This Game Is Too Realistic

real world.

somewhere.

Following the footsteps of the staff, Gao Jianhui came to a spacious room. The decoration here is a bit monotonous, like a temporarily tidied up room. The only furniture is a bookshelf, a coffee table and two sofas.

A young man wearing glasses was sitting on the sofa. After seeing him, he immediately stood up from the sofa and spoke to him politely.

"Hello, Academician Gao! Please take a seat."

Gao Jianhui did not refuse, and sat down on the sofa opposite the young man. He looked at the man up and down. He had no impression in his memory. He thought he was not in the same system as him.

At around eight o'clock last night, he received an invitation letter from a well-known domestic academic institution. But when he arrived at his destination early in the morning, he did not see any admission instructions for academic lectures, but was invited Got on a special car.

"We have learned through various investigations that you are an expert in the fields related to rock mechanics and mining engineering. We take the liberty to invite you here——"

"Why is it so mysterious? It's a private car transfer and a confidentiality agreement." A slight cough interrupted the lengthy opening remarks. Academician Gao said concisely, "Just tell me if you have anything to do." ”

The man said politely.

"It's just a routine procedure, please forgive me."

"Can I have a cigarette?"

"Of course, it's up to you."

Gao Jianhui took out the lighter from his pocket, lit a cigarette for himself, stared at the laptop on the coffee table, and squinted slightly.

Just when he was about to ask what this was about, the young man wearing glasses stood up, held the mouse, opened the photo in the folder, and said politely.

"Please take a look at this."

"This is..."

As soon as the two words came out of his mouth, his brows furrowed slightly and he let out a soft moan. The hand holding the cigarette held the mouse and turned it down unconsciously, his eyes becoming more and more surprised.

Joint development of shaft + slope?

This was the first time he had seen the main transportation system designed like this.

Of course, it wasn't just the main transportation system that surprised him.

The longitudinal structure diagram of the entire mine does not look like a mine at all, but like an instrument with a precise structure. Each block has a clear division of labor and can collaborate closely.

But...

The problems with this design plan are also obvious, that is, it is too ideal!

Many design ideas cannot be realized at all with current technical conditions.

24-hour cycle mining is not difficult, and unmanned mining is not impossible, but intelligent mining like this, where the mining surface moves downward simultaneously with the mining system and is completely separated from artificial intelligence...

He dared to assert that no mine in the world could do this.

After a long time, Academician Gao raised his head and looked at the man sitting across from him, with a hint of seriousness in his interested eyes.

"...Where did you get these photos?"

The young man did not answer the question immediately.

"Before I answer this question, I'd like to hear what you think of these photos."

Gao Jianhui thought for a moment and gave his evaluation.

"It's a special design. If I read it correctly, the entire mine should use a complete set of intelligent mining systems. It is similar in design concept to the Kiruna Iron Mine in Sweden... But you can't tell just by looking at the appearance. What, more photos?”

The man wearing glasses had a helpless expression on his face.

"Sorry, these are the photos we have for the time being... Can you tell me about the similarities and what they are specifically about?"

"Intelligent." Gao Jianhui said immediately.

the man asked immediately.

"Smart 㪸? Can you be more specific?"

Gao Jianhui thought for a while and answered.

“The Kiruna mine is famous not only for its high-grade iron ore, but also for its intelligent mining system, including drilling, charging, loading, transportation, and lifting...all operating processes can be realized through remote control. . The entire mine only requires a very small number of workers to complete all production processes.”

"In addition, it is not just smart equipment, they also conduct research in the field of deep mining under one thousand meters, as well as respond to increased ground pressure, increased rock temperature, mine lifting, drainage, support, ventilation, filling, environmental protection, etc. Our experience in solving problems is also worth learning from. ”

The man listened carefully and took notes.

After the old academician finished speaking, he then asked about the part he was most concerned about.

"What about the...mine in this photo?"

Gao Jianhui leaned on the sofa and said in a calm tone.

"I can only talk about the fields that I know. I can't talk about the things in your photo. It's not the same field as what I'm studying. I assume that this kind of equipment can operate successfully. It must solve at least a hundred current problems. We haven’t found a solution yet, do you know what that means?”

The man with glasses swallowed.

"What does it mean?"

"It means that this photo may have been combined, or CG produced using film technology."

Hearing Academician Gao's answer, the man was stunned for a moment and then laughed.

"Indeed... we cannot rule out this possibility."

Gao Jianhui paused for a moment and continued.

"I don't understand your work, but as far as I'm concerned, many of the assumptions here are unrealistic. Let's put it this way, the whole building is built on unresolved 'hypotheses', just like The golden pattern on the carved gold bracelet is not valuable, but the gold, so I asked you if you have any more photos or information.”

"If we can know how to solve those unresolved problems, we can come up with a similar thing even if we don't use this design plan at all. And even if we solve one of the technical difficulties, our existing mining technology will be greatly improved. "

"For example, in the deep filling mining project I recently worked on, one of the difficulties was how to reduce the frictional resistance of the filling material conveying pipe. If it can be solved, the energy consumption and efficiency of our filling mining can be greatly improved. "

"As for what you mean by this? I can't answer it, but let's think about it boldly. If our mining depth can be further reduced by one kilometer, the mining capacity will be reduced by 50 or 60%, and those without conditions will be reduced. All the mined mineral deposits will be utilized..."

"Do you think we can find iron ore with a higher grade than Australia and South America? How big an impact will this have on the local economy, national finances, and industrial structure?"

"Don't mention it for yourself. If you can really build this mining system, I think the reverse export is more than enough!"

Resource reserves are a relative concept. With the development of mining and surveying technology, more and more resource reserves may be mined.

The higher the density, the easier it is for materials to accumulate downward during magma and rock processes. Therefore, the closer to the center of the earth, the richer the resources that can be utilized. In comparison, the resources on the planet's surface are nothing but skin.

Looking at the young man whose expression was getting more and more excited, Gao Jianhui flicked the ashes in the ashtray and joked with a smile.

"Since when have you been so free? Daydreaming with an old man like me."

He had probably guessed the identity and position of the person in front of him, but he didn't expect them to ask him for professional advice.

After all, what I study is still far from national security.

The person next door is engaged in geology and geographical information, so maybe we can get involved.

After suppressing his excited expression, the man wearing glasses coughed lightly, without answering the question, he reached out and closed the laptop gently.

"... Regarding the case we are responsible for, I'm sorry I can't say too much. It involves top secrets. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to cooperate with our work. Please let me take you back. "

"understand."

Gao Jianhui put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray and waved his hand.

"Next time if you have any questions, just call me. It makes people really nervous."

The man wearing glasses nodded and was about to get up to open the door for the old academician.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of something, so he tore a piece of paper from the notebook next to him, wrote a string of letters and handed it to the old man.

Gao Jianhui reached out to take it and glanced at it.

"This is it?"

"A URL."

The man wearing glasses smiled and said, "Although I can't reveal more details to you about our case, these photos were all found on the discussion section of this website."

The key is that you can't stop it even if you want to.

The entire website is like a black box. Any information leaked from it is what the black box is willing to let them know. Any attempt to open the black box has been proven to be invalid. If you want to block the website, you must block the entire Internet.

The most likely speculation now is that the website and the game "Wasteland OL" should be the enlightenment or investigation of human civilization by a high-level scholar.

Considering that many of the technologies displayed in this game have far exceeded or even exceeded the current level of civilization on earth, the entire case has been characterized as "the third kind of contact."

As for the motivation of this "code-named" text to contact humans in the solar system, it remains to be further studied.

But for now, it's at least neutral or above contact.

Considering to avoid causing a wider panic, they decided to temporarily block the news about extraterrestrial languages ​​and keep a cautious attitude.

"Website?"

interesting.

Academician Gao raised his eyebrows and stuffed the note into his pocket.

Take a look when you have time.

…

wasteland.

Xizhou City.

Wu Yiyi, who put down the communicator, sat on the chair with a slightly serious expression.

Just a few minutes ago, he made contact with the managers of the new alliance through the communication equipment provided by the Burning Corps.

The other party did not beat around the bush with him, but stated the new alliance's position straightforwardly——

The new alliance will include Xizhou City in the recovery area and build a survivor settlement near Xizhou Lake to accommodate slaves liberated from the looters and survivors who are willing to join the new alliance.

This is more like a notice than a discussion.

Thinking about the wording of the man's phone call, Takeshi looked at the notebook in his hand.

Those few lines of scrawled handwriting were what he had just written down.

[Xizhou City Industrial Zone Development Plan, and Draft Construction of New Recovery Area and Survivor Settlement Area]

It seems to him.

This is like a big cake.

I don't know how long it will take for the war with the Ya clan to end, but the people of the new alliance have already begun to think about the future with them.

But Takeshi admitted it.

This cake smells really good.

"Call my deputy... and all the other senior leaders of the resistance organization for me." Wu Yiyi threw the notebook on the table and looked at his assistant and said.

The assistant nodded, immediately turned around and left the office.

After a while, a dozen people walked in from outside.

Standing here are business officials from Hope Town and officers from the guerrillas.

Everyone in the venue looked at each other and whispered quietly, wondering why the mayor called them here.

After looking around at the people in the field, Wu Chengyi slowly spoke.

"Ten minutes ago, I got in touch with the management of your alliance."

This sentence was like a bomb, thrown into the crowd. Everyone who heard this sentence had expressions of surprise on their faces.

Without waiting for his subordinates to ask questions, Wu Chengyi continued.

"In general, this call went smoothly. The Alliance extended an olive branch to us and promised to provide us with aid materials worth 500,000 silver coins, including food, medicine and even weapons that we are in urgent need of... These supplies will be delivered by airdrop.”

He didn't know the concept of one hundred thousand silver coins.

But an automatic rifle costs 200 silver coins, and a kilogram of green wheat only costs 1 to 2 silver coins... This is the reference provided to him by the manager named Chu Guang.

With this aid, they will undoubtedly be able to weather the current difficulties more smoothly, and the food shortage and disease problems caused by the plague will also be solved.

At least it can be solved to some extent.

This condition can be said to be quite generous, even incredibly generous. And it is really because of this that people feel abnormal.

"I want to know if this is free?" the adjutant standing next to Wu Chengyi asked cautiously.

"It's not true."

Wu Chengyi paused for a moment and continued.

"After the war is over, the alliance will bring Xizhou City back to the district."

The room was silent for a while.

Everyone looked at each other.

Although they don't know what the Fuzhou District is, the meaning of this sentence...is the alliance planning to include this place in their territory?

Or to put it another way, it is annexation.

Wu Chengyi continued.

"The alliance plans to build Xizhou City into their industrial base in the future. He promised me that after the war is over, any survivor who is willing to join them can obtain the status of a resident of the alliance and have equal rights with the residents of Shuguang City. Legitimate rights... include receiving education, participating in the selection of municipal personnel, etc. If they are unwilling to join the alliance, they will not interfere in any way, as long as we do not hinder their work."

The adjutant standing next to him continued to ask.

"What about us?"

Wu Chengyi replied.

"They recognize the heroic performance of the guerrillas in resisting the Ya clan, and if we are willing, they will incorporate us into their ranks. Of course, if we want to change our way of life, they will also give us a severance package as appropriate. We decide to stay on our own.”

Upon hearing these words, many senior leaders of the guerrillas breathed a sigh of relief, and the expressions on their faces became slightly more relaxed.

The alliance is willing to accept them into its own team instead of confiscating their weapons. At least the other party regards them as their own.

If you don't want to continue fighting, you can still get a severance package. This can be regarded as a sign of respect for the team members who have lived and died for them.

However, not everyone is so optimistic.

A senior member of the resistance organization frowned slightly.

"That sounds like a handout."

Wu Chengyi smiled.

"Does this still sound good?"

In fact, it is not a bad thing if someone is willing to give charity.

Wu Chengyi knew very well that people like him were no different from beggars. There was no point in being too entangled in those insignificant things.

The adjutant looked at him and asked.

"What are you going to do?"

Wu Chengyi said nothing and lit a homemade cigarette.

"I haven't thought about it yet..."

"I called you here just to ask what you think."

At this time, the logistics manager, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.

"I don't think it's a bad thing to join the Alliance... It's even better to say that this is our only choice."

Everyone looked at him.

Including Wu Chengyi.

The logistics manager paused for a moment and continued.

"There are at least tens of thousands of survivors captured by the Ya clan... among them are not only our compatriots, but also the people who were plundered from the central area of ​​the valley province. If after the war of the alliance is over, with the If we take the war supplies home, we may face a situation even worse than now.”

Huge numbers of hungry people.

Coupled with the raging plague.

If we take over those rescued compatriots, they will be overwhelmed by the food crisis.

And if those people are left alone, no matter what reasons they use and the explanations of the survivors who support them, they will lose the legitimacy of their rights...

Staring at the burned out cigarette in his hand, Wu Chengyi fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he spoke.

"You're right."

…

Chu Guang thought that the guerrilla captain named Wu Chengyi would have to struggle for a week before accepting his proposal.

What he didn't expect was that he received a reply call that night.

"I have a better proposal." This was Wu Chengyi's first sentence after the call was connected.

Hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, Chu Guang, who was reviewing documents, stopped what he was doing and raised his eyebrows with interest.

"oh?"

"I have discussed with other members of the resistance organization, and we all agree that Xizhou City will have a brighter future under the leadership of the Alliance. You need population and space, and we hope to live with dignity, since you are willing to accept us , why don’t we just cooperate more thoroughly?”

After a moment of pause, Wu Chengyi said in a serious tone, Zheng Yi said.

"This was a unanimous decision."

"Please allow us to join your cause!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Guang was slightly stunned.

To be honest, he was a little surprised.

Previously, he considered the various problems that might be faced by using forced means to annex Xizhou City, so he came up with a relatively mild plan, intending to copy the development model of Shuguang City, so that the local survivors could be brought under Wen's aura. Attract, voluntarily contribute to an unbreakable alliance.

Turns out great guys.

Do you dare to think that the other person is more anxious to come in than you are, and you are the one who pretends to be reserved?

After suppressing his intriguing expression, Chu Guang, who was sitting on the sofa, cleared his throat and answered the resistance leader's proposal in two words.

Or say a request.

"welcome!"

…

The next morning.

Xizhou City, an abandoned underground shopping mall connected to a subway tunnel.

The survivors in ragged clothes and numb expressions returned one after another from the secret door of the subway tunnel carrying withered handbags.

The daytime in Xizhou City is a day of plunder.

Only when it gets completely dark can they safely go out to scavenge.

Before going back to bed, the scavengers need to go to the warehouse to exchange supplies, and exchange the garbage they picked up last night for nutritional paste, or exchange the prey they killed for a few daily necessities and medicines.

They say they are prey, but they are actually mice.

For these scavengers, this is almost the only source of meat.

As for why it is said to be almost...

In special times, it is better not to inquire too deeply.

As usual, today's harvest is still pitifully small. There are fewer and fewer firefights between the Alliance and the Bone Chewing Tribe patrols, which means that it is difficult for them to recover the shell casings dropped by both sides.

Almost all of the plundering tanks arrived at the front line. Trucks with machine guns welded on set off in a mighty manner, and one team after another of plundering troops headed south.

It seems that this war is about to be won or lost.

Under the continuous strategic bombardment of the Bone Chewing Tribe and the Alliance, both the spirit and the body are on the verge of reaching their limits.

Even the scavengers who pick up rubbish can feel that the looters are being tortured crazy...

However, it is still not easy for the alliance to win this war.

The number of those plundered is really too much.

When discussing when the war will end, Hope Town is the most popular topic. People lined up in a long line at the entrance of the warehouse are talking about when the alliance can drive away the looters and what they plan to do after the war ends. .

Whenever these things are mentioned, even the most confused person can't help but feel a little more courage to persevere.

Apart from their family members, this is probably the only belief that supports them in continuing their journey.

At this moment, a broadcast sound suddenly came from above everyone's heads.

"After the high-level research and decision of the surviving resistance movement organizations in Xizhou City, starting from the date of the announcement, Hope Town has officially merged with the United Front for the Revitalization of Humanity and Culture and has become a part of the collective alliance...

The announcement is lengthy.

Including the date of official transfer of management rights, as well as the resident status of the alliance, future arrangements for the guerrillas, etc.

The mayor named Wu spoke for half an hour before stopping.

However, the scavengers standing at the door of the warehouse and the residents huddled in the shacks enduring hunger did not listen to what he said next.

They didn't even have time to digest the amount of information in the first sentence of the broadcast.

People stopped talking and exchanged looks and expressions with each other, their faces showing surprise, joy, surprise, doubt... and disbelief.

Join the alliance?

This... sounds like a happy event indeed.

But has this guy really woke up? !