Half-immortal civilization

As time passed, a storm of thought began to sweep through Venus, and soon spread to Earth!Over the years, the empire has deployed a complete signal network around the solar system, including a thousand superstring communication devices, and the price is immeasurable; but it can transmit the signal from outer space to Venus in the first place!And now, these detectors and so on, have been adjusted to the peak state!
Interstellar immigrants! ! !

Really moving!

If everyone still had the mood of watching the excitement before, then now they are really paying attention!As time approaches, while the solar system is rushing into supernova remnants, interstellar immigration has entered the countdown.

Huge virtual clocks are hung on the squares of every city in Venus, counting down and calling for volunteers.The matter of interstellar immigration is absolutely voluntary: although the future is bright, as long as you immigrate now, each person will have one hectare of land in the future, which is permanent; and a new empire construction, just like Venus at the beginning, will inevitably emerge There are many opportunities, and these opportunities are specifically: nobility, land, wealth!But—but again: it is too dangerous.Therefore, although the empire made loud propaganda, it adopted a voluntary principle.

But even if the empire has made all the dangers clear, people still flock to it: don't doubt the chances of building an empire!Venus is ahead!The tens of millions who followed in the first batch, as long as they developed better, are now all rich people.The next few batches came a lot worse.

Still, people are waiting.Including the Empire is also waiting!Wait—the signal to return!Information about the Clairvoyance probe.Waiting for a signal 12 light years away, 113 trillion kilometers away, a signal that determines the direction of human civilization in the future!

Before, there have been relatively close probes arriving and returning signals; but just like astronomical observations, within 12 light-years, only the constellation Cetus is a single-star galaxy, and the rest are double stars and multiple stars. In the galaxy, the stars are disturbed, it is difficult to form suitable planets for life, and finally some water is dried up.And there is a big problem with multiple galaxies: the radiation is particularly serious!
Of course, there is another Nanmen star that is more ideal, but that star has a bad temper.It burns violently and the temperature is extremely high.It's a hell out there.Only in the constellation of Cetus, the stars, like the sun, belong to the yellow dwarf sequence. This type of planet burns stably, has sufficient light and heat, and has a long life—generally more than billions of years.It is an ideal place for the birth of life.And the solar coefficient covers the range of 20 light-years around.There are only a few.And the constellation Cetus is a typical representative of them!As the close-up signals return, the disappointment grows — and conversely, the anticipation for Cetus grows.In other words, the constellation Cetus has become the only hope for mankind now.If it fails again...it will have a big impact on the confidence of the empire!Not to mention anything else, the civilization spaceship has been completed! The 117-kilometer-long behemoth is like a giant artificial satellite, and it can be seen clearly on the ground of Venus.

Time has gradually entered the 60th year of the Imperial Calendar, and the countdown of the hour hand is almost approaching zero, and people's hearts are already tense.Over the years, the empire has been constantly promoting, and everyone hopes that the constellation Cetaceus will be the second residence of humans, and humans will also be able to carry out the first interstellar migration.To be honest, the empire has been built for nearly 60 years, and the open society has made people understand the pressures humans face.

Especially now, the three continents on Venus are already populated, and Venus officially reached 60 billion people in the early 50s, which is already half of the earth!Now, Venus won't have the luxury of dumping food into the ocean.Today, the population on the earth has reached an unprecedented 100 billion mark, of which 20 billion people need to rely on food input from Venus every year.

But at this stage, the earth has begun to develop the moon.Maybe the gravity here is not enough, but it is close to the earth!Moreover, some "experts" said again: low gravity is not a problem, just exercise more, and you can still adapt slowly.And now there are other benefits of immigrating to the moon, and so on.Of course, before that, the Republic spent a lot of money to buy some bases on the moon in the hands of the empire and so on.At the beginning, the master company spent a huge price on the construction of the moon. Of course, the surface of the moon was almost hollowed out.

But there is also an unexpected benefit, that is, the remaining equipment looks good now, and the ground has been hollowed out, which is just used to build the base!Build a colony base that's underground!It's just that, compared to the pattern of Venus, the immigrants on Earth are a bit out of hand.This has led to all kinds of weird words on the earth, which can cover the moon.

To be honest, from the moment Venus began to transform, the Earth has been far behind in terms of structure!
Development and development... If you don't move forward, you will be left behind!

But in any case, now Venus itself has a population of more than 50 billion. If they want space immigration, Venusians will not agree to Earthlings!And a population of 2000 million is really not much for a population of 50 billion.Venus itself is not enough points!

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Feng Yunfei sat quietly next to the computer. This is a portable flat-screen office computer. The stereoscopic projection computer is suitable for games and entertainment. However, the traditional flat-screen display still occupies a certain market for office work and information announcement.Of course, the current technology is more delicate, and the displayed effect is almost completely similar to the real picture.

However, what is displayed on the screen at this moment is a huge countdown clock, with a line of words below: June 60, 6 in the Imperial Calendar!According to the official data, it is expected to receive the information returned from the clairvoyant 1 light-years away today!
The 33-year-old Feng Yunfei is already the father of a child; but five years ago, because of his excellent combat skills, Feng Yunfei had already received an admission letter, but the passionate Feng Yunfei chose to immigrate!Of course, immigration is also required.And his wife and son.As for my parents and a few brothers and sisters, they stayed on Venus.In recent years, Venus has encouraged births. A family without three children is embarrassed to say hello to others. It is normal to have five or six children—the more births, the more rewards from the empire; and the empire is responsible for raising them!Feng Yunfei grew up eating imperial meals.

However, in recent years, I have heard that the empire is already preparing to introduce measures to limit the population.

"Yunfei, it's time to go to sleep." His wife opened her hazy eyes, her long hair was casually draped, and she possessed a different kind of demeanor; relying on her hard work back then, Feng Yunfei could be regarded as married to a woman with a small fortune.Gentle and beautiful - except in the game!The two also met in the game of StarCraft; it is conceivable.This is also a queen-level character in the game!

"Wait a little longer." Feng Yunfei looked at the clock, it was only 25 o'clock in the evening, and there were still five hours before dawn.The reputation of the empire has always been good, even if many people know it until today.There are too many variables in the starry sky.A day or two late is normal.Even when the time was announced, the empire only said: It may arrive today!But the reputation of the empire has made the people choose to believe it unconditionally!For the past 20 years or so.No one has ever asked: What if the empire breaks its promise?In people's hearts, the empire is the guarantee of credibility!

"However, there are too many variables in the universe, and even the empire can only say that it is 'possible' to return today, not necessarily. Tomorrow, you still have to receive training, so go to bed early. Huh?"

"Well... no, I'll wait. I believe that since the scientists of the empire dare to say this, at least they have a certain degree of certainty, and they are not just talking nonsense!"

"Okay, I'll accompany you..." The two hugged each other quietly, waiting silently...

Similarly, on this day, and in the last few days, whether it is Venus or the Earth group, hundreds of millions of people are waiting quietly, waiting for the information from 112 light-years away!
That information is the key to determining whether human beings migrate to the stars!Even the empire is ready, using superstring communication technology, if a signal is received here on Venus, it will be transmitted to the Republic at the same time!
In the palace, Zhang Jingyuan and other older generations were present, and even Zhang Jingyuan’s parents’ generation were also present; the empire not only has practice, but a large number of practitioners have emerged over the years; there is also advanced technology, which is enough to ensure that these old people healthy life.Not to mention, for his own and brothers' parents, Zhang Jingyuan opened a small stove more than once alone.

Zhang Wenliang could only stand beside him, and there were a lot of descendants behind him. The whole family had seven generations under one roof.

Zhang Chengye personally led his own scientific team, fighting ahead, constantly adjusting various equipment to ensure that it is in the best condition at all times - in fact, it is also a kind of tension, with so many elders behind him, and the whole world Watch what's going on here.

However, time passed by every minute and every second, and there was still no signal!Even Zhang Chengye used a superstring communication device to check the automation device working within the range of the Oort cloud and completed an inspection, but there was still nothing.

26 o'clock!no signal!

The clock was ticking forward... At this moment, even Zhang Chengye, who was steady, began to get nervous!Not today, it’s not just a matter of the empire’s reputation—although this should not be a big deal, after all, as I said before, the empire is not 100% sure.But thinking about how many people waited in front of the screen until late at night, but did not receive a signal, the confidence of the people is still a bit hit.

A half-meter-sized square meter next to it is showing the grand occasion on the Imperial Capital Square. In the huge projection, the virtual machinery is moving around. The people come with hope—and leave disappointed...

In addition to this, there is another question. If it fails, does it mean that there is still a problem with the empire's exploration of the universe!What if—what if something goes wrong!The universe is too big!too complicated!In this vast space, sometimes I have to sigh: manpower is exhausted!

So this has to consider a question: Did this launch fail?Yes, although I don't want to accept this result, I have to say - it is really possible!On the scale of 12 light-years, perhaps a small number of tens of digits after the decimal point was ignored, which would lead to an accident of 12 light-years, directly differing by billions of kilometers...billions of kilometers, enough to miss a small The star system is gone!
The more I thought about it, the more likely it was. Suddenly, Zhang Chengye and Chen Feng looked at each other, and they both saw the worry in each other's eyes...

27 o'clock... the time is getting closer and closer to 30 o'clock!A faint torment.Began to appear on the faces of all citizens of the Empire.On the contrary, on the earth, some people have begun to gloat. Although we are not ashamed of this behavior, we have to say that it exists objectively and widely in every corner of the earth, and intelligent life has this characteristic.

28 o'clock... Some people can't stand it anymore. Today is not a holiday (Children's Day has nothing to do with adults), and neither will tomorrow!Some citizens have already started to disperse, ready to rest for tomorrow's work.But the faces of these people were obviously disappointed!
At Feng Yunfei's home, Feng Yunfei was still looking at the screen with red eyes.The heart is full of confidence in the empire.In the 60 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the credibility of the empire is 100%, and the society is unprecedentedly clear.And this time the empire also showed that it is only possible.But don't know why.Feng Yunfei believed it.The empire must have a certain degree of certainty.the most important is.The result of this time is related to my future development!
Likewise, to be born in a country like Venus.Ordinary people are more or less concerned about the affairs of the empire!Feng Yunfei hopes that the empire will be prosperous, prosperous and permanent!When the quality of life of the people is directly linked to the country, the people will definitely be loyal to the country!
The most important thing is: this time the interstellar immigration empire invested too much, and the people also placed high hopes on it!if

Failure... Feng Yunfei didn't dare to think about it!When the whole society and the whole civilization are looking forward to it, if it fails... then the blow to the empire will be indescribable.It is also unacceptable to human civilization.

At 29 o'clock, it is already deep, 30 hours a day, by this time, almost most people are extremely exhausted.However, there are still some people who firmly believe that the empire will create miracles!They are full of unspoken support for the Empire!Sometimes, knowing that you may not be able to wait, you will still give and support silently.This kind of behavior and spirit is silent, but it makes people warm!move!Sometimes silent support is as strong as a mountain!
At 29:20, at this moment, even Zhang Chengye was confident that the signal would come back today.But on the square, at some point, a sign was erected: Empire, we are waiting for you!
The silent pressure is as heavy as a mountain!The entire control center seems to have solidified!The air is unprecedentedly heavy, as if the will of the citizens of the empire is concentrated here.

The tea is cold, and no one cares about it.Even Zhang Jingyuan felt a kind of deep pressure at this time!This is the expectation of the people of the empire and a turning point in human civilization.

Tick ​​tock... the clock moves forward silently, time never lets go of itself...

43 points...

47 points...

All of them are biting their lips!

"Ding dong!" The screen flickered instantly, and several consecutive pictures suddenly jumped out of the screen!It's not clear, but...here it is!
coming?coming! ! !
Wow... Zhang Jingyuan, who had always been calm, became nervous and crushed the dry teacup in his hand!

Li Changxing, who had always been indifferent, pushed the teapot on the table to the ground and smashed it to pieces!
However, no one cares about these anymore!
The signal is back!Signal from 12 light-years away!The signal that has traveled at least 113 trillion kilometers is back! ! !Although there are only a few pictures of galaxies, only the pictures of the periphery, even a little blurred, but the pictures without any processing seem to be the most beautiful pictures in the world!
In the dark starry sky, there is a group of gray spots in the middle, only a light yellow spot the size of a grain of rice in the middle!This is a distant view of a galaxy. This is the first time that humans have observed the outline of an entire star system that may have life at close range!There is nothing outstanding, it is chaotic, and it has nothing to do with beauty.But - it worked!Yes, it worked!This is the most moving part!
"Aw..." Cheers!Unimaginable cheers broke out from all over Venus!People cheer and hug each other!
At this moment, it is not just a signal problem, nor is it just a problem of the empire's reputation, but a great leap forward for human civilization!
From this moment on, we have completed the leap from space civilization to interstellar civilization!
From this moment on, we have the ability to explore galaxies beyond our solar system!

From this moment on, we will - start the pace of expansion!

From this moment on, we will let our dreams fly in the universe!

"Green Field Wine, Green Field Wine, from tonight to tomorrow, all free..."

"Dudu, sir, you have received a message from the virtual communication company: Tomorrow will be a day off, and you will have a carnival tonight! Haha..."

"Long live, long live! Long live the empire!"

"People of the empire, I am Zhang Wenliang. This is only a picture of the outer reaches of the galaxy. In the next month or so, we will release all the pictures, even videos, sounds, etc. that come back at any time. Because from the outer reaches of the galaxy to the final It will take a month to reach the destination planet.

Now let's cheer together! "

It was late at night, and suddenly, two pale white spots the size of a child's fist appeared in the sky—like satellites of Venus, reflecting the light from the sun.But these two are "giant artificial satellites" on Venus, one is the Civilization spacecraft, 117 kilometers long and 40 kilometers in diameter!One is the smelted moon Io - now only about 1000 kilometers of metallic material remains; the rest has already replenished the mass of Venus.

It seems that not only human beings themselves, but even the solar system are cheering to celebrate the success of the empire and the leap of human civilization. (To be continued..)