Chapter 88 Encounter on a narrow road
Trillon's super transport ship hovered in the air fifty meters above the ground. It shut down almost all the particle propulsion engines, leaving only a few on the sides to offset the influence of the wind, and the hovering work was all handed over to those three
A hemispherical anti-gravity engine protruding from the bottom of the ship.
The rental car Alex took could only be parked outside the Star Port Terminal. When he walked back to the Flowing Horse, the super transport ship next to it had already begun to unload cargo. Hundreds of windows were opened from the sides and bottom of the huge hull, and vines hung down.
There are strip-shaped magnetic track binding lines. The goods that need to be transported are placed in the box or installed with hanging rings, hooked on these magnetic track binding lines, and then they can slowly fall down.
Unloading is very simple, as is loading. As long as the direction of the magnetic track is changed, these wires can deliver the goods to the starship. The scene in front of Alex recalled the ants moving when he was a child, and those wires bound to the magnetic track
The queue is constantly moving goods, isn't it like ants carrying food collaborating on a large scale?
"Liuma, open the hatch." Alex patted the outside of the ship. After recognizing the voice and motion signals, the side hatch slowly opened for him. At this time, the loudspeaker in the cargo hold came.
Amy's voice: "I'm at the observation deck, come here and find me!"
Amy was wearing soft and comfortable thin clothes, lying on the sofa, looking through the armored glass of the observation deck, just in time to see the huge transport ship. When she saw Alex coming in, she still kept her long legs straight.
"Did you see it? That transport ship is really an eyesore."
"The observation deck can be rotated, and the sky on the other side is not blocked." Alex took the cup handed over by his sister and filled it with water again. "The air on Beolo is good, and the sky and atmosphere here are also good.
It’s not a simulation. I can stay and watch the Flowing Horse, do you want to go to the planet to relax?”
"When I see things outside, I can't help but look for targets for orbital strikes and constantly optimize the strike effects."
"Haha, that's okay? But as long as you're in a good mood, it's okay to plan those things." Alex followed his sister's gaze and looked out. From this perspective, Trillon's transport ship became more and more huge and shocking. "Sister.
, Is there anything you want to tell me in detail before?"
"Did you choose to be a starship captain because of my influence?"
"It's influenced by you, but my own will is decisive." Alex said: "Compound evolved humans are a race born on starships, and they will also be on starships in the future. I don't like sitting in the room.
Studying language and emotional compression, changing my brain is to see more and do more, so flying on a starship is what I should do. I even thought that if you have always chosen a career on a starship, this might
This is the main reason why you came from behind and advanced faster than me."
"Very good. Since you said you are not blindly following me, I have been observing you for a while, so as long as one more condition is met, I can fully support you." Amy raised her finger and pointed at Trillon's super transport ship and said:
"Try to tell me why I don't like that starship."
"Ah?" Alex looked out of the picture window again. This time he wanted to throw away words such as spectacular and shocking, and tried to think about the problem from the perspective of "dislike".
What's not to like? Neither the destroyer nor the Flowing Horse are of the same category as the super transport ship, and they won't conflict in aesthetics. If the destroyer is a tiger and the Flowing Horse is a horse, then the super transport ship is like a big
Elephant. Those hanging magnetic track binding lines are mostly like the long hair on the body of a mammoth. It definitely has nothing to do with whether you like it or not. Would an elephant steal grass from a horse?
Huh? Maybe this is possible. Alex sat on the ground, leaning against his sister's feet, raising his head and staring. After a while, he asked: "I only see the cargo box going up and down.
Where are the people? How many crew members does that ship have?”
"Twenty." My sister answered, putting her hand on Alex's head and stroking it gently. "In that case, a starship only needs twenty crew members, and the rest are automated machines. It
Its take-off weight is 100 million tons. If it focuses on transportation in the space environment, it can carry 300 million tons of cargo and sail at warp speed. Compared with it, the Liuma has no future at all."
"Let's not compare with it. It's just that twenty people are too few, right? It's too busy just to inspect the cargo. And more importantly: such a big spacecraft can only allow twenty people to enter space? What if they can't all enter?
Space, so where is the future development?”
"That's right. This is what I hate the most." Amy said: "The current development of composite evolved humans cannot be achieved without all members entering the starship and long-term accumulation in the zero-level world. As long as you want
To maintain creativity and maintain the motivation to move forward, experience is essential. Combining spiritual experience with computing power, this is the only correct way. That giant starship represents another direction: into space
The experience is carried out by electronic devices, and in the future it may even be artificial intelligence. Yes, electronic devices and artificial intelligence robots have better adaptability in space than biological humans. They can work uninterrupted, and artificial intelligence can even continue to evolve. But
What about those biological people? They stayed on the planet, guarded their hometown, and eventually became inferior... If you don't like this word, I don't need to use it."
"I always thought that the composite evolutionary people banned artificial intelligence because of the war that happened."
Amy shook her head: "Part of it is this reason, but more importantly, it is the question of who is allowed to progress. Progress comes from needs, progress comes from feeling uncomfortable, and progress comes from threats. After the compound evolved people return to the state of extinction, artificial intelligence
Intelligence will definitely come back, and what will be advanced at that time is artificial intelligence."
This is the common view of composite evolutionary people on artificial intelligence. Alex is not a firm supporter of this idea. Judging from the existing historical data, there seems to be no evidence to refute this view, but biological and artificial
Does intelligence have to be either/or? Alex is not the kind of person who clings to illusions, but he is also not the kind of person who rules out a possibility in the future for no reason. Everything must be based on the actual situation.
"Sister, as long as someone needs artificial intelligence, it will be created sooner or later. It has even been created, but it has been hiding. But why are you suddenly saying this today?"
"Because you choose to develop on the road of starships, you must do a good job and predict what may happen. The cargo carrying efficiency of those super transport ships is tens of thousands of times that of the Liuma, and you can't compete at all. They
Not only can they transport goods, but they can also be transported with cargo ships and goods. They can be released at warp speed to cover all the orders along the way. If the starships that transport goods use artificial intelligence or a high degree of automation, they will not need lives.
Maintenance systems and most environmental circulation systems, how do you make money to keep the Flowing Horse running?"
"You asked me to buy weapons, wouldn't you be preparing to rob a transport ship like that? That's right, you even found out how many crew members there are on board, not to mention the others."
"We haven't reached that point yet. And you can't sell off so many things at once! Robbery that can't be cashed out is a failure from the beginning. I won't make that kind of stupid mistake." Amy waved her hand and said, "Actually,
You should have felt from this time on Beolo Star that it will be very difficult to maintain the starship mainly relying on cargo."
"Yes. Cargo ships must either rely on fixed routes that have been accumulated, or they must rely on organizations, such as trade alliances, to gain more channels. But neither of these is what I like." Alex pointed out.
Looking at the giant transport ship, he said: "Now that it has joined the competition, I have to change my thinking."
Amy nodded and said: "Among captains, there are indeed those who have no pressure at all. But compound evolved people who want to advance must put pressure on themselves and not relax at all. As long as you keep working hard, then
I will always support you."
"If I don't work hard, you will remind me. You won't leave me alone, right?" Alex patted the back of his sister's hand, then stood up and jumped twice on the spot, full of energy.
He said: "Don't worry! I will start working under pressure right now!"
"Go ahead, go ahead." Amy waved her hand and sent her brother to work, while she continued to lie down and watch the scenery. But this time she rotated the viewing platform, changed the angle, and began to appreciate the ever-changing white clouds in the blue sky.
Alex shrugged, walked through the corridor to the bridge, connected the Flowing Horse to the local network, and saw what job opportunities there were.
The technology of Beolo Star itself has developed to the stage where it can communicate at the speed of light, so this is also the place where information from surrounding galaxies is collected. When Alex brought the information package, the nearby area immediately knew that a long-range starship had arrived.
The registration information of the Liuma will also be listed in the "Beolo Starship Port Call List".
Looking for a job is a two-way street. Alex can choose based on the next destination, route, and job type, while local people can also choose according to the starship. Starship’s registration information will have reviews of the starship.
, at present, every passenger shipment and every freight shipment have arrived completely, so Liuma's evaluation is pretty good, which gives Alex more room for choice.
"This was the same evaluation system when delivering food in the past. Can't the interstellar era be improved a little?" Alex wanted to laugh when he saw the list of "The goods arrived safely, and they are generally well received." The goods have arrived, but
The previous delivery person was gone. The three Fulner brothers saved trouble everywhere. In order to fill out less "passenger entry forms" or to avoid exposing their whereabouts, they completely registered those containers as freight and did not mention that they had escorts.
As a result, there were really no escorts.
"These trivial things seem troublesome, but you still have to do them!" Alex scratched his head and checked the available jobs one by one. "Those who are in a hurry to start can only say sorry and come to Beolo.
Just to treat Xiaoxiao, there is nothing more important than waiting for it to recover. Hmm? This freight route is good, the price-to-distance-volume-weight ratio is excellent, and the time is right, completely..."
When Alex's hand was moving towards the button for consultation and contact, the freight order suddenly disappeared. Immediately afterwards, the freight orders in the work column began to disappear rapidly, as if there was an invisible black hole sucking them all away.
.
"Isn't it? Are you starting to grab orders now? Are you so... shameless?"
According to general principles, the party with better service capabilities, lower costs, larger carrying capacity, and better security will certainly have an advantage in competing for resources. Alex
I know that I can't compete and lose clearly, but I get angry when I should be angry, I scold when I shouldn't, and then I continue to look for a job for myself.
"Ship 800 green guinea pigs... This order is for 600 fry? Look how big the fry are... Uh, how come they are bigger than pigs! Ah, the rest of the shipping list is all about the transportation of living organisms, work on the super transport ship
There are too few people to take care of them, so they can be left. But I can’t transport them here! However, the transportation distance of these 800 pigs is not far, and if the order can be split into multiple times, it may be an option.”
Alex searched around and locked the list of 800 strong pigs. He calculated using the navigation star map. Each return trip would take less than a day. As long as the loading and unloading speed is faster, the treatment can be completed in Xiaoxiao
Come back before.
Do you still need to discuss it with Amy? Well... Although this is just a simple small order, my sister has rich experience in starships and it is not easy to leave her aside. Alex used the intercom in the ship to contact
Go to Amy and tell her the plan to transport the pigs.
"You don't need to ask me about this kind of thing. You are the captain, you take the orders! If the journey may take you through dangerous star areas, or is marked as a pirate-infested route, then you can ask me again. Pig transportation... on board
It must taste bad."
"The environmental circulation equipment for composite evolutionary humans is the best..."
"Tell them either the pigs take a good bath and there is no smell, or they pay more! If you buy the best, you have to consider the higher cost!"
Got it! Could Amy’s rapid promotion in the Starship Strike Force be related to her ability to be careful with money? Alex dialed the contact information of the cargo owner and found him quickly. These eight hundred genes
The modified pigs can perform photosynthesis, require very little feed, and are particularly suitable for raising in areas with barren environments. If specific audio is played, these pigs can enter hibernation at any time, reducing the consumption of metabolism and physical activity. Therefore, these pigs will be able to
He sleeps in a special cage and won't run around on the starship.
Alex informed Mr. Jin and Boss Ming that he was going to carry out short-distance freight. The little fox should still be undergoing treatment and could not be contacted for the time being. The remaining ones were red and green. She had successfully delivered the dormant capsule and got it.
The reward is 792 computing power coins. Including the depreciation and sale of the dormant cabin and the container, there are a total of 880 computing power coins, 40% of which belongs to Alex.
When Red and Green also returned to the starship, the Flowing Horse took off. The self-made bioman was very efficient and had already handled the inspection-free and free-entry procedures for the Flowing Horse. It was automatically allowed to enter the atmosphere of Beolo.
Free to fly - just obey the instructions of air traffic control.
Among all the local aircraft, the Flowing Horse is unique and has attracted a lot of people to watch. Some people also shouted to it through the public channel, reminding it not to fly around and to land at the star port as soon as possible. It sounds like the people on this planet are not bad.
, without an aggressive character. Of course, a starship is much better than the aircraft they use for daily commuting in all aspects, which may also be the reason why they remain polite.
Leaving the urban agglomerations in the southern hemisphere and flying over the red equatorial mountains, the Flowing Horse entered the northern hemisphere and was immediately surrounded by a lot of emptiness. Here, he must first leave the atmosphere, avoid the ecological isolation wall, and then find the correct "natural grid" before landing.
Alex took this opportunity to familiarize himself with the geography of Beolo, and it didn't take long for him to dock on the pig farm's cargo platform.
Chapter completed!