Normal space-time, solar system, earth.∈◆,

In a blink of an eye, a hundred years have passed. More than 20 years ago, the Earth civilization finally entered the ranks of intermediate cosmic civilizations. Moreover, compared with the Blue Star civilization that entered intermediate cosmic civilization one step ahead of schedule, the application technology of the Earth civilization is even more powerful. Since then, the Earth civilization has become one of the most powerful cosmic civilizations in this remote star field.

In the past century, everything has undergone great changes. In addition to the development in the Milky Way, the joint project of Earth civilization and Blue Star civilization in the Andromeda Galaxy is also underway. As Earth civilization enters the ranks of intermediate cosmic civilizations, the strength of the Double Ring Company has been further enhanced. Moreover, although their contact with the unknown civilization has continued to occur, further breakthroughs in dimensional research in the aspect of Earth civilization can at least be suppressed as long as they do not enter the core range of the unknown civilization.

The Andromeda is a galaxy as huge as the Milky Way. After avoiding the regional direction of the unknown civilization, the Double Ring Company was exploring the rest of the direction. Now, in addition to the Space City close to the artificial wormhole and the Double Ring Planet as the forward base, the Double Ring Company has also found a suitable terrestrial planet in a small galaxy 20 light-year distance from the Space City, thus building a new forward base on this terrestrial planet.

This new forward base is named the Golden Steel and Stone Base, also known as the Second Forward Base. The first forward base is of course the Double Ring Planet. As for the name of its diamond base, it still comes from the diamond warship. The Double Ring Company hopes that this forward base will become a forward arrow to continue exploring the interior of the Andromeda system like the Diamond Warship, bringing more benefits to the Earth civilization and the Blue Star civilization.

The diamond base has not been built for a long time. It has only been 17 years since its site selection was determined to be completed and used. However, with the development of technology, the construction scale and technological application of the diamond base are extremely perfect. In the base, there are not only a larger living area than the Space City, but also an airport and military base that is no less than the scale of the Double Ring Planet. In addition, a fleet is permanently stationed as the defense force of the diamond base and surrounding airspace, in order to ensure the safety of the diamond base. You must know that after experiencing the previous war between the Double Ring Company and the unknown civilization, the defense security of the Andromeda system is now placed first. After all, this is a strange galaxy, and no one can guarantee whether there will be another enemy inside the Andromeda system.

Zhang Tong is a member of the Diamond Base, and his position is an ordinary staff officer and lieutenant in the base fleet.

Two years ago, Zhang Tong, who had just graduated from military academy, was sent to the Andromeda system. As the Earth civilization entered the intermediate cosmic civilization, the investment of Shuanghuan Company was much greater than before. Like Zhang Tong, a large number of subordinate officers who graduated from military academy were often sent to the Andromeda system. In fact, this is not only the Earth civilization, but also the Blue Star civilization, especially on the Diamond Base, which is more obvious.

When Zhang Tong first came to the Androme system, he was not used to it. After all, it was far away from the Milky Way and the Solar System, and his home. From a human sense, it is normal to be psychologically discomfortable when he came to a strange galaxy. However, when Zhang Tong spent a period of adaptation at the diamond base, he quickly adapted to this change.

Now, Zhang Tong and his colleagues have become accustomed to life here. Although looking up, it was a strange starry sky, Zhang Tong knew that behind the starry sky was his home. According to the rotation plan, Zhang Tong had three years of service. After three years, in that case, Zhang Tong would be transferred from the diamond base and return to the Milky Way.

As a soldier who sent the Andromeda system, Zhang Tong's military rank will be improved after returning. Then he also has certain advantages in distribution. This is also a benefit for Zhang Tong. You should know that in peacetime, the promotion of soldiers was very slow, and now it is no longer the same. For example, during the two wars between the Earth Civilization and the Gaia Civilization, some young generals stood out, and this situation only happened at that time.

In peacetime, one of the characteristics of the army is that it is a step-by-step process. After graduating from a military academy, ordinary students will be awarded the rank of lieutenant. As for the rank of lieutenant, it can theoretically be awarded to military academy graduates, but this situation has been rare in recent decades. After graduation, it usually takes five to ten years to ten years to ten years for the military to be assigned to positions, while it takes about ten to fifteen years to lieutenant to be promoted. If you reach the level of a school official, the time for promotion will be longer according to normal. Of course, if you have outstanding grades and have certain skill advantages, this promotion will be shortened. In addition, only military achievements on the battlefield can increase the possibility of promotion.

As a result, Zhang Tong was relatively lucky compared to the military academy graduates of the same period. Those students who remained in the solar system still had only second lieutenants, but Zhang Tong had already taken the rank of lieutenant. Three years later, a captain almost steadily landed on his shoulders. In this case, if a little luck was added, then by thirty years later, Zhang Tong might be able to become the captain of a warship.

"Zhang Tong! Here!"

At noon, Zhang Tong came to the restaurant on time. As soon as he stepped into the restaurant, he heard a greeting. Hearing the sound, he saw pictures and texts and Jackson waved to him not far away.

A trace of surprise flashed, and then Zhang Tong, who was smiling, waved happily at them. Then Zhang Tong went to pick up the food first, and then took the plate full of food and headed towards the picture and text.

"When will you come back?" After sitting down, Zhang Tong asked instead of eating first.

"I came back last night, was it an accident?" Jackson smiled, and the pictures and texts were also smiling aside. The two of them deliberately did not tell Zhang Tong in advance. It seemed that they were going to give him a surprise today. Jackson and Zhang Tong were military academy students of the same period, and they were classmates. As for the pictures and texts of the Blue Star Civilization, when Zhang Tong and his friends arrived at the diamond base, they soon got to know each other a few days earlier than they did. Due to their personality, the three became good friends, but Zhang Tong worked in the base headquarters, and the pictures and texts and Jackson worked in the base fleet.

"I walked long enough this time. I was thinking yesterday why you haven't come back yet." Zhang Tong smiled and shook his head. He had already understood the surprise he gave to himself with his two good friends' expressions.

"Yes, it's been more than three months. I really miss the food at the base." The picture and text sighed, and at the same time, he dug a large spoonful of rice with gravy poured into his mouth, then looked delicious and enjoyable.

"Don't pretend, is the food on the spaceship bad? Don't forget that there are logistics supplies within the scope I'm responsible for." Looking at the expression of the picture and text, Zhang Tong shook his head and exposed his lies, but text said instead: "How can this be the same? The feeling of eating in the spaceship is different from the feeling of being at the base, and the feeling of this food is also very different."

After saying that, the picture and text suddenly burst into laughter. Just like the picture and text, Jackson was also happy. Zhang Tong could only shake his head helplessly about this fallacy. This guy has always been like this. He has been used to it for a long time. These days, they have been on missions and haven't seen each other. Now that they meet again, Zhang Tong is very happy.

The pictures and texts are just back from Jackson and the others. This time the mission is no different from the previous ones. They are all exploration and patrol of the target airspace of the Andromeda Galaxy. However, compared with the previous mission, their mission lasts longer, because this time not only needs to perform ordinary missions, but also have to escort a scientific research spacecraft to conduct scientific investigations of the selected airspace direction.

While having a meal, the three of them chatted. Tuwen and Jackson talked about some interesting stories about their mission, and of course, including the investigation of some scientific research spacecraft in a small galaxy. Zhang Tong is the base's staff officer. Although his rank is not high, the level of confidentiality is sufficient. What Tuwen and they are talking about is not too confidential. Even if there is confidential content, the two subordinate officers cannot get in touch with them.

"I heard that this mission is mainly to find the location of the third forward base?" Zhang Tong asked.

"That's right." Jackson nodded, "This is no secret."

"So how is the location selection situation?" Zhang Tong asked curiously.

The picture and text shook their heads first: "It's not that easy? In terms of probability, the entire Andromeda system has countless life planets like the Milky Way. As for many Earth-like planets that can be transformed, it is not so easy to find a suitable planet based on our current exploration methods. Although a Earth-like planet was found in this mission, scientific research spacecraft analyzed this Earth-like planet and gave a negative answer."

"The environment is not suitable?" Zhang Tong asked.

"It's almost the same." The picture and text nodded: "The main reason is that the environment in that space is not suitable. There is a powerful meteorite belt inside the small galaxy. In addition, the orbital position of the terrestrial planet is exactly at the edge of the meteorite belt. According to the angle of rotation and rotation, this meteorite belt will intersect with the terrestrial planet every 12 years, so..."

Speaking of this, you don’t need to talk about it further. This situation is indeed not suitable for building a forward base in this place. You should know that the meteorite belts in space will inevitably cause impact when they meet with orbits of Earth-like planets. The force of this impact is very powerful. Although the current technological level of Shuanghuan Company can be protected by some special technologies, the resources consumed in this way are extremely terrible. From investment to consumption, including the impact every 12 years, this is a result that is not worth the effort.

"Then there is no gain this time!" Zhang Tong couldn't help but sigh that over the years, Shuanghuan Company has conducted many tasks to select the site of the third forward base. He originally thought that the picture and text had been doing so long this time, so maybe the site of the third base had already fallen, but who would have thought that it would still be the result of this regret.

"There is no way to do this." Jackson sighed and said, "A primitive life planet like the Double Ring Planet is almost unacceptable. Not to mention the Double Ring Planet, the diamond base we are currently in is not selected after a long period of investigation? So everything depends on luck. The universe is so big, and when you are lucky, you may be able to encounter it in one mission."

"This is also..." Zhang Tong nodded in agreement, but then again, the mission of the picture and text was not without any gains. Although that small galaxy, including those types of earth planets, was not suitable for the location of the forward base, they found a very high-value terrestrial asteroid nearby.

According to the pictures and texts, this earth-type asteroid has rich rare mineral resources, and it also contains several resources that have never been discovered, which is also the reason why their mission took too long. According to experts on the scientific research spacecraft, this earth-type asteroid has great development value. Perhaps in a short time, the Shuanghuan Company will conduct a series of excavations and developments there, and even build a small smelter and space station.

This news is good, but whether it is Zhang Tong, picture text, or Jackson, they are just soldiers. They don’t know much about science, so the news just passed after it was mentioned. Next, they continued to talk about other topics, including the situation of each other’s days, etc.

The lunch time was not long, so their communication could not last too long. After Zhang Tong finished eating, he stood up and made an appointment with the picture and text to chat in the evening. Then he put the food plate at the recycling point and then went to the base headquarters.

The day's work passed quickly, and when the artificial sun gradually became dizzy, Zhang Tong's work was also completed. As a staff officer, he was relatively leisurely than ordinary officers and soldiers without duty. After handling the work and handing over to the successor, Zhang Tong left the base headquarters. Then he called and contacted Jackson. The three of them agreed at noon to go to the Officers' Club to have a drink and chat together in the evening and get together.

When Zhang Tong arrived at the Officers' Club, before Tu Wen and the others arrived, Zhang Tong sat down at the bar and called the bartender to give him a glass of beer, drank beer, and waited for his friend's arrival. Before he could finish a glass of beer, he saw Tu Wen and they entered the club.
Chapter completed!