Fishing port.

A massive explosion occurred on the aircraft carrier, and after a period of chaos, the fire was finally extinguished.

Preliminary assessments indicate that the explosion was caused by a conventional fuel leak.

Fortunately, the explosion did not affect the nuclear power plant or the weapons depot.

It's like it was designed.

Unfortunately, the supercomputer was destroyed in the explosion.

It houses the most advanced artificial intelligence system ever developed by humankind.

The port's management had no choice but to sit down and negotiate.

Five senior members sat in a circle around a conference table in a dimly lit room.

The five members consist of three men and two women.

One of the women said, "The fishing port is in complete chaos right now. Can any of you explain what's going on?"

The woman speaking was named Elsherry. She looked to be in her early twenties, had a hot figure, was dressed in business attire, and wore gold-rimmed glasses. In the real world, she would definitely be a professional office lady.

But this is a post-apocalyptic world, where, thanks to gene-editing drugs, women can remain youthful even after menopause.

Her appearance makes it impossible to tell that she is actually 50 years old and is Elro's biological mother.

She wasn't the leader of all five, but she dared to ask such a question because she was in charge of all the trivial matters in the fishing port.

Equivalent to mayor.

Of course, this is limited to trivial matters, such as urban sanitation and building planning, as well as the living environment of ordinary people.

The five are known as the Council of Five Elders, and they have different responsibilities and divisions of labor.

Beside him stood a thin old man named Shou Biru, with a goatee on his chin, a protruding electronic eye on one eye, and an earphone in the other ear, who could analyze the current situation and receive messages at any time. He was in charge of the technology in the fishing port.

He manages everything, including supercomputers and the AI ​​Zero Zero.

He was the most agitated at that moment.

Shou said, "The artificial intelligence may have been tampered with, or it may have been infected with a virus, causing all the clones to escape. It is precisely because of this that this gas explosion occurred. I am still investigating the cause of the accident. One thing is clear: the future will be extremely difficult, unless I can create a new artificial intelligence that is comparable to 00."

Elsherry frowned and said, "So, it's all because of that artificial intelligence. I've said it before, artificial intelligence is unreliable."

Shoubi said anxiously, "For so many years, hasn't it been managed by artificial intelligence without a single anomaly? If it were managed by humans, could it be this perfect?"

“But now there’s a problem with artificial intelligence, and a big problem at that!” Elsherry said angrily.

"Alright, stop arguing about this!" said a man in military green clothing.

His name was Ren Yan, and he was in charge of all the staff at the fishing port, including the combat personnel.

Ren Yan said, "Now, without artificial intelligence, and with problems arising in the clone production line, we are missing a large portion of the workforce at the lowest level. In addition, we have also lost many combat personnel in order to deal with the escaped clones. These personnel shortages must be filled."

Shou Ru hurriedly added, "And there's the energy issue. The gas storage depot explosion means we've lost 20%-35% of our energy at once. If this isn't handled properly, it could paralyze the entire city's production."

As the three were talking, they looked at the fourth person, Lian Daxun.

Lian Daxun said, "Our two oil extraction sites are still operating normally, but the daily output is less than two tons. In this era, it is not practical to continue to extract oil energy. The main way is to eliminate mutated creatures and obtain energy points to become the main energy source."

"So, how many energy points have you gained so far?" Elsherry asked.

Lian Daxun hesitated for a moment before saying, "We have stationed fifty mutated creature extermination teams outside the region. Twenty of them are profitable, while the remaining thirty are operating at a loss."

Elsherry exclaimed, "What? I didn't know until I asked. There are so many loss-making squads. If they're losing money, what are you doing stationed there?"

Lian Daxun said, "Some of it is to prevent an impending attack by mutated creatures, while others are because the local mutated creatures are too cunning to be killed in large numbers, resulting in a deficit."

Elsherry said, "Prevention is better than cure. The world is already so bad, how much worse can it get? You'd better move all those loss-making squads to profitable ones!"

"But……"

“No buts, we’re not doing charity!” Elsherry said.

Shoubi also said, "Yes, the energy issue is related to the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people in our fishing port. How can you be so casual about it?"

Lian Daxun: "You don't understand the seriousness of the matter..."

Ren Yan interrupted, "Stop talking. We're short-staffed right now. Don't waste your manpower on useless tasks. It's making me anxious."

Seeing that everyone objected, Lian Daxun couldn't insist any further. He sighed and compromised, "Alright, I'll arrange for the loss-making squad to evacuate as soon as possible."

After everyone finished speaking, they looked at the fifth person.

The fifth person was none other than Sofia.

She was still annoyed by being defeated by Lingling. Seeing everyone's gazes, she said, "Why are you all looking at me? My job is to hand over 20% of my chamber of commerce's profits to you. When I attend meetings, I just exercise my veto power. Don't expect me to invest any more. If you force me, I can exercise my veto power."

The others didn't say anything. They were facing a crisis, and if a large amount of energy points were injected, it could indeed solve the problem.

But we can't just ask Sofia to fund it for no reason.

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