Chapter 19: Lost Technology

Xuanzang tilted his head towards the table and said, "Guessed, it seems that I guessed right." A-level early warning emergency plan flow chart, how can you keep staring at this if there is no danger. ”

Wei Zheng opened his mouth in surprise and asked, "Can you understand the flowchart?" ”

"It's useless to read, this thing contains very little useful information. Why don't you just look at the backend code? ”

Wei Zheng was even more surprised, the implication was that the other party not only knew what this picture meant, but was also very familiar with programming. "It's incredible that there are people in the world who know how to code!" He exclaimed.

"This ...... Does no one in Chang'an understand? I thought you guys were just having trouble writing it. Xuanzang also felt a little surprised.

It's not a difficulty anymore, it's just that it's hard to move an inch.

After talking to Lao Zhang, he made a high evaluation of the technical level of the entire shelter, and he was very appreciative of the company's enterprising spirit in this situation. It's just that he didn't expect them to have such a big shortcoming.

Wei Zheng hesitated for a few seconds and confessed: "There used to be, and in the first few generations, it was also possible to carry out maintenance at the background level. But the living environment of this kind of talent is getting worse and worse, you know, in such a barren situation, cultivating a group of people who specialize in typing on the keyboard will be greatly criticized. ”

Xuanzang can understand that in the eyes of ordinary people, programmers just sit and don't do anything every day. The results of their work are difficult to measure and often not immediate.

And it is conceivable that in the early days of life in the shelter, everything was managed by an automated program. In order to make themselves seem lazy, programmers should move on to other jobs.

Wei Zheng said: "Due to the harsh conditions required to train a programmer, this knowledge is gradually lost. Chang'an's upgrades and updates are more focused on the hardware level. We've made a lot of progress, and we've made people give up trying to get back to programming. But over time, the neglect of internal code eventually buried some hidden dangers. ”

I see, but wouldn't that be more beneficial to myself? Xuanzang sketched in his mind the evil smile that the plan had succeeded.

Through his knowledge of the Chang'an Shelter, he judged the current situation as follows: the material foundation is solid, the technology is paramount, and there is a long-term management.

This also explains why many people are willing to listen to GodFang. They don't have to worry about food and clothing, but their spiritual life is very empty, and Shen Fang stood up at this time and could lead them away with some carving skills.

Leave this unpleasant thing aside......

In this atmosphere, if you want to quickly improve your status in Chang'an, it is a good choice to take the god stick route and take the technical route.

Xuanzang is very good at both, and he has been a god many times in his previous life, but after seeing Shenfang, he categorically chose the technical route. At the same time, I can't help but reflect on the fact that my previous self wouldn't look so disgusting......

Initially, his intention was to assist the evacuation camp's immigration efforts. It can be seen that the overseers here attach great importance to outward expansion and the rebuilding of civilization. The current relatively conservative policy is only accumulating strength, and the people of the wasteland world are not old, so we must avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

As a newcomer, if you want to get close to the supervisor quickly, it is naturally the best choice to do what you like.

But now that Shenfang's followers want to attack him, he'll have to choose a more direct way.

When he first entered Wei Zheng's office, he had already deduced from the flow chart on the desktop and Wei Zheng's performance that he was facing a major problem. Combined with Xia An's previous confident introduction to the heart of Chang'an, Xuanzang could think that the problem that Wei Zheng was facing has not yet been made public.

"I know I'm a newcomer, and it's rude to go directly into such a sensitive area." Xuanzang said, "But I still want to know how serious the situation is now, after all, I can read the flow chart, but I don't know the specific problem." ”

Wei Zheng sighed: "Since it has been said, there is no need to hide it from you." But in fact, I also studied and watched at the same time, and I didn't find out about this problem until a month ago. I'm just guessing that the reactor's design life should be only 300 to 400 years, which was already the limit imaginable at that time. Surviving literature suggests that the Vault's designers believed that in a hundred and fifty years, the people would be able to rebuild civilization out of the Vault.

"But now, the Heart of Chang'an has been running for more than 500 years. This is not a very long time for the half-life of the reaction feedstock, but it is enough to deviate some key parameters. Coupled with the loss of raw materials, the redundancy of data generated over the years will paralyze the reactor's master control program. ”

Speaking of this, his face was full of melancholy, and he continued: "And manual maintenance alone cannot prevent the next disorder of the reactor, and there will be a large-scale leak in the heart of Chang'an!" ”

Xuanzang shook his head secretly, wouldn't the programmer who designed this thing write a dynamic correction module? But it can't be helped, and people didn't expect the shelter to operate for so long beyond its design life.

And with the sanctuary in mind......

Xuanzang asked, "How long is there?" ”

"If you run it for more than seven days, it will crash. Now I'm using the method of alternating with auxiliary energy, and I can only last another month. Wei Zheng buried his cheeks in his hands and said in a muffled voice, "Claiming that this is a test of a solar-powered load, they don't know yet, disaster is coming......

"Isn't it just the two of us who know?"

"The supervisor also knew that there were several technical directors, who were unaware of the others, and that stability had to be maintained. But we can't do anything, only I have a little understanding of programming, but if you want to modify the main control program of Chang'an Heart, I can't do it. ”

Wei Zheng raised his head and asked Xuanzang: "You sound familiar with this, can you prove it?" If...... If you lie, I think you should know what happened to you. ”

The chief engineer, who had been tormented by the crisis for a month, was on the verge of collapse, and the accumulated pressure made him emotionally uncontrollable slightly, and now he seemed to have caught a life-saving straw and explained the situation in its entirety. Now he regrets it a little, and still refuses to believe that there are still people in this world who can solve the problem of the master control program.

Xuanzang has no opinion on his request, and it is even in line with his wishes. proved his own level, and the other party was willing to give the lead to himself as a newcomer. And the less people know, the more high-level people who know, the better it will be for his future plans.

If he can help them through this crisis, it is conceivable that he will approach his target in a very high-value role - supervisor Li Shimin.

So he said, "What proves it?" ”

Wei Zheng was stunned, but he was embarrassed.

He had never actually done any source-level operations, and the equipment in the shelter was automatically programmed according to the original design, and in case a debugging error would cause a big impact, they engineers would not dare to touch it casually. Devices that are too small generally have no background code, and the logic is directly written in the circuit board.

He told Xuanzang about these situations, and then said: "Since you are a professional, you can think of what you can do for yourself." ”

Xuanzang couldn't laugh or cry, but he could only agree. If he can't prove himself, Wei Zheng will not tolerate the existence of people who know the secret of the heart of Chang'an.

He observed the environment of the office, thought for a moment, and said, "I need a terminal that can be debugged in the background." To connect the surveillance at the door, as well as Mr. Wei, your electronic photos, from various angles, the more the better. It takes an additional hour. ”