"From the system self-check, the malfunction mainly focuses on the drive modules of the ascending track. These issues are usually resolved as basic maintenance and are not complex, but the current problem is that there are too many malfunction points, all within the safety protocols, so the system was forced to stop operating. We are currently understaffed, and it requires climbing to the high-altitude area of the elevator to resolve which is time-consuming."
In the vehicle, Wei Kexue, amidst the constant sound of huge gunfire, explained to Lin Xian, "The engineers sent by Silver Star can help a bit, but those are all engineering repair issues. Normally these maintenance areas are handled by a large number of maintenance robots, relying on people alone is not quick enough."
"Why not use the maintenance robots then?" KIKI asked.
Wei Kexue waved his hand, "A few days ago when we arrived here, most of the maintenance robots were still usable. But after the encounter with the Atmospheric Mica in Daluo Mountain by Iron Guard Brigade yesterday, they seem to have been attacked by some kind of ion pulse, causing the core program boards of these maintenance robots to be burnt..."
Lin Xian frowned, "So the other climbing channels are not opened, not just because of insufficient electricity, but most of the main control programs of the Airport have malfunctioned, right?"
Wei Kexue looked somewhat distressed and nodded, "We have urgently requested headquarters to dispatch some maintenance robots for support, but there’s not enough time."
"That a few electromagnetic railguns survived is also fortunate, otherwise we would have almost no anti-aircraft measures."
"At that time, the zombie tide enclosure was not as severe as now, those zombies and Abnormal Bodies basically did not attack the Airport actively, it was after the Iron Guard Brigade retreated to the Airport that the defense mechanisms were fully activated."
At that time, the ferry vehicle drove across the Airport platform, starting to enter the grand climbing elevator pillar, and instantly, the light and shadow changed, a huge and majestic super-engineering appeared in Lin Xian’s view.
Deep inside, several conveyance channels extended upward, there was a huge black platform, all trains or cars in sequence would be hauled on this traction platform, then these vehicles would undergo three phases of climbing acceleration, catapulting along the climbing passage up to a vertical height of 4800 meters, entering the high-altitude corridor above the Dazhu Plateau snow mountains, and in the tremendous corridor tunnel, accelerated by electromagnetism to a speed of 1000KM, transporting tens of thousands of tons of goods across the plateau to Jiazhou City 4500 kilometers away in less than 5 hours!
"Mr. Wei, take me to see those maintenance robots."
Realistically perfecting the repair of the entire climbing elevator was impractical; this massive scale was comparable to a small city, and covering it with Mechanical Heart for repairs was impossible for Lin Xian even if he exhausted himself.
What he could do to help was merely creating some key components with blueprints.
But according to what Wei Kexue said, it’s not just about one or two components, but if these maintenance robots could be fixed, it would speed up solving the problem a lot.
Wei Kexue looked up at him, didn’t say anything, and hurriedly nodded, "I understand."
The ferry vehicle quickly drove into a large maintenance area; under the dim lights, many transport chains and hoisting platforms appeared.
Wei Kexue operated the computer system, turning on the lights of a specific area. At that moment, the lights in front illuminated a row of small yellow maintenance robots on the ground.
"These are PX-05 engineering robots specifically used for the maintenance of the climbing elevator, usually managed directly by the self-check central system of the Airport. After the malfunction occurred, I and a few colleagues also tried to repair a few but failed to fix them. There were a few spare ones in the maintenance warehouse, but before that, they were taken by the people from the Federation Investigation Team for airship repairs."
"It’s that Federation Investigation Team again, why haven’t they left, just causing us trouble." Hearing this, KIKI said unhappily.
Wei Kexue said helplessly, "Although we belong to different camps now, the first priority of the Phoenix Society is still to help more survivors survive, so we can’t directly conflict with them. If all the people of Blue Star were to die, our resistance would be meaningless."
Lin Xian did not say anything, went straight over, placed his hand on an engineering robot, and began to activate the Mechanical Scan.
[Scanning in process, progress 15%]
This type of factory robot uses a small Hall-effect thruster with an anode layer for high-precision floating operations. From the progress of the scan alone, Lin Xian could tell that it was highly sophisticated. However, at this time, he also made some unexpected discoveries; the overall structure of the robot was intact and not missing, unlike the previous Iron Guard 3 Military Mecha which had even its core damaged and vanished, leaving nothing but an empty shell. Besides consuming, it was of no use, and its efficiency in consumption was not much higher than that of a complete mechanical entity.
Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Lin Xian would prioritize targets that were intact and operational, as they were the most efficient and could yield complete blueprints.
After taking about 20 minutes, Lin Xian finally completed the entire scan.
[Scan complete, Engineering Robot PX-05 blueprint obtained]
[Detected burnt circuits on the main control board, proceed with the repair?]
Upon seeing the prompt before him, Lin Xian breathed a sigh of relief. At last, he had obtained a complete set of robot blueprints. The materials, as it turned out, were not complicated; however, with his current level in Mechanical Manufacturing, it would be slow, but with this object, he could fully manufacture a batch of maintenance robots for the maintenance of trains.
He could even consider equipping these machines with machine guns or Artillery as Combat Robots...
Blue light flickered in Lin Xian’s hand, those delicate circuit problems inside the machinery which would be a nightmare for ordinary people to troubleshoot were as easy to repair as turning his hands for his Mechanical Heart.
Drip~ ’Program initiated.’
The main control panel of the PX-05 engineering robot lit up with phosphorescence, a very low engine sound emerged, the robot’s thruster emitted a pale blue light, and then slowly rose into the air.
"Wow, it’s really fixed!!"
Wei Kexue raised his glasses, his face full of astonishment, quickly bowed his head to check the system and, indeed, an engineering robot with a number appeared online in the system.
Lin Xian nodded, "The first one is a bit slow, I’ll start fixing the rest here."
At this moment, Wei Kexue’s eyes were full of admiration. For a mechanical engineer, Lin Xian’s Superpower was like a mechanical godsend. With this ability, why even bother learning ’Control System Engineering’, ’Mechanical Manufacturing and Equipment’, ’CAO and Mechanical Components’, ’Material Forming Technology’, ’Engineering Materials and Applications’???
He wanted to worship Lin Xian as his master at this moment but felt it was inappropriate. He then remembered that this Superpower couldn’t be taught and regained some sense.
"Great, I’ll arrange for maintenance immediately. If there are 20 functioning robots, I estimate it won’t take more than an hour to complete the repairs."
Lin Xian nodded and without any further talk, directly started the repairs on the next robot.