"Employees of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th brigades, please line up at the landing hatch No. 1 to enter!"
"Employees of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth brigades, please line up at the landing hatch No. 2 to enter!"
"Employees of the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th brigades, please line up at the landing hatch No. 3 to enter!"
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The soft electronic sound spread throughout the huge space on the top floor. Under the shadow of the huge emergency spacecraft, countless workers wearing biochemical nano protective clothing lined up in a long queue and were entering the spacecraft in an orderly manner.
Time passed by in a blink of an eye. At this time, more than four months had passed since Li Luoyuan last came to the earth to obtain the energy core of the giant beast. Humanity was once again preparing to set foot on the earth again to collect the corpse of the giant beast.
In fact, after losing its energy core, this giant beast only lasted for two days before it completely died. The host Luo Yuan did not want to do it by himself every time and develop dependence. At the same time, he also did not want a large number of people who were unemployed again to become unemployed again. Got nothing to do. Therefore, the job of collecting corpses naturally fell to the engineering company that had lost its job again since the ice mining project.
In order to do a good job in the logistics of this operation, a large number of factories started working day and night. At the same time, some new research results were also applied in this equipment manufacturing. It can be said that this is completely a test of new technology.
It's just that the project date originally set by the engineering company has been delayed again and again.
It’s not that the equipment cannot be produced, but that the technology updates too quickly!
With a complete Bosing industrial system, we can explore and learn. Especially after the opening of the nanomaterials factory, even if there is a serious shortage of human technicians, the level of human technology is still advancing rapidly. Almost every few days, something will happen. New achievements, technology will be updated every other month, and human technology is almost exploding, developing rapidly.
Many times, when the equipment has just been produced, we look back and find that the technology has fallen behind, is completely garbage, and is unsightly.
The departure date of the engineering company has been postponed from the original one month, to two months, to three months, and now it is more than four months. If Luo Yuan hadn't felt that something was wrong and made a forced decision, the start date would probably have been delayed. It will be delayed until a few years later.
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The crowd outside the spacecraft was densely packed, arranged in neat square formations. Cui Weichuan called his team members to his team formation.
"Everyone is here, start counting!"
"Report to the captain, the first squadron, 300 people responded, and the actual number is 300!"
"Report to the captain, the second squadron, the number was 301, and the number was actually 301!"
Every worker here is a reservist and almost all have military training experience. The management of the engineering company is also completely militarized.
Because Cui Weichuan performed well in the ice mining project, he was promoted and is now a squadron leader, and the number of people he manages has been expanded from 100 to 300 people.
Seeing that it was his turn in a blink of an eye, Cui Weichuan quickly puffed up his chest and said loudly: "Report to the captain, the second squadron, there are 300 people who responded, and the actual number is 299, one person asked for leave."
"Why did someone ask for leave? Did you explain the reason?" The captain frowned and asked in confusion.
They have been unemployed for almost half a year since the last project. If it were him, even if he was sick, he would have to report it first. After all, this project is not at home, but on the earth 600,000 kilometers away. , the company will not travel back and forth to the earth just for an employee. If you miss it this time, it basically means being fired from the engineering company. After all, the company also has strict discipline.
"There will be an adult exam in a few days. That person has to prepare for the self-study exam. Before the end of the world, he was a senior high school student and delayed his studies." Cui Weichuan explained concisely and concisely.
"So that's it. I hope everything goes well for him. After all, he is from our brigade." The brigade captain said with some regret. Nowadays, Hope City has a strong learning atmosphere, and the countless free adult cram schools set up by the government have been affected by this trend. , many pre-apocalyptic students, and even young people who have worked for many years, are picking up textbooks again and fighting for their own future.
Today's society is highly hierarchical, and all resources are concentrated on scientific research. This is clearly reflected in the size of the houses allocated for free by the government.
Compared with most ordinary people who only have nine square meters of housing per person, a research intern or assistant engineer can be allocated 18 square meters, which is completely doubled. If you have a spouse, this area will be doubled. As for researchers ( Senior) or senior engineer, the average per capita can even reach 100 square meters, and the same is doubled if you have a spouse.
Even though he is the team leader, because this engineering company is still a temporary establishment and has not yet been established, the living area of his family is still ordinary level, and the salary is not as good as that of a few temporarily transferred technicians. A family of three can only squeeze into a small house. The room will make you breathless if you stay there for too long.
However, he did not have any dissatisfaction in his heart. Society has never been equal. It was so before and it is still the same now. Compared with measuring it with money before the end of the world, now it is measured with knowledge. He feels that it is more fair. If it weren't for his age, Now that he is old enough to study, he is ready to consider re-taking the college entrance examination. Fortunately, there is still hope for his son.
"It's almost our turn, everyone, get in your positions and land in cabin five!" The captain looked at the advancing speed of the team in front and said loudly.
Cui Weichuan led the team into the habitation cabin and found that the habitation cabin was no longer as empty as before. For this mission, some modifications had been made here, many safety seats were added, and the entire habitation cabin was arranged like a supercar. Like a large conference room, it can seat more than 100,000 people at a time.
Not long after, he followed the team to his place.
The safety device on the seat was exactly the same as in the house. He fastened the safety device in a familiar way, and his entire chest and abdomen were immediately wrapped in soft material.
He noticed that the worker next to him seemed to be sitting and taking deep breaths all the time. He couldn't help but smile and said: "Old Lin, why are you still a little nervous? Haven't you been sitting there before? There were no safety seats at that time."
"Squadron Captain, I really have a point. When you say this big guy flies from space to the earth, I feel unsteady and unsteady when I look at it." Old Lin was a construction worker before the end of the world. Although he flew on this spaceship once during migration, But I still feel a little weak in my hands and feet.
"This thing was made by aliens. It's not afraid of space flight. It's also afraid of such a short distance. It's much safer than taking a car."
"Then I'd rather take a car, at least it's more practical." Lao Lin was stunned for a moment and said.
The two chatted for a while, and the spacecraft suddenly shook and began to move slowly. Cui Weichuan quickly swallowed what he was about to say, and his face turned pale. He didn't seem nervous, but in fact he was sweating. On land After staying there all my life, I rarely take airplanes. Suddenly one day, I return from space in a spaceship. This is not a wonderful enjoyment.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and there were no bumps along the way. It wasn't until the sound of the radio came that he suddenly realized that he had landed on the earth.
Cui Weichuan followed the team and was about to get out of the spacecraft, but found that the person in front suddenly stopped.
"Oh my God, what's in front of me?"
"Could it be that that is the corpse of the mutated beast we want to collect!"
"This is literally a mountain!"
Listening to the exclamations one after another, Cui Weichuan suppressed his curiosity and continued to maintain order in the team. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the team to move forward again. After a while, he saw an astonishing sight in front of him.
Not far ahead, I saw a body like a hill, half buried in the glacier.
Most of its body was covered in snow, but from some exposed claws, it could be seen that its size was quite astonishing.
He suppressed the urge to exclaim and took a deep breath. Now he was the squadron leader and had to lead by example, but his eyes still couldn't help but glance somewhere from time to time, even though he was already familiar with this major project involving nearly 50,000 people. With mental preparation, I also guessed the size of this giant beast, but it was still not as big as the actual eleven.
Fortunately, in the past few days, all the preparation work was done.
Thousands of engineering vehicles and large-scale cutting equipment were sent off the spacecraft. At the same time, mobile nuclear power plants began to be built on the ice. Today's engineering vehicles are all powered by electricity. With the breakthrough of nanomaterial technology, the technical constraints of batteries have also increased. Being passed over easily, these construction vehicles no longer have to drag a long cable.
For the next few days, workers set up a large number of lights around the giant beast, established a construction site emergency hospital, an equipment maintenance shop, and installed all-steel scaffolding. During construction, everyone had to tie safety ropes to their bodies. After all, this beast The behemoth is so huge that without safety measures, accidents are prone to occur.
When Cui Weichuan gets up every morning, he puts on a lead-plated nano-biochemical protective suit and walks around the giant beast, not only to satisfy his curiosity, but also to exercise. His behavior is not outstanding. Around the giant beast, he always There were many people watching at all times.
Although this kind of lead-plated nano-biochemical protective suit only has a thin layer, it makes people feel no cold at all. In addition, it is fully enclosed when connected to the helmet, and the cold wind from the outside is completely shielded. Breathing depends on portable oxygen.
Although it was a bit inconvenient, no one dared to take off their helmets, not only because of the cold here, but also because of the terrible smell emitted by the isolation beast. I heard that a worker in a certain brigade did this a few days ago despite the warning, and he immediately He fainted to the ground and was in a coma for three full days. When he woke up later, he became a little crazy and his whole person became abnormal.
Of course, these were all rumors, but he had not seen this worker since that day. That night, the team leader also held a meeting to sternly warn against this serious violation.
Preparations were made for five days. On the morning of the sixth day, the demolition team buried explosives into the ice on the corpse of the giant beast. After an explosion, a large amount of ice and snow immediately slid down from the surface of the corpse. This magnificent giant beast finally Show your true face.
Without the ice and snow cover, it is almost smaller, but it feels more shocking and daunting.
The silver-white scales all over its body sparkle under the light, as if they are all glowing, making people feel that this creature should not appear in the mortal world at all, but should exist in myths and legends.
Its body, including its head, is buried under the ice, and less than one-third of it may be exposed to the surface, but its vertical height is still hundreds of meters, like a small mountain.
Cui Weichuan swallowed subconsciously, but no one paid attention to him. Everyone's eyes were deeply attracted by this terrifying and mysterious head.
With a sharp whistle, he was shocked and came to his senses. The project finally started.