Epoch of Twilight

Time has entered 2018 without knowing it, and it has been nearly five years since the end of the world broke out.

Human beings who left the earth and lived in one place and were on the verge of extinction once again showed vigorous vitality. The pessimistic and depressive emotions of human beings about the future have gradually disappeared, and the entire spaceship living area is showing a thriving scene.

In the past two years since moving into the spacecraft, technology has developed like an explosion. Boxing factories have begun to restart, and batches of workers have entered various positions after short-term training.

Nanotechnology, electromagnetism, biological gene editing, quantum technology, artificial intelligence and nuclear fusion technology have made breakthroughs one after another this year. Although most of these technologies are just copying the technology of the Bossians, in such a short period of time, without relying on the intelligence of the spacecraft Industrial robots, only relying on human workers, are already extremely rare.

At the same time, these technological breakthroughs have also lifted the mystery of the technology of the Boxing people, and they are no longer at a loss.

Of course, this does not mean that human technology has caught up with the Boxing people. They are still the Boxing people 50 or 60 years ago. The knowledge obtained by human beings from the Boxing brain is not systematic, and the application is more than the theory. A lot of knowledge is even just scratches. , can only rely on reference and slowly explore.

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At this time, in a Boxing factory in the factory area, Luo Yuan and several main leaders of the city government are inspecting the latest achievements of this factory.

In the huge testing ground, a huge half-squat nearly 20 meters tall is on the ground, with more than a dozen mechanical arms loaded with various tools hanging in the air, even if it is motionless, it gives people a great sense of oppression .

"Is this the original Boxing's engineering robot?" Tian Jinping on the side asked in surprise.

"You guessed it right, respect the mayor and all the leaders, these robots were originally in a dormant state due to the communication interruption of the spaceship master brain, and humans can't control it at all, but we replaced him with our brain, and now it belongs to us Human engineering robots." The chief engineer of the factory said proudly.

This chief engineer is also a person who has taken the potion of wisdom. In addition to the illusory sense of omnipotence and the sense of superiority over ordinary people's IQ crushed by just taking it, many people can come out again and return to Reality.

Of course, there are also those who have been addicted to it, but as long as it does not violate the law, Luo Yuan will not interfere.

Luo Yuan looked at this giant, and asked with great interest: "Mr. Chen, please introduce this robot!"

Seeing Luo Yuan's personal inquiry, the chief engineer of the factory was a little flattered, and said excitedly: "Okay, mayor, this robot is the largest among all the robots of the Boxing people, and it is also the one with the largest number. It weighs Up to 535 tons, it has a small and medium-sized nuclear fusion furnace and a pulse engine, which can support short-distance space flight. It is widely used in heavy industry, spacecraft space maintenance operations, and asteroid mining. It is a spaceship for interstellar flight. Essential equipment."

"How is its safety? Will it be re-controlled by the spaceship's brain?" Luo Yuan nodded and asked. He was not worried about the secret betrayal of the spaceship's brain. Now the entire ship is controlled by humans. In order to survive, It will never betray subjectively, it's just that the mastermind of the Boxing people left a back door, and it can't be determined by its own will at all.

Mr. Chen pondered for a while this time, with a keen mind, he conceived countless possibilities, and then said: "This is impossible, we have redefined the new communication mode and communication equipment, and developed a new one suitable for human beings. The computer language, plus the factory area is already controlled by humans, unless we help the brain improve the communication equipment to make it compatible, otherwise the two will be completely isolated from communication, and it will be controlled by our Hope 3 mainframe in the future.”

As the name suggests, Hope No. 3 is the third-generation super quantum computer developed by mankind. Its computing power is ten thousand times higher than the sum of all human computing devices including mobile phones before the end of the world.

Although it is still far from being able to compare with the main brain of the spaceship, it is already one hundred thousandth of its computing power.

Don't underestimate only this ratio. With the development speed of human science and technology today, the two are actually quite close. You must know that the first-generation super quantum computer is only one hundred billionth of it, and the first generation to the present. Three generations, only a year and a half apart.

"Then start it now and see how it works?" Luo Yuan nodded and said.

"Okay, for safety's sake, the mayor and all the leaders, please stand back a little," Mr. Chen said, and after everyone moved away, he raised the portable terminal in his left hand and clicked on the 3D screen.

In the originally quiet testing ground, a dull buzzing sound suddenly appeared. Although the sound was not loud, it was full of a strong sense of power. This was the sound of the engine starting of the robot. A circle of green lights gradually lit up on the head of the robot, and then slowly Stand up slowly.

The heavy body is walking on the deck of the spaceship while checking itself, but it does not make the slightest sound. The huge body gives people a sense of contradictory lightness. It obviously has an anti-gravity module, and the balance system is also very good. It is completely competent for any situation. environment

At this time, the perception system on its head kept scanning the surrounding environment, and soon it walked towards a seriously damaged machine tool nearby.

In Luo Yuan's eyes, this machine tool was completely scrapped, not only the large and small parts were scattered all over the place, but even the main console was torn apart.

Seeing that several leaders were curious about the behavior of engineering robots, Mr. Chen introduced next to him:

"In its central database, there are tens of thousands of drawings. These are the materials in the original database. We copied them when we wrote the new program. This time we gave him the task of maintaining this machine tool. , and see how it works."

At this time, the engineering robot appeared again.

Its round body suddenly emitted a fan-shaped beam, scanning the machine tool over and over again, as if it was acquiring the data of the machine tool.

The next moment, it took action, and the dozen or so metal arms loaded with various tools waved around.

Among them are four to five tons of heavy hammers, metal pliers and other primitive mechanical tools, as well as a large number of high-tech tools with unknown uses. Some tools, even Luo Yuan can't figure out their functions.

In the first step, this engineering robot further disassembled the discarded machine tool. The disassembly process was quite violent, and some parts that could not be separated due to extrusion were even directly cut by it with a laser.

In just a dozen seconds, the machine tool quickly turned into countless parts, neatly arranged beside it.

Then the robot scanned again, and the next moment, the two robotic arms lightly picked up the most damaged part. This metal part was completely twisted, and half of it had been cut off by it before, and it was divided into two halves.

Next, after several high-temperature burns and strong winds released by the robotic arms, it cleaned the metal dirt away, and then it used two robotic arms to join the two halves of the parts together.

"Could it be possible to repair it like this?" Luo Yuan thought, just when he felt a little confused, another mechanical arm came over.

The tool loaded by this robotic arm is quite weird. It is a metal cylinder nearly one meter thick, with a concave crystal sphere at the head, and it does not seem to have any purpose.

"Success, what tool is on the top of this mechanical arm?" Since he didn't understand, Luo Yuan simply asked Mr. Chen.

"This is a small magnetic field shaper!" Mr. Chen quickly explained: "In a strong magnetic field, it can deform metal like a liquid and shape parts according to the program. It is the most important maintenance tool for engineering robots."

As soon as the other party mentioned the name of the equipment, Luo Yuan already understood it. He had already seen this technology in other factories. It was used in metal smelting and forging factories, but he had never seen such a small one.

At this time, the engine of the engineering robot began to roar, and it was obvious that starting this kind of equipment required a lot of power consumption.

Luo Yuan saw that the air around the magnetic field shaper was extremely distorted, and even the nearby metal shavings began to vibrate slightly, as if they were about to be absorbed. how much impact

Under the cover of the magnetic field, in a short while, the parts gradually deformed, the twisted metal began to straighten, and the broken parts gradually merged into one. In just a dozen seconds, this part that can only be scrapped in the eyes of ordinary people has been destroyed. The restoration is complete, the surface is as good as new, and the efficiency is incredible.

It has to be said that the technology of the Boxing people has reached a state of perfection in the application of the magnetic field, and can even finely control the energy of the magnetic field. In comparison, the application of the magnetic field before human beings came into contact with the Boxing technology is far from the beginning.

If humans possessed such technology during the reconstruction zone period, their production capacity and industrial technology level would at least increase several times, and mutant beasts would not pose such a threat to humans.

But then again, the premise and application of this kind of technology development must have powerful and cheap energy. If nuclear fusion fails to develop, even if humans get this technology, it will be useless. Technology is complementary to each other. , presents a tree-like extension, and cannot develop independently at all. Even if black technology exists, it will not be too far from conventional cognition.

While the various mechanical arms are moving and changing in an orderly manner, parts one after another are constantly being repaired. The final operating table took a little effort because of its huge size. The rest of the parts only took a dozen seconds at most. to twenty seconds.

When the entire tens of tons of machinery was assembled, Luo Yuan estimated that only fifteen minutes had passed.

Luo Yuan clapped his palms lightly, and the senior leaders who accompanied the inspection also applauded quickly, and there was applause all around.

Mr. Chen's face flushed with excitement. In today's totalitarian society, there are no rewards and honors, which are more important than the approval of the superiors.

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Although this restoration of the engineering robot of the Boxing people is not a big breakthrough in the context of the recent technological explosion, it has considerable significance for human beings.

This means that humans have initially possessed the ability to repair spacecraft, and at the same time, have the ability to operate in space, and asteroid mining has become possible.

During this period of time, with the opening of each Boxing factory and mass production, the materials stored by the spacecraft are rapidly decreasing. Many materials have been reduced by 10%, especially pure iron, which consumes the most, has been reduced by 100%. Thirty percent, after all, those super buildings are all made of metal.

Of course Luo Yuan knew that doing so was quite dangerous.

The reserve materials of these spaceships are to deal with the dangers in space in case of emergency.

But on the one hand, human beings are extremely short of living materials, and there are needs almost everywhere. Now it is no different than before. In the past, the conditions were difficult and the materials were limited. Except for food and clothing, other things were not considered, but now life is gradually stable, and technology is developing rapidly. The same, it is estimated that public dissatisfaction will boil over.

On the other hand, it is also to let the people stop doing nothing and let more people participate in the work.

Of course, if it is only for the employment rate, there are actually other better ways, such as opening up the service industry, which is a good way to increase the employment rate, and can even absorb most of the unemployed population. Before the end of the world, China's service industry employment The number of people will far exceed the industrial population. If it is the United States with a more developed economy, this proportion will be even higher.

In fact, with the current level of human technology, even if it is entertainment for all, humans can barely do it.

Engineering robots have been cracked, and ordinary intelligent industrial robots are naturally not difficult. An unmanned factory like the Boxing people is just something you don't want to think about.

But doing so has no meaning other than ruining the future of mankind.

Human beings are far from being able to enjoy themselves in peace. Humans are still preparing to leave the solar system and flee to the black realm of the universe. The future is bleak. If they relax at this point, the best result will be a group of wanderers who will never be able to return to their home planet.

This is what Luo Yuan doesn't want to see.

In order to maintain and motivate human beings to strive for progress, the service industry has been severely restricted. Except for some movies used for publicity, human beings have almost no entertainment activities until now.

In contrast, a large number of adult education schools and night schools for workers have been established one after another, various public cram schools abound, and an invisible hierarchical system based on scientific research levels has been established, setting off a wave of learning knowledge and worshiping knowledge in society.

The only purpose is to promote the continuous development of technology.