"I didn't expect these extraterrestrial civilizations to be so insidious and ruthless. They have transformed Pluto in many aspects, which is simply outrageous!"
Monday, October 27, 2036.
Double Ninth Festival.
Shenzhou cruise ship.
In the restaurant in the upper space, Gu Sanlin, Hu Xinren, Wu Chuping, Song Le, Qin Xiaoman and more than a dozen other researchers from future technology companies, who had already changed into blue cabin suits, were eating food. After learning that the earth star was no longer habitable due to the influence of dead matter,
My mood became extremely lost and complicated.
Hu Xinren even used a few swear words to express his feelings.
They never thought that their hometown would be robbed even though they had only been sleeping for a few months.
In fact, when Xu Lei asked them to sleep on the Shenzhou, they agreed so happily mainly because they thought they could successfully deal with Pluto this time.
After all, there are so many nuclear bombs.
Plus planetary defense rail guns and interstellar battleships, there's no reason why they can't destroy an asteroid.
If it weren't for the precaution, they wouldn't even have planned to hibernate.
And that's exactly what happened.
Under the action of tens of thousands of nuclear bombs, heavy rail guns and space torpedoes, Pluto was successfully destroyed, and the size of the meteorite it turned into would not have much impact on the Earth.
Normally it can be said to be a great victory.
However, there is only one move missing.
No one expected that after the meteorites broken into pieces from Pluto fell into the ocean, they would release death matter that could cover the entire world in a short period of time.
As a result, the population of human civilization has been directly reduced by more than half.
Just thinking about it makes people angry.
Even though he knew that he had just woken up from the hibernation chamber and needed to eat as soon as possible to replenish his body's energy, he still couldn't work up an appetite.
Xu Lei never wastes time in deciding matters.
After sending Yu Hongliang Enoch away, he went directly to the location where the biological cabin was stored, and asked Xing Tong to wake up more than ten of them first. As for the others, he was going to wait until Lunar City and Mars City began to take shape.
At that time, it will be easier to arrange future technology personnel to these two super cities.
certainly.
The most important thing is that the Shenzhou has limited space.
Even if all the scientists in the research center and institute were awakened, there would still be no room for research and development.
It is also worth mentioning that Xu Lei also awakened Chen Shihe.
The main reason is that his current physical condition is very bad. Since he has decided to use the amorphous alloy mechanical body to change the current situation, he must let Chen Shihe know about it.
Otherwise it would be very unfair to her.
And now Xu Lei has no longer concealed his physical condition.
While everyone was eating to replenish their energy, they told the whole story about the amorphous alloy mechanical body.
For scientists in the company such as Gu Sanlin, Xu Lei is like a great mentor who can often create miracles. They were undoubtedly very worried when they learned about his physical condition. They said on the spot that they would fully cooperate with Amorphous Alloy
Research and development of mechanical bodies.
What's more, this also affects whether nearly two billion people can wake up.
It can be said that the mission is important.
Only Chen Shihe didn't say a word during the whole process.
In her imagination, if Pluto is successfully destroyed this time and human civilization returns to peace, she and Xu Lei will truly be together.
Feed your own children.
Who would have thought that plans could never keep up with changes.
If Xu Lei becomes a mechanical life, then although they can communicate deeply in the virtual world, they will not be able to give birth to their own offspring, which will undoubtedly be a regret from the mother's point of view.
But she didn't want to see any accidents happen to Xu Lei's body.
So in this situation, she seemed a little entangled, looking at the table with a blank expression, not knowing what she was thinking.
Since Xu Lei chose this time to wake up Chen Shihe, his mind was naturally on the other person, so he also noticed Chen Shihe's state.
Finally, after a slight hesitation, he took the initiative and walked over.
There was a wry smile in my heart.
"Is it because you just came out of the hibernation cabin and your body is not used to it?" Xu Lei sat skillfully in front of Chen Shihe and asked with great concern.
Chen Shihe did not respond immediately.
About a few seconds later, she suddenly raised her gaze, looked at Xu Lei and said firmly: "I also want to become a mechanical life form." Just from the tone of her voice, there was no hint of joking.
Chen Shihe's idea is quite simple.
From the beginning to the end, she liked Xu Lei. As long as she could be with him, the rest was not that important at all.
Since there is no way to change Xu Lei's transformation into a mechanical life form, all she can do is become the same person as Xu Lei so that she can always be by his side.
I have to say that Xu Lei was very moved by Chen Shihe's decisiveness and determination.
But he can't be so selfish.
Chen Shihe still has a long lifespan as a human being, so there is no need to transform himself into a mechanical life form now.
You must know that when faced with a choice, nearly a billion people have accepted death calmly in order to preserve their human identity. This is also the reason why he has not awakened his parents for the time being.
So when these thoughts emerged in his mind, Xu Lei then shook his head and said: "According to the mechanical body management regulations promulgated by the Human Security Alliance, normal people are not allowed to upload their consciousness. Only natural aging or sudden accidents can qualify for the application.
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After hearing Xu Lei's answer, although Chen Shihe was a little disappointed, he quickly shouted decisively again: "Then I will always be by your side until this day comes."
As for the other people around him, they were very sensible at this time and were eating the food in front of them as if they didn't hear anything.
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After all, life on a battleship is not as good as on land.
It won't take too long to eat.
When everyone recovered completely, Xu Lei immediately started arranging the task.
Don't want to waste any time.
The main reason may be that the sleeping people's consciousness can wait, but his physical condition cannot wait, and he must seize the time to complete the production test.
"Professor Gu and Professor Hu, from today on, you will cooperate with me in developing amorphous alloy mechanical bodies, and strive to conduct consciousness fusion tests as soon as possible to truly realize human beings' dream of mechanical ascension." Xu Lei first set his sights on Gu Sanlin and Hu Xinren in front of him.
, prepare to join forces to speed up the research and development stage of amorphous alloys.
And with the announcement of this matter, the happiest person was Song Le standing next to Hu Xinren.
As Hu Xinren's capable student, he can undoubtedly help in the projects that the teacher participates in. Even if he cannot help much, at least he can definitely learn a lot of knowledge.
What's more, this is something that can achieve mechanical ascension, so who wouldn't be interested in it.
Compared with Song Le's reaction, Hu Xinren and Gu Sanlin are indeed the company's senior figures, and they behaved very calmly throughout the process.
But the response was decisive and forceful: "Don't worry, Dean, we will definitely finish it on time."
Hearing this, Xu Lei turned his attention to Wu Chuping: "Commander Wu, you should first be responsible for the manufacturing of interstellar battleships with Vice President Li of our research institute. In ten years, I will see a combat-effective force.
fleet."
Finally, he took steps towards Qin Xiaoman.
He stood more than ten centimeters away and said seriously: "I hope you can lead the team to develop genetic optimization fluid to make human beings stronger."
Human beings' physical fitness is not strong. In addition to being easily affected by the external environment and causing problems, they themselves can also become weak or even die due to various situations.
This once resulted in a very low average life span for humans.
With the development of modern society and the improvement of medical standards, this situation has been alleviated.
Until future technology launches smart medical cabins and nano-medical robots, completely changing the traditional medical model and eliminating the incurable cancer that has plagued mankind for many years, the average life span of human beings will be greatly improved.
Under normal circumstances, it is normal to be over a hundred years old.
But as a carbon-based life form, it is still fragile compared to mechanical life.
There are various weaknesses.
Take the death matter produced by extraterrestrial civilization this time as an example. If the human body is strong enough, it may be immune to it like a mechanical body.
Now humans are about to migrate to interstellar space.
Move from living on the earth and stars to living on the moon and Mars.
But you must know that the gravity on the moon and Mars is far less than that on the earth. If humans live there for a long time, their bodies will become more fragile.
In addition, the environment of the moon and Mars is harsh. Even if the construction of super cities will appropriately transform the planet's environment, it will still not be able to compare with the earth and planets. If we do not find a way to make the human body stronger, I am afraid that a large number of population will die in the future.
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You must know that today the entire human civilization only has a normal population of about one billion.
It can be said to be a severe population shortage.
Therefore, we must try our best to increase the population.
Otherwise, when all is forced to ascend mechanically, human civilization will exist in name only.
From this point of view, it is imperative to develop genetic optimization solutions.
That is to say, Xu Lei's remaining influence is only more than 10 million points at the moment, and he cannot purchase the genetic optimization fluid technology exhibits priced at 40 million, so he can only conduct research on his own first.
Even if the effect is not comparable to the collections in science and technology museums, as long as it can help the human body, it is good.
After Qin Xiaoman woke up from the biological dormancy chamber, she had already learned about the current situation of human civilization. Naturally, she knew the role of this genetic optimization fluid. When she saw Xu Lei entrusting her with such an important project, she suddenly felt
A strong sense of identity.
An idea couldn't help but emerge in my mind.
No matter what, she must complete the development of the genetic optimization solution and never disappoint the dean's expectations of her.
His thoughts stayed here, and he shouted almost subconsciously: "Thank you, Dean, for trusting me. I promise to complete this research for the sake of all mankind."
At this point in the brief internal company meeting, Xu Lei was very pleased to see that everyone had not lost confidence and fighting spirit due to the current situation of human civilization, and was still full of passion and confidence.
It can only be said that they are indeed the people who come from the future technology.
If he was still a little worried when the Human Security Alliance meeting was held in the morning, it can be said that he is confident now.
The blueprint for human civilization he mapped out will surely be realized.
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Over the next few months, Earth, Moon, and Mars became lively again.
First of all, with the efforts of a large number of industrial robots, the corpses of various organisms on land and ocean have been treated harmlessly by chemical and other methods to the greatest extent. As for the ones that are not easy to find, they can only be allowed to decay naturally.
Anyway, the only ones still active on the Earth's surface are intelligent industrial robots.
I don't care about the smell bacteria problem.
As for humans, they built a memorial square nearby.
Strictly implement Xu Lei's orders and leave a thought for the surviving personnel.
But it is worth mentioning that although the dead matter produced by extraterrestrial civilizations wiped out the animals on the planet without any warning, the plants did not seem to be affected in any way.
There has even been rapid growth.
Faced with this special change, Xu Lei immediately asked intelligent industrial robots to collect samples for research and testing.
Finally, it was concluded that dead matter can indeed promote the rapid growth and even mutation of plants, because in some areas with lower temperatures, plants that should not appear have actually appeared.
The green plant coverage area of Earth Star has increased significantly.
The steel city that lost human habitation did not show any defensive power at this time. In just a few months, it was almost occupied by plants. Looking down from a high altitude, it looked like a forest city.
Only manufacturing bases with a large number of intelligent industrial robots can still retain their former appearance.
And when the surviving humans in space see the current scene of the Earth and the planet, they feel mixed emotions in their hearts.
There is an indescribable feeling.
Facts have proved that extraterrestrial civilizations have indeed transformed the Earth, but on the surface it seems to be a good thing for the Earth itself.
The only good news is that crops and various fruits have not mutated after testing, which means they can still provide food sources for humans.
In this way, the food problems of Taiyin City and Mars City can be effectively alleviated in the future.
After all, with the land resources on Earth, it would be too easy to produce food to satisfy a population of one billion.
But even so, in order to ensure the yield of crops, Xingtong still designed a mechanical bee to allow future technology's smart production lines to be mass-produced and released to the outside world.
This can be regarded as adding a bit of life to the earth star, so that it will not be too deserted.
As the follow-up matters on the planet are gradually settled, except for some intelligent industrial robots that are assigned to take care of crops and fruits, the rest have officially resumed production.
And transport a large number of equipment components to the space shipyard and the moon and Mars through space elevators and interstellar battleships.
In this way, we can support the construction of two alien super cities.
It is also worth mentioning that the first thing the space shipyard built was mankind’s first cargo warship.
It is also called a transport ship.
According to the design, this transport ship will be powered by twelve nuclear fusion engines. The length of the ship will reach one kilometer, making it a medium-sized interstellar battleship.
Although it has no attack power and is slower than the Hammer Cruiser, its internal space is very open and can even carry hundreds of landing ships.
Like a giant oil tanker in the universe.
With such a transport ship, the construction progress of Mars City, which is slightly far away from the Earth, will be greatly improved.
For this reason, Xu Lei personally named it Kunpeng.
Let's talk about the construction of Taiyin City and Mars City. Because it is necessary to ensure that there are enough people to accommodate, and the construction is carried out according to the design drawings, four small cities will be built around each main city, forming a pattern of stars overlapping the moon.
This means that ten planetary super cities will actually be built on the moon and Mars.
After this largest project in human history begins, the first step is to select a suitable location for construction on the planet.
Try to ensure that the city is safe and will not be affected by too many environmental factors.
In order to improve the environment of Mars, the team responsible for this project also launched a certain number of satellites to reflect the sun's rays and control the temperature of Mars.
In addition, considering the insufficient number of existing talents, Xu Lei decisively awakened scientists in other related fields on the Shenzhou and asked them to assist in the construction of this project.
Even Yu Hongliang and Enoch sent landing ships to the Earth Star underground dormancy base to take away the biological dormant cabins where industry experts were sleeping, and woke them up after arriving on the battleship.
Of course, for safety reasons, this step on Earth is completed by intelligent industrial robots.
I have to say that it was indeed a very correct decision for Future Technology to launch intelligent industrial robots.
Although the original intention of this product release is to eliminate the problem of insufficient labor in the manufacturing industry after the virtual helmet is launched, the biggest reason for ensuring the current number is to cooperate with many companies around the world to manufacture intelligent industrial robots.
Otherwise, facing the current situation of Earth and Star, we would really feel helpless and helpless.
After all, no one can guarantee that a space suit can block the effects of dead matter.
And at a time when everything is developing at a rapid pace.
Xu Lei also ushered in a breakthrough. With the assistance of Gu Sanlin and Hu Xinren, he finally successfully produced the special amorphous alloy in the Science and Technology Museum.
As long as it can pass the test and confirm that its performance is the same as that mentioned in the amorphous alloy mechanical body manufacturing technology, the production of the body can be officially started.
In order to synthesize a usable amorphous alloy as soon as possible, Xu Lei and the others spent all this time forgetting to eat and sleep, and they did not stop their work even on the Spring Festival day.
Perhaps because the number of people currently participating in the event is small, and everyone is shouldering a huge burden, this year's Spring Festival is almost the same as usual.
It can be called the most deserted year in history.
But this is no solution. After all, if the contents of the blueprint are not completed as soon as possible, human civilization will completely disappear from the solar system when extraterrestrial civilization comes knocking on the door.
As long as the current predicament is successfully resolved, it will be no problem to have a more lively Spring Festival by then.
On the other hand, Chen Shihe basically accompanies Xu Lei every day, taking care of his body and emotions. Even though he is in a star battleship, it is still a relatively warm time.
However, the two did not have in-depth communication during this period.
Mainly with Xu Lei's continuous research on amorphous alloy mechanical bodies, the body becomes weaker and weaker as the brain continues to operate, as if it is providing energy at the expense of overdraft of organ cells.
In the past, when similar situations occurred, he could offset the consumption by increasing his food intake, but this was no longer possible.
I even often get nosebleeds for no apparent reason.
This made Xu Lei feel more and more that his body was about to reach its end.
So this piece of amorphous alloy was synthesized, and he immediately went to the experimental cabin for performance testing.
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"Dean, you're here." Gu Sanlin, who was playing with the basketball-sized piece of amorphous alloy, quickly greeted Xu Lei when he saw Xu Lei walking in accompanied by Chen Shihe and Xingtong.
Judging from the expression on his face, it is obvious that he is confident about this material.
At this moment, Xu Lei was protected by Xingtong's mechanical body and Chen Shihe. This was mainly because he would sometimes faint suddenly, and they could support him in time with them by his side.
Avoid physical injuries due to collisions.
After all, he is already so weak now. If he is injured again, I really don't know what serious consequences it will bring.
Compared with a few months ago, Xu Lei's face looked paler, and sparse silver hair could be seen on his temples, but his face had no traces of time.
He still looks like a handsome guy.
And it is full of the special temperament of a mature man.
"How's it going? Have you conducted performance tests on the materials?" Thinking of the amorphous alloy in his mind, Xu Lei asked subconsciously after walking over quickly.
Gu Sanlin replied: "Not yet."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Xinren, who was not far away, immediately took up the conversation: "Lao Gu just said that we must wait for the dean to come over and witness it in person."
"According to Dean's previous explanation of this material, after many tests, we finally synthesized this special alloy. Judging from the external characteristics alone, it meets the requirements." Gu Sanlin directly stretched out his hand at this time.
He picked up the piece of silver alloy on the countertop, and while he was talking and introducing it, he used his fingers to exert slight pressure, and he could see that the surface of the material was suddenly dented.
It feels very much like the muscles in the human body.
And this change made Xu Lei's eyes light up even more.
This amorphous alloy can be selected as a material for mechanical bodies, and its own characteristics are a big reason.
Under normal circumstances, the material is soft and elastic, and feels similar to human muscles when touched. However, as long as there is energy stimulation, the material will instantly become extremely hard.
So just this demonstration by Gu Sanlin proved with a high probability that they had indeed synthesized special materials that could be used to manufacture mechanical bodies.
Thinking of this, Xu Lei couldn't hold back, and immediately said: "Then start the test quickly, I can't wait for this day."
"It's the dean."
After receiving Xu Lei's order, Gu Sanlin no longer hesitated, nodded in response, put the materials on the table again, and activated the energy emission device next to it.
As for Hu Xinren, he is preparing to record the feedback data of the materials.
Among them, Song Le, who was lucky enough to witness this great moment with his own eyes, immediately widened his eyes and did not dare to blink at all.
After all, this is the key to human beings achieving mechanical ascension.
Although Chen Shihe didn't say much during the whole process, her eyes were still focused on the piece of silver material. She also hoped that this test would be successful.
Because she had been in contact with Xu Lei during this period, she was very aware of his physical condition and could not continue to delay, otherwise her life would be extremely likely to be threatened. This was a result she did not want to see.