I, transformed into a vampire girl, sparked the Industrial Revolution.

Chapter 276 Revolutionaries, Laborers, Carnivores, and Debauchers

"Who are you......."

"It's lunchtime!"

Sogra Carter looked at the short maid in front of him. Her white hair and red eyes were a rare and special hair color. He couldn't think of anyone else with such hair color for a moment.

The maid placed the food on the tray onto the table. The aroma was irresistible. A bowl of pork chop rice was a perfect balance of calories and fat, and it looked and smelled delicious. It was a very suitable meal for Colombian workers, but one they were not fortunate enough to enjoy.

"This is......."

"It's just food service."

The maid smiled and looked at her, her gaze carrying a hint of meaning. Sogra Carter felt uncomfortable and asked, "What... exactly do you mean?"

"We...have a little...interest in your business in Colombia."

The maid pulled up a chair and said, "We need to know the whole story. Otherwise, how can we judge which side, your cause or theirs, is more righteous?"

Sogra Carter was certain that the white-haired, red-eyed maid in front of him was no ordinary passing maid, but more like a secret agent who had come to interrogate him.

"Don't be nervous, Mr. Sorghiu. As things stand, we have the conditions for cooperation."

Sogra Carter was unaware that the person standing before him was none other than Alice Delalaye, the woman who had transformed the world into what it is today.

While Alice and Sogra Carter discussed the situation, in the Suez port district, a gentleman from Colombia was marveling at a garden.

"Such a design is truly very comfortable. Indeed, your company's engineers are quite accomplished in landscape art."

"Look, that cluster of flowers and plants, viewed from this angle, complements the building behind it beautifully. If there were a piano here, I would love to play a tune and add a touch of color to this beautiful scene!"

"It's clear that the gentlemen at the Universal Stars Group are all refined gentlemen with a good eye for aesthetics, unlike those Southerners."

"Of course, gentlemen, we have first-class landscape artists, first-class architects, and first-class art directors, but we are still looking for more dreamers who can adorn this land."

The Colombian bourgeoisie, as a newly emerging force and seen as "nouveau riche" by the Old World, imitated the trends and etiquette of the Old World, striving to become like the upper class of the Old World.

Although luxury spending shrank due to the realities following the stock market crash, it did not mean it would last forever. As the Colombian economy gradually recovered from the crash, more and more luxury spending resumed.

The impoverished masses are bearing an ever-increasing burden, and both the Colombian Socialist Party and the Colombian Supremacist Party have made changing the status quo their campaign slogan.

These gentlemen continued to enjoy the fruits of the people's labor. A week passed, and seeing that the Universal Star Group was still taking them on tours, no one was so tactless as to mention the battleship.

However, the matter still needed to be resolved. Alice and the Columbia Union Labor Corps reached an agreement and cooperated. The members would be secretly sent to the headquarters in Chicago, and the battleship would be returned to the United States of Columbia government—without any repairs, and after some facilities were removed.

“We can return that battleship to your government… but those people have sought political asylum in other countries and sailed to the Old World a few days ago.”

"In that case... then we..."

"Of course, gentlemen, with that ship you can finish your job. As for those guys, they have nothing to do with us. You can claim they died in some sewer, can't you?"

"That makes sense."

"Alright, gentlemen, whether you are in a hurry to go back or not, we welcome you. However, we will mail all expenses incurred by your delegation here to your government later."

The prices at the port area hotels owned by the Universal Star Group are not low, but they are not unaffordable for these gentlemen and rich kids, especially since the Universal Star Group does not send bills to them, but instead sends them to their government.

They continued to enjoy the hospitality while making expensive international calls back home, and then waited comfortably for the tugboat to arrive at the port.

"Do they really know it's okay for them to play like this? Alice gets a headache just looking at the bills..."

“This is an important way to generate revenue, Alice. We provide services, and they pay taxes. This is a taxpayer's country. How can a country be well managed with a bunch of insects in it?”

"Hmph, Alice believes that society may not be managed by people at all, but by procedures and public oversight."

"Perhaps, Alice. Only you can make this idea a reality. Even here, Ocas has been criticized by many people, but in the end we all accepted Ocas's management."

"Hello, Vera manager, your work hours have ended. We are now automatically switching you to non-work mode. Please leave the work area and take a break."

The mechanical voice of Ocas rang out at the right time. Vera glanced at it and then shrugged: "Before Ocas went online, we were all used to working overtime every day. Back then, we risked our lives to clean up, purify, and repair this city, which eventually became the beautiful garden we see today."

Vera put her phone back in her pocket and looked at Alice, who was dressed as a maid: "Now I'm actually not used to this kind of work mode—Ocas monitors our work hours every day, adjusts our holidays and rest time, and gives us suggestions on how to spend our free time. I don't know if it's good or bad for us."

Vera said that the Ocas system is indispensable to the entire Stellar City. This huge automated system controls everything from road traffic to the economy. It is fair, humane, and meticulous.

Big data and intelligent technologies have made it indispensable to people, and every resident living in this city has long relied on Ocas for their lives.

"Alice doesn't think it's a bad thing~ At least compared to letting the master rule, Alice would rather Ocas manage our daily lives. But we still need to witness what kind of world this future will lead to~"