Chapter 586 One of Them (Part 2)

Territory, the ninth new city district.

In the center of the city, a large number of fan-shaped city districts are spread out in a ring, with another layer of city districts overlapping each other.

The biggest difference between the outer ring new city district and the inner ring old city district is that the architectural style of the new city district is inclined to the adjusted oriental style architecture, while the old city district still maintains the original simple architectural style... full of the taste of the blank and simple buildings provided by the system.

There is a six-lane lane between each district to accommodate a large number of vehicles. This is because of the super-scale development of air transportation. These ultra-wide lanes reserved in the plan are extremely deserted.

Before the first ray of dawn fell, the city had already awakened.

The first to awaken were the airports throughout the city. A large number of passenger airships set sail from the large-scale aviation logistics station. Trained aviation pilots controlled the airships to leave their steel nests.

This city carries 50,000 people. Thanks to the precise urban planning and the efficient logistics system brought by the airship, it has not developed into the slum-nest form that is most likely to appear in the city during the industrial revolution of the same period.

Logistics, under the operation of the administrative system, delivers every person and every material to where they should be.

There is no traffic jam or delay in sky shipping.

Fill in the battery, press the button, and start running.

Fortunately, the driving difficulty of the airship is not high. Driving this slow-moving iron-shell ship is similar to driving a speedboat. Even if it suddenly loses power, the airship can ensure that the ship and the passengers on it land steadily.

The airship is not a hydrogen airship, and it will not turn into a beautiful fireball in the sky with its passengers.

At this time, the mechanical clock in the city has just passed the half circle representing six o'clock.

Since the first ray of morning light fell, it fell on the head of the girl holding her head in the room.

Ling Mo got up from the bed, loosened her shoulders that were a little sore from overwork, and fumbled to find her glasses.

The mechanical wall clock on the wall had gone half a circle, and the longest hour hand stopped on the side of the number.

15:00.

"Ah... I seem to have gotten up late..."

Ling Mo stared at the mechanical clock that kept turning, and after thinking for two seconds, she immediately realized that if she didn't get up quickly, she would miss the airship at 15:02.

Dress, tie her hair, and wash her face.

It takes five minutes to get there from the building where she stayed.

"Good morning, Miss Ling Mo." The owner of the breakfast shop downstairs greeted her enthusiastically.

"A cup of soy milk, two steamed dumplings, thank you!" Ling Mo took out five yuan and slapped two bills on the table: "I'm in a hurry!"

"Okay, Miss Ling Mo, but you have to change this habit... Maybe one day the flight will be late or early and you will be late." The shopkeeper nagging, took two steamed dumplings from the steaming steamer and put them in a cardboard bag.

This oil paper bag was not invented by the territory, but brought by immigrants.

Immigrants who arrived in the territory from the outside world occasionally brought their skills with them, and then integrated the folk technology into this territory.

"There will be no such problem, the airship is always on time." Ling Mo shook her head, took a bag of steamed dumplings and hot soy milk from the shopkeeper, turned around and walked quickly towards the nearest airport.

So I won't be late.

Eat breakfast on the way.

The small transportation airport in the city is similar to a modern overpass, but it is a section at one end of the overpass. Passengers can walk up two floors along the stairs to the "bus" station built on the elevated platform.

The design of the small transportation airport is based on the overpass. It will not affect the normal driving of ground vehicles, and it is conveniently located on the main road without taking up too much space.

Ji Lin originally wanted to build an airport far above the ground, at least eight stories high, like in some games. The airship can pick up and drop off passengers without lowering its height and quickly travel between different areas.

This is convenient for airships, but it is inconvenient for residents to board the ship, and it is not economical for public transportation facilities.

If high-rise buildings are really built, airships as bus stops will inevitably occupy space in residential areas, and due to land occupation and construction cost issues, the coverage of the public transportation system will be lower.

Now the airship only needs to lower its height slightly to dock in front of the two-story "bus station" platform, suspended on a steel platform extending from the transportation port to prevent passengers from falling off when boarding the ship due to stepping on empty space.

The small airport designed in this way is like a half-remaining overpass, which can be directly suspended on the road without hindering normal traffic... Although there are fewer cars running on the ground in the whole city than flying in the sky.

After all, most of the resource transportation in this city now relies on the rail transportation system outside the city, not on roads, and personnel transportation relies more on punctual aircraft.

Every day, several steam trains drag hundreds of meters of resources back and forth on the tracks outside the city, and more flexible airships will transport resources to the target building after the steam train resources arrive.

Back to the topic of the book.

Ling Mo, holding six steamed buns, finally boarded the air train from No. 9 New City District to the Engineering Institute before the attendant rang the bell to close the door. She had already used the unlidden cup of soy milk to finish six steamed buns on the way.

The three-meter-long airship was converted into an "air train", or "public transport boat", with a 25-meter-long cabin, which was enough to accommodate 300 passengers.

(On Earth, buses are usually 12 meters long, and subways are 18-20 meters long.)

Ji Lin thought that both buses and bus boats sounded bad, so he simply named the floating transport ship used for public transportation the SkyRail based on the subway on Earth.

SkyRail.

"Huh... I caught up, otherwise I would be scolded by Miss Forna again." Ling Mo patted his chest, found his seat in the relatively empty cabin, and looked at the mechanical wall clock hanging in the cabin to confirm that he did not miss the punctual SkyRail.

"Ding~Ding~Ding~"

The attendant rang the bell, then grabbed the handle of the cabin door and closed the door of the SkyRail with force. The iron and wood cabin door hit the bulkhead and made a dull sound, and pulled down the latch to lock the cabin door.

Based on the principle of using a design that works and has no problems to the death...

That's right, even if it is converted into a civilian ship, the Seagull airship still uses the hand-pull door closing method when it served in the army.

The flight attendants need to manually open and close the cabin door (physical) at every stop.

This results in the flight attendants being big and strong men who can close the cabin door and deal with people who cause trouble on the air train with their fists.