Interstellar arena

"Sign it, sign it...you know I'm asked to sign it, what's the use of getting some trash here..." the short fat man growled loudly at the policeman.

"Old man, don't ask too much. There are 32 districts in the space city that have been destroyed, and there is a shortage of manpower everywhere. These people have passed the assessment and are much better than those idiots. Don't pick three and four Come on, hurry up and sign, I'm in a hurry, if the space city is breached, none of us will have a hard time..." The policeman seemed not to want to get entangled with the short and fat man, and comforted him.

"Go away, don't come to see me unless you bring some high-level people with you." The short fat man took the pen, signed the paper document, broke the pen, and threw it on the ground hard.

"Okay, I'll take care of you this time. There's a man named Powell, who is said to be a physicist, but he has a certificate. Ask yourself, I'll go first!" After the policeman took the paper documents He left without looking back.

"What a shitty physicist, I want experienced hands, experienced hands! A bunch of trash, fucking trash, come with me!" Humpty Dumpty waved his fat hand, and walked towards some manufacturing workshops under the dome.

Everyone followed this fat man who seemed to have eaten gunpowder into the workshop. This is a spiral workshop, going down layer by layer, and you can see that the metal channel at the bottom is constantly transporting massive metal materials. , and then sent into the honeycomb-like metal tunnel, human beings are busy like worker ants...

Take the extremely fast elevator down to the bottom floor and enter a bright metal passage. Inside the passage are some cumbersome old machines transporting metal blocks. The people coming in and out are extremely busy. After walking for tens of meters, enter the A huge warehouse.

So much metal!

Seeing all kinds of metals piled up like mountains, Liu Fei couldn't help being amazed. If some rare metals in the dungeon are piled up like radishes, then here, some rare metals can no longer be counted in quantity. Those rare metals weigh several tons. The metal ingots are neat and tidy, which makes people feel extremely depressed. The doors of the warehouses are wide open, and machines are constantly coming in and out. If each warehouse has the number of metal ingots he saw, then the whole The metal stored in the space city will be a very scary number.

In addition to metal, Liu Fei also saw optical cables, electronic instruments and prefabricated components piled up on the passing transport machinery.

No wonder Xiaoqiang Guangnao said that the space city has a strong potential for war.

Whether it is a planet, a space city, or a spaceship, the materials it stores are directly related to its war potential. Of course, the so-called war potential does not only refer to a solid material reserve and heavy industry foundation, but also such reserves and food. reserve.

Factors such as population, resources, land depth, and industrial and agricultural production capacity that can be transformed into direct war forces or indirectly support wars—called war potential—whether they can withstand the consumption of the battlefield and how long they can endure become decisive factors in war The primary factor in victory or defeat.

For the space city, there is no lack of population and resources. However, what the space city lacks is strategic depth, because the space city is not a planet, but an isolated city. If a war breaks out, there is no room for maneuver. The only choice Just stick to it!

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"Doppler, I'll leave this garbage to you." The dumpy man called out to a dapper white man with a mustache, who was operating a loader, sweating, his wet mustache sticking to his lips , looks extraordinarily funny.

"We are short of manpower, and it's just in time, my lord!"

"Well, it's more efficient. The space city is destroyed, and none of us can survive."

"Understood, but, dear sir, I don't understand why our metal consumption is so fast?"

"The outer armor of at least dozens of areas has been damaged, and the light path of the energy shield has also been damaged. Now, the space city can only rely on its own power to rotate, so as to prevent the pirates' laser cannons from being unable to continuously shoot at the same position. However, the pirates' The firepower is too fierce, our repair speed is far behind the speed of their destruction, now everyone is racing against the god of death, we must repair the passages of some warships as soon as possible... Well, you don’t understand if you say it, you do it Well, your job is, hey, this time, I don't know if you can make it through..." Humpty Humpty walked out quickly with a worried expression on his face.

"Damn pirates, damn pirates, come here..."

Everyone followed Doppler to an empty warehouse. Dozens of heavy old-fashioned loaders were loading huge metal blocks for some transport vehicles. The scene was very chaotic, with loaders colliding with each other non-stop...

"I'm Doppler, everyone calls me Mustache behind my back, I don't like this name, of course, I can only accept it, because the name Mustache seems to be easier to remember than the name Doppler Hold on, well, I don't know your names, and I don't want to know your names. If you win, you'll be gone soon. If you lose, we'll all die. I don't have to know everyone, but, What I want to tell everyone is that whether it is victory or defeat, here is my mustache's territory. If anyone is not convinced, you can stand up now, oh... I am a civilized person, I don't know how to fight, and neither do I. You will be punished, you can stand there quietly, in the corner, yes! It is the corner, where you can sleep, chat, and even shoot - pistols, no one will interfere with you, now, those who do not want to obey me, please go to the corner Go!" Mustache climbed onto a rusty loader and shouted.

Liu Fei and Powell looked at each other, and the others also looked at each other, and looked at the corner of the wall that the mustache said, there, there were indeed a dozen big bears with fierce faces sitting on the ground, bored Picking their nostrils and rubbing the dirt on their feet, when Liu Fei looked over, a group of people suddenly showed smug smiles on their faces. They seemed to seduce Liu Fei to join their team...

To the disappointment of the group of big men, none of Liu Fei's group left.

"Very good, let's start working now. Our job is very simple, that is, to load the metal onto the transport vehicle, simple, right? Well, it's that simple! Now, everyone starts to learn to drive construction vehicles..."

Mustache started to drive a loader and made some demonstration actions.

"Why is there no automatic conveyor belt?" Looking at these primitive manual operations, Liu Fei was a little puzzled. There is a fully automatic conveyor belt on the Starship Xingyao, all controlled by the optical brain, as long as the required metal is input, the transportation It will be automatically sent to the casting room, and even directly enter the furnace, and the semi-finished product will come out.

"The space city has existed for hundreds of years. The first generation of the city owner was actually the captain of a spaceship. At the beginning of the design, he did not expect that the space city would expand to such a huge scale, so it formed the current Kodo Space This freak of the city, the combination of high technology and the most primitive labor force..." Xiao Qiang Guangnao explained.

"Why not modify it?"

"Brother, this is a space city that has been expanded for hundreds of years. It is tens of kilometers in length and width, and ten kilometers up and down. This is the core area, and the lower floors are the power system of the space city. The construction ideas of each city lord are different. It’s not the same, how to change it? The circuits and optical lines inside are intricate, like the stars in the sky, and in some places, my young master can’t figure out the clues, so you can change it if you say so, it’s easy to say, rely on me!”

"..."

"Okay, now divide into ten groups, there are loaders over there, let's get familiar with each of them before assigning to other warehouses!"

After the mustache confessed a few words, he didn't bother to say much, and immediately drove a loader to get busy. At this time, because of the delay of the mustache, there were more and more transport vehicles waiting in the warehouse, and some drivers urged with...

"Liu Fei, let's form a team."

"Hmm." Liu Fei frowned as he saw some vehicles colliding together and making a mess. This kind of work efficiency made his evaluation of the space city drop to freezing point.

"Oh, do you think it's too chaotic here? In fact, it's understandable. There has never been a war in Kodo Space City. That mustache is probably a warehouse manager. He is so busy all of a sudden. It's embarrassing for him. .” Powell seemed to see what Liu Fei was thinking.

"Liu Fei, it's too bad, the outer armor of the space city's power system has been destroyed..." Suddenly, Xiaoqiang Guangnao said in panic.