Chapter 152 Pulling wires and network cables
. Basic transformation of Varela City.
In the most popular words, it is actually pulling wires and network cables.
In a sense, the basic conditions of Varela City are quite good, even far superior to the dilapidated Kukan Underground City. Let's
talk about the external environment first.
Putting aside the hidden crisis of intelligent machines, the rich resources of Varela City are not something that Kukan Underground City can compare with.
According to the exploration of the detection drone, there are many small-scale mineral veins in the forests around Varela City, which can provide a lot of help to Varela City.
The surrounding environment is also far better than Kukan Underground City. Fresh air, warm sunshine, and spacious living space are all normal people who know how big the gap is.
Let's talk about energy issues.
There is only an old fusion reactor inside the Kukan Underground City, which is about to run out of fuel.
Varela City has an antimatter battery from the Human Union.
If nothing unexpected happens, this antimatter battery is enough to keep the current Varela City running for hundreds or even thousands of years!
As for the more advanced city control...
According to Hong Chengdong's description, there are only some basic computer equipment in the underground city that can only be used to control fusion reactors and other electrical devices.
This is not difficult to understand.
Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of the rope for ten years. After the crisis of the intelligent machinery, the survivors of that year will inevitably have fear and disgust for high-end computing equipment.
But the city of Varela is different. The city of Varela, which is made by intelligent machinery, looks rustic on the surface and seems to have no high-tech products, but in fact, its internal city control system is absolutely top-notch!
Otherwise, the church at that time would not be able to accurately monitor every believer in the city!
Not only that, the performance of the central computer array inside the North Church is also quite powerful-by the standards of the first-level civilization.
For the above reasons, reusing these old-time circuits and monitoring lines to create a power grid and local area network covering the entire city has become the first step in the transformation of the city of Varela.
Just like the foundation of a skyscraper, since all subsequent transformation plans will rely on these power grids and local area networks, this seemingly simple step is actually the most critical step.
It would be impossible to complete this task by relying on the half-baked "engineers" in the Kukan Underground City who had lost their civilization heritage. Chen Fan could only take on this design work himself.
Fortunately, Chen Fan was not alone.
With the help of Yi, he quickly completed the basic design plan for Varela City.
The whole process can be described in a simple sentence-Chen Fan is responsible for ga ga, and Yi is responsible for killing.
With the design plan and various drawings, all the work seems simple.
The church's warehouse stores a large number of spare parts. All these half-baked "engineers" have to do is to assemble and install them one by one according to Yi's instructions.
In just a few days, these free laborers from the Kukan Underground City completed the first phase of the Varela explosion project.
...
On the other side, the North Cathedral of Varela City.
When Chen Fan left Varela City, Xu Huai's biggest purpose as Pope was just to stabilize the situation in Varela City.
As a mascot in a sense, Xu Huai actually had only one course of action at the time.
She would rather do nothing than make mistakes.
Taking this into consideration, Yi compiled a fairly complete automatic control program for the central computer array in the North Cathedral. It
does not require any outside intervention, and it is sufficient to cope with most situations of an agricultural civilization.
But with the addition of the Kukan underground city, the development potential of Varela City has been greatly increased.
However, in just a few days, Varela City has achieved a triple jump, directly crossing from the agricultural civilization into the industrial age and the information age. The original automatic control program naturally can no longer keep up with the pace of the times.
In addition, the intelligent machine has discovered the abnormality of Varela, and now Varela City may face the attack of the intelligent machine at any time.
After a comprehensive evaluation of Xu Huai's various performances, Yi released the corresponding restrictions: the newly established control system is no longer a stand-alone automatic control program.
As the Pope, Xu Huai has the right to operate and interfere with this control system.
This means that Xu Huai can rely on the North Cathedral to control the entire Varela City like the previous Pope!
Xu Huai, who learned all this, did not show much excitement on her face. While listening to Yi's instructions and getting familiar with the fool-style operation interface in front of her, she asked Chen Fan the question that had troubled her for two days:
"The explosion outside the city... should have been caused by you, right?"
"Is the situation dangerous?"
"Not really." Chen Fan did not hide anything and nodded and admitted it directly, "I encountered a group of blind intelligent machines. In order to give [Source] a little deterrence, I used a single-soldier antimatter bomb."
Although she had expected it in her heart, when she heard this, Xu Huai still fell into a long silence.
Single-soldier antimatter bomb...
Such a terrifying explosion, it turned out to be just a single-soldier weapon? ! !
Just as Yi was introducing the operation procedures of the drone guard system to her, Xu Huai was a little moved: "Those intelligent machines will come again, right?"
Chen Fan nodded, then shook his head: "I don't know." "
It has been two days since the antimatter bomb exploded. So far, the detection drones have not found any traces of intelligent machine activities around Varela City."
"Not only Varela City, no intelligent machines have been found near the Kukan Underground City."
"Maybe..."
Chen Fan shrugged and gave a guess: "The power of the antimatter bomb really shocked [Source]."
"Of course, it is also possible that the other party cannot deploy more intelligent machines in a short period of time."
[The central control system of Varela City has been updated. ]
Looking at the information that appeared in front of him, Chen Fan stood up from his chair with a relaxed look, patted the cold server array beside him, and said half-jokingly: "To be honest, your place is too cold, no wonder you have to wear such a thick papal robe."
Xu Huai, who saw Chen Fan's intention, did not smile.
She lowered her eyes slightly, and her lively expression returned to its usual calmness: "Are you ready to leave?"
Chen Fan nodded without hesitation: "Varilla City has begun to get on the right track, and I have to continue to carry out the investigation mission."
"Work hard, maybe I can apply for an assistant investigator for you in the future."
Looking at Xu Huai with her eyes lowered and silent, Chen Fan, who thought she was still worried about the problem of the intelligent machine, smiled and waved his hand:
"Don't worry, I'm here, and the intelligent machine can't move Varilla City."
...
Outside Varilla City.
The Hercules bulldozer that had been parked for two days and two nights made a slight humming sound again.
Holt stood in front of the open metal city gate, looking up at the Hercules bulldozer that was slowly retreating under the push of the bottom track.
Perhaps Holt noticed Chen Fan's gaze behind the porthole, and he stood in awe:
"Sir Chen Fan, I wish you a safe journey!"
"The above is the words that the Pope asked me to convey."
The roar of the bulldozer drowned out Holt's voice.
The next second, the Hercules bulldozer, which had retreated a certain distance, turned its body nimbly and rushed towards the north of Varela City!
[Ding!]
[The mission record has been updated.]
[The comprehensive assessment report on Varela City has been successfully uploaded to the Dangerous Technology Management Bureau.]
Chen Fan, who had just left the North Cathedral, heard a reminder from Yi: [You have a new cross-universe communication request, do you want to answer it?]
Looking at the "Incoming Call Reminder" marked with the words [Intern Academician] in the holographic interface, Chen Fan's eyes twitched slightly.
Wipe.
The reckoning is coming!
Under Isa's smiling gaze, Chen Fan's face fell and he nodded reluctantly: "Answer it."
The next second.
A young, familiar face wearing a pair of frameless glasses appeared in front of Chen Fan.
"..."
They looked at each other in silence.
"Ahem!"
Song Ziliang looked a little strange. He coughed lightly: "I have read the mission report..."
Seeing Song Ziliang's strange expression, Chen Fan's face froze, and the bad premonition in his heart became stronger: "Just tell me if there is any punishment, I can bear it."
"... Well done." Song Ziliang looked at Chen Fan in surprise, "Penalty? Are you talking about the penalty for illegal operation of drones?"
"Isn't it just hitting a tempered glass with a drone? It's a small matter!"
"Don't worry, I have helped you to delete the violation record."
Chen Fan's mind was confused: "..."
At this moment, he even suspected that Song Ziliang had taken the wrong mission report.
Drone hit tempered glass?
He also had this illegal operation?
Looking at the mission record presented in the holographic projection, Chen Fan recalled that insignificant little thing.
In order to seize the control of the Hercules bulldozer, he directly let the drone smash the porthole glass of the bulldozer.
But...
that's it? !
Hitting the glass is considered a violation, what about the other operations? !
"Wait, wait..."
Chen Fan's eyes widened, and he looked at Song Ziliang in front of him in disbelief: "Academician Song, do you have nothing else to say to me?"
"Hmm?" Song Ziliang looked at Chen Fan in surprise, and the smile on his face gradually became thicker. "Have you guessed it?"
Chen Fan's heart trembled.
Guess, what did you guess?
Demotion of authority? Or being deprived of the identity of investigator?
Just as Chen Fan was thinking about it, Song Ziliang's voice came again: "After a joint assessment by the mastermind of the Yihe Administration Branch, it is determined that the current risk value of Varela City has been reduced to a safe level."
"Congratulations."
"You have been successfully promoted to a formal investigator."
"From now on, you are a formal employee of the Dangerous Technology Administration."
"Employee benefits will be issued normally, but you should be clear about the situation there. The in-kind benefits may have to wait for a while. I can issue you benefits such as credit points first..."
Looking at Song Ziliang's chattering mouth, Chen Fan was completely confused.
What the hell?
Not only was there no punishment, but he was actually promoted? !
Ps: There will be another chapter later.
(End of this chapter)
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