Chapter 414 Terrible infrastructure capabilities

   Night falls.

   Boulder City, the center of the inner city.

  On the top floor of a pitch-black building, in a spacious room, a man in formal attire stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking expressionlessly at the silent night sky to the north.

  Last year, at almost the same time and in the same direction, those people from the east coast detonated a tactical nuclear bomb in the northern suburb of Qingquan City.

   And now, those people have visited here again.

"time flies."

   Staring at the reflection on the floor-to-ceiling windows, the man thought thoughtfully in his heart.

   Once time becomes insignificant, the passing speed will be unimaginably fast.

  Whether it’s because you’re rich enough to splurge, or because yesterday was a lot like tomorrow.

   This is time's curse on the long-lived.

   Recently, however, the situation has undergone a slight change. When he didn't notice, a few sprouts emerged from the ruins not far away.

   Two centuries.

  This humble city has never been so lively...

   Footsteps came from behind and stopped at the door.

  The man didn't look back, turned his back to the person at the door, and asked in a very soft voice.

   "Have you seen the manager?"

   Standing at the door, Zhao Yongxu leaned slightly, his angular face was full of respect and piety.

   "Yes, my lord."

  The man continued to ask.

   "What kind of person is he?"

  Zhao Yongxu replied without hesitation.

   "Hypocritical! Cunning! A careerist who is good at using intrigue! I don't know what method he used to trick those people on the East Coast, but we will not be fooled by them!"

  The man nodded, his expression could not tell whether he believed or doubted.

   Or, just plain indifference.

   After thinking for a moment, the man continued to ask.

   "What do they say about our proposal?"

   Taking a peek at his back, Zhao Yongxu recounted the results of the negotiation with careful words, without any embellishments.

  The man listened quietly from the beginning to the end, and nodded slowly.

   "Well, I see, you go down first."

"yes."

  Zhao Yongxu nodded respectfully, heaved a sigh of relief at the same time, turned around and left the room without asking any more questions.

   When talking with this adult, there is always a long wait, sometimes a few short words, but inadvertently passing for several hours.

   It also makes him feel like time has been stolen.

  The room was quiet again.

  The man waited quietly for a while, stretched out his index finger, and tapped the French window with his fingertip.

  Digital ripples spread around, and the reflected night sky became a screen.

  The picture on the screen is the office of the chairman of Jushi Military Industry.

  As if expecting the call to come to him, Ibers, the chairman of Jushi Military Industry, was standing respectfully at his desk.

   "Dear Master Fang Ming... It's so late, do you have any orders?"

  The man was meditating like a still picture, and spoke slowly after a while.

   "I need you to upgrade the radar system of Boulder City, with a coverage of 500 kilometers and a higher recognition efficiency..."

   "...and, upgrade the weapons and fire control system of the bionic man."

   Actually, there was no need to do this.

   You don't need those high-tech weapons to fight slime mold.

  However, at this moment, Qingquan City is ushering in a change unseen in a century.

  Although he designed the power structure of this building and the promotion system for selecting elites from wastelanders a long time ago, this system is not always reliable.

  In the final analysis, the cogs that make up this system are people, and people are too fragile in the face of time.

  He needs to make some preparations for a rainy day.

   After listening to the man's words, Ebbers said respectfully.

   "It's not very difficult, but... I'm afraid it will cost a lot of budget."

  The man replied in a casual tone.

   "It's okay, I will inform the militia and the representatives of the residents of the outer city."

  For him who stands at the top of power, money is just a number.

  Hearing the promise made by the lord of the city, Ibers showed a happy smile on his face, and nodded respectfully.

   "As ordered."

  …

  Dawn City North.

  At the edge of Linghu Wetland Park, Lao Bai and his party who came back from the city center are heading back to the resurrection point.

   Today's harvest is quite fruitful.

   On the back of the big mechanical dog following the four of them, it was carrying a load that was completely disproportionate to its size. It contained all the evolved bodies they had recovered from the city center.

  Including the wreck of the decayed knight!

  The guy was holding a chainsaw that had been dismantled from nowhere, and the remains of the power armor were covered with dark red creepers.

  Generally, a 7mm bullet hits it like a tickle. At most, it scrapes off some bacteria, and the armor-piercing projectile fired by the RPG can't touch it at all, so it is killed by it with a chainsaw.

  The four people watched it charge up, Lao Bai decisively pulled out the "black cut", opened the boundary breakthrough, and directly swung the ax up.

  A red arc flickers on the blunt blade of the Fusion Cutting Axe.

  In the blink of an eye, everyone saw sparks flying everywhere, and a crimson crack was printed on its side armor.

  The scorching air flow engulfed high-temperature metal fragments and poured them directly into the discarded power armor, destroying the organic tissue inside the evolved body.

   Seeing that the attack was effective, Lao Bai took advantage of the iron lump losing his balance, and then he slashed horizontally and vertically with two axes, until it stopped moving.

  The decadent knight who had wiped out half of the Storm Corps was solo killed by him with the addition of equipment.

   It was beyond Lao Bai's expectation that the manager didn't keep such a powerful melee artifact for his own use.

  According to Fang Chang's calculations, the materials they recovered today can add up to at least 8,000 silver coins, and the contribution points of the task can also be divided into about 500 points per person.

   For the people who run the Niu Ma Brick Factory, the silver coins of the task rewards are actually not so attractive. The key is the professional level of the scientific expedition team and the contribution points of the task rewards.

   Especially the latter.

  Currently, Fang Chang, Feng Feng, and Ye Thirteen have contributed more than 90,000 points.

  The most urgent task at the moment is to brush up everyone's contribution points to more than 100,000 as soon as possible, and raise the citizen level to "Knight".

  Although the power armor in the NPC store is out of stock, a new map will be opened soon, and there is a high probability that a new batch of power armor will be released.

   It's time to spend money again!

   "Damn it, when did Fang Chang become as doggy as spring water?"

  Looking at his burning chemical-resistant suit and bullet-proof vest, Ye Shi looked at the power wingsuit gathered on Fang Chang's back, and couldn't help but let out a voice of envy.

  Fang Chang laughed and said calmly.

   "I play adc a little more meticulously, like a T to fight against the front line?"

  Although there are some scratches on his body, they were all caused by accident when he first tried the power wing suit. He is undoubtedly much more optimistic than his three good brothers.

   I have to say that the black technology produced by the refuge is really awesome.

  At the beginning, he was worried that he would not be able to play with this equipment without flying experience, but soon found that his worries were completely unnecessary.

  After connecting to the control interface of VM, his powered wing suit can not only set the cruise path, but also switch multiple flight modes such as gliding and slow landing.

  The 12 sensors distributed on the wingsuit can sensitively capture obstacles within a range of 200 meters, and plan the best avoidance path according to the algorithm of the built-in chip.

  Thanks to this power wing suit, it provides him with an excellent output environment.

  Although there are not no alien species that can fly and attack from a long distance, they are a minority after all. With flexible maneuvers, he can launch attacks from any angle in an open environment.

  Ye Shi: "Damn! I'm also an ADC, okay?"

  Guangfeng glanced at him sideways: "Isn't the perception system an auxiliary?"

  Ye Shi: "#@￥!"

   While exchanging the experience accumulated in the battle, everyone walked towards the resurrection square, intending to save the equipment and take a shower.

   The black slime ejected by the slime mold species is extremely smelly, like a rotting corpse. Although this game can shield the extreme pain, it cannot shield the unbearable sour smell.

   Especially Lao Bai, who was in the front row, seemed to be rolling in a mud puddle, making it impossible for people to get close.

not far away.

  A petite figure was standing on the edge of the Resurrection Square, his face was full of worry, and he stretched his neck to look around.

  Finally seeing that familiar figure, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, and she trotted up immediately.

  Fang Chang also saw her, subconsciously threw the equipment in his hand to Ye Shi who was at the side, and took the initiative to meet her and gave her a hug.

  Two arms wrapped around the back of the beloved's neck. Looking at the scarf around his neck, the corners of Dolly's mouth curled up in a sweet arc.

   "...Didn't you say you left for a while, why did you come back so late." Hanging like a little bear climbing a tree, she whispered softly, unwilling to come down.

  It was really late.

  Thinking that he had promised Dolly in the morning and came back to have dinner with her, Fang Chang couldn't help but feel a little apologetic on his face.

"sorry, I-"

  Before he finished speaking, he was blocked by a touch of softness.

  Dolly stood on tiptoe and kissed him lightly on the lips.

  That touch of shyness is vivid under the street lamp, like the first red in early autumn. There is no dazzling splendor all over the mountains and plains, but it makes people unable to move their eyes away.

   "I hope that what I waited for wasn't an apology... just come back safely."

  Maybe it is the living environment.

  Perhaps the life of the people here is as short as morning dew, and there is no time to be euphemistic.

  Looking at the sincerity and passion shining on that young face, Fang Chang felt a little embarrassed.

   "...There are too many people here."

  A sly smile appeared on Dolly's face.

  Suddenly, she brought the tip of her nose close to her ear, like a kitten teasing its prey, and snorted softly.

   "That's right, for everyone to see, you're mine—"

  The voice has not yet fallen.

  Fang Chang suddenly squatted down, put his shoulders on his soft belly, and lifted her up.

  Both feet left the ground suddenly, and Dolly let out a short cry like a frightened little animal.

  The face was so red that it reached the ears, and the ends of the emerald green hair. She didn't know where to put her hands, she whispered.

   "You... what are you doing all of a sudden."

   "Take you home!"

go home…

  Is this what home feels like?

  Feeling the warm and firm shoulders, Dolly's shy face was full of sweetness, she bit her lips lightly, hummed unwillingly, but stopped talking.

  The two of them fell silent in a tacit understanding, and disappeared under the streetlights of the square.

   Only a group of envious, jealous and hated single dogs were left, standing in place hopelessly.

   Throwing the equipment to the wind, Ye Shi covered his eyes with his hands, writhing like an earthworm.

   "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

  Although Kuangfeng didn't act very exaggeratedly, the expression on his face was equally subtle.

   "Everything else is fine, the main thing is to see the shy expression on this guy's face... My toes cut out four rooms and one living room."

   It's not that hot on the eyes.

   It’s just that this guy was calmly analyzing tactics with them one second, discussing team battle coordination and equipment usage, and the next second he turned into a shy little daughter-in-law.

  The contrast was so big that he couldn't accept it.

   Lao Bai who was standing beside him laughed, and patted the brothers on the shoulders.

   "Okay, the young couple just got together, isn't it normal for you to talk about it? If you can't watch it, just close your eyes and get used to it after a couple of days."

  Ye Shi still had an unrelieved expression on his face, sighed and said: "Hey, shit... It's a loss to sell this game to him without charge!"

  Old Bai said with a smile.

"If you are envious, go to learn Renlianyu, or find someone in reality. Don't you say that there are so many people chasing you...Let's go, let's go back to the refuge and take a shower. Damn, that iron bump has covered me all over, it stink!"

   Ye Shi's face changed instantly when he came back, and he quickly avoided Lao Bai's arm.

   "Fuck! Don't touch me!"

"Hahaha!"

not far away.

   Mosquito poked the button on the upper left corner of the VM screen with his index finger with a look of envy and jealousy, almost breaking his finger.

   "Damn... why is it useless!"

   Irena who happened to pass by, holding a handful of roasted mantis legs, said with a funny face.

   "The player's handbook only says to abide by the league law and prohibit harassment, but it doesn't say to castrate you. You call Ah Guang a hammer."

   "I don't care, unless you give me one too!"

  Irena showed a delicate expression, and handed out the skewers in her hand.

   "Then I can't help you... want one?"

   Mosquitoes are instantly alert: "What is this?"

  Irena smiled embarrassedly.

   "Praying mantis leg, I caught it today and just roasted it. By the way, that guy's head is still purple. It's so big. I've never seen it before. It should be a rare species... I wonder if I can add a BUFF."

   "Ouch—!"

  Before Lao Na finished speaking, the mosquito had already retched while leaning on the big tree.

  …

  The next morning.

  North of Dawn City.

  After a night of rest, the assistance from enterprises to the alliance officially started.

  Two sets of engineering equipment from Ideal Group completed the assembly first, demonstrating the technical strength of the east coast to the crowd.

   Standing next to the halfway repaired road.

  The chief architect of the alliance, Katsushita Ryuren, stared wide-eyed, looking at the two engineering equipment, and said shit.

   "What the **** is this?!"

  The mobile crushing station with four crawlers is like a walking blockhouse, covering an area of ​​fifty or sixty square meters.

  In front of it stood a huge bucket, and the serrated teeth on the edge were like the teeth of the abyss, breaking the concrete wreckage in front of it and sucking it into its belly.

  The silver tank on the back is constantly rolling, making a deafening roar. After a series of processes, the hydrated concrete **** is re-decomposed into cement slurry that can be used again.

  Behind this guy, there is a uniquely shaped road roller. Large and small rollers are arranged at the front and rear ends. It is a full six meters wide and carries a square platform.

  I saw the engineering behemoths with four tracks and two rollers moving forward slowly one after the other.

   The front is responsible for "eating".

  The back is responsible for "pull" and "press".

  As the two engineering behemoths drove past, a straight and flat road was printed on the roadbed weathered by time, just like their footprints.

  Although the quality of the project remains to be considered, as an emergency supply line, this is already many times better than the rotten land on the wasteland!

  What the current alliance needs is not a road that can last for fifty years, but a road that can be used immediately.

  Standing on the sidelines to keep people under the knife, their eyes were straight.

  This simple and crude construction method completely overturned his cognition.

No…

   Not to mention the construction method.

  Just the technology of reducing the hydrated concrete into reusable cement is enough black technology, okay?

  If there is such a convenient technology, the concrete waste generated by the demolition of the building will not have to worry about having no place to pile it up, and it will instantly turn waste into treasure!

   While the civil servants were making a fuss, Li Changkong, who was standing not far away, was holding a tablet in his hand, adjusting the operating parameters of the equipment.

  After finishing the work at hand, he looked at the alliance manager aside and said.

"The road from Qingquan City to Ruigu City is 169 kilometers long. The road we chose to restore is Provincial Highway 1704. The quality of the project is definitely not up to the pre-war standard, but it is still more reliable than the cement road you are using now. of."

   "A batch of equipment will be sent here later, including asphalting the road, etc... The expected completion time is from mid-August to the end of August."

  The time now is early July.

   Calculated in mid-August, that is, 45 days?

  45 days to repair 169 kilometers of roads, can repair 3.75 kilometers a day? !

  Chu Guang just made a rough calculation, and was immediately shocked by the astonishing speed.

  In the case of increasing the production capacity of the steel plant to the maximum and mobilizing thousands of prisoners of war, the speed of the alliance's railway laying can barely reach 3 kilometers a day.

   This high-speed repair is faster than the railway!

   Let's open something!

  Seeing that Chu Guang did not speak, Li Changkong paused and continued.

  “Although the concrete waste required for construction can be obtained locally, there will still be a material gap of 17-30%. This part will require your people to help collect and carry it.”

   "Of course, in order to shorten the construction period, we will try our best to provide you with some convenient tools, such as the 'miner' series of exoskeletons and so on."

  Recovering from the surprise, Chu Guang coughed lightly and nodded seriously.

   "Don't worry about this. The most important thing in Qingquan City is concrete waste. We will solve the gap in materials! By the way... this big guy, can you get two more?"

  Li Changkong was slightly taken aback.

   "Aren't two enough?"

   "To be precise, one road is not enough," Chu Guang continued without blushing, "Our industrial zone is located in Qingshi County and Xizhou City, which is the north of the alliance, and your aerospace base is also there."

"However, there is only one railway line from there to Shuguang City. In addition to military supplies, we also have to take care of the transportation of civilian supplies. Although we have also repaired concrete roads, they have only just been repaired to the area around Yuanxi Town, and the supply efficiency is very problematic! "

  Listening to what Chu Guang said, Li Changkong clicked on the screen with his index finger and switched to the map of Xizhou City.

   After staring at the map for a while, he stroked his chin and said.

   "This is indeed a problem. How much water can be held in a bucket depends on the shortest piece of wood. We will find a way to help you solve it... Is there a mountain?"

  Chu Guang nodded.

   "Well, that area is mostly hilly, can it be done?"

   Li Changkong pondered for a moment and said.

   "...I'm afraid the construction will be a bit difficult. These two sets of equipment are only suitable for use on the plains."

   Before the manager showed a troubled expression, Li Changkong continued with a faint smile on his face.

   "However, we also have engineering equipment in our inventory that can be used on hills... When the aircraft is fully charged, I will send a batch from the headquarters."

   "In addition, the efficiency of your railway transportation is too low. I will find a way to help you improve it a little."

  Hearing these words, a happy smile appeared on Chu Guang's face.

   "Really? I'm so sorry!"

  Li Changkong smiled and waved his hands.

   "You're welcome, we are allies on the same front."

  Even if it wasn't for the sake of his allies, he would have won this "business" for the company.

   With the passage of Resolution 1001, the company allocated a budget of 300 million Cr for military assistance to the Alliance.

  The military aid of 300 million Cr can not only be used to buy weapons, but also can be used to buy infrastructure and pay for projects.

  100,000 Cr per kilometer of road, 169 kilometers is 16.9 million Cr.

  Because the materials are collected locally, the electricity used by the engineering equipment is supplemented by the alliance. Ignoring the loss of these inventory equipment, the 16.9 million is almost all profit!

  Since the implementation of the Ideal City plan, most of the engineering equipment used for the construction projects have been thrown into the warehouse to eat ashes, and only when the customers of Yunjian Province have needs, they will occasionally open it for use.

   They haven't seen such a big order for a long time.

  Looking at the desolation not far away, Li Changkong couldn't help feeling fascinated for a while.

It is said that a long time ago, in the early days of the Wasteland Era, their ancestors, under the leadership of the Post-War Reconstruction Committee, built one after another settlements for survivors on this wasteland, which became a place in the eyes of the local people. Savior.

  The reason why Ideal City has been able to stand for two hundred years and become a holy place in the minds of countless wastelanders is precisely because of the engineering miracles they have left behind one after another.

   When this war is over, presumably my name will also be a good story in this barren and abandoned land...

  Thinking about it, a happy smile appeared on that meticulous face.

  Li Changkong seemed to have seen those eyes full of gratitude, and the scene where people regarded him as a savior—even a **** worshiping him.

  He will return with honor!

   Come home a hero —

  Suddenly realized that the smile on his face was a little out of character, he coughed twice and put on a serious expression again.

   Didn't notice the change of expression on the face of the middle-aged man next to him. Chu Guang's attention at the moment was completely on the two heavy machines that were slowly advancing.

  The company that showed off his hands really showed him off.

  Honestly speaking, the shock brought by these two "little guys" is no less than that of last year's Pioneer.

   Including that it took them less than a month to increase the maximum range from 500 kilometers to 3,000 kilometers.

   This does not include the time it took them to reach a consensus.

  Although he was prepared in his heart, the technical strength and industrial capabilities displayed by the company still exceeded his expectations.

  Looking at the road that "grows forward" at a speed visible to the naked eye, Chu Guang felt indescribable emotion.

   Sure enough.

Science and technology are primary productive forces.

   We have to find a way to get a few from these local tyrants!

  (end of this chapter)