Will the kemonomimi encounter Alien Ranch Story?

The shuttle bus stopped in front of the boarding platform, and a large group of people immediately disembarked. Among the group of fully armed workers and engineers, Little Tiger's family stood out. Her parents had come not only to see their granddaughter as usual, but also to investigate the feasibility of building a tourist shopping mall and hotel in space.

We also want to see if we can develop any paid services that won't disrupt the normal operation of the space station, while also experiencing the ride on this new type of spacecraft and whether it's necessary to offer a premium on tickets to compensate for a bad experience.

Because of the need for coordination, the driver this time was still Lao Xia and a newcomer selected to drive the Specter Shark. Originally, Zao Lu really wanted to compete for this opportunity, but the country was urging her to return home. Of course, Ursus was not foolish enough to give up such a good project. While calling on the previous students to return home, they also sent new personnel over.

The doctor readily accepted. Rather than resorting to violence and causing others to complain and not put in any effort, it was much more comfortable to have the other party pay and train people to serve as their slaves. Novices wouldn't understand the meaning of the statement: "I hate robbery, which is a worthless thing."

"Is this a spaceship? Young people these days are really amazing. I feel really old, and I can hardly understand the world anymore." Old Tiger had already gradually handed over his business to his daughter and entered a semi-retirement state. He only used his connections to protect others when he needed to deal with Victorian officials and nobles.

"Thump!" Xia Qiu jumped into the seat. The symbiote automatically calibrated, and the safety guard fell down to secure her. "Everything's ready. Turn on the safety guard."

The two elderly people clumsily pressed the button on their seats to enter the safety protection mode. The force field buffer compensation system will greatly reduce the overload to only 2-3G. Although it will be very uncomfortable, it is not enough to kill an elderly person with a weak constitution.

This means that the target audience for space tourism has expanded, and an expanded target audience means that opening hotels and travel shops in space is a really lucrative business. The doctor's side is also happy to see this happen, after all, they need to come up with a reasonable reason to transfer people to space, prepare for their escape, and the Ark issue is a bit troublesome.

However, tourism is a perfect excuse, but once you're in outer space, will you still have a say in what happens next? On the ground, you can escape by scaling walls, but in space—the airlock is right in front of you, so please!

Let's all observe whether Terra Superman can fall back to the ground in zero gravity along a synchronized trajectory.

Moreover, the Ark Project can also be described as building a larger space city. Although it is indeed a space city structure, it is even larger than a typical Covenant space city. Once completed, and with the Covenant warp engines installed, which would reduce the need for long-distance travel and alleviate the pressure on life support and self-sufficiency systems, the Ark could accommodate approximately 600 to 1000 million people.

If we install Lao Xia's life support system, we can accommodate more than double the number of people, 2000 million, which is enough to maintain the population of a civilization. The rest is just to use these last few years to gradually absorb the population, hibernate them, and stuff them into the secret cryogenic storage at the bottom of the Ark.

This way, they can carry about twice as many people, which means they can carry the entire population of Kazdel or a small portion of the population of Great Yan. If they choose to hibernate during the final evacuation, then taking about half of Terra's population is no problem at all. On average, one ticket for two people is quite ample.

Even considering the various disputes and political issues that may arise, the doctor believes that the probability of the space not being fully occupied is greater than the probability of it being too crowded to accommodate everyone. However, for the time being, there is no need to consider such a long-term perspective. We can simply use the pretext of repairing the ancient space city to move people and resources up there.

In fact, these groups and countries will even actively send people and money over to seize profits, which is much more cost-effective than fighting a war. As for the problems that arise when they flee and on the way...

As I said before, once the ship is on its course, whether you want to save face for yourself or help others save face, is that still up to you?

Moreover, the doctor had already planned to build a ring-shaped luxury space station around the Ark. If you are a nobleman or a tycoon, you will naturally want to live in a luxury cabin with a good view close to the surface. As for the damp, stuffy, and possibly even hot rat-infested cabins with various equipment and components inside, who would want to live in them?

The Ark will be divided into distinct rich and poor classes based on their proximity to the core and the surface. It will also be able to sell real estate and use the money and materials of these wealthy individuals to build the glass houses that will send them to heaven.

When the time comes, the Ark will accelerate at high overload, and all the surface buildings not within the protective force field will be blown away and cleaned up in one go. They will even pay for their own place to live there. Of course, to ensure that they do not feel unsafe, it is necessary to install shields on the surface.

Moreover, a shield is needed for construction. As for whether the shield is open when accelerating, who knows? Haha.

Of course, some people will survive this cleanup, but that doesn't matter. We can just say it was an accident. As long as the Ark was completely repaired and built independently, the right to interpret and control it will be in our hands.

"Navigation system, check." "Complete." The co-pilot nervously followed Lao Xia's instructions and checked each item one by one, looking a bit flustered.

"Advance the air deflector." "Check, check complete." "I didn't ask you to check, I asked you to open the air deflector!" Old Xia rolled his eyes. If you don't open the air deflector, are you planning to just blow the attitude control and auxiliary hood off?

“It’s open.” The co-pilot carefully checked and confirmed that the buttons on the panel were open. “Then close the cover.” Old Xia reached out and closed the protective cover. “Then check the row of buttons above your head, and the takeoff parameters on the HUD.”

"It has been checked."

"Okay, push it to the low position." Old Xia didn't lift a finger, letting the co-pilot gradually familiarize himself with the operation of the spaceship. Otherwise, when would these people ever become experienced pilots?

"Keep an eye on the level, damn it!" Old Xia grabbed the control lever. "What are you doing?" Just now, the entire spaceship had flipped to the side. In the microgravity levitation state, the spaceship had no contact with the ground or the launch site.

"No, isn't it about adopting a stance?"

Why are you doing a roll?

How did you pass the driving simulator test?

"Isn't this a support stance?"

"This is the auxiliary attitude control, but it's the roll engines within the auxiliary attitude control." That is, the thrusters on the diagonal side of the spaceship. "We need to open the bottom two sets, not the diagonal ones." Old Xia swiped on the holographic panel. "That should do it now, lift up."

The spaceship slowly rose, and the bow lifted up little by little, much more sluggish and slow than when he piloted it himself last time. "Increase the power of the nose engine by 5%."

"Activate the boosters, then activate the main thrusters at 33000 meters with 20% power. Once on track, deactivate the boosters, preheat the brakes with a preset braking power of 95%, and then activate the main thrusters before the overturning maneuver. After that, activate the main thrusters at 45%. Do you understand?"

"Wait, wait a minute," the co-pilot said, his forehead covered in sweat. The simulator couldn't compare to the real thing. Even with Terra's neural link technology, the simulator still felt a bit unreal, while this real thing was a genuine 4000-ton behemoth that could fly anything it created.

"Activate the booster first, the power propulsion system, not the main propulsion system." Old Xia was also exhausted. Compared to the previous batch of trainees who flew the No. 1 ship, the quality of the personnel had declined rapidly.

The spaceship accelerated haltingly, started haltingly, and once in orbit, to prevent this guy from actually handing over the space station to the entire Chuangfei, Lao Xia took over the piloting authority.

Flying towards the space station, which was three times larger than before, the space station had transformed from an incomplete circular structure into a complete one. Long-arm transportation tracks were extending outward from the inner ring, and a second ring was being built. The core area had also changed from three modules to a long pole, with spherical modules on the surface, which stored the necessary water, fuel, and batteries.

Around the inner ring and transportation arm are individual solar power plants independent of the space station, and there are also several unique Originium power plants that directly utilize the abundant Originium resources in orbit to generate electricity.

The high-performance solar panels made from Originium materials have a golden color that is different from conventional photovoltaic materials, as if the space station is wrapped in a layer of gold leaf. This should be very popular with the wealthy, but if we want to attract the old aristocracy, we will have to put some effort into the exterior design of the hotel cabins.

Old Xia didn't dare entrust the difficult task of docking to the rookie next to him. This guy would need to fly at least seven or eight more times before he could be used properly. The spacecraft slowly entered the light-guided area and accurately docked on the side of the long-arm docking rod.

Unlike the head-to-head docking of ordinary spacecraft, the docking of this large spacecraft is a side-to-side docking.

Crab-claw-like clamps secure the upper and lower decks of the spacecraft. Then, two rows of folding trestle arms, one above and two below, are attached to the side of the connecting arm and placed on the spacecraft. A series of transparent pipes rush over like a train and clamp onto the upper hatch, while two cargo tracks are placed on the lower level.

Then, one by one, the containers slid along the track to the connecting arm and were sent along the cargo track below to the inner storage area of ​​the space station in the distance.

As for the personnel, they would have to go to the pressurization chamber on top. The space station still doesn't have artificial gravity, which is a selling point in a sense.

Chapter Seventy-Six: Levy's Sharp Tongue

Chapter 76

The Specter II is docked on the side of the space station. The current rail system only supports manual parking or parking at a more distant location, and then being transported by a transfer boat. As for Space Bay, which is the outer ring of the space station, it is currently just a skeleton.

The entire bay area is a ring encircling the central ring. Spaceships need to fly at a speed synchronized with the rotating ring to enter a parking state. Inside the ring is the area where various civilian facilities are installed, including living quarters, shops, hotels, etc., while the outer side is the industrial array area. For those living inside, it is equivalent to going up and down by elevators.

For tourists and staff inside the ring, the portholes on both sides offer views of the Terra land on one side and the deep universe and the belly of the docked spaceship on the other.

Taking the elevator allows access to the weightless inner ring and core area. Overall, it is a very ordinary but time-tested structural design. Compared to those fancy space city structures, this space station is the kind that even a "rural contractor" could build.

Yes, although the technical difficulty is this high, in reality, if you really want to fix it, you can only find a professionally qualified construction company, and you can't just find an ordinary construction team to solve it.

However, at present, the outer ring belt has only just completed the laying of the ring line, which is a metal fishbone track around the central axis. After that, the electromagnetic sliding rotating ring, the brake adjustment ring, the elevator, the outer wall reinforcement, and the inner wall reinforcement will be installed to complete the keel installation.

Then comes the installation of pipes, including buffer protective gel pipes between the inner and outer walls, gas and liquid pipes and cables located in the "ceiling" and "floor" positions, elevator power supply, life support box, airlock, etc. Only after all these are completed can the wall panels, wall-mounted protective panels, double-layer graphene crystal windows and three-layer tungsten alloy prestressed structural reinforcement mesh be installed. Finally, transparent high-strength protective gel is filled in.

Only after all these steps are completed can the outer ring of the space station be considered installed. This is roughly equivalent to the completion of the site preparation work on the ground. The next step is to conduct a pressurization test inside the station to check for leaks. If any leaks are found, the work will have to be redone starting from the second step.

Once everything is ready, the various functional modules transported from the ground, such as tourist hotels and space restaurants, can be docked. After these functional modules are docked, the next step is to install a large number of spherical storage units on the inner ring and connecting arm.

Inside are various living supplies and necessary self-sufficient equipment, such as water tanks and hydroponic tanks, liquid compressed oxygen and nitrogen tanks, auxiliary power supplies, etc. Only at this point can the interior decoration be considered complete. However, it's still missing various kinds of "furniture" and "wallpaper" before it's truly move-in ready.

Then, it will be necessary to install electronic display equipment, navigation equipment, communication nodes and wireless network routers, and of course, various sleeping pods, which are essential for space, will also be required.

Incidentally, although there is artificial gravity in the outer ring, the gravity intensity is only 0.2~0.3G, which is slightly greater than the gravity on the lunar surface. Therefore, electromagnetic shoes are still required inside the cabin, and one cannot sleep on a regular bed.

Of course, for those tourists, this experience is perfectly tolerable, and it's even the experience they want. If it were just like a regular roadside hotel, who would pay so much money?

"Next, we plan to construct an array of independent space habitable pods with armored structures around the perimeter, then link them together using the orbital transportation station and the inner ring of the space station," the doctor boasted at the meeting. "In the future, we will also restore the ancient people's mobile space city and open the upper deck's scenic building. Of course, the conversion of the lower deck into habitable areas will take a long time, and Kazdel's resources and manpower are somewhat insufficient. However, this is not a problem. What gentleman would be willing to squeeze into the lower decks of the mobile city with the commoners?"

On Earth, the cautious nature of Earth's wealthy would likely prevent them from being easily fooled. They would certainly demand basements and private elevators for space refuge, and might even want to wrap themselves in a hundred layers of armor. However, in Terra, even such cautious wealthy individuals would not be able to choose the area below deck due to social and networking pressures.

Because of Terra, the existence of mobile cities has made the upper class accustomed to living in the areas on the deck. As for the areas below, aren't those the sewers and drains where the lowest class of people and the infected, who are even worse than the lowest class, live?

Moreover, the doctor didn't hide anything from everyone. At the meeting, he emphasized promoting his "civilian-friendly space habitation capsule." Just look at that simple and crude capsule that can only fit a chair and a bed. Then look at the magnificent building on the PPT standing in the void, either pure white, mysteriously black, or shimmering with golden light. Everyone knows which one to choose.

Especially in Victoria, if a nobleman buys a lower-class property, rumors will circulate in high society within three days that the family is likely to go bankrupt. What? No rumors? Kal'tsit, go and create one for him!

"That's too far in the future. Don't misunderstand, I'm not questioning Kazdel's space capabilities. I'm just saying that we need the benefits we can see right now, like the independent space capsule you just mentioned. Is that possible...?" People who came to Kazdel for the first space technology exhibition and advertising event were more concerned about this issue.

"In addition, I was thinking, could we build a launch site in Lungmen? As one of the three major trade hubs in Terra, Lungmen has abundant markets and resources for both mining and tourism in the future." Old Wei thought about it for three days and three nights but couldn't figure out what the catch was. Now that Lungmen's economy is in a slump, it's time to find some fresh and exciting ideas.

"Furthermore, we can engage in deeper cooperation. Lungmen is not only a trading city but also a city of scientific and technological research and development. Moreover, goods and tourists from Da Yan can better enjoy the shared space orbit of the Terra people, right?"

“You’re right, space orbits shouldn’t be privately owned; they should be available to all Terrans.” The Doctor subtly shifted the focus, completely unconcerned about others engaging in a space race—that was something he’d absolutely love.

Moreover, his goal was indeed to make this convenience available to all the people of Terra as much as possible. Otherwise, when it came time to evacuate, it would take people a month or two just to get to Kazdel, and in a place like Sargon, they might not even be able to get the news.

So it's really great that these people are willing to build a launch site. Otherwise, he would have had to find a way to make some kind of exchange to set up a launch site in the area. Now, not only is the other side not stopping him, but they are also taking the initiative to pay for the construction costs. Is there really such a good thing?

“Independent residential areas can be developed into future space commercial and residential districts. Nothing can stop a gentleman from owning his own estate in the highest heavens, can it?” the doctor said with a smile. “Oh, except for money.”

A burst of laughter erupted from the audience. These were the great nobles and the wealthy, completely different from the more frugal lesser nobles. Moreover, they were very interested in space commerce and real estate. Considering the current launch price from Kazdel and the contract manufacturing price from Columbia, the price was not unaffordable.

"Do you think we in Ursus could do some... space travel tours? We have several professional pilots."

"Your Excellency Witt, we cannot build a spaceship."

“But we can rent old Kazdel ships. Even if others rent ships, where will they find pilots? We only need half the price of Kazdel ships. Wouldn’t that attract more people?” Witt said, frowning. It doesn’t matter if we can’t build them; we can rent old ones!

Others can't take it yet because even if they rent it, no one knows how to operate it. Ursus, on the other hand, not only has pilots, but they are also among the earliest. As long as they rent a spaceship, they can quickly train new pilots using early pilots like Early Dew.

Even if they can't fly to high orbit, a simple tour in low orbit would be enough to attract some ordinary nobles and bourgeoisie who are short of money. Kazdel eats the fat meat, and Ursus can gnaw on the meat off the bones, right?

"Furthermore, we will also build a launch site. After renting the spacecraft, we can launch our own independent modules into space without having to rent the Kazdel space station. Even if they are unwilling to give up this part of the benefits, at least we will not have to compete with other countries for launch quotas and can send Ursus goods into space."

Although it certainly can't be traded in the same volume as ordinary trade, it's still a form of national propaganda and product advertising.

Besides, didn't Kazdel say that they still need to repair the ancient people's space mobile city? Of course, Ursus's supply of raw materials is indispensable. Even if they find Da Yan to supply them, it's always more stable to have two legs than one. As long as Ursus can maintain this attitude of taking what's at their expense, the probability of the cooperation breaking down is not high.

Of course, everyone knows that such promises and trust between nations are meaningless. Ursus is currently only able to eat bones because of its own strength and economic situation. Even if it were given fatty meat, it would not only be unable to eat it, but might even overeat and kill itself.

However, as the Ussah economy recovers and develops, it will inevitably try to eat lean meat or even fatty meat sooner or later. No country should expect others to work for it obediently—unless the other party is truly incapable of starting their own business.

"This was filmed by Swire's family. It's a video of life on the space station. I have to say, our station still has a lot of room for improvement. This requires cooperation and help from all of Terra." The main reason is that there's no need to waste Old Xia's stuff on this. After all, even if those things are successfully recharged now, the lifespan of the equipment itself is still something to consider.

Moreover, it's too expensive to have their units design and manufacture the space station modules. They'd be spending Starcoins that they don't have access to. On the contrary, if they have Terra design the modules according to the standard and Kazdel manufactures them, they would only need to spend LMD and Kazdel New Dollars. The former can be earned, and the latter can be printed.

The screen showed the inner living area of ​​the space station. It was obvious that the old, sick tiger was trying his best to appear satisfied, but it was clear that the environment was not very good and was not what everyone had imagined. This could be considered the doctor's deliberate show of weakness.

As for why the videos taken inside the Ghost Shark passenger cabin that Old Tiger used to deceive his allies weren't uploaded, it's because that would make them seem more authentic. People might still be skeptical of what you say at this conference, but a "what a friend of mine said" from one's own social circle is more "ironclad evidence" than any other news. That's human nature.

Meanwhile, several other symbiotes also said that Starcoins were too easy to spend, especially Levi, who received a Starcoin package from the Covenant to attract lost colonies to proactively report their populations after completing registration and remote DNA sequencing certification.

It wasn't much, probably around 200 star coins per person. But when those 200 star coins got to Levi, less than an hour later, they were reduced to just 50 cents, which turned into a bunch of cheap audio-visual materials and books.

At first, Levi was somewhat confident in his intelligence and knowledge and decided to slowly work through the material on his own. However, after two months of struggling, his progress was slow. So, Levi had to swallow his pride and borrow some money from Lao Xia to register for an online course channel, where he would diligently listen to the lectures and consult with the teachers.

Although they could manage to read it on their own, it was too difficult to understand. It would be much easier to understand if they found a teacher to explain it to them. The Rainbow Team tried it out and found that what they needed was not online classes, but early childhood education.

However, this also means that Xia Qiu's happy days of not having to go to school are over. The learning pace she was used to in Terra is being brutally beaten by the regular Star Alliance junior high school curriculum. She can keep up with the courses that she usually uses and that have a high pace, and even gets better grades than other students.

However, the subjects her father couldn't tutor were a different story. "Two Bs, all Cs? And one C-?" Levi looked at Old Xia's daughter. "These grades are pretty good." He himself had a bunch of Ds and hardly any Cs.

A is excellent, B is good, C is passable, D is fail, and E is repeating the year. Generally speaking, if you get a D- in all subjects, you should prepare to ask your parents to come. If it's an E, you don't need to ask your parents; just process the repeating procedure.

"This is a middle school course," Xia Qiu was also worried. A C- grade meant just the basic structure, which would be around 60-62 points. In terms of pure score, it was much better than Levi's score of less than 40 points. However, this was a high school exam, or according to the Star Alliance's educational standards, it was a "pre-university" standard exam.

Let's not even talk about him. There are plenty of ordinary students in the Star Alliance who achieve Levi's score, although those people genuinely didn't focus their talent or effort on that. Can you really compare 500 points in the middle school entrance exam to 500 points in the college entrance exam?

"Space physics is blown up." Levi glanced at Xia Qiu's test paper and looked completely bewildered at first glance. However, Ash and Blitzkrieg already had expressions of "Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?"

"I got Bs in math and biology, and the rest..." Levi paused for a moment, then had to admit that he and this girl were probably at the same level of below-average students, and they might have to talk to each other again in the future.

“Strictly speaking, I’m much worse than you.” Xia Qiu sighed. She was a normal genetic symbiote, and her brain development and enhanced thinking nerves started from infancy. Levi, on the other hand, was really just relying on his talent and his already old and frail energy to push through. The symbiote’s role was only to make his mind clearer and prevent his memory from declining with age.