Chapter 16 Military Control
Chapter 16 Military Control
“It shouldn’t spread.”
After briefly assessing the situation around the burning buildings and confirming that they would not expand indiscriminately.
Su Wu stopped paying attention and shifted his gaze to the street next to him.
At this time, on the streets, various vehicles loaded with supplies and personnel lined up in long queues and drove towards the entrances and exits of various shelters.
Thanks to the official's full deployment.
Although it seemed a bit chaotic and hasty, the overall order was still there. The evacuation was quite efficient.
But with so many people, there will always be unexpected events.
at this time.
There was a sudden commotion at a certain intersection.
Su Wu adjusted the drone formation, keeping one communications relay drone in place while the other two lowered their altitude and moved closer to take pictures.
I saw several young men with bare upper bodies getting out of a damaged van near the intersection. They dragged the driver and passengers out aggressively, and it was unclear what they were saying.
The street, which was not wide to begin with, was immediately congested due to their blocking.
After a delay of more than half a minute, the vehicles that were forced to stop had formed a long queue of five or six kilometers.
A team of armed soldiers rushed over and shot the troublemaker to death without asking any questions. They then dragged the person and his car to the green belt beside the road.
The road was clear again.
"It seems that we have actually entered a state of martial law."
“Stability and efficiency are above all else.”
Su Wu looked thoughtful, and from this overly decisive style of action, he guessed the attitudes of some of the Jianghe City's top leaders.
See that things are resolved.
He continued to control the drone and patrolled the sky over Jianghe City.
Su Wu currently has a fleet of three upgraded drones. Two of them are communication relay drones that can temporarily serve as signal transfer stations to extend the signal transmission distance between drones. The other is a professional reconnaissance drone with the ability to take high-definition photos and perform terrain radar scanning.
The entire formation could reach as far as 30 kilometers away from the shelter, basically covering the entire urban area and suburbs of Jianghe City.
In the end times, when network outages may occur at any time, they can be considered indispensable reconnaissance tools.
After going around in circles, we can use the powerful data analysis capabilities of artificial intelligence.
Su Wu gradually gained a general understanding of the situation in Jianghe City.
In just over half a day, plus the people who had been evacuated earlier, about half of the city's population of more than two million had been evacuated to shelters. At the same time, because the protective measures were not perfect during the evacuation process, the accidental death rate soared many times higher than usual. Many frail elderly people collapsed permanently on the evacuation vehicles.
In terms of materials.
Food, medicine, and other necessities of life have basically been transferred. The remaining large-scale non-essential materials are either sealed on the spot or are still being transported to the shelter bit by bit.
Judging from these official actions, they obviously believe that there is a high probability that industrial production will not be able to resume on the ground for a considerable period of time in the future.
This was a sideways reminder to Su Wu that he needed to be more cautious in future activities on the surface.
By evening.
The night enveloped the sky.
The evacuation of the entire city still showed no sign of stopping. On the contrary, under the urging of the authorities, it was accelerated intentionally or unintentionally.
Su Wu, who had obtained the intelligence he wanted, did not continue to observe. He withdrew the drone fleet and began to transform and upgrade the shelter according to the original plan. No matter how the outside world changes, the shelter will always be his foundation.
[10 survival points have been consumed to upgrade the hydroponic farm. ]
[The semi-automatic hydroponic farm is upgraded to a fully automatic hydroponic farm. 】
[Expected farm output +15%. ]
【Added a multifunctional farm management robot. 】
【Newly added pollination, pest control, harvesting, and low-temperature storage functions. 】
The fully automated hydroponic farm has significantly increased the expected yield of all crops due to more sophisticated nutrition and light management.
At the same time, the emergence of farm management robots completely freed Su Wu's hands.
From now on, he doesn't even need to step into the hydroponic farm. Through the control center, he can let the robots take charge of the entire process, from seedling cultivation to growth to harvesting.
Su Wu himself only had to decide the types of agricultural products to be planted and receive the output from the warehouse.
"We're about to harvest a batch of vegetables."
“There’s no need to continue growing vegetables in all the freed-up space.”
“Maybe we could add a little more variety to the flowers.”
Look at the hydroponic farm information displayed on the screen.
Considering the harsh environment on the surface in the future, which might make all animals and plants disappear, Su Wu came up with the idea of cultivating flowers himself in order to preserve fire and improve the quality of life in the shelter.
Having fresh flowers decorating the shelter can make people feel better and not so depressed.
After upgrading the hydroponic farm, the next step is the mechanical manufacturing center.
Su Wu didn't have any good solution for the empty shell of the mechanical manufacturing center. He could only modify an engineering robot as the skeleton according to the survival points at hand. He could take his time to deal with the rest.
The engineering robot is the most expensive piece of equipment that Su Wu currently has, except for the extreme drilling rig.
Prior to this, there was only one originally manufactured engineering robot in the entire shelter.
The small number does not mean that it is unimportant. On the contrary, it can even be said to be the origin and pillar of the shelter.
The entire engineering team that built the shelter, as well as almost all the mechanical equipment inside and outside the shelter, were all made by engineering robots.
With the presence of engineering robots, the mechanical manufacturing center immediately has a complete set of mechanical processing capabilities, regardless of efficiency.
[16 survival points have been consumed, and an engineering robot has been added. ]
[The shelter equipment is automatically maintained daily, the repair capacity is improved, and the ability to respond to emergencies and resist risks is increased. ]
After a series of upgrades.
On the system panel, the shelter's level experience has been increased from the original standard personal shelter (27%) to the standard personal shelter (76%).
The next stage is not far away.
After wasting his survival points, Su Wu felt a little tired.
He got up and went to the living area to take a shower, then gradually fell asleep in the comfortable temperature created by the shelter's central air conditioning.
No matter how busy and turbulent the outside world was, in this underground shelter that belonged to him, it was always quiet and peaceful.
(End of this chapter)