Half-immortal civilization

On December 2052, local time in China, 12, at the airport of Master Company...

Today, it is the annual process of the master company transporting national leaders into space to study.But this time the learning is a bit special, because everyone wants to have a close look at the space factory that has been completed and has entered the acceptance stage.

The master company has no publicity, but it cannot bear the enthusiasm of the people.Through some satellite pictures released by the country, through telescopes, etc., everyone released the images of the space factory on the Chinese network, and of course uploaded it to the world's network.

Today, the prestige of Master Company among the people is beyond imagination.Although there was a major accident at the beginning of the year, the master company handled it very well, and the space factory built in just half a year now has made the master company's reputation reach its peak again!

Different from the previous space adventures, the construction of the current space factory is right under our noses and can be seen every day; in addition, the country is also promoting and commenting on the significance of the space factory, which makes the people really excited.

Because of this, today the Master Company will send nearly a thousand people into space, including 100 national leaders, including the chairman of course; there are also people from the Master Company, even Wang Nannan after the wedding—— Dongfang Yingyi I have been in space for more than half a year, and I think about it too!There are also more than 400 experts, relatives, and students of the master company.

The remaining less than 300 people are the cheap and public sponsorship of the master company to the whole society every year.Considering that many excellent talents may be relatively short-lived, these people only need to pass the final test of the master company.You can ride for free; anyway, the originally promised 5 yuan fee is dispensable for today's master companies.300 people per month!Of course, if there are fraudsters in it, the whole school will be blacklisted.After two warnings, the rest will be honest; but for the two warned colleges, the master company will not lift the ban no matter what; finally more than ten years later, leading to the two universities quietly under the eyes of everyone's contempt. curtain down.

Chairman Huaxia looked out the window, but worried.Although it has entered space several times.In this era.Already regarded as an absolutely broad-sighted national leader.But that's it, the President of the country has more worries!The gap between the country's current space technology and expert companies is getting wider and wider.It is said.The Tiger Dan II engine of Gaoshou Company has entered the final finalization stage.Although the specific technology is unknown.But they know that this kind of engine adopts a brand-new technology, and the thrust of a single machine reaches a terrifying 5000 tons!And now, the engine of the Huaxia country.Still working hard for a single thrust of 150 tons.

Although it is said that Gaoshou Company has always been very good to the country, and everyone supports each other; but the quotation of Gaoshou Company for the Tiger Dan-10 engine has discouraged the country. [-] billion tons of steel! ! !However, even so, the country gritted its teeth and bought three sets!
Yes, no money and no policy, just steel!A strong master company has no second consideration.

However, the most worrying thing is that the master company has clearly expressed its intention. The establishment of the space factory is to prepare for the Venus project.Although the master company said that it would take more than a hundred years to transform Venus, anyone who saw the development speed of the master company would probably think that it would actually take ten years!However, can the current country leave the master company?
And among these people, there are two other people who are also very unique. This is our reporter Dai Xu and his assistant.It's just that the assistant has changed.However, Dai Xu has already stepped into the threshold of 50 years old, and the huge pressure from the reporter has already caused him to grow prematurely.But looking at the high-level executives of the master company not far away from me, each of them is still 20 years old, almost no aging can be seen at all, and I can only sigh helplessly.It is no secret that today's genetic medicine is available in a small area, and Dai Xu just knew it.Fortunately, Dai Xu didn't know that the top management of the master company was actually practicing cultivation.

But this time, the reason why Dai Xu was able to get the second chance to enter space was because the President of the country personally specified: Huaxia needs to report this grand occasion!Under the circumstances of great pressure in people's lives, they need spiritual support!
Perhaps the only ones who had no idea were the chirping students.However, the most discussed question among these students turned out to be: Will they be able to enter a master company in the future?This embarrasses the leaders of the neighboring countries!

The huge space shuttle to the moon slowly accelerated.Considering the weak health of many national leaders, as well as the feelings of some old experts and professors, the acceleration of the aircraft is not too high, and it will only have about twice the gravity-it cannot be lowered, and it will rush out of the runway Can't fly either.

A group of people with different thoughts came out of the earth slowly.Everyone quietly looked at the earth "overhead".Although it is not the first time for many people, they still feel shocked.And some students were so excited that they couldn't control themselves.

"The air is getting more and more turbid!" Zhang Jingyuan sighed lightly.Today, although nuclear power is widely used, coke smelting is still the mainstream; coupled with the increasing demand for metals, air pollution remains unabated.In addition, for many backward areas, nuclear power is still somewhat out of reach, and only backward thermal power technology can be used!
"Humanity is pushing itself to the edge of the cliff!" The President of the country sighed lightly, but there was nothing he could do.

The rest of the journey was the same; but when the moon was approaching, everyone was excited.

Under the bright sunlight, the newly built space factory glistened, as if it were a palace of dragons or a palace of gods.In the background is a dark blue photovoltaic cell base of tens of thousands of square kilometers; there is also a mirror array of hundreds of square kilometers, and the huge space factory just floats silently in the dark space.On the orbit of the space factory, there are still a large number of "floating" metal blocks, which are also shining brightly in the sun.These metal blocks are basically columnar.

Listening to Zhang Jingyuan's explanation, the President sighed again.A middle school student actually designed the projectile rail technology.This technology saves unimaginable transportation costs for master companies.the most important is.Built on the ground, maintenance is easy!
"Why not build on Earth?" asked the President of the State.

"The atmosphere is too thick." Zhang Jingyuan sighed distressedly, "If you want to throw objects on the ground into space, just the friction of the atmosphere will make the materials almost evaporate. It's not that the master company has never done this. But they all failed."

But the current chairman is no longer in the mood to listen to Zhang Jingyuan's answer.As it approaches, the beautiful and dreamy space factory has already attracted the chairman's attention.Thousands of white dots are busy, that is, workers who are busy with acceptance.

The space shuttle Flying to the Moon just parked in space quietly, and all the passengers watched quietly like this.Looking at the space factory where technology and dreams are combined.Look at everyone's busy acceptance work.

Soon, the space shuttle slowly docked with the dock of the space factory—yes, the space factory has already established a dock belonging to space, but only the space shuttles are docked.in a gravity-free environment.through electromagnetic attraction.Docked on a protruding steel shelf.Inside the shelf is a sealed corridor.There are also various channels for transporting materials.

"Thank you!" After the meeting, Zhang Jingyuan couldn't believe that the handsome and unrestrained Dongfangying felt like a skeleton after practicing.fine.Practice has also given him a strong body, which looks dangerous, but as long as he returns to the earth to recuperate, there will be no sequelae.

"It should be." Dongfangying grinned, took Wang Nannan's hand quietly, and grinned at Zhang Jingyuan, with boundless pride shining in his eyes. "Mr. Zhang, luckily you fulfilled your mission!"

At this moment, Dongfangying seemed to have completed her transformation. Although her body was thin and weak, she gave people a sense of indomitable spirit.Such an aura made Zhang Jingyuan look at him with admiration!Unexpectedly, this guy actually broke through to the Jindan stage in the realm.

The president of the state watched quietly, and Dai Xu took the time to shoot.But at this moment, everyone had a tacit understanding and didn't bother; it seemed that everyone had acquiesced that the honor at this moment belonged to the master company.

Outside the porthole is a beautiful space factory in the sun.In the background, people kept reporting that xx passed the inspection and inspected the words of a certain person; but at this moment, it seemed like the most perfect music in the world!There is no accompanying sound or tune, but such plain words contain the will of a nation to rise.

"Chairman, this is a rare opportunity. May I have the honor to take a photo with you?" Zhang Jingyuan extended the invitation with a smile.Looking at the president of the country with twinkling eyes, Zhang Jingyuan certainly understood what he was thinking.But for Zhang Jingyuan, the master company can have what it is today, more because of the support of this great nation and country.

"Okay!" After a little hesitation, the President of the country immediately agreed. "It's just to take advantage of the master company."

"No, Chairman, you are wrong." Zhang Jingyuan retorted very simply, "The achievements of the Master Company are the achievements of China, and are the result of the support of tens of millions of Chinese children. How dare our Master Company dare to monopolize it."

"Good! Well said!" Some professors exclaimed loudly.In any case, these few words of Zhang Jingyuan are impeccable.And it's not entirely unfounded.Yes, the current achievements of the master company are really inseparable from the support of the entire nation and country.You know, there were many group companies established abroad at that time, but where are these group companies now?It has already been swallowed by the country!Today, only Huaxia in the world has ushered in the era of great development of the super group.Gaoshou Company, Dongfang Group, and Baojian Group, the three huge group companies stood in this great era with power beyond imagination, and brought unimaginable power to the development of China.

After that, Zhang Jingyuan led everyone to observe the space factory properly, just took the space shuttle, circled slowly, and then left.For the master company, the interior of the space factory is the core and cannot be leaked.You know, when China imitated and learned from the West, it was based on its appearance.Never underestimate the wisdom of others, especially the Chinese nation.

In fact, the threshold of science and technology in the world is not as high as imagined. As long as others can see the internal factory structure of the master company, top expert engineers, etc., they can reverse the production capacity of the master company and so on.For expert companies, this must be kept secret; at least, you can know if I can produce it, but you can't know how much I produce!
On December 12, all the inspections were completed, and the huge explorer spacecraft slowly left the space factory, regained its freedom, and prepared for the next space flight.As the order is issued, the space factory can already fully enter automated production.

The spider robot or mecha with its teeth and claws captures aluminum, steel, copper, etc. floating in space and puts them in the warehouse designated by the space factory.Then in a gravity-free environment, these metal cylinders with a quality standard of 2 tons are sent into the smelting furnace; in space, the mirror array starts to work, and those non-ferrous metals that cannot be melted by electromagnetics are melted through high melting; Smelting is carried out by means of an electromagnetic furnace.

More than 80 square kilometers of photovoltaic cells provide the space base with up to 24 billion kWh of electricity per hour, ensuring that this huge space factory can work 80 hours a day throughout the year.The reason why it is [-] billion kilowatt-hours of electricity instead of the same power as a space sunshade is that on the one hand, it is a little far away from the sun, on the other hand, the cost of thin-film batteries is low, and the efficiency is also somewhat low.But in terms of low cost, it is still an excellent photovoltaic cell.

As the metal melted, standard parts were automatically produced one by one, and then cooled naturally in space, where the sun did not shine.In space, even the temperature of the space around the earth and the moon is below minus 200 degrees, and the general cooling process is enough.Some things that cannot be achieved can only be temporarily produced on the ground and then sent to space.However, such high-standard parts are rare after all.

Such a huge factory can already complete the automatic processing of most metals and other materials; however, materials such as plastics and electronics still need ground transportation.Technology such as plastic electronics requires a huge industrial chain and system to support it. There is no plastic in space, so technology in this area is naturally limited.But almost 90.00% of the heaviest metal parts (calculated by mass) can already reproduce themselves in space, which has completely allowed Master Company to step into the threshold of interstellar expansion!
For a time, the whole world finally felt unprecedented pressure again!
And the master company released a set of data: Among the mechanical equipment we sent to space in the past, according to the weight, more than [-]% of the metal parts can already replicate themselves in space; Next, the space construction speed of the master company has exploded by more than ten times!
That is to say, the development speed of the original master company has surpassed everyone by a lot; but now, the development speed of the master company completely makes them eat ashes, or they are not even qualified to eat ashes—when you catch up The dust has already settled when the master company's previous steps have been taken!
This is a gap that is destined to be impossible to dare to pursue!This gap is so big!
This is why Zhang Jingyuan said that the master company has entered the real space age today.Only when human beings have the ability to replicate in space can they truly enter the stage of space civilization.

All of a sudden, the pressure brought by the master company to the whole world finally exceeded everyone's tolerance!Because, if it continues like this, in at most three to five years, Huaxia and the master company will completely stand on the pinnacle of the world, trample all countries and nations under their feet, and never recover!

No one would naively think that Huaxia would give everyone a chance to ease; even if Huaxia wanted to do this, the reality would force Huaxia to oppress foreign countries.Because, resources! ! !The earth's resources cannot support several countries entering the space age at the same time, even with the addition of the moon!

Regardless of the establishment of a space factory by a master company, it is the result of years of accumulation.But this is just the beginning; if you want to develop in the future, you will need more resources.Perhaps, digging out the moon is the only currently feasible plan!

However, there is only one moon for now!The resources in space seem to be abundant, but in the long run, it is still unsustainable in the face of the ever-increasing demands of human beings.

How many resources do we need in the era of human space civilization?Please pay attention to the following exciting chapters o(n_n)o haha~(To be continued..)