Epoch of Twilight

Chapter 486: Move into space

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Early the next morning, Luo Yuan flew again to check the corpse of the giant beast.

I found that it was still alive and kicking.

Moreover, the area where it is located has been repeatedly ravaged by this behemoth, and has completely turned into a huge lake. The lake water is boiling violently, filled with steam, and exuding scorching heat.

Even the environment and climate in the area several kilometers near the lake have undergone drastic changes because of its existence. Luo Yuan discovered that several plants not far away that were supposed to be frozen had melted and sprouted among the branches.

Luo Yuan watched for a while and had to return without success.

Next, for several days, this giant beast still maintained its strong vitality.

Fortunately, Luo Yuan was not in a hurry. He had enough time to wait for this giant beast to completely die.

Nearly a month had passed. Before the behemoth died, good news came from the spacecraft in outer space. The first building had been built and the migration could finally begin.

The emergency spacecraft that had been docked at the mother ship began to become busy.

Shiploads of supplies flew out of space and were first transported to the spacecraft.

Migration is not just about transporting people. In order to be prepared to live on the spacecraft for a long time, you must first ensure the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the relocated people. Among them, the indoor agricultural area is the top priority, and even some factories are also included in the migration.

This is not only because the process of human beings cracking down on Boxing technology is not satisfactory, but many Boxing factories are still unavailable to humans, and some production must rely on human machines. It also prevents migrating people from being idle and having nothing to do. Do.

This also makes this project extremely large and lengthy.

The ever-increasing number of workers suddenly accelerated the construction of residential areas on the spaceship. After the migration was over, the second batch of migration began immediately after a few days of rest.

In the next few months, the entire city of Hope was busy.

The once bustling and crowded Hope City gradually became empty. The industrial area had been completely evacuated, and the material storage warehouses had also become empty. When the last batch of migrants logged on to the spacecraft, the entire Hope City was completely sealed.

Tens of thousands of people lined up in a long queue, frequently looking back in the direction of Hope City, with heavy steps and complicated expressions. No one knew whether they would be able to return to Earth and open Hope City again in their lifetime.

From lingering and struggling for survival at the beginning of the end of the world, to now being forced to escape from the earth and about to rush into the dark space. For humans who have never left the earth, a strong sense of uneasiness fills everyone's heart.

Human beings know too little about the universe, which is full of too many unknown mysteries. Compared with the vast universe, not to mention human beings, even the earth is too small, like a dust particle.

Today's spaceship living area is no longer what it was originally.

Twelve huge buildings support this space like support pillars, making the entire empty living area cramped.

There are no decorations on the surface of these super buildings, with a metallic silvery white color and a grid pattern formed by assembling prefabricated parts, making everything look cold, stiff and full of science fiction atmosphere.

Every inch of space here has been utilized to the limit. Except for a few criss-crossing streets, there are buildings everywhere. In order to accommodate the large population and cope with future personnel expansion, the interior of the building is also cramped.

Each of the buildings in use today is home to about 700,000 people and has 300 elevators to facilitate people's entry and exit.

Excluding some public facilities such as parks, streets, and commercial areas inside, the residential areas on each floor are like closely arranged grids. Most ordinary people can only have nine square meters of living space per capita. It's okay if you have a family. At least there is a toilet inside. If you are single, even the toilet is public.

And compared with the ground, because the rooms here are in a spaceship, all beds and furniture are made of metal and have uniform specifications, and are fixed to the ground. Being in it makes people inevitably feel depressed and irritable.

In addition, each room has at least one safety fixture to avoid the risk of human body being thrown out and injured when the spacecraft accelerates and decelerates.

The influx of a large number of people has made the entire residential area extremely noisy. The streets are full of dense people and appear overcrowded.

Luo Yuan asked the accompanying officials to arrange the last batch of immigrants, and then he and his secretary Cheng Guanghui walked towards the central control cabin.

"mayor!"

"mayor!"

"Continue working!" Luo Yuan nodded and said solemnly.

Now the control cabin is no longer empty. With the reorganization of the crew, everyone has already taken their respective positions. With the help of Zhi Nao, they have begun to become familiar with how to control the Bosnian starship.

Compared with ordinary soldiers, everyone here has a higher degree of education. Many are even scientific researchers or engineers and have no military experience. However, Luo Yuan didn't care. Facing a high-tech spaceship, professional ability was more important than military quality, not to mention that the latter could be trained and cultivated, but the former was more difficult.

"How's the familiar one going?" Luo Yuan asked Bi Jianping next to him: "When will we be able to fly between the stars?"

"It will take some time. Short-distance flight should be fine, but long-distance flight is still not possible." Since being reprimanded by Luo Yuan, a large part of his focus has been placed here: "Our control of the spacecraft is still at a very early stage. In the early stages, once something goes wrong with the spacecraft, it will be difficult for us to start it again.”

Luo Yuan nodded clearly. Since the interstellar quantum transmission device was destroyed by him, the spacecraft's brain has lost contact with the factory area. Not only the automated factory that could have intelligent production has stopped operating, but also those that The engineering robots and maintenance robots are also disconnected. Once any parts are damaged or the armor is damaged, with the current level of human technology, it is impossible to replace and repair them, and they can only be left damaged, which is undoubtedly very dangerous.

"Get familiar with this spaceship as soon as possible. If necessary, recruit more technical personnel. Some students who are about to graduate can also participate to quickly master everything about the spacecraft!" Luo Yuan was silent for a while and said in a deep voice.

Time is running out. Human beings cannot stay here forever and must leave this starry sky as soon as possible.

"Yes, mayor!" Bi Jianping replied quickly.

"How is the mood of the citizens recently?" Luo Yuan looked in the cockpit for a while and then asked.

"It's basically stable, but there's still some anxiety. We've deployed additional guards to avoid emergencies!"

"Well done, we must not relax on security issues!"

This is human nature. When you suddenly enter space from the earth, you lose the sense of down-to-earth, which inevitably makes people anxious. If it is a normal society, you can also use more entertainment to divert attention, or use psychological counseling to relieve anxiety. Emotions, however, at this time, all industries are withered, social talents are scarce, and there are no resources to do such luxurious things.

The top priority now is to master the spacecraft as soon as possible and concentrate on cracking the Boxing technology. As for the rest, we can only leave it to the future.

Luo Yuan stayed for a while and then left the control cabin.

After a while, we came to the genetic laboratory again.

In the internal cultivation room, there are thousands of clones of wisdom trees, which looks like a small botanical garden. However, basically every wisdom tree looks listless, with drooping leaves, and there is no sign of vitality at all.

"Mayor, these wisdom trees grow extremely slowly. After they grow to half a meter, they basically come to a standstill. We have tried various methods, including adjusting the light, humidity and element ratio, but the results are not very good..." noticed Luo Yuan With a gloomy expression on his face when inspecting the wisdom tree in the cultivation room, the director of the institute explained carefully.

Luo Yuan was not surprised by this. If the wisdom tree could grow normally, there wouldn't be so many bones near it.

"At the same time, we have also studied the components of the wisdom tree and conducted some in vivo experiments. It seems that there is no special effect. However, a special macromolecular substance was found in the sample you gave us. We specially extracted the effective ingredients and conducted experiments.”

"How's the effect?" Luo Yuan asked curiously.

"Quite amazing!" the director of the research institute said with a look of amazement: "Since a mutant rat was injected with this substance, its intelligence has been astonishingly reminded. It is aware of its cruel situation and knows how to be afraid. , and even began to please the breeders.”

Luo Yuan didn't care about the poor mutant rat, and asked his concern: "Can this molecule be synthesized?"

The director of the institute shook his head regretfully: "This molecule is extremely unstable. In fact, in theory, it is impossible for this substance to exist at all. It can only barely exist in an environment with extremely high active energy. Even so, it cannot It is in two states of decomposition and synthesis at the same time. It is just an active energy environment. In the past, it could only be filtered and extracted from the body fluids of high-level mutant creatures and could not be synthesized artificially. Now the high-level mutant beasts have lost their source, which has also caused the progress of the experiment to stagnate. "

"Active energy? I'll figure it out. I'll send someone to it when the time comes." Luo Yuan pondered for a moment and immediately supported. Energy crystal nuclei dissolved in water are high-concentration active energy. Does he have any leftovers of this kind of thing? Although it is rare, as long as the wisdom potion can be produced, everything is worth it.

"The top priority now is to create smart potions as soon as possible. I plan to temporarily merge your laboratory with the gene editing laboratory. The laboratory there has cracked some Bosing experimental equipment. I believe this can greatly speed up the research progress. "

"We will definitely cooperate!" At this time, the director of the institute said hesitantly: "It's just about who is responsible for this project."

Luo Yuan glanced at him. It seems that scientific research is not a pure holy land. The struggle for power and profit is also inevitable. He pondered for a while and said: "Since you are the first to produce results, this project will focus on you. I hope you will work together." , I can hear the good news soon!”

Next, Luo Yuan inspected the factory area again. When he came back, he had mixed feelings.

Compared with the last inspection, there are 13 more newly opened Bosing factories. In addition to the nine original spacecraft parts manufacturing factories, there are also nanochip factories, nanomaterials factories, polymer material synthesis factories, and Important basic core factories such as strong centrifugal force element extraction smelting plants.

Through these factories, human technological capabilities have been greatly supplemented and even improved by leaps and bounds.

Take nanochips for example. This kind of chip technology used by Bosingians is not the photo-burning technology used by humans. Instead, it directly uses atomic control technology to arrange chips at the atomic level. The volume of a chip with the same function is not even a thousandth that of a human being. one.

Through these core factories, mankind has initially restored its electronic manufacturing capabilities. The latest computers manufactured today, even if they still do not use quantum computer technology that is still under research, can be hundreds of times more powerful. At the same time, its size is But it can be reduced to the size of a thumb.

It can be said that in just half a year, humans have achieved technologies that would normally require twenty or even fifty years of steady development to break through. However, compared with more factories that have not yet been put into use, the factories that humans have cracked now are even less capable. Less than one tenth, let alone full control of the spacecraft.

Among them, on the one hand, the time is still short, and on the other hand, there are still too few talents, which makes Luo Yuan more urgent for the wisdom potion.