Chapter 378 Climate Modification
Chen Ming placed the sensor image returned by the detection device flying towards the sun in front of him and carefully observed the situation of the flare.
He could see the general shape of the flare, and he could only say that it was no different from an ordinary flare.
That is, a large amount of stellar material is thrown out, forming a flare that can be directly observed.
It's just that this flare is unusually bright, making it impossible for Chen Ming's current observation methods to directly see the details of the flare.
And just when Chen Ming planned to send the highest-point detection device directly to the vicinity of the star to conduct a new round of high-precision detection.
The flare that was still on the surface of the star suddenly turned around and re-entered the star.
All the ejected stellar material just falls under the star and can no longer be observed.
Although this is somewhat coincidental, it is indeed possible that the exploding flare, that is, the stellar material ejected by the star, falls back into the star.
And as Chen Ming sent the detector near the star, he scanned the star and found no subsequent abnormalities.
Although due to the nature of the star itself, it is unlikely that any reconnaissance equipment can directly penetrate into the extreme depths of the star, but if you only look at the outer layers of the star, there is really nothing to doubt.
This really seems to be just a regular flare.
Although the doubts in Chen Ming's heart still lingered, he could only choose to leave more detection equipment and monitor this dim star.
As long as there are new changes in the future, he will receive the news as soon as possible.
Chen Ming spent a little effort and installed a large number of detection devices surrounding the star.
At the same time, the exploration ships he just sent to investigate other planets have also obtained preliminary investigation results.
The conditions of those planets are similar to those of the Gaia planet that Chen Ming personally inspected.
Except for the outermost planet in the galaxy, which is the farthest from the star, the other planets were not the frozen planets they are today.
It is because of the impact of the star's lower temperature that they finally formed the ice-covered appearance they have today.
Chen Ming's exploration ship even discovered traces of life under the ice of a planet.
But it's just a trace.
That planet, unlike the real Gaia planet where Chen Ming is now, does not have such a strong ecological self-regulation ability.
After the planet was frozen, there is no longer any living life on it, there is only death.
But even so, this planet is still a valuable planet for research and development.
The same goes for other planets in the galaxy.
Although it is not as rich in resources as the planets in the Origin Galaxy, whether it is the current snow-covered planet or the former planet under the ice and snow, it is still a very good planet.
Even if there are no other ice planets in the galaxy, the Gaia planet itself has attracted Chen Ming to develop this galaxy.
Chen Ming now has the Origin Galaxy on hand as a colony before the wormhole.
Then of course there is also a need for such a place behind the wormhole.
This is something Chen Ming has already thought about before.
It was only when he entered the wormhole and reached the world after the wormhole.
We happened to encounter a black hole next to the wormhole, and there was also a nightmare of planes in the black hole.
Even if there is a black hole, the black hole itself has a certain deterrent effect. The exit at the other end of the wormhole near the black hole will also increase the importance of the origin galaxy in disguise.
The colony Chen Ming built in the world after the wormhole would probably be farther away from the black hole.
But what he never expected was that the wormhole would run away directly after he solved the nightmare of the plane.
Originally, Chen Ming didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.
But after arriving at this galaxy faster than a wormhole and confirming the situation of the galaxy, Chen Ming felt that this was a good thing.
He could try to build a colony behind the wormhole here, with the two colonies physically separated by literally a universe.
But they are actually in the same galaxy. This special situation brings additional benefits to both galaxies.
It’s just that one thing is not clear when I’m full.
That is, since the wormhole is still moving, there is a possibility that the wormhole will continue to move after reaching this galaxy.
If the wormhole escapes again, it will be very troublesome.
Of course, Chen Ming is not without a solution, but it will take a little more effort.
But Chen Ming looked at the self-conscious Gaia planet where he was at this time.
He felt that when he was on the Gaia planet, the entire planet was changing itself for his appearance, just to make the planet's environment more suitable for him.
He really has to find a way to protect this Gaia planet and make it part of his colony.
This planet and galaxy deserved it.
Chen Ming didn't know much about climate modification technology. He still needed to find time to ask. The specific application of this technology should also take a certain amount of time.
However, he has endured several years to build the colony, so that's all.
What's more, the consciousness of the planet Gaia will definitely try its best to cooperate with Chen Ming to improve the planet's climate. The effective time of climate change will definitely be shorter than expected.
And to be honest, this matter itself will not take up much of Chen Ming's time.
All he has to do is record detailed data inside the galaxy, and then throw the data to a department of the empire called the Pan-Livable Planet Ecological Environment Department.
By the way, prepare some more funds to support this department in climate transformation.
Just wait for the rest.
Anyway, the process is not important, someone will help Chen Ming prepare everything.
In the future, some people may need Chen Ming's help to take them to the now-frozen planet Gaia to carry out the actual process of climate change.
That is also a small thing that can be done easily in the future.
Chen Ming does whatever he thinks of.
All the data obtained by several exploration ships and star exploration devices were recorded and preserved by him.
All the analysis data of the necessary climatic conditions were recorded according to the requirements on the official website of the Ministry of Environment and sent directly.
The Ministry of Environment has a subordinate climate transformation department that has always been quite idle, and it is normal to take on external climate transformation tasks.
After all, there is no shortage of habitable planets within the empire, so the demand market for climate modification technology itself is not large.
The only ones that really need climate modification are those planets that exist in galaxies with development value. The climate conditions are not suitable for human survival, but there is a need for landing.
There are not too many such planets, and there are no tasks at all.
Whether it's a mission sent by the empire, a big company building a new colony, or some wealthy individuals, there are only one or two people who come to the Climate Change Department throughout the year.
So this department is basically supported by a fund allocated by the empire every year, and is specifically responsible for researching climate modification technology, and nothing else.
As a result, Chen Ming heard that they seemed to be bored and started researching automated climate modification technology.
It relies on specially modified equipment or organisms. After being released, it can adapt to the ecological environment to improve the planet's climate.
It is said that their purpose is to strive to transform all the planets in the empire that can be climate modified into livable planets at a very low cost.
The project was also named the Seed of Life Project.
The horoscope has not yet been written, and it sounds extremely unreliable.
But Chen Ming still decided to trust this department.
Of course, Chen Ming is not referring to the Seed of Life, but to climate change.
Although he had heard that climate modification was very difficult, there seemed to be few successful cases in the entire empire.
But after he carefully studied the empire's technology, he found that there were fewer cases of failure than cases of success.
In other words, it is true that there are not many cases in total.
Chen Ming didn't have any authority to use it himself. After a casual search, he found a total of about two hundred cases of environmental transformation.
At first glance, I thought it was a lot, but looking at the empire, two hundred cases are really nothing.
Among them, there were more than 170 successful cases, three failed cases, and the remaining 20 or 30 cases were all discontinued and not continued.
There really isn’t much to say about a project with a success rate close to 90%.
And he had no other choice.
There was only one official department in the empire that was engaged in environmental transformation. Who else could he turn to?
The environmental department responded very quickly.
After confirming the planet data and requirements that Chen Ming had sent, he called Chen Ming directly.
As soon as Chen Ming picked up the phone, the other person said directly: "Mr. Chen Ming, we have received your request. We have a few questions that we need to confirm with you."
"The radiation intensity of stars is at least one-third lower than that of stars of the same type. There is no specific data to explain the reason. Do you have any additional information here?"
It looks like the person opposite him should be a researcher or something.
Chen Ming responded: "This galaxy was already like this when I got there. I can only send you the integrated data based on the situation on the planet. I'm not sure how much more."
Chen Ming really didn't know the reason for the sudden change in the galaxy's environment.
At most, he roughly guessed that the construction time of this underground ecosystem was about three years ago through the snow cover and underground ecological conditions on the planet, and that the star's light weakened about five years ago.
Don't know anything else.
The only thing that is questionable is the sudden flare that was just discovered.
However, he sent a record of observing the flare.
Since the people in the climate change department didn't mention it, it probably wouldn't be an important situation.
Although the star is very weak, it does not mean that it is completely impossible for flares to occur. Maybe it is just an occasional phenomenon.
"Understood, next question, the planet you want to carry out climate modification already has a stable underground ecosystem. Carrying out climate modification may cause the underground ecosystem to collapse or have unpredictable consequences. This consequence is very likely to be Negative, we must inform you about this ”
"At that time, we will also conduct an on-site inspection to determine the condition of the underground ecosystem and determine whether the planet is suitable for climate change."
Chen Ming seemed to hear a bit of professional arrogance on the phone.
It seems that he doesn't trust Chen Ming's investigation results very much.
Chen Ming also understood.
After all, his own investigation found that the underground ecosystem only lasted a few years at most, and it was hard to believe that the entire planet's ecology only lasted a few years.
Then what else could he say.
He could only say casually: "It doesn't matter, the underground ecosystem is very stable and will not be affected." The person from the Department of Climate Change seemed to want to say something and correct Chen Ming's statement.
After all, in his view, climate change is inherently dangerous and will have an almost irreversible major impact on the planet's climate.
No matter what the climate was like on the original planet, the subsequent climate will undergo extremely significant changes, and it is normal for it to cause a devastating blow to the original ecosystem.
Therefore, almost all the planets they have carried out climate modification are planets that did not originally have ecosystems. No matter what the outcome is, there will be no impact.
And if it is a planet with its own ecosystem.
Whether you succeed or fail, the results can be disastrous.
But they really need customers now.
So even if there seemed to be something wrong with the data sent by Chen Ming, they did not correct it directly in front of the customer, but used a more indirect way to confirm it themselves.
When Chen Ming said something that was beyond their knowledge, they didn't express any reaction.
Anyway, they have to sign the contract in the end, and if there is any problem, they can’t be blamed.
The researcher affiliated with the Ministry of Environment on the other end of the phone endured what he thought was a question and said: "Last question, what do you mean by 'the planet has extremely strong ecological adjustment capabilities'?"
"Literally, I have said that you don't need to care about the original ecology. As long as you can find a way to restore the surface ecology, then do it."
The researcher really couldn't hold it any longer.
Ecological adjustment ability is an objective phenomenon determined based on the actual situation of the ecological environment. It does not mean that the planet can adjust its own ecological environment.
He really wanted to say this. But in order to prevent customers from running away, he didn't say anything.
Anyway, he has seen many things where laymen guide experts, and this one is no different.
Chen Ming could probably guess what the people at the Ministry of Environment were thinking, but he was too lazy to argue. Facts would prove him right in the future.
"Wait a minute."
The researcher from the Department of Climate Change suddenly sounded a little strange. He asked: "Is your name Chen Ming?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"Is it that Chen Ming?"
"..."
Chen Ming was silent for a moment and did not respond.
But he heard some chaotic noises on the other end of the phone, as if there were several people busy nearby.
At this time, the office of the Climate Change Department under the Empire's Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
The research institute that was on the phone with Chen Ming just now muted the communication and looked at the computer of the colleague next to him.
It displays some publicly available information about Chen Ming.
Although it wasn't much, but combined with some of the rumors they occasionally heard, they found that it seemed that today was a big customer that they couldn't afford to offend, and this big customer seemed to be more capable than them in some aspects.
They can't understand it not because the person is wrong, but because they are too naive.
The researcher just now was almost crying when he spoke, and asked extremely anxiously: "What should I do?"
"Call the boss, he may have an idea."
After a while, the researcher just now suddenly changed to a new enthusiastic attitude, no longer the business-like attitude just now, and said to Chen Ming: "It's really you..."
"So?"
"I'm very sorry, Mr. Chen Ming, I want to ask you again, are what you just said related to psychic energy?"
Chen Ming did not pursue him and said matter-of-factly: "I'm not sure. First of all, I really don't know the status of the stars in that galaxy."
"Then I'm not sure whether the planet itself is related to spiritual energy, but I can be sure that the planet is special. It has self-awareness and can actively adjust the situation of the planet."
The institute took a deep breath and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen Ming. The problems just now are all due to my lack of knowledge. They are all my own problems. We can help you with this climate transformation for free. Please understand. ”
"It's okay, I don't care."
Having said that, Chen Ming would not really pursue anything until he was full.
The institute breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about what their boss had just said, and tentatively asked Chen Ming: "Can you please allow us to go to the planet you mentioned for a period of inspection first?"
"The galaxy you mentioned is quite special. It may take some time for us to verify whether climate modification can be carried out."
"This... I'm very sorry. We really can't give you an accurate answer before we have contacted that planet."
"Okay."
Chen Ming didn't hear any problem in these words and agreed to their request.
Let the Climate Change Department prepare the necessary manpower and facilities, and he will send all the people to their destinations when the time comes.
Arrangements have been made for climate modification.
Chen Ming immediately moved on to the next thing seamlessly.
That is to find the survivor to continue the previous communication.
At the end of the last exchange, the survivors took the initiative to initiate a transaction request, but Chen Ming delayed it on the grounds that their empire needed to discuss it.
It’s time to reply to them with a result.
Chen Ming continued to stay underground on the Gaia planet. It can only be said that this planet felt so comfortable that he didn't want to leave at all.
Here he took out the communicator and said to the survivors: "We have reached the conclusion of our discussions, and we can trade with you."
The survivors responded as quickly as last time, but they did not directly talk about the empire agreeing to the deal, but asked: "Is the person who communicated with us the same person as before?"
"It's me."
"Okay, there are no changes on our side. It's still me. You can call me, Nami."
This nano refers to the noun nano in Shining Civilization. If it were placed on a person's name, Chen Ming should have transliterated this word.
But transliteration was too troublesome. In order to save his brain, Chen Ming directly used the translated meaning of this sparkling civilization as a pronoun for the "person" who claimed to have a certain social ability among the survivors.
After Nami gave his name, Chen Ming also responded with his own name.
"Chen Ming."
After solving the title problem.
Chen Ming got straight to the point and said: "The empire has already made a preliminary plan regarding the way of transactions between us. You can listen to it."
"If you have no objection, just follow this. If you have any objection, you can raise it and we can discuss it again."
Chen Ming gave a more kind attitude than last time, and it was certainly impossible for the survivors to refuse Chen Ming's request to listen.
The specific transaction form is also a form thought up by others in the empire.
To put it simply, the initial transactions with the survivors were mainly technical transactions.
Both parties specify a technical direction for each other.
For example physics, sociology, engineering.
Then list a hundred technologies, select a certain number from them, and exchange them.
Of course, the specific scope is definitely not that big, but needs to be refined to more levels.
For example, the more cutting-edge aspects of physics include computing technology, force field technology, particle technology, etc.
Choosing more refined technical aspects is helpful for trading to the required technology.
In terms of trading technology, the Empire is indeed more profitable, because the technology of Shining Civilization is indeed stronger than that of the Empire.
Therefore, the survivors may not necessarily agree, and the empire has also prepared plan No. 2.
However, the survivor's reply saved Chen Ming a lot of trouble.
"No problem."
This should be regarded as their way of showing sincerity once again.
As the number of transactions increases, subsequent transactions will gradually become equal and involve more and more directions.
From technology to culture and society, this is an inevitable and foreseeable development.
As for whether such transactions will continue in the future, it depends on the specific situation.
In the first transaction, both parties had a special choice of technical direction.
The Empire chose the psionic theory of the Shining Civilization, while the survivors chose the Empire's statecraft and sociological-oriented technology.
Chen Ming felt something was wrong after hearing about the technology the survivors wanted.
And when he sent the technical direction of the transaction to the Minister of Civilization and Culture, who was expanded from the original Ministry of Culture after the empire confirmed the existence of the survivors, the gloomy atmosphere and attitude there seemed to indicate the seriousness of the problem.
Just asking for the national policy of another civilization is not something a friendly civilization can do.
Although there are also excuses to explain it, for example, the Shining Civilization has a different political orientation from the Empire, so it is very curious about this aspect of the Empire.
But among civilizations, everything cannot be thought in a good direction.
However, the skin should not be torn off now. Although statecraft is important, it does not mean that there will be problems if it is announced.
Before they truly break out and break through the bottom line, the Empire and Shining Civilization will continue to trade like this.
The deal with the survivors ends here.
But Chen Ming’s time was still not finished.
Not only what happened before, but even after Chen Ming talked with people from the Ministry of Civilization and Culture, he had one more thing to worry about.
The Director of Psionics still remembered Chen Ming's needs. In just a few hours, he helped him find a group of researchers to be selected and sent the list to him for review.
Chen Ming accepted the document decisively.
He quickly finished his work before his wormhole could reach the information about the location of Gaia's planet.
There may still be a lot of things to do when the wormhole arrives.
The list of people given by the Director of Psychics seems to have been found through connections, and there are people from everywhere.
But when Chen Ming looked at the list at first glance, he only saw one name that made him a little unhappy.
Fifth Legion.
(End of chapter)