Chapter 93 A deeply entangled relationship, the Almighty Church
"Only buy one camera?"
After listening to Shen Bei's purchasing requirements, Chen Anzhi spit out a mouthful of tea.
Shen Bei smashed it, feeling a little distressed.
What he felt sorry for was the tea.
In the old days, tea was a common household item.
But in this world of famine, it is extremely precious.
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After all, the space on the back of the Titan is limited, and there is not much land available for growing tea.
Shelter No. 36 does not grow tea trees, so it should be an item exported by a certain shelter as a resource.
The price is not cheap.
One high-level crystal source core can only buy one or two...
It's a bit like the pursuit of tea in Western Europe in the Middle Ages, and its value is comparable to gold.
Chen Anzhi was a little disappointed at this time.
Although Shen Bei is not a big consumer, every time Shen Bei comes, he always makes some strange requests.
It can also be regarded as adding some fun to the boring work.
But now, we only need one camera.
Boring.
"I'll give you one."
Chen Anzhi pointed at the camera in the corner of the shed: "Which one do you like, just tear it down."
Shen Bei was a little confused: "Tear it down? The ones you don't need?"
"Beware of gentlemen, not villains." Chen Anzhi smiled: "Electricity is expensive. In fact, the cameras above are just for show and don't have electricity. Besides, there are people in the institute all the time. If they don't need it, no one dares to come in and steal things."
Chen Anzhi paused here and whispered again: "I'll say something you don't like to hear. The upper-class residents are more civilized than the lower-class residents."
Shen Bei laughed.
Is there?
Maybe, but not much.
It can be seen that Chen Anzhi has never been beaten by society and has always lived a comfortable life in the institute.
He has no idea of ββthe insidiousness and cruelty of humans in the wilderness, and they are cold-blooded and ruthless.
Shen Bei was not polite and took one down directly.
"What do you want the camera for?" Chen Anzhi asked curiously.
Shen Bei half-jokingly said: "I plan to record the beautiful moments and show them to the bachelors."
Chen Anzhi widened his eyes, surprised at Shen Bei's brain circuit: "It's a good way to make money."
You really took it seriously... Shen Bei couldn't complain.
Shen Bei installed the camera and changed the topic to the mining arm armor: "Why does this equipment look like a prosthesis?"
Chen Anzhi didn't beat around the bush and answered directly: "It is built according to the concept of prosthesis."
"Then why not connect it directly to the flesh and blood, but wear it instead?"
Chen Anzhi looked at Shen Bei strangely: "Are you talking about the transformation in the way of the omnipotent religion?"
Here it comes.
Officially enter the topic!
Shen Bei shook his head pretentiously: "What is the Almighty Church?"
"A group of crazy people tinkering with prosthetic implants, even the heart can be replaced. What flows in the body is no longer blood, but lubricating oil. And the nutrients for the brain are nutrient solution."
Chen Anzhi paused and continued: "Without a sense of smell, you can't feel the feeling of shitting. Ha, isn't this a sad thing?"
Shen Bei slowly widened his eyes: "Can I say that this is a kind of mechanical ascension?"
"Mechanical ascension...an ancient word." Chen Anzhi touched his chin and continued: "Your understanding is emotional. The truth is that prosthetic implants are an implant, not a complete replacement of the body."
"You can think about it. If the brain can be replaced by a computer, the four words "prosthetic implant" are untenable in the sense of the word. That's called a robot."
"So, other organs can be replaced, but how long can the human brain last? It's just the same as our lifespan."
Chen Anzhi's words are very roundabout.
It can obviously get to the core of the problem.
But he went around in a circle, as if he was afraid that Shen Bei would not understand.
Shen Bei understood that the Almighty Church can transform the human body while retaining the human brain.
"Then why haven't I seen this kind of transformed people?" Shen Bei asked knowingly.
Chen Anzhi shrugged: "Their shelter has extremely low demand for materials. All members are transformed people, which they call "gifts". Moreover, they rarely go out and are only interested in a specific thing. Of course, there are also shelters that hire them to do tasks."
"You Wuchang thinks they are a group of lunatics and don't deal with them. Humans only contact humans, which is fine."
"And they are not human, but a pile of broken copper and iron. It's not strange that you haven't seen it."
Shen Bei said.
Then the two continued to chat about the Almighty Church.
Some information was summarized in Shen Bei's mind.
In general, the starting point of the Almighty Church's transformation of people is good.
It is to let ordinary people gain strength.
But the risks associated with limb transformation are too great.
The probability of death is more than 70%.
Only lunatics or desperate people are willing to take the risk to accept transformation.
Moreover, during the transformation process, a brain-computer module interface must be reserved.
Although I donβt know what it is used for, itβs scary to think about it.
After Shen Bei learned the news, he suddenly thought of the unified chip...
Shen Bei had a few more questions and asked them one after another.
For example, what is the All-Powerful Church interested in and where does their technology come from.
In fact, this is the same question.
You know, the technology of the All-Powerful Church is obviously several generations ahead of other shelters.
This kind of cliff-like leap is not in line with the technological development of the current era.
And Chen Anzhi is very taboo about this.
After just mentioning the words "the power of deep space", he was unwilling to talk more.
Now Shen Bei can be extremely sure that the so-called "power of deep space" and "world-destroying starship"
definitely refer to the same goal.
It can be inferred that this world was originally a world-destroying starship.
Later, it was blown up for some unknown reason and disappeared.
And the technology on the world-destroying starship was partially taken over by the Almighty Church.
Other technologies may be divided up by other shelters, and technology has improved.
And then developed into the current state.
But because of the emergence of supernatural powers, supernatural power has overwhelmed technology and become the mainstream force.
According to normal development, technology and metaphysics must be opposite. Therefore, a world of escape from famine that is like the end of the world presents a distorted posture.
There is technology and supernatural powers.
But no matter what kind of power, it still cannot change the fact that the evil species cannot be killed.
You have to escape from famine.
Everything that happened a hundred years ago has gradually been forgotten by humans.
Only a few people still pass on some information.
And this information gradually deviates from the facts.
There is a sense of dΓ©jΓ vu that is spread by rumors and processed infinitely.
For example, Chen Anzhi also mentioned that he heard a ballad:
"... They climbed up through the long steps, and it took more than ninety sunrises. The long ladder went straight to the sky, with 69,000 steps. When they arrived at the moon, it was a full moon. Looking up, they could only see the vast earth, which was completely submerged in the silver light..."
The meaning is obscure and difficult to understand.
According to Chen Anzhi's explanation, if you look up, you can still see the earth, so there must be heaven in the deep space.
This is pure nonsense.
Shen Bei is not sure whether there is heaven, but hell is right under his feet.
After a conversation, Shen Bei had a new understanding of the Almighty Church.
The topic shifted to mining arm armor.
"Let's talk business." Shen Bei pointed at the arm armor: "How much is this?"
"The market price we set is ten intermediate crystal source cores."
"This is not affordable."
Shen Bei was surprised at the high cost of this equipment.
Of course, it is not expensive for Shen Bei.
But for miners, this price is quite uneconomical.
A miner can only earn about 20 crystal source cores a day.
Although this thing can greatly increase work efficiency.
But what's the use if miners can't afford it?
"I also know that the price is expensive, but any price depends on time."
Chen Anzhi's words woke Shen Bei up.
Shen Bei suddenly realized: "In other words, this mining arm armor has not been mass-produced yet. Once it is mass-produced, the price will come down."
"That's right." Chen Anzhi looked at Shen Bei with appreciation: "For this sample alone, the cost calculation is naturally expensive. Once the quantity is large, the price can come down. That's why I said that you asked the price at the wrong time."
"What. You want to change your career to be a miner?"
Chen Anzhi brewed a cup of tea and handed it to Shen Bei.
"I'm just interested in weird things."
Shen Bei tasted it and found that the tea-frying skills were a bit poor. But the taste was okay.
Chen Anzhi's eyes were full of ambiguous expressions: "You don't mean what you say. Shouldn't you be interested in the turbo engine?"
"Who wants to eat a few bites together?"
Chen Anzhi laughed: "If I'm not busy, I don't mind you chatting with me for a whole day."
"Quote for the turbo engine, I'm also interested." Shen Bei said bluntly.
"Three high-level crystal source cores."
Shen Bei wiped his nose.
Suspecting that the world is targeting him.
Rock said yesterday that he would get three high-level crystal source cores if he completed the task.
The quote here just happened to match.
You all colluded, right?
Shen Bei dropped ten intermediate crystal cores, grabbed the arm armor, turned around and left: "I want it."
"Where's the turbo engine?"
Shen Bei waved his hand without looking back: "I don't have money for the time being."
"Then I won't wait for you. Make money as soon as possible. If others want it, I will buy it directly."
Shen Bei paused and looked back in surprise: "Others want it? No one can use it, right?"
"Ask the Almighty Church if they want it." Chen Anzhi rolled his eyes.
Shen Bei's mouth twitched: "Be sure to keep this toy for me."
Chen Anzhi grinned: "No problem."
