Great Power Technology

Weekends were easy for Ye Zhou. During the past two days, he spent most of his time in the simulator. The talents in the mall had been updated, but they did not have the talents he needed. He looked at the amount of money he could spend on his panel. The 62 points of energy that went out made me sigh deeply.

Is this the same feeling as having money but nowhere to spend it?

It seems to be different. Being unable to spend money does not mean that talents in the mall are useless. On the contrary, because talents will inherit attributes in reality, most talents are very cost-effective. For example, the previous structural master, As for the "Absolute Concentration" in the mall now, which only has 30 energy points, the "Quick Reaction" with 60 energy points, and the "Mathematician" with 300 energy points, they must be replaced after having excess energy.

But now, the simulations Ye Zhou has experienced are still limited, and there are few sources of energy values, so he has to save the energy values ​​first to deal with problems that may not be solved in subsequent simulations.

This is just like starting a business. When you have excess funds in the early stages of starting a business, the first thing you should do is not to enjoy it for yourself, but to prepare for the expansion of the company. After the company enters a stable expansion stage, you can then consider the use of the excess funds. .

Ye Zhou put away his thoughts and re-entered the simulation.

[The second phase plot simulation of Dragon Heart begins]

He opened his eyes, and he was still above the Moho interface. Less than a kilometer further down, he would enter the range of influence of the Pantili Cave effect.

Making a decisive decision, Ye Zhou immediately turned on the intercom and shouted to the headquarters above:

"This is Tu Xingsun, this is Tu Xingsun. In case of emergency, I need to stop sinking immediately! Repeat, I need to stop sinking immediately!"

A few seconds later, a reply came from the command above.

"Tui Temple received it and agreed. Please report the situation."

"My current mental state is unstable and I have experienced mild hallucinations. I am going to restrain myself. Please take over the detector remote control system!"

"Received. Do you need to return immediately? Please judge the danger level of the current situation. If it reaches the second level risk, we will terminate the mission according to the plan."

Terminate task?

This was the first time Ye Zhou heard this option in the simulator, and his mind suddenly became active.

Based on past experience, there are basically no conditions to complete a simulation in a simulation, unless it is an extremely urgent situation like the first simulation.

But obviously, this time Jiuyou's plan is not urgent.

He could return to the ground first, report the situation to the expert team above, and then sink again!

Thinking of this, he answered:

"I judge that I have lost my ability to act independently while hallucinating, and have attempted to perform dangerous operations. The risk level has reached Level 2 and I need to return!"

"The Earth Temple received it. Return immediately."

After the command's voice fell, all the operable interfaces in the detector were extinguished. Then, the reverse thrust engine started, and the detector broke away from the safety hook lock and began to rise rapidly upwards.

Ye Zhou felt the huge overload. The watch data on the payload suit showed that the overload had reached 3 G at this time.

A depth of 10 kilometers is only a distance of two minutes for a reverse thrust engine operating at full speed.

He gritted his teeth tightly and kept planning in his mind what he would do when he returned to the ground.

First of all, of course, it is necessary to clarify the effect of the Pantili Cave underground, so that the command headquarters can find experts and start formulating plans.

Secondly, we need to discuss the details of the plan with the command center to see if it is possible to use artificial intelligence to replace ourselves and go underground - after all, this is the safest plan.

At 1 minute and 40 seconds, Ye Zhou saw the round hole through the detector's monitor screen.

It was like sitting in a well and looking at the sky. The entrance of the hole was only the size of a palm, but Ye Zhou knew that above the surface, it was actually a huge pit with a diameter of more than two kilometers and gradually shrinking.

At 1 minute and 50 seconds, the hole has expanded larger than the detector. The reverse thrust engine enters the terminal acceleration stage. The detector will squeeze out the last power to launch the leaf boat into the sky at an altitude of 5 kilometers, and open it there. parachute.

This is because the hook lock of the detector has been decoupled and cannot be slowed down in other ways in the hole.

In 2 minutes and 15 seconds, the probe broke out of the ground, and then continued to fly into the air at an alarming speed.

At 3 minutes, the main parachute failed to open.

At 3 minutes and 15 seconds, the backup parachute failed to open. At this time, Ye Zhou was still 4,000 meters away from the ground.

At a height of 4,000 meters, considering the ultimate speed caused by air resistance, he had less than 80 seconds before falling to the ground.

Not even a minute and a half.

Certain death.

Ye Zhou sighed, and the intercom at this time was already filled with anxious shouts.

"Tu Xingsun, it's an emergency! Please stay attentive!"

"Listen to my instructions! Supercomputing team! Calculate the terminal velocity of falling to the ground immediately!"

"How much? Got it!"

"Ye Zhou! The probe's reverse thrust engine still has the last 2% of fuel. Please restart the engine manually at the last moment of falling to the ground to reduce the falling speed!"

"Your terminal velocity will reach...forget it! Now test your reaction time! Press the intercom button as soon as you hear the siren!"

Ye Zhou listened to his instructions. A few seconds later, the alarm sounded and he immediately pressed the button.

At this time, there are still 40 seconds left before hitting the ground.

"The reaction time is 176ms. The supercomputing team will solve it immediately! I will send you the same alarm sound at a specific time. In the next time, you must stay focused!"

"Put your hands on the operating platform and immediately start the reverse thrust engine manually after hearing the alarm!"

"The countdown is now 20 seconds, all radios are silent!"

The call was suddenly interrupted.

Ye Zhou's ears could only hear the sound of the mechanical countdown sent from the command center.

He took a deep breath.

10 seconds.

There was no trembling in his fingers, which was the effect of the "courage" talent he had awakened before.

5 seconds.

Ye Zhou began to count down unconsciously.

1 second.

The detector has fallen to a distance of less than 50 meters from the ground.

The command center nervously commented on the detector in the sky. If everything goes well, the detector's descent speed will be reduced to less than 30 meters per second by the reverse thrust engine.

At such a speed, even if it fell straight down, it would not be fatal.

The alarm sounded, and Ye Zhou pressed the reverse thrust engine button as quickly as possible.

The engine roared to life.

The majestic reverse thrust came from below, and Ye Zhou's payload suit made a strange sound. He even felt that his heart was compressed into a ball under the huge overload.

Is it going to succeed?

Ye Zhou couldn't help showing some incredible joy.

However, the next second, the entire detector began to rotate rapidly.

This probe itself was prepared for going to the ground. It did not have an attitude control system like other aircraft at all - the direction of the engine's jet was deflected.

The world is spinning.

The last scene in Ye Zhou's eyes was the detector hitting the ground hard and then rolling over.

…

[The second phase plot simulation of Dragon Heart ends]

[This simulation score: E]

[Clue discovery: a journey with no return]

[Reward: 10 energy points (clue reward)]

[Go deep underground, but die at high altitude, this is the fate of a hero]

Ye Zhou looked at the settlement interface, but he didn't feel disappointed that the simulation failed.

Instead, it was all emotion.

Even at the last moment, the headquarters called Tudidian Temple never gave up on rescuing him.

In the event of a sudden emergency, they even formulated a response strategy in less than two minutes, and even almost succeeded!

Turn the tide before it falls!

Ye Zhou wanted to know the name of the person who issued the command to him, but the simulator did not respond.

Perhaps the answer can only be obtained when the simulation is completed?

He rested in the void for a moment and began to think about the current situation.

First of all, it has been proven impossible to return to the ground. Due to the special design of the detector, this behemoth that goes deep into the ground cannot rise with the help of a sling. However, it is also an established fact that the parachute cannot be opened. This shows that this exploration For Ye Zhou - or for that researcher, it was already destined that the end of the journey would never come back.

Therefore, all problems can only be solved underground.

Ye Zhou must solve the problem of Pantili Cave Effect underground.

However, the probe's life support system could only continue to operate for less than 8 hours, so it was impossible for him to wait for remote technical support from the command above.

You can only rely on yourself.

One possible solution has been blocked again.