Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

Faced with Bai Yixuan's extremely brief words, Hong Fan felt an urge to complain.

But seeing his two teammates turn and walk toward the quantum computer in the cargo hold, Hong Fan could only purse his lips and follow.

With one-sixth the weight of gravity, plus an electric handling tool, moving this big thing to its destination isn't too difficult.

only……

After opening the door of the silver-white "little house," the three astronauts froze in place.

The densely packed circuits, along with all sorts of fancy and unidentifiable components.

"Captain, are you sure we can take this thing apart?"

Hong Fan swallowed hard and spoke with difficulty on the team's radio channel.

Bai Yixuan's eye twitched as Lu Yongchang's words echoed in his mind.

"Hey, this thing is super simple. All you have to do is connect the wires of the same color and tighten the screws, and you're done!"

Looking at the colorful lines in front of him, numbering at least a thousand in all shapes and sizes, Bai Yixuan's lips twitched uncontrollably.

"Shouldn't that be okay?"

He swore he would never believe Professor Lü's nonsense again!

……

After following Professor Lü's instructions to stop the old-fashioned quantum computer in front of them, all the surrounding equipment suddenly stopped working.

The rock cuttings collection vehicle remained quietly in place.

The automated mining equipment also stopped its constantly clicking drill.

The once somewhat "lively" lunar surface has returned to a "mysterious" silence.

Seemingly affected by the external environment, the three astronauts also fell silent.

"Ahem!" Bai Yixuan coughed lightly, breaking the silence on the radio. "We should prepare to disassemble it!"

Xia Wanyi, her eyes fixed on the mining equipment in the distance, trembled slightly, seemingly startled by the sudden sound.

She turned her head abruptly, glanced at her teammates with a complicated expression, parted her lips slightly, and sighed softly.

"We didn't really notice anything while these machines were working, but now that they've suddenly stopped, we realize how truly desolate the moon is!"

As men, Bai Yixuan and Hong Fan are naturally not as sentimental as Xia Wanyi.

The two exchanged a glance, shrugged helplessly, and then turned their attention back to the old-fashioned quantum computer in front of them.

Disassembly begins.

Although it looks complicated, it's actually not that difficult to do.

To be precise, Lü Yongchang didn't even say anything wrong.

What they had to do was indeed loosen the screws and unplug the various wires.

However... this number is truly a headache.

In particular, each wire is marked with a small number, corresponding to the corresponding interface.

As for the consequences of plugging in the wrong wire... Bai Yixuan and the other two naturally didn't want to know.

Therefore, a strange scene appeared on the moon.

Three astronauts crouched in front of the small house, squinting through their helmets to carefully discern the numbers on the wiring...

……

"My old back..."

As Hong Fan stood up, he reached out and gently patted his lower back through his spacesuit.

"It's finally finished, Captain. How long did it take us to install this thing?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Bai Yixuan beside him.

Bai Yixuan raised his wrist, glanced at the watch integrated into his spacesuit, and pursed his lips: "3 hours and 52 minutes."

"..." Hong Fan's eyes deepened with resentment. "Captain, did you upset Professor Lü?"

Bai Yixuan was taken aback, and subconsciously asked, "How is that possible?! Why do you say that?"

Even though the temperature inside the spacesuit remained at the most comfortable level, Bai Yixuan still felt a bead of sweat slowly slide down his forehead.

"Well, I guess... probably not..."

Seeing the increasingly strange expressions on his two teammates' faces, Bai Yixuan quickly changed the subject: "The computer is installed, we should report now!"

As he spoke, he directly adjusted the radio frequency.

"Calling ground control!"

"This is the Lunar Palace Base. The second-generation quantum computer has been installed."

After a brief wait, Fang Xu's voice came through the radio.

"Ground command center received."

"Start your computer immediately!"

Upon hearing the order, Bai Yixuan's expression turned serious. He responded with "Received" and quickly walked towards the second-generation quantum computer.

"Tsk... He fooled me. I was hoping to get a free hot pot meal out of him!"

Hearing Hong Fan's soft complaint over the radio, Bai Yixuan suddenly froze.

This kid... is he craving hot pot so badly?

"Alright, alright, I'll treat you when we get back!" Bai Yixuan said irritably.

Upon hearing this, Hong Fan and Xia Wanyi's eyes lit up!

"Wuhu!" Hong Fan exclaimed softly, "Captain, I'm here to help you!"

"Leave this small matter to me!"

As he spoke, Hong Fan skipped and hopped after Bai Yixuan.

……

More than ten minutes later.

Looking at the flashing indicator lights on the second-generation quantum computer, Hong Fan subconsciously reached out and scratched the "glass mask".

"This... there shouldn't be any problems, right?"

Bai Yixuan took out a document from the backpack in his spacesuit with some doubt and began to look through it carefully.

"team leader?"

Hong Fan subconsciously leaned over to take a look.

Second Generation Quantum Computer Repair and Installation Manual

"..."

Hong Fan looked at Bai Yixuan with a strange expression: "Captain, this thing, shouldn't it have been made by Professor Lü?"

Bai Yixuan carefully compared the colored illustrations with the text, then nodded casually: "Yes, it was Professor Lü who made it."

"Besides this, there's also a maintenance manual for the Xuan Nu series of spaceplanes, which just came out a few days ago. It's right under our seats right now, didn't you know?"

Hong Fan: "..."

Although it seemed a bit outrageous, the thought that it was Professor Lü's masterpiece suddenly made everything make sense to him.

"Phew!" Bai Yixuan breathed a sigh of relief, pointing to a color illustration in the booklet. "It's alright, it's alright!"

"This is a self-check; to be precise, it's the weak artificial intelligence within that's building a suitable system."

Hong Fan nodded, seemingly understanding, "So... how long will this take?"

"...I don't know. Professor Lü isn't clear about the capabilities of weak artificial intelligence either." Bai Yixuan frowned slightly. "However, it shouldn't take too long."

As they were talking, all the indicator lights on the second-generation quantum computer suddenly went out.

The next second, the indicator light showing the working status quietly lit up.

"Hello there."