Chapter 4 Penetrate this universe
4. Penetrate this universe
A burst of soothing music woke Tang Xiao from his sleep. He opened his eyes and looked at the surrounding environment as usual. He scratched his head, and it looked like he couldn't go back.
【Manager, I'm sorry to disturb you, but there are very important things that require your decision. ] Qi Jian's voice came from the communicator on the side.
Tang Xiao ignored it, just stood up from the bed, walked to the bathroom, asked the mastermind to adjust the water temperature to ice-cold again, and then washed his face vigorously.
He supported the sink with both hands, looked up at himself who was pale due to the cold, and clenched his teeth. After a while, he stood up suddenly, put on his clothes, "Mastermind! Lead the way to the bridge!"
"Manager, I'm sorry to disturb you." Arriving at the bridge command center, Qi Jian said to Tang Xiao saluted respectfully.
"Tell me."
"The engineering team has established two mining stations near the gaseous planet, and while you were resting, they have sent back two ships of helium-3 and carried out Refined. Now we can take off more spaceships, especially transport ships that need to travel between Dawn Planet and the mothership." Qi Jian said.
“Continue.”
"Then... the reconnaissance team has sent back a report and has initially selected 17 landing points. We can choose one of them to launch the landing." At this point, Qi Jian's tone was trembling, and he opened an interface for Tang Xiao.
"Landing point? Do you need to come to me specifically for this matter?" Tang Xiao was a little strange.
Qi Jian replied solemnly, "Manager, this first colony will probably be our capital in the future. I...I dare not make the decision without authorization..."
Tang Xiao nodded. , he raised his finger and was about to click it when he saw Qi Jian's complicated eyes.
There was expectation, pride, and a little uneasiness in his eyes. He clenched his fists and trembled slightly, trying to control his excitement. Not just him, but everyone else on the bridge too.
Tang Xiao's heart trembled slightly. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. 600,000 people...maybe 5 billion more...with just a flick of his finger, their starting point would be determined.
He looked at the screen again. This time he compared the landing points carefully, and the knowledge crammed into his mind poured out like a floodgate.
Based on the knowledge he had learned, he chose an area surrounded by mountains and rivers and a large grassland. He pointed at this place and said to Qi Jian: "Let's just go here. The latitude here is moderate, and there are also surrounding areas. Water source. There is also a hilly area with an altitude of about 100 meters as a defensive high point. First, send 20 marines to land and start building the residential area immediately. "
"Yes! It's our first colony! It's our first step into this universe!" Qi Jian was a little excited and immediately started to arrange the work.
After the landing point was determined, all aspects of work began immediately. The people in the hibernation warehouse are all experts in various fields, and the clerks have also begun to perform their respective functions. Tang Xiao does not need detailed guidance.
Soon, a transport ship carrying 20 marines and 50 construction workers took off from the mothership and landed on the Dawn Planet. Marines spread out, shooing away wildlife and dropping locator beacons, while construction workers began assembling their own mechanized engineering exoskeletons.
"The beacon signal is normal. Manager, you can put the mothership into synchronous orbit." Qi Jian said to Tang Xiao after confirming the signal from the beacon.
Tang Xiao nodded and said to the operator on the bridge console: "Enter the synchronous orbit of the Dawn Planet and keep the mothership above the beacon at all times. Master Brain, you will provide assistance."
< br>【Okay. 】The engine of the Kushen mothership with a height of more than 41,300 meters started again, and the extremely powerful driving force pushed this behemoth of more than 370 billion tons to start moving forward, continuously descending into the outer gravitational circle of the Dawn Planet, and then began to maintain the same rotation as the planet. speed.
When approaching the orbit of the Dawn Planet, the huge mass of the mothership even caused several earthquakes of magnitude 3 to 5 and underground water ejection on the surface of the planet.
After entering the predetermined orbit, under the action of the centripetal force and inertia of the planet's rotation, the mothership only needs very little power to maintain navigation. Keeping in sync with the ground beacon, a hatch in the center of the mothership opens, and then an orbital drop capsule is launched.
Due to friction in the atmosphere, the surrounding air began to burn. From the ground, it looked like a meteor falling towards the ground. When it was about to land, the airborne capsule's reverse engine started, spraying blazing flames toward the ground to help the airborne capsule land smoothly.
The construction workers who were already prepared immediately went over, opened the airborne capsule, and assembled the modular housing made of ultra-light materials inside. The outer shell of the airborne capsule is the outer wall of the building. In less than 20 minutes, a two-story building was completed.
The mothership continues to airdrop buildings at a rate of one launch every 10 minutes, including housing, solar and wind power generation facilities, water purification facilities, etc.
Tang Xiao also successively selected some farmers and maintenance workers among the 600,000 frozen hibernating residents to wake them up, and then let them land on the Dawn Planet in a transport ship. He also selected a man named Gu Laham from this group of people and appointed him as the leader. village head. At present, this small colony with less than a hundred people in total is indeed a small village.
Once we get started, everything proceeds at an orderly pace. Tang Xiao stretched and stood up. Looking at the people who were busy, his heart was still a little heavy.
Looking at the vast universe outside the porthole on the other side, Tang Xiao couldn't help but walk over. He saw the stars who didn't know how many light-years away, and thought about the star that might have caused him to travel through. Unexplainable dream. He stroked the cold porthole as if stroking the distant stars, and a flame gradually began to burn in his heart.
Returning to his seat, Tang Xiao ordered, "Mastermind, bring out the information I need. I have a lot of things to do."
[Okay, manager. 】
He was a little resigned to his fate now, and he felt vaguely that he really couldn't go back. If this is the case, if you continue to be in such a hazy state, then maybe one day when the Star Destroyer arrives, your family will still be completely destitute.
Moreover, after Tang Xiao saw the enthusiastic and expectant eyes of Qi Jian and the others just now, he also understood that he could not let them down, and...if this mothership was really given by the so-called fate If you repay...then...
Tang Xiao sat back on the main seat of the bridge, opened the entries of the colonization plan and started to look at it. He needed to understand what difficulties he would face and how to solve them, and he should understand it most now , is how to establish a colony.
In an unknown environment, rapid development and establishing one's own solid power is always the best choice.
Suppressing the confusion and uneasiness in his heart, Tang Xiao clicked on an entry in the "Interstellar Colony Construction Guide" and opened the files to look through it.
His eyes gradually became enthusiastic!
This is mine...all mine! That countless technologies! Those countless talents! With such a foundation, I should...
That's right...
I should penetrate this universe! !
[Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 1: "Homeland" Mothership]
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