This Game is Too Real

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real world.

somewhere.

Following the footsteps of the staff, Gao Jianhui came to a spacious room. The decoration here is a bit monotonous, like a room that was temporarily cleaned up. The only furniture is a bookshelf, a coffee table and two sofas.

The young man with eyes was sitting on the sofa. After seeing him, he immediately stood up from the sofa and spoke to him politely.

"Hello Academician Gao! Please take a seat."

Gao Jianhui didn't refuse, he sat down on the sofa opposite the young man, looked up and down the man a few times, there was no impression in his memory, and he thought that he was not in the same system. .

At around 8 o'clock last night, he received an invitation letter from a well-known domestic academic institution. However, when he arrived at his destination early in the morning, he did not see any academic lecture admission guidelines, but was invited. a special car.

"We learned through multiple investigations that you are an expert in rock mechanics and mining engineering, and we took the liberty to invite you here—"

"What makes it so mysterious, it's a special car transfer, and it's a non-disclosure agreement," interrupting the lengthy opening remarks with a light cough, Academician Gao said succinctly, "If you have anything, just say it directly."

The man said politely.

"It's just a routine procedure, please forgive me."

"Can I have a cigarette?"

"Of course, as you wish."

Gao Jianhui took out a lighter from his pocket, lit a cigarette for himself, stared at the laptop on the coffee table, and squinted slightly.

Just when he wanted to ask what it was, the young man with glasses got up and held the mouse, opened the photos in the folder, and said politely.

"Please look at this."

"This is"

As soon as the two words came out of his mouth, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and there was a squeak in his mouth. Holding the mouse in his right hand holding the cigarette, he flipped it down unconsciously, his eyes became more and more surprised.

Shaft + ramp joint development?

It was the first time he had seen the main transport system designed like this.

Of course, it wasn't just the main transport system that surprised him.

The longitudinal section structure diagram of the entire mine does not look like a mine at all, but like an instrument with a precise structure. Each block has a clear division of labor and can work closely together.

but

The problem with this design scheme is also obvious, that is, it is too ideal!

Many design ideas cannot be realized at all with the current technical conditions.

24-hour cycle mining is not difficult, and unmanned mining is not impossible, but like this, the mining surface moves down synchronously with the mining system and is completely independent of artificial intelligent mining.

He dared to assert that there is no mine in the world that can do it.

After a long time, Academician Gao looked up at the man sitting across from him, with a hint of seriousness in his interested eyes.

"Where did you get these pictures from?"

The young man did not immediately answer the question.

"Before answering this question, I'd like to hear your thoughts on these photos."

Gao Jianhui thought for a moment and gave his evaluation.

"It's a very special design. If I read it correctly, the entire mine should use a complete set of intelligent mining systems, which is similar to Sweden's Kiruna Iron Mine in terms of design concept, but you can't tell anything just by looking at the shape. Have more pictures?"

The man wearing glasses had a helpless expression on his face.

"Sorry, these are the photos we have for the time being. Can you tell me the similarities with me, and what are the specific manifestations?"

"Intelligent." Gao Jianhui said immediately.

The man asked immediately.

"Intelligent? Can you be more specific?"

Gao Jianhui thought for a while and replied.

"Kiruna mine is famous not only for its high-grade iron ore, but also for its intelligent mining system, including drilling, charging, loading, transportation, and lifting. All the operation processes can be realized by remote control. The whole process The mine only needs a very small number of workers to complete all the production processes.”

"In addition, it is not only intelligent, but their research in the field of deep mining under one thousand meters, as well as in response to increased ground pressure, increased rock temperature, mine lifting, drainage, support, ventilation, filling, environmental protection, etc. The experience at the time of the problem is also quite worthy of our learning.”

The man listened carefully and kept taking notes.

After the old academician finished speaking, he then asked about the part he cared about the most.

"What about the mine in this photo?"

Gao Jianhui leaned on the sofa and said in a flat tone.

"I can only talk about the fields I know. I can't talk about the things in your photo, and the things I'm researching are not in the same field. I assume that this kind of equipment can work successfully, at least one hundred problems that we still have No solution found, do you know what that means?"

The man with glasses swallowed.

"What does it mean?"

"Meaning that the photo was probably composited, or CG made with cinematic techniques."

Hearing Academician Gao's answer, the man froze for a moment, then laughed.

"It's true that we cannot rule it out."

Gao Jianhui paused for a moment and continued.

"I don't know your work, but from my point of view, a lot of the assumptions here are unrealistic. Let's just say that the whole building is built on an unresolved 'assumption', like a sculpture in The pattern on the gold bracelet. It is not the pattern that is valuable, but the gold, so I asked you if you have any more photos or information."

"If we can know how to solve those unresolved problems, we can come up with a similar thing even if we don't use this design plan at all. And even if we solve one of the technical difficulties, it can greatly benefit our existing mining technology. improvement.”

"For example, in the deep filling mining project that my students are doing recently, there is a difficulty in how to reduce the frictional resistance of the filling material transportation pipeline. If it can be solved, the energy consumption and efficiency of our filling mining can be greatly improved."

"As for what you mean by this? I can't answer, but imagine boldly, if our mining depth can go down one kilometer, the cost of mining can be reduced by 50% or 60%, and those who do not have the conditions to mine ore deposits are utilized”

"Guess whether we can find iron ore with a higher grade than Australia and South America under our feet? Guess how much impact this will have on the local economy, national finance, and industrial structure?"

"Don't say you use it yourself, you can really make this mining system, I think the reverse export is more than enough!"

The reserves of resources are a relative concept. With the development of mining and survey technology, the reserves of resources may become more and more mined.

The higher the density, the easier it is to accumulate downwards in the process of magmatic activity and diagenesis, so the closer to the center of the earth, the more abundant the resources that can be used. By contrast, the little resource on the planet's surface is just a sliver of skin.

Looking at the young man whose expression became more and more excited, Gao Jianhui flicked the ashtray in the ashtray and laughed.

"When are you so idle? Daydream with an old man."

He has probably guessed the identity and position of the person in front of him, but he didn't expect that they would find themselves consulting professional issues.

In any case, what I have researched is still a little far from national security.

The person next door doing geology and geographic information might even get some edge.

Restraining his excited expression, the man wearing glasses coughed lightly, did not answer the question, reached out and gently closed the laptop.

"I'm sorry I can't say too much about the case we're in charge of. It involves top secrets. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to cooperate with our work. Then please let me take you back."

"understand."

Gao Jianhui put out the cigarette **** in the ashtray and waved his hand.

"Just call me if you have any questions next time, it makes people nervous."

The man with glasses nodded and was about to get up to open the door for the old academician.

However, at this moment, he suddenly thought of something, so he tore a piece of paper from the notebook next to him, wrote down a series of letters and handed it to the old man.

Gao Jianhui reached out to take it and glanced at it.

"This is?"

"A URL."

The man with glasses smiled and said, "Although no further details can be given to you about our case, these photos were found on the discussion board of this website."

The key is to not be able to stop it.

The entire website is like a black box, any information leaked from it is what the black box is willing to let them know. Any attempt to open the black box will prove ineffective, and to block a website, one cannot block the entire Internet.

The most likely speculation now is that the website and the wasteland ol game should be the enlightenment or investigation of human civilization by a higher civilization.

Considering that many of the technologies displayed in the game have far exceeded - or even exceeded the current level of civilization on Earth, the entire case has been characterized as "Third Contact".

As for the motive for this civilization "code-named x" to contact the human beings in the solar system, it remains to be further studied.

But for now, it's at least neutral and above.

Considering to avoid causing a wider panic, they decided to temporarily block the news about extraterrestrial civilizations and keep observation with a cautious attitude.

"website?"

interesting.

Academician Gao raised his eyebrows and stuffed the note into his pocket.

Take a look when you are free.

wasteland.

Xizhou City.

Wu Chengyi, who put down the communicator, leaned back on the chair with a heavy expression on his face.

Just a few minutes ago, he made contact with the administrator of the new alliance through the communication equipment provided by the Burning Corps.

The other party did not go around in circles with him, and directly stated the position of the new alliance——

The new alliance will incorporate Xizhou City into the recovery area and build a survivor settlement near Xizhou Lake to house slaves freed from looters and survivors who are willing to join the new alliance.

This is more of a notification than a negotiation.

Thinking of the man's words on the phone, Wu Chengyi looked at the notebook in his hand.

Those few lines of scribbled self were written down by him just now.

Xizhou City Industrial Zone Development Plan, and Reconstruction Draft of New Recovery Zone and Survivor's Colony

In his opinion.

It's like a pie.

It is not known how long the war with the Ya clan will end, and the people of the new alliance have already begun to imagine the future with them.

But Wu Chengyi admitted.

This cake smells really good.

"Call my deputy and all the other high-ranking members of the resistance organization for me." Wu Chengyi threw the notebook on the table and looked at his assistant.

The assistant nodded and immediately turned and left the office.

After a while, a dozen people walked in from outside.

Standing here are the administrators of Hope Township, and there are also guerrilla officers.

The people present exchanged glances and whispered to each other, not understanding why the mayor called them here.

Looking around at the people present, Wu Chengyi said slowly.

"Ten minutes ago, I got in touch with the manager of the new alliance."

This sentence was like a bomb, dropped in the crowd. Everyone who heard this sentence had surprised expressions on their faces.

Wu Chengyi continued without waiting for his subordinates to ask questions.

"Overall, the call went well. The new alliance threw us an olive branch and promised to provide us with aid worth 500,000 silver coins, including the food, medicine and even weapons that we are in short supply. Delivered by airdrop."

He didn't know what the concept of 500,000 silver coins was.

But an automatic rifle costs 200 silver coins, and a kilogram of green wheat only costs 12 silver coins. This is the reference provided to him by the manager named Chu Guang.

With this aid, they will undoubtedly be able to get through the current difficulties more smoothly, and the food shortage and disease problems caused by the plague will also be solved.

at least to a certain extent.

This condition can be said to be quite generous, even unbelievably generous. However, it is because of this that it makes people feel abnormal.

"I wonder if this is free?" the adjutant standing next to Wu Chengyi asked cautiously.

"of course not."

Wu Chengyi paused for a moment and continued.

"After the war, the new alliance will bring Xizhou City into the recovery area."

There was silence in the room for a while.

Everyone looked at each other.

Although they don't know what the recovery area is, what does listening to this mean that the new alliance intends to incorporate this area into their territory?

Or to put it a little bit with Chiguo, it is annexation.

Wu Chengyi continued.

"The new alliance intends to build Xizhou City into their heavy industrial base in the future. He promised me that after the war is over, any survivor who is willing to join them will be able to obtain the status of a resident of the new alliance, as well as equal legal rights and interests with the residents of Dawn City. Including receiving education, participating in the selection of municipal personnel, etc. If they do not want to join the new alliance, they will not interfere in any way, as long as we do not hinder their work.”

The adjutant standing next to him continued to ask.

"What about us?"

Wu Chengyi replied.

"They acknowledged the gallantry of the guerrillas against the Ya clan, and if we wanted to, they would put us in their ranks. Of course, if we wanted to change our way of life, they would also give us a severance payment as appropriate, It's up to us to decide whether to stay or go."

Hearing this sentence, many high-ranking guerrillas breathed a sigh of relief, and the expressions on their faces became a little more relaxed.

The new alliance is willing to admit them into its own team, rather than confiscate their weapons, at least it shows that the other party regards them as their own.

If you don't want to continue fighting, you can still get a severance pay, which is an explanation for the team members who died for them.

Not everyone is so optimistic, however.

A high-ranking resistance organization frowned slightly.

"It sounds like charity."

Wu Chengyi smiled.

"Does this still sound like it?"

In fact, it is not a bad thing for someone to be willing to give alms.

Wu Chengyi is very clear that these people are no different from beggars now, and it is meaningless to be too entangled in those irrelevant things.

The adjutant looked at him and asked.

"What are you going to do."

Wu Chengyi did not speak, and lit a homemade cigarette.

"I have not decided yet"

"I called you here, just to ask what you think."

At this time, the logistics supervisor, who had been silent for a while, suddenly spoke up.

"I don't think it's a bad thing to join a new league, or even better, it's our only option."

Everyone looked at him.

Including Wu Chengyi.

The logistics supervisor paused for a moment and continued.

"There are at least 10,000 survivors captured by the Tooth clan, not only our compatriots, but also the populations that the looters plundered from the central valley province. If the new alliance returns after the war with the spoils Home, we're probably going to be in a worse situation than we are now."

Huge numbers of hungry people.

Plus the raging plague.

If they took over those saved compatriots, they would be overwhelmed by the food crisis.

And if those people are left alone, no matter what reason they use to explain to the survivors who support them, they will lose the legitimacy of the regime

Staring at the burned out cigarette in his hand, Wu Chengyi fell into contemplation.

After a long time, he opened his mouth.

"You are right."

Chu Guang originally thought that the guerrilla captain named Wu Chengyi would have to struggle for a week before accepting his proposal.

However, what he didn't expect was that he received a call back that night.

"I have a better proposal." After the call was connected, this was Wu Chengyi's first sentence.

Hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, Chu Guang, who was reviewing documents, stopped what he was doing and raised his eyebrows with interest.

"Oh?"

"I have discussed with other members of the resistance group and we agreed that Xizhou City will have a brighter future under the leadership of the new alliance. You need population and space, we want to live with dignity, since you are willing to accept us, why do we Why don't you just cooperate more thoroughly?"

After a pause, Wu Chengyi said solemnly in a serious tone.

"This is our unanimous decision."

"Allow us to join your cause!"

Hearing these words, Chu Guang was slightly stunned.

To be honest, he was a little surprised.

Before, he considered the various problems that might be faced by merging Xizhou City by coercive means, so he came up with a relatively mild plan, intending to copy the development model of Dawn City, so that the local survivors will be attracted by the halo of civilization. Volunteer to contribute to an unbreakable alliance.

The result is good guy.

Dare to love the other party and want to come in more anxiously than yourself, but the one who pretends to be reserved has become yourself?

Restraining his intriguing expression, Chu Guang, who was sitting on the sofa, cleared his throat and answered the proposal of the resistance leader in two words.

Or request.

"welcome!"

The next morning.

Xizhou City, an abandoned underground shopping mall connected to a subway tunnel.

The survivors, ragged and numb, returned one after another from the secret door of the subway tunnel with shriveled handbags.

The daytime in Xizhou City belongs to predators.

Only when it was completely dark could they safely go out to scavenge waste.

Before going back to sleep, the scavengers need to go to the warehouse for exchange of materials, exchange the **** picked up last night for nutritional cream, or exchange the caught prey for a little daily necessities and medicines.

Said to be prey, in fact, is a mouse.

For these scavengers, this is pretty much the only source of meat.

As for why it is almost

In special times, it is better not to get too deep into the matter.

As usual, today's harvest is still meager, and the New Alliance has less and less firefights with the Bone-biting Tribe patrols, which means it's hard for them to recover the shells dropped by both sides.

The looters' tanks also basically drove to the front line, the trucks with their machine guns set off in a mighty manner, and teams of looters went to the south.

It looks like the battle is about to be won.

Under the continuous strategic bombardment of the new alliance, the Bone-chewing Tribe has reached its limit, both mentally and physically.

Even the scavengers who pick up the trash can feel that the looters have been tortured madly

However, it is still not an easy task for the new alliance to win this war.

The number of those predators is simply too many.

Talking about when the war will end, the most popular topic in Hope, the long queues at the warehouse gates talking about when the new alliance will be able to drive those looters away, and what they plan to do after the war is over .

Whenever these things are mentioned, even the most ignorant person will have a little more courage in their hearts to persevere.

Apart from the family, this is probably the only belief that supports them to keep going.

At this moment ~www.readwn.com~ there was a broadcast sound above everyone's head.

"After the high-level research and decision of the Survivor Resistance Movement Organization in Xizhou City, starting from the date of this announcement, Hope Town will be officially incorporated into the United Front for the Restoration of Human Civilization and become a part of the new alliance collective.

The announcement is very long.

Including the date of the official handover of management, as well as the resident status of the new alliance, the future arrangements of the guerrillas, and so on.

The mayor surnamed Wu spoke for half an hour before stopping.

However, the scavengers standing at the door of the warehouse, and the residents who were huddled in the shacks and endured starvation, did not listen to what he said afterward.

They didn't even have time to digest the amount of information in the first sentence of the broadcast.

People stopped talking and exchanged glances and expressions with surprise, joy, surprise, doubt and disbelief on their faces.

Join a new alliance?

This does sound like a happy event.

But is this guy really awake? !