Industrial Cthulhu doesn't believe in the end times.

Chapter 110 Radar
"...Okay, we'll take care of it. Don't worry, there won't be any problems."

"No, I think it's more appropriate for you to speak now. People in most areas are more familiar with you, and they want to hear your voice more now."

"But we can postpone it a bit longer. Our colleagues in the research area seem to have developed some special technology that can expand the broadcast range... Yes, by tomorrow at the latest, or maybe tonight."

Su Xun had just returned to the Taimeng base and immediately contacted Feng Zhengze, who was far away in Yanshan. After ending the call, he picked up the detailed intelligence from various regions.

I had already seen a brief overview of the content on the way, but due to limitations in transmission speed and time, I didn't understand many things in enough detail.

This report reveals that the thirteen regions initially designated were not all isolated from each other. For example, Shanggu was within the communication range of both the Yanshan and Taiyue bases, allowing information to be exchanged between the two locations via relay.

A similar situation occurred between the Yunmeng block and the Lingnan block.

Of course, there are also many isolated areas. For areas with relatively close borders, contact can be made by sending personnel directly. However, this is not possible for areas that are far apart, as there are many dangers on the road. Unless absolutely necessary, no one will be forced to take such a risk.

There are various reasons why communication between different blocks cannot be achieved through this relay method.

One important factor is the nature of these devices. In a communication environment filled with interference, you need a loud enough voice to transmit the sound, and you need a sensitive enough ear to hear it.

While a loud voice can be somewhat miraculously addressed with technical means, a large receiving antenna is essential to hear sounds from a sufficiently distant location.

Therefore, the communication range of each block is not actually the range of transmitting signals, but the range of receiving signals.

When various small portable communication devices within a block want to communicate with each other, they usually send information to large devices at the hub base, which then amplifies the signal and relays it with a louder voice.

This is why the hub base is called a hub; it serves as both a logistics support hub and a communications command hub.

Another factor is that, given the limited availability of superconducting materials, establishing these communication facilities before a major catastrophe would require covering as many areas as possible, providing strong support for rescue and disaster relief efforts in various regions under the leadership of the thirteen corps.

With so many devices, achieving wide-area coverage is already quite difficult; the overlap between them should be minimized as much as possible.
However, there are exceptions. Regions like the Jianghuai and Lingnan areas, which are densely populated, lack large-scale underground bases like those in the southwest to serve as hubs. The solution adopted is to build smaller, but interconnected communication facilities in multiple shelters within the area.
This situation was particularly pronounced in the Jianghuai region. While other regions would only submit a report once when summarizing their situations, the Jianghuai region alone, consisting of Jiangsu and Anhui, submitted reports fifteen times, which gave Su Xun a real headache.

Furthermore, the actual effectiveness of psychic communication is constrained by the psychic field, and the psychic environment is constantly changing after the cataclysm, and it is not balanced across different regions. The increase in the number of survivors has also greatly affected this environment.

Therefore, even Su Xun himself could not guarantee that these communication devices would function as intended. The original communication equipment at the Taimeng base was quite extensive, and its original purpose was to connect Yanshan and Jianghuai, but in reality, it did not achieve this.

This may be due to the excessive chaos in the spiritual energy field of the region under Taimon's jurisdiction. After all, not only have traces of three secret realms appeared here, but Haiqu has also experienced unexpected disturbances.

These are the reasons that have led to the current situation. After flipping through a stack of reports, Su Xun had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

The thirteen blocks are generally stable, but it's impossible to avoid unexpected events. In Taimon, the Sea of ​​the Rising Sea encountered a secret realm that rose to the surface, affecting an area encompassing several shelters, resulting in tens of thousands of missing persons.

In the Lingnan region, a mutated ant colony appeared in a refuge, leading to the abandonment of the refuge and heavy casualties.

The most troublesome insect swarms are those that have developed. This refuge has now become an intractable ant colony. Various methods have been tried locally, but none have worked. With the swarm's size steadily increasing, a plea for help has been sent to Su Xun. Su Xun, however, is quite experienced in this kind of situation. Just from the description, he roughly guessed that the mutant in this ant colony is actually its queen. She maintains the population through continuous reproduction. Without killing this queen, it is impossible to destroy this colony.

Burning this thing isn't very effective, and the mutated individuals no longer have the desired effect. The burrowing bomb is certainly good, but unfortunately it can't find the queen ant's location, and may not even reach the depth where the queen ant is.

In a more desolate area, dropping a nuclear bomb like in Haiqu would naturally solve the problem, but the area around this shelter is surrounded by waterways, making such a decisive bombing impossible.

Su Xun was not worried about this matter. He returned to his office and began to write documents. Fortunately, spiritual communication technology had been developed, which allowed him to use some very effective new methods.

As mentioned before, human spiritual technology did not arise out of thin air, but was gradually developed by modifying some past ideas.

The significance behind the establishment of spiritual communication goes far beyond just communication itself.

At this stage, humans are actually using their experience in manipulating electromagnetic waves to manipulate spiritual power. Of course, there are many differences between the two, but there are also commonalities.

Soon, based on the original communication array, a much smaller but more complex creation gradually took shape.

"Jiang Yi—help me compile these parameters into a file and send it to comrades in other regions!"

Okay, but what is this?

Su Xun laughed: "Radar, spiritual energy radar."

"This manuscript will be sent to the research area simultaneously; we also need to create our own."

Su Xun didn't have these things in his previous life. By the time the survivors of that time developed to the point where they could manufacture these things, the high-level superhumans already had very strong perception abilities and didn't need these things anymore.

But this ability itself is also one of the sources of inspiration for Su Xun's research on this object.

After all, whether it's called divine sense, spiritual perception, or something else, it's essentially about releasing spiritual power, capturing information, and then receiving information. This is one of the signs of a superhuman entering the third stage.

After studying many related technologies from the civilized era, Su Xun had the idea of ​​designing such a thing. Essentially, it uses machines to simulate the abilities of a third-tier superhuman. With Su Xun's knowledge and experience, constructing such a thing is not difficult. Of course, the actual effect may differ greatly from that of a real third-tier superhuman.

Most importantly, the detection range has been greatly improved, while the level of detail in observation has been significantly reduced.

But it's enough, that's sufficient.

Su Xun already knew the whereabouts of the zombie king reported by the Yanshan base. Like the mutated ant queen in Lingnan, the zombie king had learned to hide itself, either by hiding in the soil or by erasing traces.

However, since they still rely on instinct to apply spiritual power, they probably haven't had time to learn how to conceal themselves at this level.

(End of this chapter)