Chapter 3342

Strange flew down from above the bookshelf and said quite proudly: "How about it? The design style is not bad, right? I still can't quite accept the Oriental-style interior, but their decorations are still good. The designer fused them together, and I am very satisfied with the effect."

Schiller looked left and right, intending to find something to throw at him.

Strange, floating in mid-air, "whooshed" and dodged a book Schiller threw over. He landed lightly and said: "Don't misunderstand, I didn't misappropriate the funds of the Magic Academy. These were all included by the Chinese engineering team, just adding 50 enrollment spots every year."

Schiller rolled his eyes hard and then said: "This is corruption!"

"No, no, no, this is the standard American enrollment process." Strange spread his hands and said, "If it weren't for the fact that there are too few people with magical talent, and it would be a bit embarrassing if they came and couldn't learn, I would definitely open up donation-based enrollment. You have no idea how rich they are!"

"How is the cultivation of magical medicinal materials going? What about the mushrooms being cultivated?"

"All are not bad." Strange waved his hand, and a book flew over. He handed it to Schiller and then said, "The planted Lingzhi, saffron, snow lotus, etc., were all booked as soon as the seeds were planted. As for that special mushroom, the effect is not bad, it's just that the yield has not been able to go up. The agricultural experts they sent are trying to improve it."

"Oh, by the way." Strange said as if he had just remembered, "There is an empty railway line leading directly to Sichuan. Their engineering team brought a few Sichuan chefs. After the project was finished, I kept them. Want to go try it?"

Schiller originally loved spicy food, and his mouth watered at the thought of Sichuan cuisine. He casually tossed the book aside and said: "How did you know I hadn't eaten? Let's go."

The two came to the cafeteria. After the school's scale was further expanded, the cafeteria also became larger and was divided into a student cafeteria and a faculty cafeteria. However, the menu was the same.

The Chinese on the menu looked like machine translation; Schiller was not familiar with it but could understand it. And the bursts of Sichuan dialect coming from the back kitchen were familiar to Schiller, but he couldn't understand them.

There were no pictures on the menu, and Schiller was worried about ordering the wrong thing, so he walked directly to the window to order in Chinese. Seeing the familiar Asian face in the window looking at him with shocked eyes, Schiller felt a bit smug; no one had ever praised his Chinese in his previous life.

Having dealt with Chinese people more, Strange could also speak a few sentences, but it was very non-standard. Schiller took this opportunity to mock his accent severely. Although Strange was resentful, he really couldn't refute it.

After many years, finally eating authentic Sichuan cuisine again, Schiller was really moved, but Strange looked even more moved, because he couldn't eat spicy food and was left in tears and snot by the spiciness.

The two talked about the Midgard again, but this time the focus was on the previous construction.

"There were two versions of the plan at that time." Strange wiped his nose with paper and then said, "Use Asgard's jump core, or simply abandon the jump capability and use portals for transport."

"Has the magician's individual portal expanded to the point where it can transport starships?"

"Yes, and it's instantaneous. Starships can also maintain combat capability at any time without a weakness period. Most people supported this plan at the time."

"Then why wasn't it adopted later?"

"First, because magicians are human after all, things operated manually are hard to be as precise and reliable as machines. If something goes wrong, it's a big trouble. Second, other civilizations also have countermeasures against portals. After all, we suffered too many losses on the Rainbow Bridge back then; we should have learned our lesson."

Schiller nodded and said: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be China that overcame all opposition and adopted the jump core plan, right?"

"Yes, they are conservatively annoying." Strange sighed and said, "They believe that in the early stages of interstellar exploration, humans should not show any differences from other low-level civilizations. It's best to be as mainstream as possible; we use what others use, and we do what others do."

"But the American side felt that we should make a name for ourselves with one punch to deter those who want to mess with us. The two sides pulled for a long time, and even now, they haven't been able to reach a complete consensus."

"Then which side do you support?"

"To be honest, as a super civilization that has just stepped into the interstellar space, humanity's reputation is already loud enough. We even just mediated the war between the three major empires. Asgard wasn't this arrogant when it first debuted, right?"

"So you support keeping a low profile?"

Strange nodded, then shook his head, and said: "I support keeping a low profile in terms of basic technology development; don't do any crooked things, and don't make big news in the interstellar space. But in terms of the overall behavior style of humanity, we should still be aggressive; whoever dares to come, dies."

Schiller touched his chin and said: "I guess Eastern countries will stretch the timeline of basic science development very long, because this benefits ordinary people. If there is leapfrog development, then the ones who can get the job dividends of technological development will be a minority after all. But if we build the disciplinary system related to the universe from scratch, then most people can benefit. They should be thinking like this."

Strange shook his head, indicating he didn't understand. Schiller didn't explain much either; this is the fundamental difference between Eastern and Western thinking.

"Until now, Western countries also generally believe that not everyone can enter the universe, and there is no point in letting all humans enter the universe. Letting those who can enter the universe go first to explore, obtain a large amount of resources in a short time, and expand the living space for humans living on Earth is the correct choice."

"But China obviously doesn't think so. They want to spend several generations to establish a perfect education and construction system for the universe, let everyone have the basic quality to enter the universe, and then talk about space colonization and development."

"In the end, the West agrees with 'the capable reside,' still having a strong elite political style, while the East is still pursuing 'the world is for all,' and the capable in turn benefit the world, which shows the true character of a hero."

"Their concentration is too good." Strange said, "It's as if they are not excited at all by the arrival of the interstellar era. Maybe it's because not much time has passed since that era of rapid development."

Schiller nodded; he agreed with this point. The main reason for the intense reaction in Europe and the United States is that their society has indeed been stagnant for a long time.

Developing early and stopping early, a new development opportunity is long overdue for them. Of course, they will be very excited when they encounter it.

However, Schiller felt that the main reason for the more aggressive decision-making in the United States is because this country is younger. To be precise, the culture is too young, the number of years it has been in the sun is too short, and it doesn't understand what it means that there is nothing new under the sun.

"The development of the New World back then wasn't it equivalent to another form of space colonization? Most old-fashioned countries are used to this kind of opportunity. Only the United States, which was founded after this, hasn't seen this big scene and is urgently wanting to rush forward."

"But sometimes being in a hurry is useless." In Schiller's view, "In the end, after dragging it out, those people in Congress will definitely be the first to be unable to sit still, and then it will be the rhythm of opponents."

After finishing the meal, Schiller gave the star map he got from Loki to Strange, mainly because this thing might need to be shown to ordinary people later, and it is not suitable to use this magical form; it is best to transcribe it into written data.

Strange spread out the star map and took a look, then said: "They are all old acquaintances. There is no one among these people who hasn't been cheated by Loki. No wonder he knows it so detailedly."

"The problem now is whether to invite surrounding civilizations to observe the completion ceremony." Schiller said, "If it's done well, we can subdue the enemy without fighting."

"It's useless." Strange said, "They won't hand over the territory around the galaxy just because they saw the fleet. In the end, it still depends on who has the bigger fist."

"Then let's not invite them." Schiller nodded, obviously agreeing with this result. He said, "It's mainly because the Congress lords want to show their faces to show that they have done some very useful work at this stage."

"There's no time to play along with them now." Strange said with disdain.

After finalizing some details about the completion ceremony and opening routes with Strange, Schiller left Kamar-Taj. But as soon as he returned to the nursing home, he saw the Molecule Man, Owen.

"Why are you here?" Schiller asked somewhat strangely.

"Battleworld has been in public beta for a long time, and we plan to do the first wave of activities. This is the proposal; see how it is."

Schiller took the data from his hand, and as soon as he looked at the title, he was attracted—"It Takes Two"?

"That's right, the theme of the activity is duo, two people in a group, five groups in one game, conducting mixed PVE and PVP battles, deciding the champion and runner-up groups, and receiving different rewards respectively."

"How to balance the intensity?" Schiller asked the key question.

"You can choose to limit the game or not limit the game. The former focuses on PVE, while the latter can directly start PVP. In addition, we also plan to hold a duo arena, fighting in groups of two."

"You haven't even opened the solo arena yet, and you're directly making a duo arena?"

"Solo arena is not easy to handle." Molecule Man said, "Mainly because some people can't stop once they start fighting. If no one intervenes, the arena will be dismantled by them."

Schiller didn't even need to think carefully; a list could pop up in his mind, so he nodded and said: "I think the proposal is good. When will it start?"

"The system is basically built. We will issue an announcement tomorrow or the day after, and it should be online within this week. Do you plan to experience it?"

After thinking for a while, Schiller said: "Alright, it's just that I haven't decided who to duo with, but I will definitely participate."

After Owen left, Schiller thought about who to duo with while dealing with matters related to the starship. He planned to participate in one game each for the limited and unlimited modes, so for the limited one, he must find someone who is good at playing games, and for the unlimited one, he naturally needs to find someone who can fight.

Soon, the shortlist appeared in Schiller's mind, but how to get them to accept the invitation is also a science. Schiller decided to spend some time, preferably letting them take the initiative to find him.

?? Duo is the way to go!

? (End of chapter)