My Doomsday Train.

Chapter 275 "Is this a biochemical crisis breaking out in Neon City?"

"poor child"

The uncle looked at the young man kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly with a complicated expression. After hesitating for a moment, he continued, "But even if you can buy some parts in Neon City, you can't upgrade your train."

"That's it."

"But at least there's a little more hope."

Chen Mang, sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looked strangely at the message about the young man on the tablet that Xiao Ai handed over.

“Trapped in the white zone.”

"Can you still be trapped in a certain area?"

He hadn't thought about this situation.

After all, he had never encountered such a situation throughout his journey. It was just a pity. It would have been great if he was trapped in the purple area or the blue area. He would have saved up so much iron ore over the years, but he had nowhere to spend it and could only spend it here.

Being trapped in the white area, even if you have been developing steadily for such a long time, you can't save much iron ore. After all, there is not even a level 3 mine in the white area, and even level 2 ores are extremely rare.

Basically, level 1 mines are the mainstream.

The output of a level 1 mine is basically around 1 units of iron ore, which is enough for what?
Three melons and two dates.

"Logically, this shouldn't happen." Xiao Ai, standing nearby, shook her head. "We still don't know how the zones are formed, but we do know that their existence has effectively reduced the mortality rate of the planet's inhabitants."

"If there weren't areas that stopped those terrifying monsters, there wouldn't be so many trains developing. At the beginning of the apocalypse, those terrifying monsters could have wiped out the entire planet."

"For example, that level 15 red rabbit can reach nearly 4000 km/h. Even though 'Water Blue Planet' is quite large, just this one rabbit alone is enough to wipe out all the creatures on the planet in a short period of time."

"Just like peeling an onion, clearing out the circles one by one."

"Regions have more advantages for trains and fewer disadvantages."

"In theory, this kind of area shouldn't appear, but in this world, everything has bugs, so it's not surprising that such a place would appear. However, such areas are definitely extremely rare. After all, this is the first one we've seen in such a long time."

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Chen Mang tilted his head to look at Xiao Ai, paused for a moment, and then continued, "Before the establishment of Neon City, we couldn't get in touch with train conductors in this area."

"besides."

"Don't use inversions randomly in the future. It's hard to understand."

"Okay, conductor."

After watching for a while, Chen Mang returned to the Star train room again. There was really no work for him to do there, so he decided to go to the train room to rest for a while.

at this time--

In this space.

The headlights, running at full power, dispelled the darkness and made the space as bright as day.

But after all, there was no real exposure to sunlight.

If you stay there for a long time, you will feel a little depressed.

Chen Mang sat in the train cabin, picked up an apple from the fruit bowl on the table and started to eat it, looking at a "gold grade" accessory blueprint in his hand!

Gold grade.

One level higher than the red grade.

For so long, the train has only had this one gold-grade accessory blueprint. This was the second time Xiao Ai went to Neon City. After unlocking the permission for unlimited currency, she ran to the third floor of the mechanical shop to buy it.

He put many of the things from that day back in the mechanical train parts store, but he kept some of the more valuable items. Even if he sold them, others would not be able to afford them, and he was reluctant to sell them.
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"Robot R&D Center": Gold-grade accessories, 10 units of iron ore required for crafting.
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Comes with two robots.

"Mining robot", "Robotic dog".

The former has the functions of mining copper and iron ores, and cutting down timber, and the mining efficiency is fixed at obtaining 1 unit of ore per hour.

To create a mining robot, 1 units of iron ore are required.

A level 1 energy stone can work continuously for 180 days.

Level 0 defense, level 0 attack.

The latter has attack and exploration functions.

To create a basic level 1 "Robodog", 1 units of iron ore are required.

Level 0 defense, level 0 attack. Even if it leaves the range of the search radar, the mechanical dog can transmit information back to the train's AI data processing center through its own mechanical eyes.

You can customize "defense", "attack", "functions", etc.

such as--

A machine gun can be installed on the back of the mechanical dog to give it combat capability.

Or you can activate the energy stone in the mechanical dog's body to achieve a self-destruct effect.

The above custom crafting will consume more iron ore.

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Chen Mang leaned back in his chair and looked at the accessory blueprint in his hand. He gently shook the apple core in his hand and placed it on a napkin beside him. Xiaofang would take it away and hand it to the breeding carriage to see if he could grow a fruit tree.

This will make the price of the fruit much lower, but the taste and texture of the fruit produced cannot be customized.

Robotics R&D Center.

Extremely powerful accessory.

There are two types of robots that can be built.

"Mining robots" and "mechanical dogs", the former replace residents, and the latter replace guards. From a certain perspective, a mechanical train with this accessory can even be like a flesh and blood train. Even if there is only one train conductor on the train, it can still be used normally.

For now.

The "mining robot" does not have much effect on him, after all, he has no shortage of residents who mine. But when the train gradually develops and goes to more advanced areas, the mining robot will be necessary.

A level 1 energy stone can work continuously for 180 days.

The price is very high.

They are not very useful in other places, but they are very useful here. These robots can greatly shorten his mining time. At this time, the "titanium crystal ore" and "iron ore" have been completely mined.

The Red Heart Rock Mine, Copper Mine, and Wood Yard are still unmined.

The accessory was immediately produced.

And consume.

450 million units of iron ore, upgrade it to level 10 in one go, and obtain two corresponding supermodel effects.
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"Robot R&D Center Level 5 Supermodel Effect": After installing this accessory, the manufacturing cost of robots produced by all accessories on the train is halved.

"Robot R&D Center Level 10 Supermodel Effect": The manufacturing cost of robots produced from all train parts is halved again.
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The perverted effect of two supermodels.

this means
The price of a mining robot is only 2500 units of iron ore.

This price.

It's a bit like clearing out inventory.

"call"

Chen Mang breathed a sigh of satisfaction. The most important thing was that not only the manufacturing cost of the mining robot was halved, but the cost of all robots produced by the train's accessories would be halved, including the "black hole armed robot."

That accessory itself has the effect of halving the manufacturing cost.

The two overlap.

That's for sure.

In the future, he can definitely pull out an army of robots!

To upgrade the "Robot Research Center" from level 10 to level 20, 1450 million units of iron ore are needed, but there are only 1012 million units of iron ore in the train. The iron ore is not enough and further upgrades are temporarily impossible.

Let’s talk about it when there is iron ore in the future.

Build!
next moment--

Inside the space door of the "Mecha R&D Center" in carriage No. 2, pitch-black robots lined up and walked out of the carriage through the door, quietly and without making a sound, and stayed outside the train.

Stand in rows.

Quite quiet.

Extremely neat.

He consumed 500 million units of iron ore and built 2000 "mining robots".

And consumed 100 million units of iron ore to create a level 1 energy stone for each robot, ensuring that each robot can continue to work for 180 days.

The scene was quite shocking.

“Okay, okay, okay!!!”

Chen Mang stood outside the train with a satisfied look on his face, looking at the 2000 mining robots in front of him.

When the population reaches a certain number and this group of people completely obeys your orders, even if one of them is a coward who is usually timid and fearful of things, a sense of heroism will rise in his heart!
At a glance.

The shock was extremely strong.

The things produced on the assembly line can be produced in just a few seconds, which is extremely fast.

800 people can reach Xuanwu Gate.

Not to mention 2000 people.

800 people have their own way of playing, and 800 people have their own way of playing.

“It’s all industrial waste.”

Xiao Ai walked over and pointed at a robot standing in the front. "Look, conductor, this robot is completely useless. Even its mechanical eyes are rubbish. It doesn't even have a signal receiver. This means I can't remotely control these robots in real time."

"These robots can only complete their work according to the instructions they are given."

"There's no microphone either."

“There are no AI chips either.”

"Forget armor, they didn't even bother using faux leather. The skeleton and wiring are all exposed. It looks like it could be shattered to pieces with a pickaxe."

"Indeed, you are right."

Chen Mang smiled and nodded. "But he only wants 2500 units of iron ore. If he sells it for 50, I'll definitely tell you he's industrial waste. It's just that he's cheap enough."

"Have you given the order?"

"It's ready."

Xiao Ai said seriously, "After standing here for another five minutes, they'll head to the nearby Red Heart Rock Mine to start mining. After mining the Red Heart Rock Mine, they'll move on to other mines. Once they've mined all the mines, they'll return to the Star."

"New instructions can only be issued after these robots return to Carriage 2 and are redeployed. No new instructions can be issued during the journey unless I run over to open their brain-computer interfaces and manually input new instructions, but that would definitely be a huge project."

"This is truly industrial waste." "A robot that can't even issue commands in real time shouldn't exist in this day and age. It should be thrown into the shredder at the landfill."

"Don't say that." Chen Mang said with a smile, "They are all good babies of the Star. Go and research whether there is any way to sell these robots to other trains."

"I need to change the underlying permissions. The default permissions are for the Star. I don't have the permission to change the underlying permissions of other robots. I need you, the train conductor, to return to the train control console and sign an agreement. You will grant me this limited permission. Only then can I check if the underlying permissions of this robot can be changed."

"Row."

At this time-

Several residents who were responsible for daily life came down from the carriage, carrying a batch of newly made level 4 pickaxes and placed them on the ground.

five minutes later.

This group of mining robots began to move. The first robot in the lead picked up a pickaxe and slowly walked towards the Red Heart Rock Mine in the distance, taking one, two, and three steps, like the pace of a devil.

Stand firm, pick up the pickaxe, and start smashing.

The entire process is extremely mechanized, and every movement is so standardized that even the height of the pickaxe is exactly the same.

With more and more robots joining in, many nearby red heart rock mines are filled with robots, and the crackling sounds of mining can be heard one after another. Although there are only 2000 people, because they can work 24 hours a day, they can achieve the productivity equivalent to nearly 3000 residents.

Residents work a long day, and many of them mine more than one unit of iron ore per hour.

"Although it's industrial waste, if this thing can be sold, I should be able to make a lot of money."

Xiao Ai looked at the group of robots working not far away. Although he felt that these robots were industrial garbage, not to mention that they were not as good as the robots in "Neon City", their body structure was not even as good as the black hole armed robots.

Extremely simple.
It is so crude that it looks like a product made by a child using industrial waste.

But one thing has to be admitted, it is a genius product for mining!

“You can’t make much money.”

Chen Mang smiled and shook his head. "The factory cost is 2500 units of iron ore. This price is much more expensive than a slave. At the rally, a normal slave only cost 500 units of iron ore."

"And their daily consumption is higher than that of slaves."

"One level 1 energy stone can sustainably work for 1 days, which is equivalent to consuming an average of 180 units of iron ore per day."

"Ten slices of bread only give one unit of iron ore. The slaves on a normal train don't consume that much food per day."

"It's only because it can operate 24 hours a day that it can be sold at a high price."

"Newbies definitely can't afford it, but it's still okay to sell it to those experienced people."

"You can still make a little money, and it can also enrich the store's categories."

In the universe, there is a law called the "Law of Conservation of Smiles."

This law is somewhat similar to the law of conservation of energy.

Smiles don't happen for no reason.

It appears on one person's face and disappears on another person's face.

Chen Mang smiled.

But the smiles on the residents' faces gradually disappeared.

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A middle-aged man leaning on a pickaxe looked blankly at a group of robots not far away that were working in unison with their pickaxes. The despair in his eyes gradually grew, and he seemed to be about to lose his job.

Why!

He was clearly thinking that there were so many mines in this space, and if he worked hard during this period, he would definitely be able to be promoted to the first-level resident treatment!

During this period, he only slept four hours a day and relied on Coke to survive the rest of the time. He just wanted to dig more minerals and upgrade as soon as possible.

Can.
When did those mining robots appear?
No matter how hard he tries, how can he possibly beat the robot?

Robots can work 24 hours a day without interruption!

Does life have to treat him like this?

Before the end of the world, he was an illustrator. He admitted that his skills were not very good, but he could still make a living. But when AI was invented, he became unemployed. He was very distressed, but also helpless.

He couldn't even find someone to vent his anger on.

This is the tide of the times, and he alone cannot stop it. It is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. He accepted it and thought it was normal.

but--

It’s the fucking end of the world, why can his job be replaced by an AI robot!

For a while.

Panic spread among the crowd. If robots could completely replace their jobs, what was the point of their existence on the train?
In the doomsday, no one will be a waste. It’s not that everyone doesn’t like to be a loser, but everyone knows that in the doomsday, if you have no value in existence, you will basically be abandoned 100%.

A person who cannot create value often has no meaning in living.

Waste of food.

Death is the best destination.

It was already midnight, and most of the residents had returned to the carriages to sleep. Only a small number of residents were still working overtime here, and it could be said that those who were still mining at this point wanted to be promoted quickly or earn more star coupons.

"Can we...can we get out of here alive?"

"Have the machine guns in the residential area of ​​the train already been cleaned?"

"No, don't worry. As far as I know, machine guns are much more expensive than ours. They probably won't be used. All they need to do is close the refrigerator door and lower the temperature. That way they can save resources."

"Why don't you give me a pickaxe now? I think it would be more comfortable to be hit to death by a pickaxe or to be frozen to death."

at this time--

A panel appeared in the iris chips of all residents who were still awake.
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"All residents should continue to work as usual. Those with special talents can report to Lao Zhu. In the short term, residents will be mining alongside mining robots. Subsequently, mining robots will gradually replace most residents' mining work."

"During this period, all residents must explore their talents to the best of their ability so that the train can assign you suitable jobs."

"For example, pimps, salespeople, and shills already employed in Neon City can also earn Stellar Tickets based on their performance and hours worked."

"If you don't have any special talents, you can still continue mining in the future."
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The emergence of this message.

Only then did the restless hearts of these residents who had not yet fallen asleep calm down again. Since Mr. Mang said so, there would be no problem.

"call"

For a moment, hundreds of residents breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that their crops would lose their value and be made into soap.

Or sell it to other trains.

Only after having been on other trains and coming to the Stellar can you clearly understand that the Stellar is exactly like the Garden of Eden in the apocalypse.

just.

Obviously, in the short term, mining robots will mine iron ore together with residents, but in the future, this repetitive work will definitely be replaced by robots. They must demonstrate talents that cannot be replaced by robots in order to continue to live better in the Star.

"That's all right."

A man nearby didn't seem to mind. "I believe that as trains develop, they'll definitely be able to eliminate the need for sleep. Then I can mine 24 hours a day, and be on par with robots."

"If I eat less, I might even consume less than a robot."

"Brother, even an iron man can't stand this kind of use. You are a goblin."

"Goblin?"

The man shook his head in disdain. "My resident number is 67, making me one of the train's earliest residents, right? When I joined the train, there weren't even any goblins yet. At first, those goblins were the most ruthless, spending the longest hours digging every day."

"But look at those goblins now. Where are they? They're all exhausted and have gone back to sleep."

"On cattle and horses."

"I've never been defeated by anyone, not even goblins. Human potential is limitless."

Inside the train.

Chen Mang sat on the chair, looking at the control panel screen. He didn't know how the Mengshi acquisition was going, or whether there were any trains selling this kind of thing.

The trains are not currently lacking in productivity.

What is lacking is enough mines.

Not every place has so many mines. If it weren't for the adventure map that Erdan found, it would be difficult for him to encounter such a rich high-resource mining area. The 2000 mining robots cannot completely replace the residents.

but.
When the train is mining normally, one or two mines do not need so many people, and the mining efficiency is a bit over budget. After Mengshi acquires a certain amount, he can start building his own "cyber mine".

Residents can mine in their dreams.

In view of humanitarianism.

12 hours of mining in the "Cyber ​​Mine" and 12 hours of rest.

From a certain perspective, it can even be said that there is no mining at all, just pure rest. After all, can work in a dream be considered work?

Just like this——

He now has one more channel to obtain iron ore!
It is precisely because of the plan that he feels these residents do not have to worry about losing their jobs.

unemployment?

You will definitely not be unemployed.

After all, robots don't dream. This is a unique method of humans and the only ticket to enter the cyber mine.

soon--

24 hours passed.

The third operation of "Neon City" came to an end. Inside the train, Uncle Li stood aside, looking at the report in his hand and began to report: "Last night was the third opening of "Neon City", operating for 24 hours. The cumulative number of train conductors entering Neon City has increased year-on-year."

"Pause."

Chen Mang raised his hand to interrupt Uncle Li's report: "There's no need to report so much data every time. Simply tell me how many people entered Neon City this time, and how much iron ore I can take away."

"Yes." Uncle Li nodded, glanced at the data, and then began to report again: "A total of 912 people entered Neon City, of which 792 million units of iron ore were net profits, all of which can be taken away."

"so little?"

Chen Mang couldn't help but frown and asked in a questioning tone, "How come there are so many more people than last time, but the profit is so much lower than last time?"

"I spent so much effort on creating Neon City, but why am I making less and less money?"

"Call Li Shiji and Xiao Ai to come over and explain to me what's going on."

"I earned 800 million units of iron ore in one day."

"Is this a biohazard outbreak in Neon City?"

(End of this chapter)