MTL - Mecha and Knife-Chapter 33 This old man

There are clear signs on the ground of the mecha area, so Ji Xinghe and others did not need to navigate to find the No. 109 operation area. All the work areas here are divided into operation areas. According to the signs, there are a total of 150 areas scattered in five areas. In the area of ​​Wanping.

After Ji Xinghe and the others approached, someone questioned him.

"What are you doing?"

Unlike the lieutenant colonel's official business and harsh words, the words of these mechanics have to be more life-like.

"Eh? This man looks very old."

"What to look at, work."

"Oh."

Only one young man stood up reluctantly to stop Ji Xinghe and the others, while the others continued to go about their own business without any intention of caring about the situation here. In fact, they don't care about many things, such as the battle between Ji Xinghe and Han Li, no one in this mecha area has seen it, and it hasn't been spread for a long time, otherwise there will still be some people because Curious and came to watch Ji Xinghe.

"Hello, I saw that you said you want a fitter." Ji Xinghe pulled out his eighth-level fitter certificate and displayed it on the bracelet screen: "I'm here to apply."

"Fitter? Eighth grade? Damn, master, there really are eighth grade fitters."

The 109 operation area suddenly fell silent, and the other seven people all turned their heads to look at the young man and Ji Xinghe.

"What did you say?"

"Eighth-level fitter, master, he is an eighth-level fitter."

The young man's voice was so loud that people in several nearby operating areas turned their heads to look at this side. It was not because they cared about the excitement around them, but because one of the young man's voices seemed to be Words that only exist in legends.

"Keep your voice down, please keep your voice down."

The middle-aged man called Master noticed those eyes, frowned and scolded, then approached Ji Xinghe and looked at the screen of Ji Xinghe's bracelet. When he saw the certificate information on it, his pupils shrank involuntarily.

"Ji Xinghe?" The master read out the name on the certificate, then looked up at Ji Xinghe, and asked hesitantly, "Do you still remember Liu Daoxing?"

Ji Xinghe frowned and thought about the memories, and then asked, "You mean that Liu Daoxing from Longzhou Machinery Company?"

"Yes, that's him. Do you know what he looks like? Or what are his characteristics?"

"There is a mole on the left cheek, and there are two white hairs growing on the mole. At that time, he almost **** off the two white hairs during the exam. He must have been sixty at the time, because the exam agency allowed the Romeo dog to do this. A kind of artificial intelligence used a robotic arm to participate in the competition, and had a fight with the examination institution and was almost disqualified from the examination."

"It's really you, you are really an eighth-level fitter." The middle-aged man who was called the master suddenly became excited: "I am the grandson of Liu Daoxing. My grandfather told you that you are The youngest and most promising of the twelve people who got the eighth-level fitter certificate at that time. At that time, he wanted you to go to Longzhou Machinery Company, but you insisted on going back to repair the car. It’s time for him to get angry because of this. many years."

Only then did Ji Xinghe know why when recruiting fitters for the No. 109 operation section, it was written that eighth-level fitters do not need interviews and assessments. It turned out that they knew that there were still eight-level fitters in the Federation.

"It's not that I don't go, but it's meaningless. Longzhou Machinery Company also bought the artificial intelligence program at the time. I remember someone said at the time that the assessment was to endorse the artificial intelligence program, and we all ran with it. of."

"My grandpa said the same thing. Later, my grandpa resigned because of the artificial intelligence program. A fitter like him is useless."

"Yes, there are artificial intelligence programs and robotic arms, why do you still recruit eighth-level fitters?"

Ji Xinghe is really curious about this question. He didn’t take his certificates seriously before. Even Tu Yuan, who knew he had those certificates, thought that he could only repair cars and other relatively simple machinery after he came to Alien Star. Because the mecha itself is its own system, but also because the Federation has artificial intelligence programs and robotic arms.

The artificial intelligence program was able to build multiple bases with a building area of ​​more than 800,000 square meters, or even more than a million square meters, in such a short period of time on the alien planet.

Shen Mu also looked at Master Liu curiously, his grandfather's surname should be Liu as well.

Master Liu is indeed surnamed Liu, and his excitement has calmed down: "Because of resources, artificial intelligence programs need to be programmed before they can use mechanical arms and other equipment to create the parts we need. Although we have all mecha parts building programs , but our resources are limited, we can’t just replace it if it’s broken, or replace it if it can be repaired, and artificial intelligence programs won’t work in this regard.”

The artificial intelligence of the Federation can only be regarded as weak artificial intelligence, which refers to intelligent programs and machines that cannot produce real reasoning and problem solving. These programs and machines only look intelligent, but they are not really intelligent. , There will be no self-awareness, it is just a tool for human beings, and a tool needs the will of the user to be able to exert its ability. From a certain point of view, this may be a good thing, but when it cannot independently repair mechs of different damage methods and degrees, it is a bad thing.

"There are also modifications, customized modifications for mech fighters, modifications that conform to their driving and fighting habits." Master Liu added: "These are things that artificial intelligence programs cannot complete, because it cannot think independently, and artificial Intelligent computing resources are also limited, and the manufacturing resources allocated to us are also limited, and sometimes we need to manually build some parts before it is too late.”

Ji Xinghe understood, and Shen Mu also understood. Shen Mu asked curiously: "Then why didn't the federation expand the recruitment of eighth-level fitters directly? When I was in school and research institute, I never heard of such a demand."

"Because the exam for the eighth-level fitter is too difficult, it is even more difficult than the exam for senior technicians. Those who can pass the exam must be senior technicians, so there is no need to set up a separate exam for this aspect. We can just recruit senior technicians. Recruiting, it’s just that there are too few people and not enough.”

Shen Mu understood, he fell into a misunderstanding, in fact, it was not that Yixing was short of eighth-level fitters, but because Master Liu knew that there was an exam twenty years ago, and someone had obtained the qualification certificate of eighth-level fitters, so he was recruiting fitters It was just a sentence I filled in casually.

Judging from the comparison of occupational levels, the eighth-level fitter is equivalent to the senior technician of the fitter to a certain extent. Both are the highest occupational level of the fitter, but they are called differently. In the past, fitters and many types of work had an eight-level system, and the eighth level was the highest. Later, the fitter had a five-level system, and senior technicians were the highest.

Alien Star has always been short of senior technicians, but Ji Xinghe is not the only one who has this level. Shen Mu has them, and Master Liu also has them. Among the more than 1,000 mechanics in this mecha area, a quarter of them have senior fitters. Technician qualification certificates, the rest of the people are not bad, but their majors are not suitable. Repairing mechs does not only require fitters. Energy supply systems, intelligent operating systems, weapon systems, etc. all require professionals of various specialties.

"That's great, Lao Ji, you don't have to repair the car, just stay here and start repairing the mech. You can earn more money repairing mechas than cars." Shen Mu knew that Ji Xinghe was short of money, so he offered to help Ji Xinghe and asked : "Master Liu, how much can you contribute to Lao Ji for a month?"

"Car repair?" Master Liu didn't answer Shen Mu's question, but looked at Ji Xinghe with some astonishment as he thought of something: "Mr. ?”

Ji Xinghe thought for a while, he had never touched a real mecha, so he nodded: "Yes, I have never touched a mecha."

"You didn't study mechs before you came here?"

"No~www.novelbuddy.com~ No, it's not right. If you come here with your technical level, you will definitely be asked to repair mechas. Then there must be relevant training."

"The one you're talking about is the normal enlistment by profession. I wanted to come ten years ago, but because I was fifty-five at the time, they wouldn't let me sign up."

Master Liu was shocked, and then he remembered that Ji Xinghe and his grandfather seemed to be of the same generation?

"Mr. Ji, is your birthday this year?"

"Not high, sixty-five."

It's really not high, it's much younger than Master Liu's grandfather, the gap of fifteen years, but the disappointed expression still appeared on Master Liu's face, what's the use of an eighth-level fitter who has never touched a mecha Woolen cloth? It can indeed be cultivated. After all, there is a saying that all paths lead to the same goal, but sixty-five years old is already the retirement age, so what is the point of cultivation?

Shen Mu also thought of this, with regret on his face, it would be great if Lao Ji was younger. As for the old man Le who talks about war on paper, he is the professional who raises the most doubts and criticisms, so how can he take it seriously? In his plan, he will help Ji Xinghe to change many designs that Ji Xinghe is unwilling to change in the old man's music club.

On the other hand, Su He's expression now is only shock and no regret, because he is still thinking about what Ji Xinghe said just now: Ten years ago, the fifty-five-year-old Ji Xinghe wanted to enlist in the army with his professional expertise .

And ten years ago, it was the time when Ji Xinghe's son, Ji Chenxing, landed on Alien Star, this old Ji...

Looking at the disappointed Master Liu, this old man suddenly became nervous and unconfident. Couldn't he be an eighth-level fitter when he was too old?

"Why don't you let me try?"

His voice was pleading because his granddaughter was nearby.