The Three-Body Problem: The Most Competent Wallfacer of All Time

Chapter 128 Cycle (adding updates for everyone's recommendation tickets)

Di Fengyi continued to report: "The space city project is progressing relatively smoothly. Although the space elevator has not yet been built, a large amount of construction materials have been transported to low-earth orbit, and the initial construction has already begun.

"Our country contributes the most to this plan, because two space stations are needed as platforms for the construction of the space city, and the International Space Station was scrapped three years ago.

"Because the International Space Station is jointly built by many countries, it is very difficult to build a new one, and the space station design of the United States and Russia in the last century has long been outdated. At present, my country is the only country that has mastered the independent construction of a new type of space station."

Jiang Yu nodded. The disadvantages of the International Space Station had already been revealed ten years ago.

"'Operation Sun Nation' didn't go very smoothly," Di Fengyi said, "It's not because we encountered technical difficulties, but because the whole world thinks it's a kind of escapeism.

"Multiple demonstrations broke out around the world against the continued launch of probes into space.

"Some opponents said that after Jupiter establishes an advance base, there will be an interstellar spacecraft called 'Ark' carrying a large number of human fertilized eggs, DNA of various animals and plants, etc., and fly to other galaxies.

"The small number of crew members on the spaceship have been carefully selected, and they will start the second round of human civilization in a distant galaxy.

"By the time the people on Earth knew they had escaped, they would have been unable to catch up."

Jiang Yu said with a smile: "Then did they say that the PDC considers fugitiveism to be illegal, just to carry out the escape plan secretly?"

Di Fengyi was taken aback: "There are really people who have expressed similar views."

Jiang Yu frowned: "It's good that PDC is as enlightened as they say."

Then he waved his hand: "Go on."

Di Fengyi continued: "It is also said that the staff of the 'Operation Sun Country' project team are not very motivated to work.

"Because so far, no one wants to go to Mars or Jupiter's moons, even if it is explored, it doesn't make much sense.

"People think that these places will be the front lines of war in the future, and human beings will not be able to survive there without protection.

"The other prevailing idea now is that if you go to explore these places, you will probably be put there as an outpost, and it will never be possible to return to Earth."

Jiang Yu sighed: "If there is an outpost there, we should not resist at all. The Trisolarans will reach the earth with one kick of the accelerator."

Regarding the metaphor of Jiang Yu, Di Fengyi grinned, but immediately stopped laughing.

Yes, if Jupiter is the outpost, humanity's battle lines are too short.

Jiang Yu looked at the scenery flying backwards outside the car window: "Human beings will not be destroyed by invaders, they will only lock themselves up!"

He tapped his knees with his hands and suddenly had a bold idea!
Jiang Yu pondered carefully in his heart, and decided to find an opportunity to ask aerospace experts about the feasibility of his secret plan.

However, this plan cannot be implemented in a hurry, and it must be fully prepared before proceeding.

That night Jiang Yu slept soundly, which seemed to be a benefit of waking up from hibernation. No matter how much worry was on his mind, he would lie down and wake up naturally.

With enough energy, Jiang Yu took a car and went to the desert test field more than 200 kilometers away with Qi Guanglu.

The people protecting Jiang Yu and the scientific researchers who accompanied him totaled more than 200 people, forming a long convoy. From a long distance, the convoy could be seen advancing like a long black snake.

After more than two hours' drive, the convoy came to a small desert.

There is still a distance from the test field, and I saw a dazzling green in the desert.

Qi Guanglu introduced: "This experimental field is the latest achievement of the first group. It uses a mutated mold and forms a small ecological cycle with wheat."

When I came to the experimental field, it was already late spring and the wheat had just started to grow.

If it was planted on the plains, the growth of these wheats would be too poor, but in the yellow desert, they are as dazzling as gems.

A scientific researcher took a shovel, and under Qi Guanglu's instruction, he dug a few times from the side of the wheat field.

At first it was just yellow sand, but after digging more than a dozen centimeters, the sand began to turn black.

Qi Guanglu squatted beside the pit and introduced: "Look, everyone, this is the mold code-named T1-68.

"Generally speaking, microorganisms like to live in humid and dark places, but there are also microorganisms in dry and hot deserts, but the number is very small.

"The black mold you see is the product of a microbe in the desert that was hybridized with the mold and mutated under radiation.

"They love the heat, so it's very comfortable for them to hide in a dozen centimeters of desert.

"Their activities will retain water, and you can see that as long as T1-68 is dug, the sand is not as dry as the surface layer.

"If you continue to dig down, you can see more T1-68, and the sand will get wetter."

Jiang Yu nodded in relief. Under the sand of more than ten centimeters, it did look a little wet.

The staff dug up the mold-free sand farther away from the wheat field, and dug [-] to [-] centimeters, drying from the top to the bottom.

Digging further down, there is more or less water.

It can be seen that the effect of this mold is very large.

Qi Guanglu continued to introduce: "The wheat you see is also a new variety with a well-developed root system.

"Generally speaking, the root system of wheat that we can see with the naked eye is only ten centimeters long.

"However, the root system of this kind of wheat can reach 1 centimeters, which can completely reach the living area of ​​T68-[-].

"Invisible to the naked eye, the root hairs of wheat that can only be seen under a microscope can reach about two meters.

"So this kind of wheat develops its root system all winter and spring, and it doesn't start to grow until summer. Currently, it can only be harvested once a year.

"After the wheat dies, its root system becomes a nutrient for T1-68 again.

"This small ecological cycle system only uses half the water and fertilizer of the original desert wheat, which is the optimal solution for desert agriculture we have found so far!"

Jiang Yu took the lead in applauding. In terms of desert agriculture, this is definitely a huge breakthrough!

After accepting everyone's applause, Qi Guanglu said with some embarrassment: "Everyone, don't applaud too quickly, I haven't introduced its shortcomings yet."

Everyone smiled and continued to listen to Qi Guanglu's talk.

Qi Guanglu added: "The disadvantage of this small ecological cycle system is that T1-68 requires a certain amount of cultivation costs.

"But as long as it's been planted for a year, the microbes are already in the sand, so there's no need to add them.

"In addition, the problem of water still needs to be solved, but there is no need to add adhesives, and the demand for water is also reduced by half."

Jiang Yu said with a smile: "In any case, this project has reduced the burden on desert agriculture by half!"

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