Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 237 - 113: Dual Source Technology, Extraordinary Tech Tree! (Part 2)
On one hand, the Extraordinary Mother Source itself is a disaster-level existence. Ordinary Shelter Cities, let alone researching it, might face complete destruction upon encountering it. They are not even qualified to conduct research.
On the other hand, if the Source Attraction technology spreads and a desperate mad Shelter City uses living people to cultivate an infection source to obtain the Mother Source, it will not lead to technological advancement but to the end of civilization.
But on the vast Blue Star, out of thousands of Shelter Cities, only two are able to apply this technology? 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
This gap is too exaggerated.
Moreover, as time goes on, the gap between these two Shelter Cities and others will only continue to widen.
"What about Source Rail technology?"
"That can be shared, but everyone has different research directions. The same source can develop different rails, each with different uses, and it’s hard to price each Source Rail technology."
Li Changfeng spoke very tactfully, but Cheng Ye understood the implication.
Advanced Source Rail technology is highly valuable and cannot be exchanged. Low-level technologies can be researched by everyone, and it’s hard to unify their trading value.
After speaking, he pointed to the large brick hanging on Cheng Ye’s waist, "Doesn’t your Happiness City’s Defense Communication use Source Rail technology?"
"This?"
Cheng Ye was a bit confused.
It’s an understatement to say, but at this moment he truly felt what it means to be a country bumpkin entering the city.
However, the awkwardness quickly passed, instead arousing even stronger curiosity, "I mainly deal with construction and inspections, I really don’t understand this stuff. I just use it, never thought about how it works or what it operates on, let alone heard of these technological terms."
It’s likely not just him; few people at the inspection station likely ponder these things.
This is research-oriented and is researched by talents in the Industrial Zone and Inner City.
The Inspection Station is business-oriented, and Inspectors deal with Infected Bodies outside every day, researching how to catch smuggling, conduct interrogations, and navigate the Wasteland.
Making a bunch of rough fellows study technical manuals and understand technical principles is really too much to ask.
"That’s normal, I also know how to use it, but don’t know how it works exactly."
Li Changfeng laughed, "In the old era, these communication tools all needed ’chips’ to process data, and manufacturing chips was a big challenge. It was your Happiness City that first used Source Rail technology to bypass this challenge and went into mass production."
"In the early years, not to mention other Shelter Cities, even our Firewood had to procure from you. But over the years, everyone has slowly researched their way, found their own alternatives, and the demand has slowed down."
Chips were actually made using Source Rail technology?
And Happiness City has the capability for independent manufacturing?
Even Firewood had to import from Happiness City?
The continuous high-value information completely invigorated Cheng Ye’s thoughts, sweeping away all fatigue.
This was the first time he heard an outsider’s assessment of Happiness City’s technology, and it was unexpectedly mind-blowing.
Suddenly, Cheng Ye realized that he might have underestimated Happiness City before.
Previously, he thought the processor chips and various consumables inside the Defense Communication were all purchased from other Shelter Cities.
Little did he expect that his family was once a provider of technology output?
Happiness City’s ancestors were once this prosperous!
"Inspector Cheng, I’ve already activated the permissions for you. You just need to touch the earpiece to use it, very simple," Li Changfeng indicated.
Cheng Ye obediently raised his hand and lightly touched the side of his ear, and the headband immediately began to rotate softly. The single-sided glasses accurately fell in front of his right eye.
The next second, the entire world suddenly brightened, as if stepping from midnight into noon, causing him to squint instinctively.
As his gaze swept past the Fog Cave, lines of light blue text automatically hovered on the edge of his vision:
[Void Mist (Special Mobile Extraordinary Curse)]
[First Appearance: New Era Year 35, April 7, 16:23, 84 degrees south of Sand Province ’Xiangmeng’ Shelter City, Big World Coordinates 2315.31. Duration at appearance 1.15 hours, covering 23 square kilometers, with no abnormal effects]
[First Outbreak: New Era Year 35, May 5, 08:15, 19 degrees north of Sand Province ’Sky Heart’ Super Shelter City, Coordinates 2877.112. Duration 2.3 hours, covering 300 square kilometers, accompanied by over a hundred Fog Caves, triggered a small mutant beast tide, connecting multiple Shelter Cities and gathering places]
[First Large-scale Casualties: New Era Year 35, May 17, 16:00. Coverage extended to nearly 3,000 square kilometers with rainy weather. Post-investigation: 3 medium-sized gathering places of a thousand people disappeared (suspected to be destroyed by Mother Source Infected Body traversing the Fog Cave), 12 small gathering places of a hundred people disappeared (suspected attacked by Snow Province No. 39 infection wave)]
[Second Outbreak: New Era Year 35, May 21...]
[...]
The pop-up information did not directly explain the essence of the Fog Cave, but was like a chronicle, stepping from the first appearance to the first outbreak, to the first large-scale casualties.
Step by step it outlined the full picture of the Void Mist, allowing one to perceive the threat from events.
Cheng Ye read line by line, sometimes frowning tightly, sometimes smoothing his brows.
As the strongest Shelter City in the Wasteland, the amount of information collected by Firewood could be described as terrifying.
Or, when all Shelter Cities encounter similar situations, they immediately compile the data here, hoping for support.
Since May 5, the frequency and scale of Void Mist outbreaks have been steadily rising, reaching a peak in mid-June, with a single maximum coverage area reaching 40,000 square kilometers.
Yet it suddenly disappeared at the end of June, just when everyone thought the disaster had ended.
On July 20, New Era Year 35, at 13:15, it appeared in Stone Province and covered an unprecedented area of 220,000 square kilometers.
