SFS Chapter 378 Turning to the Surface
Chapter 378 Turning to the Surface
As the saying goes, "A person with a family is as lowly as a pig or a dog; a person without any ties is feared even by an emperor."
Felix and his gang dared to cause trouble largely because they had no one backing them.
The reason why the Mechanical Earth government has always found the Spark Organization troublesome is that these bachelors are not afraid of trouble at all and always like to cause trouble. No matter how many troops you send to suppress them, as long as the social contradictions are not fundamentally resolved, Sparks will be everywhere.
Two concepts need to be mentioned here.
First, the army of Mechanical Earth is different from that of Mind Earth, which is composed of nobles, and also different from that of Gene Earth, which is composed of the lower classes.
Their military system is more like a mercenary mechanism: the government funds you, you work for the government, you get paid if you win, and you don't get paid if you lose.
Everyone's motivation revolves around one word: money.
So who is most in need of money?
Many people would think this is a pointless question, since the poorer people are, the more money they need.
But that's not the case. In fact, it turns out that those working families who work hard to support their families are the ones who need money the most. On the other hand, people like Felix who are homeless and jobless are free to do as they please. They spend money when they have it and try to get money from banks when they don't.
What? Pay me back the money? Why should I pay back the money I borrowed through my own abilities?
Capitalists can dump excess milk into the river, so why can't I just stay home and waste my productivity?
Many people criticize them as the scum of society and a cancer on the mechanical earth, but no one ever asks them why they have become a cancer on society.
If a person can achieve a good life through hard work, then who would be willing to join Spark?
To put it bluntly, they were simply unable to survive. They were driven from the city to the wilderness, living in cheap tents and eating irregular meals, while the capitalists of the three giant corporations lay in comfortable private estates, enjoying the services of maids.
Those who enlisted, or rather, the elites working for the three giant corporations, were in a worse situation in some ways.
You are a child from an ordinary working-class family. Your biggest dream is to get into the Capital University of Science and Technology, the best university for mechanical engineering. Only in this way can you have the opportunity to work for one of the three major companies. In the end, with your parents' help, you successfully got the opportunity to overtake others and avoid competing with most ordinary people in the college entrance examination. In the end, you were admitted with good grades.
You thought that after graduation, you would be guaranteed a place in one of the three major companies and your career would take off, but when you actually received your salary, you found that you only had a pitiful six thousand yuan.
Doesn't that sound pretty good?
However, after deducting basic living expenses on the capital planet and the money needed for marriage, you would need to work for 12 years to recoup the money your parents invested in your education, and that's ignoring inflation.
At this point, someone jumps out and tells you not to be unrealistic and have unrealistic expectations. Nowadays, the job market isn't good for everyone, and you should be content with a stable job. You need to learn to shed your old ways.
Fuck you!
Am I unable to take off Kong Yiji's long gown? My long gown was barely enough for me to wear after three generations of frugal living. Now you're telling me to take it off? To say such a thing is either stupid or wicked.
Now, they've put you in charge of holding a gun and suppressing a mob that's just like you but not as lucky. The reason is that their legitimate demands were rejected by the government, so they chose to use violence to pressure the government.
To be honest, if it weren't for her family, Lin Xuan felt that most of the armed forces on Mechanical Earth could be easily turned by the Starfire Organization.
This may be why the mechanical Earth mostly uses intelligent machine legions rather than human soldiers.
The second concept is that social institutions will determine the total output of resources, which in turn determines the relations of production. However, more advanced relations of production will inherently produce much higher output than those of backward relations of production.
Therefore, the productivity of Mechanical Earth is no worse than that of the other three Earths; in fact, it can be said to be the sum of the productivity of the three Earths. It's just that this planet has given birth to the final producer, and this production relationship is madly restricting productivity.
"Bai Bing, I've done a rough calculation. Including Felix and his brothers, we should have more than three thousand people."
That evening, Simothers found Lin Xuan, who was preparing guns and ammunition for the commotion that would occur a few days later.
"Isn't this too risky? The government army has more than 10,000 regular troops, and they are equipped with mechs, tanks, and air support."
Himothers was still somewhat worried. The demonstrations over the past few days had actually been very effective, with many people voluntarily joining the Starfire Organization. According to Lin Xuan, they were going to launch a major attack in three days and directly seize the city government of this planet.
The news of the market exodus was obtained by Wally from a black market intelligence dealer. He claimed he wouldn't get involved in Simothers and Lin Xuan's affairs, but secretly he still provided a lot of support.
It's hard to imagine that a businessman who claims to put profit first would value profit the least in matters of principle, while those mechanical Earth government officials who spout benevolence and morality would value their own interests more than anyone else.
“Three thousand against ten thousand, the advantage is in our hands. The government of this planet is almost paralyzed now, and the high-ranking officials have been transferred one after another. It is said that there are ten thousand troops, but in reality, less than half of them are willing to follow orders. As for the mechanized troops... I’ll think of a way.”
Lin Xuan suddenly realized that Lin Qi and the others had disappeared for many days without contacting her. If the Thirteenth Squad joined, the mechanical force wouldn't be such a big deal.
The Spark Organization has always been referred to as an anti-government armed group by Mechanical Earth, and to this day it does not have a piece of territory of its own.
Lin Xuan knew very well that the best way to truly dismantle the mechanical Earth from within using the Starfire Organization was to first establish a base on a harmless planet.
Only after establishing a base can the legitimacy of its regime be recognized. But now, Mechanical Earth is besieged on all sides, and government officials have all fled.
Revelation III isn't exactly a resource planet, so even if it were lost, Mechanical Earth wouldn't be too heartbroken.
Therefore, this may be his best chance to bring the Spark organization from the underground to the open.
After sending several messages without being able to contact Su Zilin and the others, Lin Xuan frowned slightly.
"Is something wrong?"
Lin Xuan didn't have much affection for the members of Squad Thirteen. After all, she wasn't originally from Earth Three, and they might even become enemies in the future. But if they died so inexplicably and she, as the captain, didn't care, she probably wouldn't be able to explain herself back to the Divine Realm.
If Fang Lin knew about Lin Xuan's idea, she would probably complain about it vehemently.
"Now you realize you're in trouble?"
"Don't you want to look at what you're doing right now? Is this what an infiltration squad behind enemy lines should be doing?"
Divine Realm: Infiltrate the Mechanical Earth to analyze the enemy and obtain strategic intelligence.
Lin Xuan: What? Infiltrate the mechanical Earth, launch a surprise attack on the enemy, and seize strategic locations.
Just as Lin Xuan was considering whether to go find Su Zilin and the others, they returned.
"Team White, mission accomplished."
Su Zilin, carrying a sniper rifle taller than herself, jumped out of the passenger seat, while the veteran continued steering the car and found a suitable spot to park.
"Where have you been these past few days? We haven't been able to get in touch with you."
Lin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone was still alive. His plans here had only just begun, and if there were casualties so soon, it would probably affect his subsequent arrangements.
"Captain Bai, we were just about to report this to you." Lin Qi had already gotten out of the car and was wheeling his wheelchair to Lin Xuan.
"Let's go inside; this isn't the place to talk."
Lin Xuan ushered the group into the basement, which served as his temporary office. The group was taken aback when they saw the Starfire soldiers saluting Lin Xuan on both sides.
"Is our White Team really that outrageous? It's only been a few days, how come he's already practically the leader of the Spark Organization?"
"Our White Team is simply born to be spies."
"If I remember correctly, the initial mission the Divine Realm gave us was to come here and cooperate with Cai Qing's Seventh Squad to conduct intelligence gathering behind enemy lines. Speaking of which, where is the Seventh Squad? Why haven't we seen them yet?"