I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 581 - 479: Passive Involvement

The arrival of the security team established a safety barrier for Chen Xin. Although it was unlikely for Chen Xin to encounter danger within the base, after Ye Yu and the others conducted a thorough investigation, they still found some security risks in the base.

Some of these risks were merely security vulnerabilities that staff members had overlooked, which were easily fixed. However, some were due to Lucia’s interest in Flame Country’s technology.

Regarding this matter, based on Ye Yu’s suggestion, Chen Xin did not make a big fuss about it; instead, all the security risks were identified and patched.

As for how this matter was handled, after gathering evidence, it was reported to the relevant national departments for them to handle.

Although this incident had a certain impact on the relations between the two countries, since both Flame Country and Lucia wished to maintain the current cooperation model, the matter was overturned after Lucia took the initiative to appease.

However, although this incident was put behind, the Lucia’s espionage on Flame Country’s Energy Tower technology did not cease.

The core of the three Energy Towers, Lucia allocated two of them to two other major cities domestically, while the remaining one was given to the Seed Bank.

Building three Energy Towers simultaneously tripled the demand for engineering technicians.

Under the excuse of insufficient technicians, Lucia’s authorities once again requested technical assistance from Chen Xin.

This time, faced with Lucia’s request, Chen Xin found it difficult to refuse.

Private requests for help could be refused by citing lack of official approval and non-compliance with procedural norms, but such requests made on official grounds, which were fully compliant with norms, could only be delayed without a straightforward refusal.

While dragging on was a tactic, Chen Xin was not inclined to do such a thing. After all, building the Energy Towers indeed concerned the survival of many people.

Earlier, Chen Xin learned that although Lucia built a large number of underground shelters during the Suyia era, preserving a significant population during the meteorite impact, the severe cold that followed dealt Lucia a heavy blow.

Lucia’s winters were already extremely cold, but now they had exceeded human tolerable limits.

Even with deeply buried bunkers and shelters, Lucia struggled to resist the cold invasion. After all, these bunkers and shelters were originally constructed to withstand nuclear wars, without considering extreme conditions like temperatures of minus one hundred degrees.

Despite Lucia’s government implementing a considerable amount of cold-proof measures at the onset of the disaster, it was still difficult to withstand temperatures of minus one hundred degrees. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

During the first winter post-meteorite impact, Lucia almost lost 30% of its population, mainly the elderly, weak, and impoverished, due to inadequate heating measures and inability to resist the low temperatures, resulting in death and frost injuries.

Actually, this scenario was similar for Flame Country. During that storm, if not for Chen Xin providing Isotope Batteries and Energy Towers solving the heating issue, many in Flame Country would have similarly died from the cold and disease.

Therefore, while Chen Xin couldn’t give the Energy Tower technology to Lucia, he continued to proactively aid them in building new Energy Towers.

However, that being said, the shortage of technicians was indeed a severe issue.

The engineering team previously sent by Flame Country could handle the construction of one Energy Tower. Together with Lucia’s engineering team, barely enough manpower to support the construction of two Energy Towers, albeit with slower efficiency and progress.

Yet, there was still one Energy Tower for which there were truly insufficient technicians.

"So, Lucia set a trap for us to fall into?" complained the thin monkey, discontented with the situation.

"Even knowing it’s a trap, we have no choice but to get involved." Chen Xin shook his head.

He could see that Lucia had come prepared, aiming to involve him in the Energy Tower construction work to possibly extract critical technology from him, but such blatant strategy left him with no choice but to respond.

At this point, Ye Yu suddenly asked, "Does Chen need to personally go? Can’t we deploy new technicians from home or send someone else?"

"Right now, we can’t spare personnel from home. The reconstruction work in the Southwest Region is consuming a massive amount of the nation’s resources; technicians are working to their limits, and the previous team was barely assembled; there is no spare manpower." Chen Xin felt somewhat helpless about this but still explained to Ye Yu: "As for sending others..."

At this point, Chen Xin made a gesture of spreading his hands: "The construction technology of the Energy Tower is somewhat complex. Currently, apart from domestic personnel and the team dispatched to Lucia, only I understand the complete set of relevant technology, and I am the inventor of the Energy Tower, which makes me the most suitable for this task."

"So this trap is unavoidable?" Ye Yu also felt a bit frustrated. As security personnel, their principle was to avoid all potential dangers to the target, but now facing such a scenario where everyone knows it’s a trap yet has to walk into it, it’s quite vexing.

Though the other party seeks the technology and won’t harm Chen Xin physically, as GA, their existence serves to prevent such occurrences from happening, and they cannot allow such things.

Moreover, proactively stepping into this situation puts them at a passive position, which seriously affects the progress of security work.

Chen Xin was relatively optimistic about this and said to Ye Yu, "Since their goal is the core manufacturing technology of the Energy Tower, knowing their aim, blocking their attempts should be achievable for you, right?"

This statement was somewhat of a challenge, but since Ye Yu and their work were dedicated to this, even knowing Chen Xin was provoking them, Ye Yu could only nod in agreement.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Chen. Knowing their purpose, we will certainly ensure your safety and prevent the leakage of technical information!" Ye Yu solemnly promised Chen Xin, then, with concern, asked: "In the construction of the Energy Tower, which aspects might reveal relevant technology, and can you prevent Lucia personnel from accessing key technologies during the construction process?"

"Currently, the Energy Tower core provided to Lucia is encapsulated domestically, rendering the entire core unbreakable. In theory, they’re unable to access key technology, but if any issues occur during construction, I can’t guarantee it." Chen Xin had certainly considered this issue.

Encapsulating the core creates a technological black box, indeed blocking Lucia’s espionage, yet no one can assure that Lucia won’t employ other methods.