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Chapter 252 - 252 252 The Great Waves of the Information Age
Chapter 252 - 252 252 The Great Waves of the Information Age
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As technology gradually developed, the size of the 13 cities grew larger and larger, with populations reaching tens of millions. With such large populations, if management could not keep pace, chaos among cities would be inevitable, or crime rates would increase, and productivity per capita would actually decrease.
In such circumstances, new management methods were essential.
Through the efforts of scientific researchers, the information age, represented by the Internet, was finally arriving.
The advent of Internet technology brought new ways of entertainment, socializing, and managing, as the distance between individuals began to rapidly close. With information technology, even cities with populations of tens of millions could be easily managed.
Add to that the signing of the nuclear disarmament treaty and the achievement of overall peace, it meant that cities no longer needed to maintain hostility towards each other as before.
The cities also developed more social needs.
But traditional surface transportation was neither safe nor convenient.
Therefore, after a global conference, the leaders of the 13 main cities decided to dig a global tunnel deep beneath the ground, forming a global transportation network to foster business and population exchange!
When talking about this segment of history, Ganyador showed both excitement and regret.
“Under these circumstances, the whole world, the only democracy, Gor City, encountered the greatest opportunity in its history!”
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On an eternal twilight day, fierce winds were blowing outside.
Meanwhile, 80 meters beneath the ground, a global underground transportation plan that had been underway for 662 years was in progress.
The entire elongated underground passage connected 13 main cities and 24 secondary cities. It was not only suitable for placing communication cables but also for installing rail trains as transportation between cities. With these means of transport, the trade between cities was bound to be smoother, without the need to traverse the surface and face dangerous typhoons.
When Gor City broke through the last key node, suddenly, the whole construction team burst into cheers.
“We’ve connected!”
“We’re linked up!”
Workers from different cities excitedly embraced each other, these long and narrow tunnels, who knows how much Glizerian sweat had been poured into them.
Now, they were finally complete!
“Praise Science!”
“Praise!”
What this massive project meant, every Glizerian knew by heart. Without technological advances, without various excavation tools, such a huge underground project would have been impossible.
That very day, amidst toasts and salutes, the top leaders of Gor City held a grand celebration banquet, celebrating the completion of the project.
They even made a live telecommunication video call on the spot, connecting with people from other cities. In the past, they could only communicate through complex and troublesome telegrams, but now it was different, as it would be exceptionally simple to communicate between cities.
After the celebration ceremony, the high-level officials held an internal meeting.
A scientist in charge of a major communication project, Atiya, suddenly came up with a very strange idea. The idea made him so excited that he felt boiling hot and fanatically enthusiastic.
In an internal meeting, he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, the coming era will inevitably belong to the age of information, and we have also determined the direction of development in this area. A small tunnel, a thin cable, could completely change our lives, allowing us to connect to a larger world!”
“And the competition between cities will undoubtedly become more intense!”
“To give a concrete example, if a certain product enters the other city first and seizes their market, after the people of that city get used to this product, they will continue to use it. This strategy of capturing the market will make our cities wealthier.”
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