in the company.

Because the normal working hours for ordinary employees are 14 hours a day, plus 4 hours of mandatory overtime.

In short, under such intense exploitation...

Most people in this world are very indifferent and selfish!

Interpersonal communication is almost non-existent.

As for gangs and the like!

That doesn't exist near metropolitan areas!

Because businesses will step in to eliminate all these destabilizing factors.

There is a black market, but it's very small-scale, and machine production lines aren't even allowed.

However, no matter what, the black market still exists.

After all, for the unemployed and homeless, the mushy food like cockroaches sold on the black market is still quite popular.

However, no employee with a job would eat these things.

After all, apart from the nutritional supplements produced from the pure materials provided by the ecosystem, everything in this world is polluted.

Eating black market products, besides filling your stomach, will only hasten your ascension to heaven.

In short, this world is terrible!

Feeling somewhat distraught, Chenghua quickly returned to his single room.

It has two living rooms and one bathroom, and it's fairly clean!

Close the door and lock it.

Then, Chenghua plopped down on the slightly worn sofa in the living room.

At this moment, he finally relaxed.

But it was just a relaxation.

"Goldfinger?"

"system?"

"A real game?"

"Brother Tongzi?"

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Chenghua, following the usual practice of time travelers, shouted out everything he could think of.

In the end, it was completely useless!

"It's over!"

"This is truly hopeless!"

Ultimately, Cheng Hua was just a high school graduate from Blue Star.

Although they have a much broader range of knowledge and have received an education that is incomparable to that of other humans in this world.

But no matter what, he's just a teenager.

This kind of high-intensity opening really put him on the defensive.

However, Chenghua still has one last lifeline!
Without a system or the help of real games, he tried meditation and breathing techniques!
Although he wasn't sure if magic existed in this world.

But we should at least give it a try.

After all, on Earth, children over ten years old begin to learn and practice breathing techniques and meditation.

Therefore, Chenghua was already familiar with this system.

"May the real game bless you!"

"May the Dragon God protect us!"

"May the SUPP headquarters bless us! It must succeed!"

Before meditating, Chenghua nervously offered a prayer, and then began to sit cross-legged.

And so, very quickly.

Chenghua immediately relaxed completely!
five minutes.

ten minutes.

fifteen minutes!

Finally, at a certain moment, it was as if his aptitude was awakening for the first time.

Chenghua, who was meditating with his eyes closed, finally 'saw' the extraordinary particles.

In the dark space, he saw some glazed gray particles.

These gray particles are very conspicuous, even highly active.

But unlike the colorful magic particles on Earth, the magic particles in this world are all gray.

Just like the sky outside, it was an unusually dark gray.

Chenghua sensed these extraordinary particles and was very excited.

Without much thought, he began to guide the first gray particle into his body, thus awakening his potential.

He succeeded!

Yes!

It was very successful, and this was likely due to his own powerful spirituality.

So, only one night passed.

He then felt a qualitative change in his body!
The qualitative change was perfect, because the moment he opened his eyes again...

He found himself inside his residence.

Five uninvited people had appeared without anyone noticing.

These people were wearing the 'guards' uniforms of a tech giant.

At this moment, they were staring at him with a mixture of envy and seriousness.

(End of this chapter)