Rust - Chapter 695



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RUST -695

Even after the Empire was notified of the simulation results, the meeting continued.

“Can a floating city survive a catastrophe?”

“If it is a floating city built with new materials and new methods, it will not be a problem not only in extreme cold but also in heat waves and earthquakes.”

One of the reasons for building a floating city on a lake was to prepare for earthquakes. No matter how well the earthquake-resistant design and construction were done, it was difficult to guarantee that it would withstand continuous strong earthquakes, so the city was conceived as a floating city on water.

“Uh- With our technology, we could do things like colonies, space cities, or migration to Mars, like in novels and movies? Can’t we?”

If it was an earthquake, the annoying nurse would say, ‘Go up there, high up, and be free from natural disasters.’

“Being technically possible and being feasible are two separate issues.”

If we had enough time and resources, we could build floating cities between the troposphere and the stratosphere, or even on Mars, but that would take a long time even with technology that had reached the singularity.

“Eeeeeee- It took that long?”

“It would take at least years to send equipment and personnel to Mars, but if we were not going to send materials from Earth, we would have to process and produce the necessary materials on Mars.”

If you add up the time it takes to send supplies from Earth to Mars, and the time it takes to explore, mine, process, and build resources on Mars, it would take at least 10 years more.

“If you consider the time it takes to build a city of a certain size, even ten years is a short time.”

“ah-”

The bewildered nurse sighed.

“The problem, above all, is that even if we build a city on Mars, we cannot take all the citizens of the Holy Kingdom with us.”

Even if they transported 100,000 people to Mars every year, it would take 4 to 5 million people in the Holy Kingdom, or 40 to 50 years. In that amount of time, if something were to happen, it would have happened long ago.

When the PD pointed out the reality of Martian immigration, Ki-soon changed the subject.

“I think what we need to do right now is to improve our defense system.”

The current defense system was mainly targeting large mutant monsters and humanoid entities such as cannibals. But now it was necessary to prepare for mutated ants.

“In the case of the frontline fortresses, we switched to heavy weapons due to large mutants, so it seems that we need to come up with supplementary measures as soon as possible.”

Since ants have changed, it was likely that other insects would change as well. This was a pressing issue for Gisun, who was the Governor General of Canada.

“We definitely need to prepare for attacks by insects such as ants. Samantha also calculated that the current city defense system would be difficult to stop insects.”

Hood spoke about the results of artificial intelligence Samantha’s calculations. Kim Yang, who had been listening quietly, said something.

“Aren’t you being too pushy?”

If a sniper makes a fuss, the only thing left to do is die.

She thought that no matter how cutting-edge the simulation was, it was a matter of probability. Think of the sniper assist system.

Even the system that uses artificial intelligence to predict the target’s movements and set a virtual movement line and aiming point was not always accurate.

There were targets that showed unpredictable movements, and sometimes her instincts were more accurate than the AI’s predictions.

Just looking at the sniper assist system, it was like that, but now it was a matter of predicting long-term climate change. What’s the fuss about when you have to make a plan and move steadily? What if you mess up?

“···What are you talking about?”

“What you’re fussing about now is fuss. What else is fuss?”

Even when the hydrogen bomb was dropped, it didn’t happen like this. Everyone was like, “Yeah.”

Kim Yang’s effect was tremendous.

In an instant, a cold silence descended on the conference room.

“······.”

“······.”

“That’s a big deal. Explain why you think that.”

Kim Yang thinks that long-term climate change simulations like the ones we’re seeing now are a bit like weather forecasting.

Weather forecasts using supercomputers and satellites were fairly accurate for a day or two, but as the period grew longer—a week, a fortnight, a month, a year—they were often a dud.

Kim Yang said while looking at Na Ju-yeon.

“If you change the initial conditions just a little bit when starting Mayan City, it will be completely different, so wouldn’t it be even more so if you simulate the overall climate change? The data we’re putting into the simulation right now is data that the Empire has stolen, right? And we haven’t even verified whether that data is real.”

Miss Kim suddenly mentioned Mayenshi and forcibly extracted agreement. Na Juyeon nodded without realizing it.

“The problem of mutant animals, including ants, can be confirmed quickly. If we assume it is true, it is certainly dangerous, but I think that climate change simulations have too many variables to be confirmed with the data we have now. Above all, what should I say… It seems like too much of a leap of faith.”

The PD raised an objection to Na Ju-yeon and Kim Yang’s opinions.

“A leap? No, not a leap at all. Countries around the Pacific Rim have been suffering disasters in the past two or three years.”

It was a disaster that resulted from a volcanic eruption, an earthquake, and a tsunami. The places that suffered the most damage were Indonesia, Taiwan, and Japan.

“I think we should first refer to the example of Japan. If we think about the example of Japan, where there were earthquakes, tsunamis, and large-scale serial volcanic eruptions, we should see that an acute climate crisis is real.”

Hood also agreed with PD’s claim.

“Just look at this recent San Francisco earthquake.”

Hood was referring to the recent earthquake in San Francisco. Maru nodded, as he was also at the scene.

“It is true that the Holy Kingdom is located in a relatively safe area, but that does not mean that there have been no earthquakes in this area. Furthermore, it is true that it is dangerous if earthquakes and climate change occur at the same time.”

If we think about the Gyeongsin famine of the 1670s, which is famous in Korean history, sudden climate change definitely existed.

“Who said what? It’s more dangerous to make a fuss and change the existing plan. If you make a fuss and make a mistake, everything will just fall apart.”

“I agree. Time and resources are limited, and if we set the scope too broadly, we won’t be able to respond properly.”

Kim Yang and Na Ju-yeon are tightly knit.

In most countries, excessive fuss when making policies tends to lead to increased social costs. However, the Holy Kingdom was not such a typical country.

“What a fuss. If it’s for survival and safety, I don’t mind spending excessive amounts of money or time.”

Social cost?

If the reason for creating the Holy Kingdom was survival and safety, then what does cost matter?

You’re running out of time?

Then, wouldn’t it be okay to change it to a 3-shift system or a 4-shift system until it works?

It was a floor that reaffirmed that the most important thing in the Holy Kingdom was not time and money, but survival and safety.

“How is the construction of the floating city going?”

“We are producing the basic module sector.”

Na Ju-yeon uploaded the construction status on the monitor.

The graph lists the number of base modules required, the number of base modules produced to date, and data related to the progress of construction.

The original plan was to build two floating cities that could accommodate 500,000 people each and one floating city that could accommodate over 1 million people.

“If we use all the modules we’ve produced so far, can we build a city with a population of 1 million?”

“···Yes. It is possible.”

Maru decided to choose and focus.

“Let’s start with one place first, even if it means working in shifts for 24 hours.”

“all right.”

“Diana. Let’s divert weapons production resources to the construction of floating cities.”

[Stop weapons production and redistribute resources.]

Maru, who had ordered Na Ju-yeon and the artificial intelligence Diana, spoke to the PD and Hood.

“The Chief of Administration and the Chief of Information should verify the research data obtained from the Empire and submit a list of the top priorities we should prepare for.”

“All right.”

“yes.”

Maru’s gaze turned to Ms. Kim and the nurse.

“Go to the southern border area. Go there and see if the ants are a threat to us or if we can negotiate.”

“Eeeeeet-”

“Okay.”

Maru added to Ms. Kim, who was trying to leave while holding onto the nurse’s arm.

“Ah- yeah. Take Erica too.”

“Yes? Me?”

“Follow me.”

Miss Kim, who was dragging the nurse, also dragged Erica out. Although she sometimes resorted to trickery, Miss Kim was a firm believer in action once she started.

If you send three like that, there will be enough response···.

Maru’s head snapped towards Gi-sun.

“You go too.”

Since it’s the ability to see emotions, it would be possible to see the emotional reactions of ants as well.

“me too?”

“Yes. The nurse’s ability may not work, and even if it does, it can be dangerous if we can’t confirm whether or not it is sincere.”

“Wow, really-”

Ki-sun got up from her seat, her eyes wide open.

“What about Canada? I’ve been away for over a week already.”

“So, go check it out quickly. If you can talk to the ant, tell him that you and I will not interfere.”

You shameless brat. Just go ahead and do whatever you want. Ki-soon said.

“Would an ant understand something like that?”

“Anyway, they haven’t come over to us for almost two years. That must be because they have their own thoughts. And if they don’t like it, they take the kids and leave right away.”

Even for Ki-soon, it was an area where her ability to read emotions was necessary.

“Ha- Okay.”

“Be careful.”

The Holy Kingdom has entered a state of emergency.

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The President’s Residence in New York City.

Dan Brown checked the information sent from the Holy Kingdom.

“The new city being built on high ground is dangerous?”

It was worth leaving the door slightly open.

Although the Empire has conducted various studies centered around Ivy League universities, it is impossible for the Empire’s current capabilities to confirm all of these topics.

So here’s my conclusion.

Let’s leave the parts that are difficult to confirm with the Empire’s research capabilities to the Holy Kingdom.

how?

If you open the door slightly, they will take it, carry it, and sell it on their own.

What if I just skim through the research and pretend not to know anything?

From the beginning, we could have just excluded areas where that was possible.

These are areas that are difficult to run even with the computational resources of a supercomputer. So, we should focus on areas that consume a lot of computational resources, such as mutation diffusion research and climate change research.

As expected, the server was hacked, and as expected of a sacred kingdom that had reached a singularity, they sent us a conclusion in just a few days. Judging from the data they sent, it seemed like they had guessed what we were thinking.

‘Well, of course I don’t know.’

Vladimir Kalin and Canadian Governor-General Ki Sun were also quite the people, so they must have exchanged information knowingly. If they thought they were being swayed unilaterally, they would not have told us the results. It wasn’t a bad thing to play a game that they planned while knowingly playing it.

‘It may be because I’m tired when the empire falls.’

Dan Brown reread the material in his hand.

“A floating system that utilizes the basic design of a floating city and new material construction methods.”

He was advising that if you were to build a new city, you should float it on a lake or the sea.

It was not a non-existent or impossible technology.

We also built a seaport with a mega float, so you can think of it as an expanded version of that.

“We will temporarily suspend the construction of new cities. And we will build floating cities on the sea based on mega floats.”

A project that would take years to design and plan. With no time for that, Dan Browne came up with a plan to build several mega floats and tie them together.

Spring, when the frozen winter is disrupted.

A construction boom occurred in the empire.