It's a struggle for life and an adaptation to the environment.

Whatever you've ever done, whether you've applied expensive hand cream in peacetime, picked up heavy repair pliers, counted bills, moved bricks, mixed mud, or held the steering wheel of a BMW...... Now, they can only pick up a hoe, cultivate the barren fields little by little, re-dig life, and cultivate hope.

Su Hao has never understood how the problem between Wang Qinian and Night Shadow was solved?

It was a private matter between their husband and wife, and of course it would not be made public. Even a very close friend like Su Hao would never know the specific actions, words, and behaviors of the man and woman in the office after Lu Dao closed the door.

One thing is certain: when the office door is pulled open from the inside, Nightshadow looks refreshed and energetic, and his whole body is full of energy, like a drug addict who has taken enough heroin and feels quick to think no matter what he does, and even speaks much louder than usual.

Wang Qinian followed behind the Night Shadow.

His back was more rickety, and he had more wrinkles on his forehead than usual. The old fat man is no longer as arrogant and domineering as usual, as if all the strength of his body has been drained, even when he walks, he has to hold on to the wall with his hands, coughing continuously, as if he is riddled with diseases, he may not be able to get up at any time, he is choked by phlegm and other things, and he is suffocated to death in old age.

An indescribable chill slowly climbed up Su Hao's back along his back.

He couldn't help but think about things in a bad direction, and a whole bunch of obscene and chaotic words and phrases such as "sucked in", "squeezed in", and "exhausted and killed" popped up in his head.

Wang Qinian glared at Su Hao viciously, took out a pair of reading glasses from the pocket of his white coat, put them on tremblingly, and two fierce lights appeared from behind the lenses, and roared at Su Hao: "What are you thinking about?" It's not what you think. Now stand upright, turn left, and walk in unison————

Su Hao hurriedly put away his thoughts and put on a cold face. The old fat man is very good at seeing through people's hearts, and he doesn't need any evidence at all. At this time, annoying him because of this kind of thing will only bring trouble to himself.

stared at him fiercely for a few seconds, and then Wang Qinian exhaled a mouthful of turbid air like an asthma patient, and waved his hand sullenly: "Lao Tzu doesn't have much time, come with me, go faster,"

The elevator models of the Academy of Sciences, like the military department, are sturdy and durable, bulky and coarse, without any regard for aesthetics, only considering the use of the effect of the product.

When the screen showed that it was the fifty-first basement floor, the elevator stopped.

Walking out of the sensor door, there is a wide corridor that curves wide. At intervals on both sides of the road, heavily armed guards can be seen. They were wearing black combat uniforms, whether it was armor or weapons, which Su Hao had never seen before, and they had not been equipped in any army. These guards wore breathing masks, judging from their appearance and characteristics, they should be the mysterious "Black Dragon" guards under Wang Qinian.

Walk through the corridor and enter an extremely large heavy workshop filled with dense production lines and various machinery.

"I never dreamed that you would come from the future. Although this is the most theoretical conjecture, it is still hard for me to believe that it is true until I hear you admit it. ”

Standing in the main control room surrounded by computers, looking at the machinery that was busy running under his feet, making noisy roars and various noises, Wang Qinian swept away the decadence and exhaustion in front of the night shadow, and turned into a strong and majestic image again.

Su Hao was completely shocked by what he saw. He found that the place where he was standing was actually a closed cabin suspended hundreds of meters above the ground. The area under your feet is tens of thousands of square meters, if not larger. The whole space is like an incomparably large ellipse. In the hollow that can be seen, there are countless machines, pipelines, and all kinds of giant devices that cannot be named.

The main installation in the space is three huge heavy production machines. Dozens of thick pipelines connect them from the ground and walls, providing them with abundant energy. These machines are connected to the east wall and are surrounded by sturdy armor plates. Judging from the specific location and direction, the part that cannot be seen on the opposite side of the wall should be the entrance to the raw material. Step-shaped conveyor belts extend from the end of the machine, and on top of them are rows of standard metal tools. On the two conveyor belts that Su Hao can see, there are bolts, cables, alloy bearings, and so on. They are sent to their different sub-interfaces, and through the assembly of the robotic arm, they are quickly turned into parts with different functions.

There is not a single worker in sight in the entire workshop, and all the work is done by robots or various robotic arms in a complex manner

In this environment, there is no need to worry about noise, and only enough energy is needed to maintain the most basic continuous operation.

"The first time I received the help of the Atlanteans, I couldn't have imagined that there was such a wonderful technology in the world. It is indeed a high civilization far beyond human imagination, and any huge building can be completed by miniaturization and group assembly, and the function and actual operation effect are no weaker than those of large-scale similar creations. In particular, the underground high-speed boring machine and the enclosed deep-sea work vessel are truly outstanding representatives that we cannot match. They are not afraid of high temperatures, and the pressure of the sea has no effect on the hull. Not to mention the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, even the Mariana Trench can be safely dived. Hehe, it's ridiculous to say, it's in those dark places that we have had a few contacts with the Atlanteans, and you can see this now. ”

"It's the largest heavy-duty production plant on the planet. And I don't just mean what you're looking for, but the rest of the neighboring area. Even the military department does not have a heavy industry of the same scale. Whether it is Yuan Zhicheng or Zhao Zhikai, they all think that they have the most powerful power in the world. There are others, other heads of state, who have similar ideas. They will never know the Tao, only here is the foundation of strength and rise, and it is the foundation that they may have to rely on one day in the future. ”

Su Hao's eyes showed shock.

He had never heard of any of this. Even in another time and space, I have never heard Wang Qinian mention it, let alone witness it with my own eyes like now.

"You, you got extra Atlantean technology?"

Combined with Wang Qinian's previous words, Su Hao naturally concluded: "They give two different aid techniques? Yours is more complete? Or is it a little more numerous? ”

"Your question is also a question that I have been thinking about for a long time."

Wang Qinian's gaze crossed the space above the frame and stared at the imposing sea of machinery beneath his feet: "You tend to the latter of what you say, they may give me a slightly more number of techniques than others. It's like you've seen it, and you've created a physical space-time shuttle in the future world. However, I'm not sure if other people, other countries, will get the same skills as me? After all, no one will make this kind of secret public, nor will it be put on the table for everyone to see and know. ”

Su Hao did not continue to explore this issue. He took a few steps forward, trying to keep his eyes open, still shocked, as he looked at the robots at work beneath his feet.

"What are they producing?"

"You can build anything here."

The old fat man took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket, peeled off the package, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it slowly: "Weapons, armor, metal parts of any size, everything from the largest space shuttle to a delicate miniature mobile phone. If you have a soft spot for aircraft carriers and stuff, I can build one in half a year. And it is more than 100,000 tons, the kind of high-end goods driven by nuclear energy furnaces. Of course, carrier-based aircraft and weapon systems or something, you have to add more time. ”

Su Hao trembled suddenly, subconsciously turned around, and said in a lost voice: "What did you say?" ”

Wang Qinian showed an extremely proud expression on his face: "Don't be so nervous. This is the largest factory in the world. Whether it is military weapons or civilian goods, from making satellites to ordinary tourist shoes, it can be produced here. The premise is that there must be sufficient raw materials and design drawings. I'm the only one who knows about the existence of this place, so any surprises and surprises you have are normal and not strange. ”

"You're alone? How is this possible? ”

Su Hao couldn't help but blurt out: "What about those original builders? Don't even they know about it? ”

"There have never been any builders, not one."

Wang Qinian held his hands behind his back, and his cold and arrogant expression was like a master in the world in a martial arts novel: "I am the only project host, the only person in the know, and the only supervisor." Now, I'm the only boss here. ”

Su Hao slowly put away the horror on his face, and his expression became sleepy and confused. He cast his suspicious gaze on the old fat man, shook his head constantly, and said, "Are you joking?" ”

"I'm never joking about this kind of thing. What's more, the interlocutor is you, a person who is very familiar with me and should be considered friends, and a monster who flew from another time and space. If it weren't for your previous performances and the truth of your confession, I wouldn't have told you this. ”

As he spoke, Wang Qinian raised his hand, pointed to the robots that were busy in the workshop under his feet, and said, "Do you see them?" ”

It is a humanoid machine with the same proportions as the average person's body, with flexible legs and feet, a metallic luster all over the body, no muscles, only an alloy skeleton as support, and a miniature infrared camera as an eye.

"They're the ones who make this place."

Wang Qinian's words are full of vicissitudes and emotion: "At the beginning, the aid technology I received was just a piece of information. Following the drawings, I built the first robot in the mechanical lab. That guy is simply a tireless lunatic. It used the remaining materials of the time to build a small TBM, a computer for extra work, and a thermal energy converter. Based on these things, it went tens of thousands of meters underground under the Academy of Sciences, constantly expanding the space, digging ores, and making more machinery and equipment. ”

Su Hao interjected suspiciously: "You mean, there is only one robot." ”

"It quickly became two."

Wang Qinian paused and said, "This guy is just like a bacterium with the ability to reproduce asexually, constantly obtaining raw materials from the underground space, smelting, manufacturing, and then constantly creating more robots. It started with a small computer as the core, and it has been continuously upgraded and expanded. Now, it has become an extremely large central processing light brain that occupies thousands of cubic meters. It has a complete set of systematic upgrade procedures, covering all aspects such as raw material mining, material production, resource utilization, and the transformation and assembly of various objects. In a nutshell, you can think of this as a process of chickens laying eggs, eggs laying chickens, and then chickens laying eggs again, and the cycle repeats. From one robot at the beginning, to hundreds of thousands of robots now, the entire cycle of evolution is entirely carried out by itself. This underground base has also expanded from the initial dozens of cubes to the current hollowing out of the entire bottom floor of the Academy of Sciences, and is moving towards the point of continuous extension of the surrounding area. ”

“…… It's horrible. ”

Su Hao muttered to himself, cold sweat constantly oozing from his forehead. He couldn't help but think of the kind of "big point bacteria" in "Jingle Cat" that can grow infinitely as long as there is air, and crush the whole earth at the most. Just a robot, a pre-programmed program, can evolve into what is now an incomparably large underground mechanical empire...... If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Su Hao would probably not have believed it until he died.

"It's scary, indeed."

Wang Qinian responded lightly: "When I found that the number of robots has changed from one to 248, the depth of underground excavation has changed from 500 meters to more than 19,000 meters, and various related equipment has been increasing, I have already seen that today's situation may occur." I have carefully studied the aid techniques, and found that there is a very subtle difference between the information that the military department has received from the Atlanteans and the part I have received. In addition to the drawings of the time shuttle, I have more information than the materials of the military department, which are based on individual robots and programs, and are constantly expanding on their own in a specific environment. At its core, it's a short piece of code. However, with the expansion of the robot group and various machines, more detailed functions will be derived on its own. If left unchecked, they are likely to hollow out the Earth one day in the future, or turn the entire planet completely mechanized. Of course, the natural vegetation and soil on the surface of the ground floor will not change, but the entire part of the mantle to the center of the earth may be the composition and source of energy for this massive machine. ”

"I didn't do anything. As I told you earlier, there are no workers, no construction workers, and I'm the only one here. ”

Su Hao kept frowning: "Could it be that you just don't care about the expansion of those machines?" Or is there no way you can put an end to this? Stop them? ”

"Absolutely."

Wang Qinian looked disapproving: "There is no loss of control here." All it takes is a specific button, and here all work comes to a halt in an instant. As I said, the core of control is the light brain here. It's not an intelligent species that evolved to think on its own as science fiction. Our primary goal is to win biological wars. Because of this premise, I can't find a reason to stop it. If it weren't for the sluggishness of the robots, which are too bulky to pose a threat to mutated creatures, I would have ordered them to attack the abandoned city as warriors. The Atlanteans should have taken this into account when they gave me the aid materials. So no matter how much the base expands, its core base is still the manufacture of other substances, rather than the mass production of mechanical soldiers. Obviously, this is a technique that lacks some specific content. The Atlanteans must have mastered it, but those dog mongrels will never be handed over to us. ”

Su Hao nodded heavily and asked, "What is the most important substance produced here?" Why did you think of bringing me here? After all, one more person means more likely to divulge secrets. ”

"Hmph"

The old fat man snorted coldly with disdain: "If it weren't for the fact that you were quite pleasing to the eye, I wouldn't have brought you in if I killed you." Don't you have hundreds of thousands of troops under your command? How long can you sustain a small new Guiyang base? Little idiot, really strong, it's not as simple as how many troops there are. If there is not enough base, how do you solve the logistical supply? How do you produce enough weapons and ammunition? What about machinery repair and maintenance? Are you all a bunch of mutant monsters who don't need to eat and can be satisfied with just breathing air? ”

Su Hao raised his head suddenly, and his tone became uncontrollable because of excitement: "You, you mean ......"

"Do you think that no one can see the little tricks you play in Xinnanyang? That's right, you did submit objections to the military department again and again before Zhang Shengfei carried out the Hefei campaign. But if you have future experience, you know very well that the Battle of Hefei will definitely be lost. Zhang Shengfei is very stubborn, and many people in the military department think that he can win the battle and get due merit from it. So, in that case, your protest was doomed to have no effect. As a prophet of the unknown, you will never miss the opportunity to loot from the New Nanyang base. You have asked me for rail transport just to cover up the use of large quantities of supplies by road. As a result, you saved a lot of people, gained a good reputation both inside and outside the military, and got two sets of base-building components, which made you the commander of the army group today. ”

Wang Qinian grinned, revealing a sly smile like the successful conspiracy of the oil thief rats: "Isn't it just two sets of base construction components." That thing doesn't seem to me to be worth mentioning. If you want, just say it, and I'll be able to get dozens of sets here. Moreover, it is the kind with the best production capacity and expansion effect. ”

Su Hao completely fell into the depths of the whirlpool of shock and confusion.