Chapter 717 Explosion! Sacrifice! Rage!

It's as vast as Feng Xu riding the wind, but he doesn't know where it stops.

Floating as if left behind in the world, becoming an immortal!

Thousand meters high building, the sun and moon are close to each other.

The clouds are floating and falling, accompanying the whole body.

The first time he simulated the thousand layers, Hou Congwen on the side fell into a sluggish state.

And standing next to him, as the simulator, Sumo's eyes suddenly brightened!

"It's stronger. The computing power of virtual reality is indeed stronger!"

Eight years have passed, and the underlying architecture of virtual reality has basically not changed, and it still maintains its original logical operation.

But based on the concept of making big bricks fly.

After adding an unknown number of servers, the computing power of virtual reality is more than ten times or a hundred times better than eight years ago.

Now, when looking at a thousand-meter distance, objects on the ground are still clearly visible even though they have shrunk dozens of times.

Looking around, countless light golden clouds are moving forward with the air flow, making it look like a fairyland.

Every detail, every texture, every detail is revealed.

Every physical structure, every force is analyzed, and the wires are in compliance with regulations.

"The skyscraper tower has 1,098 floors and a tower height of 1,199 meters. Because it is formed in one piece, it weighs about 1,800 tons!"

"Three hundred times the load, that is 540,000 tons."

Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and the concepts of half a million tons and five tons are completely different.

After all, the higher the number of floors in the tower, the greater the weight of the load, and the more factors need to be considered.

But it's a pity that the 540,000-ton tower, whose entire alloy structure was integrated into one piece, didn't move at all, as if it didn't feel any pressure at all.

"It seems that there can be at least five hundred times more," Su Mo thought to himself, and he suddenly felt confident.

In fact, the current Pillars of Creation can only be regarded as an extremely weakened version.

Of the three pillars used for stability, during the renovation process, Soma only left one main pillar as the cornerstone, and directly deleted the other two.

But even so, the results obtained far exceed the upper limit that many ordinary researchers can achieve in their lifetime.

But before Su Mo could try again, Hou Congwen came out of his sluggish state and touched his head with a wry smile.

"Forget it, Su. Brother Zong, you should reduce the number of floors in the tower first. If you go higher, I'm afraid I will have to give you all my expenses for this month!"

"Let's try it at a lower level and it won't affect the effect."

Although the computing power of virtual reality has greatly improved compared to before, it can be allocated to each researcher, but it is extremely limited.

Of course, if you usually only use it to study some small objects, or small structures, or even simulate a living environment, the allocated share is definitely more than enough.

But if it is used to simulate such a large-scale scene, it only takes a few minutes, and the cost is huge.

For example, right now, a three-minute simulation can use up half of an average researcher's monthly share.

"I see, everyone's share is still limited." Sumo understood, and quickly followed Hou Congwen's prompts and changed the number of floors of the tower all the way back to about 20 meters.

In the past, when he was using it alone, he naturally didn't care about any consumption. Anyway, if the energy was gone, he would just find a way to find it.

But now that there are more people, the Academy of Sciences allocates computing power in this way, which is extremely reasonable and can ensure that resources will not be wasted randomly.

"Continue testing, four hundred times!"

After everything was settled, Sumo and Hou Congwen went down to the ground to start testing the scaled-down version of the tower.

It is still the familiar iron plate and the familiar pressure method.

After the material was changed to an alloy structure, even if it was increased four hundred times, not to mention the alloy outside the tower, even the long column in the middle was extremely stable, with no sign of being unable to hold up.

"Brother You Zong, this structure is really amazing. The limit record of the tower structure in my construction courtyard is 680 times. At 400 times, the structure is not as stable as yours. I don't think you can break this record today!"

Hou Congwen introduced him, with a hint of envy on his face.

It took him eight years to go from being an ignorant guy to a researcher with rich theoretical and practical knowledge, and then from a junior researcher to an intermediate researcher.

Among them, the effort and sweat he put in were ten times or a hundred times that of others.

But now, I found that Sumo only needed to submit the building structure to the Academy of Sciences, and he would immediately obtain at least the status of an intermediate researcher.

"Try it and see if you can do it five hundred times!"

"Okay!" Sumo clapped his hands, and the iron plates on the tower automatically began to increase in weight, increasing five hundred times.

It was a sure thing, so he didn't worry too much.

But when the sound of the 500-fold aggravation completed sounded, I couldn't help but show a hint of joy.

Five hundred times, the weakened version of the Pillars of Creation is still as stable as an old dog.

This is enough to show how terrifying the Sun-Sun War Armor loaded with this structure will be after it is formed.

"The record is 680 times, so I'll just increase it to 700 times and try!"

"Look at the limit of this single column!"

In other places, Somo might choose to hide his clumsiness and try not to show off his sharp edge.

But in the Academy of Sciences, in this cradle of talents founded by myself.

Soma only knew one thing.

Salary will only be linked to performance.

The stronger you are, the easier it is to gain the respect of others!

Boom!

With a single wave of his hand, he leaped two hundred times at once. The iron plates responsible for weighting also suddenly reached the physical expansion limit and began to increase in number.

And with the second layer of iron plates slamming down on the first layer.

In the void, there was a pale yellow list with golden light falling from the sky and slamming hard on the ground.

White crane paper, golden patterned words.

The list densely recorded hundreds of different names from top to bottom, as well as the records kept behind.

With just a glance, Su Mo found dozens of familiar names and shocking limit values.

"The Conferred God List, the record of the tower structure has been broken!"

Ripples flowed on the list.

With Hou Congwen's suppressed exclamation, the tower structure record at the 107th item finally changed.

The original record of 680 times gradually disappeared, and was replaced by a new record of 700 times.

And because he was in Hou Congwen's research room, the name of the recorder of the list naturally became his name.

"Researcher Hou, congratulations, I didn't expect that you would break the record of 700 times"

"Damn, Hou Congwen, you broke the record of 700 times without any notice?"

"What the hell, your broken structure was only 420 times last time, how come it almost doubled this time?"

"Let me see, what kind of structure is so awesome!"

The voice came before the person arrived.

The list appeared, and all the bells and drums in the virtual reality rang.

Almost instantly, all the researchers who were still in the virtual reality received a unified reminder.

Now, they found that it was Hou Congwen who broke the record without any notice.

These people could not sit still and began to apply for permission to enter the investigation.

"Oh, I got the limelight first, Brother You, I'm so sorry!"

Being complimented, questioned, congratulated, and urged by dozens of voices.

This was the first time that Hou Congwen experienced such a scene. Although he was still a little shy, his face was full of happy smiles, and he enjoyed it very much.

"Brother You, how about I notify the dean first and let him investigate before we release it?"

"That's great!"

Seven hundred times is still not the limit of a single-column structure.

However, at this time, having just broken the record of the entire Architecture Institute, Su Mo was not in a hurry to continue to break through. He only planned to wait for the dean of the Architecture Institute to arrive before trying again.

"Okay, the dean may be busy, no hurry, no hurry, let's have tea first!"

After a few words, the message was edited and sent across the air.

Hou Congwen waved his hand to call out the pavilion, and the two sat opposite each other again.

But this time, there was no contempt in Hou Congwen's eyes, and Su Mo's heart was no longer anxious.

"Brother Hou, can you introduce me to the current situation of the Academy of Sciences first?"

"Of course, Brother You will be able to join the Academy of Sciences soon, and it is not against the rules for me to tell you these things in advance"

Hearing Su Mo's request, Hou Congwen readily agreed without thinking.

The reason why he isolated other people from coming to investigate immediately was not as simple as he said.

In essence, it is still facing a person who is very likely to rise to the level of senior researcher or even dean in the future.

As the chief examiner and the recommender, Hou Congwen values ​​this relationship more than others.

"Our Academy of Sciences currently has eight different departments, namely the Academy of Physics, the Academy of Chemistry, the Academy of Architecture, the Academy of Mechanical Engineering, the Academy of Ordnance, the Academy of Science and Technology, the Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Academy of Mathematics"

"Among them, the Academy of Physics is the first and the Academy of Sciences is the last. Our Academy of Architecture is currently ranked third, only after Physics and Ordnance"

Speaking of the third, Hou Congwen's face was proud.

"Brother Youzong, don't underestimate the problems raised by our Academy of Architecture. In fact, as long as these things can be converted into civilian use, it can completely change the current disaster-surviving trend of our human beings"

"Take your tower structure as an example. If we can build such a high tower structure underground, it can completely withstand some disasters that cannot penetrate the soil and preserve the human fire from beginning to end!"

"Oh? Build it underground?" Su Mo's face was straight, asking for advice.

In fact, when Su Mo observed the questions on the science and technology monument yesterday, he found out.

Of all the newly released questions, more than seven out of ten are about how humans survive underground.

Such intensive questions, although they cannot explain too much, can already reveal some information.

At this time, combined with what Hou Congwen said, he immediately found a clue.

"Yes, Brother You must have discovered that the disasters in the past two years have become more and more violent. According to our calculations, if this trend continues, sooner or later humans will have to move underground, so as to save the lives of most people"

"Of course, maybe we are worrying too much, but no one knows whether the next disaster will be"

At this point, Hou Congwen paused and gradually stopped.

Eight years have passed, and the number of humans has long been reduced by dozens of times from the initial 8 billion.

Today, according to summary statistics, the number of humans who exist only in the New World is only about the last 200 million adults, which is only twice the total population of Henan Province in China in the Earth era.

And this is not the most worrying point for humans.

Because of the uncertainty and frequency of disasters, only the truly large territories have the ability to ensure the safety and nutrition of newborn babies.

In most ordinary territories, even if infants are born, only about one in five hundred can successfully survive.

Eight years have passed until now.

The number of human beings has negatively increased by dozens of times, and has skyrocketed by hundreds of times, but the positive growth has not been able to break through the number of one million.

If this attitude continues, the civilization will be broken sooner or later.

"Brother Youzong, don't worry too much. At present, the disaster is still in the basic astronomical aspects and has not touched the real level of destruction."

"Although the last low temperature reached a terrifying minus ninety degrees, we now have a train that can reach the entire New World. The poor can only take care of themselves, and the rich can benefit the world. It shouldn't be a problem to hold on for a few more years."

"Besides, as long as we can withstand the pressure during this time and completely break through and research the fourth time"

Seeing Su Mo fall into deep thought, Hou Congwen misunderstood and began to comfort him quietly.

Unfortunately, before he finished all his words, he didn't have time to say what the fourth technological explosion was.

The two of them suddenly went dark in front of them.

The lake, the pavilion, the open space, all disappeared.

In their place was a simple room of only ten square meters.

"Hey, why is there a power outage?"

"There is an emergency power supply in the academy. Even if it can't bear the virtual realm, it can afford the lighting, right?"

In the dark room without windows, the blue emergency light above the head has been lit.

Hou Congwen stood up, smiled awkwardly at first, and then walked out with a hint of anger.

Research work cannot tolerate the slightest carelessness.

A power outage may make the inspiration that a researcher may have born vanish.

When there is no disaster, this kind of mistake is simply outrageous!

"The logistics department is getting worse and worse. I told the dean a long time ago not to let the Chen family get involved. They can't even clean up the mess they made, and they want to get involved in the Academy of Sciences. Really"

"I want to see what excuses you have today"

Clearing his throat, Hou Congwen cursed in a low voice and walked out with his back straight.

Although he was not the one who broke the record, the name on the list was still "Hou Congwen".

With this residual power.

Before Hou Congwen even walked to the door, he had planned all the words in his mind to deal with the logistics department that he had always been unhappy with.

This time, nothing else can be said.

It is necessary to join forces with other researchers to remove the cancer of the Chen family from the Academy of Sciences, so as to create a healthy scientific research environment.

Otherwise, these pests will stay in there, and sooner or later the previous "disaster" will happen again.

"Administrative Office, connect me to logistics!"

Picking up the emergency phone at the door, Hou Congwen dialed the number and said.

But strangely, the management office downstairs, which would answer immediately in the past, was silent today, just like a sudden power outage.

There was no way, so he called three times in a row to confirm that the management office had stopped working.

Hou Congwen could only use the dim light to open the mechanical lock of the explosion-proof glass door with great effort, and pushed a small gap to get out.

"Qiu Hong, what's going on? Are the logistics department idiots? How could they cut off the power in broad daylight?"

"Find me a phone that can be connected. I want to greet the Chen family's parasites. Are they..."

After taking two steps, Hou Congwen ran into Qiu Hong who was rushing over. He started to curse.

But unfortunately, before he could finish his words, Qiu Hong, who was usually very well-behaved, was very abnormal today.

He suddenly raised his hand and covered Hou Congwen's mouth directly. He pushed Hou Congwen forward secretly and pressed him against the side wall of the glass spiral. He was extremely rough!

"Qiu, let go"

One ran errands and did odd jobs every day, and had a lot of strength.

The other sat in the research room all day, and was weak.

Being held down by Qiu Hong, Hou Congwen couldn't help struggling a few times, but still couldn't get out in the first time.

"Teacher Hou, don't talk, look behind you."

Pressing the hand on Hou Congwen's mouth harder, Qiu Hong lowered his voice and whispered in his ear.

"What behind?"

Hearing the whisper clearly, Hou Congwen was not stupid, and instantly realized that things might not be as simple as he thought.

But unfortunately, before he turned his head and looked back.

Boom!

A violent roar suddenly sounded, almost bursting his eardrum.

At the same time, a red-hot iron seemed to fly over his head, leaving a clear burning sensation.

"Kill, kill!"

"Gun, who dares to shoot in the Academy of Sciences!"

The previous second, Qiu Hong's whisper seemed to still echo in his ears.

The next second, the exploded head was like a watermelon knocked open by a hammer, spilling all over the ground.

The blood sprayed out covered his face, and Hou Congwen fell to the ground like a madman, shaking all over like Parkinson's.

Familiar voice, familiar feeling, he was not unfamiliar.

In virtual reality, he had been forced to experience the feeling of being brushed by bullets dozens or hundreds of times.

But this time, it was different.

This was reality, life was only once, and it would not be resurrected like in virtual reality.

If you die, you are completely dead!

"Northern Military District, all outsiders, please retreat quickly, otherwise you will be responsible for the casualties!"

"Three warnings, the first warning!"

A cold and emotionless voice sounded behind him.

Upon hearing these familiar words, Hou Congwen's trembling stopped suddenly.

The next second, he raised his head blankly.

In front of his eyes.

The third floor was filled with tall, fully-armed murloc warriors from who knows when.

They were all muscular, clad in black robes, with ferocious expressions, and their bodies exuded a strong, nauseating fishy smell.

In their hands is the most powerful individual weapon developed by the Academy of Sciences, the Dragon Tooth Assault Rifle.

On their bodies, it is also the version that the Academy of Sciences is currently testing, which is only specially supplied to several military regions as the strongest individual protective gear, and is expected to be an assault device.

Everything, everything, was originally designed to deal with powerful foreign enemies.

But at this time, their guns were pointed at the target.

Absolutely exactly

A laboratory with only a gap exposed!

They targeted their own people!

Because the title involves a certain noun, it was directly targeted by the river crab mythical beast. I had to urgently revise a new version. The extra 600 words are given to everyone for free. Thank you for your support~