The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 28: World Engine (Part 1)
The winter of the Japanese drizzle is a sunny summer in Australia. At the southernmost tip of Australia, across the 240-kilometer-wide Bass Strait, it is located in the southernmost human gathering area in the world except Antarctica, known as the "end of the world" Tasmania, this isolated island is famous for its beautiful natural scenery and high-quality agricultural and pastoral products. The Dutch explorer Abu Tasman discovered this on November 24, 1642 in a sailboat. After the island was named after its sponsor, "Anthony Van Dimen" of the Dutch East India Company, the small island living alone did not enter the world's vision until 1777, James Ku Captain K’s third expedition passed through Tasmania, and the world learned about this unique paradise occupied by the indigenous people of Tasmania.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Tasmania became a member of the Commonwealth of Australia and entered the civilized world. But to this day, this too remote island has not become one of the global tourist hotspots. It has remained unchanged for a hundred years. The simple style welcomes the warm breezes of the Pacific day and night, and the peaceful life makes the residents of the island cautious about the entry of new technologies. In 2020, the Australian pxx group tried to carry out an oil refining project in Tasmania, which was completely rejected by the state assembly. , Don Thompson, the owner of the "Frigate Bird" bar, was a member of the Devonport constituency. On the wall of his bar are old photos of refusing oil refining projects. The glorious story of the congressman driving the industrial trust out of the state,
On this day, a single tourist from the United States or Canada asked a very annoying question. This 30-year-old guy with a stubble face and an outdated Hawaiian shirt asked: "Don, I'm here After being in Devonport for three days, you told me the story of fighting high-tech for three days,,, then I will ask you what does the big guy outside the window and on the top of the mountain far away do, don’t use TV Nonsense words like'antenna' come to prevaricate me."
"Uh..." Tang immediately lost his words, and regained the bourbon glass from the tourists in annoyance: "You drank too much, this bar will not entertain you."
"Don't be angry, just ask." The tourist shrugged, "Also, there is a statue of an animal on the top of the mountain, what is that."
Tang simply turned around to check the Tibetan wine, and ignored the annoying customer. A drinker on the other side of the counter laughed and said, "That's the Tasmanian tiger, which is what you call the'Thylacine.' The building at the other end is said to be an Indian or Chinese biotechnology company. The main body of the building is in the mountain. I heard that it is as big as the Minoan maze. Those Asian guys seem to be doing things like rebuilding extinct creatures. A few years ago, there was a lot of noise in the state legislature, but the vote was passed. Although we have an iron factory, a garment factory, a rubber factory, and a paper mill, this is the first establishment in Tasmania’s history. High-tech companies."
"Bah, after I stepped down, the parliament was filled with a bunch of spineless soft eggs." Tang turned angrily, and pointed his finger at the faint white building outside the window. "One day, these high-tech The poison will flow out to pollute our seawater, kill our plants, and poison our children. Look at it."
"Is that so." The tourist smacked his lips, picked up the fisherman hat on the counter and buckled his head, and threw out two coins: "I'm out for a stroll, thank you for your wine, Don."
"Thank you, anyone besides you Americans who drink boring bourbon whiskey." The barkeeper grumbled and watched the annoying guy go out.
The tourist walked out of the bar lazily, squinting in the bright sunshine, "Ah, the little girl will spend a lot of money to buy this kind of sunshine, after all, it is much better than a UV meter." He took out from his jacket pocket. With dark green sunglasses on the ears, I took out the cigarette case from the right trouser pocket. After thinking about it, I stuffed it back, took out a lollipop from the left trouser pocket, peeled off the package, and threw it into my mouth.
"Sam, where are you going today." Someone on the dock reached out and greeted him,
"Still like that, just go around, what's the gain?" The good-tempered American waved his hand in response, stuffed the intrusive blonde hair from under his hat, and smacked the candy in his mouth.
"Nothing else, only a crab. I would like to ask you something at noon. Be sure to come." The man said with a smile,
"King crabs again. This kind of stuff is getting more and more recently, right? Two people can't eat it, man, call some chicks." Sam waved his hand, "I'll come when I'm hungry. ."
He walked around the wharf area along the path and greeted seven or eight people along the way. After only two or three days after arriving in Devonport, he had completely integrated with the residents of the town. The sun was dazzling, but the temperature was not counted. High, the summer average temperature in Tasmania is only 22 degrees, which can be said to be the most suitable island in the world.
The American formerly named Sam Williams seemed to walk out of town aimlessly and began to climb up the mountain. The mountain was not easy to walk on, so few people came to visit, Sam alone Slowly advancing in the weeds, picking up a branch to make a walking stick, calling the bushes from time to time to scare away the snakes, and it took forty minutes to climb a hill. He stopped to take a few breaths, took off the water bottle at his waist and poured a few sips of beer. , The kettle’s heat insulation effect is good, the Borg brand local beer poured in the morning is still cold, the Americans hiccuped and squinted comfortably,
With green Ray-Ban sunglasses, you can overlook the entire Devonport town from a high ground. White sails are floating on the turquoise sea. Ro-ro cargo ships from Australia are gathered near the freight terminal in the distance, and a passenger plane is attached to it. Flying over the sea, slowly landing at the Devonport civilian airport not far away. Due to the geographical location, most of the tourists here are from Japan and China. The booming East Asian economy has brought a lot of income to the island, which is moderate. The number of tourists can maintain Tasmania’s unique natural environment, which is a very ideal balance.
Taking off his hat and fanning the wind, Sam Williams moved on. The pure white building was behind another mountain, and the top of the mountain was a huge rectangular antenna. Just a glance, the Americans knew that. It is the latest model of phased array satellite antenna. The cost of each 15*15 cm module is about US$400,000, and the entire antenna uses almost 400 standard modules. There is no communication satellite in the world that can be used so exaggerated. It can only be said that this mysterious organization is fully prepared to deal with emergencies,
His sight was blocked by the flourishing bushes. Sam pushed aside the bushes and moved forward. From time to time, he plucked a few small berries from the treetops and threw them into his mouth. It took almost an hour and a half to the top of the mountain. The Americans climbed to the top of the mountain by grabbing the shrubs and wiping sweat from their foreheads. The Omega Seamaster 600-meter waterproof watch on their wrists showed that it was already 12:40 noon. He said to himself He said: "I'd better enjoy the king crab by myself, man, work first, and then enjoy. Besides, such a big crab will have a psychological barrier to eat..."
A white low wall appeared not far away, undulating along the mountain, enclosing the vast mountainous area. From this perspective, the phased array antenna happened to be sandwiched in the center by four mountain peaks, and the bottom of the antenna was a building with three The high-rise white building, with no doors and windows around the building, it should be just like what the guests in the bar said, the main building of this institution is in the middle of the mountain, and the statue of the Tasmanian tiger sits on top of one of the peaks. Looks like a guardian of a beast guarding an antenna,
The low wall is only about one meter high, and it is clearly marked with red paint in four languages: "Private territory, no entry, the company has unlimited defense rights to unauthorized intruders,,,, l·t company."
"Well, unlimited defense rights, you can shoot me casually." Sam fanned the wind with his hat. "But killing an American tourist is an international incident. People with a little judgment shouldn't do that. Right." He walked slowly, stretched his long legs across the white low wall, and walked two steps forward. Suddenly a red light beam appeared on the ground in front, and a cold warning sounded from nowhere: "White wall It is an early warning zone, the red line is a warning zone, any intruder will be attacked, repeat, inside the white wall..."
Sam looked at the red line under his feet, bent down to pick up a small stone and threw it over. Unexpectedly, the stone passed the invisible cordon smoothly and appeared to fall on the ground unharmed, but the shape of the stone was The moment of landing disappeared and turned into a pile of fine gray powder. The warning sound was still playing. Sam Williams suddenly realized: "Oh, it's Van der Waals barrier. It's really a bloodbath, okay, can't you go back." He Raising both hands in a surrender shape, turning around and crossing the low wall, he started going down the mountain without nostalgia, reviewing knowledge about the Van der Waals barrier while walking: the intermolecular forces are called van der Waals forces, and the van der Waals barrier appeared as a by-product of the electronic cloud research. It uses a high-intensity electromagnetic field to force the molecules to move. When the distance between the molecules exceeds the van der Waals radius, the object loses its state and is completely shattered. This is a terrible weapon, but due to the huge computer consumption and harsh control conditions, only A few large companies can afford it,
While going down the mountain, Sam took out paper and pen and wrote down a short message. This message will be taken away by the middleman and sent to the right-hand branch of the ghost on the other side of the ocean at the fastest speed. The message has only one key word : Basic confirmation,
At this moment, in the central control room of the huge underground building, two inspectors were talking: "It's just an ordinary tourist."
"How to put it, curiosity is very heavy, but it's fine until you get it right."
"Then don't write to the log."
"It's better not to do troublesome things, you say."
There is a shield-shaped emblem with a giant sea snake entwining the earth on the screen of their terminal. It is the deep sea monster representing "jealous" in the Bible, and the Leviathan, one of the seven great demons.