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Time always flies by. At the end of the 47th year of the Imperial Calendar, the team led by Chen Feng and the spacecraft team finally completed the investigation: the direction of the spacecraft flying out of the solar system and the direction of the supernova debris are 90 degrees different, and the solar system will enter the range of the supernova debris in 17 years; But it takes half a year for a spacecraft to fly out of the solar system! In other words, it is enough as long as the spaceship can set off before 63 years of the Imperial Calendar.
But we can’t set off now, because the information from the Clairvoyance probe has not yet returned—in other words, it is still unknown whether it is really suitable for the survival of life, especially suitable for the survival of life on Earth! According to the information currently available to the empire, there should be quite a few planets with life in the universe - ranging from a few hundred degrees below zero to temperatures as high as 400 degrees. However, there are very few planets suitable for complex life! And if it’s a planet suitable for intelligent life, then give it another severe discount! So next, the planet suitable for human life on earth - I guess we have to count on our fingers!
To be a planet suitable for human habitation, the following conditions need to be met: the temperature range must be below 40 degrees Celsius and above minus ten degrees - if it is any lower, it must have sufficient light, sufficient energy, etc., so that humans can transform the environment - -In fact, humans in the process of immigration have very little ability to transform the planet. Except for the temperature, and of course the water! Whether it is solid or liquid water, there must be enough water! There is no water, just waiting to be dried out! Third, there must be at least one piece of land. Let the spaceship wait to land! Fourth, air environment requirements, because during the migration of the universe, human transformation ability is very weak, so the air must meet the conditions for direct breathing! Fifth, and a very important point: Even if there are aliens on this planet, they cannot be too advanced - the other spacecraft has just arrived and was blown up before it even got close to the planet! That is a tragedy! There is also the gravity environment of the planet - too small obviously won't work; too big won't work either! The gravity environment must be between 0.85 times gravity and 2 times gravity! Too little gravity will degenerate humans - this is absolutely unacceptable! If the gravity is too strong. It takes a long time to get used to it! in addition. Another very important thing is: this is a virus planet! Then it’s really over! The universe is too big. If a virus planet appears, it is not unacceptable... The planet's own magnetic field, etc., including all radiation protection capabilities, must be sufficient: in short. I want to find a natural planet suitable for humans. Not an easy task.
therefore. Perhaps the most important planet for human life in the future. It needs to be transformed like Venus! Instead of relying entirely on the natural planet that exists in nature. In fact, judging from the current situation, if science and technology develops further in the future, transforming the planet will be more meaningful than searching for it! Just look at the space around the solar system. Any planetary system with a single star has the potential to build planets with life. And if it exists naturally, for the time being, after searching a 20-light-year radius, we found a whale constellation. As for the specific situation of the Whale constellation, there is no way to directly observe it. It can only be queried by launching a detector!
It is 12 light-years away, and the planet itself does not emit light. Especially in space, the star is so big that all traces of the planet and so on are covered up with light. It is too difficult to observe it through a telescope! Observations of these star systems in the solar system are all based on tens of millions of cumulative observations and then reasonable thrust guesses - so the results can only be said to be references, not absolute.
But even now, it is estimated that the launch of the detector has only just arrived. If you want to wait for the signal to return, you have to wait fifteen and a half Venusian years!
This time is a bit tense. In order to leave the supernova remnant before it collides with the solar system, the spacecraft must be arranged to set off immediately after receiving the signal - of course, the premise is that it is really suitable for human habitation! In the early days of human immigration, when technology was relatively weak, they could only look for the kind of planet that 100% meets human needs!
The waiting time is the most painful! Especially for the six Li Changxings! Every day is spent almost in anticipation and tension! What we hope for is of course a bright future! And the tension is inevitable: Is it suitable for humans? Is there water there? Are there any civilizations out there that are close to or surpass Venus? Are there powerful space weapons there?
For Li Changxing and others, different information represents two completely different results: one is to continue to stay without a sense of existence, and even future generations will be a little uncomfortable - high status is sometimes not so It's comfortable and there are all kinds of eyes staring at you! And the other situation is: be the master of your own country and build your own empire! From now on, create your own glory in the universe!
But waiting is not an option! Even if Li Changxing is counted in earth years, he is still hundreds of years old. With his parents still alive, the family can be said to be seven generations under one roof! There are more than 300 people in the family from top to bottom! All are immediate family members! There are a lot of talents here! And if you add the other five brothers, the family of six brothers has a total of 2,000 people, and there are many elites!
But if you want to support the construction of an empire, these people are certainly not enough, you need more people and more talents!
Since waiting is not the answer, together with the brothers and a few juniors, we simply set up a virtual online game world, where we can simulate future interstellar wars and select talents along the way. The themes are initially positioned at battleships, aerospace fighter jets, and mechas (the next most important); everyone can research and develop here and give full play to their imagination! Of course, the empire can select elites from them; and these elites will have two options: serve the empire, or choose interstellar immigration!
In fact, after so many years, there have been many games of this type on the Empire Virtual Network. Venus’ current virtual reality technology has almost reached 80% reality in the real world! If you ignore that slight incongruity, you will even think that this is a second world! The real world!
One can imagine the current imperial virtual network. It can be said to be very prosperous, almost equivalent to the second world! There is even a school here! There is even an official office of the Empire! Of course, there are also many games attached to the empire's only virtual network; including various interstellar war games. However, due to the scale of investment, the technical capabilities of the game team, and their reliance on the Empire Network, the landscape of these games is very small - the largest game has only about 3 million people online at the same time! This is far from meeting the empire's needs for selecting talents!
Therefore, Li Changxing and others are preparing to develop a second virtual network, a dedicated game virtual network! And using the latest technology!
"Uncle Li, it's useless for you to ask me about technology. I don't understand technology! You may think that I am an emperor now, but in front of my brother, I am just a doormat!" Zhang Wenliang smiled bitterly. As a technological empire in the interstellar era. The Zhang family is arranged like this: the youngest son Zhang Wenliang is responsible for the superficial governance of politics and culture; while the eldest son Zhang Chengye is responsible for the most fundamental thing in the empire: technology!
Don't look at Zhang Wenliang's superficial appearance; but he is the real fist of the empire. But it's in Zhang Chengye's hands! In this era of science and technology, mastering powerful technology is much more useful than public opinion! Back then, the American imperialists were the first to master the atomic bomb, and the Japanese did not dare to talk nonsense! certainly. The Empire is still very democratic on the surface - technology alone is not enough. Still needs continuous development! This requires talent!
"Ha... I'm sorry for you two brothers." Li Changxing patted Zhang Wenliang on the shoulder. Laughing proudly. With the expansion and rise of the empire, it was time for Zhang Jingyuan to become a standard hands-off shopkeeper; and this huge burden was shouldered by brothers Zhang Chengye and Zhang Wenliang. As for the second daughter Zhang Ting. They got married—to be precise, they were childhood sweethearts! These descendants of Zhang Jingyuan's brothers grew up together; as well as the children of several core employees of the master company, they all basically grew up and were childhood sweethearts; they just happened to get married by the way. Therefore, the upper echelons of the empire are now impregnable!
By the time Li Changxing found Zhang Chengye, one of the most powerful people in the empire was leading his own research team to tackle difficult technologies! Technology is the strongest cornerstone of the empire today. Of course Zhang Chengye knew the heavy burden on his shoulders, so he never dared to relax.
"Uncle Li, please wait a moment." Zhang Chengye wiped his face, which was covered with oil. Now Zhang Chengye is researching the latest generation of the empire's thrusters: integrating electromagnetic technology and plasma technology to give the engine both anti-gravity levitation capabilities and powerful thrust; and such a thruster would theoretically have great energy efficiency Improvement - In the past, when the anti-gravity magnetic engine was working, plasma was generated due to high pressure, but it was wasted; similarly, the plasma engine also caused a lot of magnetic field to be wasted because of the electromagnetic conversion process.
But to combine these two technologies, the technical threshold is still a bit high for the current empire! It’s like we know plastic is great and steel is a necessity in life! But now there is a research topic: to perfectly combine plastic and steel, so that a certain material has all the characteristics of plastic and all the characteristics of steel! Most importantly, it has to meet industrial needs and extremely high standards - standards that combine all the best features of steel and plastic! This is totally nonsense! Although the current integration of these two technologies is not nonsense, at least it is theoretically feasible. But - theory and practice are often very different!
However, Li Changxing was not in a hurry and even looked at Zhang Chengye with some admiration. Theoretically, a prince of an empire should be well-off and well-off; but does anyone in the outside world know that the recent technological progress of the empire over the past 40 years has been almost entirely due to this prince leading his own technical regiment to tackle difficult problems! Even mechas for civilian use are all the work of this prince! The reason is very simple. Although the second prince and current emperor Zhang Wenliang has a good vision, his vision is mostly political. As for the vision of technological development, it must be Zhang Chengye. Especially now that Zhang Chengye is directly responsible for all scientists and has specialized consultants with unique vision.
After about ten minutes, Zhang Chengye simply ended what he was doing and let others take over.
"Uncle Li, if you have anything to do, just ask (Li) Zhengying (Li Changxing's son) to come to me. If I know you are coming in person, I will pick you up at the door."
"Ha, you two brothers are not as open-minded as Ting'er. At least Ting'er reaches out for a gift when she sees me now."
"If I were a girl, I could do it too!" Zhang Chengye smiled, as if he was thinking of his younger sister's naughty nature. "I wonder what Uncle Li wants to do with me? Did my little brother push him to my side?"
"Hey! They are indeed two brothers. Well, here's what happened..."
The two of them walked and talked. "That's no problem! Give Uncle Li eight months to come up with a perfect interstellar game." The two of them talked for a whole day. However, although it is difficult to hear those requirements, the current Venus is not the same as when it was first established more than 40 years ago. In fact, the network has long wanted to be upgraded, and the network technology used now is still 40 years ago. Today’s technology already has some “illusory” concepts! (To be continued...)