Seven days later.
Three huge immigrant spacecraft slowly emerged from the planet's atmosphere, then stopped in mid-air, and then landed safely on the ground.
"laugh!"
As the passenger compartment of the spacecraft opened, Mars landing vehicles that looked like mechanical crabs drove down the steps of the spacecraft.
As the hatch opened, thousands of people poured in from each Mars landing vehicle. As soon as these people got off the car, what they immediately saw was a huge space port.
"Dad, mom, look!"
"my God!"
"Is this Ares City on Mars? It's not inferior to the Life Science City at all, and it's even bigger..."
Countless crowds of people surged in. When these people stepped out of the Mars lander, they all let out shocked cheers. The crowds of people were excited and shoulder to shoulder. This was a grand event for mankind in a thousand years.
Wang Wei supported his wife and son, and walked out of the crowd one after another. What came into view was a huge arc-shaped space port, and further away from the port, there were buildings with simple lines and a silvery gray color. Skyscrapers reaching the sky!
These buildings do not look like traditional human architectural structures. The lines on them are simple, some are oval, some are semicircular, but most of them are spindle-shaped. These buildings are gathered in the distance, and at the same time, the buildings and buildings are During the period, you can also see the high-altitude light rail that surrounds the entire city like a silver snake.
Further away, there are towering residential buildings, wide streets, lush parks and woods, and even huge lakes. The entire city has formed its own unique micro-ecological system. A permanent colonial city capable of housing hundreds of thousands of people!
In the more distant sky, everyone can faintly see the existence of huge chimney buildings with a height of thousands of meters. These chimney-like buildings are none other than the atmosphere-making machines of Black Light Technology. At this time, white smoke is rising straight into the sky. occasion.
"This will be the new home of mankind..."
Looking at this scene that was as gorgeous as an oil painting, Wang Wei felt excited. He hugged his son and couldn't wait to set foot on this land. However, when he stepped out of the spaceship, he immediately felt a light and airy feeling.
At the same time, bursts of broadcast sounds began to be heard in the ears. Everyone could see that in the void above their heads, a huge screen had been condensed by holographic projection technology. On it was Qian Wen, the CEO of Blacklight Technology's African region. Huan’s declaration of encouragement:
"Welcome to the first immigrant city on Mars - Ares Science City!"
"Here, I would like to congratulate you all. You have created a new era. From now on, the feet you and I stand on are the dividing marks of that era. We have put a huge exclamation mark here! "
"Because, starting from today, we humans will officially enter the era of great migration in the universe..."
"From today on, human beings are no longer called natives of the planet, but interstellar citizens! And when we call the earth, we no longer call it 'the only home of mankind', but should be changed to 'the birthplace of mankind'!"
"We have opened a new chapter for mankind, and every one of us present will be recorded in history!"
Following Qian Wenhuan's encouragement, the screen switched again, and then changed to the appearance of Xia Yin, the president of Blacklight Technology Zhongzhou District:
"Dear Blacklight Technology employees, you are the best..."
Then, the president of North America, Europe, and Beihai came on stage one by one...
"Daddy daddy!"
Suddenly, in the crowd, his fourteen-year-old son grabbed Wang Wei's hand and said in surprise, "I feel so light!"
"Of course!"
Wang Wei laughed and said, "The gravity of Mars is only one-fifth that of the Earth. We are used to living on the Earth, so we will naturally feel that Mars is light and airy. But it doesn't matter, we will get used to it after a while!"
As he spoke, he held his son with one hand and his wife with the other, and walked off the spacecraft happily. At the same time, several XTN robots responsible for security came forward and saluted Wang Wei:
"Dear Researcher Wang Wei, please follow us for you and your family. We have arranged a special safe passage for you."
"good."
Wang Wei nodded calmly and followed the robot out of the crowd.
As early as ten years ago, Wang Wei signed up for the Mars immigration plan. At that time, his mother was seriously ill and his family was destitute. He almost ran out of money for milk powder, so he simply gritted his teeth and joined Chen Chen's company.
Chen Chen was not too stingy with this old classmate. Anyway, Wang Wei's biotechnology was passable, so he directly gave him a qualification.
So in the next ten years, Wang Wei lived up to Chen Chen's trust and was promoted two levels from an ordinary research assistant within the company to the status of a formal researcher. His treatment in the company was second only to that of a director-level researcher.
The reason why Wang Wei and the 100,000 people here are willing to immigrate to Mars is because the research and transformation of Mars in the past ten years has reached its extreme. Today, the oxygen content of the air on Mars is equivalent to that of the Earth, and it is as warm as spring in all seasons. , looking into the sky, you can also see the existence of Ceres, the satellite orbiting Mars.
Just like the moon on earth.
At the same time, Blacklight Technology has promised extremely high treatment and benefits to this group of immigrants. The children of the first group of immigrants to Mars will be given the world's top elite education, while the adults are promised five insurances, one housing fund, and death benefits. , allocated villas, doubled salary and other benefits.
Even Wang Wei was able to advance one level after immigrating to the level of deputy chief researcher.
Therefore, among the first batch of immigrants, there were a full 100,000 people, and most of these 100,000 people were families of three or four.
…
"Your Excellency Godfather, the first batch of immigrants has settled in Ares Science City on Mars."
On the top floor of the newly built Black Light Building, Xiao X opened the door and immediately saw Chen Chen sitting in front of a chair with his back to the door.
Sunlight filtered through the floor-to-ceiling windows, reflecting Chen Chen's glowing silhouette, like an ascended god.
"The Earth Federation has sent a congratulatory message to celebrate the success of our Black Light Technology Immigration Plan."
Little
"No."
Chen Chen's seat slowly turned around and he looked forward calmly, "They can build it if they want to. The atmospheric processor, cryonics technology, and large-scale voyage spaceship technology are all on my side. They can't put me there no matter what." Throw it aside.”
"But they seem to be afraid of your monopoly on Mars."
Little
"Ignore them."
Chen Chen shook his head, "It's all nonsense. We should take a longer view now. After all, a too low vision will only limit our steps. Our eyes should be on the sea of stars."
Little X nodded.
Indeed, with Black Light Technology's monopoly on many aerospace technologies, it is possible to bypass the Earth Federation and go it alone. However, if the Earth Federation wants to catch up with Black Light Technology's aerospace technology, it will take at least fifty years.
This is the reason why Chen Chen has provided many relevant technologies to the four continents, otherwise this time will only be longer.
Fifty years later, black light technology is estimated to have landed on planets further away.
"Now, we're going to start trying space mining missions."
Chen Chen continued, "Immigration is only the first step. If we want to further break away from the shackles of the Earth Federation, what we need is self-sufficiency in resources."
"The small unmanned mining spacecraft has entered the test flight stage."
Little The power consumed by the platform to transport materials is still too huge, even if we have controlled nuclear fusion."
Chen Chen thought for a moment after hearing this, and quickly asked, "How long does it take for an unmanned mining spacecraft to travel to and from the asteroid belt?"
"It takes about three days to get from Mars to the nearest asteroid belt mining area, and a round trip takes six days."
Little On the way, the actual flight time at full speed is only a dozen hours."
Chen Chen couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.
Indeed, although it seems that humans have officially entered the starry sky, even with the engine technology of Black Light Technology, it can only reach 7% of the vacuum speed of light. Going above and beyond requires the existence of more powerful engines.
And not to mention that the speed of the engine is only 7% of the speed of light. Even if it is 99% of the speed of light or even sub-light speed, in the vast universe, there is no telling how many generations of people will have to die of old age before black light technology can take over. The dozens of stars newly discovered after the Kepler mission.
What's more, under the condition of sub-light speed navigation, there will also be problems with the flow of time -
Scientists once imagined an experiment. They built an orbit on the Earth's equator that could circle the Earth, then built a train that could accelerate infinitely, and invited a group of people as passengers to enter the train for a seven-day voyage.
After these passengers enter, the train will start moving and gradually accelerate.
Ignoring physical issues such as air resistance for the time being, as well as engine power and energy consumption issues, if this train only needs a few minutes to accelerate, it can accelerate to seven times around the earth per second. This speed is approximately the ultimate speed of the universe. —Sublight speed.
At this speed, the entire train will sail continuously for seven days. Of course, these seven days refer to the seven days of the passengers in the train. When those passengers get off at the original point after seven days, they will be shocked to find that the entire world has passed. century…
This is the problem about the flow of time in special relativity.
The special theory of relativity tells the entire scientific community that the faster the speed, the slower the flow of time. For the people in the sublight speed spacecraft, the spacecraft only sailed for a week, but hundreds of years have passed in the outside world. This definitely does not meet Chen Chen's needs. .
Because this situation represents the disconnection of human power. Once these spaceships fly far away, they will be completely out of human control. Even if these spaceships successfully colonize planets hundreds of light years away, for people on earth, Basically, they have disappeared into the vast galaxy and can no longer be contacted...
There is no difference between success and failure.
Therefore, Chen Chen was not only thinking about the engine problem of the unmanned mining spacecraft, he was thinking more deeply.
"It would be great if we could crack the Ark teleportation platform and build an interstellar teleportation gate."
Chen Chen secretly sighed, in the vast sea of stars, even the black ball Ganzt has lost the ability to teleport. After all, the black ball is just for humans to teleport on the earth. It is slightly farther away and loses the signal coverage of the Gantz server and satellite. The ball loses its effect.
Only the Ark obtained from the "Doom" plane is truly interstellar-level teleportation technology.
"It will be difficult to do so within at least a hundred years."
Little
Chen Chen certainly understands this. Some technologies cannot be developed by getting samples. It is like giving a mobile phone to the most sophisticated craftsman in ancient times. Don't expect him to be able to study the principles of the mobile phone. When the industrial level is different, When there is a distance, no matter how sophisticated the technique is, it becomes useless.
Moreover, whether it is "Elysium" or "Alien", Chen Chen has obtained corresponding space technology. It is these technologies that allow him to leave the Earth Federation far behind. However, even in these movies, there is no spaceship that can Technology that accelerates to the speed of light.
After all, accelerating a spacecraft to seven percent of the speed of light has completely different meanings from accelerating to sub-light speed. The difference in energy required is more than a trillion times...
"Unless it's... a space jump."
Chen Chen thought for a while and seemed to have thought of something. He raised his head and said decisively, "Only by jumping in space can we avoid the problem of unequal time flow in the special theory of relativity. Only by jumping in space can we avoid the problem of energy. Space jumping This is the true royal way!”
"Are you looking for a movie with space jumping capabilities?"
Xiao Huh? There are very few starry sky movies that can be recognized by USB flash drives."
"There's a movie, I'm sure it's available on a USB stick."
However, Chen Chen showed a half-smiling look, "The surface of the black hole..."
Upon hearing this name, Xiao X's expression suddenly changed.