Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 50: Explosive Development

Under this extremely high efficiency, with 70 clones working at full capacity at all times, the huge space laboratory about 50 kilometers away from the surface of Luoshen finally began to emerge.

Overall, it looks like a stick passing through a dozen circular shapes of different sizes and diameters, with a total length of 1.6 kilometers.

The diameter of the central axis is about 50 meters, and the interior is divided into laboratories of varying sizes.

Various experimental instruments are placed in these laboratories.

The rings on its body maintain different rotation speeds, and through different rotation speeds, they create gravity of varying degrees.

The lowest gravity can reach one thousandth of that on Earth, far less than that of Roselle, while the highest gravity can reach twice that of Earth.

The gravity can be easily adjusted to suit different experimental environments.

There is also a rest area inside it that can accommodate thousands of people. After a busy day of work, the clones can rest here conveniently. After resting, they can also rush to their work stations and take over the work of their colleagues.

The number of scientific research clones constantly working reached 10,000. Furthermore, at any given moment, at least 10,000 were carrying out scientific research tasks, studying various disciplines of technology.

This huge laboratory is powered by five huge generators.

Their total installed capacity reaches 30 kilowatts, and they can generate about 720 million kilowatt-hours of electricity on average every day. Correspondingly, they need to consume about 2500 tons of methane or tholin and to tons of oxygen on average every day.

Taking into account the rest of the experimental supplies, personnel consumption, equipment and material replenishment, on average, Li Qingsong needs to transport nearly 4000 tons of various materials to it every day, and about 600 spacecraft are needed to travel back and forth between the surface of Luoshen and space day and night.

The engineering effort required just to supply this spacecraft took up a considerable portion of Li Qingsong's consciousness connection.

All in all, even though this is just a laboratory with a length of more than a thousand meters, its overall resource consumption is more than that of Li Qingsong’s ten bases combined!

But even with such a huge investment, Li Qingsong still built it without hesitation.

At this moment, the construction of this space laboratory was finally completed. The subsequent logistical support procedures had also been established, and no further adjustments were needed.

Various experimental equipment, instruments, and more than 10,000 clones responsible for scientific research tasks have also been stationed inside.

Finally it was time for it to start working properly.

As a result, thousands of experiments and studies involving more than a dozen major subject categories were launched simultaneously.

In just half a month, the first technological breakthrough has appeared.

That is a special metal material formula.

In a zero-gravity environment, various atoms can be arranged according to a special rule, thereby greatly enhancing their hardness and toughness.

"This material is suitable for the outer shell of a spacecraft, which can greatly reduce the weight while ensuring sufficient protection."

After this, came the second breakthrough.

A new photolithography-etching technology.

By employing the appropriate photoresist and etching techniques, Li Qingsong was able to manufacture chips with a process size of approximately 10 microns. Compared to existing chip manufacturing technology, this chip's performance increased by at least 150%, while power consumption was reduced by another 30%! Then came the third technological breakthrough.

Brand new spacecraft attitude controller system!

This paved the way for Li Qingsong's subsequent development of combat spacecraft. After all, a spacecraft's weapon system generates enormous recoil during firing. If the spacecraft's attitude isn't properly controlled, the projectiles fired by the weapons won't be able to maintain their accuracy.

And it is the technology that Li Qingsong values most at this stage.

High-sensitivity space radar technology has also achieved a breakthrough!
Thanks to the successful research and development of a new material and the successful experiment of a new structure, Li Qingsong finally created a practical space radar!

Space radar can be regarded as the eyes of a spacecraft.

Previously, Li Qingsong’s space radar was not only bulky and energy-intensive, but also had extremely low sensitivity, which even led to many accidents.

But things were different from this moment on.

The new space radar has an extremely fast scanning speed and high sensitivity. It can easily capture the reflected signal of even a spacecraft flying at supersonic speed.

After that, many more technologies achieved breakthroughs.

The construction of this space laboratory certainly consumed Li Qingsong's huge resources and energy.

But now, once it is built and put into operation, the rewards will be unprecedentedly rich.

Almost every day there are at least a dozen and as many as hundreds of new technological breakthroughs!
Various new technologies emerged like a blowout, in the work of 10,000 scientific research clones who were always in working condition, in a manner that dazzled Li Qingsong.

Electronic control technology, sensor technology, high-heat-resistant material formulations, voltage stabilization systems, radiation-resistant materials, engine rapid adjustment technology, high-reliability communication equipment...

However, the emergence of each new technology will bring certain changes to all the bases and factories owned by Li Qingsong.

Every new technology will be applied on a large scale as quickly as possible, and then feedback will be provided during actual use. The scientific research clones will then make further adjustments and optimizations based on these data.

Li Qingsong's technological progress has never been as fast as it is now.

Under such circumstances, the power generation efficiency of power plants is getting higher and higher, and the average fuel consumption per kilowatt-hour is getting lower and lower;
The train's speed is getting faster and faster, but its stability is getting higher and higher;

The production of the cultivation base is getting higher and higher, but the number of clones working here is getting smaller and smaller;

The tonnage of the carrier spacecraft is getting lower and lower, but the flight reliability is getting higher and higher. At the same time, the load capacity has more than doubled from the previous two tons to the current five tons. Previously, 600 spacecraft were needed to carry out the supply mission every day, but now only more than 200 are enough.
The number of clones in each factory is decreasing, but the production capacity is increasing.

The most obvious example is the spacecraft industry chain. Originally, tens of thousands of clones were employed, but only four outdated spacecraft could be produced per day. Now, the number of people has been reduced by one-fifth, but the production capacity has increased to six per day, and they are the latest and more advanced spacecraft.

Time passed quietly.

On this day, another technological breakthrough that Li Qingsong valued very much appeared.

Low expansion coefficient, high purity and high uniformity glass manufacturing technology!
With this special glass, Li Qingsong was finally able to manufacture a space telescope with higher performance and finally had the ability to actively conduct space searches!
(End of this chapter)