Eh? Do you also want to try the iron fist of the humanoid girl?

It’s so infuriating. Why is it that after so many years of research, I have not achieved any practical results?

They just risked their lives to achieve such a great result. According to the American's past behavior, if the truth is revealed, they will definitely provide asylum.

At worst, they can change their appearance in a few years and appear in front of the world with a brand new look in a university or research institute in the United States. The status and treatment they deserve should come to an end.

But when I thought that it was not just me, but all the other researchers who were being held back, the imbalance in my heart was restored a lot.

Sure enough, people’s sense of happiness is derived from comparison.

Raphael was lying on the table without any image, fiddling with his phone out of boredom. I think after today's stimulation, more people will be willing to join Friedrich.

Of course, there must be people with high moral standards among them. When encountering such people, Raphael has no way to deal with them. As the old saying goes, this is a necessary sacrifice.

No one here is completely irreplaceable.

Raphael will give this person a gift of rave reviews. Maybe it was the good fortune of "less criticism and more full insurance and semi-trailer" that made him a Zip, or it could be a sudden onset of a chronic disease, such as a heart attack or something like that.

The meeting lasted until late at night the next day. It was the longest meeting since the establishment of the institute's project team.

For the participants, if Friedrich's ideas were continued, the results and costs would be "catastrophic."

Finally, Friedrich stood up again and spoke in a manner that seemed more like a speech than a speech.

The long silence in the meeting room gave his speech an impressive and powerful effect.

Friedrich appreciated everyone's pessimistic tone, believing that they still had humanity and morality left. He even appreciated their anxious looks during the argument and the pain brought by the moral conflict, because all of this served as a prelude to his speech.

“Even apart from the obvious dramatic effect, this is a brilliant statement of his determination to hasten the advent of strong artificial intelligence.”

This is what Raphael said about Friedrich's move when she talked about this matter privately with Asuka afterwards.

Friedrich firmly believed that this was a quick way out of the predicament. He said he didn't care about the reputation, as long as he could witness its birth with his own eyes, it would be worth it.

Raphael didn't know whether the speech was effective, but she had not been able to send out the first reincarnation gift package since then.

From this perspective, it should be effective.

In the face of this temptation that could change the face of the world, no one could hold on to his original position. Although the body of the nineteenth child was processed through Raphael's channel within two years, the result was undoubtedly surprising.

Several major breakthroughs occurred quickly in a short period of time, which made the wills behind the cooperation parties extremely excited and excited. The corresponding resource investment became more concentrated and generous, and no one would pursue the "materials" wasted in the process.

After all, failure is the criminal.

The US position has not changed. No matter what method is used, as long as results are achieved, it will be an unprecedented good thing and is what we are eager to achieve right now.

Chapter 117: Eagle Sauce, it's your turn to sweat

“The work of repairing the wall is really… it never stops.”

Raphael stood on the open tarmac, looking out at the barrier wall in the distance that was obscuring everything.

"The wall in Texas was built in the past to intercept refugees from Latin America. Now the wall is built to completely block the survivors in the yellow high-pollution zone."

"It has nothing to do with us. Those who are isolated have already had their destiny determined."

Lu Hui's words sound cold, but this is the reality.

Earlier, when the Marines and the Army were clearing ELID-infected organisms near the old wall, there were countless opportunities to cross the blockade. During that period, the Army issued an order for local conscription, but the number of people willing to join outside the wall was small.

Raphael looked at the command document in his hand.

"So, our role this time is... shipyard workers?"

"Exactly. Kaiser Naval Shipyard in Oregon, direct instructions reportedly given directly by the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Eric, are to conclude our work in Germany immediately."

“It’s a shame that we haven’t seen the birth of artificial intelligence that mimics the workings of the human brain.”

Raphael felt it was a pity, but General Harry, who was far away in the Strategic Air Command in Nebraska, felt that they should not continue to be involved, especially on the eve of the birth of strong artificial intelligence that could be controlled by humans. Their presence there was extremely inappropriate, even obtrusive.

Who knows what this uncontrolled AI will do, maybe it will inject something else. No matter how human-like it behaves.

Furthermore, Raphael’s role in this project was not very glorious. In order to advance the project, he not only ignored things that broke the bottom line of human morality, but also tried to cover it up.

This behavior is tantamount to provocation. However, if Raphael were a human being, those people's attitude towards her would basically be great praise, rather than vigilance.

After Harry explained the interests involved, Raphael immediately set off back to the United States to work as a supervisor at a shipyard in Oregon.

"Speaking of which, how come the US military suddenly has the money to build a large shipyard on its own?" Raphael asked casually, just to find something to talk about.

Asuka, who was walking behind, said, "War dividends."

Since the start of the Canadian invasion, the economy has improved, directly leading the United States out of the quagmire of the financial crisis.

By massively expanding arms procurement and military size, the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest point since the Salt Lake City crisis in 2036, less than 3%, a 19 percentage point drop from the highest point of 16%.

A higher employment rate means greater market consumption capacity, which means faster capital turnover.

The huge war consumption not only absorbed the excess production capacity, but also increased market activity.

Starting in 2034, the U.S. economy will start to run at full speed again as a large amount of infrastructure renovation and reconstruction projects begin.

Although during this period, the Federal Reserve Bank had to increase the issuance of currency because the federal government raised war funds by issuing more debt, causing the US dollar to depreciate to a certain extent, the countries that really suffered losses were those holding huge amounts of US debt.

Then, the United States used this money to increase resource purchases during the war, immediately consolidating the dollar's position in the shaky international trade, and took the opportunity to import inflation into other countries, easing domestic inflationary pressures.

If we have to talk about losses in recent years, the dual rise of the euro and the ruble may be the biggest losses.

It is just that in the short term, especially before the EU moves from economic integration to military integration and finally completes political integration, the euro does not have the capital to challenge the US dollar.

The EU still has a long way to go.

When responding to the refugee crisis, the European Union also issued a large amount of currency, causing the euro to depreciate, causing other regional economies to depreciate by issuing more currency during this period.

With major global currencies depreciating sharply, the depreciation of the US dollar is no longer a matter of life and death.

Objectively speaking, the economic benefits gained by the United States, especially its emergence from the financial crisis and the first peak of growth after the crisis 30 years ago, are sufficient to make up for all the losses during this period and lay the foundation for a resurgence in the next decade or perhaps twenty years.

In addition to the economic benefits, the United States scores much better in diplomacy than it has in the past five years.

This is probably due to the performance in the Canadian War and the Latin American Alliance War. After losing most of its logistical maintenance capabilities, the US military was able to fight two wars in succession without showing any signs of decline, which in one fell swoop broke the outside world's predictions about the US military's combat effectiveness.

There is no need to say much about the situation in East Asia, which is still fighting wits and courage with ELID-infected organisms. What needs more attention is the aggressive rise of the new Soviet Union in the East, and its tough stance on foreign policy and territory.

This caused European countries that had land disputes with the new Soviet Union to turn to the United States and actively seek support and assistance from the United States.

Why not turn to the EU? Traditional European regions are becoming increasingly conservative and are committed to developing in Africa. Moreover, the lands affected by the "Northern Lights" incident are considered rotten land in the EU and are not worth helping.

Furthermore, since most of those lands were polluted, the new Soviet Union would only view those areas as a safe buffer zone between the two sides.

Based on this judgment, the traditional and conservative EU will not provide any help other than lip service.

Although the United States also wants to provide assistance, it has now swallowed up Canada and Latin America in one go, and if it takes further action, it will suffer from indigestion.

In addition, when the economy and industry were revived, people of insight were surprised to find that the United States, with a population of 2.8 million, could not provide enough high-quality workers.

You have to know that in modern large-scale production, even workers on the industrial line need a solid high school education.

Now I was sweating all over.

"Right here," Lingyin interrupted Raphael and Asuka's casual conversation, staring at the factory area in front through the windshield and said, "Are we really going to try welding or something next? I don't know how to do this."

"Of course not," Raphael said and laughed.

"That's good."

When the Marines on duty at the Kaiser Shipyard in front saw the car stopped in front of the checkpoint, the leading soldier came up with two companions.

"Good evening!" The checkpoint officer greeted the girls in a slow voice after seeing them in the car, saying, "Can you please show us your ID? If you took the wrong road and want to go to the nearest town, you need to go back 6 kilometers and take the detour to go straight east."

However, what he didn't expect was that all four people in the car took out their IDs, driver's licenses and orders from the fleet.

Chapter 118 New Job

The Marine lieutenant who had gone to verify the orders and ID came back, and the K9 handler who was holding the dog nodded at the same time.

His Labrador had no interest in the car. It didn't smell drugs or explosives, and the people in the car didn't look like traitors who were involved in drug smuggling or sabotage.

"I'm sorry, Captain, this is the standard procedure." The lieutenant said, "Welcome."

"Thank you, Lieutenant." Raphael said after taking back the documents, "This is your duty. There is no need to apologize."

After the car entered the factory and drove about a hundred meters, Lingyin, who was sitting in the back, observed the surrounding area and said, "This is simply unbelievable. This is not a shipyard at all. It should be said that it is a standard naval base!"

"It's a naval base. The shipyard was independently funded by the navy, and most of the large equipment comes from the contaminated area..."

Raphael looked at Lingyin and Luhui with frightened expressions and felt amused. ELID wide-area collapse radiation only affects organic organisms, and has little effect on machines and electronic equipment.

We can only be thankful. After all, if it was nuclear radiation, those electronic devices exposed to high-intensity gamma rays would have been scrapped long ago.

The rain came and went quickly, but in just a quarter of an hour, the frosted sky was completely clear, and the blue sky was reflected in Raphael's eyes through the car window.

"It's great, today's sky... is all blue."

The sound of train whistles lingered over the factory area. Unexpectedly, the tracks built in the early 20th century were reused by them.

It should be a vehicle transporting supplies, Raphael thought as he listened to the continuous whistle.

In front is the office building left over from the old shipyard. It has now been renovated and the exterior walls have been painted. It does not look much different from other naval base buildings.

A Marine stood alone at the door. Along the gray wall, there were many cargo boxes with numbers only.

It was all very strange, but what was even stranger was that the people who worked there were gone. No one was walking around the building except for the Marine who was on guard.

"Excuse me, is Colonel Sinclair Plan here? I'm Captain Raphael, and I'm here to report in as ordered."

When the guard heard Raphael's words, a smile immediately appeared on his clean-shaven, red face with a puzzled expression.

"Yes, Captain. Colonel Sinclair is here and he's in charge now."

He picked up the phone and looked at them curiously. Lingyin combed her hair with her hands, Luhui fiddled with the hat in his hand out of boredom, and Fei Niao stood beside them very obediently.

A moment later, Colonel Sinclair came running down the steps of the shipyard's administrative office building.

"Hey! I finally got you here. I'm so glad to see you."

He saw four identical faces with different expressions, and a hint of embarrassment flashed in his eyes as he couldn't tell who was who. He could only say to Asuka, who looked the most stable and military-like among the four:

"Captain, please follow me."

Raphael turned his head slightly when he heard that, and Lingyin had the same reaction. Luhui turned slightly to the side, pretending to be interested in the layout of the first floor hall, but her slightly trembling shoulders revealed her true feelings.

Only the person involved, Colonel Sinclair, found nothing unusual, unless he had a third eye at the back of his head.

Asuka gave Raphael a helpless look, but the latter was just watching the fun and had no intention of correcting him.

Afterwards, Asuka was forced to take on Raphael's identity and hold a brief meeting with Sinclair.

He briefly explained the current status of the shipyard. Although it has the ability to maintain existing destroyers and cruisers, it has been affected by objective factors such as manpower and resources, and its efficiency has not been able to be improved.

The large slipway used by the aircraft carrier has been completed, but the installation progress of the supporting equipment is not ideal. He has been dealing with equipment issues for most of the past two months.

Those equipments basically come from contaminated areas and cannot be used directly before decontamination and maintenance work is completed.

Unless they can get the Russians' general-purpose industrial robots, if they put them into use directly, I believe the entire shipyard will soon become a paradise for ELID-infected creatures.

"What kind of work are we responsible for?" asked Fei Niao.

"Responsible for project management of destroyers and cruisers, as well as security at Kaiser Werft."

Sinclair fumbled around in the cupboard and finally, somewhat awkwardly, pulled out a paper cup.

"I'm sorry, I'm just starting out here, and I'm prioritizing the maintenance of destroyers and cruisers in terms of resource allocation, so please forgive me."

"It's okay, we don't care. Please continue."

“Although you were personally nominated by General Eric to come here, and I have read the records of your activities during your stay in Germany, which can be called perfect.

It is important to note that the work at Kaiser Naval Shipyard is completely different from what you have previously encountered. Its core requires you to cooperate with and even lead the current maintenance rhythm.

"At the moment, neither I nor the Navy are happy with the pace of maintenance work. This means that the maintenance time for each ship must be shortened and the quality must be maintained."

Raphael and Lingyin looked at each other. Where did this shameless client come from? He had so many and demanding requirements, and the budget was pitifully small.

Normally, maintenance projects that qualify as “major overhauls” are measured in months, especially when the scope of maintenance is extensive and a comprehensive overhaul of the engine, hull, electrical system, etc., will inevitably take a long time.

Maintenance of warships of 8,000 to 9,000 tons is a much more complicated project. Some of them require the replacement of the main shaft, deep cleaning of the engine part, and repair of damaged equipment or structures.

In addition, most of the warships anchored in foreign ports had not been properly maintained after the Salt Lake City incident. Although they could still go out to sea, their maximum speed was generally reduced to the range of 28 to 29 knots.

Some warships had serious problems with their electronic equipment, such as failure of their radar systems. In the entire combat situation center, only the equipment related to the ship's guns could still operate normally.

Some destroyers also had malfunctions in the generators that were connected to the engine rooms, making it impossible to meet the normal power supply for the entire ship, let alone activate the Aegis system.

Another factor slowing down maintenance is the supply chain, where needed parts are often delivered late and of substandard quality, forcing maintenance work to a halt.