Time has passed quietly, and Venus has gradually broken away from the shadow of traditional technological society. In the 40th year of the Empire, the concept of mecha has spread to the whole society; in farming, driving vehicles, ships, aircraft, infrastructure, etc., everything is moving closer to the concept of mecha. ! The new mecha concept is jokingly called: the coat of steel technology! Almost all machines that need to be controlled can be modified into mechas - the cheapest signal connector only costs one thousand yuan! Let the people on earth keep coming here to buy these cheap cores and return to earth to simply modify the machines.
In the 45th year of the Imperial Calendar, the signal of the probe sent to the nearest star system returned, disappointing people - this is a galaxy with three star systems, the illumination is very unstable, it is not suitable for habitation at all, and it is not even worth transforming. ! Pulled by the gravity of the star, the orbit of the planet is very unstable; however, there are many planets here, which may be used as a place for future resource extraction.
In addition, in the 45th year of the Empire's history, the magnetic engine technology was successfully miniaturized, and the maglev car finally appeared in the real world; however, because the cost was too high, it was not popular, so it became a symbol of nobility - you can drive this directly to space; of course, If you don't install a radiation protection device, you won't be taken care of if something happens. Although Empire is an unlimited liability company, it is not a fool's liability company!
The 45th year of the Imperial Calendar is definitely a turning point in the history of the Empire: all technologies have made breakthroughs, the most representative of which is the Imperial Academy of Space Science. Under the leadership of Chen Feng, a Space Science Academy was established in space that is 150 kilometers long, 130 kilometers wide and 10 kilometers high! Here is the empire's experimental base and research center for high-energy physics! It is also the pearl crown of human scientific research today! Even back then, many scientists from Earth came to study.
but. If the Space Science Park is a pearl and a crown! Then, there is another one: Miracle!
spacecraft! Civilization number!
over the years. The empire has smelted all the fragments from Io into various minerals and placed them directly in space, bringing sufficient materials for the construction of the empire - today Io looks like a piece of metal with a diameter of a thousand kilometers ball! It is a different kind of satellite. In order to smelt this thing, the empire built 1 billion square kilometers of reflectors and grilled them for seven years! For this reason, there was a little conflict with the earth: the mirror was so big that one day when Venus was in line with the earth and the sun, it directly blocked the earth's light! For two consecutive days, no light could be seen from the earth; only at night there would be light scattered by the moon's reflector. By the way - this thing almost caused panic on the earth!
The spacecraft now has its initial outline. Let everyone who sees it be amazed! This is a miracle of human industry! It is also the representative product of the pinnacle of human technology! A steel monster that is expected to transport 20 million people for mankind's first interstellar expansion and space colonization!
It has been determined that the alien spacecraft is 117 kilometers long and 40 kilometers in diameter, similar to a bloated extra-large rocket. It would take an hour to run from one end to the other in an ordinary car!
Ten two-kilometer-long space factories are constantly circling and circling around this monster; flying saucers transport large amounts of steel, metal ingots, etc. from the smelted Iaoyun to each factory, and then a variety of All kinds of materials are spit out, constantly enriching this huge spacecraft.
View from the shape of the building under construction. The spacecraft is divided into 12 levels. The outermost level has ten levels. Each level is 100 meters high and is used as a residential area. After entering space and starting to travel, the spacecraft will rotate around the axis to provide living areas. 0.9-1.1 times Earth’s gravity. Meet people's normal survival needs. What is left is a dense layer, three meters high, with hundreds of layers. These things form a strange spaceship layer - this is the food production area and plant cultivation area. The total area of grain-producing areas here is 5 million square kilometers, producing grain and oxygen. Sufficient to meet all human survival needs. Of course, it’s impossible to just grow food. There will also be zoos, medical production areas, etc. But forget it if there are more, you are an immigrant! Not travel! Well, if I have to say it’s a different kind of trip, it seems to be okay...
In the middle, there is still a space with a diameter of more than 30 kilometers; it looks quite messy here. Some will be used to store daily necessities, some will be used to store basic factories for packaging, some will be used to place central computers, and the most space will be used to place nuclear fusion factories!
Whoosh... A small flying saucer with a length of 100 meters gently approached the spacecraft under construction. The still young Zhang Wenliang and the elegant and beautiful Queen Dongfang Xiaoyun gently boarded a shuttle in space, equipped with tools specially used for traveling in space, as well as maintenance tools, and of course the humanoid mecha - the machine A, as a maintenance tool, is absolutely unparalleled.
In addition, there are many small aircraft improved by levitating vehicles. Although they are not large, they have powerful performance: they can protect against radiation, carry plasma engines, magnetic engines, and the magnetic protective layer that the Empire has successfully researched - through A new technology derived from a compressed artificial magnetic field generating device. However, its magnetic field can be flexibly controlled; at its most powerful, it is enough to distort medium-intensity laser beams; it can be regarded as a small breakthrough for the Empire in the energy shield.
Of course, more powerful spacecrafts already have this thing, which has excellent performance in radiation protection.
In addition, the space suits worn by Zhang Wenliang and the two men have also changed. Thanks to the empire's powerful scientific and technological research capabilities, the new space suit has been extremely streamlined - at least on the surface; of course, the underlying technology content is even higher. I don’t know about today’s space suits, but I thought they were relatively advanced diving suits; except for the mask, which is still a bit large, the rest are almost all tight-fitting suits. On the one hand, this design is of course due to advanced technology; on the other hand, it is also conducive to actions in the sky. The mecha technology is indeed very good; but some extremely delicate operations still have to be performed with empty hands. A machine is a machine after all. Fixed operations are fine, but for operations that require flexible changes, the driving mechanism will not have time to react!
Behind Zhang Wenliang. Also following Li Changxing and others - this is their tool to conquer the universe in the future! Had to come and see it. The establishment of an interstellar empire requires this treasure!
And more people came out of the flying saucer later. They were national leaders from the earth, coming to Venus for inspection. The Earth has certainly developed rapidly over the years, but Venus has developed even faster! The demographic dividend is only suitable for ordinary wealth accumulation; but in top scientific research, it depends on the environment of the entire country - the demographic dividend can of course provide relatively more talents; but if there is a good social environment and education The system can make more people become talented and talented! for scientific research. It takes a few geniuses to come up with theories and directions, and a large number of talented people to conduct massive experimental research and exploration, and then it can be transformed into science as we know it!
Obviously, there is still a long way to go before the system on Earth can catch up with Venus. Not to mention anything else, 90% of people on Venus are of traditional Chinese blood; over the years of intermarriage, those foreign bloodlines have basically been digested. So it can be said that Venus is now a purely Chinese national planet! This is easy to manage!
The earth is complicated. You can't just wipe out the rest of the ethnic groups! It's easy to talk about it in times of war, but you really can't do it in times of peace. This has led to the fact that the earth is nominally and politically unified, but cultural unification is still far away. Conflicts of all kinds make national leaders dizzy.
But it is not impossible, that is, to quickly improve the status of the traditional Chinese nation, and use technological development to improve the social status of the traditional Chinese nation and those outstanding nations with scientific research capabilities, such as the Germans. Let them become an alternative aristocratic class, and then use the centralized system of Venus to rule the earth.
Therefore, all the senior officials of the Republic dispatched to inspect. Just Venus technology. Even if you hear about it every day, see it with your own eyes. It’s still shocking beyond measure!
A 117-kilometer-long spacecraft... What kind of concept is this? Just take out any structural part and it is comparable to the space shuttle! This is basically to live in a fortress, a human settlement that moves in space! To be honest, with such a monster, even if the sun disappears and the planet disappears, humans can still live freely in it!
Shock, numbness...and then silence! In other words, this is an artificial planet!
"Why?" The new president of the Republic held his breath for a long time.
Zhang Wenliang turned his head, looked at the Chairman of the Republic who was obviously in distress, and sighed softly. Although it was only three words, Zhang Wenliang already understood what he wanted to ask. As the leader of the country, Zhang Wenliang is very aware of the pressure and accusations faced by the President of the Republic - however, the empire cannot and cannot stop and wait for the development of the Republic! Because, while the rapidly advancing society brings people prosperity and confidence, they also have hopes for the future! Under such circumstances, if the empire wants to lose control, unimaginable consequences will definitely occur.
But because of this, Zhang Wenliang knew that in just 12 Venus years and about nine Earth years, the Republic had changed its fourth president! Once every three years, when it expires and leaves... this has become a hot potato! From the moment he takes this position, on the one hand he has to withstand the tremendous pressure the Republic faces in its reform, and on the other hand he has to lead the Republic on its arduous journey in this era; but more importantly, he has to bear the puzzled looks of the people! Even abusive!
No matter how much effort the Republic has made, it has become much stronger than before. It has surpassed the grand occasion when the master company left, and the society has begun to be rich and prosperous! However, a good neighbor stays there, allowing the public to see the gap, the gap that is getting bigger and bigger, so that it is almost impossible to catch up; maybe in a few years, they will not even be able to forget their backs - no, now Already! Look, the empire has already started building spaceships and preparing for interstellar colonization; we are still discussing the name and positioning of the next generation of spaceships...
Also, over the years, with the rapid development, the empire often provided free assistance to the republic. From food to technology, and even students who come to Venus to study in top colleges, the empire will bear the expenses.
But Venus's behavior makes some people with psychological sensitivity feel uncomfortable - when did we become a vulnerable group? But without accepting assistance from the empire, the development of the Republic will be even more difficult!
In the end, such a tangled situation converged into a wave of overwhelming resentment, which constantly impacted the ruling class of the Republic - as the chairman, he was the first to bear the brunt!
Zhang Wenliang knew clearly the sufferings of the Republic; otherwise he would not have provided a large amount of free support. After all, in the space age, a powerful ally with the same origin is a natural ally; this is also one of the greatest advantages of the solar system. But this creates a sandwich: the empire wants the Republic to be strong, but it cannot encourage its growth; and the people of the Republic also want the Republic to be strong, but it can become strong quickly! The President of the Republic has become the sandwich cake in the middle, with both ends under pressure.
However, Zhang Wenliang still gave his own answer: "Order, hope, fairness, freedom!" ps: Please vote