Chapter 64: Expanding the Monitoring Network
Chapter 64: Expanding the Monitoring Network
Start by officially launching the operating program.
On average, every 20 seconds, a general-purpose drone, carrying several detection-related equipment, takes the elevator from the shelter to the roof of the small bunker and then rises into the air.
[The ambient temperature is normal.]
[The wind speed is below the warning value.]
[The drone begins to descend and drops detection equipment.]
On the separate monitoring screens connected to the drones in front of the console, you can clearly see that they hover in the air for a few minutes, and after finding a suitable position, they begin to gradually close the distance to the ground.
Then when the height drops to about one meter from the ground.
The general drone will then drop the next detection device.
When the artificial intelligence far behind detects that the detection equipment has touched the ground, it will activate it on the spot and integrate it into the detection network of the entire shelter.
Su Wu sat in front of the console and looked at it from his perspective.
On the three-dimensional map in the center of the main control screen, green spots gradually lit up as five general-purpose drones were continuously deployed.
Then as a whole it began to expand outward little by little.
These green spots of light have different brightness.
The number of strong ones was small, and the distance between them was roughly equal, forming a grid pattern. With the shelter as the center, they spread out in circles.
They are signal repeaters, responsible for uniformly transmitting and sending the data collected by surrounding detectors to the shelter.
With the existence of these communication nodes, Su Wu can ignore the distance and lay the detectors in the urban area of Jianghe City, or even further away.
Weak green spots of light made up the majority of the number. Among them were wireless cameras, anemometers, monitors that collected data on various geological activities, and even special instruments that could analyze the composition of air and soil and detect radiation.
They are responsible for monitoring the sky, ground and underground environment around the shelter, and regularly send all monitoring data to all signal repeaters in the surrounding area that can receive it.
And there is this network of green light spots.
Then, with the help of artificial intelligence, we organize and analyze the massive amounts of data they send back.
Su Wu will be warned immediately of any unusual movements in the environment surrounding the shelter.
More than two hours later.
Thousands of various detectors have successfully brought every inch of land within a ten-kilometer radius around the shelter under strict monitoring.
If we continue to monitor indiscriminately beyond this distance, the cost will increase dramatically.
In response to this, Su Wu chose to shrink it into three straight lines, like laying railroad tracks, extending towards the mountains in the north, the Jianghe city in the east, and the plains in the southwest.
On the line in the city.
Because of the scavenging convoys' activities day and night, plus the competition from other shelters.
Although the whole environment looks like collapsed ruins, full of signs of destruction and disaster, there is always a trace of vitality inside.
Perhaps for the parties involved, the working environment might not be very good, or even quite harsh. But for Su Wu, who was watching from the sidelines, this kind of place where people were active and working was enough to make people feel at ease.
At the same time, on the two routes in the plains and mountains.
Silence is the only theme.
The roads along the way were basically covered with messy gravel and dust.
The houses along the road either collapsed or simply disappeared without a trace.
If you calculate carefully, it has only been more than a month since humans began to move into underground shelters on a large scale. During this period, they have only experienced one super-large storm at most. These places are rapidly erasing any traces of human existence at an alarming speed.
When the monitoring network entered the mountains.
The scene that Su Wu saw through the camera was even more depressing.
Rocks and soil burned by fire, as well as the ashes of grass and trees, mixed together to form the entire surface world as far as the eye can see.
Occasionally you can see some strange patterns burned by fireworks.
It makes people feel like they are on a different planet or in a horror movie. But this is just an illusion caused by the silence.
In fact, there won't be any monsters or even wild beasts suddenly appearing here.
The terrifyingly high temperature in the air treats all life equally.
At this moment, the main enemy of all life is not each other, but nature.
“The mountains in the end times.”
“It doesn’t look like a good place.”
Su Wu felt a little uncomfortable with the depression revealed on the screen.
He turned his gaze to look at the data sent back by some of the detectors that had been installed in the mountains.
As an ordinary person, he couldn't really understand the data. But it didn't matter, with AI translation, he just needed to look at the results directly.
The detection results show.
Within a radius of one kilometer, there are still small traces of human activities deep inside the mountains.
This means that there are humans surviving in the mountains.
At this time, they might also be silently watching the general-purpose drones flying into the mountains through various methods.
“It turns out there are people so close.”
Su Wu's originally tense nerves relaxed slightly because of this fact.
He exhaled, thought about it, and did not try to contact those people.
Just with a slightly different mood, I continue to pay attention to the laying of monitoring lines by general-purpose drones in mountainous areas.
evening.
The monitor farthest from Su Wu's refuge has reached the depths of the mountains 40 kilometers away.
There is also a surveillance camera that can vaguely capture the edge buildings of the neighboring county town.
This allowed Su Wu to obtain a large amount of first-hand data.
We even discovered a small limestone mine that had never been mined.
That stuff is the main material for making cement.
If it could be mined, Su Wu's shelter would no longer be short of cement for quite some time to come.
"It's a pity that the location is deep in the mountains and there's not even a decent road."
“Mining is a bit difficult.”
Su Wu was a little greedy.
Of course, think about it from another angle. If mining is really easy, then it would not be his turn to take a peek, as it would have been taken over by the government and large companies long ago.
Mark the location of the small limestone mine on the map.
Su Wu put this little episode aside for the time being.
They began to log on to their own Internet and the official satellite network respectively.
I plan to see if I can find some useful information.
The Internet is no different from the past, and a group of people are doing what they usually do: playing games, uploading daily life in the shelter, sharing tips on killing time, arguing on forums, etc.
(End of this chapter)