Chapter 405 Reality
Long Ming nodded slightly, took out a notebook and pen, and began to copy the list of items that needed to be purchased.
After a long time, he copied page after page of lists.
A quick glance reveals a list of contents written on the notebook.
Mass production technology of synthetic nutrition bars.
High-energy sewage purification technology.
Second generation mecha Iron Guard mass production line.
Interstellar Mining Ship·Plunder Production Line.
The synthetic formula of the first-generation all-purpose gene injection.
Synthetic formula of the second generation all-purpose gene injection.
A complete collection of monsters from the negative universe.
Encyclopedia of organisms and minerals in the negative universe.
Long Ming made more than a thousand lists, all of which were their most urgently needed technologies and needs.
It is no exaggeration to make an analogy, if all the technologies and equipment on this list can be exchanged. The civilization of the Federation will officially enter the interstellar era and join the category of interstellar powers.
Of course there are not so many good things in the world.
After Long Ming finished writing all the lists, he began to cross out the items written on them.
For example, space jump technology, advanced life support technology, and third-generation mecha production line.
Augustolas' heart bleeds as he watches Long Ming cross out every technique. But there is nothing you can do about it. After all, funds are limited and nothing is perfect.
However, he watched Long Ming cross out items faster and faster. On his list of more than a thousand items, he had already crossed out more than 700 items.
Augustolas and others were also a little impatient.
"Longming is almost done, don't scratch it, we should be able to afford the rest."
"Not enough compression."
Long Ming was unusually persistent and continued to cross out.
Augustolas wanted to say something, but finally kept his mouth shut. In the end, Long Ming only had eighty items left.
He raised his pen and continued to draw, but Spade directly reached out and held Long Ming's hand, shaking his head.
"That's it."
Long Ming sighed and did not continue to cross out. He picked up the pen and filled in a new item.
Starship Blackout.
The ship is about 120 kilometers long and 30 kilometers wide.
The maximum number of people it can accommodate is 30 million people.
Equipped with three nuclear fusion CSW-02 power units.
TOU04 large-scale life support system and circulation system, CEW-12 anti-gravity device, and Exploration 4 radar scanning device.
CIDS sublight speed flight device.
High micro-energy ship shield, highly reinforced alloy armor plate.
VDS-02 shaped beam cannon (main gun)*1, BCE01 destructive light cannon*2 secondary guns, ship-based missile launch port*5000, guard artillery*3000
The price of this ship alone is 1.5 billion star coins.
It takes up nearly half of the funds on hand.
"What are you?"
Augustolas and others looked at Long Ming with some confusion.
Long Ming took a deep breath and said: "Cunning Rabbit must be prepared with both hands. On the one hand, purchasing this mothership can be used for in-depth exploration, allowing us to find more wealth and resources. On the other hand, if one day We really can’t hold on anymore. At least we still have a place to escape and continue civilization. Of course, I hope it doesn’t really come to that point.”
After listening to Long Ming's words, everyone fell into silence. After a long time, Spade broke the silence and said.
"You have considered it very comprehensively, just do it."
Augustolas and others also replied in agreement.
"Just do it."
Long Ming nodded and began to exchange according to the written list. Of course, the so-called exchange was just placing an order on the mechanical column.
Specific goods still have to be picked up in specially designated areas, and a certain amount of preparation time is required.
Half a month later, Su Mo was lying on the sofa and browsing the forum. The forum was now extremely lively, with countless posts posted every day.
They were all discussing the Halo City and the returning fleet.
According to internal information, the Federation has exchanged an entire fleet to return home, and it has also brought a lot of technology, and it is said that it also has the technology of immortality.
Anyway, you can exaggerate as much as you want, and the specific and true information has not been released to the public at all. Including the returning fleet, most of them took advantage of the night to land at the hidden interstellar military airport.
Of course, Su Mo wouldn't believe this. Although he didn't know how much leverage the Federation had, it definitely couldn't afford immortality technology. Moreover, the City of Rings may not have this technology.
But looking at these posts every day, he also feels extremely interesting.
He yearned for the City of Stars a little more. The only trouble he had now was how to go to the City of Stars quietly.
It’s also a bit disgusting to not have money to buy anything.
All ships leading to the Ring City are controlled by the Federation, and the Federation has no plans to open access to civilians. Instead, we are taking measures to recycle gold and silver points at high prices and are vigorously repurchasing them from everyone.
So far, the purchase price of gold points has reached 10,000 federal coins to exchange for 1 point, and the price of silver points has also reached 1,000 federal coins.
Of course, this is because the official has not opened up private access to Star Ring City, so the price is so stable. If it had been open, it would have gone crazy.
Thinking of this, Su Mo sighed helplessly. I could only ask for help from others, so I picked up the phone and called Chen Shan.
Dudu~
Not long after, the call was connected.
"Brother, why don't you call me when you have time."
Chen Shan lowered his voice and replied.
"Isn't it convenient for you?"
Su Mo immediately noticed something was wrong and asked in a low voice.
"We are in class. I will call you later. If you are caught, you will be punished."
"Okay, okay"
Su Mo quickly hung up the phone.
At this time, in a ladder-shaped classroom in the Imperial Military Headquarters building, neat rows of officers were sitting, and everyone was listening attentively.
A white-haired instructor was on the stage giving lessons to all the officers.
"This is the regular interface console of a starship. It usually consists of five areas and more than 500 command buttons. Of course, more advanced ships are divided into two forms. Those with artificial intelligence assistance will tend to simplify the console, while those without It will be more complicated"
Having said that, the officers below were all dizzy after hearing this, but everyone gritted their teeth and listened carefully.
Xiao Wen poked Chen Shan.
"Listen carefully."
"Okay, okay."
Chen Shan responded quickly.
It's not that Xiao Wen is harsh on Chen Shan, but that this study is too important. After finishing the study, they will take a mock test, and the officers with the best scores will be assigned to the first batch of purchased ships.
Now it is typical that there are too many monks and too little rice, and there is simply not enough to distribute.
Even so, every officer who can sit here is an elite among the elites of the Federation. The vast majority of people here have received the Federal Medal of Honor, or otherwise have a good father or a good boss.
As for the purchased mothership, it is the lifeblood of the Federation. Without knowing the outside world, it will not be launched at all.
Moreover, the purchased mothership still needs to be renovated, a material production line will be added, and all the messy things will need to be installed on it, so it is not suitable for carrying out missions yet.
It is expected to be at least a year before it is actually launched.
The class was soon over, and the old man on the podium said in a deep voice.
"Okay, I've said everything that needs to be said. It's useless to say more. The first batch of people who eat crabs always have to explore on their own. In fact, we also explore on our own. Maybe what we teach may be wrong. , so I won’t teach you any more. I will also give you the corresponding ship operation manual and space navigation guide, so the exam begins.”
After hearing the old man's words, the officers on the scene looked stern.
It took them less than seven days to learn, and everyone was playing drums in their hearts. It was no different from chasing a duck to the shelf.
It's a pity that now I can only bite the bullet.
Soon the test papers were handed out one by one, and each person was assigned ten test papers, which were densely packed with questions.
At the same time, the door of the trapezoidal classroom opened, and soldiers wearing special clothes walked in. They stood behind each officer who was about to take the exam to prevent them from cheating.
The white-haired lecturer said: "The exam lasts for twelve hours. You can only go to the toilet and eat during the exam. Of course, the premise is that you have to eat. Now it officially begins!"
As soon as these words came out, all the officers immediately started writing.
On the other side, Su Mo waited and waited at home, but did not receive a call back from Chen Shan.
He was also a little confused, what courses would he take as an officer? And the class will last so long?
However, Su Mo continued to wait patiently. Apart from Chen Shan's path, he really couldn't find any other way.
At night, when Su Mo was preparing to wash up and go to bed, his cell phone rang, and the caller ID was Chen Shan.
Su Mo immediately picked up the call, and Chen Shan's hearty laughter sounded on the phone.
"Brother, I'm sorry, we just finished the exam."
"Exam, what are you testing?"
Su Mo also became interested for a while.
"This is not a large number of ships brought back by the Federation. Doesn't it need to be distributed? So competition in this form is really tiring us out."
Chen Shan kept complaining.
Su Mo listened quietly and did not interrupt.
After Chen Shan finished complaining for a while, he asked cheerfully: "Brother, what do you want from me?"
"I have something to trouble you with."
"If there is any trouble between us, don't worry. As long as it doesn't violate the principles, I can do it, and there will be no problem."
Chen Shan assured, patting his chest.
"I want to go to the Star Ring City. Do you have any ideas?"
Su Mo was not polite to Chen Shan and asked simply and clearly.
After hearing Su Mo's words, Chen Shan's expression froze and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
Su Mo didn't rush him either.
After a while, Chen Shan said: "This matter is a bit troublesome. There is one thing you don't know very well. In order to buy back gold points and silver points, the Federation actually does not allow any unofficial personnel to go to the Star Ring as a hidden rule. City. But this order was not actually issued, it was just tacitly understood. However, I personally heard that there were some tricks. Tongtian's plutocrats went to the Star Ring City. After all, you know that in places like M District, their plutocrats' influence can even shake the status of Auguras, so it's not surprising. So, I will ignore this matter. Time can't give you an answer. I'll discuss it with Xiao Wen. You can come to the imperial capital tomorrow and we can talk in person."
"Okay, thank you."
Su Mo replied gratefully.
"Thank you for what you said. You're just talking about it. I won't tell you anymore. I'll see you tomorrow night."
"Okay!"
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The next day, Su Mo bought a ticket and boarded the high-speed train to the Imperial Capital.
Su Mo leaned against the window and looked at the scenery passing by quickly.
When they reached the suburbs, Su Mo's eyes suddenly narrowed.
He saw a lot of suburban land being dug up outside.
These suburban lands are heavily polluted areas. They used to be wastelands. Now there is only one possibility of being reused. Large-scale polluting heavy industries need to be built on them.
In other words, the military industry does not need to care about the nature of the land at all.
Seeing this scene, Su Mo also sighed more and more. It is estimated that in the next short time, every day will be an epoch-making leap.
Maybe it’s really possible that we can’t keep up with the times.
In an inconspicuous restaurant in the center of the imperial capital at night, Su Mo sat quietly in the corner.
At this time, the door was pushed open, and Chen Shan and Xiao Wen walked in.
"Mr. Su Mo, long time no see."
Xiao Wen was in a very good mood and reached out to Su Mo.
"Lord Xiao Wen."
Su Mo smiled and stretched out his hand to shake it.
"No matter how polite you are, we are all our own people."
Chen Shan said boldly.
"What do you want to eat?"
Su Mo asked with a smile.
"Have some meat and beer, the taste has almost faded away in your mouth these days."
Chen Shan complained.
"Well, your food is not always good."
Su Mo also asked in surprise.
Xiao Wen smiled bitterly and said: "There is the latest order from above, in order to test the effect of the new product synthetic nutrition bar, and to train us to adapt to the new product. We have been eating synthetic nutrition bars for three meals recently, and they are just like water."
"How is the effect?"
Su Mo was also very curious.
"It's very effective. I'm not hungry at all after eating. But I feel uneasy all over and my mouth always feels like something is missing. Do you want to try it? I brought a few here, and there's also strawberry flavor."
As he spoke, Chen Shan took out three synthetic nutrition bars from his pocket and handed them to Su Mo.
Su Mo was also very surprised, so he accepted it.
"Then I'm welcome."
"Eat less. This nutrition bar will basically keep you hungry for half a day. If you eat too much, you will gain weight. In theory, two bars a day are enough. For professional soldiers with big appetites, three bars will make them go away."
Chen Shan explained how to use it to Su Mo.
"Okay, let's try it later and order food first."
Su Mo also felt strange.
"Okay."
Chen Shan responded in a good mood.
After a while, plates of meat were served, and Su Mo and the three of them each poured a glass of beer.
The three of them touched it and drank it all!
“It’s cool!”
Chen Shan sighed happily.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Xiao Wen asked Su Mo: "Su Mo, I heard Chen Shan said you are going to the Star Ring City?"
"Well, is there anything you can do?"
Su Moxin immediately mentioned that if Xiao Wen couldn't get through, it would be troublesome.
Xiao Wen smiled and said to Su Mo: "If you had told me this a few days ago, I really wouldn't have been able to do anything about it, but there is still something I can do now."
"Hehe, don't you know? Yesterday, Xiao Wen successfully defeated everyone. By obtaining the designated quota for plundering ships, our entire legion also has interstellar ships."
Chen Shan said excitedly.
"That's great."
Su Mo couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
"But it's still a bit troublesome."
Xiao Wen suddenly changed his tone.
"What's the trouble?"
Su Mo was also slightly startled.
"After all, you are not a federal agent. When you take off, there will be inspection personnel, and you may be stopped. I also know that you don't like to be restrained, so my suggestion is that I find a way to apply for a semi-legal ”
Xiao Wen said thoughtfully.
"What identity?"
Su Mo asked curiously.
"External chief of staff, also known as consultant."
"Is this feasible?"
"It should be no problem. Then I will apply to my superiors to go to the Star Ring City. The whole thing will take ten days at the earliest."
Xiao Wen did some calculations and said to Su Mo.
"Ten days is fine."
Su Mo was already very satisfied with the result.
"Mr. Su Mo, I have one more request."
Xiao Wen said to Su Mo awkwardly.
"You said."
"Actually, I don't want to ask you why you went to Halo City, but you always give us too many surprises. If possible, you must not make too much noise in Halo City, otherwise you will be arrested by the Federation. People have noticed that it is difficult for us to explain. The federation is different now. Let me explain to you briefly. I used to be a corps commander, a senior officer. Not even at the general level, but since the merger of the Federation, I am only a colonel, and this position of colonel was only provided as a standard because I stood out in the assessment and got the ship. Before, it was a temporary lieutenant colonel, and after the establishment of the federation. , many new administrative departments have been established, and the situation is a bit complicated and I can’t explain it to you at the moment.”
Xiao Wen explained to Su Mo.
"So strict."
Su Mo was also surprised.
Chen Shan said with a wry smile: "What Xiao Wen said is absolutely correct. Let me tell you, brother, I am still just a major."
"Okay, I'll try not to make any noise."
Su Mo didn't have any confidence in what he said. He thought to himself that he would just go buy something. Is this not a big move?
"Don't worry, Su Mo is still very reliable in handling things."
Chen Shan replied with a smile.
"Well, can I ask you something?"
Su Mo thought of something and suddenly asked.
"You asked."
Chen Shan responded readily.
"Have you seen Qian Chengxue recently?"
Su Mo hesitated before trying to ask.
"You said Qian Chengxue, I haven't seen her for a long time, and I can't contact her now."
Chen Shan was also stunned and then replied.
Su Mo didn't say anything after hearing this, but just sighed. In fact, Su Mo was also a little worried about her. There had been such a big change on her side, so the situation must be quite bad.
At this time, Xiao Wen suddenly said: "I have some news about her."
"What news."
Su Mo's eyes lit up.
"After the awarding ceremony, Qian Chengxue's meritorious service was rejected by her elder brother. I asked someone to inquire about it. It seems that Qian Chengxue participated in the federal government's military recruitment plan after leaving the Dawn Group. But specifically, she It’s unclear which formation and legion you were assigned to. You also know that after the establishment of the Federation, many legion formations were added and reorganized, and many of the permissions are kept confidential.”
Xiao Wen briefly told Su Mo.
After Su Mo heard this, he sighed and said, "This is good."
"What a heck, those stubborn old guys from Dawn Group actually took away Qian Chengxue's credit. If I didn't want to cause trouble to Qian Chengxue, I would definitely sue them."
Chen Shan drank a glass of beer in one gulp and cursed angrily.
"Forget it Chen Shan, every family has a hard time reciting. As Su Mo said, this is good. Qian Chengxue is at least free now and has joined the federal military."
Xiao Wen is relatively open-minded.
"I'm just unhappy. If it hadn't been for those idiots, Qian Chengxue would have had a chance to achieve first-class merit. When the time comes to join the military, the starting point will be completely different."
When Chen Shan said this, he felt very aggrieved.
"Stop talking about that, let's have a drink."
Su Mo raised his wine glass.
In the middle of the night after the three of them shouted, Su Mo walked alone on the street after seeing Chen Shan and Xiao Wen off.
I was also a little touched when I saw the recruitment advertisements that were constantly playing on the busy streets.
At this time, a young couple pulled a child past them, and the child pointed at the advertisement and shouted excitedly.
"Dad, when I grow up, I will also participate in the military conscription."
The young couple showed a wry smile, then touched the child's head and said.
"I'll tell you when you grow up. You're still young and don't understand."
Su Mo saw this scene accidentally and was slightly startled. It seemed that the federal government's recruitment was not ideal.
But it's normal. It's not a game now. You have to face the monsters when you go out. Then it will be a real baptism of blood. Anyone would be scared.
After all, people are always afraid of death.
At this time, a piece of news was inserted on the open-air virtual billboard, and a calm male host spoke.
"Dear dear citizens, the second meeting of the Federal Council ended half an hour ago. The meeting approved the latest policy to mass-produce type I all-purpose gene injections. This type I all-purpose gene injection can comprehensively enhance various physical indicators of the human body. It is safe and reliable with no side effects, and can theoretically extend human lifespan for a hundred years, and the entire population is expected to usher in an era of longevity. However, due to limited production capacity, the federal government has decided that the type I all-purpose gene injection will be produced only for front-line combatants for the time being. Open to family members.”
After Su Mo read the news, he couldn't help but shook his head. This was to increase the leverage for the conscription.
If there are no accidents, it is estimated that there will be large-scale turmoil in the original military establishment. There should be many personnel who refuse to participate in front-line work, want to retreat to the second line, or even retire from the army.
In the Imperial Capital Administrative Center Office, Tang Qin handed a report to Long Ming.
"This is the result of the latest internal questionnaire survey of the Federal Legion. The situation is not optimistic. In addition to the Ace Legion, a large number of second- and third-line troops are highly resistant. The number of recent discharge application forms is more than a hundred times higher than in previous years, and it is still increasing. Also A new policy has just been announced, which has aroused strong backlash online. Many people strongly demand that type I genetic medicine be opened to them.”
Long Ming took the report, looked at it, and said silently: "Hey, after all, it has been stable for too long. If they want to retreat, let them retreat. What we are about to face is an extremely cruel war. Rather than letting them retreat on the battlefield, , if you want to kill your own teammates, it is better to let them retreat now. As for the welfare, I still say that if you don’t make any changes, you can’t let the soldiers who are ready to fight to the death feel cold.”
"However, if we do this, we will face a shortage of personnel after the Ace Legion is damaged."
"Let's think of another way. This can't be rushed. People are afraid of death. Only after being tempered by blood and gradually adapting to it, the situation may get better. And you don't have to worry too much. We currently have limited ships and manpower. It’s still enough.”
Long Ming replied calmly. (End of chapter)