The household registration system is bound to provoke strong opposition, but Xu Long doesn't care at all.
He doesn't need a demographic dividend because robots can do all the simple jobs.
Xu Long needs highly skilled professionals, those who can advance various industries.
Although the Red Queen is powerful, her creative abilities are almost nonexistent.
Furthermore, she lacked imagination and could only perform experiments and calculations in a step-by-step manner.
In this respect, humans are much better.
Top-notch scientific research talents are treasures in every country, and they all have aspirations and ideals, so they will not easily go elsewhere.
Xu Long naturally had a way to deal with this.
Damaged body, various diseases? No problem, one injection will cure all your ailments!
Too old to live much longer? No problem, one injection can add fifty years to your life!
Xu Long's place has a huge variety of medicines!
Besides ensuring good health and longevity, Xu Long's place also boasts a variety of high-tech features.
You have aspirations and ideals, right? I have a whole bunch of aspirations and ideals here!
With high-tech talent in place, the next step will be practitioners, those with supernatural abilities, and individuals who make outstanding contributions to social development.
Excellent welfare benefits, great compensation, and it will become the world's number one superpower!
Are you coming or not? It's up to you whether you come or not!
The review process is much more lenient for elites from various industries and people with some ability.
That's good enough!
Apart from that, all laws in Oceania are equal, and the household registration system only represents free benefits and monthly resources.
However, it's a bit early to talk about these things now; taking over that Flint Crystal mine is the most important thing.
This battle is of utmost importance; we must fight with momentum, with spirit, and with Xu Long's style.
When cultivators all over the world know that Xu Long is a ruthless person, some difficult things become easier to handle.
Aiji is a country heavily influenced by theocracy.
Even in the 21st century, and even though technology is the mainstream of the entire planet, the real power in Aiji still rests with the Pharaoh.
This is not only due to deeply ingrained servile mentality, but more so to power.
The Pharaoh is S-rank powerhouse, undoubtedly the number one person in all of Africa.
In addition to various powerful spells, the mummies under his command are also extremely powerful.
He's like a tanky mage, with both tankiness and damage output, and he also has the characteristics of a summoner.
The confidence that the Aiji government had in driving out the China engineering team stemmed from him.
"How is the situation?"
The Pharaoh sat in a chair, while the person in charge of Aiji, who was in name, stood in front of him.
"All foreigners have been expelled, and I've sent troops over..."
"Evacuating everyone is no longer something ordinary people can handle."
The Pharaoh sighed. " Flint Crystal ore... that's one of the most precious resources, second only to Spirit Stone."
Thankfully it wasn't Spirit Stone, otherwise airplanes, artillery, and aircraft carriers would probably be here by now.
" The Flint Crystal mine is definitely lost, but anyone else who wants it will have to take a huge cut from my profits."
The Pharaoh gritted his teeth, knowing full well the principle that "a common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime."
However, the Flint Crystal mine is located within the Aiji, and he is one of the very few S-rank powerhouses on Earth. If he wants to take the Flint Crystal, he must pay a price.
"Heh heh, it's time for you to feel the power of the Pharaoh once again..."
"I wish to become an immortal, to be as joyful as the heavens, to conjure up myths that will be passed down through the winds..."
The phone rang, Xu Long opened it to find, as expected, it was Wang Situ.
Without any preamble, Xu Long stated directly, "I want 70% of the Flint Crystal ore; the rest is yours."
Wang Situ: "???"
Putting aside where they got the information about Flint Crystal ore, asking for 70% right off the bat is just too much.
If it's a situation where S-rank powerhouses are holding each other back and neither can make a move, then it's not out of consideration for the person behind them.
Because of the powerful person behind Xu Long, he was able to hold his own against both Celestial Master Yuanling of Dragon Tiger Mountain and Master Miaofa of Mount Wutai, and even had a slight advantage.
Furthermore, Xu Long is also very strong, invincible below S-rank.
But that's not the case now!
Every country in the world with S-rank sent people there, some even more than one.
Xu Long claims 70% right off the bat, but why?
"No, I can only give you 20% at most."
Wang Situ immediately refused.
Including Xu Hu, there are now five S-rank powerhouses in China. After seizing the Flint Crystal mine, each of them will receive 20%, which will be split equally.
If it were someone else, Wang Situ would have chosen to lower the price, and then haggle over it little by little.
But he didn't dare to do that in front of Xu Long, because if the price was too different from what he expected, Xu Long would simply give up.
However, to everyone's surprise, Xu Long completely disregarded the price that Wang Situ considered very sincere.
"If that doesn't work, then forget it. Let's see who can do it best."
Xu Long snorted and hung up the phone.
They only got 30% because of their China identity; otherwise, they wouldn't have gotten a single cent.
Since Wang Situ is unwilling, then there's no need for it.
One gesture of goodwill is enough; they'll understand later.
" Red Queen, report the latest situation."
Xu Long took out a bottle of herbal tea and looked outside while drinking it.
He was traveling in a stealth aircraft, truly invisible.
It ignores all radar and is invisible to the naked eye.
" The Flint Crystal mine has attracted the attention of various forces, and every country with S-rank expert has sent people there. Among them, China is led by S-rank ability users Fire King and Mount Mang Corpse King. Fire King is a fire-type ability user, Mount Mang Corpse King is a zombie. Neither of them has a good reputation, especially Mount Mang Corpse King, who is notorious in the cultivation circle."
"Oh? What do you mean?"
Xu Long immediately became interested.
"While the Fire King is subservient to the Federation, he frequently strikes hard internationally, is short-tempered, and acts domineeringly. The Mount Mang Corpse King, on the other hand, is arrogant and tyrannical, disregarding the situation and showing no respect to anyone. Many people would rather argue with the Celestial Master Yuanling and the Master Miaofa for days than exchange a few words with them, because these two are quick to resort to violence at the slightest disagreement. The fact that China sent them here clearly indicates they intend to cause trouble."
"That's what the Red Queen replied."
"Oh, I see. It seems pretty good."
Xu Long nodded. "Go on."
" The Western Europe countries sent the Pope of the Church of Light and the Blood Wolf King of the Dark Council. The Blood Wolf King is a hybrid of vampire and werewolf, possessing the advantages of both races, which can be understood as being proficient in both magic and martial arts."
" The Rice Country sent 300 cyborgs, 70 of whom were beast-like cyborgs, and 230 were mechanical cyborgs. This is negligible; their overall strength is too weak, and they have little competitive advantage."
"Two have arrived from Northern Russia, a berserker and a Exploding Bear Mage. Their strength is barely passable. However, the people there have exceptionally volatile tempers, so a fight might break out."