It was morning when Chen Shi woke up, and by the time he gradually recovered his strength, it was already afternoon.

"So, I'm going to sit here and search for the 'gophers' that are hiding?"

Chen Shi pointed to a flying machine parked on the lifting platform.

It took him some time to go all over this so-called alternate base.

This alternate site resembles a three-story villa on the outside, but the villa is built on a snow-capped cliff face, and there is almost no direct access to it.

According to AI, it's about safety.

Of course, even without this, it would be difficult for ordinary humans to pass through the snow-capped mountains and get here.

Especially in a post-apocalyptic era like this, where do the average survivor still have such equipment to travel through the wilderness.

On the cliff face of the backup base, there are several wind turbines, as well as some solar power generators, which are the main energy sources of the backup base.

However, over time, the efficiency of wind turbines has been greatly inferior to before, especially the lack of replacement parts, resulting in many parts of the wind turbines have been stopped, and only 20% are still in good condition.

On the contrary, the solar generator set is still well preserved, but unfortunately there are too few solar panels, so the backup base is dormant for most of the ten years, reducing the energy required to a minimum.

There are also about ten Dragonfly mini drones in the backup base, but these small drones can only reconnoiter a radius of 50 kilometers, and if they are too far away to exceed the distance, they may run out of power and not be able to come back.

As the main force of reconnaissance, it is actually the aircraft parked on the lifting platform, because of its large size and the use of batteries with amazing energy density, it is enough to fly for 76 hours at an altitude of 18,000 meters.

Although the flight speed is not too fast, the speed is only 550 kilometers per hour, but with the amazing endurance time, you can fly around the equator.

The only drawback is that after each run out of power, it takes more than a week to recharge with the pitiful energy output of the backup base.

It is with this only remaining aircraft as an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft that the celestial AI can reconnoiter thousands of miles away at any time, but because there is only one aircraft, the celestial AI cannot cope with the reconnaissance mission of millions of square kilometers of land at all.

Stepping onto the lift platform against the cold wind, the AI asks him to enter the aircraft.

The aircraft has a streamlined appearance, but instead of the traditional canards, it is in the shape of a single droplet, and coincidentally, the aircraft is codenamed "Water Drop".

The water drop aircraft is an unmanned and manned dual-purpose aircraft, and the open hatch is folded down to open the ladder frame, which is used to step up when Chen Shi.

There were only seats in the cockpit, and there was no extra place to move, and after he sat down, he was a little puzzled, because this aircraft did not have a glass cabin, so how to observe the surrounding environment?

Soon, Chen Shi knew that as the water drop aircraft was activated by AI, the surroundings suddenly lit up, and it turned out that the aircraft used electronic photography technology, and there was no need to use the glass cabin to observe the surrounding environment, and the full range of 360-degree panoramic cabins was realized.

In other words, except for the seat under his buttocks, he seems to be suspended in the air, and no matter which angle he looks back from, he can see the distant scene without obstacles, as if the aircraft no longer exists.

Of course, there is still a difference between observing with the naked eye, using the gamma suit, in the real environment, Chen Shi can observe the scene dozens of kilometers away. But not here, after all, it is only electronic imaging, and the image itself is fake.

However, it is estimated that additional zoom technology should be available.

"Didi...... Looking at you, it reminds me of the monkeys in the zoo a few decades ago, when animals were not extinct, they were still a species that humans cherished and protected, and monkeys would bounce in front of humans just for a little food......"

The chattering AI sounded in Chen Shi's ears again, and after mocking Chen Shi, he finally got to the point.

A black ball automatically popped up in front of the seat, levitating in front of Chen Shi, and when he touched it with both hands, the ball was soft and soft, and it was sunken in an instant, wrapping his hands perfectly.

This is the manual driving mode of the water drop aircraft.

Generally speaking, it is not recommended to use the artificial driving mode for aircraft, because the human reflexes are not comparable to AI.

This is a conventional statement, such as in unmanned driving, if everyone behaves, then AI is enough. But if it is on the battlefield, and then the unmanned mode is used, the civilian-level AI may not be enough.

If the celestial AI is on it in person, it's no problem, but unfortunately, that was before. Nowadays, in the end of the world, 99.99% of the area has no network coverage, and the satellite network that once covered the world no longer exists.

In such a situation, the celestial AI cannot control the water drop aircraft from a long distance, and at the critical moment, the water drop aircraft must be handed over to Chen Shi to deal with the changes that the AI cannot handle.

It stands to reason that it takes a few days to learn to drive, let alone an aircraft. But the good news is that the more technology develops, the easier it becomes.

Now explain it, you can drive directly, get familiar with a modern car for a few days, and then change it to a car from a hundred years ago, then it will not be easy to learn.

And the control of this droplet aircraft is even simpler to the point of a fool.

The handshake ball can sense the range of action between millimeters, and only need to listen to the control method, Chen Shi can control the aircraft to take off in a few clicks, and even fly a few laps in the air, and he does not feel uncomfortable.

"It's even easier than driving......"

Chen Shi was taken aback, for example, whether you press the accelerator, step on the brake, or even turn the steering wheel, there is a little delay time before the car reacts.

Humans can feel this slowness.

But this aircraft is different, its delay does not exist at all, no matter what kind of manipulation, it is an instantaneous reaction, just as soon as he gets started, he still has such an illusion, this aircraft feels more handy than his own hands.

Although because of this no delay, he was not used to it at the beginning, but once he got used to it, it was difficult to give up such a manipulative feeling.

He practiced several laps in the air, and flew as far as 100 kilometers away, and sure enough, as the AI said, this place is not to mention the end of the world now, and in the 21st century of the earth, there are few people.

It can't be described like this when people are inaccessible, it should be that apart from him, there will never be a human being again.