Chapter 152 [Casting Light City]
At the end of the horizon, a dazzling ray of sunlight gradually began to emerge.
But in the biting cold wind that seems to never stop, this sunlight cannot bring any warmth, but makes people even colder.
On the edge of the rugged cliff, facing the howling cold wind, Song Shi raised his eyes and stared ahead.
The entire land, or the world, is only dim and pale, covered with thick frost, but there is no so-called crystal clear.
This is a given.
[Southern Region Heavy Industry] A large number of manufacturing factories and mining facilities have been built here as part of a huge industrial chain. These industrial creations work day and night, releasing a large amount of industrial waste every moment. They mix into people's hearts, rise into the sky, disperse into the atmosphere, and in the natural cycle, turn into frost, wind and snow that flood the earth. .
This is poisonous "snow" and "frost".
Some people cannot pay the water fee of the Water and Electricity Bureau, so they can only use simple water purification devices to melt ice and snow for use. Some people even don't have money to buy cheap water purification devices and choose to drink it directly, and then die of various diseases.
The sun rises a little again.
The bright sun slowly penetrated the earth, adding a little brilliance to the dim world. The unfamiliar warmth blew gently, as if trying to smooth out the cold wind.
Then everything came to an abrupt end.
It was like a sudden power outage in a room in the middle of the night, and the bright lights went out. At this moment, the whole world suddenly turned dark - even the sun at the end of the sky completely disappeared!
Song Shi was still standing on the cliff, watching all this quietly without moving.
Only a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes at this moment.
About ten minutes later, the world lit up again.
——To be precise, it is "the sky".
If someone raises his head and looks up at the sky, he will be shocked to find that the sky that was originally dark began to light up piece by piece.
Yes, "piece by piece".
Just like someone divided the sky, after countless carefully calculated and verified divisions and reorganizations, the sky above appeared in a grid shape, lighting up one after another.
[Fubo Energy] The man-made wonders invested in the construction of huge amounts of resources have allowed the "sun" within hundreds of miles of this land to be monopolized, turning it into a private resource that can be grasped in the palm of the hand, quietly putting a price tag on the "sunshine", and placing it on the table. On the shelves.
——Giant structure·[Macrostate Light Energy Matrix].
If we take a step closer in the future, it can be turned into a technological prototype called a "Dyson Sphere", a stellar superstructure.
Song Shi raised his head and looked directly at the sky.
The dazzling sunlight flickered in its pupils, and then dimmed again, until finally, the whole world remained in a subtle state that could barely be called "bright".
But it's just "brightness".
The "heat energy" that originally came with the sun has been absorbed by the "macro-state light energy matrix" outside the atmosphere. Not much is left. This energy leaked from the fingers of [Fubo Energy] A little residue obviously cannot bring people the so-called warmth.
That was not the case before. Located at 30 degrees north latitude, this land has abundant sunlight resources. People who value the fertile soil and water brought by this natural resource have given birth to prosperous dynasties here in ancient times.
They spent a long time using the power of psychic energy to transform the environment to a certain extent, which further improved the sun's resources from "abundant" to enough to be called "terrible" ".
Even though the former dynasty has long since collapsed due to the erosion of the years, this gift has still been preserved.
Historically, this place - the Rocal Plain - has always been known as "rich water and fertile soil". Even though it is sometimes devastated by war, once the chaos subsides, it will quickly regain its abundance at a tenacious speed.
In the abundant rainy season, the river meanders through the plains, pasture grows again, markets and trade are built, and buildings representing prosperity stand calmly.
Then, just like in the past, during the "Seven Lands War" that swept almost the entire world, everything here fell into destruction again.
Only this time, when the "Seven Lands War" that lasted for twenty years ended, there was no future for the Rokar Plain.
As the victor of the Seven-Earth War and one of the first giant enterprises of the Enterprise Alliance, [Fubo Energy] set its sights on the Rokar Plain and began to enjoy the fruits of this well-deserved victory.
Sixty-five years ago, it commissioned and joined forces with another giant enterprise specializing in wasteland development, environmental transformation and land engineering construction [Fugu Development] to carry out preliminary development and planning of the Rokal Plain. The huge The engineering troops leveled the ruins of the past, built a brand new city, and stamped everything with the mark of Fubo Energy.
This is the original "Casting Light City".
Following that, Fubo Energy invested a huge amount of resources and time to build a [macro-state light energy matrix] covering hundreds of miles and most of the Rokal Plain, which will project the sunlight here. Loot everything - and everything changes.
There is no such thing as "rich water and fertile soil" anymore.
The cold wind howling all day long replaced the sunshine, and the eternal frost and frozen soil covered the earth and solidified the rivers. With the massive population decline caused by the Seven-Soil War and the continuous advancement of agricultural technology, the fertile soil that breeds food and pasture is no longer important.
Everything seems insignificant in front of the huge benefits brought by plundering the sun.
Song Shi turned his gaze in another direction.
Casting Light City is divided into two urban areas: inner and outer. Under the precise control of the "macro-state light energy matrix", they are only separated by a wall, but the world is completely different - a bright and mild subtropical climate and permanent freezing. The biting wind and frost that does not melt away achieve an amazing balance.
The outer city, and even outside the outer city.
In the wind and snow, white warehouses one after another stand indifferently on the ground, like carefully built and densely packed honeycombs. If you look through the outer walls and protective facilities and enter the interior of these warehouses, you can see a scene like this -
Black hosts are placed in rows of tall cabinets, and transparent bulletproof glass blocks all possible The dust of existence isolates.
Computing terminals, storage hardware and control equipment are carefully integrated, and each line is laid underground to ensure that it will not interfere with operations. The emergency power supply and fire protection system to deal with emergencies are non-stop day and night, and everything It operates under the precise control of the intelligent control center.
Thanks to the unique geographical environment, [Zero Degree Network] has built a large number of data and server centers here to reduce high cooling and maintenance costs. What is a harsh environment for some people is a heart-pounding gift for others.
The sun is not eternal.
Profits are eternal.
This is Casting Light City.
This is... the Light Casting City of the Enterprise Alliance.
(End of this chapter)