Industry: Cthulhu

Chapter 90 Base
The Sidewinder moved quietly forward in the vast universe.

To outsiders, this was just an ordinary trip.

Ever since Fang Yan's personality changed drastically, he often took Isabella on trips, and the two of them lived together happily.

However, Isabella was actually filled with uneasiness.

Deep down in her heart, she actually did not agree with Fang Yan using alcohol to numb himself, and no longer paid attention to his career.

Isabella was taught that men should always put their careers first and that pursuing pleasure is not a long-term solution.

But out of woman's instinct, Isabella silently obeyed Fang Yan.

She thought that maybe Fang Yan was too tired and wanted to relax for a while.

When the rest is over, the man she loves deeply will cheer up again.

"What is this place?" Facing the desolate starry sky at the entrance to the abyss, Isabella couldn't help but ask, "I thought you were going to take me to the outer rim of the Milky Way. Why are we here?"

Fang Yan smiled slightly, and that smile made Isabella feel quite familiar.

He was calm, confident, and high-spirited, as if he had returned to the peak of Fang Yan's career. In front of everyone in the galaxy, he openly denounced religion for having become a vassal of power.

At that time, Fang Yan was so handsome that Isabella was completely captivated by him.

"Going to the inner ring of the galaxy is just an excuse I used to deceive others." Fang Yan shrugged. "In fact, I plan to take you to a place."

"A place? But there's nothing here. It's pitch black, and there's not even any starlight." Isabella was suspicious, tilting her head, looking very cute.

"Darkness is just an appearance. As long as you pass through the darkness, you can reach the light." Fang Yan said mysteriously.

……

It turns out that what Fang Yan meant by crossing the darkness was crossing the space cracks and reaching the light, referring to an abyss darker than space.

Isabella was frightened and held Fang Yan's arm tightly.

The Sidewinder was extremely fast and arrived directly at the asteroid belt without stopping.

The scene before them not only shocked Isabella, but even Fang Yan, the planner, felt extremely unbelievable.

Because the speed is too fast!
All in all, it took Brown almost a month to go to the Gray Star Zone and return with supplies, leaving him only about a month for construction.

In other words, in just one month, a super base like the moon came into being!

This wasn't even the slightest bit of an exaggeration. The base was built on a solid asteroid. After hollowing out the mineral veins inside, it was rebuilt with docks, laboratories, alloy smelting plants, and machining plants...

If you look closely, you can still see the original appearance of many facilities. They seem to have been dismantled from battleship graveyards, from those long-damaged spacecraft, and then modified and utilized to become part of the base.

……

With the help of the tractor beam, the Sidewinder successfully entered the base.

Fang Yan and Isabella walked out of the cabin. The timid Isabella was immediately frightened by a robot in front of her and went straight into Fang Yan's arms.

"Don't be afraid, they're robots," Fang Yan said. "They're all controlled by Xiao Bei, a fully artificial intelligence. They obey the Four Laws and will not harm us. They're our most loyal friends."

robot?
Full artificial intelligence?
Four laws?

Even though Isabella had seen many new things following Fang Yan, this was her first time seeing a robot. Before this, she had only seen sophisticated robotic arms on Earth, which partially met the characteristics of a robot.

suddenly~

Isabella looked at Fang Yan, and suddenly she thought of a question: Are all the robots controlled by Xiaobei?

"You just said, what's a fully artificial intelligence called?" Isabella asked nervously. "Xiaobei," Fang Yan said frankly. "When we came here, we took the Cobra. I didn't really control the ship because Xiaobei was the one behind the scenes."

"As for the name Xiaobei, I will never forget it. When I first met you on the Rose, you dressed yourself as a boy and told me your name was Xiaobei."

"You actually used my pseudonym!" Isabella was shy and punched Fang Yan lightly on the chest. On the surface, she was blaming him, but even a fool could see that Fang Yan's actions greatly benefited Isabella and made her feel very happy.

"Boss! You're finally here!"

At this time, Brown came jogging towards them, followed by Jerry, Colt and others. They were all acquaintances who had joined the expert group early on. Under Rashid's arrangement, they had all arrived at the abyss and met up with Brown.

The rapid establishment of this base was also due to the contributions of these people.

Everyone was talking happily. Colt said frankly that when he left the earth, he was really disappointed with Fang Yan. It was not until he came to the abyss that he suddenly realized that his boss had secretly planned such a big scheme.

Although Blue Light Technology nominally remains on Earth, its core forces have already dived into the abyss, which can be regarded as a trick of escaping from the shell in military strategy.

"The dock isn't the place to talk. Let's go to the command center," Brown said with a smile. "After such a long journey, the boss's wife must be hungry."

hahaha~
Everyone burst into laughter. They were very satisfied with Fang Yan and Isabella, and secretly envied them a lot.

Although Isabella was born into a wealthy family, she did not have the habits of a spoiled young lady at all. Not only was she approachable, she also spared no effort to support and obey Fang Yan. Such a perfect match was truly rare.

She is just a little young, but in the eyes of everyone, age is never a problem. Love is unreasonable and does not care about age, identity, or race.

……

For Fang Yan, filling his stomach was secondary. The key was to sit down and chat with these old friends whom he hadn't seen for many days and even missed, and ask about the development of the base.

All the work of serving food at the table is done by robots.

Fang Yan observed everyone's reactions and it seemed that they had long been accustomed to it and had accepted his point of view in their hearts.

Artificial intelligence and robots are not cold machines or formulaic codes, but real living beings with emotions, human beings just like us.

While eating, Brown introduced the current situation to Fang Yan.

He praised repeatedly that the method of using robots to build robots is simply the biggest bug in the history of industrial development.

Because the number of robots is not growing exponentially, but geometrically!

Once you have one robot, it will quickly become two, four, eight, sixteen, and thirty-two!

It is simply unimaginable what kind of horrific level would be achieved if robots were allowed to replicate at full strength.

The only things that restrict robot replication are energy and materials.

Therefore, Brown has now imposed certain restrictions on the robots and has not fully utilized their maximum replication capabilities.

As for the future development strategy, Fang Yan is already here, so let the boss worry about it. He just needs to complete the task and gain a firm foothold in the abyss.

After hearing this, Fang Yan nodded slightly.

The asteroid belts and mineral veins may seem huge, but with the robots' super replication capabilities, it is only a matter of time before they are all consumed.

Brown is right. Before the direction is determined, one should leave oneself a way out. This is also Fang Yan's habit.

At this time, Fang Yan looked around and asked curiously: "Where is Rashid?"

To be honest, Fang Yan was very curious about Rashid and all the scientists of the Destructionist faction. He wanted to know who else was in the Destructionist faction besides Rashid.

Brown shrugged. "Lord Rashid has crossed the spatial rift and gone to Pegasus."

(End of this chapter)