Though the transcontinental railway is a dream, there are still two passenger trains within California from Los Angeles to Columbia.
"Alright, let’s do it this way."
Lin Miao picked up these photos and went to prepare the next version preview for the players.
After a day’s work, Red Barrel was holding a design blueprint, constantly shouting
"R you lemme, what kind of efficiency is this? What kind of efficiency is this?"
In just two days, they had completed 20% of the original task, and the efficiency was even faster than those professional construction teams Red Barrel knew in reality.
He could hardly believe his eyes when he saw those little robots hauling planks and steel, and those doorframes equipped with laser cutting modules—these machines worked fast with high precision, and even the picky quality inspector who slept next to him had nothing to say.
Welding, cutting, stacking bricks, plastering, wall tiling... there seemed to be nothing they couldn’t do, even twisting wires better than him.
All the material quantities and variables had been pre-calculated using Sea God Industry’s software, so these industrial robots just needed to follow the steps to complete their respective tasks.
The local workers could only watch from the sidelines, learning from the hackers and supervisors how to operate these robots, and how to let them assist with their work. All intense physical labor was replaced, not even needing to set up scaffolding themselves.
What the hell, is there going to be any work left for the workers in the future?
"You don’t understand, do you?"
The giant, who was lounging in the sun, lazily said, "This is called the trend of automation, just watch the news, it’s all coming."
Some players came to Taiping Continent to build, some came to vacation.
Even though the sea breeze stunk a bit, the sea was gray and the beaches black, you could turn off your sense of smell, close your eyes, and convince yourself you were vacationing in California.
The giant came from Hangzhou, which is a place full of talent and resources, with many industries of automation and AI, so he’s naturally seen a lot.
Maybe even Boss Ma would need Brother Xun’s permission if he wanted to eat fish.
"If the robots do all the work, what do we do?"
Even the construction team he’s leading now can’t keep up with the efficiency of the robots.
Red Barrel suddenly remembered the homeless people in Detroit: Become Human who lost their jobs because of androids and shivered. Would reality become like that in the future?
Then he wouldn’t even have the option to grab his barrel and run.
"What are you thinking about?"
Brother Dao, who was lying around, suddenly lifted his sunglasses and glanced at Red Barrel, clad in a reflective vest.
"By then you’ll be retired, just collect your pension and do whatever you want, no need to worry about these things prematurely."
"Automation is not that simple. You have to consider employment rates, low-skilled individuals who could lose their jobs to machines, supply and demand relationships, and social consumption capabilities. There’s a ton of issues; it could take decades to even start." Follow current novels on novel(ꜰ)ire.net
"Once full automation is achieved, it should be at an advanced stage of socialism, right?"
"All repetitive, meaningless, and inefficient labor handed over to robots, and once productivity is maximized, you just need to focus on achieving your dreams and life goals... probably."
Even Brother Dao felt a bit uneasy saying this, as who can know what the future holds?
On Earth, regions develop at such uneven rates, with some living in primitive tribes and others in ivory towers.
To get past this point might require dismantling the entire world and rebuilding from the ruins.
Red Barrel shook his head; he couldn’t understand these things, much like he couldn’t understand why every girl at the foot massage parlor had a broken family, a gambling-addicted dad, and a ruthless he.
But one thing he understood clearly: he couldn’t employ subcontractors and casual labor anymore like in reality; he needed to find a way to buy robots and set up a robotic construction team.
But the two people next to him weren’t the type to give him useful advice, so he asked,
"By the way, where’s Brother Ni? How come I haven’t seen him in Taiping Continent for two days?"
Giant: "This place is full of Brother Ni, which one are you talking about?"
"Damn..." Red Barrel kicked him, "The one who’s always jumping from rooftop to rooftop, and recently changed his name to Mizu, planning to slash Oda Nobunaga."
The giant certainly knew who Red Barrel was talking about; he just found it amusing.
"He went to the Watson District, to that dungeon discovered by the super balloon last time. Brother Ni hasn’t given up yet; I heard he found some cult clues yesterday and ran over again."
Red Barrel frowned; that place just had an earthquake and was in ruins.
He originally thought there would be some reconstruction tasks where he could grab some work, but ended up waiting for three days with nothing happening at all, as if the Night City Government never even heard about it.
Perhaps the Tiger Claw Gang was lucky, as their Kabuki area was further from the epicenter, while most of the Vortex Gang’s turf suffered damage.
Especially those old abandoned factories took major damage during the quake, with many rusty steel beams collapsing, killing or injuring hundreds, yet the city government did nothing, not even sending anyone to take a look.
But as for the so-called earthquake, Brother Ni, the player, knew it was merely a made-up lie to cover up the truth.
Though the cult’s old castle was forever buried underground in the explosion, he believed that a hidden lair would always leave some trace above ground.