Things were indeed as Chen Xin expected. They moved all the way to the three towns, and both inspections and defenses became tighter.
The first checkpoint is located at the former highway toll station. Although Yanguo has already canceled the toll collection on ordinary national and provincial highways, all the toll stations built back then have not been demolished, and they are just in use now.
Compared with the checkpoint in Xianning, the inspection here was obviously much more rigorous. The people who came to inspect were not ordinary inspectors, but police. Chen Xin even unexpectedly saw a dog wrapped in a thick cotton-padded jacket. police dog.
This is the only living animal Chen Xin has seen in the past six months, besides mealworms, fish and mice.
Although he usually doesn't like pets like cats and dogs, when he saw this police dog, Chen Xin suddenly had the urge to pet the dog.
However, a police dog is a police dog after all, and there is no such thing as coquettishness or cuteness. As soon as it got on Chen Xin's car, it started sniffing everywhere, searching for any suspected dangerous objects or contraband.
However, Chen Xin's car was very clean. The only problem might be the pistol on Zhang Chengguang's body.
But the space agency sign is really useful. Although the police who came to inspect the car were very strict, after knowing that they were from the space agency, they were still very polite and even asked them if they needed help.
Chen Xin and Zhang Chengguang had already discussed this before, so they naturally declined the police's help.
After they checked the vehicle, Chen Xin continued driving towards Sanzhen.
In fact, in terms of administrative divisions, they have already entered the scope of the three towns, but they are still in the outer suburbs of the three towns and have not entered the urban area.
As the only super-large city in the central region of Yan Kingdom, Sanzhen is also the central city in the central region of Yan Kingdom. The area under its jurisdiction is naturally very vast.
In fact, even the name "Three Towns" comes from the fact that the city's central area is composed of three important towns.
These three important towns themselves are geographical divisions formed by the division of the Yangtze River and the Han River. They have always been three cities in the past. It was not until the establishment of the Yan Kingdom that the administrative divisions of the three cities were brought together with the development of the times. It became the three towns it is today.
Because of its developed water and land transportation, this city has been known as the "thoroughway of nine provinces" since ancient times. It is one of the four major cities in the world and the most important water, land and air transportation hub in the central region of Yanguo.
At the same time, the three towns are also the headquarters of the Yanguo Army's Joint Logistics Support Force, a core city in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, a strategic fulcrum for the rise of central China, and a comprehensive innovation and reform pilot area. They are one of the three most intellectually intensive areas in the country and a national central city.
It can be said that it is precisely because of having a city like Sanzhen in the central region that the Yan Kingdom can still maintain the country's control over the central region after the apocalyptic disaster and ensure the material supply and logistical support for the central provinces and cities.
All of this undoubtedly makes the three towns different from cities in other regions.
Compared with the city where Chen Xin is located, the roads in the three towns are obviously much busier. Vehicles can be seen passing by on the streets from time to time. The snow on the roads has also been cleared to a certain extent. In addition, there are many roads set up along the way. At the checkpoint, if it weren't for the dark sky, the ruined city on the ground, and the occasional craters, Chen Xin really thought this was just the Three Towns in winter.
But it's obvious that whether it's the stricter inspections or the dark city, it all proves that this is after the end of the world.
However, the atmosphere here in the three towns is obviously different, or in other words, the city is more energetic and lively.
Although the city where Chen Xin is located is also trying to recover from the disaster, the atmosphere in the city is closer to a feeling of struggling to survive in the apocalypse.
But the three towns are different. Although what you see in front of you when approaching the city from the suburbs is still ruins and snow, the closer you get to the city, the more you can feel the vitality emanating from the city.
Some buildings that are obviously under construction, vehicles coming and going on the road, and even dotted lights on the roadside all indicate that the city is being reborn from the ashes.
Perhaps this is the difference between big cities and small cities. After all, this is the most important city in the central region of Yan Kingdom. It is not unusual for reconstruction to begin here.
Just looking at the buildings under construction on the roadside, Chen Xin had a strange expression.
Zhang Yao noticed his change and asked curiously: "What's wrong? Is there any problem with this?"
"No, I just think it's a little early to start rebuilding the city now?" Chen Xin raised his finger and pointed to a ruins of a building that was obviously destroyed by a meteorite outside the car window, and said to Zhang Yao: "You guys came down from the sky. Yes, you should be very aware that there are still a lot of meteorite fragments in the sky. Now that we are starting to rebuild the city, what if there are still stones falling down?"
Hearing what Chen Xin said, Zhang Yao couldn't help but nodded slightly in agreement, thinking of the impacts he experienced when he came down from space in the return capsule.
However, although he agreed with Chen Xin's view, on the other hand, he could not understand why the three towns were starting post-disaster reconstruction now: "But it is not difficult to understand that it is not difficult to start post-disaster reconstruction now. After all, it is like falling meteorites." The matter is a matter of probability. It is impossible to put the post-disaster reconstruction work on hold just because there is a certain degree of danger, right?
It may be a little risky to start post-disaster reconstruction now, but compared to the delay in the overall progress and the delay in the production of various materials, this risk is still bearable. After all, most of the things that can fall now are small pieces of meteorites. Many of the crumbs were burned before they even hit the ground, and the volume that could fall was not very large. At most, it would only be enough to make a hole and fill it up. "
Zhang Yao's words left Chen Xin speechless, but he had to admit that Zhang Yao was right.
People have a chance of choking to death when eating or drinking water, but no one has ever stopped eating or drinking water for this reason. In this apocalyptic environment, being able to resume production earlier is a great thing for both the country and ordinary people. Good thing.
After all, the disaster caused by the previous meteorite impact caused serious damage to the original industrial system. The chemical plants around Chen Xin's city were basically destroyed, and only a few industries in the entire city were preserved in the underground factory area. production capacity.
This is true for a city, and it is even more true for a country. Although the country will retain part of its industrial production capacity and restore part of its production underground, it is obviously unable to meet the needs of the whole country.
This is just like what happened with the oxygen concentrator in the official shelter before. If it was before the disaster, how could there be such a thing as insufficient equipment?
With the industrial production capacity before the Yanguo disaster, without intervention at the national level, let alone meeting domestic demand, there was even room for export to foreign countries to receive foreign trade orders.
Therefore, resuming production should also be the first thing that Yanguo's top management needs to consider now.
As for the possible losses, it is obvious that a trade-off must be made at this time.
While Chen Xin was thinking about this problem, they had gradually entered the urban area of Three Towns. There were fewer cars on the road here. It seemed that it was still the same as before the disaster, and large trucks were not allowed to enter the city.
And in contrast, although the city is also carrying out debris clean-up work, there are not as many construction sites outside the city.
It seems that the three towns are cleaning up the suburban areas first, restoring industrial production first, and then considering the reconstruction work within the city.
Entering the city from the suburbs, Chen Xin and the others encountered a new checkpoint. This time the inspection was more detailed, and even the entire vehicle needed to pass through a scanner to scan the body.
Under this meticulous scan, Chen Xin's car was inevitably stopped.
"Hello comrade, we need to check your car. There is a place in your car that cannot be scanned. Can you open it for us to take a look?" After the people at the checkpoint got on the car, they asked Chen Xin directly.
Chen Xin understood what the other party was talking about as soon as he heard it, but he was a little hesitant to open it for the other party to see, because what the other party was talking about was the power source of the car, which is where the three isotope thermoelectric batteries are installed.
Because the isotope thermoelectric battery generates heat through the radiation released by the decay of isotopes, for safety reasons, both the three batteries themselves and the installation slots where the batteries are installed are made of metallic lead.
Not only does this block the radiation, it also blocks the scanner from working.
However, seeing Chen Xin's hesitation, the people at the checkpoint became obviously nervous, thinking that there was something shady in Chen Xin's car.
Not only the inspectors who got on the bus, but also the staff from the nearby checkpoint came out with guns and lowered the roadblocks at the checkpoint, obviously to prevent possible emergencies.
This made Zhang Chengguang and others on the side become nervous. They quickly looked at Chen Xin and asked him if he needed their help. After all, if they revealed their identities, they could use the name of the space agency to help Chen Xin cover up.
Chen Xin signaled the three of them to be calm, and at the same time said to the inspector: "Comrade, we are from the space agency, and there are some things on this car that are the secrets of the space agency. It's not impossible for you to see it, but it must be kept secret, and You can check it with at most two of you, do you think that’s okay?”
After hearing what Chen Xin said and that the clothes of the three astronauts next to him were indeed printed with the words Yan Guo Aerospace, the inspector agreed to Chen Xin's request after some discussion.
Upon seeing this, Chen Xin led two inspectors to the cab and opened a cover connecting the cab and the living cabin, revealing the three batteries installed inside.
"The part you can't find out is probably this part. The structure of this part is made of lead. The three isotope thermoelectric cells installed on it are used for power generation. Because there is a certain amount of radiation, it is sealed with lead." Chen After Xin signaled the two inspectors to take a look, he put the cover back on.
After the inspectors looked at it, they found no problems, so they didn't say anything more. After Chen Xin's instructions, they all agreed to keep it secret and got out of the car.
But when the inspector got out of the car, the three astronauts looked at Chen Xin a little strangely.
Zhang Chengguang couldn't help but ask Chen Xin: "Chen Xin, who are you? Isotope thermoelectric batteries are not something that ordinary people can get!"
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