Chapter 4 Work
Xia Ke doesn't like work, especially the tentacles of the vegan heaven have already reached almost all areas, so he is even more reluctant to go out. Whether it is nutritional solution or strange health products, those factories always make people feel unhappy. For the sake of making a living, at most they do a job as a farm administrator, but they have no other work experience.
Then go to college? Don’t be nonsense. Although Xia Ke is a poor student, he has come from the world a thousand years later, and his theoretical knowledge has completely crushed this era. Moreover, he has been staying at home for several years and has no way to integrate into collective life.
After thinking about it, Xia Ke decided not to play any game of exploring the world. It is safest to stay in the underground base with Xixi. Although Xixi is wearing maid outfits, her master is only one doctor, and Xia Ke can only be considered a guest at most. If she stays in the base, she will also ensure the safety of the guest, but if she wants to go out, whether she can help can only depend on her mood.
Xia Ke did the last cleaning in the nanotrough, and then walked out of the small room where he had been staying for two months. Xixi pressed the button, and the small room quickly fell down like a steel cable that had been broken with the elevator. When he walked closer, he saw that the bottom was deep and he didn't know where he led.
Xixi explained: "The earth's center lava, the temperature there is no bacteria that can survive."
Xia Ke said in surprise: "Central of the earth? Are we underground now?"
"To be correct, we are in the mantle of the outer outer sphere, and human technical means are not yet possible. The doctor said that our technology cannot be discovered by the outside world. There is no shortage of energy here and no one will disturb it. It is very suitable for a secret base."
Xia Ke was stunned for a moment: "Where is the food? Can there be takeaway here?"
Xixi's eyes flashed for a moment, probably calculating something. After a while, he said, "Don't worry, Xixi is a strategic real-life person, how could he ignore this problem? He has sent an invisible drone to the ground to find seeds of various food and vegetables, and food can be guaranteed."
I believe you, if I had thought of it a long time ago, I would have planted it in 2 months.
Forget it, I have been taking nutrient solution for two months anyway, so waiting for a little more time is not a big problem. However, Xia Ke still remembers why he traveled through time, so he said with his eyes glowing: "Where is meat? It takes time to grow vegetables, but there is no problem with hunting, right?"
At this time, a drone came back and brought back a panicked hare. The rabbit was also unlucky. He enjoyed lunch on the grass. He didn't know where the ghost thing came out. He sprayed a net and was taken underground.
Seeing the lively rabbit, Xia Ke was stunned. This was different from what he imagined. Do you have to slaughter it yourself?
"This, Xixi, is there no automatic slaughterhouse in the base?"
Xia Ke has never dealt with a living animal in his life. Now he is suddenly about to rush to a living creature with his eyes fixed on his skin and blood. He really doesn't have the courage to peel and bleed.
However, Xixi said: "Article 3 of the Intelligent Machinery Convention prohibits any subjective and intentional killing. If you want to eat meat, do it yourself."
As he said that, Xixi handed over a knife. Xia Ke, who was holding the knife, gestured to the rabbit in the net for a long time, but he couldn't make up his mind. The rabbit was so cute, why should he eat it? I thought it was just a meme on the Internet, but I didn't expect it to happen.
After a long time, after the desire to eat meat and condemnation of conscience swung back and forth, Xia Ke waved helplessly, "Forget it, let's send it back with a drone. Xixi, there should be shops near the ground. Can you get some money to buy some?"
"The instructions given to me by the doctor are to help time travelers live a normal life, which does not include making money for you. The technology of underground bases is not allowed to appear on the ground, but it should not be difficult to make some money with them. Time travelers, good luck."
After saying that, Xixi went to work on her own affairs. Although the doctor did not give Xia Ke any tasks, it did not mean that Xixi did not. As long as the time traveler did not have anything to do, she would give priority to the doctor's order. There was no way, Xia Ke had to search around in the underground base to see if there was anything that could be used to make money.
The underground base is quite large, and it should be an oval shape. A giant cylinder with hundreds of floors in the middle is the main building where Xixi and Xia Ke live. There is a large open space in all directions. The lighting is a weather-simulated system. Standing on the open space, you don’t feel that it is underground at all, because there are simulated suns rising and setting in the east and west on the top of your head, and occasionally wind and raining. The holographic images of blue sky and white clouds are refreshing.
The base is wrapped in an egg shell. After all, although the temperature of the lower mantle layer is not as high as the center of the earth, it is not a place where humans can survive. Trying to keep the temperature in the egg shell suitable, it is probably the largest energy consumption point in the underground base.
The only bad thing is that it is a bit desolate and can’t see any flowers and plants. After all, it’s a robotic aesthetic, and it’s good to not become cyberpunk.
Selling energy? There are nuclear batteries, but obviously not something that can be taken out. Mining? There are indeed many precious metals underground, and some gold and diamonds can be rich enough to match the country. However, the automatic mining farm of the underground base actually stated that the minerals collected can only be used on the underground base. If they want to be sold, they need to have a mineral trading certificate...
You, a doctor who is short of a brain, just do the whole set. It’s 20xx now, where did you ask me to get a 30xx certificate?
Xia Ke was in tears and she was crying. The doctor seemed to have a very low requirement for life. She only had a few white coats to prepare for her time travel. She seemed to want to live a self-reliant primitive life. This was confirmed in the open space opened as a farm.
"Ahhhhh! Why is it the Shennong-style semi-automatic unmanned farm system? This is an antique from many years ago! Isn't it delicious to fully automatic unmanned management in Xinghai?"
Xia Ke, who has worked as a farm administrator, can naturally see the problem. The fully automatic farm is very easy, and almost all the work is done by machines. He can take care of the huge farm alone, and the working hours are no more than one hour a day.
Semi-automatic is different. Although it is still mainly machines, compared to just making a task briefing every day, there are too many places where semi-automatic requires manual operation. If you run a farm of such a scale, you may have to work at least 8 hours a day.
8 hours, which normal person would spend one-third of his life on work?
As a future person, Xia Ke obviously doesn't know what 996 is or what 715 is. Fortunately, he didn't plan to go out to work, otherwise this work attitude would probably make those capitalists who claim to only sleep for 3 hours a day angry to the point of cerebral hemorrhage - they have never seen such a shameless leek!
"No, I have to think of a way. Traveling through time is to enjoy it, not to be a laborer."
Chapter completed!