Chapter 42: The First Year of Black Technology Blowout

At the Federal Security Agency's assembly center, as the images on the sixteen large screens were cut off, everyone gathered there couldn't help but take a deep breath. They knew the main event was about to begin.

Sure enough, Planet Commander Shengxia and Federal Security Bureau Director Fu Qianshen then appeared before everyone. The first thing they did after taking the stage was to rip off the screens covering the sixteen large screens, as if by magic. Then, a perfectly rendered small mechanical dog appeared before everyone's eyes.

But what amazed everyone even more was that Shengxia just waved at the small mechanical dog, and the small mechanical dog instantly bent down and shook violently, then directly dismantled its metal body and transformed and reorganized into a densely packed wave of small mechanical spiders that rushed towards the volunteer team.

Everyone was startled by the wave of mechanical spiders, and then just thought it was just a magic trick and they were making a fuss about nothing. But then they turned around and found that these mechanical spiders could actually be touched and picked up.

In an instant, screams filled the entire assembly center hall, so much so that Shengxia and Fu Qianshen couldn't help but look at each other in surprise. Why was this different from what they had imagined?

"Ahhhhh, spider!!! Spider!!!"

"Go away, don't come near me."

"What kind of monsters are these?!"

“Is this really a machine?”

"Why is there a spider tide? Commander, help!"

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At this moment, the teachers and students of the Adult Education College's Mechanical Imaging Research, Mechanical Body Research, and Intelligent System Development and Research programs, who were waiting backstage, eager to step onto the stage and receive praise and admiration amidst the crowd's astonishment, were all stunned by the screams that rose one after another like a tide.

Afterwards, no one knew who spoke first, but everyone here also started discussing quietly:

"I told you long ago that we wanted a cuter mechanical design."

"No, this isn't a drone for the enemy. What? Do you still want to kill the enemy with your cuteness?"

"That's right, it should be cool and cold."

"That's too cold! I hope they won't take our equipment away at the last minute! I've been working through the night for almost a week to get this equipment made."

"Everyone has been up all night for a few nights. If I hadn't come over today and specially took a shower, it would still be sour."

"That's why we say our planetary commander is so far-sighted. He initially had everyone at the research institute research how to blow up the melt hole, then thoroughly sorted out the problems within it, and finally handed it over to us to research and develop technological equipment to deal with it. He's truly remarkable."

"Right, right, right. And our planetary commander is both capable and very humble. Whenever a corresponding problem arises..." At this point, the man's voice dropped significantly. "I heard that our teacher even went to ask the planetary commander specifically."

"Ah, does the planet commander have any other resources from tech giants?"

"What? I heard that the planetary commander taught those industry leaders all by himself. They were stern at first, but now their eyes light up when they see our planetary commander. Tsk tsk tsk, don't change your face so quickly."

"I've heard about this, too. Our teacher even asked the planetary commander if he'd studied this subject. Guess what he said?"

"How do you say that?"

"A little bit."

The student had barely finished speaking when his teacher popped up and retorted, "Know a little? Don't be fooled by the easy-going planetary commander. She's definitely not at a level where simply knowing a little doesn't qualify her for participating in our research discussions. In my opinion..."

Everyone subconsciously turned to look at this industry leader specializing in intelligent system development and research, and the leader also made a conclusion about Shengxia with extraordinary seriousness:

"She's clearly invincible."

After a few seconds of silence, the teachers and students of the Adult Education College couldn't help but start to "check accounts" with each other, sorting out how many cutting-edge technological problems they had encountered in developing this "mechanical dog" that could self-mutate, self-decompose, self-reassemble, self-search, and self-attack, and how many of these problems were only solved after asking the planetary commander.

It would have been fine if the accounts hadn't been reconciled, but once they were reconciled, everyone was stunned to discover that most of the core issues had been solved by the planetary commander alone. In other words, she should have known how to create this mechanical dog and even knew exactly what the intelligent programs were and how to program them.

But she didn't say it, she just let everyone study it first, and when problems arose, she would take action to help everyone better digest the difficult points, thereby improving their cognitive ability and scientific research level.

"How on earth did she get assigned to our planet by the Federation?"

"Tongtiandai, are other research groups like this as well?"

"I'll ask later, but I guess it's pretty close."

"Oh my god, the hidden boss is coming out... How could I possibly encounter such a good thing?"

"Hey, teacher, what are you doing?"

"Apply to immigrate to Planet Volker. What are you waiting for?"

"Ohhh, I'll have to submit my application soon, then."

Before Shengxia and Fu Qianshen could calm the front desk volunteer soldiers, Fu Qianshen received a large number of Walker Week immigration applications. He was stunned when he saw the list of applications. But before he could say anything to Shengxia, Shengxia picked up the loudspeaker and shouted, "Soldiers, don't be afraid of the black spiders around you. They are your comrades and the shield that protects you from life-threatening situations."

As soon as these words came out, all the volunteer soldiers couldn't help but widen their eyes, as if they couldn't understand how this tiny spider could become a barrier to protect their lives from being threatened.

Shengxia didn't say much, and directly displayed the simulation scene on the large screen behind him:

After entering the underground river, due to the limitations of light and environment, even a group of three people facing some winding and dark roads are very likely to encounter blind spots in defense. Traditional reconnaissance equipment can easily be attacked by the opponent from the blind spots before detecting the opponent. If the two sides fight, whether it is guns, knives, electric batons or other traditional weapons, it is very easy to accidentally injure teammates.

But if everyone brings six little spiders, the situation will be different. The little spiders can jump onto the wall invisibly, and then use the intelligent detection system to secretly follow and surround each team member to protect them. Moreover, because the little spiders are in the shape of liquid recombinant metal, even if they are shot, they can instantly unfold like a "spider web" to accurately wrap around the bullet or even bounce it back to its original path, thus protecting the volunteers from being shot.

As for the knife, it cannot penetrate metal;

Whether it's a stun gun or other weapon, the Spider-Man is in conductive mode on the outside but in insulator mode on the inside. The two modes can be automatically switched according to the application scenario.

Imagine the scene of a sneak attack. The attackers, two or three people, are hiding in the blind spots of the underground river, waiting to attack the three-person volunteer soldiers. When they appear within three meters of the volunteer soldiers, the eighteen little spiders will sense the danger and assemble in advance, and report the battle report to the mechanical dog center in real time, that is, the black control balls in the hands of each three teams.

At this point, Shengxia showed everyone the black control ball in her hand. Everyone subconsciously stretched their necks to look at what was in Shengxia's hand, while Shengxia continued to explain the use of the "mechanical dog" and the intelligent system's customized counterattack and protection program:

If the opponent is using a gun, at the moment of firing, the spiders will detect the incoming bullet and weave a web to deal with it. After that, the remaining spiders will gather to attack the opponent, including injecting "mental venom". Once a spider can land on the neck of one of them, it can completely rely on metal cutting to inject venom into the opponent's body.

This "mental venom" comes from the legacy left by Dr. Scream. After being reorganized, studied and improved by a large number of medical researchers, it is not fatal but is enough to instantly paralyze the opponent and make him unable to move.

Just as Shengxia was using the simulation to demonstrate Spider-Man's counterattack, someone suddenly raised their hand and asked:

"I have a question. Um, these devices are great, but what if their internal programs are hacked or stolen?"

The soldier volunteer's worries were not without reason, but the look in Shengxia's eyes when she turned to look at him was very amusing, which made him secretly curse himself for being presumptuous. Not to mention that when he spoke, everyone's eyes instantly fell on him, making him feel more pressured.

In fact, he asked this question out of his own concerns. Some of his family members are involved in cybersecurity and intelligent system research. In family discussions since he was a child, he heard the most that "the research on cybersecurity on Planet Volker is really backward and can't compare to the sporadic research outside."

Moreover, for a long time, most of the talents in the fields of network and intelligence research on the Volk planet have been controlled by the arms faction. If the population export faction and the arms faction fight, the population export faction will definitely be crushed in this regard.

However, the soldier volunteer who spoke quickly remembered that Shengxia had hijacked the government hall's network and obtained the control password across the firewall on the first day she arrived on Planet Volk, so in this regard... she should be an expert?

"Interesting question. I understand your concerns. For a long time, a large number of our planet Volk's talents have been controlled by alien forces. But today I can tell you that they will never be able to break our mechanical dog program because I have brought all our talents back."

Following these words, the big screen fell again, and Shengxia asked everyone to applaud and invite the students and teachers who participated in the "Robot Dog" research project to come on stage together.

In the past, if this project was carried out in other star regions, it would have required the joint R&D and production of several large companies to truly implement the project. However, this time, it took only three weeks from project establishment, R&D to final transformation and production, and there were only more than 300 people involved, most of whom were students.

The industry leader in intelligent system development and research standing on the stage wondered if these cheering people understood the value of this project. It was because Volker was currently locked in a deep winter, and news couldn't get out, so everyone thought this kind of thing wasn't difficult. If the same progress were placed in a surrounding star field, it would have been singled out as a hot topic for weeks, and then fought over by various star field forces, and garnered numerous awards.

In addition... the eyes of the industry leaders unconsciously fell on the planet commander Shengxia. From the original guard robot dog dismantled and transformed, and then used the original bomb body to transform into the "Little Spider" Chao, every step she took was extremely frugal.

She would do whatever she could to transform it, and would never use other resources if she could do it herself. But it must be said that her decision also greatly stimulated the creativity of the students. They really implemented the project, and it was even more powerful than she had expected.

The industry leader's eyes could not help but fall on the students around him who were grinning and excited. They had a sense of simplicity that had never been suppressed or constrained. Even if they took the wrong path, the planetary commander would not rush to guide them back to a new path. It must be said that they were really well protected.

What will Planet Volk look like in the future?

Just as this industry leader was daydreaming, students had already stepped off the stage and began teaching volunteer soldiers one-on-one how to control the Spider Tide and, in case of an emergency, how to reorganize the robot dogs into three teams to take on tasks such as "casualty transport," "bridge support," "fire coverage," or "bomb disposal."

This kind of teaching and practice lasted for three hours, after which Shengxia began to distribute new bulletproof and fireproof equipment to each soldier volunteer, and reorganized the team to arrange for entry into the underground river.

On the other side, the people hiding in the underground river were getting anxious because their communication with the top leaders of the Arms Faction had been forcibly cut off. However, they still remembered their mission. In addition, Ji Zhuifeng had instructed them before leaving that if he did not return, they must decisively detonate the micro-bombs and destroy the Arms Faction's goods.

Therefore, when the volunteer soldiers first went down to the underground river, the micro explosives at many supporting points of the underground river had already entered the countdown.

At the same time, the people hiding in the underground river are also seeking to evacuate. It is like a race that has started unknowingly.

Thanks to the protection of a full set of new equipment, the seventy groups of volunteer soldiers who went down to the underground river worked very quickly. In just twenty-one seconds, the model of the underground river's first layer was built through the feedback of the spider tide and the calculations of the system.

But soon the soldiers also discovered multiple micro-explosion points, and the most urgent bomb countdown was only three seconds left.

"Is it too late to crack it now?" "It's too late to even talk now."

With a loud bang, the volunteer soldiers thought they were dead, but they only heard a roar in their ears, and felt no pain. They waited for the smoke to dissipate and turned around to see that the mechanical dog had rushed directly towards the micro-bomb at the moment of the explosion, and then unfolded its whole body to wrap around the bomb. One mechanical dog was scrapped, but it also offset 70% of the power of the bomb. The remaining part blew up a pipe that looked like a drainage pipe.

"How far along are the workers with the repair work?" Shengxia asked Xiaoai. Xiaoai's answer was not optimistic: "The overall paving progress is only 15%, and the underground repair work is only 3%."

"Planet Commander, do we need to stay here to help repair this pipe?" The volunteer soldier had a bad feeling as he watched the drainage pipe gradually crack.

Shengxia thought for a few seconds and gave an order, asking them to stay there as a landmark for the time being. At the same time, a new mechanical dog had already set off and rushed towards them, but they also had to be vigilant and record. Once the drainage pipe burst, they had to leave as soon as possible. In addition, they had to open the safety port of the oxygen cylinder in their equipment and be ready to breathe oxygen at any time.

"clear."

In the building model of the underground river's first floor, there are fifteen explosion points. The installation locations of the micro-bombs are inconsistent with the locations provided by the top leaders of the arms faction. What's also strange is that after such a long time of deployment, not a single person from the other side has been encountered. The situation is a bit strange.

At the same time, when they went to another area through the underground river diving channel, they found that the expected bombs did not blow up the underground river pipes. Some of them were dismantled by the federal security team led by the planetary commander. The terrorist organization members left behind by the high-ranking officials of the arms faction were also deeply puzzled.

"Even if the higher-ups betrayed us, at least six of our locations are completely different from the original installation locations on the map, but now there's no movement at all."

"Did you see that?"

"What?"

"The mechanical dog following those federal security guards."

"Isn't that a traditional mechanical guard dog?"

"No, I think the situation has changed. When have you ever seen the robotic guard dogs on Planet Volk capable of forming a coordinated attack with the Federal Security Team?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the technical personnel in the terrorist organization fell silent subconsciously. They mentioned that when they went up to the interior of the melting cave to visit the Adult Education College, they were able to see the importance the planetary commander attached to education, but it was simply impossible to overcome the difficulties of human-machine collaboration in such a short time.

"I'll try to hack into their network." Someone said this, but was interrupted the next second: "Wait, do you remember Mo Han? He's the best hacker among us, but he's been exposed, and Ji Zhuifeng's whereabouts are unknown."

"Oh my god, what kind of alien creature is this?"

Suddenly, as a surveillance video left in the underground river area came in, everyone was surprised to find that the traditional guard robot dog could not only instantly break into multiple small coal balls, but could even move in the opposite direction and pounce on the bomb at the moment of the explosion, sacrificing itself to offset the power of the bomb.

At the three points where the explosion was finally successful, "mechanical dogs" have now arrived. They are like glue, first breaking up their bodies and integrating them into the pipes, and then supporting the pipes.

"So, what kind of technology does our planet Volk have???"

"What exactly is the planetary commander hiding from the Adult Education Institute?"

"Has our technology developed to this point?"

At the same time, due to the transmission of the monitoring signal and the carefulness of the soldier volunteers, the monitoring signal was intercepted by Xiao Ai. After tracing the source of the signal, everyone discovered that the underground river not only had many layers of different sizes, but also had exits to other areas through the river channels inside the underground river.

“It’s really complicated.”

Everyone looked at the three-dimensional model built by Xiao Ai and sighed that it was true that this underground river was difficult to control.

Only the leader of the industry's cutting-edge research institute, who was "coerced" by Shengxia to come over to the mechanical imaging research major, was shocked and stunned with surprise.

You have to know that when he was first asked to lead this project to generate a three-dimensional model in real time after measuring the Spider Tide, he was thinking "you are dreaming". Moreover, when he later learned that this project would be used to measure the entire underground river under the melt hole of the planet Volk, he thought it was just a daydream.

The three-dimensional model diagram is simple to say, but the computing power required is definitely not what the current computers on the Volk planet can achieve. No, even transporting the current computer matrix of the Federation would probably be difficult.

It's not like he hasn't ridiculed the planet commander for being whimsical, but the other party not only didn't take his attitude seriously, but also encouraged him to think about how to achieve it first.

This cannot be achieved. It is impossible!

However, when the entire three-dimensional model appeared quickly and accurately in front of his eyes, he began to disbelieve it and even thought that he was daydreaming, which was why there were so many things in his dream.

This is Planet Volker. Even the students working on three-dimensional model diagrams, including him, only number twenty-one. They have not only jointly overcome the challenges of real-time underground curve signal transmission, real-time imaging computing power, and intelligent systems for precise and layered imaging, but have also achieved human-machine collaboration and complementary human-machine measurement, complementing each other rather than interfering with each other.

This is a technological problem on another level... It's like a black hole. Does the Federal Bureau have this technology now? It's already been used on the Volk Planet, and it's so precise...

He underestimated the people of Planet Volk and the newly appointed planetary commander. How does the saying go, "The true masters are among the common people."

Just when everyone was worried, shocked or in disbelief, a member of the Federal Security Team tried to dive into the water and sneak towards another area in the underground undercurrent, but was attacked by an explosion in the water. Spider-Man had to drag the member ashore first.

At that moment, everyone's heart was in their throat, but they heard Shengxia say: "Retreat, leave the rest to me."