The geothermal power station is more like a combination of giant biological corpses and fungi than a human building; countless black cubes cracked by a multi-purpose printer are lingering on it - the process of building the geothermal power station looks a bit... It looks like they are releasing army ants upside down to dismantle the wildebeest carcass.
There is now less than an hour until the completion of this power station. Its core main works have been completed long ago, and only some details are still being built...or should I say, growing?
In Liao Qi's field of vision, the exposed "ribs" of the "corpse" were deeply pierced into the earth - according to the description in the printed drawing, there were more than fifty bone-white heat-conducting media all the way through the earth's crust, extending To the location of the mantle. They are immersed in an environment of more than 6,000 degrees Celsius, constantly transporting huge amounts of heat energy to the surface.
And at the core of the "corpse", a red and hot "heart" was pulsing like thunder. Once started, it will convert the huge thermal energy into electrical energy, and then transport it to all levels of the resettlement area along the old lines from the original design of the resettlement area.
Although there are now far more residents living in the Nord settlement than originally designed, once the power station is operational. According to calculations, its power generation can basically guarantee the safety of electricity consumption at the bottom of the current resettlement area - by then, the Fusion Bureau will no longer be able to sell civilian electricity at such a high price to raise the living costs of residents.
[Because this building was not designed for humans, that’s why the shape is so heterogeneous]
Perhaps he had guessed the doubts in his mind at the moment. Just as Liao Qi was looking at the power station in a daze, he received a message from Booker on his communication channel.
[Not designed for humans? 】
Liao Qi asked doubtfully.
[The underlying tone of its design is different from the common sense we know. It’s like something from another planet’s ecosystem]
As the saying goes, the size of a rocket depends on the horse's butt - the width of the rail track follows the width of the tram track; the width of the tram track follows the spacing of the carriage wheels; the spacing of the carriage wheels is close to the width of two horses' buttocks. In other words, the specifications of the rocket are determined by the width of the horse's butt.
Everything in human society is so closely related, each subtly affecting each other, building a complete system.
But many of the printed drawings from the Abyss Dark Web come from other system trees entirely. At the beginning of the design, the "human" factor was not considered.
Under normal circumstances, this geothermal power station does not require any human help for maintenance, operation, and inspection. The "dark web technology" included in it fully enables the power station to operate, operate and regulate itself.
Some parts of the interior can be modified and replaced with manual operations. However, this will significantly reduce the efficiency of its work, and according to calculations, this will also increase the probability of risks during daily operation.
This is similar to replacing several machines with artificial wet parts operation, and the operation level is still relatively sloppy.
[It feels like a living thing, and I feel a little uncomfortable every time I look at it]
Looking at the strange-looking power station again, it took a long time before Liao Qi said this.
This product seemed to come from another ecosystem. The foreignness hidden under its strange appearance constantly stirred up his most primitive fear of the unknown.
[The power station has the function of using its own energy to repair itself. To put it this way, its properties are actually quite similar to some plants]
Booker said.
It is also deeply rooted in the earth, and can also absorb carbon elements in the air to iterate the aging parts of itself.
Then, without waiting for Liao Qi's reply, Booker looked at the power station that was about to be completed and continued:
[But these things obviously come from another technological system, excluding the system operated by humans. So sometimes I wonder, if the whole world was full of similar things, wouldn’t there be no need for humans?]
[Why do you suddenly start thinking about this philosophical issue? 】
Too lazy to answer nonsense like "people are ends rather than means", Liao Qi was a little curious about why the other party suddenly had the desire to think about such things at this time.
【Why? I think you can guess the reason]
Booker said this.
No, I couldn't guess...
Liao Qi rolled his eyes.
Speaking of which, since when did this guy start to imagine himself as the kind of friend who can tacitly understand each other and have such a tacit understanding that you can immediately follow the next sentence when I say it?
[You'd better say it directly]
Fortunately, the two of them are currently guarding in different positions. In order to reduce the possibility of being discovered, the two parties only communicate through text. So Booker couldn't hear the half-funny, half-helpful emotion in Liao Qi's words.
[I'm thinking, what value do we have for 'paradox'? 】
Booker answered bluntly.
Then you really have asked the right person...
Liao Qi thought so, but the message he sent at the same time was:
[Aren’t you going to be His horse? But even those malicious programs from the super abyssal layer cannot easily break through the Styx Firewall and enter the base reality, right? 】
Continue to act stupid.
After Booker received this message, he couldn't help but sigh slightly.
Sigh... forget it, I can't explain this to him clearly.
He thought helplessly, but then comforted himself that he couldn't blame the other party - after all, Liao Qi had never experienced such a thing as being dragged to Narcissus Plains, and he didn't know what was special about "Narcissus Plains". He doesn't know what it means for an AI to appear there and appear in the firewall.
In the past, Booker also guessed the meaning of "Paradox" to find them - hoping to find a horse for himself.
But since I saw the power of "paradox" in the "Narcissus Plain", I completely overturned this conjecture.
If the other party can move freely inside the firewall, how difficult would it be to directly cross it and enter the base reality? At least there is no need to use a tool medium with such inefficiency as "horse".
But on the other hand, apart from humans, what other beings can cross the Styx Firewall at will...
A certain possibility came to mind, and Booker suddenly stopped his thoughts.
There is absolutely no... possibility of that.
On the other side, seeing that Booker didn't reply for a while, Liao Qi activated the eye movement interface and planned to ask the other party what he was thinking about, but at this time...
[Crete, Crete, this is the Aegean Sea, the personnel dispatch of Perse Fanny’s Resettlement Area Office was detected fifteen seconds ago]
The intelligence team's message text message reached their channel.
(End of chapter)
