Epoch of Twilight

"Employees of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th brigades, please go to the No. 1 landing hatch and line up to enter!"

"Employees of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Battalions, please line up at the No. 2 landing hatch!"

"Employees of the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Battalions, please line up at the No. 3 landing hatch!"

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The soft electronic sound spread throughout the huge space on the top floor. Under the shadow of the huge emergency spaceship, countless workers in biochemical and nano-protective suits lined up neatly and entered the spaceship in order.

Time passed, and it was fleeting. At this time, it has been more than four months since Luo Yuan came to the earth last time to obtain the energy core of the giant beast. Human beings are ready to step into the earth again to collect the corpse of this giant beast.

In fact, after losing its energy core, this giant beast died completely after only two days. have nothing to do. Therefore, the work of collecting corpses naturally fell to the engineering company that lost its job again after the ice harvesting project.

In order to do a good job in the logistics of this operation, a large number of factories started working day and night. At the same time, some new research results were also applied in this equipment manufacturing. It can be said that this is a new technology test.

It's just that the original project date set by the engineering company has been delayed again and again.

It's not that the equipment can't be produced, but that the technology is updated too fast!

With a complete Bostar industrial system, you can explore and learn, especially with the opening of the nanomaterial factory, even if there is a serious shortage of human technicians, the level of human technology is still changing rapidly, almost every few days. New achievements, technology will be updated every other month, and human technology is almost showing an explosive attitude and developing rapidly.

In many cases, when the equipment has just been produced, it is found that these technologies are outdated and completely garbage, which is unsightly.

The departure date of the engineering company has been delayed from the original one month to two months, then to three months, and now it has been more than four months. If Luo Yuan didn't feel that something was wrong and forced him to make a decision, the start time of the project might not be It will be a few years later.

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The crowd outside the spaceship was densely packed and arranged in neat square formations. Cui Weichuan called his team members to his team formation.

"Everyone has it, start counting!"

"Report to the captain, the first squadron, there should be 300 people, and there are 300 people!"

"Report to the captain, the second squadron, the answer is three hundred and one, and there are actually three hundred and one people!"

Every worker here is a reserve soldier, almost all have military training experience, and the management of the engineering company is completely militarized.

Because Cui Weichuan performed well in the ice mining project and was promoted. Now he is the squadron leader, and the number of people in his management has also expanded from one hundred to three hundred.

Seeing that it was his turn in a blink of an eye, Cui Weichuan quickly puffed up his chest and said loudly: "Report to the captain, the second squadron, there are 300 people who responded, but there are actually 299 people, and one person asks for leave."

"Why did someone ask for leave? Did you explain the reason?" The captain frowned, a little puzzled.

Since the last project, they have been out of work for half a year. If it were him, even if they were sick, they would have to report first. After all, this project is not at home, but on the earth 600,000 kilometers away. Well, the company won't go back and forth to Earth just for one employee. If he missed it this time, it basically means being fired by the engineering company. After all, the company also has strict discipline.

"There will be an adult exam in a few days. That person has to prepare for the self-examination. Before the end of the world, he was a third-year high school student, which delayed his studies." Cui Weichuan explained succinctly.

"It turned out to be like this. I hope everything goes well for him. Anyway, he came from our brigade." The brigade leader said with a bit of a sigh. Now Hope City has a strong learning atmosphere, and the countless free adult cram schools set up by the government are affected by this trend. , Many students before the end of the world, even young people who have been working for many years, also picked up their textbooks again and worked hard for their future.

Today's society is strictly hierarchical, and all resources are concentrated on scientific research. This is fully reflected in the size of the house allocated by the government for free.

Compared with the vast majority of ordinary people who only have nine square meters of housing per capita, a research intern or assistant engineer can be allocated 18 square meters, which is completely doubled. If there is a spouse, this area will be doubled. As for researchers ( Senior) or senior engineer, the per capita can even reach 100 square meters, and it is also doubled by a spouse.

Even though he is the team leader, since this engineering company is still temporarily established and has not yet been established, his family’s housing area is still of an ordinary level, and the salary is not as good as that of a few temporarily transferred technicians. The family of three can only squeeze one small The room can make people breathless after staying for a long time.

However, he didn't feel any dissatisfaction in his heart. Society has never been equal. It used to be the same, and it is the same now. Compared with the measurement of money before the end of the world, it is now measured by knowledge. On the contrary, he feels that it is more fair. If it were not for his age He is too old to study, and he is ready to consider re-entering the university. Fortunately, his son still has hope.

"It's our turn soon, everyone take their places, and land on the fifth cabin!" The captain looked at the speed of the team in front and said loudly.

Cui Weichuan led the team into the living cabin, and found that the living cabin was no longer as empty as before. For this mission, some modifications were made here, a lot of safety seats were added, and the entire living cabin was arranged like a supercar. Like a large conference room, it can completely seat more than 100,000 people at a time.

Not long after, he followed the brigade to where he belonged.

The safety device on the seat was exactly the same as that in the house. He fastened the safety device familiarly, and immediately his entire chest and abdomen were wrapped in soft materials.

He noticed that the worker next to him seemed to be taking deep breaths while sitting, and couldn't help laughing: "Old Lin, why are you still a little nervous? Didn't you sit in it before? There were no safety seats at that time."

"Squadron leader, I'm really a little bit. You said that this big guy flew from space to the earth. I feel suspended when I look at it. It's really unreliable." Lao Lin was a construction worker before the end of the world. But I still feel a little weak in my hands and feet.

"This thing was made by aliens. I'm not afraid of spaceflight, but I'm afraid of such a short distance. It's much safer than taking a car."

"Then I'd rather take a car, at least it's safe." Lao Lin was stunned for a moment and said.

The two chatted for a while, and the spaceship suddenly shook and began to move slowly. Cui Weichuan quickly swallowed what he was going to say, his face turned pale. He didn't seem nervous, but in fact he was sweating. After staying for a lifetime and rarely taking planes, it is not a wonderful enjoyment to suddenly return from space in a spaceship one day.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and there were no bumps on the way. It was not until the sound of the radio came that he suddenly realized that he had landed on the earth.

Cui Weichuan followed the team and was about to get out of the spaceship, but found that the people in front stopped suddenly.

"My God, what's up there?"

"Could it be, that is the corpse of the mutant beast we want to collect!"

"This is simply a mountain!"

Hearing the exclamation one after another, Cui Weichuan held back his curiosity and continued to maintain the order of the team. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the team to move forward again. After a while, he saw the astonishing scene in front of him.

Not far ahead, a corpse like a hill was half buried in the glacier.

Most of its corpse has been covered by snow, but from some exposed scales and half claws, it can be seen that its size is quite amazing.

He suppressed the urge to exclaim, and took a deep breath. Now that he is the squadron leader, he must lead by example, but he still couldn't help but cast his eyes there from time to time, even though he had long been interested in this big project that had summoned nearly 50,000 people. With mental preparation, I also guessed that the size of this giant beast would be bigger, but it was still not as good as the realistic eleven.

Fortunately, in the first few days, all I did was some preparatory work.

Thousands of engineering vehicles and large-scale cutting equipment were sent off the spaceship. At the same time, mobile nuclear power plants began to be built on the ice. Today's engineering vehicles are all powered by electricity. Being easily passed, these engineering vehicles no longer have to drag a long cable.

For the next few days, the workers have been setting up a large number of lights around the giant beast, building an emergency hospital on the construction site, an equipment repair shop, and installing all-steel scaffolding. During construction, people have to tie safety ropes on their bodies. The behemoth is too huge, without safety measures, accidents are prone to occur.

Cui Weichuan wakes up every morning, puts on lead-plated nano biochemical protective clothing, and circles around the giant beast, not only to satisfy his curiosity, but also to exercise his body. His behavior is not outstanding. There are many people watching all the time.

This kind of lead-plated nano-biochemical protective clothing, although it has only a thin layer, does not make people feel the slightest cold at all. In addition, it is fully enclosed when connected to the helmet, and the cold wind from the outside is completely shielded. Breathing is by portable oxygen canister.

Although it is a bit inconvenient, no one dared to take off the helmet, not only because of the cold here, but also because of the terrifying aura emitted by the isolation monster. I heard that a worker in a certain brigade did this a few days ago without listening to warnings, and immediately He fainted to the ground and was in a coma for three full days. After waking up, his spirit became a little crazy, and his whole body became abnormal.

Of course, these were all rumors, but he hadn't seen this worker since that day, and that night, the team leader also held a meeting to sternly warn him of this serious violation.

After five days of preparation work, in the early morning of the sixth day, the blasting team buried explosives into the ice layer on the corpse of the giant beast. After a sound of detonation, a large amount of ice and snow slid down from the surface of the corpse, and this majestic giant beast finally Show your true face.

Without the ice and snow cover, it almost shrinks a circle, but it feels more shocking and daunting.

The silver-white scales all over the body are shining brightly under the light, as if they are all glowing, making people feel that this kind of creature should not appear in the mortal world at all, but should be in myths and legends.

Its body, including its head, was buried under the ice, and less than a third of it was exposed to the surface, but its vertical height was still hundreds of meters, like a hill.

Cui Weichuan swallowed subconsciously, but no one paid attention to him, and everyone's eyes were deeply attracted by this terrifying and mysterious head.

With the sound of a sharp whistle, he was shocked, and when he came back to his senses, the project finally started.