dawn effect

Chapter 20 Joint Meeting
A middle-aged man in formal attire with shrewd eyes entered the venue, greeted Pu Xiuquan who was busy, and sat behind him.

Cao Guangyu brought a cup of tea and put it beside him: "Morning, Chief Wang."

Pu Xiuquan turned around from the front: "Lianchun, why hasn't the material application report for the Yankou garrison arrived yet?"

The middle-aged man was Pu Xiuquan's old subordinate, and he bowed forward when he heard the words: "According to Chief Zhang's instruction, the military's instruction is to transmit as much as possible through the newly built underground optical cable."

"In addition to the need for real-time transmission of super-large data such as combat operations, the military will strive to avoid occupying Skynet resources."

"The material application report of the garrison at Yankou, it is estimated that this time it is an optical cable line, and it has not yet reached the Assets Management Bureau."

"Active reminder." Pu Xiuquan said: "Although it is a military matter, the weir is related to the water diversion of the entire settlement. The Ministry of the Interior must actively cooperate."

"Yes." Wang Lianchun said: "After that meeting, I will communicate with Chief Zhang."

At this time, an elegant lady in a silk dress, high heels, curly hair, and exquisite makeup also entered the conference hall.

In the 24-year human base in Datong, such costumes and makeup are undoubtedly very different.

The woman is about forty years old, but the pain and hardship from the cataclysm until now, it seems that she has not left any traces on her body.

She is like the big star in the old days who paid attention to the maintenance of her appearance and figure, and charmed all beings with her singing or acting skills. However, none of the people in the hall dared to cast a frivolous look at her.

Because in addition to her beautiful appearance, she also has a wise soul, and she controls another powerful force in the settlement—the Academy of Sciences.

If Tangning was here, she would be able to recognize it at a glance. This is the one who gave him the final psychological evaluation.

Wang Li, Dean of the Academy of Sciences in the Inhabited Area.

There were many topics at the meeting. Zhang Yucheng mainly reported on the construction of optical cables. The optical cables from Yankou to Shuzhou and from Dezhou Industrial Base to Shuzhou have been completed. The next main work will be to continue to vigorously build the two cities located in the south—— Optical cable construction in Han'an City and Zizhou.

At the same time, Zhang Yucheng also introduced some small troubles encountered in the workflow conversion from Skynet communication dimensionality reduction to optical cable communication. keep supporting.

The focus of Wang Li's report is on the early detection and early warning of virus-infected people and the research and development of virus blockers.

The gentle and graceful female voice circulated in the conference hall, and Wang Li seemed to be reading a beautiful prose: "The research and development of blockers is still far away from a breakthrough. However, research has found that the E virus is not a new type of virus. , but a... primitive virus."

"Because from all the research directions of the Institute of Virology of the Academy of Sciences, the virus has no derivative or twinning relationship with all known virus genes in the world that are stored in Skynet, and it can be basically determined so far. The oldest virus form ever discovered."

"In other words, this is a virus that was eliminated by the laws of nature when primitive life just appeared on this planet."

"As for the connection between viruses and mutated beasts, mutated plants, and undead people, we can now confirm that they must exist."

"However, the internal mechanism of this connection is still being studied by the Academy of Sciences."

"The Academy of Sciences wants to apply to the Ministry of the Interior for an additional extra-budgetary appropriation to set up a laboratory on the life and environment of the original planet to study the cause of the demise of this virus."

Pu Xiuquan turned his head and asked, "Dean Wang, I don't understand science, but if according to what you said, this virus has been extinct since it appeared, then how did it reappear and become so large on the planet?" How about an explosion on a large scale?"

Wang Li said: There are many such possibilities, and colleagues in the Academy of Sciences also have many speculations-for example, the virus survived in the original environment of outer space, and was then captured by meteorites and brought into the atmosphere;

"Or buried by magma, and then re-erupted and brought back to the surface, etc."

"Of course, these speculations are not the focus of our research."

"What we want to study is its outbreak mechanism. After such a long-term change on the planet, the environment has become suitable for the survival of the E virus again?"

"And how to prevent it from infecting humans - is there any other way to go besides developing a blocker?"

"These are exactly the purposes of our Academy of Sciences' application for the establishment of new laboratories."

Pu Xiuquan picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea: "The Academy of Sciences and the Garrison are the two cornerstones of the stability and prosperity of the settlement, there is no doubt about it."

"The work of Lianchun and I is just to be a good family and provide enough support for everyone."

"Since Dean Wang said that this laboratory should be established, then we will build it and deploy it on Skynet resources and material resources."

"But this family is not easy to take care of. For example, Lianchun told me yesterday that there is a contribution point of more than 600 million that needs to be allocated."

"More than 600 million contribution points, how many resources do we need to allocate? How much workload do we need to add to the Ministry of the Interior? Dean Wang's new laboratory has only applied for 1000 million contribution points. Commander Zhang, can I trouble you to explain this? something?"

Zhang Yucheng leaned on the sofa: "Let me declare first that the Garrison Command has always resolutely implemented the decisions of the Joint Council."

"According to the No. 100 resolution of the Joint Council in the Seventh Year of Datong, the Garrison Command handed over the independent financial power to the Joint Council. For individuals, 3000 million contribution points, [-] million contribution points for ordinary military operations, and [-] million contribution points for large-scale military operations The use and allocation of points need to be confirmed by the authorization of the joint council."

"The allocation of 630 million contribution points is for a... uh, a survivor from Manzhou. I have already reported his information to the council, and the estimation of this contribution point is also automatically determined by Skynet. , has nothing to do with the military."

"As for why there are so many, Secretary-General, you should ask Dean Wang of the Academy of Sciences about this. The military just performed its functions according to the normal work process of accepting returnees."

Wang Li called out the projection screen: "Everyone can see how much information this returnee has uploaded."

"The research on mutated animal species has always been the focus of the Academy of Sciences, which is directly related to the safety of the 4000 million people in the settlements and surrounding barren towns."

"This returnee is from Manzhou. He passed Manzhou, Qianzhou, and Han'an City along the way, and moved from 28.889138 north latitude to 29.403002 north latitude. The most important thing is that he has the same serious attitude as a scientific researcher."

"He faithfully and detailedly recorded the important materials left in the ruins along the way, all kinds of strange beasts, mutated plants, and the methods of confrontation and utilization."

The video freezes to the scene of Tang Ning chopping up the dire wolf with a bone knife in mid-air: "The research on the materials produced by mutant beasts is also the focus of the Research Institute of Mutant Biology of the Academy of Sciences. Regarding the contributions in this area, the system is still in the process of classifying and analyzing them." Research on Exchange Standards."

"If this part is included, the contribution value of this young man will be even higher."

At this time, there was a low exclamation in the conference hall, because the screen had switched to the video of Tang Ning fighting Zijiao.

Wang Li's steady and elegant voice continued: "For this clip, the system's judgment is - 310 million."

"Why is it so high? Because this is the most powerful and terrifying mutant beast we have found so far."

"Aquatic animals, because they overcome the influence of gravity, their size can evolve to an unusually large size."

"Shuzhou's waterways extend in all directions. Because of the luxuriant forests, a large amount of groundwater has been conserved in the past 20 years. This has led to an increase in the flow and depth of the water systems around Shuzhou every year."

"Monitoring the whereabouts of underwater mutant beasts has always been a difficult point in the work of the Academy of Sciences. This video reminds us that waterways should be the focus of the military's defense work in the future."

Zhang Yucheng nodded immediately: "I very much agree with this point. The research and development and deployment of underwater optical mines should be put on the agenda of the joint meeting immediately."

Pu Xiuquan looked at the giant snake trapped on the river bridge on the screen: "Can the authenticity of these video materials be judged?"

"There is no need to doubt this. Skynet judges that these are all true and reliable." Wang Li replied calmly.

Pu Xiuquan took off his glasses, painfully rubbed the sore dimples made by the frame of the glasses, and then put them back on: "I have repeatedly said on various occasions that a returnee should not be a high-ranking, ruling group district class."

"This title, in fact, should not have existed. It is a concept that we should forget."

"Because all of us, regardless of our abilities, are actually the same, and should be called...survivors after the catastrophe."

"The people who came back from the jungle and the dead city have indeed contributed a lot to the settlement. It can even be said that without them, there would be no settlement."

"But the incident in the seventh year of Datong really sounded the alarm for us, that is, once a person with greater ability is destroyed, the consequences will be even more terrifying."

Zhang Yucheng said lightly: "This young man has been injected with an identity chip. I had a brief chat with him, and he said he would obey the organization's arrangements."

Pu Xiuquan looked around and smiled: "Old Zhang has always been like this. This is when he sees a good tactical seedling and wants to draw it into his pocket. It has been properly arranged..."

In the joint meeting hall, there was a gentle laughter.

(End of this chapter)