CHAPTER 286: CHAPTER 183: ESTABLISHING AN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP_2

Alright, putting aside my own urgent issues with division of the family, it is definitely a gain!

This is a treasure that even the Collector is willing to trade a B3-level immigrant battleship for!

"I am willing to sign a two-hundred-year contract and engrave the Primordial Energy Steel Seal for employment, but besides the free use of our Zhou Family channels you can utilize, I can only provide all corresponding equipment at cost price." She said finally.

This means that such a treasure is exchanged for two hundred years of channels.

In fact, in terms of value, they are roughly equivalent.

After all, many things, especially many products, can only be produced on a large scale with their focus.

And it’s at cost price.

Occupying channel resources without profits is a loss for the Zhou Family.

Therefore, the cost is not insignificant.

However, the treasure Shen Shi took out is too enticing; just exchanging it with the Collector for that immigrant battleship is already worth it because it means that when she explores further places in the future, she won’t have to worry about wasting hundreds of years in transit.

And after pondering for a moment, Shen Shi nodded.

"The deal is settled."

What followed was naturally a series of reviews, including the details of the employment contract, and finally the engraving and examination of Zhou Sisi’s Primordial Energy Steel Seal.

"Should I call you boss or employer then?" Zhou Sisi received that piece of paper, glanced at it briefly, and seeing the number 135 marked on it, she sighed inwardly, her smile growing sweeter.

"Employer, please." Shen Shi said.

"Yes, employer." Zhou Sisi replied softly.

"Since there’s a confidentiality agreement, I’ll speak directly." Shen Shi said straightforwardly, "I didn’t bring any scientists, any warriors, any production lines, only a spaceship, and two billion newborns."

"Newborns?" Zhou Sisi gasped slightly.

"Yes, newborns." Shen Shi nodded.

The main reason he used a page of treasure to hire Zhou Sisi, apart from wanting to deepen his influence on the Future World to increase the probability of consciousness residue appearance, was because he valued Zhou Sisi’s preparation for development.

Going to a brand new place to pioneer a clan, the most important thing is development.

And once an employment relationship and confidentiality agreements are established, many things no longer require extra explanations.

For example, now.

A "newborn" fits the current situation of modern society.

"Then quickly cultivating Primordial Energy Masters and researchers is necessary." Zhou Sisi immediately said.

She didn’t ask why he didn’t bring some researchers or high-quality construction talents, but she dismissed her original thought that Shen Shi "stole antiques."

In this situation, it seemed more like he was contaminated by consciousness and had to flee with newborns.

Regardless, this new employer clearly did not want to elaborate, so she couldn’t inquire in detail either.

However, in such a situation...

"As for the Primordial Energy Training Devices I just mentioned, the cost price is about two thousand gold coins each. I suggest you first purchase between two hundred thousand and five hundred thousand units, select the most gifted individuals from the newborns for training, because excellent researchers also need excellent Primordial Energy Mastery, which is the foundation of development." She said.

"Then let’s start with a million units." Shen Shi nodded.

The original price was ten thousand gold coins each, now it’s two thousand gold coins; this means that trading out that page was indeed not a loss.

And upon hearing this number, Zhou Sisi’s pupils slightly shrank.

"Employer, although you have many antiques, one million units amount to two billion, and you still need to purchase many other auxiliary items." Zhou Sisi reminded.

Including the earlier pupil contraction, this was her natural reaction when not suppressing, and also a reminder.

"Haven’t you looked into my antique shop?" Shen Shi glanced at her, "Maintaining the current transaction volume, I can run this antique shop for more than a year."

"Hiss—" Zhou Sisi sucked in a breath through her white teeth, "I thought my transaction was already extravagant, but I didn’t expect you to be even more excessive."

More than a year?

The current market prediction is that at most in another two months, the Antique Dealer would have to reduce the transaction volume.

Now every week, the antiques traded from the Antique Dealer’s shop nearly exceed the total weekly transaction volume of the entire market.

Of course, there is also a gain where others lose.

But still exaggerated.

They estimated that no matter how urgent the need for money and other resources, such a transaction volume sustained for two to three months should be enough.

But now, the employer in front of her claimed to be able to sustain for more than a year?

If it wasn’t for the strict confidentiality agreement, she really wanted to see others’ reactions after learning about this.

But if that’s the case...

"If the employer feels it’s worth trading a large number of antiques for development efficiency, then I suggest directly purchasing several production lines to produce continuously... However, doing so is very unprofitable because the price of the antiques will inevitably keep rising." Zhou Sisi said.

"Why are you determined to split from the family?" Shen Shi did not directly answer but asked about another matter.

"...Because of incompatible ideologies." Zhou Sisi showed a helpless expression but didn’t reject answering the question, just softly said, "Employer, you should know, our Zhou Family inherited quite a bit of the Daike People’s legacy, which was gained by our family in the war, with blood and sacrifice, but this legacy brings with it not just opportunities but also limitations—our technological development hasn’t had a major breakthrough in hundreds of years."

Shen Shi slightly furrowed his eyebrows.

This shouldn’t be the case.

The main reason for the Daike People’s stagnation lay in their own culture.

They overly emphasized pushing forward, so when they encountered stagnation, the sense of frustration was very heavy, and they didn’t understand how to proceed indirectly.

But Human Civilization shouldn’t be like this.

Shen Shi suddenly realized something, somewhat enlightened.

This demeanor, of course, was noticed by Zhou Sisi.

She continued to smile and said, "Therefore, we began to think about other methods, some within the clan believe the Daike People’s development path wasn’t wrong, that the evolution of life is an expansive and boundless road, and with the assistance of Primordial Energy, striving for a path that combines flesh and soul to ascend is actually something that exists even in higher civilizations; it’s heard that one of the three A-level civilizations in the Mude System follows this route, where the strong within their civilization have bodies even larger than a planet, and they have warp organs within their flesh, able to shift stars with a wave, claiming to be the Giant God Race... This is somewhat similar to parts of our Blue Star’s mythology."

"But you don’t favor this direction?" Shen Shi already understood.

"Yes, I don’t favor it." Zhou Sisi said without hesitation, "I think it’s overambitious, that human consciousness holds infinite power, and rather than concurrently striving for flesh evolution, it’s better to first pursue the strength of consciousness. I want to take the route of the Three-Day Civilization, and I firmly believe that even if it takes thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, I will eventually achieve it."

The Three-Day Civilization ascended to B-level through the technology of the Primordial Energy Domain.

The direction doesn’t match, but the power of a clan is only so much.

The best method is to split the family.

Provide some resources, let them begin anew far away, using distance to isolate interference.

If successful, it’s a blessing for the entire civilization; if it fails, the loss isn’t great.

The current state of the Zhou Clan is a microcosm for the entire Human Civilization of the Future World.

Or rather, this is actually a method that the Human Civilization, which has reached the peak of C-level power in this future timeline, seeks for further development.

Rather than being trapped by the civilization’s strength, set out to seek new directions.

After all, the cosmos is so vast.

"My opinion, actually aligns with yours." Shen Shi said slowly, "At present, what I need is development, efficiency, and time. A long life requires equally grand goals to fill it, so to me, development is more important than these antiques, and therefore, I’ll only keep enough antiques for my own use."