I handed over to another world

If it really goes according to what was previously envisioned, the association can deal with the invading fleet members from Mu Lingxing even at a super-long distance through the planetary portal - the means are not that complicated, and only some things like the Wala metal nanorobots need to be deployed.

But now that the idea of ​​cooperation has been decided, there is naturally no need to consider going to war anymore.

"...The portal has been closed these days. We have checked Muling Star several times before. There is no second portal on the planet, so there will definitely be no problem."

Chen Lin said to the group of senior executives at the scene, "We have the ability and the capital to entertain this special 'guest' who has come from afar, so you can rest assured about this."

President Zhang nodded slightly. He was inclined to expand the influence of the Red Dragon Association while protecting its core interests. Now that there were ready-made operations that could perfectly demonstrate this idea, he naturally supported it.

“The next step is to discuss how we can collaborate with this group of people.”

"As long as the content on the negotiation table can be implemented, the problem is not particularly serious."

"Then we also need to build a space city in the outer area of ​​Muling Star. After all, it is not very appropriate to build a huge base directly on Muling Star. We have already verified that this planet has body consciousness. I will not be surprised if some related accidents occur at that time."

“It’s time to think about this.”

Everyone discussed this for a few minutes. Chen Lin contacted the person in charge, Wang, in the middle and asked him to temporarily agree to certain conditions proposed by the other fleet. This temporarily set a general direction for the matter.

As the discussion deepened, the top leaders of the Red Dragon Association began to refine the various aspects of cooperation.

After listening to everyone's opinions, Chen Lin quickly used artificial intelligence to summarize the content of everyone's temporary discussion and finally proposed a comprehensive plan.

"We will build a space city outside of Mu Lingxing. This is not only to avoid stimulating Mu Lingxing's consciousness, but also to better demonstrate our technological strength and sincerity in cooperation."

Chen Lin spoke up, "The Space City will become a center for technical exchanges between us and this replica of Earth and the Starship civilization, as well as a hub for resource exchange. When the time comes, we can use this platform to further expand our influence in this parallel time and space."

President Zhang agreed: "The construction of the Space City is not only a symbol of foreign cooperation, but also a test of our own technology. We need to ensure that the design and construction of the Space City can reflect the highest standards of the Red Dragon Association."

At this time, the senior executive in charge of the technical department raised a question: "The establishment of the space city requires a lot of resources and technical support. Do we need to dispatch personnel and materials from the headquarters?"

"Wouldn't it be dangerous if we went directly into Muling Star?"

Chen Lin thought about it for a while and replied, "The problem of building a space city is easy to solve. We can just use large-scale dimensional constructors and intelligent robots. The artificial intelligence has already gone through the entire design plan. The periphery of the entire Muling Star Space City does not require too much capital and manpower and material resources. It can be completely completed in about four months."

"At that time, we can use the existing resources of Muling Star to carry out preliminary construction. The entire space city does not need to be designed according to the high standards of the origin star or the earth. It can be simply designed as a starship docking port. This way, a lot of unnecessary designs can be saved."

The senior executive immediately understood what Chen Lin meant and nodded to indicate that he understood, without saying anything else.

"So let's plan it this way first?"

Chairman Zhang looked at the specific plan listed by Chen Lin and said to everyone, "If there are no other opinions or ideas, the relevant plan for Muling Star will be as it is. If there are any new contents later, we will hold a meeting to discuss it."

Everyone nodded.

In the next few days, the top leaders of the Red Dragon Association also started to get busy. They began to work on the planning and design of the Muling Star Space City.

Chen Lin continued to let the association members on Muling Star negotiate with Alicia to ensure the smooth implementation of the cooperation terms. At least most of the contents of the contract had to be reached.

"Ms. Alicia, the construction of the space city will be the first large-scale project of our cooperation. We are willing to share our technology and experience in this process, and we also hope that you can provide the necessary assistance."

For the first time, Chen Lin established contact with the commander of the fleet through video. His appearance surprised the people on the fleet side. When these people learned that Chen Lin was actually the vice president of the Red Dragon Association, they were even more surprised and didn't know who to target for a while.

In the end, the fleet commander Alicia had no choice but to come out and have a direct conversation with Chen Lin.

After Alicia and Chen Lin introduced themselves, they nodded in agreement: "We are willing to participate in the construction of the space city and provide the unique technology and resources of our planet. I think this will be a testimony to our friendship."

"Very good. We will then provide certain technical resource sharing, including access to the Phase Portal. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation in the future."

It was the first time that Alicia heard this name. She subconsciously regarded it as the Red Dragon Association's black technology, and believed that this thing was the core reason why the Red Dragon Association had never seen a large number of personnel on Muling Star throughout the entire process.

Chen Lin smiled. He could feel Alicia's curiosity and interest in the phase portal technology.

"The phase portal technology is indeed an important achievement of our association. It can achieve instant teleportation across galaxies. This technology has greatly improved the efficiency of our interstellar exploration."

Chen Lin explained: "We are willing to share this technology with you under the premise of ensuring safety. After all, you are not much different from us."

Alicia's eyes sparkled with excitement: "This is great, Vice President Chen Lin... We are very much looking forward to learning this technology and applying it to interstellar exploration. I believe that the cooperation between the two sides will usher in a new era!"

The two sides ended the video call in a friendly atmosphere.

Chen Lin was not worried at all that the Earth in this parallel universe would master the phase portal and pose a threat to the main world. After all, the design of the phase portal had a limited upper limit. The design of this thing only provided a channel that did not require long-term movement of starships, and it could not replace many wormhole-like operations.

In the following months, the Red Dragon Association's technical team worked closely with the engineers on Alicia's fleet, and the preliminary design of the space city quickly took shape. Both parties directly utilized the rich resources of Mu Lingxing and the Red Dragon Association's advanced technology, which made the construction progress of the space city far exceed expectations.

As time went by, the framework of the space city gradually took shape in the outer area of ​​Muling Star. Even in the final stage of the construction of the space city, Chen Lin sent the minister of the association to personally attend the opening ceremony of the space city with Alicia.

They pressed the start button together, marking the official start of the space city.

"Ms. Alicia, this is our joint achievement." The dispatched personnel said to Alicia, the starship commander, "Vice President Chen asked me to tell you that our cooperation officially begins today. Our first batch of starship transport ships will return to the home planet with your starship. By then, we will establish a sufficiently harmonious cooperative relationship with you."

Alicia was not surprised at all. She smiled and nodded: "Then tell Vice President Chen to thank him for his trust."

In fact, there was a lot of debate in the fleet to which Alicia belonged about whether to allow the Red Dragon Association's ships to return with them. After all, compared to the cooperative relationship on the starship side, the safety of the mother planet and the entire galaxy where the mother planet is located is more important.

While the construction of the space city was in full swing, the Red Dragon Association also made a major breakthrough in another research on Muling Star.

The research involves Mu Lingxing's unique consciousness transfer technology, an unprecedented ability that allows consciousness to be transferred freely between different entities, and may even achieve immortality to a certain extent.

After learning of this breakthrough, Chen Lin immediately convened the research team for a detailed report.

The atmosphere in the laboratory was a little tense at this time, but more of it was excitement.

"Doctor, please tell us how you achieved this breakthrough?"

Chen Lin asked the young person in charge of the laboratory, his eyes revealing a strong interest in this technology.

The doctor cleared his throat and began to explain: "We have been studying the consciousness of the Mu Ling Star. We found that it is not just a collective consciousness, but a highly developed consciousness network. This network can store individual consciousness fragments in the planet's biological neural network. If necessary, these individual consciousness fragments can be transferred to a new body."

"By mimicking the structure of this network, we developed a consciousness transfer device."

"This device can safely transfer a person's consciousness to another host, or into a specially made container - this means that we can not only achieve individual consciousness backup, but also transfer consciousness between different organisms, thereby greatly extending life."

Chen Lin pondered for a while before speaking slowly: "This technology does have great potential, but it also brings ethical and safety challenges."

“Is there a specific demonstration?”

"Of course!"

The experimenters quickly showed Chen Lin their previous research results and explained in detail the core principles and problems of the whole process.

……

“I will report this breakthrough to the association’s top management and suggest setting up a special committee to be responsible for the application and management of this technology.”

After Chen Lin understood everything, he immediately spoke out decisively, "Before this, this technology is not allowed to be leaked or displayed internally. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Yes!"

The person in charge nodded immediately. The oppressive feeling brought by Chen Lin's rhetorical question was too strong. Whether this technology could exist was actually just a matter of words for a person of Chen Lin's level. If he was not satisfied, then by tonight at the latest, the entire laboratory would cease to exist.

Chen Lin was not joking.

After listening to the research team's report, Chen Lin gained a deeper understanding of some of the risks.

"Consciousness transfer may lead to confusion of individual identity. When a consciousness is transferred to another host, how to define the relationship between the host's body and the original consciousness is a complex issue..."

"In addition, if something unexpected happens during the transfer process, it may lead to fragmented consciousness or even loss of consciousness."

"Secondly, technical risks cannot be ignored. Data may be lost or damaged during the consciousness transfer process, which may lead to defects or abnormalities in the transferred consciousness... At present, we cannot fully guarantee that the transfer process is 100% safe, which means that every transfer has certain risks."

Chen Lin nodded slightly. In fact, it was not just what the person in charge said, but the issue of social stability was also a focus that Chen Lin needed to pay more attention to.

If this technology becomes popular, it could lead to the solidification of social classes and even the emergence of a "consciousness aristocracy" - where the wealthy and powerful continue their dominance by constantly transferring consciousness.

There is also the potential for abuse.

"If this technology falls into the hands of criminals, it may be used to illegally replicate consciousness and create 'consciousness slaves' without autonomy, which will be a disaster for the entire society."

Chen Lin said to the person in charge: "You all need to consider these issues. It is a good thing that this technology has made a breakthrough, but if it is launched without restrictions or before it is complete, the impact will be very bad."

The person in charge could not refute Chen Lin's words. He had indeed not discussed these core issues with the staff in the laboratory before. After the technological breakthrough was made, they reported it to the association as soon as possible. Other issues about this technology had not been considered.

"But I'm not trying to discourage you,"

Chen Lin realized that his words might be a bit harsh, and a smile appeared on his face again: "Technological breakthroughs are always a good thing. The association encourages all kinds of scientific innovation and research results, but some technologies always need to be cautious."

The person in charge of the research institute nodded very seriously. Chen Lin's meaning was very clear. This technology would be of great use to the Red Dragon Association in the future, but before it was fully researched and all kinds of measures were taken, this technology was dangerous and out of control, so it could not be made known to more people.

"I understand, President Chen. Our entire laboratory will step up research on this technology and strive to stabilize it as soon as possible, so that it can be truly useful to the association!"

"I'm waiting for your good news."

Chen Lin nodded with a smile. (End of this chapter)