Chapter 362: A Higher Generation of Civilization
In terms of technology on Earth, if we say that in ancient times people learned to use fire, which was the first generation of civilization, and then they learned to use electricity and magnetism, which was the second generation, and now humans on Earth have mastered controlled nuclear fusion and have sufficient helium-3, an ideal fuel for controlled nuclear fusion, then it can be considered the third generation! Each generation has a qualitative leap and is epoch-making.
To be precise, it is the underground city of Country C that has a controlled nuclear fusion reactor, especially City No. 03, which now has eight reactors built, and it can be said that there is an abundance of electricity.
It is precisely because of the helium-3 controlled nuclear fusion technology that Jiang Caier's artificial sun and aerospace mothership projects were able to be launched and developed steadily.
But even in Country C, due to time constraints or some objective limitations, not every underground city was equipped with a helium-3 controlled nuclear fusion reactor before the end of the world.
Therefore, since Country C itself has not yet fully popularized it, it is even less likely that it can be used in foreign underground cities.
Especially India, even if we share it with them, they can't play it in a short time, but it is easy to cause accidents. It's like the explosion of feces piles. It has happened before in peacetime, but it was only 200 tons at that time. Even so, 200 tons is very powerful.
It was a drilling ship that had 200 tons of feces stored inside it for a long time without anyone cleaning it up. Later, it suddenly exploded, and the huge drilling ship was torn into pieces, killing 16 workers. The Vikrant aircraft carrier, which was docked next to it and was under construction, was also sprayed with filth. Although the aircraft carrier did not suffer structural damage, after all, it was only 200 tons of feces, and it was a certain distance away. How could it be possible to blow up the aircraft carrier? But the stench was so bad that the cleaning work alone was a huge project. The "sea of feces" once became the focus of global media attention at the time.
What's more, City 03 not only has advanced technology, but also has an integrated supernatural system. Whether in terms of the number or quality of supernatural people, or the degree of integration of technology and supernatural powers, it is far superior to other countries. And as time goes by, this gap will become larger and larger.
So when Kanna came from the slums of Tianzhu to the most advanced city on earth, No. 03, she felt like she had entered heaven, because this was a generation gap in civilization! When assigning jobs the next day, some people chose to work as laborers in underground farms (planting, harvesting, irrigation, etc.) or fertilizer processors (processing organic waste, fermenting and composting), some chose to work in garment factories, and some chose to work in livestock farms to raise animals and provide meat and egg resources for urban residents... However, the mother holding the baby, and several girls including Tanya, chose to work as cleaners in the toilets.
For them, working in such a toilet is simply a pleasure.
The mother holding the child said, "I would be willing to live in a toilet like this for the rest of my life." It must be said that the dry toilets in Tianzhu in the past left her with a lifelong psychological trauma.
The mother later lived a stable life, but she still had nightmares from time to time, and the content of those nightmares was going to the toilet in the slums of Tianzhu. If there was no psychological trauma, how could this happen?
Although City 03 is a large city with advanced technology and extraordinary double first-class facilities, representing the ceiling of human beings on Earth, there are still many places that need manpower. First, the use of manpower is cheaper and can save more energy; second, people need to work, and it is impossible for machines to do everything while people do nothing; third, some places do need manpower.
As for the job of toilet cleaner that Tanya and her colleagues chose, it is because people are worried about "privacy leakage" if they use machines to clean. Cleaning robots often need "eyes" (cameras or sensors) to do this job well.
You are using the toilet and a robot comes in. Would you be scared? Toilets cannot be monitored and are not within the patrol range of robots and robot dogs. People are also needed to be on duty. In case of emergencies, timely help, call for rescue or call the police.
Seeing that the tribesmen were "living and working in peace and contentment", Kanna was relieved and had no worries, so she was willing to work for Li Xiang. As a fifth-level extraordinary person, she had previously agreed to serve Li Xiang as the ground vein envoy, and at this time she followed Li Xiang to the office, which was a five-story office building next to a large warehouse.
"You wait here for two days to get familiar with the environment. After the other Earth Vein Envoys arrive, we will assign team members and arrange work." Li Xiang called a staff member and asked him to take Kanna around.
That staff member was also an earth-type extraordinary being, and he had lived in City 03 before, so he didn't need to participate in other people's "trials", so he reported in early and was responsible for receiving newcomers.
The opponent is also at level five, no weaker than Kanna.
He took Kanna for a tour, introduced her to the current colleagues in the unit, and familiarized her with the environment, such as the various offices, finance room, archive room, conference room, tea room, cafeteria, toilets, etc. He also told her that there was a psychic matrix nearby, and she could enter it to practice when she had nothing to do, and the practice speed would be faster than in other places.
"Oh? Where is it? There is such a good place?" Kanna was very interested. Immediately, the extraordinary person gave her directions, and Kanna couldn't wait to go there.
In fact, this "psychic matrix" was something that Li Xiang had shared with the world before. It was the extraordinary particle enrichment chamber, which was available in many underground cities, including the underground city of Tianzhu. However, as a low-caste person, Kanna had no right to get close to it. She had never seen it, no, she had never heard of it, so how could she use it? It was Li Xiang's credit that Kanna was able to get in touch with the breathing method. Otherwise, as a low-caste person, she would not have had this qualification at all.
Speaking of which, Kanna has become a high-quality talent through her own efforts. She can speak three languages: English, Indian, and Chinese. She is also a fifth-level transcendent, a true elite. Unfortunately, due to her background and Amir's previous experience, she had to be expelled.
Kanna came to this "psychic energy matrix" and saw a hundred-meter-high super-particle enricher hanging on the top, and a rotating silver-white dodecahedron, which was casting starlight visible to the naked eye onto the practice square. The detector on the side showed that the concentration was about 300 times that of the surface. This number fluctuated, but it was no more than plus or minus 5.
"Hiss~" Feeling the rich extraordinary particles inside, Kanna took a deep breath, and her whole body felt relaxed. She was a little drunk, and she immediately began to practice.
At lunchtime, everyone in the unit came to the cafeteria to eat. Someone asked, "Where is the Indian girl who came this morning? Why is she nowhere to be seen?"
The person who had led her in the morning said, "She went to the Psychic Matrix to practice. I guess she hasn't come out yet?"
Some people speculate: "Are there any dietary taboos?" After all, they come from a foreign country with different cultural beliefs, so they may not be accustomed to Country C's food, and they like to eat with their hands.
In fact, Kanna is a low caste, no, she has no caste, she is a Dalit, the lowest class, she doesn’t deserve a caste, and she has experienced so much suffering in the end times, how can she have any dietary taboos. Dietary taboos are only used by high castes to show their status, and the reason for the lower castes is that they can’t afford it. Everyone works hard to live. In the end times, even if you use all your efforts, you may not be able to eat a full meal.
Just as everyone was talking, Kanna came in. She picked up the plate skillfully and went to get the food. She also took chopsticks, spoons and other tableware. As a transcendent, she had studied Chinese hard and had eaten in the cafeteria yesterday, so she had already mastered the use of chopsticks skillfully.
Everyone saw the variety of food on her plate and thought to themselves, Kanna really has no dietary restrictions and can even use chopsticks, which is good. Then, a colleague couldn't help but shout, "Kanna, you were level five this morning, but you're already level seven now?"
Because that colleague was also at level seven, he keenly noticed that the aura Kanna was now exuding was the same as his.
Kanna smiled and said, "Didn't we go to the Psionic Matrix this morning? It's a really great place. So, um, I leveled up two levels."
Oh my god, everyone else took a deep breath. Level up two times in one morning? Are you sure you're not a pervert? Although you have the power of the psychic matrix, the psychic matrix is not omnipotent, right? The lowest level among those who can be selected into the "Earth Vein Envoy" team is the fourth level. After more than a year since the end of the world, those who can reach the fourth level are basically geniuses.
In more than a year, those who can step into the extraordinary realm and become a first-level extraordinary person are one in a hundred, and those who can become a fourth-level extraordinary person are one in a million.
The seventh level is one in a million.
Kanna was stunned. In fact, she had no idea about her own talents. After all, she was at the bottom of the society and had been struggling to survive. She really didn’t pay attention to this. Her only belief was to become stronger and stronger and to be able to protect her people!
It seemed that I was too high-profile. Kanna thought to herself that I really didn't mean it, so she stopped talking and started eating. She had been hungry for a long time, and now she finally had a chance to eat a full meal. She ate three times the amount of rice as her male colleagues.
No one laughed at her. The auntie who served the food even gave her an extra portion. The chef also came out to ask Kanna if she had any requirements or comments on the food so that he could make improvements.
For the chef, it is an honor to have such support.
Kanna naturally didn't have any requests, she just praised it for being delicious, which made the fat chef smile from ear to ear.
The news that Kanna had been promoted two levels in one morning spread. Everyone knew that there was a new genius in the team, a real genius, a girl who came from the lowest class and had experienced countless life-and-death battles.
Li Xiang naturally also received the news. He was also quite surprised. He hurriedly called Kanna to his office, personally checked her cultivation situation, and gave her some careful guidance.
Kanna felt that Li Xiang valued her and was very happy, but she remained humble and did not get carried away.
About a week later, all the personnel had basically arrived, 468 people, all of whom passed. Including Kanna, there were 469 people in total. Li Xiang divided them into 36 teams, each with about 13 people. According to the level of the personnel, the combat effectiveness of each team was similar.
Then Kanna undoubtedly became the captain of one of the teams. Not only did she have experience in long journeys and surviving in dark and cold environments, but her strength was also among the best, ranking among the top ten masters among the 469 people. She deserved to be the captain.
The extraordinary people who came from faraway North America or western Europe also served as captains.
There is no other reason. I have experience in long journeys and surviving in the wild. I know that there must be rewards for every effort. Others cannot object to this. Instead, it aroused my competitive spirit. I may be able to do it myself, but this depends on proving myself through actual work in the future.
Those who are closer, especially those who originally lived in City 03, feel that they have gotten a good deal and can be "exempt from the test". At this time, they feel annoyed and wonder why they are so close.
Li Xiang distributed thirty-six space bracelets to them, to be carried by the captain of each team. He also designated two deputy captains. If the captain unfortunately died, the space bracelet would be taken over by the deputy captain. If the deputy captain died, other team members would take over.
Their mission is to transport supplies and exchange what they have between major underground cities around the world.
In addition to the food produced by the underground farms, Underground City No. 03 actually has some food synthesis factories, such as the starch synthesis factory. It was previously a strategic reserve and had not been mass-produced. However, the global situation is now critical and many underground cities are facing food shortages, so this project has been put into use.
The synthesis of starch is very simple, using only water and carbon dioxide. This technology has been available since peacetime, and it has been optimized from 60 main reaction steps to 11 steps. Later, after improvements by Jiang Caier's team, it has now been shortened to 7 steps.
Using only carbon dioxide and water, plus electricity, seven main reaction steps can produce a large amount of artificial starch. As for electricity, it is not a problem at all with the helium-3 controlled nuclear fusion reactor.
The people in City 03 don't eat this kind of artificial starch because it tastes too bad. City 03 is rich in resources, and the underground farm is run by Zhao Xueqing, which is doing very well. Now it has expanded and multiplied hundreds of crop varieties. Who would eat this kind of artificial starch? But for other underground cities, this kind of artificial starch is a strategic resource.
The Earth Vein Crossing Team is mainly responsible for transporting these artificially synthesized starches, and secondly, the high-yield crop seeds cultivated by Zhao Xueqing. These high-yield crop seeds have a disadvantage, that is, they can only be used for one or two generations, and cannot be saved by themselves. They must be purchased from City 03 every year.
The same goes for artificial starch, which can only be purchased from City 03 or other underground cities in Country C that have abundant energy. Other underground cities do not have the production capacity.
After three days of intensive training, the department began to officially operate.
Kanna accepted the task and led the team members to set off. She admired and respected Li Xiang more and more. She thought that the boss was really a saint. Such important food and such high-quality seeds could be provided to other dungeons for free.
In fact, it is not free of charge. There are a series of terms and conditions behind it. Even if there are no such terms and it is really a free donation, it can still gain a strong influence and control.
Disobedient? Food will be cut off immediately.
There are so many dungeons around the world that need support, why should you be given priority? However, Li Xiang really has no selfish motives. He really hopes that everyone can unite and develop as soon as possible.
(End of this chapter)
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