In Ronan's mind, he listed the key elements of "zombie ants" and "vulcan ants".
This is not a deliberate search for similarities, but rather a wonderful connection that can be matched one by one after being briefly listed.
Even in a complicated universe and all living beings, it would be too much of a coincidence to gather these elements and see them at both ends of the distant universe at the same time.
Of course, there are differences, and they are very eye-catching.
In the local time and space of the earth, what the "Vulcan Ant" embodies is an extremely stable and complex society, and a strong group consciousness with the "Queen" as the core.
As for the "zombie ants", let alone sociality and group consciousness, they are just "zombies" that have been parasitized and have their lives wiped out.
But if it is used as a prerequisite, it is not unreasonable.
"Testing time and space" is just a projection of the history of the distant starry sky, and Ronan doesn't know if there is any fictitious element in it - but if it is really fictitious, doesn't it prove that "zombie ants" are more special?
At this time, he also heard the conversation between Colonel Hong Shuang and Lieutenant Meng Xin.
The former is not very optimistic about this plan.
In the final analysis, it is nothing more than tactical reconnaissance. No matter what means are used, if various forms of "sensing devices" are transmitted to the earth's core environment and continuous and stable feedback is received, it is a qualified result.
The "Clay Scout" made by Ronan can be linked with the "Yingguang Divine Bird" and "Xuanjing Array". Compared with traditional methods, it can detect the "activated environment" of monarch-level poisonous living bodies such as "Coil Demon". The feedback is more intuitive and sensitive. It is indeed a new product that the front committee decided to send out.
But in the past, Ronan had processed and produced materials recommended by the Tactical Intelligence Department, and the results were relatively satisfactory. There was little point in striving for "excellence" again.
Colonel Hong Shuang treats "zombie ants" the same as previous materials with poor plasticity.
She said it clearly: "Not to mention the final product, the material itself is very fatal if it has not been tested in practice, especially in such a complex war environment... Lieutenant Meng Xin, you should know that this is not a project. .”
Lieutenant Meng Xin was a little disappointed. In the past few hours, she had spent a lot of effort on "zombie ants", hoping to come up with a product solution with absolute advantages. But what Colonel Hong Shuang said was basically equivalent to Ruled out.
Although she was unwilling to do so, she had been in the army for a long time and had good obedience, so she immediately agreed.
On the other hand, Ronan, because of the stimulation of the "Vulcan Ant", subconsciously wanted to do more research on this, and blurted out: "But once this plan is done, it can be solved once and for all..."
"Lieutenant." Colonel Hong Shuang did not address Ronan by his name, only his position.
"Yes, Colonel." Ronan stood at attention and responded.
Lieutenant Meng Xin stood at attention at the same time even though he knew he was not calling her.
On the large commander's chair, most of the metal structure supported Colonel Hong Shuang's old and thin body, leaning forward slightly. The light brown pupils stared at the double-layered mask on Ronan's face, still very penetrating.
"The command never expects you to provide a solution that can be solved once and for all."
This makes sense.
Ronan pursed his lips: I can’t put myself in someone else’s shoes either.
Especially the two lieutenants who had just been promoted to the command line.
Colonel Hong Shuang quickly said this: "In addition, even if there is indeed a 'once and for all' plan proposed by one or several lieutenants, and it shows strong persuasiveness, I believe , this plan will also work in parallel with other plans to ensure that we will not make stupid mistakes due to our reliance and trust in 'once and for all', and thus collapse across the board."
Ronan responded immediately: "I'm sorry, school officer."
"Sorry for what?"
"I said something stupid, Colonel."
"The fact that you can think of this means that your brain is not completely broken."
The truth is that simple: technology and safety are equally important; qualifications are an important part of the safety evaluation.
Ronan was not angry at being scolded by Hong Shuang.
On a battlefield where a single move affects the whole body, and in such a critical field of tactical intelligence, he, a newly transferred lieutenant, talks so boldly about "once and for all", why should people believe you?
However, it would be a pity to abandon the "Zombie Ant" project now... Ronan has almost already thought of the next step!
Next, Colonel Hong Shuang showed through her actions that she still had some trust in Ronan, even if it wasn't much:
"Do not consider materials with poor plasticity. Among the materials that have passed through the 'furnace' before, the 'grease' solution has performed best and has good adaptability. It can be temporarily listed as the second wave of release. According to the release plan, in the next ten hours, You need to prepare fifty bases.”
Before Ronan responded, Lieutenant Meng Xin took a breath.
According to the frontline "sensing equipment" delivery rules, a base number is ten groups, which means Ronan will prepare 500 groups of "grease" products in the next ten hours.
For a mature industrialized product, after the plan has been determined and the supply of raw materials has been ensured, the so-called preparation basically means pressing the button of the production line.
But the problem is that Ronan belongs to a "personal workshop".
Lieutenant Meng Xin had witnessed Ronan's "hand-rolled clay figure" with his own eyes, and knew that he was very skillful. However, the efficiency of a single group of operations is actually not visible. The most difficult thing is how to ensure the energy consumed by the operation for ten consecutive hours and the stability that is highly related to it.
Ronan finally struggled to get out of the "Vulcan Ant" and "Zombie Ant" thoughts, and his reaction was a little slow:
"Fifty base?"
Colonel Hong Shuang would definitely not repeat it a second time. The commander's chair turned back and slid out of the operation room silently, leaving only one sentence:
"Or you can make 'snail' learn your tricks."
"Snail" is the code name of the space carrier's onboard artificial intelligence, and is also the result of Ronan's free translation. Anyway, it represents an extremely slow mollusk. Designers or users are quite ambitious in giving this name to their own artificial intelligence.
Ronan wanted to remind you: It will be time to talk again in a few hours, and then it will be your turn, Colonel Hong Shuang.
After all, these words were not spoken, breaking the ultimate trust that Colonel Hong Shuang could give him in advance...
Ronan stood there, a little dazed.
During this period, Lieutenant Meng Xin said nothing and waited patiently.
Ronan finally let out a breath and looked at Lieutenant Meng Xin with a smile: "Then I have to retreat in this operation room?"
Lieutenant Meng Xin shook his head slightly: "We must go to the processing center. The materials required for the 'grease' plan are the largest in terms of volume. There are some in the shipboard material warehouse, but they still need to be transferred from the main base."
"Grease" actually refers to a kind of liquid metal, which is more troublesome to process, transport and store.
Ronan lowered his head to check, and then said: "Well, I need temporary permission from the processing center to be able to talk directly to the 'snail'. I urgently need to communicate with it now."
"communicate?"
"See if it can help."
"..."
Lieutenant Meng Xin did not cooperate with Ronan's intention to tell a cold joke. As he spoke, he had already completed the permission application process neatly, but reminded him again:
"It's said to be ten hours, but you only have five."
"I know."
The next round of heart-to-heart talks is about to begin, and when the task of "fifty base number" is handed in, I have to drag Colonel Hong Shuang to the talk room...
When the time comes, the gray-haired lady might embarrass him. Perhaps this was the last, brief honeymoon period with Tactical Intelligence.
At this time, Lieutenant Meng Xin couldn't help but ask him: "Fifty base numbers, are you sure there is no problem?"
"The mission channel has already sent out the package, and I clicked to confirm." Ronan grinned, "Hurry up now. Snail... did you hear it?"
"I'm here." The artificial intelligence "Snail", the chief steward of the "Changying" space carrier, responded coldly.
"Snail, let's get acquainted first?"
The other person responded, but lacked initiative.
Ronan was used to communicating with "Aunt Kui", so he was used to being more casual: "First introduce to me your basic functions, or a one-step design drawing... I understand that I don't have permission, but the basic function modules You can always talk about it, we need to understand each other better. I mean, I need to watch you carefully, and you need to watch me carefully, and we can learn from each other."
Ronan communicated frankly with the artificial intelligence. During this period, he unconsciously turned his head and saw Lieutenant Meng Xin still standing there.
I couldn't see clearly his expression behind the double-layered mask for the moment, but thinking about it, it was quite subtle.
Ronan smiled at her, and Lieutenant Meng Xin nodded, showing his tolerance for technicians. Of course, it may be that he has been in the academic circle for a long time and is not surprised by these:
"I'll schedule the materials. You adjust it slowly...well, hurry up."
There is no room for polite words, this is the rhythm on the battlefield.
After saying that, Lieutenant Meng Xin retreated from the operation room.
Ronan followed the "snail"'s guidance and continued into the operation room. After swiping permissions, go through a secret door and be transported via a short conveyor belt to the third processing center of the space carrier.
This is the production area for small and micro parts. In theory, it is not supplied to the outside world. It is only responsible for the production and repair of small and micro parts and modules for the equipment of command sequence members and other staff on the space carrier.
The real large-scale processing centers and war factories that support the front line are partly in outer space and partly located at the main base.
Logically speaking, Ronan came up with the "Grease" plan. After it was approved, the plan and order should be sent to the main base for preparation, which would comply with the process and be more efficient.
However, due to Ronan's "personal workshop" attribute, the Tactical Intelligence Office had to open a temporary small production workshop for him here.
In addition to the prompts and guidance of the artificial intelligence "snail", there is even a senior sergeant named Chaku at the third processing center who is responsible for connecting with Ronan.
This can be considered a special treatment.
From this point of view, Colonel Hong Shuang, or the higher-ups in the command line, still have some room for improvement in their trust and expectations for Ronan.
