Homo sapiens.

In Lute in the ophthalmic operating room, the two doctors and several nurses who operated on him were not so relaxed.

Root's left eye was blinded by flying small stones, and now the entire eyeball is basically useless, so the chief surgeon chose to remove the eyeball and implant an artificial eyeball.

Implanting an artificial eye is not difficult.

The real difficulty lies in the neural circuit, which is connected with the bionic neurons of the artificial eyeball, which requires the surgeon to carefully connect to keep the vision intact.

The operation lasted more than six hours.

The optic nerve connection between the orbit of the left eye and the artificial eye was completed.

After Root was woken up by the doctor, he subconsciously opened his eyes, and then he saw the bright and harsh lights of the operating room.

Immediately afterwards, he reacted: "My eyes have recovered?"

"One more test, Xiaoya, check him again." The chief surgeon turned his head and instructed one of the nurses.

Xiaoya nodded: "Okay."

Root was taken to an eye testing device, and nurse Xiaoya checked the prescription and chromaticity of his left eye.

While checking, he carefully fine-tuned the device connected to the artificial eyeball until Root's left eye reached its optimum condition.

Due to the particularity of the Assam branch, the artificial eyeballs used by Root are better than the civilian artificial corneas currently launched by Aoba Group, at least there is no need to replace the corneas every five years.

Root, who thought he could only become a one-eyed dragon in the future, is very excited now.

When he walked out of the ophthalmology department, he saw a lot of recruits coming for surgery. Ed stood up and waved to him: "Lute, you are the one who is missing."

It was exactly 11:30 pm at this time.

The four of them walked out of the hospital gate together.

There is a street at the entrance of the hospital, with six-story buildings on both sides, and a biological display screen on the ceiling above the street.

At this time, the biological display has entered the state of the starry sky, with a bright moon in the middle, which looks no different from the night sky on the surface.

The area where the hospital is located is a dormitory area and some office areas.

Since Siliguri Base City is positioned as a highly militarized area, there are not many ordinary residents here, and many of them are relatives of soldiers.

The prisoner reform camp in the new barracks is about 2.3 kilometers away from the Siliguri No. [-] Hospital.

Instead of taking the electric bus, the four returned to the boot camp on foot.

Even if it is late at night.

There are not a few pedestrians on the street.

On the billboards on both sides, some strange advertisements flashed from time to time, or various domestic and foreign news were broadcast.

Ed, who had already had the bone conduction patch on, stopped suddenly and stopped in front of a billboard.

[Today's news: 1. Large-scale riots broke out in the Tamil region in southern Tianzhu, which has aroused international attention...]

Ed even saw a few shots from his hometown, which made him worry involuntarily.

Others stopped too.

"Tamil? Isn't this where Ed is from your hometown?"

"Did something happen over there?"

Root patted Ed on the shoulder: "Don't worry."

Ed showed a reluctant smile: "Thank you, I don't know what will happen in the future. It would be great if Tamil could be as developed as Assam!"

Others feel the same way.

Although they only joined for a day or two, through their observations, as well as various supporting facilities and benefits, they feel that Assam is really good.

People like Ed, whose hometown is in the enemy-occupied area, compare the various situations of Assam and Tianzhu, and it is easy to see who is better.

For example, the medical services they enjoy today, if they are in Tianzhu, let alone small soldiers like them, even Brahmins and Kshatriyas may not necessarily be able to obtain this level of medical services.

Not to mention in other aspects, in terms of diet alone, the food of the Tianzhu Army is notoriously poor.

Some Tianzhu soldiers serving in the plateau and high mountain areas turned out to be white sugar as their daily staple food, and it was the habit of ordinary people in Tianzhu to adapt to this diet.

As for what is often said on the Internet that there are more vegetarians in Tianzhu, it is completely standing up and talking without pain in the back.

If they can eat meat, egg and milk, they will not refuse. The problem is that they can't afford it, not that they don't eat it. Many people are passive vegetarians.

天竺年产粮食3亿吨，人口14亿，每年还可以出口1000万～1300万吨大米、500万吨小麦，人均粮食才203公斤。

With this level of per capita grain, there is no room for food to feed livestock, chickens, ducks, and geese. Naturally, the consumption of meat, eggs, and milk is out of the question.

Ed and Root, who had served in the Indian Army, knew this very well. Which of the Kshatriya and Brahmin-born officers would not eat meat?

Tianzhu and Brazil, among the countries in the world, are also gods like crouching dragons and phoenixes.

Tianzhu still has a population of 14 billion, making it difficult to increase per capita.

Brazil's annual grain output is about 2.6 million tons, with a population of only 2.14 million and a per capita grain of 1215 kilograms. However, 6000 million people in Brazil do not have enough to eat.

This kind of black humorous magical plot appears vividly in reality.

Last night, Ed ate the most sumptuous meal in his life. Meatloaf, fried eggs, curry rice and vegetables can be eaten as you like. As long as you can eat, the cafeteria will provide unlimited supplies.

Last night, he thought it was just for the new arrivals, but today he discovered that it was a standard part of his daily diet.

According to the instructor's explanation, these ingredients are very common man-made food now, and they are only produced and eaten in emergency situations.

If it is the local side, or a base city with better conditions, they will basically eat better eggs, pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese.

Ed was greatly shocked by this. Although he didn't know what Versailles literature was, he did feel the rich style of Assam.

In Ed's view, if the living standard in the base city of Siliguri is considered poor, then the Tamil region of his hometown is hell on earth.

It's no wonder that Ed and others reflect on why their hometown looks like a ghost when life in Assam is so good.

As soldiers of the Tianzhu Army, they knew more or less about the Assam rebels, who had only rebelled against Tianzhu for about a month.

Even though it had been secretly prepared before, the earth-shaking mutation in front of them still made Ed and others feel unbelievable, and fell into uncontrollable reflection.

Why did Tianzhu use it for more than 70 years, but it still can't compare with the sudden rise of power like Assam?

Although this kind of reflection is one-sided, it is also full of prejudice.

But at this moment, Ed and others are full of curiosity about everything in the Assam region, and even unknowingly, fanatical worship has developed.

But they showed a completely different attitude towards everything about Tianzhu, full of negative reflection and contempt.

In fact, this kind of mentality change will occur, which is also a very normal thing.

A person struggling desperately in a slum, suddenly one day he was adopted by a rich man, and he lived a life without worrying about food and clothing.

What will happen to this person's mentality?

Will he miss his days in the ghetto?

Do not!Not only will he not miss it, but he will also despise and dislike his past life, and reflect on why he was useless in the slums, but now he can live comfortably.

Most people think so.

This is human nature.

Chapter 261 Confrontation Everywhere

22, April 2.

Zhu domain.

Chirang town in the middle.

After more than half a month of training, and through the channels of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Root found his family members who were relocated to Zhuyu, so he applied for transfer to Zhuyu.

Through the secret channel of day and night, Tru and a dozen other recruits who were assigned to Zhuyu finally arrived in Chilang Town.

From outer space, the town looks unremarkable.

But in fact, Chirang Town is only on the surface. The real city is actually in the mountains on the east side of Chirang Town. Under these mountains with an average height of 3000 meters, there is the base city of Chiran hidden.

The scale of Qilang Base City is very large, especially with the recent large-scale expansion. Currently, 8 districts have been built, which can accommodate a total of 7.3 people.

In the future, the scale here will continue to expand until an underground base group that can accommodate 20 to 30 people is formed.

Root and his party entered the traffic station in Chilang Town in a hurry, and after identifying themselves, they were taken to a lounge.

After checking their identities, the person in charge of the station took them to an elevator dedicated to internal personnel.

The elevator descended hundreds of meters before arriving at the underground station below the traffic station.

After 10 minutes, the electric train slowly stopped at the Qilang Town Station, and the doors of the carriages opened automatically.

At this moment, the communicator of the person in charge of the station rang. He picked it up and took a look, then hurriedly let the electric train wait for 5 minutes.

Another group of people descended from the elevator.

Root sat on his seat and looked curiously at the group of people who had just come down. Judging from the uniforms these people were wearing, he knew through the reminder from the mobile phone wizard that these people belonged to technical employees.

The group of people also quickly boarded the car.

The train started and drove towards District 1 of Qilang Base City.

Root was a little timid about his hometown, and he kept looking around.

Weng Xuehai, who was sitting across from him, took a look at him, and then continued to flip through the geological exploration data on the tablet. He came to Qilang Base City this time, not just to wander around, but because there are new discoveries here.

Recently, their geological survey department is one of the busiest departments.

Due to the large number of underground bases being built in the Assam branch, digging underground tunnels and shafts is commonplace.

This also led to the unintentional digging of a large amount of mineral resources by the Assam branch.

For example, the large bornite mine in the Manipur area, the Shillong lithium mine and the Dura tungsten mine in the Meghalaya area, and the gold mines and lead mines in the Zhe Mengxiong area.

These minerals all have a characteristic. The burial depth is often below 500 meters underground, and the surrounding areas are either deep mountains and old forests or snow-covered plateaus.

For example, the mine was discovered in Qilang Base City. It is above a mountain with an altitude of 1736 meters, and the excavation area is about 1400 meters from the top of the mountain.

While Weng Xuehai was concentrating on looking up information, the train also arrived at the station in District 1 of Qilang Base City.

Root and others went to report to the local branch of the Ministry of Defense.

Weng Xuehai and his party met with the person in charge of the geology department of Qilang Base City.

Soon they took the train to Area 9 where minerals were discovered, which was also a newly developed area.

Arriving at the excavation site, Weng Xuehai looked at the section of the corroded rock strata, and quickly ordered: "Collect samples immediately."

Several assistants skillfully opened the toolbox they carried with them, and began to conduct fixed-point sampling of rock formations and excavated sediment.

Deputy team leader Ba Kang picked up a palm-sized black rock: "Typical magnetite characteristics, and the grade is not low."

"Magnetite of the magmatic metamorphic rock type is usually associated with other metals." Weng Xuehai said while inserting a test tube of sediment into a portable mass spectrometer.

After a while, the mass spectrometer combined with biocomputer technology analyzed the elemental composition in the sediment.

"The grade of magnetite is really good, this sample reached 47%."

Bacon looked at the list of detected elements: "Huh? The content of platinum and rhodium is so high, and there are also a lot of manganese and chromium."

Weng Xuehai has successively tested mineral samples from other locations and found that the average grade of magnetite is about 42-48%, which is a typical rich ore.

However, for the iron ore with many associated minerals, it is necessary to prepare associated ore separation equipment for mining.

Because they are underground, they can only conduct secondary drilling in all directions according to the direction of the tunnels and veins.

However, based on past experience, Weng Xuehai is basically certain that the reserves of this composite magnetite will not be less than 1.2 million tons.

In fact, the mineral resources currently held by Homo sapiens are no longer what they used to be.

Taking iron ore as an example, the total reserves of iron ore in the area controlled by Homo sapiens have reached 53.7 billion tons, with an average grade of about 28.4%.

Reserves of other minerals are also increasing.

In fact, as long as it can be explored downward, there are still a lot of mineral resources in the deep layers of the earth's crust, so there is no need to worry too much.

For example, the recent iron ore trade between Australia and Hongshawati has caused major problems. The three major iron ore suppliers in Australia collectively raised the price of iron ore exported from Hongshawadi by 30-40%.

In response, Hongshawadi has stopped importing iron ore and turned to mining its own reserves of iron ore.

It is precisely because of this kind of preparation for a rainy day that the three major iron ore suppliers in Australia not only failed to harvest Hongshawadi Steel Enterprises, but also caused the price of international iron ore futures to plummet.

After all, Hongshawadi is now one of the top steel producing countries in the world, with an annual output of 4700 million tons of steel.