Chapter 735 District 24
In November, it snows suddenly.
When Xu Yang entered the gymnasium, Xu Cheng had just used Shunpo to dodge the fierce swing of the soil spider, so fast that she didn't even think about it, so that she slid on the ground for several steps before stopping.
Xu Cheng is covered with protective gear from head to toe. In fact, even wearing these hard plastic armors, it hurts to be beaten, so she tries to avoid every blow.
The earth spider attacked forward and then again. She held a stick in each hand and cooperated with her two front paws. With one swoop, there were four blows, forcing Xu Cheng to retreat step by step until she was close to the corner of the wall.
"Got you!" cried the soil spider, first arching her body backwards like a fully charged slingshot, and then slamming forward with her pair of front paws.
Xu Cheng squatted down with his head in his arms. The giant claws passed a few inches above her head, slammed on the wall behind her, hit the special alloy wall panel, and sparked eye-catching sparks.
"And this!" The soil spider swung a stick and knocked Xu Cheng on the head.
"Porphyrin!" Xu Cheng raised her hand, the repelling force formed a barrier, blocking the soil spider's stick, then she quickly bent down, moved her legs quickly, and got out from the gap under the soil spider's giant claws.
The soil spider turned around and wanted to chase Xu Cheng, but saw her rushing towards Xu Yang who was at the door, jumped up, and threw herself into his father's arms.
"Father!" Xu Cheng hugged Xu Yang tightly.
"It seems to be growing taller day by day..." Xu Yang asked her to sit on his arm.
"Take off the protective gear, today's class is over." The soil spider glanced at the wall clock in the dojo, it was already 5 pm.
"It's really troublesome to take care of this child all the time." Xu Yang thanked the soil spider.
"Where is it, I am so embarrassed to say it!" The soil spider quickly bowed to Xu Yang, "It is clearly thanks to everyone that you can live in Shangjing, and even build this dojo."
She left Nioh Security and became a tutor, while her former colleagues continued security control in the Thai Asian Islands.
"Gah!" Xu Cheng emphasized that he was easy to manage and would not cause trouble for others.
"Then take off the protective gear and go back to rest." Xu Yang put Xu Cheng on the ground.
Xu Cheng is now 1.3 meters tall. Near the chest of the soil spider, the soil spider pushed a basket and asked Xu Cheng to throw all the protective gear on his body into it.
"She is already a next-level witch, it's unbelievable. Her magic power is no longer as simple as pinching a small shield. She can block things or push them away if she wants." The soil spider praised while packing up things.
Xu Cheng's magical power appeared similarly in ancient times, and it was named "Barrier" at that time, and her power was stronger than the known type, so it was temporarily named "Repelling Power".
Judging from the current tests, Xu Cheng can release magic power at will, creating an intangible wall in the area he can see.
The wall, with a maximum area of 1 square meter, is so thin that its thickness is meaningless, or only 5,000 to 7,000 nanometers thick. It does not pierce objects, nor does it cause cutting effects when spawned. Once the wall is formed, it can block or bounce back all matter and energy. It can also cause walls to move, pushing or squeezing other objects, if extra mana is expended.
"Quack." Xu Cheng puffed out his chest, confident in his ability to repel. This will protect others as well.
In the temperature exchange room near the exit, they all changed into warm clothes, and then walked out from the transition area, feeling a significant drop in temperature with every step they took.
Leaving from the main entrance of the dojo, a clean and tidy new city appeared in front of them.
The snow slid away from the dome overhead to keep it from accumulating. The streets are horizontal and vertical, and there is a rather gorgeous light rail system on the heights, and the trains roar and pass between the high-rise buildings.
The surrounding buildings have been professionally designed and unified in appearance to appear modern and sophisticated, with the exception of the hanging posters and advertisements. Gardens, pedestrian streets, and sunken squares can be seen everywhere. The super-high and oppressive giant commercial buildings have become history, and the new architectural planning concept of pedestrian-friendly and reasonable zoning is highlighted here.
This is the hole that Falosa made out.
In order to rectify the "Eclipse of the Stars", a total of four alternatives were proposed.
The first is to fill the pit with seawater to form a new bay; the second is to move mountains to fill the pit; the third is to transform it into a supernatural disaster memorial square; the fourth is to cover the pit with a giant metal structure.
According to the results of the referendum in Shanghai, Plan 2 "Filling the Pit" finally won with a ratio of 65.54%.
More than half of the citizens still hold a simple idea, simply hoping to mend this ugly tiankeng and heal the scars on the outskirts of Shangjing.
Nisto Company transported a large amount of foundation soil from Mount Lu to fill up the surface, but did not fill the pit level with other areas of the city. The amount of materials needed would be astronomical, and it only smoothed the bottom.
After the soil is leveled, the surface is then hardened, and the new urban area is planned and built to ensure that the new area is livable enough.
After half a year of reconstruction work, Shangjing re-established the "24th District" in addition to the original 23 districts.
Because the pit is only partially filled, District 24 is 50 meters shorter than other areas in Shangjing. Sometimes citizens call this new district "Xiacheng District" to refer to its prominent lowland form.
"Wow..." Xu Cheng went to a nearby convenience store to buy vegetables, wrapped in thick clothes, like a small animal, Xu Yang was responsible for helping her push the cart.
There are two young waiters behind the counter, both of them are well-proportioned, probably because they put on a cheap face, and they are also smiling at this time. They wear green overalls, one is responsible for the checkout, and the other is responsible for handling cooked food such as barbecue, oden, soy milk, etc.
Originally, convenience stores were promoting automation and unmanned operations, but the Shangjing Employment Promotion Association passed a decree two months ago, prohibiting all convenience stores from replacing labor with machines. Other similar bills have been rolled out in other cities, gradually resuming human activity in various industries and expanding the supply of jobs. Such a convenience store employs four people, which was unimaginable before.
Xu Yang still likes vending machines and automatic checkout machines, and the checkout is done in a snap.
When voting before, 80% of the citizens demanded that the machines be put on the shelf, which shows how serious the unemployment situation is. Xu Yang pondered. Now under the protection of the law, human beings have the opportunity to return to the industries that were driven away before.
The technology is too developed, but the social form and culture have not yet matched to the extent that it is out of balance. Actively reducing efficiency now has restored the vitality of society on another level.
It is impossible for every human being to be an engineer or an artist. There are always people who prefer manual work and simple work. It is not fair to use machines to eliminate these people from society.
Just like the balance between urbanization and de-urbanization, automation and de-automation have also become a pair of contradictions.
"Quack, quack, quack." Xu Cheng picked up bags of ingredients in the fresh food area and put them into the cart.
She was going to cook for Dad, which was a very important thing for her. Ever since Xu Yang and her moved back to Shangjing, she found that her father's life was very irregular, and he also ate casually, so she taught herself how to cook and hurriedly cooked for her father.
Xu Yang is already 34 years old, and decided to fulfill his childhood dream of eating hazelnuts and making fried chicken pizza burritos, but he was stopped by Xu Cheng within a few days after making it, so she had to let her do it.
The cart was half full, Xu Cheng put 2 liters of milk in it, Xu Yang put in 2 liters of Coke, and then went to check out.
Now there are a lot of optional currencies for payment, because of the permission of cryptocurrencies in Nisto’s jurisdiction, many new cryptocurrencies are emerging, and there are now about 700 currencies in circulation in Beijing.
The Thai dollar is the most powerful. With the support of the West Coast Treaty Organization, it has become the currency used for settlement in the Western Hemisphere, with a ratio of about 7:1 to funds.
The face value of the funds is also constantly changing. It originally depreciated, but because Nisto insisted on using funds to settle oil and gold transactions in the Eastern Hemisphere, it tended to be stable. And due to the ease of use and large number of users, there is a recent upward trend.
Now Nisto Corporation has become a big supporter of the original currency, causing a group of intercontinental companies suffering from currency plunder to begin to transfer their business to the Eastern Hemisphere, profiting to Shanghai to operate. Many people with lofty ideals who tried to resist the hegemony of Taixiyuan also began to transfer from the Western Hemisphere, and some scholars also focused on criticizing the bad influence of Taixiyuan.
After using the familiar cash card for the transaction, Xu Yang returned to the nearby shuttle with two large environmentally friendly cloth bags.
"How is Dad's work today?" Xu Cheng sat on the seat and poured water to drink.
"There is no difference..." Xu Yang is now using his computing power to assist in the development of quantum computers.
The current achievements include the No. 1 unit "Duomomo Nest" and the No. 2 unit "Golden Tianshou", both of which have been put into practical use, respectively supporting the work of the Duomumo and the World Earthquake Forecasting Association. These two machines are on par with other giant enterprises.
The No. 3 machine "Hyberon" currently under development is the real top-secret technology, and its technical content far exceeds that of the first two. Once a key breakthrough is made in the construction of "Hyberon", Nisto Corporation will surpass the top giant companies in terms of technology.
However, due to changes in the diplomatic situation, the Xintai Xizhou company "Star Ring Technology", which originally supported the construction of Hyperion, announced the cancellation of its cutting-edge technology cooperation with Nisto Corporation, so the development of Hyperion was also stuck here.
"Father is busy..." Seeing Xu Yang's expression, Xu Cheng probably understood that things were complicated.
"Although I'm very busy, but because it's a great goal, I'm still very motivated." Xu Yang nodded.
"Daddy hug!" Xu Cheng likes to be with his father.
He and Xu Cheng lived in a 100-square-meter apartment in District 24. After parking the shuttle on the landing floor of the apartment, they took the elevator home.
Xu Cheng turned on the induction cooker, performed the magic of eggs, seaweed, curry and rice in the pot, and cooked for Xu Yang while humming. The bento that Xu Yang brings to work every day is also made by Xu Cheng who gets up early, she is really hardworking.
Xu Yang has to keep replying to various news, so he eats slowly; Xu Cheng eats fast, and after eating, he watches interesting live broadcasts. Recently, she likes to watch a show where a pink pig builds a car for a green pig.
After eating, Xu Yang ordered the drone to clean up the table.
When they go to bed, they sleep on tatami mats.
"Ah... Dad is so busy, he didn't bother to look at me before, why does he take care of me now?" Xu Cheng turned his head coquettishly.
Because I want to give you a complete childhood... Xu Yang thought silently.
"Because you are the cutest." Xu Yang stroked Xu Cheng's hair.
"Huhu..." Xu Cheng rested his pillow on Xu Yang's arm, and turned his head to look at the night sky, snow and stars outside. Oh, what a beautiful night it is.