Chapter 176: War on Alert in Varela City
"What happened to Varela City?!"
Chen Fan's words shook the two assistants' psychological defenses.
Isa hurried to Chen Fan's side and anxiously leaned over to look at the holographic projection in front of him.
When she saw the familiar city in the holographic projection and the increasing number of intelligent machines around it, her face suddenly became ugly.
"This..."
Isa's smart right eye rarely showed a bit of panic: "Why would intelligent machines attack Varela City?"
As soon as she said this, the scene in the Hai'an Deep Space Observatory flashed through her mind.
The drone camera controlled by [Source] slowly swept over the three people and stayed on her for a few seconds.
Thinking of the black hole that seemed to absorb all the light into it, Isa felt a slight tremor in her heart.
It must have happened at that time!
Isa suddenly realized that at that time, [Source] must have realized her identity and traced it back to the top of Varela City!
"Sir Chen Fan, I..."
Knowing how important Varela City is to Chen Fan, Isa bit her lip lightly, and her eyes became dim.
She lowered her head slightly, and a strand of silver-white hair slipped out from the wide black hood: "This is my problem..."
"No, it's not you." Chen Fan's steady voice interrupted Isa's words, "Since Varela City broke away from the control of [Source], this is an inevitable event."
"Even without you, [Source] would have taken action against Varela City."
As he said, Chen Fan raised his hand and placed it on Isa's head and rubbed it gently.
"Brother Fan, what do you mean..."
Gao Yuan's voice also carried a hint of anxiety. After all
, his relatives still live in Varela City!
Having said that, he has a very clear understanding of his identity.
He is just a small investigator assistant. If Chen Fan hadn't helped him, he would probably have died as "fuel" on the laboratory table in the North Church now - yes, after leaving Varela City and receiving preschool basic education from the Human Union, he has completely understood the true situation of Varela City.
Especially after experiencing the big battle just now, he was more aware of the importance of Chen Fan's own mission.
Therefore, seeing that Chen Fan did not reply immediately, Gao Yuan silently shut up and stopped interfering with Chen Fan's decision.
As for Chen Fan...
he did not notice the entanglement and anxiety in Gao Yuan's heart.
At this moment, only a few words echoed in his mind:
Little intelligent machine, no martial ethics!
Come to steal! Come to cheat! Make a sneak attack! !
Never expected that a quasi-level II artificial intelligence would sneakily do such a little trick behind the scenes!
Sensing the black mud gushing out of Chen Fan's heart, Yi's voice sounded in his mind:
'This machine needs to remind you a little.'
'Don't say quasi-level II, even real level II artificial intelligence can't grasp the emotions of intelligent creatures.'
'So... This machine suggests that you don't apply human moral values to [Source].'
Chen Fan fell into silence immediately.
Don't say, what Yi said does make some sense.
He can't just drag a machine to talk about morality and rule of law with the other party, right?
"One, help me contact Xu Huai!"
Chen Fan gave the order in a deep voice.
...
Varilla City.
Hong Chengdong sat in the open space in front of his house, squinting his eyes slightly, looking up at the extremely vast sky above his head. It
's so beautiful...
This is a beautiful view that you will never see in the underground city!
It has been a while since he moved from the Kukan Underground City to the Varilla City.
After feeling lost at the beginning, Hong Chengdong gradually got used to life in the Varilla City.
He has been at the bottom of the underground city for many years, and he can be regarded as enjoying a privilege: under the care of Chen Fan, he was assigned a small bungalow with an independent courtyard.
Although the appearance of this small bungalow looks shabby, its area is quite luxurious.
It's almost catching up with the two small buildings in the rich area of the Kukan Underground City!
Hong Chengdong breathed a sigh of relief, and a comfortable smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
Maybe it was because of Chen Fan, or maybe it was because of the Pope. In short, the attitude of the natives of the Varilla City towards these refugees who left their homes was not bad.
Of course, the basic reconstruction work of Varela City should also account for a lot of reasons.
With the help of the residents of Kukan Underground City, the circuit and communication network systems of Varela City have been basically completed. What needs to be done now is to build basic industrial equipment around these trunk lines and climb the technology tree again.
For the survivors of the underground city, this is not a big difficulty-although the Kukan Underground City has lost most of the inheritance from the prosperous era, there are still many "wild chicken" engineers in the Kukan Underground City.
Ding Ding Dang Dang...
the fragmentary movement came from outside the courtyard gate.
Hong Chengdong lowered his head and looked outside the courtyard gate.
A familiar section of metal track appeared on the road outside the courtyard gate.
A young man with a face full of flesh bent over and carefully laid sections of sleepers on the ground. After ensuring the correct spacing, he erected small rails on the sleepers.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Hong Chengdong was immediately happy:
Hey! Isn't this the track used by the underground minecarts? !
Not only that, he also knew the man who laid the track!
"Hey, Huang Laosan!"
Hong Chengdong greeted with a smile: "Why are you here to build a railway?"
Hearing this familiar call, Huang Laosan was stunned for a moment, raised his head and looked at Hong Chengdong: "Uncle Dong...Uncle Dong?"
Hearing this Uncle Dong, Hong Chengdong's smile became more intense: "Why, you are a salvager, don't you want to go out of the city for a walk?"
Huang Laosan suddenly showed a bitter smile on his face.
He waved his hands repeatedly: "Uncle Dong, please stop teasing me."
"It's so hard to have a stable living environment, who would want to go out of the city?"
"This railway repair job is also very good. In order to complete the paving of the main road as soon as possible, the city lord... The church also gave a lot of subsidies."
Hong Chengdong was a little surprised: "Is there a subsidy for doing this job now?"
"Of course!" Huang Laosan nodded repeatedly, "But it's still not as high as the subsidy for leaving the city. The mineral resources in Varela City are not abundant. After the railway project started, those steel-making blast furnaces have never stopped." "
So... Mining outside the city and looking for new mineral veins have become popular businesses."
Huang Laosan seemed to remember something, and his eyes showed envy: "Of course, the most profitable ones are still the group of engineers."
"In the Kukan underground city, they can only repair the most basic equipment, but here... they are very popular."
Hong Chengdong nodded, and was not surprised by what Huang Laosan said.
The infrastructure construction of Varela City has just begun, and those engineers with real skills will definitely be popular.
But he is just a rough man, and he really has no talent and ability in this area, otherwise he would not have fallen to the point of salvaging people.
It is the mining and prospecting work outside the city...
Thinking of some open-pit mineral veins he had discovered before, Hong Chengdong was a little tempted.
"Xiao Jiang!" He shouted loudly.
"Hey!" Jiang Haichuan, who was holding a few wires in his hand and trying to modify the house circuit, came out of the bungalow behind him, "Uncle Dong, are you looking for me?"
"Go, tell those brothers in the past, we will leave the city in two days... No, tomorrow!"
Jiang Haichuan's eyes suddenly lit up: "Uncle Dong, you..."
"Go out of the city to look for minerals!" Hong Chengdong laughed, "After so many years of rest, we should do our old business!"
"Okay!"
Jiang Haichuan responded without any hesitation.
Rumble...
A dull sound like thunder came from the northwest of Varela City, and Hong Chengdong's smile just appeared on his face.
Is this...
an explosion?
Hong Chengdong's eyes moved, and he stood up and looked in the direction where the sound came from. He
saw nothing.
But he still had some bad thoughts in his mind - if he remembered correctly, the northwest direction was the area where Chen Fan was heading!
Thinking of the shocking explosion not long ago, Hong Chengdong's uneasiness became stronger.
"Uncle Dong?"
Not only Hong Chengdong, but Jiang Haichuan, who was holding a few wires in his hand, also realized the problem: "Could it be Brother Fan..."
Hong Chengdong did not speak, but just looked quietly in the northwest direction.
As time passed, a faint and strangely shaped cloud appeared at the end of his sight.
It was a mushroom cloud!
Before Hong Chengdong came to his senses, another rumbling sound like thunder echoed in the air.
This time, Hong Chengdong's face changed completely.
Two consecutive explosions!
Did Chen Fan encounter a large-scale attack by intelligent machines?
Will this affect the city of Varela?
"Let's go!"
Hong Chengdong pondered for a moment, called out to Jiang Haichuan, and walked towards the open courtyard door: "Come with me to the North Church to find the Pope!"
"No matter what, the Pope must be prepared in advance!"
...
The door of the North Church was open, and Xu Huai, wearing a luxurious papal robe, stood quietly at the door of the North Church.
She looked up at the sky above her head, and her eyes were filled with deep worries.
Just now, five consecutive extremely dull rumbling noises came from the west of Varela City.
It sounded like thunder.
But the weather at this time was very clear and cloudless, and there was no possibility of thunder at all.
As time passed, five huge mushroom clouds rose slowly at the end of the sight.
To be precise, there were four large mushroom clouds and one relatively small mushroom cloud.
This abnormal situation naturally attracted the attention of many people, especially those residents from the Kukan underground city.
"Uncle Dong, what do you mean..."
"Maybe Chen Fan is in danger?"
Xu Huai turned sideways and asked Hong Chengdong beside him.
"That should be the case." Hong Chengdong nodded. "Your Holiness, I don't think you need to worry too much about Chen Fan's situation."
"On the contrary, if it is a large-scale attack by intelligent machines..."
Hong Chengdong did not hide anything: "I am more worried that Varela City will be affected."
Xu Huai understood the meaning of Hong Chengdong's words.
She suppressed her uneasiness and nodded to Hong Chengdong: "I understand."
"Varela City will be on alert soon."
(End of this chapter)
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