Chapter 1282 Three difficult choices, the future and the present!
"Something's wrong, something's very wrong!"
"This disaster has only ended for half a month, so why is the next disaster coming again!"
The sudden reminder on the game panel was like a bucket of cold water being poured over his head, completely interrupting Sumo's interest in continuing to watch the first voyage.
Perhaps because the recent disasters have not had much impact, and the Wanjie competition has delayed many disasters, players' perception of the threat of natural disasters has become weaker and weaker.
However, in the previous game processes, natural disasters have been a heavy topic from beginning to end, and the frequency of their occurrence has been stable at about half a month.
That is, after each disaster ends, a new round of 15 days will start.
After the 15-day trimming period ends, the next 7 days will be the announcement period for the next disaster.
Once the announcement period ends, the next round of disaster process will begin immediately.
Such an exaggerated frequency of disasters means that in 365 days of a year, players need to face at least 10-14 natural disaster tests on average.
But if we go by the current frequency of wasteland disasters, they will only be 6-8 times a year at most, which is a full reduction by half.
"The recovery of disaster frequency happens to be stuck in the stage of spring plowing and trade and navigation, which is really unlucky."
"It would be great if I could come half a month later!"
Get on the return train.
Soma swung his arms, reached for the purse-shaped storage module at his waist, and took out the palm-sized World Cauldron.
Indeed, the world is like a cauldron and all living beings are like firewood!
The current situation seems to be calm, but a disaster with widespread impact may destroy everything.
With a heavy heart, Somo touched the top of the cauldron, and his eyes suddenly began to shift.
The originally clear world in my vision quickly lost its color like an old silent movie. All the scenes melted and faded before my eyes, eventually turning into a bottomless darkness.
For a moment, this darkness seemed to swallow up all the light and hope, turning them into nothingness.
Only a few weak fires in the center burned tenaciously, like ancient stars, bringing a glimmer of life to this chaotic darkness.
The blurry and dizzy feeling gradually subsided as the consciousness was transferred, and Somo's vision became clear again.
It's still the familiar boundless dark space, and it's still the extremely familiar huge sand table in the center.
Somo suppressed the anxiety in his heart and tried to calm down some of his uneasiness. He walked to the sand table and wiped it with his hands.
A layer of light curtain immediately appeared on the sand table, and the 'disaster authority' function on it no longer looked black and gray after being used before. It now became shiny and shiny, and at the same time, there was an additional (1) logo in the upper right corner.
Concentrate your mind and click gently.
The familiar disaster selection box pops up, showing three disasters to choose from in the new issue.
[Disaster code name]: Three cold days in spring (set disaster)
[Disaster Difficulty]: Green (white, green, blue, red, crimson, purple, black)
[Attribution]: Astronomical type; Time type
【Disaster time】:15 days
[Disaster description]: When spring approaches, everything recovers, and life is rejuvenated, a special celestial disaster will quickly drop the temperature to the low temperature range and return to the cold winter level.
【Disaster Details】:
One cycle every five days, with the temperature dropped by 15°C each time.
The cooling will be superimposed, that is, the current temperature is 18℃, the first cooling to 3℃ (maintained for 5 days), the second cooling to -12℃ (maintained for 5 days), the third cooling to -27℃ (maintained for 5 days)
sky).
[Disaster code]: Bulimia (alternative disaster)
[Disaster Difficulty]: Green
[Attribution]: special type; time type; neutral type
【Disaster time】:30 days
[Description of Disaster]: A mysterious monsoon will blow across the New World, bringing continuous changes to the organisms it comes into contact with. The digestion capacity of the affected organisms will increase several times in a short period of time, and their metabolism will also increase several times.
level.
【Disaster Details】:
Every 10 days, biological digestion capacity doubles.
[Disaster Description]: A special magnetophoretic storm will sweep across the entire wasteland in a short period of time, causing large-scale interference effects. In particular, equipment driven by electronic signals will be directly impacted and damaged.
【Disaster Details】:
Destructive strength: E≥75
Destruction frequency: 1 time
Gan!
Sumo really hoped that he could have a big heart and at least be able to remain calm enough in the face of this damn three-choice disaster.
But the fact is that from beginning to end, he couldn't calm down at all.
This time, the three choices are not the same as the last punishment disaster. There will be a disaster that does not have such a serious impact on mankind.
No matter which one you choose now, the impact will be fatal enough.
The first is the established disaster "three cold springs".
When he saw the name of this thing, Sumo was so disgusted that he couldn't help but curse out.
What the heck, it's targeted, right?
Right now is the hottest stage of spring plowing, and more than 90% of the territories have already opened up cultivated land and planted seeds.
If the temperature suddenly dropped to minus 27 degrees, I can't imagine what kind of horrific harm it would cause.
Perhaps most of the seeds were frozen to death in the soil and could not germinate.
"Spring plowing failed, but the autumn harvest will be harvested with a hammer."
"Without enough food supplies, we don't know how many people will die in the winter."
The seeds planted now are the food that the survivors saved from their mouths.
If there is a disaster, all efforts will be in vain.
Under the huge blow, the New World is bound to set off a wave of war to reduce the huge material pressure.
Next, one of the alternative disasters is bulimia, which happens to be the opposite of the three-year-old spring cold.
If the "three cold springs" are a severe test for the future reserves of the major territorial material stores, then "bulimia" is a direct challenge to the current material reserves.
The several times improvement in digestion capacity and metabolism is undoubtedly a double-edged sword.
If all the territories had abundant supplies, Soma would definitely choose this option without hesitation.
Because in this case, the enhanced digestion and metabolism capabilities will allow the survivors to consume and replenish energy faster, thereby quickly making up for the physical deficit during the time traveling to the new world.
However, the reality is often cruel. Today's material reserves obviously cannot support the doubling of the survivors' food intake.
Especially when digestive capacity doubles, human demand for food is not a simple linear increase in multiples.
When the digestive and metabolic capacity doubles, food demand will increase to about 7 times.
But when it doubles again, this number will immediately increase to a terrifying 15 times!
As for three times, there is no exact data to support it, but the consumption will never be less than 12 times.
Just imagine, an adult's daily rice consumption originally required about 300g, but now it has directly increased to a minimum of 6kg.
For a super territory with a population of over 10 million or nearly 100 million, this is simply an unimaginable devastating blow.
What's more, even if there are so many supplies, just transporting them to everyone's hands is a big problem that cannot be solved at present.
As for the third item, Magnetophoresis Storm, I just took one look at Somo and eliminated it from the selection.
Even if you ignore the fact that the first two disasters are both green, Magnetophoretic Storm is a blue difficulty.
What is the concept of E≥75?
This thing is basically equivalent to the electromagnetic pulse caused by a two-million-yield nuclear bomb detonating near the earth.
As for the various types of equipment in major territories that do not consider shielding protection at all, I am afraid that they will all be burned down as soon as the magnetophoretic storm breaks out.
Choose to sacrifice all the development of super territories and large territories in the past six months to benefit other small and medium-sized territories in the wasteland?
Sumo thought that he could not make such a mindless choice.
If the alien race takes advantage of this moment to launch an attack, the threat it poses may be much greater than the first two disasters.
And you must know that this disaster is just an ordinary and routine disaster.
If we avoid it just for the sake of avoiding it, the pace of human development will remain in the same place or even go backwards.
So when the next big disaster comes, Sumo really can't imagine what the result will be.
"I was talking to Mr. Qiao this morning about sacrificing the interests of a group of people to preserve the interests of the majority."
“I didn’t expect that at noon, the game would force me to make a choice.”
Su Mo sighed secretly, his eyes wandering back and forth between the three-year-old spring cold and bulimia.
It's indeed a difficult decision to make.
Reason forced Somo to choose bulimia in order to preserve the layout of mankind for nearly a year.
Even if it causes a period of chaos in a short period of time, even if many people go to extremes in the process.
As long as we can survive until the autumn harvest, all problems will be solved.
But reality forced Sumo to be unable to make such a decision and to bet on the specific harm of the disaster.
"Twenty-seven degrees below zero, five days"
Somo thought secretly.
The disaster is forecast for seven days, and there are still ten days until the temperature drops to minus 27 degrees.
If humans can prepare in advance, the harm may not be as deadly as imagined.
Of course, this is only relative.
It's close to 30 degrees below zero. Even if you think about it with your buttocks, you know how serious the impact will be.
"Damn, it would be great if there were not 10,000, but preferably 100,000 starch making machines!"
Compared with complex modular technology, the starch making machine is not a black technology product.
With the few units brought by the Red Spider Caravan as a reference, the territory's internal technology has even been completely analyzed.
However, knowing the technology is one thing, being able to copy it is another.
The most important layer of dialysis in the starch machine has almost touched the pinnacle of Blue Star's manufacturing industry.
Cutting-edge industries are often so simple and unpretentious. Without a solid foundation, people can only be disappointed.
And this is also the reason why the three major forces of colleges, foundations, and enterprises have never added technical blockades to starch manufacturing machines.
They have full self-confidence. If a large-scale powerful industry really achieves a breakthrough and can solve the crucial dialysis membrane, then this power will largely disdain to produce such gadgets to make money.
After all, the calendar life of a starch machine can reach about forty years. With good maintenance, it will not be a problem for it to last a century.
Even if a breakthrough technology is achieved, how can there be so many markets for you to recoup the R&D costs?
Shaking his head to clear these random thoughts, Somo chose to distract himself and stared at the endless black space slowly fading away.
There are still about 11 hours until the end of the selection disaster, so there is no rush.
Taking advantage of this time, he needed to ask two questions clearly as soon as possible.
First, find experts in territorial agriculture to confirm how serious the damage caused by low temperature is to spring plowing.
If the damage caused by minus 27 degrees Celsius will reduce the autumn harvest yield to an unacceptable level.
Then we must carefully consider whether to replace the disaster and preserve the hope of the autumn harvest.
Second, find the college's biological expert Catalina to conduct research and evaluate the specific effect of tripling the metabolic rate as quickly as possible.
Then communicate with the three super territories through the secret language of the world channel.
If the materials in the three major territories can support the effects of bulimia, then replacing the disaster is undoubtedly the best choice.
But if the gap is huge, this item must be eliminated.
Otherwise, if these tall men fall down, the chain reaction will inevitably plunge the New World into complete chaos.
"Tighten up your schedule, I need to know the answer within six hours!"
Through the remote communicator on the car, the tasks were distributed smoothly.
Without letting Sumo wait any longer, about three hours later, the news came from Catalina first.
"Double metabolism is about 47 times resource consumption."
In the illusory light screen projected by Zero, Catalina was wearing a black sweatshirt with a bear pattern, and her hair was permed into a rather fashionable wave with steel clips.
Although due to the influence of the local delicacies, I have gained more than two pounds.
But in terms of mental state, it is much better than when I first saw Somo, and his whole person is completely rejuvenated!
"The reason why the number is lower than the normal number is that you people are simply too weird. Your original metabolic capacity has reached a very exaggerated level, and the material consumption is almost three times that of us Blue Star people. In this case, the metabolism
Even if the capacity is doubled, the demand will not increase much."
"However, it should be noted that once the metabolic capacity is doubled, this number will have an exaggerated increase, probably increasing to about 53 times. Doubling it again, the result calculated based on the data model is 18 times!"
It turned out to be much less than originally expected.
But at that time, Sumo did not expect that human metabolic capacity had increased due to the influence of routes.
According to the current demand for 750g of rice per capita, three times the material consumption is 8kg.
Grass
This is such a waste!
A person eats nearly seven kilograms a day, which is at least thirty-five kilograms in five days.
Calculated based on the size of the Northern Alliance's 30 million people, this means
One million tons!
After eating so much in five days, anyone who sees this number will probably call it outrageous.
