With Su Wu's will.
A large number of ordinary shelter residents began to orderly evacuate from the ruins of the surface city, returning to the underground shelters.
A few hours later.
The once bustling surface had visibly fallen into desolation.
Only various engineering vehicles, Spider Robots, and workers wearing Exoskeleton Armor remained.
They continued to shuttle through the increasingly fierce snowstorm.
Continuing to cut and transport the construction debris from the ruins.
However, although the workforce involved in the work had decreased from millions to hundreds of thousands.
And the environment had become harsher.
The actual work efficiency had not decreased much.
The amount of construction debris being recycled remained above 300,000 tons per hour.
The only difference was that the proportion of high-value materials like metals had significantly decreased.
Most of it was the most common concrete powder.
"The current number of ordinary Spider Robots has reached 100,000."
"200,000 sets of civilian Exoskeleton Armor."
"Various standard electric engineering vehicles, including ore transport vehicles, number about 12,000."
"Other vehicles, which have only undergone simple modifications and come from before the apocalypse, number around 20,000."
This was the result of the manufacturing center's full production efforts over the past few days.
If all goes well, this would also be the total mechanical power related to engineering that Jianghe City could possess for a considerable time in the future.
It wasn't that Su Wu didn't want to manufacture more.
But the surplus resources that could be drawn from the shelter's warehouse could only support this number of machines at most.
After all, aside from these.
Building shelters, various modifications related to shelters, producing Heavy Main Battle Spider Robots and other weapons solely for combat, as well as research activities, all required a large amount of resources.
"Although it has started to snow and freeze extensively outside."
"It can still be considered a good environment."
"So, next."
"The focus of work in Jianghe City will still be on the city ruins."
"About 70% of the robots, engineering vehicles, and workers in Exoskeleton Armor need to be retained to continue working in the city ruins."
Recycling construction debris from the city ruins was currently the easiest channel to obtain resources, both now and in the foreseeable future.
Moreover, its existence was relatively fragile.
Another earthquake or storm could lead to a significant loss of resources in the ruins.
Therefore, while the external environment was still not too harsh.
It was crucial to race against time to move the construction debris back to the shelter, turning it into usable raw materials.
This was the highest return on investment under the same operational costs.
At the same time, considering the current shift work system.
Operating all engineering machinery and equipment required about one million people.
After Su Wu made the plan.
The workforce that remained on the surface—
They wouldn't necessarily appear directly on the surface.
Instead, they would stay in the shelter and participate by remotely operating Spider Robots and various engineering vehicles.
The total number would remain around 700,000.
This group of people.
If all goes well, would continue to work on the surface for a long time without participating in other affairs.
"And then, the remaining people."
"Can engage in other work within the shelter."
Millions of people retreated from the city ruins back to the underground shelters.
This did not mean they would be unemployed.
On the contrary, what awaited them were various brand new job positions.
First, these people would undergo a screening process.
Those who met the criteria would become specialized professional players.
After many days of testing.
Su Wu discovered that even when playing the same game.
Within the same time frame, some players contributed Spirituality values that hovered around the standard line, while others could exceed the standard line by four to five times.
Those who could produce four to five times the Spirituality were deemed to have sufficient talent to become full-time professional players.
After the screening, a total of 400,000 people became professional players.
They would maintain an average of over 10 hours of high-intensity gaming time each day.
Bringing Su Wu about 200 points of additional Spirituality income daily.
The remaining untalented individuals.
Would undergo a comprehensive knowledge assessment, psychological testing, and reaction testing conducted by artificial intelligence.
Among them, the outstanding ones.
Would be assigned to schools, hospitals, design institutes, research institutes, and other places requiring relatively high professional skills.
The relatively mediocre would be diverted, with 300,000 people supplementing various affiliated shelters' Fast-Growing Plantations, water plants, and other factories.
Participating in the basic work of maintaining the daily operations of the shelters.
Another 200,000 people would be diverted to the shelter's canteens, dormitory areas, activity zones, and other places.
Becoming chefs, maintenance workers, cleaners, and various service personnel for sports and recreational activities, such as hosts, coaches, and referees.
"This way."
"All the affiliated shelters will be thoroughly integrated."
"Establishing a complete social system with basic guarantees."
And only with a normal social system.
Can there be long-lasting and healthy vitality.
So that it does not collapse easily like a sandcastle on the beach.
After completing the necessary diversion, and deducting students who needed to attend school, as well as a few elderly and disabled individuals whose reaction speeds did not meet the standards.
Among the tens of millions of people in Jianghe City, there were still 6.5 million without jobs.
Considering that everyone would eventually need to move into the farmhouse courtyards.
Aside from the farmhouse courtyards, the numerous affiliated shelters in Jianghe City were essentially temporary residences, with no need to spend resources to improve them.
For this massive population.
Su Wu unified them into a production construction corps.
All used to participate in the expansion of the farmhouse courtyards.
"Relying solely on the original farmhouse courtyard construction team."
"Could only excavate about 10,000 square meters of space each day."
"Compared to the goal of accommodating a population of tens of millions, the speed is simply too slow."
"Now that there are so many available laborers."
"It is time to further accelerate the expansion of the shelters."
Su Wu operated on the console.
Projecting the overall structure of the farmhouse courtyard and the surrounding underground soil and rock distribution.
In holographic projection onto a 25-square-meter metal platform in front of the console.
Then he stood up and approached the metal platform.
Modifying and planning on-site according to the holographic projection.
First, completely seal off the core area of the farmhouse courtyard.
That is, the original farmhouse courtyard, plus all the space from the first phase of the construction team's expansion.
Together, they formed a cylinder with a diameter of 100 meters.
These areas would belong to Su Wu's private space.
No outsiders, including their remotely operated machines, could enter this space.
Then, centered on the newly completed bottom underground seventh layer of the second phase of the expansion project.
Four main passages, each 3.25 kilometers long, would be opened horizontally in all directions.
Millions of workers from the production construction corps would continuously excavate along these four main passages.
Until the four main passages connected with each other.
Forming a massive circular space with a diameter of 7 kilometers centered around the core area of the farmhouse courtyard.
"According to the original plan."
"The second ring area, with a diameter of 500 meters, as a grain production area, should be completed first."
"Then continue to expand outward in circles."
"Constructing the third ring elite area with a diameter of 1 kilometer for scientists and other high-tech talents to reside."
"The fourth and fifth rings for ordinary residents, with diameters of 2 kilometers and 5 kilometers, respectively."
"The sixth ring industrial manufacturing area with a diameter of 6 kilometers for production."
"The seventh ring outer defense area with a diameter of 7 kilometers to resist external threats."
"But in practice."
"Due to limited working space, it is impossible to accommodate too many construction vehicles and personnel at the same time."
"The overall expansion progress of the farmhouse courtyard has been slow."
"To change this situation."
"To truly utilize the labor force of millions of workers."
"It would be better to directly start construction on the planned areas from the third ring to the seventh ring simultaneously."
According to the new plan.
If the labor force of millions could be fully utilized.
The initial expansion speed would be ten times that of the current construction team's efficiency.
Ultimately, it could even increase efficiency to over a hundred times.
At that time, excavating space equivalent to several aircraft carriers in a day might not be impossible.
Of course, achieving this ideal state.
Would require many other prerequisites.
Such as a massive amount of Rapid-setting Cement and alloy supports.
And at the very least, popularizing electric drills as the most basic electric tools.
Allowing most workers to transition from purely manual to semi-manual work, etc.
Each condition was not so easy to meet.
With the help of artificial intelligence.
After running through the newly planned scheme and confirming there were no issues.
Su Wu immediately began to implement it.
At the moment this plan was executed.
The computing power borrowed by the farmhouse courtyard's artificial intelligence reached a brief peak.
Millions of people.
Almost simultaneously received new work tasks in their ears.
They erected more electric arc furnaces in various affiliated shelters.
Massively melting the stockpiled and recycled scrap metal from the city ruins into low-temperature steel and other alloys.
In the Jingyuan shelter and other spacious large shelters.
More Rapid-setting Cement production lines were established.
Striving to bring the output of Rapid-setting Cement closer to the daily target of 100,000 tons.
At the same time.
The first team to evacuate from the surface city ruins, composed of engineering vehicles, Spider Robots, and workers in Exoskeleton Armor not included in the 70% retention range.
Began to head towards the location of the farmhouse courtyard.
They would enter the underground seventh layer through an independent lifting platform located in the second ring, used for transporting the excavated rubble and soil.
Responsible for excavating the planned four main passages.
And there, they would build a certain number of temporary dormitories.
The farmhouse courtyard itself was quite a distance from most of the affiliated shelters in Jianghe City's urban area.
To facilitate construction, save time, and reduce risks during the transfer process.
Building dormitories on-site to accommodate workers for temporary rest was essential.
And although they were called temporary dormitories.
The actual construction specifications were basically consistent with standard dormitories.
They just lacked accompanying activity areas.
In the future, when conditions are suitable.
These temporary dormitories could also be easily converted into long-term residential areas.
"Next, we need to accelerate."
Through the monitoring located in various places.
Watching the affiliated shelters becoming more vibrant with the influx of relevant staff.
And the large number of workers shuttling through the surface city ruins and digging tunnels beneath the farmhouse courtyard.
Su Wu faintly sensed a burgeoning momentum for development.
He anticipated that in the near future, Jianghe City might undergo unprecedented changes at an extraordinary speed.
On November 14th.
After two days of intermittent snowfall.
The surface of Jianghe City had unknowingly accumulated over a meter of snow.
The temperature in the air had further dropped to minus 10 degrees, accompanied by a cold wave descending from the north.
On the surface, in a certain part of the city ruins.
Liang Liyang cleared away the thick layer of snow, shoveling the concrete debris beneath along with a small amount of snow that had not been cleaned up into the transport vehicle.
With the powerful boost provided by the Exoskeleton Armor on his body.
His work efficiency was extremely high.
In no time.
He had cleared most of the construction debris below.
At this moment.
After detecting that Liang Liyang still needed to continue clearing the snow.
The transport vehicle, which was not yet full, began to drive towards another location under the guidance of artificial intelligence.
Leaving Liang Liyang alone in the original spot.
"I can take a two-minute break now."
Seeing the translucent screen on the Exoskeleton Armor helmet display that indicated the current work had come to a pause.
Liang Liyang exhaled.
Standing up straight, he moved his joints a bit.
Given the low temperature outside.
He had no intention of lifting the visor.
He simply observed the surroundings through the helmet's observation device.
At this moment, within a radius of several dozen meters, he was the only one present.
His friend, who had originally worked alongside him, had been sent back to the underground shelter due to not having Exoskeleton Armor.
Not finding anyone to chat with.
Made Liang Liyang feel a bit lonely and somewhat unaccustomed.
"Being assigned to Exoskeleton Armor."
"Doesn't seem to be that great after all."
After resting for a while.
Liang Liyang was about to continue clearing the snow.
Suddenly, the task prompt
on his screen flickered and changed to a location several hundred meters away.
He paused for a moment.
Then, the long-formed habit of obedience made Liang Liyang instinctively follow the prompt, putting down the large iron shovel in his hand.
He activated the thrust system on the Exoskeleton Armor and jumped towards the target location.
When he arrived at the site.
He found several companions already standing there in Exoskeleton Armor.
Above them, a dozen drones equipped with electromagnetic guns were hovering.
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