How long does a person have to prepare mentally before he can choose to count hundreds of millions of lives as a "cost" to pay the cost of civilized survival?

Gao Wen feels that the answer is probably "permanent" - no one can be prepared for this kind of mentality, and no one can consider this as a mathematical problem with peace of mind. This is a matter that can never become "natural". The scale of the shelter urban cluster will destiny that more than half of the world's population will be blocked from the barrier and face the impact of the demon tide. Those survivors who come out of the shelter will use at least one generation of time to slowly understand and remember this price.

But if there is no choice, this bad option will still become an executable solution, whether it is himself, Rosetta Augustus, or Belsetia and the two dragon leaders, everyone here knows one truth--most of the difficult choices in this world are not made under a "peaceful" situation.

You may not be happy, but you cannot choose. As Veronica once told Gao Wen, the appearance of every victim means the incompetence of the decision-maker - however, the decision-maker will continue to make decisions, and the victim will always accompany the development of civilization.

It was in this case that the Tifeng people gave their solution, and Gao Wen believed that Rosetta Augustus was fully aware of the significance of this solution.

But this should not be the only solution.

"The refuge urban agglomeration plan bypasses the engineering problems of planetary barriers, but the price is that its protection scale is limited, and there will be amazing sacrifices," Gao Wen tapped the table lightly, "And I have a question about this... We all know that the basis for generating non-directional thoughts is neural networks. We need a large number of 'computing nodes' to be densely incorporated into the network, and these computing nodes are all humans... Where do you plan to arrange such a large number of 'nodes' at that time? Should you concentrate on building a special 'node shelter' and use several cities to assume the 'source' function, or should you distribute these computing nodes in various sanctuary cities?"

Speaking of this, he paused and began to explain his problem: "If we concentrate on building a 'node shelter', we can maximize the network operation efficiency and maintain a sufficiently strong mental unified field with as few nodes as possible. However, correspondingly, we have to consider the security and daily operation of the 'node shelter'. Since most people in the entire city need to enter the network to maintain the mental unified field, we have to leave dedicated and absolutely reliable personnel in the real space to maintain the survival of these networked nodes and at the same time protect the safety of the entire city.

"Considering that the computing nodes are highly concentrated, in this case, once there is a problem with one or two nodes' shelter, the 'intensity' of the mental unified field may be greatly reduced, and even the entire body is penetrated by the magic tide.

"If computing nodes are distributed to various cities, it can effectively reduce the risk of barrier breakdown caused by a large number of nodes being offline at the same time. When computing power is spread, even if there are problems with several shelters or some lines in the wilderness are interrupted, it will not affect the shelter groups all over the world. Moreover, because there are plenty of nodes and high security, people who serve as computing nodes can also take turns to rest. However, the disadvantages of this are also obvious - the computing centers distributed in various cities will generate higher costs than the 'node shelter'. At the same time, because each city needs a complete set of node facilities, this reduces the 'capacity' of each shelter in disguise and makes more people lose their chance of survival."

"We did consider these two different situations," Windsor Mapel looked at Gao Wen with some surprise. He seemed to have not expected that the other party could fully understand the architecture of the shelter urban cluster in such a short time, and directly consider its two implementation plans, and also consider it so deeply. But she quickly adjusted her expression and answered with a very serious attitude, "At present, we tend to use the second solution, that is, to allocate the computing nodes in each shelter city, and build a complete supporting system in each city.

"We know that this will reduce the 'capacity' of a single refuge, but this is to ensure the safety of all refuges in the world to the greatest extent. Because once the tide of magic begins, the shelters will be closed, and except for neural network-based communication, there will be no traffic between cities... No one can cross the unobstructed wilderness to repair the failed node refuge, so the only way is not to have a node refuge."

As Windsor Mapel finished speaking, the figures at the round table fell into thought at the same time. This was such a cold and realistic plan that even the leaders of the most powerful country in the world needed to use every distraction to carefully weigh all the details in the plan and deduce all possible variables in the implementation process.

As the caller and organizer of this meeting, Gao Wen looked at everyone on the scene while thinking. He noticed that Belsetia and Vilania were talking in a hurry in a low voice. After a few minutes of communication, the Silver Queen suddenly looked up and broke the silence: "Let me tell us our plan."

The queen stood up, supported her hands on the edge of the round table, and slowly spoke: "The Silver Empire's plan also bypassed the difficult goal of the 'planetary barrier'. Similar to Tifeng, we also tend to build a shelter that can be achieved under the current technical level and transfer a large number of people to the shelter. The difference is that our plan should be able to save more people... and even hopefully save everyone in the world."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes changed instantly. Gao Wen vaguely thought of something and subconsciously spoke: "What do you mean..."

"Gondor Wasteland," the Silver Queen nodded, "We intend to repair and rebuild the Sentinel Tower that was damaged in the previous war, restart the magnificent wall, and build the entire Gondor Wasteland into a shelter!"

As soon as this was said, there was silence around the round table. Even Rosetta Augustus, who always had a poker face, opened his eyes slightly. Belsetia nodded after a moment of pause and began to explain this amazing idea in detail:

"The Sentinel Tower itself is a powerful force field projection device, and it also has a high-speed information transmission function. At present, some sections of the communication link between the Silver Empire and the Cecil Empire rely on the remaining Sentinel Tower to complete the forwarding. We have achieved compatibility adjustments between the neural network and the Sentinel link. Therefore, only a small amount of transformation is needed. The Sentinel Tower can be converted into a transmission node of the neural network and a projection node of the unified mental field - and their power will be enough to protect the entire Gondor region."

"Wait, I have a question," Rebecca raised his hand and asked, "The magnificent wall is a circular barrier. Even if it can 'encircle' the entire Gondor area, what should I do if the sky and underground part?"

"This part is done by the 'blocking wall'," Belsetia nodded. It was obvious that the problems that Rebecca had thought of had also been discussed in the Silver Empire. "The two blocking walls that ran through Gondor that were built in the Wasteland War before are still standing on the earth. Although the magic energy pollution in the wasteland has subsided, the blocking wall itself has not been abandoned. It only needs a little transformation. Those purification towers that constitute the blocking wall can be used to guide and transform the energy field projected by the Sentinel Tower.

"Everyone here has just experienced that wasteland war. We all know that the principle of blocking the wall is to interfere with the magical environment of the entire wasteland area through 'frequency modulation'. Its core part is itself a wide-area force field projection and control device. According to Master Vilania's calculations, if all the Sentinel Tower can be restored and the function of blocking the wall can be combined with the function of blocking the wall, we will be enough to support a barrier covering the entire Gondor area - the barrier coverage includes the sky and the earth.

"In this way, just from the 'scale' of the shelter, Gondor shelter will be enough to accommodate the population of the world...at least there is sufficient living space and basic living supplies."

The Silver Elf proposed an amazing but attractive plan - to be honest, even Gao Wen had to admit that this plan was completely unexpected and sounded extremely feasible.

Restarting the ancient magnificent wall, connecting the ancient barrier with the modern blocking wall, and ultimately turning the entire wasteland into a refuge for mortals. The ancient Gondor Kingdom, which was once destroyed in the "demon tide", will become a shelter, and the desperate situation of the past will turn into hope for the survival of civilization. This is not only a refuge plan, but also a very romantic and dramatic plan.

Gao Wen even felt that if the Demon Tide had the will, he might have to exclaim after seeing this plan - what if you change your family?

But he was not overwhelmed by this romantic and dramatic plan. He was more concerned about the shortcomings and risks behind this plan than to sigh: "Have you considered the shortcomings of this plan?"

"Yes," answered him, Vilanya, a great astrology sit next to the Silver Queen. The lady who had personally presided over the construction of the Sentinel Tower stood up and calmly faced Gao Wen's gaze. "Although the scale of the 'Gondor Shelter' is far better than the sanctuary cluster in the Tifeng plan, its risk resistance is lower.

"In our plan, the entire shelter is maintained by a huge and complex sentinel tower-blocking wall system. Considering the actual limitations in technology, capacity and the urgency of the magic wave, it is almost impossible for us to build more sentinel towers or blocking wall nodes to act as ‘redundant components’. It is already the limit to be able to complete the ‘sanctuary transformation’ of Gondor wasteland in one and a half years.

"So, the entire system after the start of the Gondor Shelter is equivalent to running at the critical point. Each Sentinel Tower and every blocking wall node are extremely critical and cannot afford to suffer losses... Perhaps the blocking wall is better. We should be able to squeeze out some production capacity to build backup components now, but the Sentinel Tower is definitely not redundant..."

"That is to say, within half a year to a year when the demon wave lasts, there will be no problem with the Sentinel Tower that supports the barrier," Rosetta's voice was low. "Even if a tower is shut down, the shelter will be doomed..."

"It's true," Vilania nodded slightly. "Compared with the shelter community, the Gondor Shelter Program has almost zero disaster tolerance, and its advantages and disadvantages are obvious - our program can protect as many people as possible, but at the cost of risk doubles."

"The risk of this plan is indeed very high," Gao Wen also said at this time, "and I think the biggest risk comes from those Sentinel Towers... I'm more blunt. We all know the situation of those Sentinel Towers. It is the most euphemistic term to describe it as "years of disrepair". Moreover, in the previous wars, several Sentinel Towers were completely destroyed under the attack of the Wasteland Legion. With the current capabilities of the Silver Empire, can these towers really be "rebuilt"? Are there any other towers that need to be "repaired". After repairing, they can be restored to their peak state in the past?"

Gao Wen's words were very direct, but Vilania did not show any dissatisfaction with this. She just said calmly: "It must be admitted that the silver elves no longer have the ability to restore the Sentinel Tower to its full state. 'Rebuilding' the destroyed towers is actually a major repair of the wreckage. In addition, some modern alternative technologies are used to restore it to operation. These repair and reconstruction methods are not reliable. However, considering that the duration of the magic wave itself is not long, these unreliable repairs have become 'reliable'."

At this point, Vilania's meaning is actually very clear - the silver elves have lost the complete technology of building the Sentinel Tower, but relying on the experience of repairing and the modern magic technology that has just been developed, they can temporarily restore the towers damaged in the war. In theory, they can ensure that those towers will not have any problems within half a year to a year of the magic wave.

But if something goes wrong in this year and two years... then you can only have global GG.

And in Gao Wen's opinion, the problem with this plan is actually more than that.

"The greater challenge we have to face is the wasteland itself," after a moment of thinking, Gao Wen slowly spoke, "Moving everyone to the Gondor Shelter, even if it only lasts for a maximum of one year, will be a huge challenge.

"Although the chaotic magic energy in the Gondor wasteland has subsided, the wasteland has not yet returned to a habitable state. At present, in addition to the marginal areas and the purification areas affected by the Solin trees, most of the ancient Gondor country are still harsh. The slightly better places are wastelands, and the worse places are toxic water and soil pollution. It is not easy to set up settlements in these places. We need amazing scale and number of living facilities to ensure the survival of ordinary people... and it is only barely maintained.

"Overall, the Gondor wasteland is still a 'wasteland', and its natural environment has just begun to recover, let alone any infrastructure. There are no towns, no fields, most areas do not have communications and roads, and there are primitive wastelands that cannot maintain order everywhere. After moving in, countries will face huge chaos..."

Gao Wen shook his head when he said this, his tone was not optimistic: "The billions of people were stuffed into a primitive and deserted area. To be honest, even the Cecil Empire could not maintain normal social order under such circumstances, let alone those small and medium-sized countries that had problems with their original execution and mobilization.
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