Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 153 Deep Well Stethoscope

On the production lines of huge factories that have been urgently transformed to have the production capacity of standardized monitoring stations, intelligent robotic arms, conveyor belts, installation robots, human engineers and workers are working intensively.

Parts from all over the world converge here, and after being processed, they are finally transformed into standardized monitoring stations that are about two meters high and about 60 centimeters long and wide, integrating batteries, radio communication modules, and automatic sampling and detection analysis modules.

With modern assembly line technology and the full efforts of engineers, this assembly line can assemble a monitoring station in just one minute.

This factory has as many as 10 similar production lines. This means that 600 monitoring stations will be produced every hour, which amounts to more than 1.4 per day.

Two similar factories are already in operation. In addition, there are more than 100 other factories of various sizes that are either being urgently modified or waiting for raw materials.

Production capacity will reach its peak in ten days at most, at which point it will be able to produce 20 standardized monitoring stations per day.

From an overall perspective, this production capacity is undoubtedly somewhat wasteful, as only 259 million units are needed for this entire mission.

After these production tasks are completed, these factories will be idle.

But it doesn't matter. In order to complete production as quickly as possible and install them around the world so that data collection can begin as soon as possible, a little waste is tolerable, and even encouraged.

These monitoring stations were immediately packed into boxes, and after transportation measures were taken, they were placed on the waiting trucks as quickly as possible.

A long line of hundreds of large trucks stretched out, and many more were arriving from afar under the unified command of the Doomsday Project Command.

Under the cover of night, truck after truck set off on their journeys along the roads. Some standardized monitoring stations even arrived at the docks in large numbers by train.

They were not transported to other continents.

With the unified command of the world government, there are manufacturers on every continent, so it is possible to ship goods from the nearest location and save time.

They will board research vessels here, not cargo ships.

One research vessel after another sets sail, and once they reach the designated sea area, they simply drop these standardized monitoring stations into the sea.

They will slowly sink to the bottom under the influence of gravity, complete the helium isotope content determination on the seabed on their own, and transmit the data back to the surface float via cable. Then, through the satellite system, the data will be transmitted to the Earth-1 supercomputer for processing.

On land, these standardized monitoring stations were deployed to one provincial capital city after another, and after being distributed there, they were then deployed to one prefecture-level city after another.

The installation personnel, who had been waiting for a long time, finally received the goods. Then, a fleet of all-terrain vehicles carrying these monitoring stations set off quickly to the monitoring station installation sites in their respective cities.

Valleys, peaks, canyons, plains, rivers, forests, grasslands, and so on—wherever geological activity is relatively active, there will always be one or more teams of installers arriving to install monitoring stations equipped with their own batteries.

After some debugging and confirming that it was working properly and could connect to the communication network, people hurriedly left for the next location.

A vast net is being quietly cast across the Earth.

In the suburbs of a tropical city, at a huge launch site, a medium-sized rocket with a total mass of over 500 tons is in place.

"Countdown 3, 2, 1, 0... Ignition!"

With the command given, the huge and heavy rocket carrying a total of 16 Earth exploration satellites inside it suddenly lifted off into the air.

After a short flight, it quietly released its payload, like a flower in its breeding season, and launched 16 satellites one by one.

With their own power, these satellites quickly adjusted their flight direction and speed to prepare for entering orbit.

Meanwhile, in other directions around the Earth, rockets, like long swords piercing the sky, rose from this azure planet. In the launch control center, Professor Chen Yusheng, watching the rockets ascend, was filled with emotion.

"In a short period of time, dozens of rockets were launched to send 1000 Earth exploration satellites into space. This was a monumental project in our time."

In this era... well, it means nothing.

It really doesn't count for anything.

Thanks to the large-scale development of the aerospace industry, humanity can now easily produce not just dozens, but even 1000 rockets. If production were at full capacity, it could even produce 10,000 rockets within a few months.

Moreover, each one is a standard product that has undergone quality inspection and testing processes, unlike the hastily manufactured goods of my generation.

"It's a pity... this time, such a massive space power seems to be useless in the apocalypse. It's like all the preparation was for nothing."

He shook his head, unsure whether to feel fortunate or regretful.

At this moment, it's not just rocket launchers, factory workers, and standardized monitoring station installers who are busy on the vast land of Earth.

Another large team is also busy.

"Is this the offshore oil field?"

In the vast desert, a deep-well researcher gazed at the desolation before him, feeling slightly dazed.

"Is this the oil field that supplied 5% of the world's oil consumption decades ago?"

He saw many houses and facilities, but they were all abandoned and deserted.

How lively this place must have been decades ago...

Shaking his head to dismiss that thought, he and his teammates headed toward the abandoned oil wells.

These oil wells generally have a depth of over 3000 meters.

They are like channels extending into the body of the giant Earth, allowing humans to insert their own "stethoscopes" to better listen to what changes are taking place inside this giant Earth.

Oil fields, gas fields, and even offshore wells—almost all deep wells of a certain depth—were unearthed and inspected one by one.

Those that are completely unusable are left alone, those that can be repaired are repaired urgently, and then the detectors are put back in. They are then connected to the communication network via ground signal devices to transmit observation data to the Earth-1 supercomputer in real time.

In another place, countless armies had also completed their preparations.

At each pre-calculated detonation point, the deafening roar of explosives filled the air. In some hard-to-reach locations, artillery fire was also used.

Even at the bottom of the sea, there are deep-sea torpedoes specifically designed to protect them.

Some special locations may also be bombarded by small tactical nuclear weapons.

These explosives are like hammers, constantly striking the drum of the earth, generating wave after wave of seismic waves, which are collected and analyzed by the previously placed "deep well stethoscopes".

(End of this chapter)