Alien Paradise.

Chapter 418 Products and Beliefs

Chaoyang put down the report and walked to the office window.

It was around seven in the evening, and the night was gradually replacing the afterglow of the sunset, but the city in front of us was still shining. A large number of induction street lights replaced the previous kerosene street lights, and many residents also bought stable lamps that did not rely on fuel, allowing them to do what they wanted all night long. As a port city, the price of grease candles was not high, and nightlife had long been integrated into the concept of the residents of Brilliant Castle. Now with more stable and bright lighting fixtures, this place has already had the flavor of a city that never sleeps.

If you are a newcomer to Chaoyang and see the night view of the city lights, you will definitely think that electricity has been fully developed here a long time ago.

The fact is that this lamp is a replica of the one in the Acropolis ruins.

There is no need to add fuel and there is no risk of fire. In addition, it is only effective in places where amusement parks are popular. Nowadays, people have given it a very appropriate name: amusement park lamp.

On the contrary, few people know its official product name “passive lamp”.

Chaoyang was also quite emotional about this.

At first, he just wanted to find a device that could replace electric lights, provide stable lighting at night, and expand people's working and entertainment time. This was also a disguised way to improve production efficiency and promote social consumption. The lighting fixtures in the Acropolis ruins were obviously an ideal target. In addition, he no longer needed to pay for maintenance when replicating items, so various passive lamps became the first choice.

Chaoyang could imagine how much change these lamps would bring to the city, but what he never expected was that this soft and steady light would now become one of the park’s external symbols.

Just like Gaofeng Company’s new product, the robot butler.

"What about the robot butler? Have you made any progress in your research?"

"This is even more incredible." Xue Quan shook his head helplessly. "To be honest... if I hadn't come here in person, I probably wouldn't have believed that steam-powered robots could be made into nearly intelligent ones. If these robots could move around on Earth, we might have been able to think of a solution. Unfortunately, after the samples were transferred over, they became a set of iron lumps. Even with the computer control system we wrote ourselves, they can't move freely."

Another thing Chaoyang did not expect was that the Longjiu family actually started a "peaceful" competition with the Paradise Cult. If the Paradise Light is the signature of the Paradise Cult, then the signature of the Longjiu family is an incredible product: Gao Feng Butler.

Nowadays people also call it the servant of all machines.

In Chaoyang's view, this product is essentially a robot.

It can be a bipedal humanoid, a wheeled machine, or a simple robotic arm. But no matter what form it takes, its common features are basically the same: it uses steam as its core power source, can understand simple grammar, can add water to itself, and can perform simple self-maintenance or even self-repair.

As soon as this thing came out, it immediately caused a sensation across the continent.

Even the glory of the Paradise Cult's recovery of the Acropolis was suppressed.

In order to promote its own products, Gaofeng Industries not only priced the basic model of the butler at the same level as the steam-powered contraption, but also provided purchase loans so that ordinary people with a little financial resources could also enjoy this epoch-making product.

Yes, epoch-making.

Even Chaoyang admitted this. In the past, people could only create fourth-class wonders, which were devices without consciousness. But if the Wanji Servant that could understand human language was considered a wonder, then it had already reached the threshold of second-class wonders. With his own strength, he raised the level of man-made wonders by two levels. If that wasn't groundbreaking, what was that?
In fact, he immediately purchased two of the highest-level Wanji Servants, which were the most anthropomorphic two-legged and two-handed types. One of them was handed over to the prevention and control center for research, and the other was placed in the temple to test whether it was really as advertised by the Longjiu family.

The capabilities it demonstrated shocked all the researchers.

In the words of Professor Wang Shengli, it has the learning ability of a three or four-year-old child, but it does not have the erratic personality of a child. Its walking speed is one-third of that of a normal person, and its movements are like slow motion, but it is a robot, so its slow speed is not a disadvantage at all. It communicates through a detachable character disk installed on its back, which has no wires. In other words, it can read the text people type through the vibration of these characters.

As for its driving method, it is a combination of simple steam power and hydraulic assistance, which is very novel and also very contrary to common sense. A classical machine without even electronic components can stably control the hydraulic output; a complex finished product without even a main control computer can self-detect and prevent failures before they happen! It can be said that it is full of unsolved mysteries.

Of course... buying a PLUS model Gaofeng Butler to clean the house, boil water and chop wood for yourself is a pastime for rich people. Its real use is in factories, especially for some heavy physical and high-precision work that is beyond human power.

According to statistics from the Kingdom of God, in just six months, a large number of high-level butlers have entered factories, mines, and shops across the park, and the largest number of them are robotic arm production types. In the past, you could only buy a steam-powered device for the same amount of money, but now you can buy production equipment with a device attached. You can imagine how popular it is.

"This world is really interesting, isn't it?" Chaoyang turned around and smiled.

Even without developing electricity, the Paradise Cult and the Shen Ji Cult have crossed this threshold in two completely different ways. The Paradise Light is only the most basic product. With the further development of the prevention and control center, other complex devices with wireless energy will also come into being. The same is true for Gao Feng Butler. Whether it is the anthropomorphic machine or the fully automatic assembly line composed of robotic arms, the prospects are extremely bright.

"I'm not against technology..." Xue Quan answered cautiously, "but I'm a little scared of technologies whose principles I don't understand yet."

For some reason, Chaoyang suddenly thought of Wei Mi.

Because of fear, they will be more motivated to research new technologies.

"By the way, I heard a piece of news from the merchant today." Xue Quan added, "The route from Qianlin Fort to the mountains has been cut off."

"How did it break?"

"It seems that they have unilaterally cut off communication. The only forest road is no longer accessible, and there is no notice on when it will be reopened."

Chaoyang touched his chin in confusion. Since the recovery of the Acropolis, they rarely sent people to look for him. Perhaps this was due to the non-aggression treaty signed between the Paradise Church and the Longjiu family, but the private trade between the two places was still going on intermittently. After all, the average temperature in the mountains was relatively low, and the fur products and smokeless charcoal produced in Qianlin Castle had always been in high demand. It was just that the trade volume had not increased due to the lack of a railway between the two places.

This is the first time that a road has been closed directly like this.

"Something happened in Zhaixing City?"

In the entire mountainous area, only Zhaixing City has such qualifications.

"Maybe. But if there is no problem in Zhaixing City, then they are going to direct the problem elsewhere." Xue Quan replied.

(End of this chapter)