Interlude Reality 02: Reason and Matter Chapter 18: Mars Industry (Part 1)
"...People from Mars are coming to the Moon to explore the Darwin Crater?"
Looking at each other, Li Lin and Zhang Lingmeng, one older and one younger, both found the news a little unbelievable.
If we simply talk about Mars, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is likely to be a poor planet that once had the opportunity to become the second home of mankind, but unfortunately failed in the committee vote by one vote, and finally served as the foundation material for space residences and the base material for Dyson spheres.
Its entirety is made up of high concentrations of iron ore, and the entire surface of the planet is covered with oxidized red iron sand, and all rocks and components are mainly iron ore. With this natural advantage, the mad humans at the time used destructive means to completely destroy the environment of the entire planet, which had already been modified to a considerable extent, and the dream of Mars becoming a habitable area was completely shattered, leaving only the factories that covered the sky and sun and went straight into the center of the earth.
Yes, straight into the center of the earth. These mine tunnel structures have no intention of stopping. The entire planet has been dug into a concave shape, maintaining a delicate and fragile balance under the maintenance of AI. Everyone wants to squeeze more resources out of this planet. Including the factory itself, it will be sent into space as part of the raw materials and become part of the materials for human space residences. You know, after humans left the earth, a large part of them were confused by the starry sky and became captives of the universe, and never planned to return to the ground.
Living in space is so wonderful that many people have forgotten what gravity is like on Earth. They happily exercise their bodies in gravity chambers and strange places, hoping that they can stay in space for a longer period of time, but they never think about returning to the ground.
Mars is the main victim of these space dwellers. After all, matter will not be infinitely produced forever like in a game, but will be consumed.
As the price of the miracle of mankind, which has become the second bright moon hanging high above the earth, Mars has basically said goodbye to mild weather, and the cost of human life support equipment is increasing day by day. Although industrial aggregates are silently supporting the struggle of human basic undertakings, with the continuous progress of AI society, the voice of the Martian industrial complex has become more and more important among humans, and is no longer dispensable as before.
Finally, with the arrival of full AI, according to the redistribution of AI authority, the residents of Mars even received a considerable number of high-level AI as compensation for their days of working on Mars forever. However, few residents chose to leave here, and those who had already believed in the Mechanicus began to worship these machines that had been around for decades or even hundreds of years.
Perhaps it is a mockery, or perhaps it is a curse on other people who get something for nothing. Martians rarely leave Mars and only send out their own different representatives.
In fact, Mars occupies a relatively high position in the entire human society's contempt chain.
Because of their harsh environment and their great contributions to humanity, Martians are often entitled to look down on other people who get something for nothing. Martians also think highly of themselves, and although they spare no effort to make fun of themselves or complain about the whole society, they become extreme and cynical about people from other planets when it comes to their own problems.
The moon people often look down on the earth people, although there is no reason, but they always think that the earth people are drinking the blood of people all over the world. The earth people despise the pioneers of Saturn's rings, thinking that they are just villains who want to take advantage. The people of Saturn's rings despise the people of the sky city, because the fat bastards there don't even have the courage to go out, and only know to let the mud legs die. But no matter what, the Martians are a group of arrogant and hardworking guys.
Perhaps a Martian might brag, but the Martian industry as an entire industrial apparatus would not lie.
The Martian industry means the aggregation of these terrible factories, the highest industrial achievement of the human world, the holy place of the Mechanicus, the crown of the city of Mars.
On Mars, a place with a harsh climate and a large population, most of the population lives in factories that block out the sun. Those huge factories have been divided into bloated residential areas, industrial areas, mining areas, and refining areas, and even use the heat of the planet's core to quench and produce energy. The entire Mars is like a little girl who has been ravaged and torn apart, being sucked dry by the human industrial system and gradually devoured. The Martian industry represents the largest aggregation of these monsters, the strongest political and military force on Mars, and possibly the most powerful human being at present.
With the most ships and industrial capacity, the highest support rate, and countless factions following behind Mars Industry, he didn't care about these little things. But there was no doubt that the people who appeared on the crumbling planet couldn't be just looking for someone to chat with because they were bored. Every time Mars Industry appeared, it meant that the Martians were planning to attack a certain place, and it was a very large-scale action, which could not change because of something.
As if she realized this, the little girl immediately responded and sent her ID number to the robot that looked like an engineering machine. The top level B authority made the voices of these robots from Mars Industry seem to soften.
"It's Ms. Zhang Lingmeng, a person with B1 level authority. You can make requests or take actions that are not out of line with us. Please feel free to give us instructions."
"I want you to get through to the person in charge of this project and have him talk to me."
Although the little girl's voice was a little childish, it was full of seriousness and unquestionable feeling.
"Didn't the people from Mars Industries investigate clearly? Darwin Pit is now covered by the Biosphere Experiment Plan, and the AI Logic Chain has begun to be deployed. We at Spiral are preparing to conduct a large-scale biological survey experiment, and Darwin Pit is an indispensable part. Your exploration operations should have stopped long ago."
"We are not following the AI logic authority, but only the authority of Mars Industry itself. We are not a general-purpose machine of the wide AI network, but a special machine of Mars Industry itself. However, we will truthfully forward the proposal of the B-level authority to the project leader, Mr. Remington, the B-level authority. He will perform a mass projection in three minutes to persuade you to abandon this biosphere operation and work hard for a better future for mankind."
“——!”
Listening to what the robot said, the little girl was shaking with anger.
Although it is just a cluster of nanomachines, one can still see that its body is constantly fluctuating with consciousness.
After a while, a petal gradually opened on the dark green robot's head, revealing a bust of a man. In this light-poor corridor, it looked even more majestic, looking down at Zhang Lingmeng with a stern face.
"I'm Remington. Do you have a problem with me?"
