"Once you've got the chip, you'll be able to experience the convenience. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info," Fergtan said without sparing.

Shaking his head, Zhou Xin found a suitable reason, "The structure of our brains may be different, and the chip you use may not be suitable for us." ”

"It's possible." This reason finally convinced Fergtan, so he gave up the idea of continuing to sell to Zhou Xin.

In order to prevent Fergtan from bringing up this topic again, Zhou Xin quickly changed the topic, "Where are we going?" ”

"That's it." Fergtan gestured to the largest building in front of him. It was a building that closely resembled the shape of a volcano, perhaps more than three hundred meters high, and stood out from the surrounding buildings with only a few or a dozen floors. Not only that, but the building occupies a very large area, and a dozen buildings at the "foot of the mountain" can barely match its width with a dozen side by side. In previous investigations by probes, they have found a similar structure in every city center on the planet. And generally speaking, the larger the city, the larger the size of the volcanic building, and the largest one should be at least twice as large as the one in front of Zhou Xin and them now.

Naturally, such an eye-catching building attracted the attention of Zhou Xin and his colleagues from the beginning, but although the traffic around the building was very large every day, the building itself was also very well protected. So after so many days, Zhou Xin and the others still don't know what it's like inside.

In front of Fogtan, Zhou Xin naturally couldn't show that he had already investigated, he pretended to be surprised and said, "What kind of place is that, it's so huge from here." ”

"Not big, no." "It is the center of the city," replied Fergtan, "and almost all the important departments of the city are concentrated. Including the city government, various regulatory agencies, scientific research institutions, and even the chip that you are most interested in, it is also produced in it. At the same time, the building itself is a huge communication device, which is responsible for the signal exchange of chips in the brains of all the people in the city, and also undertakes the task of communicating with other cities. ”

"It's so powerful, doesn't that mean that just one building like this can keep the whole city running." Ralph exclaimed.

"It's pretty much the same, but it's actually more of a communications role than a management role right now." "In the beginning, these institutions were not clustered together, but scattered in all corners of the city. But since the popularization of chips, communication between any organization can be carried out without delay, which greatly increases the efficiency of handling any transaction. The only thing wasted was the time spent going back and forth between the different agencies, and in order to save that time, we later brought all the government agencies together and built this 'hub tower'. ”

"We've tried to do that, too." Zhou Xin nodded, "But we don't dare to concentrate all our functions on one building. The population of each city is so large that no matter how large the building is, it is impossible to handle such a large flow of people, so the most we can do is to concentrate them in a relatively small area. ”

"Well, foot traffic is a real problem." "Fortunately, we don't have a large population in each city, and this kind of building is enough for the needs of the whole city." ”

As they spoke, the group had approached the building, and the details on it appeared in front of everyone's eyes little by little.

The first thing they saw was naturally the same plants as other buildings covered by the surface of the "volcano". Countless plants cascade down the ground from the "top of the mountain" like a huge green waterfall. Zhou Xin had not seen this kind of scene in the footage sent back by the probe before, but the feeling of looking at the scene was even more shocking. Not only Zhou Xin, but all the crew members present were also speechless in surprise.

"You didn't come at the right time." "If you come in the spring," said Fergtan, "you will see flowers all over the city, even on the surface of the building. ”

"It's beautiful when you think about it." Ralph said with fascination. Zhou Xin also nodded, and then he asked, "With such a huge building, it was very troublesome to plant plants on it in the first place. ”

"The start and end is trouble." "Although plants can grow in that special material, this advantage also has its disadvantage, which is that the structural strength of the building is relatively low, so you will not see any other high-rise buildings here except for the central tower. In order to be able to construct this huge building, we had to settle for a compromise: the inside of the building was made of normal building materials, and then the outside was covered with a layer of special materials. This not only maintains the sturdiness of the entire building, but also ensures that the plants grow properly on the surface of the building. ”

"Isn't that a good idea?" Zhou Xin asked, "Why not use it in the construction of other buildings." ”

"It's not without its drawbacks." Glancing at Zhou Xin, Fergtan replied, "That is, the special layer of material covered on the surface is very easy to fall off. Therefore, we have to maintain the outer layer of the central tower every year, and even need to replace all the special materials on the surface of the building every ten years, which is very troublesome. What's more, the population of each city is not large, and there is no need for other large buildings other than the central tower. ”

With that, the hovercar came to a halt at the bottom of the central tower. So, Fergtan continued: "It's here, let's get off." ”

After Zhou Xin got out of the car, he looked around curiously. Today's hovercars are parked in a huge square, and there are many hovercars similar to them parked around the square, and many people and cars can be seen around at the same time, constantly going in and out, looking busy. As Fergtan had said before departure, Zhou Xin's appearance did not attract the attention of many people present, and only the occasional person who passed by them would look at them curiously.

This kind of scene is what Zhou Xin is most happy to see, and he doesn't want his appearance to cause a huge sensation. Originally, there was nothing strange about this, but when Zhou Xin turned his head and saw Fergtan coming out of the car behind him, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned......