Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 1002
When the cold sunlight moved to the undamaged side of the mechanical hive, the air became colder. The air exhaled by Chen Yan turned into tiny ice particles, but he failed to notice this because of his concentration. All are concentrated on the mobile phone screen.

He was using mobile phone software to pay employees, because the accountants of several branches could not be contacted at the same time. He had to do these things by himself. Fortunately, the counterfeit had backed up the information of several company accounts, otherwise Chen Yan would not be able to contact him at this time. I'm afraid I can only stare.

The mechanical hive's urban functions have not been fully restored, and the market is not in business, which means that Chen Yan needs to contact some food suppliers himself, leaving these tasks to Thomas Gilbert.

After making a few phone calls, Chen Yan contacted Lindsay Robert Darwin, who had arrived at Z Group, and told him about the casualties. After asking him to provide compensation for the casualties, he told him that he must do it as soon as possible. Recruiting new lab-on-a-chip researchers.

The Internet of Things is the empire's most important strategic facility today. Chen Yan predicts that the various functions of the mechanical hive will soon be restored. By then, the Turing chip will become the most important means of rebuilding the severely damaged mechanical hive.

Chen Yan not only issued instructions, but also received feedback on more questions:
For example, Z Group's power equipment was damaged by low temperature and needed to find a power engineer to repair it;

For example, when treating injured employees of various branches of the Group, more medical equipment and intelligent robotic prostheses need to be customized and purchased;

For example, students have come to us and said that they want to leave Days Island, so they want to refund their tuition fees;

For example, an outsourcing company to perform installation and testing of Turing chips has come to visit, but Z Group's chip laboratory is busy arranging injured patients, and no one has contacted them.

……

A group is like a huge machine with countless parts. Once it starts running, all kinds of problems, big and small, will emerge one after another.

Now the situation of Z Group is even worse. Nearly half of the parts in this huge machine cannot operate. Chen Yan must assume part of the functions of these parts in order to make the machine run with forced reduction of power consumption, and reduce the power consumption. Power consumption is destined to reduce functionality at the same time, which is something Chen Yan has to accept.

The agents of Z Group's subsidiaries solved some of the problems, but there were still some undecidable issues that were fed back to Chen Yan.

Worldly things are the most annoying, and when you are busy, there is no end to them.

When Chen Yan came back to his senses, it was already evening.

After running this day, Chen Yan truly understood how bad the condition of the mechanical hive was.

Due to the large number of casualties and material damage, the completely disabled market has no way to provide normal services. The function of currency as a means of circulation has therefore failed. If you want to obtain materials, you must either exchange things for things or rely on credit.

Medical equipment, basic medicines, basic parts required for intelligent robot surgery... Chen Yan needed a lot of things. Talking about things with those bosses did not go smoothly. If it weren't for Klein's relationship, Chen Yan would have I'm afraid I'll be rejected wherever I go.

Fortunately, although the market was gone, the mobile troops of the logistics center entered the mechanical hive. After wiping out several large gangs who wanted to fish in troubled waters, there was no more gunfire in the mechanical hive.

Violence has become the best solution in a chaotic society. Chen Yan doesn't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. He only knows that it has at least reduced the crime rate, and people will no longer worry about disappearing inexplicably into places where light does not shine.

The situation of the mechanical hive was very bad. Although Chen Yan knew this fact early on, it was only after walking through a few streets of the mechanical hive that he truly realized the seriousness of the matter——

Even excluding the part of the hive cut off by the typhoon, the heavy rain pouring in from the damaged areas also caused huge damage to the entire three-dimensional city. Although the various areas of the mechanical hive are roughly horizontal, there are also relatively low-lying areas. Those areas It became the hardest hit area by this heavy rain.

The extreme low temperature after the heavy rain almost froze the lowest areas in each area. Chen Yan saw the rescue team and heard howling in the distance.

This time he naively thought he had the ability to do something——

"Swarm, can you rescue the people in the frozen area?"

Swam asked in confusion:

"Is there anyone there?"

Chen Yan was speechless.

Even if the extreme low temperature does not last long, it has caused great damage to the steel mechanical honeycomb. The deformation of the alloy steel plate and the cracks in the street are all minor problems. Chen Yan cannot see that the basic alloy skeleton of the mechanical honeycomb itself has become What.

The skeleton of the mechanical hive has changed, so what will happen to the basic civilian facilities originally hidden in these skeletons?Will tap water be contaminated?Will the sewage facilities be blocked and cause backflow?Will natural gas pipelines...

Small disasters continue to occur after large disasters. Chen Yan can only ask Swam to save what he can see. Those who cannot see are completely powerless...

There was a lot of dirt on some streets. The sewage facilities on these streets were obviously damaged. The whole street smelled bad. Some of the natural shortcomings of the mechanical hive were completely exposed at this moment - in the face of the sudden disaster, The complex machinery originally used by the mechanical hive to protect people's livelihood has become a burden. The facilities originally used to ensure the city's functions are becoming a stumbling block for the city to resume normal functions, and the logistics center cannot even find enough manpower to repair these facilities.

Most people are hiding at home, and the few people who come to the streets are mostly looking for food - food, originally the least valuable thing in the mechanical hive, the video resources of the entire first island chain and Yanan City are gathered here, and people can You can eat almost all national delicacies here at the lowest prices.

But now, people have to fight for a piece of bread.

Swam is a god, but gods cannot stop humans from fighting for bread.

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In the evening, he had just negotiated with a company that provides broadband services about the replacement plan of Turing chips in broadband servers. He walked onto the street with Swarm, hungry but unable to find a place to eat. At this time, Under the pressure of the logistics center, some well-stocked large restaurants and hotels have opened for business, but their productivity is completely insufficient to provide meals for the survivors.

Every restaurant that is open is packed, and even for a small store, people queue up from the door to the end of the street and out of sight around the corner.

Chen Yan estimated that if he queued up now, he might not be able to get in line until the early morning.

'The good news is everyone is still queuing up. ' he thought optimistically.

He was thinking about where to get something to eat when the phone rang, almost causing him a stress disorder.

He glanced at the phone screen.

Is it... actually the governor?

Chen Yan recalled Klein's explanation in his mind and answered the phone. "Hey, Chen Yan, come to Area Z, now."

After saying this in a very irritable and arrogant tone, Fernando D. Magellan hung up the phone.

Chen Yan could probably imagine the predicament the Governor was in now, but he still couldn't accept such a tone.

'It's better to explain this ridiculous thing - I don't have time to marry a wife at this time! '

So he dragged his tired body, wore clothes that were dirty from running around, and took Swam, who was still wearing curtains, to Area Z after more than ten minutes.

It was obvious that VIPs were arriving today, and the security in Area Z was much tighter than before. Soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition stood guard in front of the entrance and exit of the large elevator.

After checking his identity and entering the gate, Chen Yan saw that today's Z area was completely different from other areas of the mechanical hive. The area covered by the Z area's command ring was not only not damaged by the typhoon, but was also decorated with splendor at this moment. .

The Perth handicraft wool carpet covering the marble floor stretches from the feet to the end of the field of vision. The golden light of the Ring of Control fills every corner of the corridor like a shadowless lamp, and also illuminates the huge and exquisite oil paintings on the walls on both sides of the corridor. Most of the people in the portraits are scientists who have made great contributions in the history of the empire, and most of them are from the Choir.

What stimulated Chen Yan was not these beautiful lights, but the various fragrances floating in the air along the warm breeze.

He without hesitation judged some of the sources of those aromas - barbecue, baking, steaming... He couldn't tell what ingredients those smells came from. He just felt that they were extremely fragrant, fragrant but not greasy, and when he inhaled it, he went straight to the sky. , the fragrance makes people roll their eyes...

The most deadly thing is that there are also the sweet flavors of various fruits mixed in, including peaches, chestnuts, apricots, plums... and the taste of fruits that Chen Yan can't name at all. It's not like Chen Yan has never eaten some of these things, but it's obvious that The smell that penetrated his nose was much more fragrant than any fruity scent he had ever smelled!
These mixed fragrances stimulated the brain through the nasal cavity, and Chen Yan's stomach made a loud noise, as if to remind him that this trip was not in vain.

The well-dressed Governor was waiting not far from the gate of Zone Z. When he saw Chen Yan with a gloomy and serious expression, the expression on his face quickly changed from shock to anger.

"Is this what you're wearing?!"

Chen Yan thought to himself that if the Governor personally stood on the stage to welcome the guests, then the guests must be rich and noble.

Although the Governor was angry, he knew that now was not the time to pursue this matter. He gestured to the young man beside him, and the young man stepped forward and said to Chen Yan:

"Please follow me to change into your dress."

Chen Yan thought this man was a bit strange, but he still took Swarm with his feet neatly and followed him to the locker room.

After a while, Chen Yan and Swam put on two standard dark blue gentleman's clothes. The man thoughtfully chose his favorite black tie for Chen Yan and a pair for Swam that looked like his grandmother's. He wore a green tie and then led the two of them to the living room.

Z Area is very large. The office area and entrepreneurs' meeting area that Chen Yan visited before is only less than one-tenth of the entire Z Area, but the reception room he came to this time is located deeper in the Ring of Control.

Just as they were approaching, Chen Yan heard the cheerful noise and the sound of an orchestra performing.

The various mixed fragrances are also stronger.

This place and down there didn't seem to be in the same world. Chen Yan felt in a trance that the world behind the door in front of him was further away from him than the [Cemetery].

In silence, the waiter opened the door.

The strong and completely unidentifiable mixed spice smell seemed to smoke people out. Another smell that was more present than before was the aroma of alcohol. Chen Yan suppressed the feeling of weakness in his legs and talked to Siwo. Mu walked into it together.

This is a circular open auditorium with only one floor. At this time, food and wine are placed in the largest central prototype area on the first floor. Most of the luxuriously dressed guests gather in groups in various corners of the circular area. , there is currently no one hosting this banquet, and Chen Yan looks at this scene as if there is no host...

Don't worry about it for now.

Chen Yan whispered to Swam: "Eat first before talking."

After hearing this, Swam's eyes became serious for the first time today.

The two found a long, large dining table with "hard dishes" of roast meat and roast goose. They used a wine tower filled with purple wine as a cover and began eating relatively restrainedly.

Chen Yan has always had a good appetite. After his body became more and more strange, the energy required to maintain the body's normal operation was much higher than when he was a normal person. His appetite has naturally increased by leaps and bounds. These days, he is too busy because And I am in a state of hunger almost all the time. The last time I had a full meal was when the impostor was in charge of this body...

Swam's body is even more puzzling. His eating is completely irregular. He never seems to feel hungry, but Chen Yan can clearly feel his desire for food. He eats very quickly. Chewing seems to be dispensable to him, which results in his eating efficiency being almost three times that of Chen Yan. This makes the two of them have to change positions frequently to avoid eating things on the same table. The embarrassing situation of light.

Chen Yan also ate quickly, firstly because he was too hungry, and secondly because he knew that he would be kicked out by the Governor soon, so he had to hurry up.

While Chen Yan was eating, he listened attentively to what the guests were talking about. His hearing enhanced by synaesthesia allowed him to capture some sensitive words with strong emotions, such as "Starlink Colony", "New Technology", "Low Temperature Superconductivity" , "[Beta-type canceration]", "Dark Pioneer", "Anthem Chip"...

He only captured the words, but did not learn any truth from the guests' vague discussions.

He only heard these major events, but did not hear any information about the reconstruction of the mechanical hive.

So he buried his head in eating even harder.

Under the cover of a roasting baby whale, he picked up a tropical fruit and accidentally burst it, covering the entire skirt of his gentleman's uniform.

He picked up the napkin on the table nonchalantly, wiped it casually on his chest, and walked forward, preparing to go to the next table, but suddenly he felt a pain in his forehead, as if he had hit something.

He looked up and saw a woman in a brown evening gown covering her head with brown choir-patterned gloves soaked in fruit juice, her face full of astonishment.

Chen Yan subconsciously noticed that the woman's mouth was full of oil, and there were shreds of some kind of meat stuck to the corners of her mouth. She had obviously been wearing lipstick, but now the color of the lipstick was completely gone.

A thought flashed through his head -

This woman is here to eat and drink too!
　PS: The first 1000 chapters in life!The story is about to reach its grand finale!Great!
　　
　
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