From ship girl to machine god

As for whether there are really habitable planets in the Proxima Centauri galaxy?This is actually not important. When humans have space jump technology, the scope of exploration will be greatly expanded, and there is no need to limit their sights to the Proxima Galaxy at their doorstep.

And when a civilization points out the threshold technology of interstellar navigation, such as jump technology, it can actually enter the vast sea of ​​​​stars and no longer need to be limited to a certain planet.

It's a no-brainer and it's impossible for the coalition government not to see this.

In fact, before the investigation team set off, the coalition government had already spent a lot of time convening various meetings for discussion and summarizing the suggestions of experts in various fields to analyze the various impacts of jump technology on human society.

Of course, the most important thing is the impact of jump technology on mankind's response to the solar crisis we are currently facing, and how mankind can obtain this vital technology for mankind from Blue Bird.

Win-win cooperation is naturally the best choice, and Bluebird has indeed chosen to cooperate with humans.

But in terms of jump technology, Blue Bird did not provide anything to humans. It only allowed scientists from the coalition government to study the jump engine, instead of providing technology or blueprints to humans like other things.

It's not that no one has considered robbery, but a top-secret report from the moon prevented it.

No one knows what is written in this top secret document of the coalition government. People just know that since that day, all military actions or other non-cooperative plans against Jade Bird have been abolished.

Today, when the small frigate sent back by the investigation team to report passed the moon, they looked at the super giant crater that almost covered one-third of the back of the moon, and they seemed to understand something.

"Did Chief Engineer Qing say that she once had a fight with someone on the moon, which caused her body to be damaged?" Zhang Peng looked at the surface of the moon that looked like a baked candle, with a look on his face. He asked confusedly to Liu Peiqiang on the side.

Chapter 76 Coalition Government’s Decision

"So you discovered a living planet, and there are intelligent creatures and planet-level life that have formed the prototype of civilization on it. Chief Engineer Qing also established contact with them and reached cooperation?" The former United Nations headquarters building is now In the confidential conference room of the United Government Headquarters, an official was looking at the members of the investigation team in front of him with a confused expression. The expression on his face was like Jim Carrey wearing a Rocky mask.

"Yes, this planet was named Pandora by Chief Engineer Qing. Its diameter is about the same as the earth, and its gravity is equivalent to 80% of the earth. The air contains oxygen, but it is not suitable for human breathing..." This member of the investigation team is In conjunction with the PPT and the video captured by the investigation team in Pandora, a report was made to the top of the coalition government.

He is also one of the leaders of the investigation team, but he does not belong to an indispensable and important position, so this time he returned to Earth early to report on the work, so he was asked to lead the team.

Looking at the almost assimilated and beautiful natural ecology on the surface of Pandora captured in the video, no one was not only intoxicated, but also no one was not shocked by it.

There is actually a planet with life that is comparable to heaven so close to humans. This is somewhat ironic for humans who are currently facing a solar crisis.

However, the senior leaders of the coalition government would not say that they would have any negative emotions because of this kind of thing.

If this kind of thing can make them have negative emotions, then they are not qualified to be elected as the top leaders of the coalition government, responsible for leading all mankind to face the crisis at this critical moment.

"It's such a beautiful planet. I don't know if I'll be able to go up there and take a look in my lifetime." Zhou Zhezhi, China's representative to the coalition government, took off his reading glasses and put them on the table together with the report in his hand. , then looked at the member of the investigation team and asked him: "So what is Chief Engineer Qing's decision? Can humans immigrate to this planet?"

The word Zhou Zhezhi used here is "decision" instead of "opinion". This undoubtedly clearly shows the attitude of the coalition government towards Jade Bird, and it also shows their attitude towards this matter.

Facing Zhou Zhezhi's inquiry, the member of the investigation team replied: "Chief Engineer Qing met with the planet-level life on this planet, and the two parties reached an agreement that we can immigrate to this planet, but the premise is that we must Respect the sovereignty and culture of local indigenous peoples and not damage the ecology of the planet.

Because the planetary life on this planet is a huge neural network that spreads across the entire planet, the ecology of this planet itself can be regarded as a part of this planetary life, so if it is not necessary, do not destroy it. The ecology of this planet is wonderful. "

Hearing what the members of the investigation team said, the senior leaders of the coalition government in the conference room couldn't help but nodded, acquiescing to this.

In fact, any decision they make at this moment has no impact on this matter, because without Blue Bird's jump technology, they would not be able to reach that planet at all.

The space flight technology that humans currently have mastered will take them 500 years to fly.

Apparently, Blue Bird knew this too.

Therefore, members of the investigation team relayed another decision of Blue Bird to the top leaders of the coalition government: "Because of the ecological environment on Pandora, Chief Engineer Qing feels that humans are not suitable for large-scale immigration to Pandora. However, considering the threats that the earth currently faces, , she is still willing to help the coalition government build immigration ships, move part of the population to the Proxima Galaxy, and establish human settlements on the discovered Proxima b and Pandora.

In order to achieve this, Chief Engineer Qing allowed us to dismantle the small frigate that brought us back, disassemble the jump engine and use it to build an immigrant transport ship.

As for the jump engine technology itself... Chief Engineer Qing said that it is not a technology that humans can access now.Based on the situation we encountered during the jump, Chief Engineer Qing's decision was correct. The relevant report has been attached to the document just now, and leaders can check it out. "

Was Bluebird's decision the right one?Senior figures in the coalition government beg to differ.

After all, there will always be a gap between their perspective of looking at problems and that of Blue Bird.

Both parties are different regardless of their status or positions. Naturally, they will come up with different answers when looking at the same question.

However, for the coalition government, they do not seem to have any ability to disobey Jade Bird.

Qade Bird is now willing to cooperate with them in a friendly manner, so of course it’s hello to you, me to everyone.

But if Blue Bird is unwilling to cooperate... The huge crater on the far side of the moon that looks like it was melted by high-energy weapons reminds the top leaders of the coalition government all the time that Blue Bird really has the ability and strength to destroy mankind.

Especially when she is not just a battleship, but can also become a person.

I would like to ask, is there any place in the world that can still guarantee safety in the face of firepower that can destroy a third of the moon with one shot?

No one wants to see Blue Bird and the Earth fall out. At least in this conference room, there are no such stupid fools or bad guys with bad minds among the top leaders of the coalition government.

After everyone looked at each other and discussed in low voices, they fully exchanged opinions and reached a consensus. Zhou Zhezhi said: "The coalition government will respect the agreement reached between the investigation team and the planet-level life on Pandora. Regarding immigration to Pandora, the coalition government needs to have further discussions.

As for what the Youth Chief Engineer said she needs to believe in, the coalition government has no objection in principle and is willing to provide relevant help. As for further decisions, we still need to discuss them before making a decision. "

After saying this, Zhou Zhe looked up at the others and asked in a low voice: "Do you have any other questions?"

Mike, the U.S. representative to the coalition government, glanced at Zhou Zhezhi, thought for a while and then asked: "As for the jump engine, can Chief Engineer Qing provide more? Or provide relevant drawings to the coalition government so that we can build more Many spaceships with jump capabilities can not only be used for immigration, but also can be used to provide more help to Pandora."

"I can't answer this. I can only wait until I return to Pandora and ask the Chief Engineer in person." Although the members of the investigation team had expected this question from the coalition government, it was obvious that this was not a question he could answer. .

Qade Bird has not made any statement on this issue, so he can only say that he does not know.

The senior leaders of the coalition government did not embarrass this member of the investigation team. After letting him leave, everyone held a discussion for a while before ending the meeting.

When everyone left the conference room, a red light flashed imperceptibly from the camera installed in the conference room.

Chapter 77 No choice

Whether or not the Coalition gets more jump engines from Blue Bird, at least now they have a sample.

Although the engine itself cannot be dismantled, dismantling the spacecraft with the engine installed is still an act of great gain for the coalition government.

Not to mention, the investigation team also brought back the previous research records of scientists on the jump engine.

This is as valuable to the Coalition as acquiring a warp drive.

After all, the investigation team received the help of Blue Bird in their research on the jump engine, and recorded in detail all the data after the jump engine was operational.

This is not a case of scientists looking at the jump engine blindly, but with the technical guidance of Jade Bird and the research data recorded by a running jump engine as a reference.

Although it cannot be used to replicate a jump engine on its own, it also opens the door to space jump technology for humans.

At least they can understand the principles of the jump engine and conduct relevant theoretical research.

Don’t underestimate this. This is a crucial step for most research, and it can even be said to be the most critical step.

The reason is also very simple. After all, if you can't even handle the most basic theoretical research, how can you transform this theory into a product that can be practically applied?

The situation of knowing something but not knowing why may have happened in the early industrial era when empiricism was still prevalent. However, with the development of human science and technology and the progress of industrial production, the kind of situation where you have no idea why at all, but you just know what to do. This is becoming less and less the case.

Even if such a phenomenon is really discovered, the first thing scientists have to do is to understand the principle, rather than simply copying the phenomenon.

It's just that although the scientists of the coalition government have obtained the key to open the door to space jump technology, they are only one scientific research article away from lighting up this technology, but it is not that simple to finish reading this article.

Because of this, all scientists involved in the project of dismantling the spacecraft clearly understand the significance of what they are doing.

So even if they removed a screw, they went through a series of processes such as numbering, photographing, and archiving. They also studied the size, specifications, thread shape, material texture, and processing technology of the screw in detail, and judged that the screw was the same as what humans currently have. Can technology be copied?

It can almost be said that when these scientists dismantled the small frigate that transported the survey team back, they also completed a comprehensive survey and mapping of it.

The results were somewhat beyond the expectations of the top leaders of the coalition government, because the reports compiled by the scientists stated that, except for the jump engine, this frigate can be completely reproduced with humanity's current technological level and industrial strength.

This small frigate does not use any technology that is beyond the level of human technology, and some of the technologies are even slightly inferior to those currently mastered by the coalition government.

After all, after the establishment of the coalition government, the first thing to do was to integrate global scientific research forces. After these scientists eliminated the artificial scientific research barriers set up by the country, they ushered in a wave of technological breakthroughs and explosions, and many problems that had troubled them for many years Astonishing results have been achieved through technical exchanges without borders or reservations.

And this is the main reason why the United Government can build space elevators, Ark space stations and planetary engines.

Now, they have discovered that it does not seem to be difficult to build a spacecraft that can navigate the sea of ​​​​stars.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the coalition government can solve the problem of the jump engine. Otherwise, these spaceships are essentially the same as the Ark space station designed by the coalition government to implement the Ark plan.

Because they can't run fast.

In the face of space navigation on a truly cosmic scale, slowness is the original sin.

Because on a cosmic scale, the distances between planets and galaxies are calculated in astronomical units. The length units that humans have established on planetary surfaces to measure planetary scales have become useless on a cosmic scale. Meaningless.

After all, you can't measure the distance from the Earth to the moon in inches or centimeters, or describe the distance from the sun to Proxima Centauri in kilometers.

It's not that it can't be written, but it will be nonsense that can fill an entire page with the smallest font size.

So similarly, if you cannot travel at the speed of light or close to the speed of light, it is meaningless for long distances on a cosmic scale.

Even sublight speed is just an entry-level threshold. To truly travel on a cosmic scale, you need a means beyond light.

And humans are still standing outside this door, just holding the key in their hands.

Faced with this situation, the coalition government actually does not have many choices, and they also know that they have no time or margin to make any choice.

There was only one option in front of them from beginning to end, which was to cooperate with Jade Bird and obtain the finished product of the jump engine from her.

After all, according to scientists' calculations, with the technology currently available to humans, the time it would take to replicate the jump engine would be far beyond their imagination.

Theoretical breakthroughs no longer need to take more time. After the scientists received the guidance of Jade Bird, the remaining work was just to improve and sort out these theories.

Although this is a waste of time, you don’t need to bet on the 1% flash of inspiration. You just need to spend time doing research.

Scientists even optimistically estimate that with the help of the 550 series quantum computers, they may be able to perfect this entire theory within ten years.

However, it will take at least 100 years to transform the theory into a practical jump engine, and then improve it to a level that can help humans travel across galaxies, until they can finally catch up with the jump engine sample provided by Blue Bird. time.

It is even more optimistic to estimate that even if Bluebird really provides them with a complete set of technologies for manufacturing jump engines, humans will not be able to establish an effective production system to produce jump engines without more than ten years.

"So we actually have no choice. The Mountain-Moving Plan must continue to advance, and the Ark Plan is not possible." At the high-level meeting of the coalition government, Zhou Zhezhi made a concluding speech: "In other words, when we obtain With this jump engine, the Ark Project has actually been realized. We can use it to build a spacecraft capable of making jumps, and transport a small number of selected human elites and biological samples to the Proxima Galaxy to preserve humanity. The fire of civilization.

As for humans on earth, we still need to advance the mountain-moving plan to save ourselves. After all, we have spent too much time and energy on this, and humans have no time to change the plan. "

Chapter 78 No time

On a bench by the seaside at the coalition government headquarters building, Zhou Zhezhi, China’s representative to the coalition government, was feeding pigeons with bread crumbs.

Although the month-by-month plan has been launched, the three lunar engines on the moon are gradually pushing the moon away from the earth, and are gradually weakening the influence of tidal gravity on the earth, causing a large number of species to become extinct, but these pigeons do not seem to be affected.

In other words, they were not affected to the extent that they would become extinct.

After all, what the earth is experiencing now is only a weakening of the tides, and it has not entered a stage of stopping its rotation as the planetary engine is gradually completed. The ecology on the earth has not yet been seriously damaged.

Of course, as the earth's rotation stops, the ecological environment will inevitably be destroyed.

After all, the creatures on the earth have evolved in a 24-hour day, and suddenly it became a 60-hour day. Humans may be able to adapt through various means, but it is difficult for animals to adapt to this sudden environmental change.

And in addition to these, there are also radiation problems caused by intensified solar activity. These invisible rays are the truly terrible killers.

But now... at least Zhou Zhezhi can still feed the pigeons here, and occasionally see a few seagulls coming to the pier to order French fries.