"So... what kind of environment will allow us to continue?"
"Earth," Mrs. Chen said, "Now, we finally know that the earth is not the optimal solution, but the only solution. If we finally settle on a certain planet for a long time, it must be extremely similar to the earth."
"I don't understand," Lin Si said lightly, "This planet is indeed very barren, but the Voyagers have very good navigation capabilities. We can use TKM-IV as the core, radiate outward, and find enough to provide us with The planet of the means of production is used as a supply point, and fleets are regularly dispatched to collect resources and develop ground facilities."
"This is also the development method that we have considered before we landed. However, this requires us to return to the original question, Lin Si, what do you think is civilization?"
"Aren't we considered civilized according to the previous assumption?" Lin Si frowned slightly.
"That is at best a mechanical state of life." The lady said, "I have a feeling now that we have no motivation to move forward in the current environment. The society we dream of is very beautiful, with inexhaustible resources. Enthusiastic researchers are devoting themselves to research every day, transforming this environment, making it more and more suitable for human survival, but in machine simulation, it has three serious problems."
Lin Si patiently listened to Mrs. Chen's words.
"First of all, the cost of building cities on this planet is very high. The 'dome' directly consumes more than half of the spaceship's resource storage capacity, and it can only protect land with a diameter of ten kilometers. Now, the number of our personnel active on the ground There are 500 soldiers in the army, and according to the marshal, if he wants the city to prosper, he must unfreeze more people, at least a few thousand people. He feels that as long as the people are in place, a new social order will be established soon , and full of vitality.” Mrs. Chen brought up a table, which is a summary of resource collection and consumption in the second area, and they are almost equivalent: “During the voyage, the voyagers continuously collect resources from various planets. resources, but it can only support the life and research needs of a few hundred people—you know how strict our control over the number of people is. Therefore, it is far from enough to supply a large city by relying on voyagers to collect resources outside the planet The Voyager is just a spaceship, it is not omnipotent."
Lins nodded.
Mrs. Chen continued: "The second question, we have controllable nuclear fusion technology, which can produce elements through fusion, but nuclear fusion can only produce elements before iron on the periodic table of elements, and this planet as a An early planet, most of it is also composed of these elements, but we have already reached the limit of the technology that these elements can create. For example, silicon chips are easy to manufacture and the raw materials are easy to collect, but your neuron chip will Silicone?"
"It's too backward." Lin Si said.
"You used some other weird metal materials. I don't know much about this field, but I know that iron and the elements before iron will definitely not work." Mrs. Chen looked into Lin Si's eyes, her tone gradually became serious: "This What does it mean? It means that if we rely on this planet, then our technology will be locked! We will not discover new chemical elements and physical properties, but will only stop at the existing technology. Lin, you Do you agree with that?"
Lin Si was silent for a while: "I agree."
Mrs. Chen's expression relaxed a little, and her tone softened slightly: "These two are material issues, and the third is a spiritual issue. In our society, the main activities now are scientific research and exploration of this planet. Relying on the love and morality in our hearts, as well as the desire to continue human civilization, there is no problem with this generation, but what about the next generation? They have no affection for the earth, and our living standards are just like this. No matter how hard they try , no matter how well you do it, what you get in the end is a standard room for voyagers or ground cities, and the nutritional supplements are distributed on time every day. Since everyone is at the same standard of living and it will not change in the future, we should rely on What motivates everyone to move forward? Where is the driving force for progress in our society?"
Madam finished speaking, and said: "This is not the result of a machine calculation, but my personal worry. I don't know if such a worry is reasonable, but it is indeed terrifying."
These views of hers are not unreasonable. In this way, the future of the spaceship is indeed very pessimistic.
But Lin Si is not a person who is easily incited, he is very calm and objective, which may be the reason why Mrs. Chen invited him to discuss this issue. After all, what Mrs. Chen wants is not someone to confide in, but someone who can help her make decisions
"I can't refute this point of view," Lin Si narrowed his eyes slightly, "but to solve this problem, we need to leave this planet and continue our voyage. With all due respect, the risk of a long voyage is greater than staying here."
"That's right," the lady sighed, "I'm a conservative person who thinks that survival is above all else, but the current situation is very bad, so I have to worry about possible crises in the future, and even think that landing is a A completely wrong choice, so I want to hear your opinion."
Lin Si asked, "What about the Marshal's opinion?"
"He didn't take it very seriously, and even thought that I had a psychological problem, and used a Chinese idiom 'to worry about the sky'," Mrs. Chen smiled helplessly. "The marshal is not as obsessed with technological development as we are. He thinks that as long as we can survive , multiply, then no matter how bad the environment is, it will get better in the end.”
"If you insist, we can accept some attempts to continue exploring outward," Lin Si thought for a while, and said, "But we must not give up the base here, we must at least keep most of the members here to continue to develop, and then Back up the information database of the eighth sector to the base, so that even if we encounter a devastating disaster while continuing to sail, we will not become extinct."
"That's right... that's what we're going to do." Madam nodded.
Sailing is like a gamble. As long as you leave the subspace, the changing space environment may destroy the spaceship at any time, which is far less safe than the ground.
"There is also the attitude of the marshal," Lin Si said, "If he insists on not agreeing, we can only maintain the status quo."
"So I hope you can stand by my side. There are very few people who can convince the marshal. Although he has been targeting you because of some misunderstandings, he will also consider your opinion." Madam said.
"In fact, I don't really agree with spending most of our energy on long-distance voyages. We can obviously try our best to transform the living environment on the planet." Lin Si thought about it, and said: "So I can only accept the base planet as the origin of coordinates. , to send a small force to explore."
"That's enough," Madam smiled, "Then I will prepare a detailed plan and then discuss it with the Marshal."
Lins nodded.
Mrs. Chen's worries are not unreasonable, but their strength is too weak to bear higher risks.
Since the landfall, the atmosphere of pessimism and depression has been spreading for a long time, and some new attempts may be able to bring vitality.
**
Ling Yi walked to the room next to his and Lin Si's, raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Come in." Adelaide's voice came from inside.
The young psychiatrist, with long platinum hair, was sitting opposite Su Ting, turned around and saw him coming in, and smiled happily: "Honey."
"Ling Ling!" Su Ting still had tears on his face, but when he saw Ling Yi, he still greeted him with a smile, but after that smile, his eyes filled with tears again.
This is the blood of Ye Selin left in this world.
"Let me see you..." Her tone was as gentle as possible, but still sad.
Ling Yi walked in front of her: "Sister Su Ting."
Su Ting looked at him and wiped his tears with his hand: "I didn't expect you to be on the spaceship, but fortunately you are still here..."
"I was drawn by the system to become Lin Si's experimental subject," Ling Yi blinked, "so I woke up, but I don't remember the past, Lin Si raised me."
His appearance has always been so exquisite and beautiful, and his voice is gentle and cute, which can easily make people feel good.
"Esseline will be very happy when you grow up." Su Ting reached out his hand, as if wanting to touch his face, but withdrew his hand in a little embarrassment.
— After all, he is almost an adult, he is no longer a child, and it is not suitable for such an overly intimate gesture.
Ling Yi noticed her movement, grabbed her hand that was about to drop very obediently and politely, bowed his head and kissed the back of her hand.
Su Ting laughed.
"If it were on Earth, there must be many girls who are obsessed with you." She said.
"Actually, it's almost the same now," Adelaide shrugged, "He's everyone's baby on the spaceship."
"Eceline too...everyone around her is attracted to her, I..."
Ling Yi looked at Su Ting.
Su Ting's feelings for Ye Selin are really deep, since he came in, she has mentioned Ye Selin many times.
And Ye Selin is such a flawless image in the eyes of many people close to her.
It is also in the eyes of the woman in the ninth district-if the Berlin virus was really transmitted to the spaceship because Ye Selin went to the Wilkins laboratory, then it is Ye Selin's fault, and she cannot accept this. A little bit, so she chose to push everything on Lin Si - this is Ling's speculation about her mentality.
Even if Lin Si didn't care, he still wanted to show the truth to that woman - Lin Si didn't care about getting on the spaceship, obviously you need Lin Si!
He hates people who bully Linsi so much that he even wants to scratch his paw.