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Chapter 989 New Mayor
Chapter 989 - New Mayor
It took three full days for the water-based ability users to painstakingly retrieve all the sea water they could find from the wilderness and from the mouthparts of insects.
Eventually, they gathered again in the basin where "Atlan" was located, with less than half of the liquid left that had originally flowed out. Part of it evaporated into the atmosphere, part of it seeped into the ground, and part of it was eaten by insects. Humans were completely powerless to do anything about it.
Regardless of whether they can find a way to return to Blue Planet, the top priority is how the nearly 20,000 people in the "Wall of Sighs" operation force can survive on this strange planet. They can't wait until they are about to run out of food or other emergencies occur in the future before they start thinking of ways to solve the problem!
A sudden acid rain almost destroyed the inland sea ecology of the artificial basin where "Atlan" was located. A huge protective force field was urgently opened, covering the entire basin. Until the towering walls built by the special ability users worked together, consuming astonishing energy at all times, they were able to keep out the almost endless acidic raindrops with a pH value between 2-3.
The strong acid waterfall formed by the rain stretched across the sky, and the air was still filled with a pungent sour smell. After being drenched by the initial rain for just a moment, the silver-shining "Atlanta" seemed to be covered with a layer of dark matte texture, and some areas even had black and brown spots.
Even stainless steel cannot completely resist acid corrosion (304 cannot withstand the volatile vapor of high-concentration oxalic acid).
“What a terrible place!”
Chen Fei stood on the top of the "Atlan" central building, overlooking the entire snowflake-shaped city.
Raindrops fell in the arid wilderness, stirring up clouds of dust. A considerable portion of it was smoke rising from chemical reactions, which gathered into a hazy mist, blurring the horizon and making it impossible to distinguish the boundary between heaven and earth.
The various strange-shaped rocks scattered in the wilderness are likely to be the work of nature that was created by acid erosion over the years.
A total of forty satellites were launched into space, distributed in orbits at different altitudes, forming a communication, reconnaissance and remote sensing network covering the entire planet, which also includes meteorological observation functions.
However, the atmospheric environment on the entire surface of the planet is severe, and local meteorological changes are almost irregular. The torrential acid rain clouds were formed in just ten minutes, and the rain has been continuing for more than half an hour, with no sign of stopping.
"Now it seems that you are right!"
A voice came from behind Chen Fei, and Huang Xiulun, the commander-in-chief of the "Wall of Sighs" operation, came to his side and the two stood side by side.
The latter is now the deputy mayor of Atlanta, responsible for coordinating and supervising the affairs of various departments.
Although those politicians were annoying, they were all good at building organizational frameworks. They set up all the administrative departments in one night, and each person in charge took office with a bruised face.
In addition to the speaker and deputy speaker and the city administrative department, there is also an auxiliary decision-making organization, the City Management Committee, which performs the functions of court meetings, parliament, board of directors, etc.
"Which one are you referring to?"
Chen Fei turned his head and looked at the commander-in-chief who had gotten a huge bargain.
Hundreds of fights broke out offline after the online meeting, which eventually led to the military commander becoming deputy mayor and speaking directly to him, the king of the city.
If he cannot return to Blue Star during his lifetime, he will probably lose his position as king.
"The Sky Curtain plan is very necessary, and some things cannot be delayed. For now, Atlantis does need a dictator."
Huang Xiulun pretended not to hear the argumentative tone of the new mayor. Elders should not haggle over trivial matters with their juniors.
Without this self-cultivation, he would not have been able to maneuver among the interests of various sovereign states and unite everyone into the "Wall of Sighs" operation.
There are bound to be conflicts between sovereignties, especially the first sovereignty, which is sometimes almost the enemy of the whole world. It is not so easy to expect so many monsters to work together to accomplish something.
The structural materials of "Atlan" are mainly metals, with silicates and organic materials accounting for only a small proportion. Even if it can withstand the salt corrosion of seawater, it cannot withstand the long-term acid corrosion of acid rain. If it relies solely on protective force field isolation, the limited energy reserves will become increasingly stretched.
Therefore, relying on physical isolation of the "sky curtain" is the most effective and economical response measure. The relatively closed internal environment is also conducive to restoring the proportion of the atmospheric composition of the blue planet.
"I hope those people won't be so ignorant as to cause me trouble."
Chen Fei doesn't care about the various sovereign forces that are forcibly brought together. Even if they are only temporarily enduring their anger and obeying their leadership unwillingly, they will most likely rebel in the future.
"I'll stop them, not to mention Mr. Brown!"
Huang Xiulun glanced at the S-level psychic who was looking at the scenery not far away.
In addition to monitoring Chen Fei and cooperating with him when necessary, Heseman Brown now also has the responsibility of guarding him.
It sounds too luxurious to have an S-class space-ability user serve as a guard, but at present there is no more suitable guard than him. He lacks offense but has excess defense. At worst, he can escape from danger in an instant. He is simply impeccable and perfect.
"It would be best if we could find a way to industrially mass-produce the most important material for the 'sky curtain', the silicon carbide light-transmitting sheet, or even a special spell to generate it. Right now it all depends on people with special abilities to rub it by hand, which is too inefficient."
The "sky curtain" plan proposed by Chen Fei covers the entire "Atlan" and the edge of the basin. It is a huge project. In addition to the numerous pillars and structural frames, the most important thing is the sky curtain light-transmitting sheets with a side length of three meters.
Taking into account the planetary environment they are currently in, Chen Fei gave up using transparent metal (aluminum oxynitride, to be precise, it should be considered a ceramic material) as the skylight, and instead chose high-purity silicon carbide.
On the one hand, high-purity silicon carbide has better light transmittance. Whether it is infrared or ultraviolet, the transmittance is more than 10% higher than that of aluminum oxynitride. On the other hand, silicon carbide material is acid-resistant but not alkali-resistant, and has high strength, which is suitable for the acidic climate environment here.
However, the production efficiency of silicon carbide skylight translucent sheets is shockingly low. The relevant people are exhausted, and only a dozen sheets have been produced so far. Compared with the number required for the entire "skylight", it is completely a drop in the bucket. It is unknown when all the sheets can be produced, or even in this lifetime.
"Can't you do it directly with your special ability? Why bother with so much effort?"
Huang Xiu Lun knew that Chen Fei's supernatural skills could solve everything, and he didn't know why he had to go to so much trouble to create difficulties when there were none.
Although aluminum oxynitride is slightly inferior to silicon carbide in some aspects, it can still be used as an excellent material for skylights.
"I'm the mayor. I should focus my time and energy on more important things. The 'sky curtain' is related to the century-long plan. Since there are better materials, why not use them?"
Chen Fei refuted the deputy mayor's unreasonable ideas with confidence.
He didn't want to work himself to death for a group of traitors with ulterior motives. It should be the other way around, working these bastards to death so that they didn't have any extra energy to think about rebellion.
Today, Chen Xiaoer is in a state of anxiety and fear that there are always unruly people who want to harm Lian. Although he speaks in a tough tone, he still lacks the experience of being a real leader. He got to the position through sheer trickery and is somewhat unconfident.
However, the fighting power of the first sovereignty is sharpening its knives. They are particularly professional in the job of clearing out the evil officials and are just waiting for someone to jump out and take the lead.
Revolution is not just a dinner party, it is just killing chickens to scare monkeys. The lives of both chickens and monkeys are killed at the same time.
"Okay! I'll keep up with this project!"
Huang Xiulun has already seen that Chen Fei is not the kind of ruler who needs to take care of every detail.
Right now all parties are in a very reluctant running-in period. I just don't know whether the new mayor is lazy or does he really have a talent for this. The tactics he uses in words are quite unexpected. To put it nicely, he grasps the key points, knows how to delegate power, and his ability to control subordinates is close to Taoism. To put it bluntly, he is a hands-off boss who is a lazy bum seeking fame. What the truth is is a matter of opinion.
But one thing is certain, this young mayor will not be tricked by his subordinates with ulterior motives, because the two sides are not on the same channel at all. Therefore, it may be a bit difficult to make Chen Fei entangled in all kinds of complicated things and have no time to take care of private conspiracies and intrigues.
Seeing that Huang Xiulun did not leave, Chen Fei asked: "Director Huang, no, Deputy Mayor Huang, do you have anything else to do?"
There is no such thing as a visit without a request. The other party came to me in person instead of sending a message or talking on the phone directly. It is estimated that it is not just for the matter of the "sky curtain".
Huang Xiulun thought about his words and said, "An exploration team discovered underground ruins. This planet once had intelligent life."
"It's not surprising at all. As long as enough time is given, a planet that can nurture life will eventually give rise to civilization."
Chen Fei nodded without comment.
The origin of life has been introduced in high school courses. The great existence "Qin" once sowed the seeds of life in the universe and collected a large number of life gene samples to ensure the spiral upward diversity and evolution of life. This inference has found solid evidence in the underground ruins of the Cangqiong Star, and there are even giant skeletons that are highly suspected to be "Qin".
The intelligent race of Blue Planet is never alone in the vast universe.
In fact, it is not just the exploration teams that are risking their lives to search the wilderness. Satellite remote sensing scans have also discovered many traces of intelligent civilizations, such as magnificent palaces standing in the wilderness, broken walls and ruins of suspected industrial areas, and dense black or brown-red areas left behind by the weathering and decomposition of large amounts of metal.
Unfortunately, the satellite was unable to find any traces of intelligent species' activities on the surface of the planet, except for "Atlan".
Perhaps the intelligent civilization that once flourished on the surface of this planet has naturally died out over the long course of time. As for the reasons, war, disease, climate change, or even racial evolution going astray are all possible reasons.
However, remote sensing has detected some interesting things. In addition to the ruins remaining on the surface, there are also some very complex special geological structures underground that have been subject to human intervention. It seems that the intelligent race that once lived on the surface once retreated underground to avoid the irreversible decline of civilization. I just don't know if these humans from the Blue Planet, who are also an intelligent race, have the possibility of finding the remaining civilization on this planet.
(End of this chapter)