Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

They each have their own ideas and unique insights into the situation.

They may not have a high status, but they have been in contact with the core power circle of the logistics center for long enough. As the core dog legs of the core power circle, they usually have some correct understanding of the situation.

"There must be fewer and fewer people, because the food is getting less and less. If Chen Yan continues to mess around like this for a few more months, the food will not be distributed, and riots will definitely occur. Then there will naturally be fewer people - you Now when you are giving out food to people, when they are about to starve to death, they will not talk to you about their feelings!
When the time comes, you tell them: ‘I have raised you for several months! ’, people will not pay attention to you at all! "

They nodded at the same time, fully agreeing with this statement. They believed that human nature is like this. They made such a judgment based on their own experiences and subjective speculations about "those people". They did not realize that such judgments were not made because of reason. But just out of arrogance.

"By that time, the food has been wasted by Chen Yan to feed those thugs, and we ourselves don't have to eat. This is the most uncomfortable thing. You spend your own resources on charity, and if the other party doesn't eat, they will bite you right away.

It’s the end of the world, who’s going to tell you about etiquette, morals, kindness, and accidents? The first thing anyone wants to do is to survive! "

"I agree with this view, mud-legged people are indeed like this."

"This explanation is not unreasonable."

"Well, so, isn't this why we are gathered here? Let one person take the lead, fight for some of our own interests, and get back some of the food that should belong to us -

There is nothing wrong with us! It was Chen Yan who was wrong! If his hand reaches too far, he needs a slap! "

"Actually, he also said that he would find ways to produce food."

"Huh? Why don't I know?"

"You don't know too much...the records of their meetings have been uploaded to their company website. You can read them yourself."

"Oh……"

"That's right, they have already discussed these things, and his group of think tanks have also given more specific plans -

Restart the mining farms on the mining islands on the island chain and establish mineral mining and transportation lines - use the technology previously obtained from the Star Chain to mine, transport and process minerals, and turn the minerals into construction materials.

Then, the technology obtained from Starlink was also used to reconstruct agriculture, using construction materials made of minerals to build the agricultural infrastructure, and dividing two to three layers of the mechanical hive for crop cultivation.

——There are still many stored seeds in the warehouse, and those seeds have been preserved by Chen Yan——

Plant seeds, cultivate them in greenhouses, and establish composting facilities and corresponding water supply, sewage pipes, and supporting power supply systems. If things can really start to be implemented, they estimate that it will only take about half a year, and the mechanical hives will be able to grow their own food. of food.

This approach can also solve the increasingly serious problem of excrement pollution to a certain extent.

As for the decreasing oxygen content in the mechanical hive, they talked about many ways to obtain oxygen at that time. The core of the technology was to decompose algae to produce oxygen——

They are preparing to explore the frozen sea under the mechanical hive and collect algae to build bacteria and algae oxygen production equipment.

The problem is that the bacteria and algae oxygen-producing equipment will produce bacteria while generating oxygen, causing the oxygen to be contaminated.

Oxygen is lighter than air. After it is produced, it will definitely rise to the upper level of the mechanical hive. By then, all the polluted oxygen will be breathed into our lungs. What will we do if we get sick?
I heard that the most likely thing to happen is a disease called "bacterial lung disease". When it occurs, the entire lungs turn into sticky mucus, and the lung tissue becomes diseased and turns into something like a swamp.

My body can't stand this kind of torture! "

They are faced with a powerful enemy, and disease is one of the few things that can arouse them in awe. They have lost part of their sanity due to fear of disease, making them unable to think objectively and correctly.

"Everyone felt troubled by the disadvantages of this oxygen production method, so the tacit cooperation put some pressure on Chen Yan, and the plan was temporarily shelved.

If the problem of polluted oxygen cannot be solved, oxygen production by bacteria and algae can only be used under forced circumstances. "

"Can't Starlink's technology solve the problem of polluted oxygen...lack of oxygen?"

"Looking at what you said, how much technology is transmitted from Starlink?
When Starlink was first built, there was a conflict with the Empire itself... Let’s put it this way, when Starlink was first built, there was a very serious game over resource allocation, so much so that at that time, the Empire Internet and Starlink Internet Completely separated - you all know that the network is separated. "

Everyone echoed:
"indeed so."

The man continued:

"So there is a serious disconnect between the local planet and the Star Chain. Those on the Star Chain transferred part of the technology to the island chain out of face and in exchange of interests. But in this case, many really practical things are not available to them. I won’t give it to you.”

After saying this, everyone's mood was quite low. After learning this fact, they expressed indignation, but it was just indignation. They did not know, had no ability, and could not step forward to solve anything.

"Go on, are there any other measures to allow the mechanical hive to survive in the apocalypse? What you just said sounds pretty reliable."

"Haha, is it reliable? You will know after listening to it."

"It stands to reason that in addition to oxygen production by bacteria and algae that produce polluted oxygen, there are many other ways to produce oxygen, such as dissolving ice cubes and electrolyzing water to produce oxygen, such as electrolyzing water to further pressurize oxygen, such as manufacturing Hydrogen generator sets, and in extreme cases, using sewage to produce oxygen...

There are many ways to produce oxygen, but any oxygen production method has a fatal flaw - oxygen production cannot be separated from electricity. "

When it came to electricity, everyone was silent.

Electricity is one of Chen Yan's strongest means of controlling everyone, and it is the weakness of everyone in the fully mechanical hive. Before the apocalypse, all the infrastructure of the entire mechanical hive was almost entirely built around the electric power industry, and the entire society relied heavily on electricity to maintain daily life. run.

After the apocalypse, the controllable nuclear fusion reactors were offline, and the power of power supply was monopolized by Chen Yan. When anyone talks about industries related to people's livelihood, they will be short of breath whenever Chen Yan is mentioned, because Chen Yan controls As long as the power supply of the entire mechanical hive conflicts with Chen Yan, Chen Yan's mere use of "power off" will be enough to make people uncomfortable and compromising.

——Chen Yan has never done such a thing. This is the reason why everyone has not taken extreme measures against Chen Yan until today.

Since they knew that Chen Yan was a person with stable emotions, a normal mind, and clear motives, they let go and started to cause trouble.

"There was a long meeting that lasted nearly a whole day to discuss this aspect. I was not present at the meeting. It was only after watching the video that I realized how difficult the problem was to solve.

Let’s not talk about whether it is feasible to produce oxygen or start agricultural construction. Just talking about the preparation work is a big problem-who will build the pipeline underwater, and who will risk being frozen to death at any time to go to other islands? How about restarting the mining farm at the risk of starvation and cold, and stationed on other islands to manage factories and assembly lines?
What we need is not just that, we also need people to repair the mechanical hive - I'm afraid you don't know, but a large glass skylight on the north side of the mechanical hive has been seriously cracked by frost. If this glass bursts, People from at least three major districts will be moved to other locations.

No one has done this yet! "

Everyone was silent about this, looking at their noses and hearts, and for a moment no one could answer the question——

No one wants to be involved in such a troublesome thing. Anyway, someone will do it sooner or later. The mechanical hive is so big and there are so many capable people and strangers. Can't you find someone to repair the glass?

Only the speaker still had some sense of conscience, and he continued:

"In addition to these, when greenhouses are really built in the future, people will have to go to the greenhouses to take care of crops under high concentrations of polluted oxygen. We do have masks, but they are not much in stock. They will always be used up. By then, even Someone may also need to manually process the compost, because we currently cannot build an automated assembly line. The mechanical hive does not have that industry at all, and the industry is all on other islands in the island chain.

As for collecting sea ice, this is another hard work, and the problem is still the same - the previous logistics center only existed as a transfer station, and there were no related industries. Although there were processing and manufacturing plants, the industrial chain was seriously lacking, and it was impossible to build a Intelligent mechanical equipment for collecting sea ice.

Even the oxygen production by bacteria and algae, which must be started as a last resort, is not easy to do - there are not so many isolation suits in mechanical hives, so who will go into the water to collect algae?
All of what I’m talking about is a narrow escape from death!
——The construction work of all these infrastructures is usually not too difficult, but now it really costs your life to do it! "

Suddenly some people were dissatisfied with his remarks. Everyone present always maintained sufficient rationality when mentioning these things, and at the same time showed excellent acting skills, so that those seemingly stupid opinions could make others think that they were true. This is what I think:

"There are 50 people in the Mechanical Hive. No matter how many, there will always be someone to do these things!

You didn't know that Chen Yan had released something similar to a currency, right?
In the future, after this thing is circulated and a market is formed, people will naturally sell their labor.

There are 50 people in the mechanical hive! There are plenty of people doing the dirty work! "

The person who lowered the atmosphere just now said angrily:
"If it can be like this, that's the best."

A companion said in a half-smiling tone:
"I hear what you mean, and I quite support Chen Yan."

The man quickly denied:
"Absolutely not. Chen Yan confiscated all my supplies in three large rooms. I hate him to the core of my being!"

Everyone then scolded Chen Yan. Although their tone was full of disgust and impatience, there was no trace of hatred in their eyes.

Everything is business.

Whoever takes it seriously will be out.

Another person whispered:

"Have you forgotten that it's the end of the world now? The end of the world... use less of the already limited resources, whether it's Chen Yan or Victor Corleone, even if they really do these things to maintain the mechanical hive. Can they guarantee that the mechanical hive will be self-sufficient before the resources run out?

I mean, at least we can complete the first stage of the material cycle, and at least we can use technology to prevent people from starving to death. "

Everyone is not optimistic about this:

"It's hard to say, there are too many problems, not to mention whether the material cycle can be completed - not talking about the far ones, only the near ones. Even if the power of the mechanical hive is limited now, how much ore does Chen Yan still have left to burn? How much ore can he still burn? How long can power be supplied?

If it is true as you just said, if the construction of the mechanical hive is to continue, the power must be maintained without interruption. Where can we get so much power?

If Chen Yan went out to restart the reactor this time, everyone would be happy, but could he? How difficult that is! "

Why is it difficult to restart a reactor?

Everyone present has their own opinions.

One of their common views is that everything in the "ice world" is dangerous - this blind view comes from the fear of the apocalypse and their mentality of being overwhelmed by the tsunami.

Their more rational point of view: On the other hand, Chen Yan has neither engineers who can control the reactor nor a relevant operations team. The most important thing is that the previous controllable nuclear fusion reactor was operated by the data life Turing. Figure Spirits are much stronger than humans, and they are still a whole group. In their understanding, Turing has left, so why does Chen Yan control the reactor itself?
From any aspect, it was impossible for Chen Yan to do this.

Everyone has a very pessimistic attitude towards this.

One person whispered:
"Chen Yan asked a person who studies fission reactions to restart the fusion machine... won't it explode?"

Everyone is confused:
"Who knows...if we blow it up, we'll all be finished together!"

They have not studied or understood the relevant knowledge and cannot judge the direction of this matter. They can only make unreasonable guesses based on their own likes and dislikes.

Another person brought things back out of some bad motive:
"How do you ensure that those mud-legged people do those dangerous jobs?

They must be given more food, but relying only on food will force them to work hard. I think most of them will disagree... Although those people don't know what the situation is now, and they can't see where they are going in the future. But they are not stupid per se - there are many smart people among them. "

After another discussion, everyone felt that things were becoming more and more complicated and difficult.

"There are so many problems. The grand leader is here... No... Unless the Holy Light comes in person, no one can solve it! There has never been any era in the history of the empire that can solve such serious problems!"

"So, the most reliable way is to wait - wait for the people on the Star Chain to find us!"

"What if people from Starlink can't find us?"

"Who knows...wait, wait, if the sky falls, it won't be our turn to worry about such a big thing!"

After they finished speaking, they started drinking happily again.

When they were discussing these things, they had completely forgotten that Apocalypse was going to destroy the world, but the tsunami was only a part of Apocalypse, not the whole of Apocalypse.