177: No more, I'm going to take action

After Ji Ruping left, Tian Ming started to get serious.

Ever since Meng Xian and Ji Ruping, his two right-hand people, came online, Tian Ming had become increasingly lazy, a laziness that manifested in his resistance to dealing with complex problems.

However, after a trip to the Xuan Long Gang and seeing the miserable state of those people, Tian Ming was quite shocked.

In this world, apart from his Shelter, which could live like humans, other survivors probably lived lives worse than pigs and dogs, just like those slaves in the Xuan Long Gang.

It took Tian Ming five or six hours to read through all the documents; although they had all been processed, he still attached his own opinions after reading them.

After reading the documents, Tian Ming's thoughts were a bit chaotic.

The construction of the Underground City needed to be accelerated; this was currently the most important thing for the Shelter.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound came from outside.

It sounded like a rotary-wing drone; the airflow noise was very loud, and just by hearing it, he knew that whatever was flying in the sky was not small.

Tian Ming walked out of his office and came to the open space, only to see a huge rotary-wing drone hovering in the sky, its buzzing sound deafening.

This drone was about the size of a minivan, entirely black, with four rotary wings, like an enlarged version of an aerial photography drone.

Below the drone was a cargo hold, with a volume of only about two or three cubic meters.

Below the Central Building's plaza, Shen Yuan held a remote control, currently testing it.

Beside her stood Zhang Mengqi and Ye Fan.

"It's pretty good, but Ye Fan, your visual recognition isn't great; the reaction speed is a bit slow," Shen Yuan said to Ye Fan, who was beside her, as she manipulated the drone to fly away.

Ye Fan frowned and said, "This should be caused by unstable signal transmission; I'm not taking the blame for this."

Tian Ming walked towards the three of them.

"What are you testing?" Tian Ming asked.

Seeing Tian Ming approach, Shen Yuan quickly walked over and said, "Boss, look, my new drone! How about it, isn't it amazing?"

"I don't see anything amazing about it; isn't it just a bigger toy?" Tian Ming said.

"A big toy?" Shen Yuan's face immediately darkened, and she retorted repeatedly, "This is not a big toy; this is a cargo drone.

Based on the original technology, I made some improvements to give it multi-tasking capabilities."

"Multi-tasking?" Tian Ming looked puzzled; what multi-tasking platform? Did this thing have other uses?

Shen Yuan explained, "This is a drone platform.

Besides being able to transport cargo, it can also carry search robots to collect supplies in the city.

In addition, it has weapon-carrying capabilities, responsible for vigilance, clearing zombies, and other threat targets, and so on."

At this moment, the drone that had flown far away automatically flew back, and through terrain recognition, it automatically found its takeoff position and performed a precise landing.

One should know that current navigation systems were basically unusable.

The drone relied entirely on its visual recognition system to identify the Shelter's location and then land.

This visual recognition, combined with AI, was actually like a human, able to find its way home based on ground information references when navigation and signals were lost.

Shen Yuan saw Tian Ming's thoughtful expression and covered her mouth, laughing, "Boss, what are you thinking about?"

Tian Ming smiled and said, "I'm thinking, where do we get robots and drone-mounted weapons?"

"Hehe, Boss, you really know how to talk.

We are currently developing robots; the robot issue is easy to solve: we can use fixed-wing long-endurance drones to build communication links, then perform fixed-point drops and remote control.

As for airborne weapons, existing weapons can basically be used with some modifications," Shen Yuan said with a smile.

Tian Ming nodded, then heard Shen Yuan continue, "Boss, once our unmanned vehicle technology breaks through, we can also install tracks under the cargo hold, so we can directly enter the city to collect supplies.

The current visual recognition system cannot fully adapt to complex environments, so I made this drone first."

Shen Yuan's ideas were actually very advanced.

Given the Shelter's current production capacity and energy, the feasibility of supporting such advanced ideas was not very high.

Especially intelligent robots, that was not as simple as just talking about it; to achieve all this, a computational superbrain must be established, and a complete system must be built.

Tian Ming could mass-replicate chips, but turning them into servers for a computational cluster would require energy that geothermal power alone could not provide.

Tian Ming pondered for a moment and said, "Miss, these things of yours require a lot of energy to support, right?"

Shen Yuan nodded slightly and said, "Yes, Boss, if we have enough energy, we can make the entire Shelter highly automated.

Actually, with our small number of people, it's basically impossible to achieve industrialization relying solely on manpower.

However, if it can be automated, then it won't be a problem for us to maintain these devices."

Tian Ming nodded slightly and said, "It looks like I have to take action.

Accelerate the construction process of the Shelter!"

Tian Ming touched his earphone and said, "Ji Ruping, tomorrow at 8 AM, the main persons in charge of all major departments of the Shelter will have a meeting in the Central Building conference room."

"Boss, why are we suddenly having a meeting?" Ji Ruping felt a bit confused about this.

Didn't the boss only solve key problems? He basically didn't care about the Shelter's miscellaneous affairs.

"Don't ask anything, just notify as I requested," Tian Ming said.

"Okay, Boss!"

Shen Yuan, who was nearby, also had some questions and said, "Boss, the energy problem can be taken slowly.

I'm just talking about my concept; it will take at least one or two years to implement it."

Tian Ming smiled calmly and said, "I know, I originally planned to let you take your time and achieve self-sufficiency and self-defense.

But plans can't keep up with changes; the evolution speed of the zombies in the city is too fast, and our Shelter's construction speed and defensive capabilities are too slow.

Therefore, I'm preparing to postpone my slacking and retirement plan and wholeheartedly escort the development of the Shelter."

Shen Yuan was stunned for a moment and reached out to touch Tian Ming's forehead.

Tian Ming was startled by Shen Yuan's sudden action and asked with a puzzled face, "Miss, what are you doing?"

"Boss, why do I feel like you've suddenly had an epiphany and are no longer sticking to your principles?"

Tian Ming laughed heartily, "I held back before because I was afraid these people in the Shelter were incorrigible, but now that I see the Shelter's management getting better and better, my original worries are gone.

Tomorrow, at the meeting, I will talk about my grand plan."