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Prologue.Chapter Zero.Lighthouse.Sigh 1(1/4)

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The sound of long and heavy ship whistles echoed throughout the harbor. Huge cargo ships were docked at the harbor. A large row of giant loading cranes were working, and densely packed boxes were being hoisted up and down.
There are densely packed workers at work on the harbor, and a large number of trucks, trailers and forklifts are constantly flowing on the harbor.
April 17, 2076, 8:09 am
On a long steel frame on the sea, there are crowds of people and constant knocking sounds. In addition to cargo ships, there are also many mechanical ships for operation. This is the largest seaport in northern Asia and the largest seaport in the world.
, the seaport is located on a hill 100 meters above sea level. This seaport named Dragon took 10 years to build and was put into use at the beginning of the year.
In order to deal with the melting of glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic, all countries are thinking of ways, and even got into endless debates because of different policies. However, no matter what kind of methods they think of, in the end the seawater will mercilessly submerge most coastal cities. There are already some
The city is being swallowed by the sea, and the most effective way for humans to fight against such a natural disaster is to build high walls.
After years of research, we finally established a plan to build a water separation wall along the 32,000-kilometer-long coastline of Asia to allow seawater to flow in from the northeast and drain out from the southeast. Only in this way can we gain a large amount of water for mankind.
Over time, most countries around the world have begun building walls along their coastlines.
Coastal cities are the most developed and economically most developed areas in each country. Once they are submerged, the consequences will be disastrous and the country and society will be on the verge of collapse. Most coastal cities are also places with extremely high population density.
In response to global oceanization, not only the wall-building plan, countries are currently coordinating an upcoming artificial weather intervention plan to restore the melting Arctic and Antarctic to the severe cold of the past. This plan is expected to
It will be realized in the next 30 years, but now these high walls can buy mankind precious and sufficient time.
In this harbor, there is a giant lighthouse towering into the clouds. It is the world's largest nuclear energy lighthouse with a height of 300 meters. This lighthouse is like a giant beast, standing in the center of the base, and can provide support for the separation wall plan.
There is an endless supply of electric energy, and it supplies electric energy to most coastal cities.
The huge lighthouse is like a pillar rising straight into the sky. There are dense indicator lights on the outside of the lighthouse. At night, the entire lighthouse will emit light like daylight, which can illuminate the coast hundreds of kilometers away. The lighthouse also carries monitoring functions.
Climate, real-time calculation of various ocean values, control of separation walls to divert water to generate electricity, measurement of tidal pressure and other important missions. Three such lighthouses will be built. By then, four pillar-like dragon lighthouses will stand on the four sides of the Asian coastline.
place to effectively solve the problem of controlling global oceanization.
The lighthouse has a total height of 600 meters and an area of ​​more than 7,000 square meters. There are also a large number of important scientific research laboratories inside. Frequent natural disasters in recent years, sea level rise is just one of them. Just a few years ago, the world's largest volcanic eruption caused global
The climate is getting worse, and problems such as famine and war have begun to occur in many parts of the world.
But now most people are full of hope, because human science and technology will begin to develop rapidly in 6 days, and may be able to provide more reliable, powerful, efficient and high-speed support for these two huge global projects.
The planetary landing plan was announced as successful seven days ago on April 10. Nearly 6,000 of the world's top scientists have successfully landed on an asteroid.
For seven consecutive days, the human world was boiling. The cosmic reporters of the Space Kingdom kept sending back some news reports. Scientists discovered a large number of new substances on the asteroid named Hope, among which all the things that humans are most concerned about can be broken through.
The substance that has the upper limit on the life span of the human species has been announced to have been discovered by scientists from many countries.
In 6 days, scientists who carry all the hopes of mankind will return and bring the new substances they have discovered back to various countries. Carnivals are being held everywhere to prepare for the return of human heroes from space.
Humanity has encountered too many sufferings in the past half century. Controlling nature is the only way to solve most of the sufferings. In recent years, more and more catastrophists have been publishing various arguments.
Humanity has entered an unprecedented difficult period, and the only way to break it all is the light of technology.
"Busy man!"
In a spacious and bright hall, a lot of people wearing white safety helmets were discussing in a cubicle. On the electronic blackboard at the bottom of the cubicle, a young man was writing something on the blackboard. The man looked at
He looks powerful, has a fresh and handsome face, and his skin is somewhat dark.
Standing at the door was a playful beauty with a pointed face and long flowing hair. She was imitating the man's words and gestures, and other people in the room also saw her.
"Brother Xu, show off your affection so early in the morning!"
Someone couldn't help shouting. At this time, the man on the stage had a dark face and became embarrassed.
"Let's just stay here for the time being and let everyone return to their posts. We must solve this problem within three days."
The man on the stage walked down as he spoke, and many people below laughed. The man walked to the door of the compartment, and the beauty leaned over with a smile on her hands.
"Why are you here?"
The man asked angrily, and the beauty immediately took the man's hand.
"Just think about how long it's been since you went back. Why can't I come? Xu Guang, you are my fiancé."
The beautiful girl smiled and leaned on the arm of a man named Xu Guang. Xu Guang also smiled. He was assigned here after graduating from university. The girl next to her was named Gu Qian, who was taught by Xu Guang.
The daughter of her mentor Guyi.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xu Guang, who has been talented since childhood, entered the country's top university of science and technology at the age of 12. Because he was too young to adapt to university life, he suffered a lot
Fortunately, Xu Guang's talent was recognized by the university's president, Gu Yi, and this gentle and amiable tutor began to train Xu Guang alone.
Xu Guang is also very motivated. Under the guidance of Gu Yi every day, he carefully absorbs all knowledge. Xu Guang, who is only 30 years old, has become a remarkable nuclear power engineer in the world. Ten years ago, his teacher Gu Yi was selected
After becoming a member of the Hope Asteroid Exploration Project, Xu Guang began to embark on the path of scientific research alone.
At this time, it was Gu Qian who replaced Gu Yi and often accompanied Xu Guang. The two had known each other since they were very young and had been together for more than ten years. However, Xu Guang, who had an upright personality, never spoke, and finally...
It was the clever, playful and cute Gu Qian who took the initiative to speak.
"It's a rare occasion, please take me up there and have a look, okay?"
Gu Qian dragged Xu Guang out of the building in front of the lighthouse and pointed at the towering dragon lighthouse in front of her. She smiled and bent over, laying her head in front of Xu Guang.
"Take me up there and have a look!"
Xu Guang's expression was a little solemn. Although he has the key to open the Dragon Lighthouse, not everyone can go up to this place. Only national-level scientists can enter the Dragon Lighthouse because there are many extremely important secret researches in the lighthouse.
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"This won't work. Only our national-level scientists can enter. You..."
Before Xu Guang finished speaking, he saw Gu Qian's face change. He knew that it was serious for this girl to get angry, so his attitude softened immediately.
"I know, I can only take a look."
Gu Qian burst out laughing, and Xu Guang could only nod helplessly, but Xu Guang soon realized what exactly Gu Qian wanted to do in there. This was the only place where he could contact the people currently on the asteroid.
The team members were exploring the place where Dr. Guyi was researching.
Several heads of the scientific community are on standby in the command room 24 hours a day, keeping in touch with the national exploration and research team far away in space. Much of the information discovered on the Hope asteroid will be sent to the interior of the lighthouse through quantum communication.
Nowadays, quantum communication has covered most of the entire coastal areas of Asia. Most machinery can achieve remote and error-free precise signal control. The mechanical ships currently operating on the sea are all in the quantum control room inside the Dragon Lighthouse.
The engineers inside are operating, and only the detailed parts need to be filled in by professionals after the machinery completes the work.
Near the periphery of the Dragon Lighthouse, there are pairs of soldiers on patrol, as well as mechanical guard towers that look like doorposts. There are less than 200 people in the harbor who can freely enter and exit the Dragon Lighthouse.
From time to time, some white light spots would flash quickly in the sky and quickly disappear into the interior of the lighthouse. Gu Qian raised his head and looked at these things. He had seen them in news reports. These were small robots used for measurement and exploration.
It will endlessly travel between the lighthouse and the sea. According to media reports, there are more than 10,000 such robots.
"Engineer Xu, who is this lady?"
A heavily armed officer with a weapon came over.
"Captain Zhao, this is my fiancée and the daughter of Teacher Gu Yi. Her name is Gu Qian. I want to take her in to have a look."
Gu Qian smiled and stretched out his hand. The officer took out the scanning detector hanging from his waist and began to scan Gu Qian from head to toe. Then Gu Qian showed his ID card and a series of extremely complicated review procedures began.
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"How long will it take!"
Near a guard box, there are still more than 500 meters away from the Dragon Lighthouse. There is nothing on the ground, but Xu Guang knows that the underground is full of automatic missile launch bays. This is the safest place in the entire country on this planet.
Nothing can threaten the security here.
The Dragon Lighthouse is also equipped with a large number of plasma laser cannons with an effective killing range of more than 30 kilometers. There is also a mechanized military base nearby with 30,000 scientific and technological combat mechanized troops stationed there.
In the past few decades, the situation in the world was very tense. Many people were worried about the outbreak of nuclear war. But now nuclear war is a thing of the past. Nuclear weapons, which once posed a huge threat to the entire planet, can no longer be used against high altitudes.
Developed countries pose a threat, and the success rate of AI simulation operations against nuclear weapons at the Dragon Seaport is as high as 99%.
In today's society, to a greater extent, there is a rapid war of information, or a war of AI, the computing skills of AI, and the speed of communication information, including a war of virtual viruses.
All of this is caused by the deteriorating human society. Countries and countries, people and people, prejudice and arrogance, and ignorance have created growing pressure on human society. The blockade of information technology also serves as an important driver. Humanity
Society has already been overwhelmed.
Resource inequality, social inequality, famine, disease, war, many people only focus on immediate interests and choose to ignore the horror of the future.
"what's on your mind!"
Gu Qian asked, and Xu Guang smiled helplessly facing the sea breeze.
"Obviously this planet is enough to feed everyone, but why do so many people still die due to famine, disease, and war?"
To be continued...
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