Chapter 1042
As soon as Sheyan thought of that, he immediately called Dr. Dolittle to inform him of what he found. Dolittle agreed with Sheyan's judgment and also provided him with a very important clue -- if the T-1000 wished to replenish its energy reserves and repair its injuries in this era, it must do so in an environment with plenty of electricity.
In addition, ordinary electric power was far from being able to meet the T-1000's needs. It must perform an ultra-high-compression with a method that the humans in this era had not mastered yet before the electric power could be converted into an energy form that it could use.
Based on Dr. Dolittle's hypothesis, the ultra-high power compression instrument that the T-1000 could make with the current world's technological level would produce a huge waste in power due to the lack of the proper materials. Therefore, its signs could be easily identified by monitoring the flow in the power grid.
However, at the moment, the T-1000 was probably still in the process of producing its own pirated version of the ultra-high power compression instrument and had not been able to recharge itself yet. As soon as the flow in the power grid showed an abnormal fluctuation, Dolittle would promptly inform Sheyan.
Sheyan took the chance to make a series of preparations. In his plan, in order to achieve the highest degree of completion in his mission, he still needed to fulfill some external conditions. Even so, there was a truth to the saying that plans could never keep pace with the changes. Sheyan felt that he only had 50% confidence in achieving the highest degree of completion.
He was actually making a gamble, because in truth, to get some liquid metal now was really no longer a problem for Sheyan with the human and material resources at his disposal. That was to say, he already had ways of completing the mission for sure, but he would not achieve the highest degree of completion. On the contrary, if he insisted on trying to achieve the highest degree of completion, there was a 50% chance of losing everything.
Sheyan liked to take the steady route and had always played it safe, so he would have normally chosen the former option. However, he already had ways of acquiring dark gold equipments, so of course he would like to use this mission to fight for a higher grade equipment.
After Sheyan took care of all his business, news finally came from Dolittle. An anomaly had occurred in the power grid flow, the location was a newly built wave power station in Los Angeles.
(TL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_power )
This new type of power plant used the energy from the constant beating of the waves to generate electricity. It was economical and environmental friendly. Once built, the only operational cost it would incur was the replacement of worn equipments. In the days of Skynet, due to the extremely severe environment, the technology of wave power was used in a large scale.
The reason the T-1000 went there must be because it was not familiar with thermal power plants and such, so it had selected a familiar plant to operate.
Since it was a wave power station, it was, of course, built on the seaside. After confirming their target, Sheyan and the rest rushed to the location. Their previous effort must have exhausted 20%-30% of the T-1000's energy reserves. If they let the T-1000 recharge itself, that effort would go to waste.
Due to the ebbing of the tide, wave power stations were often built offshore (if they were built directly on the shore, how would they generate electricity at times of low tide?). Therefore, the group needed to travel by boat. For Sheyan, the T-1000's decision in choosing this place was akin to it giving up the home court advantage!
Looking from a distance, the wave power station was like a beacon standing tall in the coastal waters, like it was a guiding light in the dark. But Sheyan noticed that the colour of the sea here was a faint crimson, as if there was blood mixed into it. It was a frightening sight, bringing dread to those who laid eyes on it! When the rest saw the bloody waters, they instantly heightened their vigilance for fear of falling into the T-1000's trap.
However, this phenomenon was not that surprising to Sheyan and Sanzi. The pollution near the city of Los Angeles was quite severe, so quite often, an explosive reproduction of algae would occur, resulting in a "red tide". This phenomenon should be the spectacular sight they were seeing now.
It was currently early morning, so there was not a soul on this deserted beach other than them. There were only the abandoned beach umbrellas laying chaotically all over the beach and some abandoned houses that had faded in colour thanks to the sunshine and sea breeze. They painted a desolate scene.
Sheyan and the rest boarded an old motorboat on the dock and drove straight towards the wave power station. The construction technology of the wave power station was derived from the construction of offshore oil platforms, so it was essentially just the combination a few offshore drilling rigs.
Their arrival did not attract the attention of the people staffing the wave power station. There were none of the expected greetings, shouts or interrogations. Although the lights on the station were brightly lit, the whole place was as quiet as a cemetery.
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