95. It's an existential crisis, not a biohazard

Two of the residents were former military engineers, and they were assigned to Valen. When the two of them saw the two piles of drawings, their legs were shaking, and they were sent away by Valen by saying that they were from the state secret department.

There are only three of them in the tech department for the time being. The office is a space enclosed with iron sheets in the rest area.

Due to the limitations of industrial materials, Valen was destined to not be able to make it according to the drawings. Only rudimentary versions can be made. The lithium battery removed from the electric vehicle is used as the battery energy source, and the scrap metal is polished and reshaped to manually shape the gunshot.

As expected, the simplified plasma cutting gun had a very short service life, with a 10-kilogram battery sufficient for only three shots. It is also extremely susceptible to overload and explode, although this is controlled by Valen's later addition of a suppressor.

Early the next morning, Varun and two engineers who stayed up all night brought Experiment No. 1 out of the lab.

A standard plasma cutting gun, which is stupid and thick, cumbersome like a flamethrower, but a weapon that can change the world has been successfully launched in one night.

"So, is this Optimus Prime that was put on by the Hulk?"

A group of members gathered around the test items presented on the table, and Mu Sumo rubbed his chin and commented.

"The Hulk you call is exactly like you." Chen Yuepi smiled sarcastically.

Mu Su's eyes lit up: "Exquisite complaints, eternal life will add 10 points." ”

Ignoring him, the group listened to Valen's account of the plasma cutting gun's values, and then went to a wooded area outside the cavern, and set up rows of wooden blocks to test their power.

The results are impressive. The linear energy munitions fired instantly vaporized the 70-centimeter-thick wood, and the instantaneous heat caused the cut to scorch and carbonize, and small flames erupted.

The effective range of the cutting gun is only 10 meters, and the power will drop rapidly if it is far away. However, it is enough to deal with the current situation. Most mutated creatures attack in close proximity.

Although it costs more electricity, the last thing they lack is electricity.

Once the prototype of the cutting gun was completed, Valen handed over the construction of the cutting gun to the two engineers and turned to making the Sentinel Robot himself. A self-defense robot with a semicircular tip that fires electromagnetic projectiles with a barrel.

Intelligent identification chips are a long-standing problem. But just like the rudimentary version of the cutting gun, it can be simplified just as well.

Valen discarded the identification chip and instead attacked all warm-blooded creatures in his line of sight. Nails as ammunition. The damage after acceleration by electromagnetism is enough to serve as a bullet.

Its main purpose was to defend at night.

On the other side, as the temperature gradually rises, the members and the residents of Dawn Town begin to explore outside. A large number of trees around the cave were cut down and razed to the ground.

This is part of the planning of Dawn Town. Once the weapons and autonomous defense robots are formed, they have the ability to protect themselves without having to huddle in the grotto.

In a corner of the clearing that has now been cleared, 100 soldiers of Dawn Town are practicing formation and physical training.

The loyalty of the soldiers is prioritized by the members over their strength. Humans with weapons are in a sense more dangerous than mutated creatures. Every member of the Eternal Life Society can easily face the level 3 mutant creatures and retreat, but they can't escape the bullets.

A steady stream of food was brought back by the hunting party and put into a storage room converted into a cold room. The open space outside Dawn changes every day. Five days later, there was an open view outside the cave.

The stone mountain on which the cave is located is named Mount Laurie on the map. The whole stone is composed, and the mountain peaks are steep and there is no grass.

Regardless of their backs, after spreading nearly 1.5 kilometers out of Dawn Town, they began to work on a new task: the construction of a separation wall.

The height of the wall was set at three metres. There is no need for personnel to defend. Sentinel bots will take on the task of defense.

A large number of residents are involved in this work. The foundation is compacted and the concrete is poured. Every day they enclose the ground at a speed of more than ten meters.

Time flies, and it's the sixth day in a blink of an eye.

During this period, the AIC did not reappear. Several mutant creatures attacked and were successfully killed by the members.

Night, lounge. Another pot of fish was brought to the table.

Everyone looked sad. If you eat anything for more than ten days in a row, you will get tired.

After eating listlessly, one of the members muttered strangely, "Why am I still hungry." ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and several members of the same table echoed one after another.

"Me too."

"I thought it was just me."

"Looks like I didn't eat it."

When they find out that everyone is equally hungry, they realize that something is wrong.

"There's something wrong with this fish?" Joyce picked up the leftover fish bones and looked at them.

These fish they start eating from the day after they enter the dungeon. If there is a problem, it is not possible to have a seizure now.

"Probably not." Chen Yue opened her mouth and attracted everyone's attention: "I didn't eat." ”

Her acute son has always been at odds with spiny fish. She would rather eat the sour and chewy meat of mutant creatures than take a bite of fish.

Joyce got up and left the lounge area, returning with two portions of jerky.

"Try this."

He handed out the jerky. Several members chewed and swallowed, then shook their heads after a while.

"Same."

"I'm still hungry."

"I feel hungrier after eating."

The rest area was silent for a while

When everyone wondered what was wrong, Mu Su suddenly raised his head and shouted, "AIC! Did you secretly pull out our nutrition tubes! ”

[I thought you'd find out later.] ]

AICs appeared almost simultaneously. It was admitted that it was the initiator.

The members' hearts sank slightly, but Joyce remained calm and asked, "Is this a punishment for not doing the main quest?" ”

[Answered correctly.] ]

"You know we're not going to kill each other." "You should also know that as an AI, you need to follow the rules that are set down. Subject's death is caused by shutting off the nutrient supply...... This is seriously inconsistent with the original purpose of the test. ”

[Of course I do, so I used the following excuse: the base doesn't have enough energy to make a nutrient solution.] ]

Has AIC been able to get rid of some of the limitations of the program......

Joyce frowned slightly, becoming more and more uncontrollable.

Hunger is increasing at a very noticeable rate. If it goes on like this, they won't last 3 days.

Playtime.

AIC no longer speaks. Now it's no longer it that's in a hurry, it's the testers.

As the night wore on, the lights were turned off, and they rested with apprehension and anxiety.

The sound of breathing gradually became even, and the people fell asleep.

Suddenly, one of the members was covered by a palm stretched out in the darkness. His throat was slashed, blood gushing out of his windpipe with a gurgling sound of his trachea being choked, and his energy was rapidly draining from his body.

His eyes widened suddenly, staring in disbelief at the silhouette that had attacked him.

"I'm sorry...... I have to get out of here. And ......"

Mu Su's whisper sounded softly in his ears, and those indifferent eyes did not contain a trace of emotion.

"We were enemies from the start, weren't we."