【Summer Five】Iron City Wall

When Wutiao entered, Xia You was adjusting the equipment in front of the forging table.The shadow cast by the tall man blocked the light, Xia You retracted reflexively, and turned the knob to the end.

"What are you doing?" Wutiao lay on the instrument, leaning on the partition and looking forward.The thing is small in size and is tightly blocked by the mechanical arm, so nothing can be seen.He stood on tiptoe with only curiosity, but just in time to see the equipment slowly stop working, the reminder sounded, and the steam escaped and fled.

Xia You breathed a sigh of relief, didn't move anything on the table, and responded with a smile: "Make a small object, and try how high-precision it can do."

Gojo wasn't that interested either, and shrugged to show that he heard it.He still rested his chin on the partition, opened his bright eyes and said, "Go upstairs and have a look, I'm just halfway through."

This is talking about a chip experiment in progress.Since they started to wire and select materials, various problems have popped up one after another: from the smallest chip arrangement to compatibility, these mistakes and omissions that have never been noticed have appeared one by one, turning into roadblocks to hinder progress, and there is no detour at all. Method.

Lao Chen also told them that making chips from scratch is the most difficult thing - there is no reference, let alone a model laid by the predecessors, everything has to be explored by oneself, and it may not be feasible to spend time.

But Xiayou and Wutiao are extraordinary after all. These problems that may plague ordinary people for most of their lives are not painful or itchy in their eyes. As long as they are patient and solve them step by step, they will always adjust their performance to the best.

The problem is the technical testing after that.The five who are most familiar with multi-threaded work are responsible for the initial preparations, inserting their assembled chips into the inspection slot, and calling part of the firewall data of 'Walden Lake' for reference exercises.Although Xiayou has repeatedly emphasized the risks of doing so, Wujo still insists that this is the most intuitive and rigorous testing method, and has successfully completed the pre-preparation, and can start testing at any time.

During the preparation, Xia You has been working on adjusting the way the chip is built to make sure it is not so fragile.He hopes that this chip will not stick to the traditional physical form, but instead have more and deeper properties: easy to bend and bend, squeezeable and deformable, etc.As long as the central core is not destroyed, this thing will continue to function.

It's a pity that their current material conditions absolutely cannot afford such time-consuming and labor-intensive research. Xia You can only settle for the next best thing. Together with Wutiao, they re-disassemble and polish the perfect chip to find the most efficient and stable chip. Loading method.

"Okay, here we come." Xia You turned off the power, put the mysterious little thing into the palm of his hand, and went upstairs with Wutiao.

Over the past few months, they have taken the second floor as their own.Old Chen liked the two young people more and more, and he directly agreed to use the dusty laboratory and let them do whatever they wanted.The standard and standardized equipment here is of great help. Whenever Xiayou lacks practical basis, or when Wutiao can't be idle and wants to play with hands, the second floor provides a comfortable space environment.

When the switch was turned on, rows of incandescent lamps gradually lit up, revealing a table of parts and computers.The rust color dyed the whole room, as if the air was filled with a strong smell of engine oil, which penetrated into the mechanism and penetrated deep into the lungs, replacing the flesh and blood of the whole body with steel and iron bones filling the power furnace.

Wutiao came over with the semi-finished products and pointed them to Xia You one by one with tweezers.

"This place... If you adjust it a little bit here, the power-over rate can be increased by 1.4 times. The interface problem we mentioned before, if it is changed according to the style of surface circulation goods, it may not be able to support a sufficient number of components. It may be designed to match. It’s the shape above, it’s a bit difficult to promote, and we don’t sell it to make money, so odd shapes don’t bother us.”

Xia You listened quietly, took a screwdriver from behind, and stabbed her thigh quickly and ruthlessly.The pain stimulated the nerves. He lowered his eyes and waited for the tiredness to subside. He felt warm blood flowing from the wound and meandering downward.

"Then do it like this." He said smoothly, "I'll talk about the trunking later, as long as this version is fixed first, we can advance to the next stage."

When leaving the laboratory, the five eyes quickly spotted the screwdriver.He vaguely saw a little dark red stained on the iron-colored spiral, and just about to ask, Xia You pushed his back and sent him out.

"Let's go," Xia You said, "I have to ask Andre to help buy a card reader."

Back at the attic, Wutiao was called away by old Chen's thunderous roar, leaving Xiayou to sit by the bed.Carefully avoiding the fabric, he slowly lifted the leg of his trousers, revealing the wound a finger above the knee.

He deliberately didn't use much force, the screwdriver only pierced the skin, and a little blood was shed symbolically.Xia You frowned, and impatiently took out the Creation Spray to treat the wound, quickly clotted the blood, and then wrapped it with a medicated bandage.

The bandage is not only for healing, but also for concealment—if you look closely, there are six or seven similar scars vaguely overlapping under the new injury.They have faded, some scabs and then torn, and they are pressed against each other, shockingly hidden behind the blood and bandages.

Xia You quickly put away the medicine box, found an angle that was almost exactly the same as last time, and arranged it.He checked all the surrounding utensils, and after confirming that nothing was stained with blood, he let out a long sigh of relief, with haggard tiredness appearing between his brows.

Since I took an extra job at night, the amount of my savings card has started to rise, approaching the target figure.The consequence of continuous rotation is that the spirit is not good, and it is seriously bad.No matter how hard you try to hold up your smile, there will always be a situation where you want to fall to the ground—as for how to deal with it, see that poor leg for details.

At least five articles have not been noticed, at least I can persist.

Xia You didn't dare to pour it on the bed, for fear that she would fall asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.

"Jonnie said it's today!" The door was suddenly pushed open with a loud bang.Wujo rushed in enthusiastically and said to him, "He just came to bring a message, and the rebel army will take action this afternoon."

Xia You frowned: "Do you want to go?"

"We're not going to join, so we'll just follow along, okay?" Wutiao pouted, "I've heard all of Andre's plan, it's not a big risk, it's just a small trick by relying on the strength of the crowd. .Even if someone does come to arrest us, we will stay far away, and just run away if the situation is not good!"

Standing up from the bed, Xia You put the things in his hand into the carry-on bag, and swung the shoulder straps on his body: "Aside from satisfying curiosity, do you have any other reason to go?"

Wujo put on his sunglasses and smiled triumphantly: "You don't understand that, do you? They are going to a commercial street, and there are a lot of groceries to make a living. Let's fish in troubled waters and take a few good things - it's not a big deal, is it?" ?”

He smiled complacently, Xia You shook his head, raised his backpack and showed it to him: "Can I still stop you? Go, go, it's best to bring something back, and sell it for a good price if you don't need it."

The silver-haired boy suddenly shone brightly, grabbed his hand and ran out.Old Chen shouted a few times from behind, and then thought of Jonny's request.The old master shook his head, found a bench to sit down, and sighed deeply.

The Great Void has always had only artificial light sources such as street lights, and even the sky has been set a monthly limit.Xia You still remembers the first ventilation period they experienced after they came to the Big Hollow: When the city rose and the ground cracked, the torrential rain and the howling wind came, and the rainwater poured back, and the nearby streets were flooded for a week Only then was it cleaned up.

They couldn't see the sky—only gray mist and endless icy rain.

Fortunately, the second and third times were luckier, at least it didn't rain again.It was only then that Xia You realized that the big void couldn't see the sun—the steam was so turbulent that it surrounded the surroundings as if covering the sky and the sun, and swallowed everything together with the light.

But he has five by his side.As far as Xia You is concerned, enlightenment is more dazzling than the sun; this light is magnified to the extreme by the dark time, crowding out all the places that belong to despair and gloom, and soaking the whole heart in the warm sea.

Because it looks like a pure land with eternal day, those who kneel down have no time to sigh, and they can reach from the six bodies.

And many more obviously never had the chance.These young people who have been searching for a way out gather together, with righteousness as the pillar, waving the high flag of the "revolutionary army" to seek respite.

Hundreds of people appeared behind the dark and depressing buildings.They looked solemn, dressed in rags, and held weapons.The young leader at the head has hair like wheat awns and eyes like emeralds. Even in the big hole that is always eaten by darkness, he still shines like the sun.

He roared: We will fight!We must fight against the iron law that has no bottom line, against the rulers who eat nothing, and against injustice and class!We will step out a road in the torrent of steel, a broad road that is seldom traveled by, for those who come later to climb and cross; from then on, there will be no more curses of value, and people will face up to themselves and bathe in the sunshine of equality and justice!

Each word weighs more than a thousand catties, and penetrates deep into the cold asphalt road, awakening the magma—it will ignite the earth, burning away enemies and all obstacles.

The entourage raised their arms and shouted, a bloody roar burst from their throats, soaked in the wind and sand for more than ten years, vowing to smash down the hypocritical and ruthless city wall.They flooded into the streets like a wave, drove the unprepared shopkeepers out of the shops, burned, looted and smashed any utensils they got, and trampled down the broken glass and the exquisite signboards standing tall.

The rebel march was in full swing.Young people stepped on the fragments of the window, vegetables and fruits poured on the ground, and were picked up by countless hands; most of the once bright and clean shops collapsed, and the bricks and tiles were broken and branched out, like a bamboo that lost its branches and leaves.

The shopkeepers wailed, cried, knelt and wailed in the ruins of their lives.But those cries were buried in the dust raised at the feet of the great march, and no one heard them; who would pay attention to the pain of individuals?Today is a collective carnival. Hanging one or two losers representing power will only increase morale, and who cares which gutter the rag doll in the window is lying in now?

Andre led the way with his powered armor on, and Jonny followed closely behind, with a happy smile on his lips.Like everyone else, he firmly believes that Apollo will drive the ox cart to drive away the night and rekindle the grand and bright daylight.

That will be an era that belongs to everyone.No one complains, no one mourns, everything will be given fairly, and the value of cruelty and cold blood will be gone.

The marchers were addicted to the honking of the future and would not wake up; the "victims" with their houses and walls buried in the dust, weeping blood.

Half a block away, Xia You sighed.

"A pathetic idealist." He rubbed the back of his neck with a regretful tone, "No one really thinks about 'the way forward'—they just need a belief, a motivation to persevere, that's all."

Wujo looked at the robbery coolly, and said, "Why do you need to achieve self-improvement on others? Everyone should be responsible for themselves, and imposing expectations on others will only destroy everything."

But Xiayou doesn't think so.He looked at the five smooth profile lines, his lips moved slightly, but he couldn't say a word.

The vigorous rebel army will eventually close up and leave, leaving only a sad mess.Wujo looks at everything, criticizes everything, but never takes part in it.

Xia You thought silently: But I am the kind of person you despise.

I have placed many chains on you, hoping to hear their repercussions someday.You have no way of knowing my greatest wish... I pray that I will take back these expectations, stop greedy and hopeless pursuit of gods; half a step back, half a step will do.

But both the soul and the body exhort me to let go of my obsession, because they know the weight of self-deception-they know that this enthusiasm will never fade.

Even if my body dies and my soul disappears, even if I am lost forever.