Chapter 88 Encounter on a narrow road
Trelon'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 the three hemispherical anti-gravity engines protruding at the bottom of the ship.
The rental car that Erics was riding could only park outside the Xinggang Pier. When he walked back to the Liuma, the super transport ship next to him had already started unloading the goods. From the side of the huge hull, hundreds of windows were opened on the bottom, and the magnetic rail binding lines that looked like rattan were hanging down. The goods that needed to be transported were loaded in the box or mounted on the hanging rings. If they were hooked on these magnetic rail binding lines, they could fall slowly.
Unloading is very simple, loading is also true. As long as the direction of the magnetic track is changed, these lines can send the goods to the starship. This scene in front of you reminds Erics of the ants that he saw when he was a child. Those moving goods in queues on the magnetic track bound lines are not like ants carrying food collaborating on a large scale?
"Ruma, open the cabin door." Erics patted outside the hull. After recognizing the voice and action signals, the cabin door on the side slowly opened for him. At this time, Amy's voice came from the loudspeaker in the cargo hold: "I'm at the observation deck, come here to find me!"
Amy was wearing a soft and comfortable thin dress, lying on the sofa, her eyes passing through the armored glass of the observation deck, and she could see the huge transport ship. When she saw Erics coming in, she still maintained a posture of stretching her long legs. "Did you see it? That transport ship is really annoying."
"The observation deck can rotate, and the sky on the other side is not blocked." Erics took the cup handed over by his sister and filled it with water again. "The air on Beaulo is good, and the sky and atmosphere here are not simulated. Can I stay and watch Liuma, do you want to go to the planet to relax?"
"When I see something outside, I can't help but look for the target of track strikes and constantly optimize the impact."
"Haha, this is OK? But as long as you are in a good mood, it's nothing to plan those things." Erics looked out according to his sister's gaze. Trelon's transport ship became more and more huge and shocking from this perspective. "Sister, what did you want to tell me in detail before?"
"Will you be influenced by me if you choose to be the captain of the starship?"
"It is influenced by you, but my own will is the decisive." Arix said: "Compound Evolution is a race born on the Starship, and the future is also on the Starship. I don't like to sit in the room and study language and emotional compression. Change my brain to see more and do more, so flying in the Starship is what I should do. I even thought that you have always chosen a career on the Starship, which may be the main reason why you come from behind and progress exceeds mine."
"Very good. Since you said you were not blindly learning from me, I have also observed you for a while, so as long as you meet another condition, I can support you with all my strength." Emmy raised her hand and pointed to Trelon's super transport ship, saying: "Try to tell me why I don't like that starship."
"Ah?" Erics looked out from the viewing window again. This time he wanted to abandon the words "spectacular, shock" and other words, and tried to think about the problem from the perspective of "not like it".
What do you don’t like? Whether it is a fighter or a Liuma, they are not in the same category as a super transport ship, and they will not conflict aesthetically. If the fighter is a tiger and a Liuma is a horse, then the super transport ship is like an elephant. Those hanging magnetic track binding lines are mostly like the hairs on the surface of a mammoth. This definitely doesn’t matter whether you like it or not. Will the elephant grab the grass of a horse?
Well? Perhaps there is a possibility in this regard. Erics sat on the ground, leaning against his sister's feet, tilting his head to keep staring. After a while, he asked, "I only see the cargo box up and down, where are the people? How many crew members are there in that ship?"
"Twenty." The sister replied, putting her hand on Erics' head and gently rubbing it. "That starship only requires twenty crew members, and the rest are automation machinery. Its take-off weight is 100 million tons. If it focuses on space environment transportation, it can carry 300 million tons of cargo for warp speed. Compared with it, the Liuma has no future at all."
"We don't compare with it, but twenty people are too few, right? I can't even be busy with inspection of goods. And more importantly, such a large spacecraft can only allow twenty people to enter space? If all of them cannot enter space, then where is the future development?"
"That's true, what I hate the most is this." Amy said: "The current development of compound evolution people cannot be separated from the full member entering the starship and the long-term accumulation of the zero-level world. If you want to maintain creativity and maintain the momentum of moving forward, then experience is essential. The combination of spiritual experience and computing power is the only correct way. The giant starship represents another direction: entering space to experience electronic devices, and in the future it will even be artificial intelligence. Yes, electronic devices and artificial intelligence robots have better adaptability than biological humans in space. They can work continuously, and artificial intelligence can even continue to evolve. But what about those biological humans? Stay on the planet, guarding their hometowns, and eventually become inferior... If you don't like this word, I can't use it."
“I always thought that compound evolution people banned AI because of the war that happened.”
Amy shook her head: "There is part of this reason, but more importantly, it is the question of who will make progress. Progress comes from demand, progress comes from feeling uncomfortable, and progress comes from threats. After the compound evolution people retreat to the extinction state, artificial intelligence will definitely come back. At that time, what is progressing is artificial intelligence."
This is the common view of compound evolutionary humans on artificial intelligence. Erics is not a staunch supporter of this idea. Judging from the existing historical data, it seems that there is no evidence to refute this view, but are biological humans and artificial intelligence necessarily one or the other? Erics is not the kind of person who holds fantasies, but he is not the person who ruled out a possibility in the future for no reason. Everything must start from the actual situation.
"Sister, as long as someone needs artificial intelligence, it will be created sooner or later. It has even been created and just kept hiding. But why do you suddenly talk about this today?"
"Because you choose to develop on the Starship road, you must do it well and estimate what may happen. The cargo efficiency of those supercarriers is tens of thousands of times that of the Liuma, and you can't compete at all. They not only transport goods, but also can ship cargo with cargo, release them at warp speed, cover all orders along the way, and take all the orders of all sizes. If the cargo starships are artificial intelligence or highly automated, they do not need life support systems and most environmental circulation systems. How do you make money to maintain the operation of the Liuma?"
"You asked me to buy weapons, it wasn't just to prepare for robbing such transport ships, right? Yes, you even found out how many crew members there were, and the rest were no problem."
"It's not that far. And it's impossible to sell so many things at once! The robbery that cannot be cashed out has failed from the beginning, and I won't make that kind of low-level mistake." Emmy waved her hand and said, "Actually, you should have a feeling from this time when you come to Beoluo. It will be very difficult to rely mainly on freight to maintain the starship."
"Yes. The cargo spacecraft either relies on the fixed routes that have been accumulated or must rely on organizations, such as trade alliances, to gain more channels. But neither of these are what I like." Arix pointed to the giant transport ship and said, "Now that with it joining the competition again, I have to change my mind."
Emmy nodded and said, "Among the captain, there can be no pressure in the form of a completely stress-free type. But if you want to advance to the compound evolution, you must put pressure on yourself and cannot relax at all. As long as you are still working hard, I will always support you."
"If I don't work hard, you will remind me. You won't leave me alone, right?" Erics patted the back of his sister's hand, then stood up, jumped on the spot for a few times, and said in high spirits: "Don't worry! I'm starting to work under pressure now!"
"Go and go." Amy waved her hand, and used her brother's way of playing to work, and continued to lie down and watch the scenery. However, this time she rotated the viewing platform, changed the angle, and began to appreciate the ever-changing white clouds in the blue sky.
Erics shrugged, walked through the corridor to the bridge, connected the Ryuma to the local network to see what job opportunities there were.
The technology of Beoluo itself has developed to the stage where it can communicate at a speed of light, so this is also the place where information about surrounding galaxies is summarized. When Erics brings the information packet, he immediately knows that a remote starship has arrived nearby, and the registration information of the Liuma will also be listed in the "Beoluo Starship Port Docking List".
Finding a job is two-way. Arix can choose according to the next destination, route, and job type, and local people will also choose according to the starship. The starship registration information will have evaluations on the starship. Currently, one passenger and one freight are all arrived in full, so the Liuma evaluation is pretty good, which gives Arix more room for choice.
"In the past, this evaluation system was also used to deliver food. Can't the Interstellar Age make progress?" Arix laughed when he saw the order "the goods arrived safely, basically praised". The goods arrived, but the people who delivered the goods were gone. The three Funa brothers were all easy to save money. In order to fill out the "passenger entry form" less or not to reveal their whereabouts, they registered the containers as freight, and did not mention that they had escorts.
As a result, the escort was gone.
"These trivial things seem troublesome, but they still have to be done!" Arix scratched his head and checked the jobs he could take. "I can only say sorry for those who are in a hurry to set out. I came to Beoluo to treat Xiaoxiao. Nothing is more important than waiting for it to recover. Well? This freight route is good, the price is excellent at distance, the time is appropriate, and it is completely..."
When Erics' hand moved to the button of intent consultation, the waybill suddenly disappeared. Then, the freight orders in the work bar began to disappear quickly, just like an invisible black hole sucking them all away.
"No, right? Is it starting to grab orders now? Is it so... shameless?"
According to general principles, better service capabilities, lower fees, greater carrying capacity, better safety, and better performance in all aspects of the party, of course, has an advantage in competing for resources. Arix knew that he could not compete for it and lost clearly, but he had to be angry about what he shouldn't be scolded, and he would also scold him by the way, and then continued to find a job for himself.
"Transport 800 green pigs... This order is 600 fry? Look at how big the fry is... Uh, why is it bigger than the pig! Ah, the remaining freight orders are all biologically transported live. There are few staff on the super transport ship, so I can't take care of it, so I can't transport it here either! However, the transportation distance of these 800 pigs is not far. If the order can be divided into multiple times, it may be an option."
Erics looked around and locked the order of the 800 strong pigs. He calculated it with the navigation star map. Each turnover was less than a day. As long as the loading and unloading speed was faster, he could come back before Xiaoxiao's treatment was completed.
Do you still need to discuss it with Amy? Well... Although this is just a simple small order, my sister is experienced in starships and it is difficult to leave her aside. Arix contacted Amy using the intercom on the ship and told her about her plan to transport the pigs.
"You don't need to ask me about this kind of thing. You are the captain, and you come to take the order! If the journey may have to pass through a dangerous star area, or be marked as a pirate's exit route, then ask me again. The pigs are transporting...the smell on the boat must be bad."
“Compound evolutionary human environmental circulation equipment is the best…”
"Tell them that you either take a good bath with no smell or add money! If you buy the best one, the cost will be higher!"
Learned! Will Amy's rapid promotion in the Starship Strike Force be related to her ability to be careful? Arix called the cargo owner's contact information and quickly found him. These 800 genetically modified pigs can perform photosynthesis, and the feed demand is extremely low, which is especially suitable for breeding in poor 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 sleep in special cages throughout the whole process and will not run around on the Starship.
Erics notified Mr. Jin and Boss Ming about her short-distance freight. The little fox should be still being treated and cannot contact us for the time being. The rest is red and green. She has successfully delivered the dormant compartment and received a reward of 792 computing power coins. In addition, she depreciated the dormant compartment and containers, and there are a total of 880 computing power coins, of which 40% belong to Erics.
When Hong and Green returned to the starship, the Liuma took off. The self-generated humans have good efficiency and have completed the procedures for the Liuma for exemption from inspection and free entry. It is automatically allowed to fly freely in the atmosphere of Beolog - as long as it obeys the command of air traffic management.
Among the local aircraft, the Liuma is unique and attracted a lot of waits and sees. Some people shouted to it through public channels, reminding it not to fly around and land at Starport quickly. It sounds like the people on this planet are pretty good and have no aggressive personality. Of course, a starship is much better than their daily commuter aircraft in every aspect, which may be the reason why they are polite.
Leaving the urban agglomeration in the southern hemisphere and leaping over the red equatorial mountains, the Liuma entered the northern hemisphere, and his side was immediately empty. Here, he had to leave the atmosphere first, avoid the ecological isolation wall, and then find the correct "natural square" before landing. Arix took this opportunity to familiarize himself with the geography of Beolog, and it didn't take long to dock on the freight platform of the pig farm.
His first 110 passengers were arching their noses and waving their tails, waiting to enter space.
Chapter completed!