Is it really okay to click on the Starry Sky technology tree in Star Railway?

Chen Lin, who was squatting on the edge of the sinkhole to observe, couldn't help but think.

"At first glance, this thing really looks like it was formed naturally." Chen Lin touched the outer edges of these pits with his hands and bravely stretched his head down. "The outer walls of some pits are very rugged, and some seem to have irregular caves expanding to both sides dozens of meters inside..."

Chen Lin paused for a moment, frowned and continued, "But why do I always feel like this is more artificial?"

As soon as he finished speaking, an event box suddenly popped up in front of him.

[Yalilo-VI: The strange pit under the ground

Our investigation team has made an amazing discovery on Yalilo-VI. Strange pits have appeared near the underground mineral veins of the planet's only city. Although on the surface they look like natural phenomena caused by various factors on individual alien planets, our scientific specialist Chen Lin believes that this is most likely caused by human factors.

After the news reached the cabinet, it attracted the attention of chief scientist Heita. After a series of pictures and data identification, chief scientist Heita believed that this was most likely from some alien technology that we have never known about.

Not only that, similar pits have been discovered underground all over Yalilo-VI. Scientific specialist Chen Lin has discovered the pattern of their existence: they only appear under the remains of the city builders or existing cities!

In addition, scientific specialist Chen Lin also discovered other clue fragments worth studying - a metal pipe that was broken in the middle of a pit near him! 】

What happened?

After reading the message that suddenly popped up, Chen Lin was confused.

How come I didn’t know that I had found the pattern of these holes? Who represented me?

Complaining as he was, Chen Lin followed the clues given by time and looked carefully into the pit in front of him...

Sure enough, he discovered about ten meters below him that the edge of the pit did not seem to be soil and stones, but a circle of broken metal pipes embedded on it?

[The Secret of the Pothole: Exploration

In recent meetings, many scholars have said that this may be an opportunity for us! We should understand our future homeland. Their culture belongs to us, their people belong to us, and their technology also belongs to us! Everything they have is ours!

Chief scientist Heita said that this is very likely a new way of collecting and generating minerals. We need to make adequate preparations for this new discovery and send enough personnel and equipment to investigate. If we can obtain its metals for research, it will be a leap forward for our country's science and technology.

The fascinating pits may hide many mysteries about Yalilo-VI. The natives of Yalilo-VI have lost much of their former glory. We will definitely help them take back these precious treasures! 】

[Heita is so powerful, let her go. (Chief Scientist Heita will be fully responsible for investigating this matter)]

[Our scientific specialist is available. (Chen Lin will be fully responsible for investigating this matter)]

[Why not take a photo and put it in the museum? (Gain 50 influence; Sociology +11230)]

It would be better to die than to do this kind of work yourself.

Chen Lin never wanted to experience the feeling of having most of his brain hollowed out again in his life. Anyway, he had a chief scientist working illegally under him. Chen Lin believed that Heita needed to train himself more to improve his work ability so that he would be more convenient to serve him in the future.

So he resolutely chose the first option.

Since Black Tower is so powerful, let her go.

Low emotional intelligence: Even a dog wouldn’t do this job!

High EQ: Are you the famous Black Tower?

……

The moment the button was pressed, Ms. Black Tower, who was sleeping somewhere trillions of light years away, shuddered and suddenly woke up from her bed.

No matter how she looked around, she couldn't find anyone in her room, but she felt as if something was watching her.

"Huh? Weird, am I too tired recently?" Heita touched his head, feeling a little confused, "Why do I feel like my thinking speed has slowed down? I've already started to sleep again."

After thinking for a long time, Heita still couldn't figure out what was going on. He covered himself with the quilt again and fell asleep again.

In his dream, Heita dreamed that he was lying on the ground picking cotton. Behind him, there was a figure who kept whipping the whip, making a strange laugh, and urging him to "work faster" and "don't you want to eat fried chicken?" and other extremely scary words...

She woke up again, climbed out of bed, and cursed:

"No more sleep!"

She was really afraid that if she continued to sleep, she would no longer be called Black Tower, but Black Slave...

Chapter 88: Human Resources Addition

Sand, soil and stone walls, layer upon layer.

At the bottom of the mine where there was no end in sight, Clara covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes full of disbelief.

Although Chen Lin didn't show it so obviously, he still kept his eyes on the thing at his feet.

"Do you believe me when I say this has nothing to do with me?" Chen Lin squatted down and touched the unknown metal pipe on the ground, then looked at Clara and said, "I didn't do anything, it just rushed out by itself..."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, Clara saw it. This has nothing to do with Brother Chen Lin." Clara nodded vigorously, and then stepped forward cautiously and asked, "What is this? I feel like Clara has never seen such metal before."

Half a minute ago, Chen Lin finished selecting the options in front of him and was about to take Clara to find a way up. As a result, as soon as his feet left the pit, the ground began to shake.

The abnormal phenomenon lasted for several seconds. At first, Chen Lin thought that the growth of the rift caused a sharp increase in the number of quantum superposition states in space, which in turn caused fluctuations that affected the space of the ground beneath him, causing violent vibrations. As a result, as soon as they looked over, they saw that the pipe that was originally deeply embedded in the tiankeng due to the fracture suddenly rushed out.

Maybe he himself felt that there might be a lot of strange things happening around him in the past few hours, and subconsciously wanted to defend himself and tell Clara that he was not a disaster star...

Fortunately, Clara didn't care about these things, and even stepped forward to touch Chen Lin's head and comforted him: "It's okay, Clara knows that Brother Chen Lin is a good person and will not hurt Clara."

In the past, Chen Lin might have felt very awkward about an adult being comforted like this by a little girl. However, now he felt that Clara seemed to be very good at doing similar psychological construction things. Not only did he not feel disgusted at all, but he felt a little motivated?

Chen Lin's eyebrows twitched inexplicably.

The strange things did not stop. Now, a ripple-like light appeared above the metal pipe that was pulled out of the sinkhole by an unknown force, slowly sweeping from the top of one end to the top of the leading end. The light seemed to be driven by some kind of energy, and the pipe disappeared wherever the light reached.

When Chen Lin saw this scene, this word popped up in his mind.

Phase transfer.

In the original Stellaris event, there was a naturally occurring level 10 anomaly where a planet would constantly transform between Gaia and the Void.

At the end of the investigation, you will be able to obtain a Gaia planet as a colony.

The reason why Chen Lin remembered it so clearly was not because the final reward for the mission was to obtain the planet Gaia, but because he encountered this event in the early or middle stage of playing Stellaris. It happened that only one of the newly recruited scientists was still alive, so he clicked on it to investigate.

As a result, Chen Lin was so busy fighting that he didn't notice that the investigation would take more than 3000 days. It was not until he got the Gaia planet that he realized why an abnormal phenomenon would take so long to investigate. After a closer look, he found that it was a full-level abnormal phenomenon...

It's a pity that his mother didn't even recognize him, so he remembered it so clearly.

The light that now swept across the pipe in front of him was exactly the same as the phase shift he had seen on the computer, at least in appearance.

Within a dozen seconds, the pipe, which was so large that two people could not even hold it together, disappeared out of thin air. As for where it was teleported to, no one knew.

The same goes for Chen Lin.

The event chain kept talking about "domestic" and "foreign". If he didn't know that he didn't have a single ball, he might have actually believed that he had a strong and prosperous country somewhere else.

You can fool others, but don't fool yourself...

"Let's go. This has nothing to do with us. We shouldn't stay here for long." Chen Lin sighed. Everything would only be known after the next event box popped up.

The most urgent task now is to leave this damn place as soon as possible. Panyan Town can't do without him as its boss... economic advisor. The business of hundreds or thousands of Winter City Shields every minute must not be stopped because of his disappearance.

Not letting him make money is more painful than killing him!

"Yeah!" Clara followed Chen Lin obediently, but her cute little eyebrows were slightly frowned.

Originally, Chen Lin couldn't notice it, but at this moment he turned around and saw Clara seemed to be enduring some pain.

This little girl is very likable. Not only is she sensible and obedient, she also knows what to do and when. She is much better than the little brats of his relatives in his hometown.

Seeing Clara's painful expression, Chen Lin hurriedly asked: "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"Clara, it's okay. I've gotten used to it." Clara smiled sheepishly and twisted her ankle. "Brother Chen Lin, let's go."

"Why aren't you wearing shoes? Did you lose them when you were running away?"

Chen Lin suddenly noticed that Clara was walking barefoot on the snow and gravel. There were many new frostbite on her small feet that could be held in one hand. In addition, the skin near her ankles looked a little swollen, and there were some scabby scars nearby.

How did such a beautiful pair of feet become like this? !

Let me make it clear in advance that Chen Lin is not a leg or foot fetishist. He just simply feels sad that such a beautiful thing is being ruined in various ways.

The scars left after the wounds healed were obviously not formed recently. Doesn’t this mean that Clara’s feet had been frostbitten many times before?

Chen Lin was furious and wondered whether Clara was wearing shoes at the beginning.

"It feels weird to walk after being wrapped up. It's very uncomfortable." Clara replied: "Clara is not used to the feeling of having something on her feet."

"You mean you never wore shoes before?"

Clara nodded.

“Clara, tell me the truth, are you reluctant to wear shoes or do you not want to wear shoes?”

Hearing the question, Clara pursed her lips and said carefully: “All…all.”

She went on to explain: "Because Clara often has to look for things in the metal scrap pile, some of the scraps may be sharp...sharp, and shoes can be easily cut. Many uncles and aunts have a hard life, and Clara must never waste resources."

After all, it was still a predicament caused by material scarcity and poverty. No one knew better than Chen Lin how poor the lower class areas were.

He personally built a farm in Panyan Town and personally directed, planned, installed and constructed various factories. Except for a small number of self-sufficient chemical plants and ore smelters, all other scarce resources were supplied by Chen Lin alone.

It can be said that the mineral income he collected on Yalilo-VI is 2.1k per month. Chen Lin actually needs to spend 3 points of minerals per week as aid expenditure to meet the development of various factories...

He really suffered a lot!

It was also thanks to his personal participation in the construction of the lower class area. After seeing how many people were squatting on the streets hungry and how many people were living from hand to mouth before he took action, Chen Lin finally understood how difficult life was in the lower class area.

According to his judgment and estimation, the lower area actually still has very rich mineral resources, but due to insufficient productivity and serious technological gaps, it is difficult to discover and mine the deeper rich mines.

“Um…eh?”

Clara made a cute sound in her throat and looked at Chen Lin who was gently stroking her head in confusion.

"Don't worry, the lower area will not be short of products and resources soon." Chen Lin looked up at the path in the distance that could lead to deeper areas. "Clara, come back to Panyan Town with me after we get out."

Natasha had sent a message a while ago saying that the materials needed to prepare the cold-resistant medicine had been collected. Chen Lin also taught Natasha how to make the preliminary materials needed, and even demonstrated and taught her on the spot dozens of times to ensure that Natasha learned it more thoroughly than anyone else.

It is estimated that Natasha and her people are now using ester oil and sodium hydroxide to synthesize a lot of glycerin, formaldehyde and other things. Chen Lin also wrote a teaching instruction on the method of purifying glycerin. Not only are there annotations on it, he also drew several operation diagrams. It is estimated that Natasha is now waiting for him to go back and proceed with the next step.

It’s not that he is hiding any hidden goods, but the stuff obtained after the purified glycerin is nitrated is not a joke. If you are not careful, it may kill a large group of people.

When Clara heard his words, she thought Chen Lin wanted her to live in the town. She shook her head slightly and said, "Clara still has many family members in the settlement, and many uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters who need help. Clara can't abandon them... Brother Chen Lin, thank you for your kindness, I'm sorry..."

"I know." Chen Lin said very clearly: "I just want to send you something, medicine that can treat your frostbite."

"Brother Chen Lin, please give it to those in need. Clara doesn't need these things." Clara gently waved her hands and said sadly, "Cold-resistant medicines are very precious. Don't waste them on Clara."

In Clara's eyes, any medicine was extremely scarce in the lower areas, let alone the anti-cold medicine that could save lives. Moreover, she had been hovering between frostbite and recovery since she was a child, and she was very frugal. Besides, Mr. Swarlow helped her to light a fire to keep warm at home, so she didn't want this kind big brother to spend a lot of money and energy on her.

Unexpectedly, Chen Lin said calmly, "It won't be precious soon. After a while, the lower level areas will be able to produce more medicines, including medicines for colds, frostbite, and painkillers. You have a lot of frostbite on your body, so there is no such thing as a waste of medicine for a patient."

"Ah!" Clara screamed as her feet left the ground.

"Let me carry you. If your feet are scratched, there might be an infection." Chen Lin squatted down and carried Clara on his back. "Oh, you don't know the situation in Panyan Town yet? I'll tell you briefly..."

Following the path she found, Clara encountered a food crisis and a mineral crisis in Panyan Town, and then Chen Lin led the construction of a farm. He also moved machine lathes from other abandoned towns nearby for production, and built a new social and economic structure. He used work-for-relief to solve the employment rate while stimulating consumption. After encountering the unreasonable threat of the upper district to cancel the exchange of materials, how should she deal with it? ...

Clara was stunned by what she heard, and then she just lay on Chen Lin's back obediently, no longer struggling to get down, and walked away on her own. She felt like she was listening to the ups and downs of a fairy tale.

Regarding the raw materials, Chen Lin only said that he had found enough mineral veins to use, and described Panyan Town as an Eden with milk and gold everywhere. It just sounded very attractive.

Finally, Chen Lin sighed and revealed his true purpose.

"Panyan Town can only develop to this extent at present. What a pity..."

"Why?" Clara asked in confusion, "Hasn't the most difficult period already passed? Brother Chen Lin is very capable, why can't he continue to develop?"

"Because of the shortage of manpower, no one is doing the factory workshops or various jobs that require fixed processes, especially some jobs that may produce toxic gases. Although they are very simple, I almost do them all by myself. I don't want others to be in danger." Chen Lin said quietly: "If there were more people, or people who are not afraid of toxic gases to help, everyone's life would be better, and they would not be strangled by the upper district. Unfortunately, there is no..."

"Brother Chen Lin." Clara hesitated and said, "Actually, we can..."

"have what?"

Clara seemed to have made a decision and said, "Mr. Swarovski and the settlement have many obedient little robots. They may be able to do the kind of work that is more dangerous for humans. Another... Another thing is..."

At this point, Clara was silent for a few seconds.

"Many uncles and aunts lost their homes because of the Rift, and now they are all gathered near the mechanical settlement. Everyone is having a hard time. Clara also hopes that everyone can live a better life... If Brother Chen Lin doesn't mind, can you... can you help them?"

The main reason why Clara was hesitant was that the wanderers who had lost their homes and property had had more than one conflict with the miners and the underground fire in Panyan Town, and there had even been many bloody incidents. The relationship between the two sides was tense, and she was worried that Chen Lin would not agree to her proposal.

In fact, Chen Lin and Dihuo had already held a meeting to discuss the problem of insufficient manpower. Chen Lin also pointed out that the main conflict between the miners and the wanderers was actually over the mining rights of the earth's marrow veins. Apart from that, the two sides had no conflicts that could lead to a strained relationship.

Many wanderers are also looking for ways to survive. Some of them raise underground animals and cave fish, while others try to grow edible ferns and mosses.

In essence, they are all poor people who are invaded by the Rift and oppressed and exploited by the upper class and are just trying to survive.

There are also many mine owners in Panyan Town who are willing to hire wanderers to mine with them, and the compensation they pay is the same as that for other miners.

Therefore, Chen Lin proposed the slogan "We unite, we help each other, and we face the future together" at the meeting, which was unanimously recognized by representatives from various towns and districts and local fire officials.

Clara's worries were obviously unnecessary.