In October 2025, 40km southwest of Yanjing City, in a huge flat ground, the four-story building in the middle seemed a little out of place with the surrounding environment.

What's even more outrageous is that outside this house, which is not even a human inside, there are at least five teams taking cameras to shoot at it, and more than ten drones hovering around in the air.

If the lens is pulled to a height of 400km, there is also a satellite above space locking here.

About 100 meters away, a group of people gathered on the open space. Each of them has a tablet with Honor. This is a new model released in 2024. Its market share in China is second only to iPad. A few people also have a telescope around their necks. If professionals see it, they can tell at a glance that it is military-level and can be owned by either an enthusiast or a person who can really use it.

"Everyone, it's time to start." Zhou Yujie, who was standing in the middle, said softly.

Several people on the side did not answer. Some people looked at the screen on the tablet in their hands, while several older people raised their telescopes and looked at the house in the distance.

The drones around also began to move. With a muffled sound inside the house, a moment later, a faint white smoke began to emerge from the cracks in the windows, and then more and more, the color began to become black.

Obviously, the inside of the house was on fire, but neither the people in the distance nor the people photographed nearby did anything, just waiting for the fire to gradually grow bigger.

After about three minutes, the house was already filled with smoke and there was a conspicuous fire by the windows.

Zhou Yujie in the distance said: "Dear leaders, the task of this drill is to rescue several trapped simulated dolls in the fire scene. Now the fire truck has arrived."

An old man next to him also looked at the fire truck that was driving rapidly, but there was no one in the fire truck, including the driver's seat. He couldn't help but frown and asked, "Mr. Zhou, it seems that the fire truck also uses unmanned driving, right?"

Zhou Yujie explained: "Minister Yang, under normal circumstances, there are certainly people in fire trucks. No matter how fast the technology is developing, it is not as good as humans in special circumstances. However, in addition to extinguishing fires, we also need to consider that people cannot get close to them in some cases, such as radiation, chemical pollution, and high temperature environments, this unmanned fire truck first enters the site. This car has a large number of sensors, which can read all the factors that pose danger to humans within one minute, and people behind can also issue instructions based on the camera."

"Okay." Minister Yang nodded and expressed his approval. As one of the general leaders of the domestic fire department, he naturally knew that the most dangerous thing in the fire scene was the first and second batch of firefighters. Because it is easy to get into the fire scene without knowing it, but even though he knew that there was a possible sacrifice, he had to send someone in. Because there was no first-hand information, the subsequent rescue could not be formulated.

Several fire trucks arrived at the scene soon. Before the first fire truck was stable, a smaller drone suddenly flew up from the top of the rear, and quickly flew around the house. After hovering for half a minute, he found several open windows and flew in. At this time, all the box doors on the side of the fire truck were already opened, but the first thing that jumped out inside was some metal bone robots.

The people next to them took the shooting and the watching, without any surprise. Several robots quickly took out the hose from the car and rushed to the bottom of the fire.

"The speed is so fast." Minister Yang said in surprise.

Zhou Yujie nodded and said, "The weight-bearing capacity of this robot is 500KG, and its running speed can exceed 10 meters per second."

"It's much faster than humans." Minister Yang said in a deep voice: "Is there such robots in Europe and the United States?"

Zhou Yujie nodded and said, "Yes, and the performance is even stronger than ours. Last year's American wildfire, Brother Gu sent a large number of robots. In some aspects, robots are not as good as humans, but they are resistant to high temperatures, do not require oxygen, bear heavy loads, and are not afraid of smoke and dust. The advantage of being very obvious."

"The most important thing is that there are no casualties." Minister Yang said.

Zhou Yujie continued: "In fact, there is no need to compare who is better. Whether it is European and American or Toutiao robots, they all use the most advanced language data processing capabilities. They can easily understand the meaning of people around them, or they can also control them through signals in the back."

Minister Yang asked: "The situation in the fire is ever-changing. If you rely on the people behind to make judgments, there will be some delays, which is very bad for rescue."

"So we need enough fire fighting data to optimize data. As long as there is enough data, the robot itself will adapt to the changes." Zhou Yujie said.

Minister Yang asked: "Does the firefighters bring their own video materials?"

"This is only part of it. We also need to install some sensors on the fire suits. This project is very large, so it needs to be promoted slowly." Zhou Yujie said.

"Okay, this is not a problem." Minister Yang nodded, looked away, and said again: "Why did your robot stop and the water didn't spray?"

"This is waiting for data." Zhou Yujie said: "The small robot that flew in before was to collect the situation inside the fire site, including scanning the size, quantity, flammable material reserves, whether there are explosive hazards or chemical hazards. More importantly, it is to find living things in the fire site.

Because the rooms on site may not be all connected, coupled with the influence of the fire source, these drones will take some time to obtain all information. This information will be transmitted to the satellites in the sky with the latest 6G information propagation technology, and the satellites will then transmit the signal back to the supercomputer located in Jinling City.

The computer will analyze it within one second, and then pass it to the robots on the scene in the same way, teaching them how to operate, how to extinguish the fire, and in which direction the water source can be sprayed, so that the fire can be extinguished as quickly as possible, and at the same time, it will try to avoid greater damage from the thick smoke and harmful smoke caused by the fire encountering water.

Our robots will also enter the fire scene and save people as quickly as possible. They have their own regional fire extinguishing equipment and high-pressure air bottles on their bodies, and can also help the people inside on the spot."

"Okay, this is a revolution!" Minister Yang said with some emotion: "In this way, the workload of our firefighters can be greatly reduced and their risks can be reduced."

Zhou Yujie smiled and said, "I hope so too, but the current technology can handle ordinary fire conditions, but the complex ones are still not good, especially in very large fires. Our robots are too high in quality and can easily crush the floors burned by the fire. Also, they can easily rescue people when they encounter people who are not seriously injured, but if they encounter people who faint, they cannot bring people out with their physique."

"Can't the robot control the strength in his hands?" Minister Yang asked in confusion: "Do I remember that many surgeries can be operated by robots?"

Zhou Yujie explained: "It's still different, the environment is different, and the design direction of robots is also different. Although the advantages of robots are mentioned online, any type of robot will only be stronger than humans in one field, which is faster than humans than cars, but the flexibility of direction is far less than that of humans. Overall, only humans can perform various tasks, which is incomparable to robots.

Moreover, most of the fire temperatures are extremely high. The materials used on the robots are high-temperature fire-proof materials, but no matter how fire is, they cannot prevent their own temperature from rising. The heat transfer of metals is very fast, and the high temperature on their bodies is likely to cause secondary damage."

Minister Yang nodded and said, "So that's the case."

Zhou Yujie continued: "With enough data, robots can take on more work. According to our team's estimates, as long as the data is sufficient, only 2% of firefighters may need to enter the fire in the future. Moreover, our robots and data will do their best to ensure their safety and avoid landslides and other emergencies. Firefighters will basically not be in danger of their lives.

If it is a forest fire, outdoor factory fire and other environments, when it is just a fire to put out rather than a person, the robot can fully undertake 99.9% of the work."

"Okay, then what data do you need? Our fire department will definitely cooperate with you." Minister Yang said in a good mood: "However, the cost of this kind of robot is not cheap, right? If each fire brigade has one, it seems unrealistic, right?"

"Each unit is expensive, more than three million US dollars." Zhou Yujie said.

"This is too expensive." Minister Yang's face changed and he said, "A such a high price is several times more expensive than a fire truck. It is estimated that it will be difficult for you to buy the fire brigade in Yanjing to Shanghai."

Zhou Yujie smiled and said, "This is the cost of a small amount of production. If it is mass-produced, the price will reach about one million US dollars. As for the initial stage, I don't need a local fire brigade to purchase it. The first batch of 300 robots will be completed next year and will be distributed to some big cities at that time."

"Free? Are you doing it for data?" Minister Yang asked: "The size of this market should not be very large, right?"

Zhou Yujie smiled and said, "It's not big if you only look at the fire protection field. Not only in the fire protection field, Toutiao is also exploring various outdoor environments, obtaining a large amount of outdoor data and information, and challenging the limits of robot independence. As long as the field is deeper, the more developed the technical background will be. In the future, this kind of robot can work in many fields.

Perhaps in the future, all cities' underground pipeline exploration, dredging, welding and other dangerous tasks will be robots, or various underground mines can also be operated by robots, and other fields such as dangerous mountain infrastructure, bridge construction, tunnel access, and even brick handling at construction sites can be operated by them.

Toutiao’s robotics department has begun trying to collect information from all walks of life and then customize such robots through demand.”

"Your idea is really terrible. Will there be more people who will be unemployed at that time?" Minister Yang asked.

"No." Zhou Yujie smiled and shook his head, "When train cars appeared, millions of grooms in Europe were unemployed, but the sharp increase in productivity would create more jobs. This is not the Internet industry snatching the market with hawkers, but it will only create more jobs. Moreover, Europe and the United States are also developing technologies in this area. We must keep up, go further and do better."

"Okay." Minister Yang nodded and asked: "I heard that you have also invested in a large number of photovoltaic power plants in the northwest. The total investment may be as high as 100 billion US dollars. Your car is also building three super factories and four photovoltaic manufacturing bases at the same time. Can your funds be overwhelmed?"

"This is not a problem," said Zhou Yujie: "My Internet companies have been listed. Over the years, I will gradually cash out my shares. These funds will be used to develop various high-end technologies, or invest in the new energy and biological fields."

In the Internet industry, with the golden finger of the Prophet, the shares in its hands were very high. For example, Douyin, even if it went public, it still held 65% of the shares, and the others were around 40-50%. This ratio is very abnormal in the Internet field. The founder's holdings too high are actually not conducive to the development of the company itself.

The funds after the gradual sale are all in tens of billions of dollars, and these funds are naturally used to burn money in the field of technology. Without the ability of a prophet, only by investing in various high-tech fields can one ensure that their company can still be at the top in the future.

Of course, there is another person to be thanked, that is Musk. Before 2020, Zhou Yujie spent a lot of money to buy about 9% of Tesla's stocks. With Tesla's market value exceeding one trillion US dollars, these shares spent two years cashing out and making a net profit of 100 billion US dollars. Most of the funds for the development of Northwest Solar Energy comes from this. The other part is to build super factories for beam construction, solar photovoltaic panel super factories, new energy battery factories, chip factories, motor factories, charging stations in Europe and the United States, etc.

Musk's achievements further helped the beam, making it Tesla's biggest competitor.

However, over the past few years, the 100 billion US dollars earned from Tesla have almost all been used. The next project naturally requires funds to cash out with Internet stocks. As for Toutiao companies, they only need to control their controlling rights.

Minister Yang said: "According to your ambition for robots, if it is really realized, it will change the entire human society. Now, it depends on which Western companies and you get the first opportunity."

The two of them actually had only a few minutes to talk, but the fire scene next door had already turned off. The fire extinguishing mode calculated by the supercomputer is very efficient. The robot rushing into the fire scene is not afraid of small fires, and it also carries a large number of fire extinguishing equipment.

Minister Yang and others also walked over from a distance and said in a deep thought: "If the firefighters were allowed to destroy the fire just now, plus the preliminary preparations, it would take at least half an hour. I didn't expect that such hard training would be defeated by the robot."

"It might be better to defeat it, good." Another leader said with a smile.

Minister Yang nodded and said, "That's right, Mr. Zhou, if the price of your robot can be reduced to a reasonable range, I will definitely convince the fire departments in various places to buy it."

Zhou Yujie smiled and said, "No problem. The purpose of our manufacturing is to use them. I hope these robots can replace all dangerous positions and ensure people's own safety. This is the future society I hope to build."

【Finished scattering flowers】
Chapter completed!