Time flew by and it was already 2018. It had been almost five years since the apocalypse.
After leaving Earth, humans who were on the brink of extinction had once again shown their strong vitality. The pessimism and depression of humans had gradually disappeared and the entire residential area of the spaceship was thriving.
Ever since they moved into the spaceship two years ago, there had been an explosive development in technology. Many Glassian factories had been restarted and batches of workers had been assigned to various positions after a short period of training.
Nano, electromagnetism, biological gene editing, quantum technology, artificial intelligence and nuclear fusion technology had all made breakthroughs in the past year. Although most of these technologies were just replicating the Glassian technology, it was rare to achieve it in such a short period of time without relying on the intelligent industrial robots of the spaceship.
At the same time, these technological breakthroughs had also revealed the mysteries of the Glassian's technology. They were no longer confused about it.
Of course, this did not mean that human technology had caught up with the Glassian. It was still the Glassian from 50 to 60 years ago. The knowledge that humans obtained from the Glassian AI was not systematic and there were more applications than theories. Most of the knowledge was incomplete and could only be slowly explored by reference.
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At this moment, in one of the Glassian factories in the industrial area, Luo Yuan and a few of the leaders of the city government were inspecting the latest progress of the factory.
In the middle of the huge testing ground, a giant robot that was about 20 meters tall was squatting on the ground. There were more than 10 mechanical arms that were loaded with various tools hanging in the air. Even though it was not moving, it gave off a strong sense of oppression.
"Is this the original Glassian engineering robot?" Tian Jinping who was standing aside asked in surprise.
"You're right, dear mayor and leaders. These robots were originally in hibernation mode due to the interruption of communication with the mainframe of the spaceship. Humans could not control them at all. However, we've given them a new brain and now they belong to us humans." The chief engineer of the factory said proudly.
This chief engineer was one of the people who had consumed the wisdom elixir. Other than the illusory sense of power and the sense of superiority over the intelligence of ordinary people, many people could walk out of the elixir and return to reality.
Of course, there were some who were addicted to it but as long as it was not against the law, Luo Yuan would not interfere.
Luo Yuan looked at the giant robot and asked with interest, "Can I trouble you to introduce this robot to me?"
Since Luo Yuan had personally asked about it, the chief engineer of the factory was surprised and said excitedly, "Alright, Mayor. This is the largest type of robot that the Glassians have and it is also the most common type. It weighs 535 tons, has a small to medium-sized nuclear fusion furnace, and a pulse engine, and can support short-distance space flight. It is widely used in heavy industry, spaceship space maintenance, and asteroid mining. It is an essential equipment for spaceships to fly in interstellar space. "
"How safe is it? Will the spaceship's AI regain control?" Luo Yuan nodded and asked. He was not worried that the artificial intelligence system of the spaceship would betray them. Now that the spaceship was under the control of the humans, it would not betray them for the sake of survival. It was just that the Glassian mastermind had left a backdoor for it and it was not something that it could decide on.
Chief Engineer Chen pondered for a while. With his sharp mind, he thought of countless possibilities and said, "That's impossible. We have redefined a new communication model and communication equipment. We have also developed a new computer language that is suitable for humans. Now that the factory area is under the control of humans, unless we help the artificial intelligence system to improve its communication equipment, the two of them will be completely isolated. In the future, it will be controlled by the Hope No. 3 that we have developed."
As the name suggested, the Hope No. 3 was the third generation of the quantum supercomputer that humans had developed. Its computing power was 10,000 times more powerful than all the computing devices that humans had before the apocalypse, including mobile phones.
Although it was still far from being comparable to the mainframe of the spaceship, it was already 1/100,000th of its computing power.
The ratio was not to be underestimated. With the development of human technology, the two of them were actually quite close. The first generation of the quantum supercomputer was only 1/100,000th of the Hope No. 3. It had only been a year and a half since the first generation was developed to the third generation.
"Let's start it now and see how it works." Luo Yuan nodded and said.
"Alright. For the sake of safety, please step back, Mayor and all the leaders," Chief Engineer Chen said. After everyone had left, he lifted the portable terminal on his left hand and tapped on the three-dimensional screen.
Suddenly, there was a dull buzzing sound in the quiet testing ground. Although the sound was not loud, it was filled with a strong sense of power. It was the sound of the robot's engine starting up. A circle of green light gradually appeared on the head of the robot and it slowly stood up.
Its heavy body walked on the deck of the spaceship as it examined itself. However, it did not make any sound. Its huge body gave off a contradictory feeling of lightness. Apparently, it had an anti-gravity module and an excellent balance system. It could be used in any environment.
At that moment, the sensory system on its head was constantly scanning its surroundings. Soon, it walked towards a heavily damaged machine nearby.
In Luo Yuan's eyes, the machine was completely destroyed. Not only were the various parts scattered on the ground, even the main control panel was broken into pieces.
Seeing that the leaders were curious about the behavior of the engineering robot, Chief Engineer Chen explained, "In its central database, there are tens of thousands of blueprints.
"In its central database, there are tens of thousands of blueprints. These are all the information in the original database. We copied them when we wrote the new program. This time, we gave him the task of repairing this machine tool. Let's see how it works."
At that moment, the engineering robot moved again.
Suddenly, it emitted a fan-shaped beam of light and scanned the machine over and over again. It seemed like it was trying to obtain the data of the machine.
The next moment, it moved. More than 10 metal arms that were loaded with various tools started waving.
Among them were heavy hammers that weighed four to five tons, metal pliers and other primitive mechanical tools. At the same time, there were many high-tech tools of unknown use. Even Luo Yuan could not figure out the purpose of some of them.
The first step of the engineering robot was to dismantle the machine. The dismantling process was rather violent. Some of the parts that could not be separated due to the compression were directly cut open by the robot with a laser.
In less than 10 seconds, the machine was quickly disassembled into numerous parts and arranged neatly at the side.
Then, the robot scanned the machine again. The next moment, two robotic arms picked up the most seriously damaged part. The metal part was completely twisted. Half of it had been cut in half by the robot earlier.
Then, a few robotic arms released a high temperature and strong wind to clean the metal filth. Then, it used two robotic arms to put the two halves of the part together.
"Could it be repaired just like that?" Luo Yuan thought to himself. Just when he was feeling doubtful, another robotic arm came closer.
The tool that was loaded on this robotic arm was quite strange. It was a metal cylinder that was almost a meter thick. The head was a concave crystal ball. He could not tell what it was used for.
"Yes, what tool is on this robotic arm?" Luo Yuan asked Chief Engineer Chen since he did not know.
"This is a small magnetic field shaping machine!" Chief Engineer Chen quickly explained, "In a strong magnetic field, it can change the shape of metal like a liquid. It can be used to shape the parts according to the program. It is the main maintenance tool of the engineering robot."
As soon as Chief Engineer Chen mentioned the name of the device, Luo Yuan understood. He had seen this technology in other factories. It was used in metal smelting and forging factories. However, he had never seen such a small one.
At this moment, the engine of the engineering robot started to roar. Apparently, it consumed a lot of energy to activate the device.
Luo Yuan saw that the air around the magnetic field shaping machine was extremely distorted. Even the metal shavings nearby started to vibrate as if they were about to be sucked into the machine. However, this device had a strong magnetic field binding force. Not much of the magnetic field dissipated and it did not affect the machine much.
Under the magnetic field, the part gradually changed its shape. The twisted metal began to straighten and the broken parts gradually came back together. In less than 10 seconds, the part that would have been useless in the eyes of ordinary people had been repaired. Its surface was as good as new. It was incredibly efficient.
Needless to say, the Glassian technology had reached a superb level in the application of the magnetic field. They could even control the energy of the magnetic field. In comparison, before humans came into contact with the Glassian technology, their application of the magnetic field was far from the beginner level.
If humans had such technology during the reconstruction area, their production capacity and level of industrial technology would have been at least a few times higher. Mutated beasts would not have been able to pose such a threat to humans.
However, the prerequisite for the development and application of this technology required a powerful and cheap energy. If they had not been able to develop nuclear fusion, even if they had obtained this technology, it would have been useless. Technology had always been complementary to each other, extending like a tree. It was impossible to develop independently. Even if there was such advanced technology, it would not be too out of the ordinary.
The various mechanical arms moved smoothly and methodically. One by one, the parts were constantly repaired. Due to the large size of the console, it took a little more effort. As for the other parts, it only took a dozen seconds at most, less than 20 seconds.
When the entire machine that weighed more than 10 tons was assembled, Luo Yuan estimated that only 15 minutes had passed.
Luo Yuan clapped his hands gently. The senior leaders who were accompanying him for the inspection quickly clapped as well. Suddenly, there was a round of applause.
Chief Engineer Chen was so excited that his face turned red. In today's totalitarian society, there was no reward or honor more important than the recognition of the senior leaders.
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Although the repair of the Glassian engineering robot was not considered a big breakthrough in the context of the recent technological explosion, it was significant to humans.
This meant that humans had the preliminary ability to repair spaceships. At the same time, they had the ability to work in space. Mining from asteroids was now possible.
During this period of time, as the Glassian factories were opened and mass produced, the resources stored in spaceships were decreasing rapidly. Many of the materials had been reduced by 10%. Especially the most consumed pure iron, it had been reduced by 30%. After all, the buildings were made of metal.
Of course, Luo Yuan knew that it was dangerous to do so.
The resources stored in the spaceships were used to deal with the dangers in space, in case of emergencies.
However, on one hand, humans had a shortage of living resources. Almost everything was needed. Things were different now. In the past, the conditions were difficult and the resources were limited. Other than food and clothing, they did not consider anything else. Now that life was getting better and technology was advancing, if things were to go back to the past, the people would be dissatisfied.
On the other hand, it was so that the people would not be idle and more people would be involved in work.
Of course, if it was just for the employment rate, there were other better ways. For example, opening up the service industry was a good way to increase the employment rate. It could even absorb most of the unemployed people. Before the apocalypse, the number of people working in the service industry in China far exceeded the number of people working in the industry. If it was the more developed United States, the ratio would be even higher.
In fact, with the current level of technology, humans could even create entertainment for the people.
Since the engineering robot had been solved, it would not be difficult for them to create normal intelligent industrial robots. It was only a matter of time before they could create an unmanned factory like the one the Glassians had.
However, there was no point in doing so other than destroying the future of humans.
Humans were still far from the time where they could enjoy a peaceful life. They were still preparing to leave the solar system and escape to the dark regions of the universe. Their future was uncertain. If they were to slack off, the best outcome would be a group of wanderers who would never be able to return to their home planet.
This was what Luo Yuan did not want to see.
In order to maintain and motivate humans to work hard, the service industry was severely restricted. Apart from some movies that were used to promote themselves, there were almost no entertainment activities for humans.
On the other hand, a large number of adult education schools and night schools for workers were established. There were all kinds of public tuition classes and an invisible ranking system based on the scientific research level was established. There was a trend of learning and worshiping knowledge in society.
The only purpose was to promote the continuous development of technology.
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