Crossover in the Anime World

A nuclear war could start at any time. Everyone has their nuclear missiles displayed, looking as if they are ready to perish along with the rest of the world.

Everyone was very nervous, after all, the world could be destroyed by a nuclear war at any time. A large number of residents left the cities because they could easily become targets. Various facilities were moved from the cities to the countryside and to air-raid shelters.

There is no force that can convince everyone to provide a platform for peaceful negotiations. In particular, private companies do not need to consider international image at all, they only care about making money. Currently, all countries are strengthening their preparations for nuclear war, and Arasaka Corporation's nuclear radiation nanoworms are in short supply.

Of course, because of the war, some countries did not abide by the ethics of war and directly copied the patents, counterfeited the products of Arasaka Company, and built them directly by the military.

The company can only protest against such shameless copycat behavior. But when a nuclear war is about to start, who cares about your patents?

All along, the company believed that its technological advantage was due to its strong industrial capacity, not due to international patent laws. Even without patent laws, the company could still maintain its technological advantage and stay ahead. But now they realize that they were wrong. Once everyone ignores patent laws, the so-called advantages are not worth mentioning.

What is patent law? Patent law is the boundary of a fiefdom. After the boundaries of the land are divided, if my sheep go to your land to graze, it is crossing the boundary and is not allowed.

Patent means that if I apply for a patent, other people's sheep cannot enter. If they want to enter, they have to pay. Everything within the scope of the patent is mine, and others cannot enter.

However, if land can be changed, what about patents? When everyone respects them, the enforcement of patent laws can be ensured. When they are not respected, they are simply copied.

Arasaka Corporation has always believed that its technology is very advanced, and even without a patent, others cannot copy it. Unfortunately, they forgot that they are only using technology from Earth, not black technology like the Mind War God.

Arasaka Yorinobu watched the company collapse, and he was powerless to do anything. But forget it, the company is gone, maybe it's a good thing.

"If you provoke a war, you must be prepared to be killed. The series of tragedies caused by my father ended appropriately with the bankruptcy of the company. And as a war criminal, I should go to prison and repent." He no longer had the will to fight and only wanted to spend the rest of his life in prison.

David looked at the current situation of the company and couldn't help but say, "I wonder if my mother would feel sad if she saw it. The company is not a stable job and it will also go bankrupt. My mother wanted me to join the company and find a decent life, but it didn't last long. Once Saburo Arasaka died, the company was finished." He was very emotional. After all, the company was his mother's white moonlight, and her biggest dream was for her son to join the company.

"Without Arasaka Corporation, there is still Military Technology and Tokon Enterprises," said Lucy.

"The patent law is now completely useless. All products are not protected by patents and anyone can produce them. Without patent protection, even these two companies can't last long, after all, technological products can be copied." David said: "Companies alone cannot protect patent laws, the country is needed. But once you rely on the country, it's not cyberpunk anymore."

David also knows that Cyberpunk is led by corporations, not Parliament.

Unfortunately, the company alone cannot make everyone comply with patent laws, and the company's technological advantages are difficult to maintain.

Only by maintaining technological advantages can a company make a lot of money and maintain its superior status. But obviously technological advantages cannot be maintained forever. If they could be maintained forever, the armor, chariots, and bows of the military nobles would still be able to rule the world today.

Unfortunately, the technological advantage of the military aristocracy has long disappeared. Technology has been developing all the time, and as long as it is Earth’s technology, it is impossible for us to be stuck forever.

Once the advantage is gone, they need to rely on patent law to protect themselves. Patent law requires more support from the public, and they need to be responsible to the majority. If the company keeps taking money from everyone, everyone will definitely not support patent law. Everyone will form a parliament to suppress the company, and the company's status in the upper hand will not be maintained, and it will become like an island country.

Once it becomes an island country, bloodline is what matters most.

Money? Capital? Can money buy the nobility of blood? Can it buy the culture passed down from generation to generation on the land? At this time, blood will fight back and let everyone know that money is not omnipotent.

Money is indeed tempting, and capital is indeed very useful, but if you really want to mobilize everyone to form a parliament, maintain patents, etc., you can't do it with money alone, you still have to rely on the power of bloodline.

Night City is facing a counterattack from bloodline. The enemy of money and religion is not only technology, but also bloodline. Bloodline is the oldest and most time-honored way of division of labor. It is an ancient force that has existed since the beginning of human civilization. No matter how history changes, bloodline has never disappeared.

"If Cyberpunk loses, everything will return to square one." Duran laughed, "Just like ancient Athens and the Renaissance, it was short-lived and gorgeous. After a few hundred years, Night City will definitely be on par with ancient Athens and the Renaissance, becoming a synonym for art, culture, philosophy, and enlightenment. It represents a rebellion and exploration of emerging capital against bloodline landlords. It's amazing, and I can write countless papers on it."

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Night City failed, but it can leave a beautiful history for the future. Just like when people miss ancient Athens, they don’t think about the slaves at that time. When people miss the Renaissance, they don’t think about the feelings of wool combers, and they don’t think about the wool combers’ uprising. There are even many people who are worse than wool combers.

When I miss Night City, I won't miss people like David's mother who died in gang fights for no reason, nor will I miss the mercenaries who fought to death on the streets. I will only miss the advancement of the company and the order of the employees, and the glittering appearance of capital.

The division of labor based on annual income eventually lost to the division of labor based on bloodline. Because it is difficult to ensure the operation of the Ark by relying solely on people with high annual incomes, after all, money is virtual.

Once the war breaks out, money has no value, only land has value. And most of the land is in the hands of landlords. The company's land is too small to compare with the landlords.

Although companies can make a lot of money with very little land, and although landowners can only use land to grow some food, dig some minerals, and build some buildings, it is difficult to make land produce high-tech products. A mobile phone can be sold for 10,000 yuan, and 10,000 yuan can buy 5,000 kilograms of food. To grow 5,000 kilograms of food, only considering the high yield of farmland, you need 5 or 6 mu of land, which is considered very high. Some places need 10 mu of land, and if you add pesticides, food, and warehouses, 10 mu of land is not enough.

The land area required for a mobile phone is smaller than the land area required to produce 5,000 kilograms of rice, so the land for producing mobile phones is more valuable than the land for growing grain.

This is in peacetime. Once war breaks out, 5,000 kilograms of rice can be exchanged for several lives, and a loaf of bread can be exchanged for a beautiful woman. A mobile phone without network is worthless. In wartime, land for growing crops is more valuable than factories.

Values ​​are disrupted, and so are the positions of companies and parliaments.