There were two emergency dispatches in one night. This was the first time in so many years since 151 was completed and put into use. Before leaving, Old Man Ji asked Shangluc and Baishu to help keep an eye on things. The two of them just nodded and didn’t know what to keep an eye on. The workers were all experienced veterans. After returning to their respective positions, they operated clamps, cranes and heavy mobile platforms to dismantle the giant machine into eight pieces. Honglian lay flat in the workshop like a dead giant, being decomposed by a swarm of ants. into irregular limbs and large parts, and then began replacing parts.
The hip, knee, and ankle joints are all vulnerable parts. Every time a task is performed, they must be replaced with new ones, and the old ones must be removed and repaired. These three-degree-of-freedom joints must bear thousands of tons of weight in a static state. If a giant machine If the driver gets a little crazy, the acceleration will have to be increased by a few more Gs. They are mechanical structures with the harshest and most demanding working environments in the world. Engineers can only guarantee a working life of 120 minutes at their best.
If all limiters are released and they run wildly to the limit outside the activity envelope, their lifespan will not exceed seven minutes at most.
Phytolacca was patrolling the workshop wearing his iconic white safety helmet, with Bai Shu following behind him wearing a red safety helmet on his head.
Bai Shu said that Phytolacca must be a special person because he has the only white hat in the entire 110 workshop system.
"Really, don't believe it." The little girl hummed, "You can ask other offices. They all have red safety helmets. Only yours is white."
"It's just a hat." Phytolacca disagreed, "I can exchange it with you if you want."
"I can't afford it. I can't afford it." Bai Shu waved his hand quickly, "You know that in the Ming Dynasty, King Yan Zhu Di met the monk Yao Guangxiao. Yao Guangxiao said that your highness, I can give you a white hat, which changed Chinese history... "
Phytolacca rolled his eyes:
"All mankind is going to perish, why are you still talking to me about the history of the Ming Dynasty?"
"I've always been very accurate in judging people, really." Seeing that he didn't believe it, Bai Shu jumped up from behind and jumped in front of Shang Lu, pushing him back, "You are an extraordinary person, a woman's intuition tells you Me, you are a...well...unfathomable person."
Shanglu pursed his lips and puffed up his cheeks.
"What are you doing?" Bai Shu put her hands on her hips.
"I'm suppressing a laugh." Phytolacca said, "Thank you for thinking so highly of me."
"You make me lose face like this." Bai Shu let out a sigh of relief and knocked on his helmet with his fist, "But I still believe that you must have something unique, I just don't want to show it, maybe You have shouldered a unique responsibility and mission, and human history has been rewritten since the day you arrived at 151. You are the only one."
"They are the only one." Shanglu leaned on the railing of the working surface and looked at the crimson giant machine at his feet. "Every giant machine driver is the one who controls the destiny of mankind. Every decision they make is important." It’s about the life and death of hundreds of millions of people. I can’t even imagine such a responsibility. Compared to them, I’m nothing. I’m just here to eat and wait to die..."
"You are Guren's grandfather." Baishu said.
"What happened to Grandpa?"
"You are the most senior person in the entire base. Rounding it off, you are the grandfather of the Honglian pilot." Baishu said, "You have to be responsible for them."
Shanglu was stunned, "Are there no other grandpas in the workshop? The second grandpa, the third grandpa and so on, they must also be responsible, I can't be the only one."
"There is no other grandpa." Bai Shu said, "You are the only grandpa."
Shanglu suddenly felt like a person again.
At the same time, I also lamented that this generation is really chaotic.
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Along the stairs, we go down from the working surface layer by layer, from the tenth floor to the ninth floor, and from the ninth floor to the eighth floor. Looking from the top down, the entire workshop looks like a huge construction site. The workers have already put the red Lotus's major modules were dismantled and inspected. Cables as thick as an adult's arm were laid on the ground, and a small bright yellow trailer slowly crawled around. Only from this angle can you deeply appreciate the complexity of the giant machine. Opening the smooth red armor reveals the dazzling structure underneath. The thick alloy frame, fine cables, hydraulic pipes, heat sinks, and sensors are just like its skeletal muscles and blood vessels. Guren is like an alien life that has been dissected. , the skin is cut open to reveal incomprehensible life forms.
Honglian is definitely the brightest pearl in the history of human science and technology. He is a master in various fields such as mechanical design, materials science, nuclear engineering, microelectronics, semiconductors, neuroscience, and even mathematics and theoretical physics. It would be difficult to imagine it without the arrival of an angel. One day mankind will gather all its wisdom in one place so densely that it will create a powerful god.
It has infinite power to shake mountains, but it also has the most sensitive senses and the smartest brain in the world.
Shanglu walked down the railing and said casually: "Shen Jiang has something wrong with his brain."
Bai Shu didn't hear what he was saying clearly, "What?"
Shang Lu tapped his head with his finger, "Shen Jiang, Honglian's pilot, there is something wrong with her brain."
"Yes." Bai Shu nodded, "Strictly speaking, all giant machine pilots have brain problems, more or less. This is a side effect of the BCI system."
"Do you know what her problem is?"
"What is it?" Bai Shu was a little curious.
"Human facial cognitive impairment or facial amnesia, in layman's terms, is severe face blindness." Shanglu said, "I don't think she can distinguish people's looks at all. She has always identified other people's identities through their clothes, so the whole She knows very few people in the workshop. When I don’t wear a helmet, she doesn’t recognize me. When I put on a hat, she knows who I am. She is actually identifying my identity through the hat.”
"Can this be seen?" Bai Shu was a little surprised, "Have you asked the medical team?"
"You don't need to ask the medical team." Phytolacca turned his head and smiled, "Have you forgotten? The neural connection control system is my specialty."
"Awesome!" Bai Shu was stunned for a moment.
"The invasive electrodes of the BCI system will penetrate deep into the posterior parietal cortex of the brain, and human face recognition relies on the fusiform gyrus of the temporal lobe and the facial area of the posterior occipital lobe. It is not surprising that the operation of the BCI system affects these areas, but It's especially serious in Shen Jiang. BCI almost destroyed her ability to recognize other people's faces." Shanglu said in a serious tone, "She must rarely tell other people about this. She always relies on remembering other people's clothes to pretend to be normal. people."
"How can I remember that? Everyone in the workshop is basically dressed the same way."
"So she pretended to be indifferent." Phytolacca said, "and rarely met people face to face."
"Poor sister." Bai Shu sympathized immediately.
"The BCI system Honglian is using is not mature. It should be said that all the implanted BCI systems we are currently using are immature. From the beginning, it is an imperfect system. It is just a rush to put it on the shelf. It is The damage to the human body is still too great." Phytolacca sighed, "We cannot control the side effects."
"Hehe, so our work office is working hard to update the algorithm!" Bai Shu chuckled, "Phytolacca, you can continue to improve the BCI system, and let us save the giant machine pilots who are in pain!"
For some reason, Bai Shu suddenly felt that the back of the young man in front of him suddenly became thin and swaying like the shadow of a candle, as if he was about to fall.
This made her unable to help but reach out and grab him.
But Phytolacca returned to normal immediately. He continued walking down the ladder and whispered:
"I don't have that ability."
Bai Shu stood there in shock for two seconds. At one moment, she keenly grasped that feeling, which was why she was sure that Shanglu was different from most people. He stood there alone, not like The ignorant young people who have just arrived are more like defeated soldiers fighting against fate.
He was clearly young, but there seemed to be an unconcealable fatigue in his bones.
"What do you think they are doing now?" Shanglu turned around and asked, "What is she doing?"
Bai Shu thought for a while, "Have a meeting."
"Not only are we in a meeting," Phytolacca said, "I'm also bleeding from the nose."
