The reason it's good is simple: you know your surrounding geography and the overall layout of the planet. You can navigate anywhere you want without traffic lights or police, just hitting the gas and going.
The reason it's bad is that conflicts between colony leaders escalate.
With a map, territories emerge, and war mongers will charge along the map, attacking relentlessly.
Originally, everyone was in the dark, not knowing what was around them, so they tended to be more cautious and stick to their own business, keeping to themselves. Now that they have a map, it's easy for ambitions to swell.
It's like giving Qin Shi Huang a globe; Emperor Ying Zheng would probably spin it all day, his eyes gleaming, thinking, "The world is so vast, I must see it!"
Jiang Ye returned to the initial interface and indeed found a planet map function button.
Click!
A blue light shot into the air, projecting the planet in holographic form.
Seeing the planet's full view, Jiang Ye was momentarily stunned.
In his previous life, Earth was dominated by continents with islands as secondary features, and the rest was ocean. Several large continents were separated by vast seas, so it took humanity many years to connect them.
This planet, however, had almost no continents!
It was all islands, the largest appearing to be the size of a province, and the smallest like sesame seeds.
Moreover, these landmasses were distributed quite evenly, as if they were floating on water and had been stirred together.
In the upper right corner of the entire planet, a small red dot was faintly blinking.
Jiang Ye reached out and touched it.
The holographic projection was intelligent and immediately zoomed in. A prompt popped up:
[This is your current location, approximate coordinates are (1184, 0673)]
[Drag with two fingers to zoom the projected map in and out]
Jiang Ye reached out and zoomed in on his location.
After dozens of zooms, the surrounding terrain appeared.
He was in the center of a large plain, surrounded by mountains.
The satellite imagery was very clear; when zoomed in to the maximum, even the small lake next to the base was visible.
Jiang Ye examined it for a moment, then released his hand.
The holographic map remained for a few seconds before disappearing.
A floating prompt appeared:
[Satellites have acquired the base locations of all colony leaders]
[You can choose to reveal your location, and your base will be displayed as a small blue dot on all colony leaders' holographic maps, facilitating communication.]
[You can also choose to remain hidden, not displaying your location on the map, ensuring privacy and security.]
[This status can be changed at any time.]
Two options glowed at the bottom: Reveal Location and Stay Hidden.
Jiang Ye clicked "Stay Hidden" without hesitation.
Rich people like to live in seclusion, and Jiang Ye was no exception.
Closing the map, he returned to the chat channel.
Messages were flooding the channel, with all sorts of topics being discussed.
Deidara: Have you guys turned on your locations yet?
UnknowingGod: Dare not.
FirstDream: Turn them on, turn them on! Isn't it fun to get together? I'll go first!
JadeSpiritDaoist: I've observed the celestial phenomena, and the clouds of war are gathering. My calculations indicate a great calamity of bloodshed in the future. All fellow Daoists, be careful!
LittlePhoenix: I have a proposal. Colony leaders near me, come find me. We can build a large base together, live communally, and help each other with difficulties, sharing resources. I'll post my coordinates shortly!
Shen Yiping, who likes beef tendons: Hehehe, many people around me have their locations on. I'll bring my shotgun and visit them one by one!
Ma Niubi: I've turned mine on. Friends who come will have fine wine, and wolves who come will face hunting rifles.
Jiang Ye was silently observing when a private message suddenly popped up.
Cao County Citizen: Hey, hey, are you there? Should I turn on my location or not?
Jiang Ye: I haven't turned mine on. You do as you please.
Cao County Citizen: I'm also a bit hesitant to turn it on. What if I attract some wild men? But then again, I want to hire some helpers to move my goods.
Jiang Ye: Aren't you afraid that hiring helpers will make them see you have money and then betray you?
Cao County Citizen: Oh right, where are you located?
Jiang Ye hesitated, touching his head, and typed his reply: I haven't checked yet.
Cao County Citizen: What are you doing? We're friends, don't you trust me? I'll tell you mine first. My current location is (1201, 1375). See if you're close to me.
Jiang Ye: It's kind of close. Not like you're at the South Pole and I'm at the North Pole, but more like you're in Chengdu and I'm in Chongqing. But if you say it's far, we're not on the same island, and there's a sea between us.
Cao County Citizen: I really look forward to the day I can meet you!
Jiang Ye: Me too. We'll definitely have a chance in the future.
Actually, once the rotorcraft arrives, crossing the sea might not be an obstacle. Their distance isn't that great, and it wouldn't take long to fly there.
However, Jiang Ye was extremely cautious and decided to observe for a while longer, not rashly meeting anyone.
His caution was related to the novel "The Three-Body Problem." He felt this planet was like a dark forest state, perhaps even more perilous. You never know what people are thinking behind their smiles.
He only had one life, and survival was the ultimate truth.
Just after chatting with Cao County Citizen, another private message arrived.
CannotTwistBottleCap: Brother Da Jiang, I'm at (0980, 2786). Are you close to me?
Jiang Ye: Quite far.
CannotTwistBottleCap: Oh, okay.
Jiang Ye scratched his head, then remembered her long legs. It would be a lie to say he didn't want to see them up close and touch them; Jiang Ye was a healthy young man.
No, he couldn't think about it anymore. Time to sleep!
He slept until half-past nine the next morning.
Jiang Ye got up and sneezed.
He looked out the window, and his eyes immediately widened.
A world of white!
As far as the eye could see, there was thick snow!
The snow piled up by the walls was at least half a meter deep!
Snowflakes were still falling sporadically from the sky, and a cold wind was whistling.
Jiang Ye quickly got up, bought two barrels of aviation fuel, and carried them outside.
He had to use a lot of force to push the door open, as the accumulated snow reached the door, and he had to push it all aside.
Stepping into the half-meter-deep snow, his legs could barely move.
Jiang Ye struggled to pull his feet out, moving with difficulty through the snow. He walked to the edge of the wall, unscrewed the fuel barrels, and poured the fuel out, quickly emptying both barrels.
He returned to the base, bought more fuel, and went out again.
He repeated this process several times, finally pouring fuel into the entire trench.
Using a shovel, he scooped burning coal from the furnace and threw it into the trench to ignite it.
The fire caught, melting the thick snow.
There was so much snow that it wasn't all cleared in one go.
Jiang Ye had to go back and buy more fuel to continue the snow removal operation.
He had to clear the snow; the thick accumulation lowered the height of the walls, and the damned blood kangaroos could potentially jump over.
With this much snow, the base vehicle couldn't move. If it were surrounded, it would be like a monkey's mother, a baboon.