Epoch of Twilight

Early the next morning, Luo Yuan flew back to check the corpse of the giant beast.

It was found that it was still alive and kicking.

Moreover, the area where it is located has been repeatedly ravaged by this behemoth, and has completely turned into a huge lake. The lake water is boiling violently, steam is permeating, and it exudes scorching heat.

Even the bad environment and climate in the area several kilometers near the lake have undergone drastic changes because of its existence. Luo Yuan found that several plants not far away that should have been frozen had melted, and the branches had begun to sprout.

Luo Yuan looked at it for a while, but returned in vain.

Next, for several days, the giant beast still maintained a vigorous vitality.

Fortunately, Luo Yuan was not in a hurry, he had enough time to wait for this giant beast to die completely.

Nearly a month has passed, and before the death of the giant beast, good news came from the spacecraft in outer space. The first building has been built, and the migration can finally begin.

The emergency spaceship that had been docked at the mothership began to get busy.

Shiploads of materials flew out of space and were first transported to the spacecraft.

Migration is not just about transporting people. In order to prepare for the long-term survival in the spaceship, it is necessary to ensure the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the migrating people. Among them, the indoor agricultural area is the top priority, and even some factories are also included in the migration.

This is not only because the process of human beings cracking Boxing technology is not satisfactory, many Boxing factories are still unavailable to humans, some production must rely on human machines, and it also makes migrating people not idle and have nothing to do Do.

This also made the project extraordinarily large and lengthy.

The ever-increasing number of workers made the construction of the spaceship's residential area suddenly accelerated. After the migration was over, the second batch of migration began immediately after a few days of rest.

In the next few months, the entire City of Hope has been busy.

Hope City, which was originally bustling and crowded, gradually became empty. The industrial area has been completely emptied, and the material storage warehouse has also become empty. When the last batch of migrants landed on the spaceship, the entire Hope City was completely sealed up.

Tens of thousands of people lined up in a long line, frequently looking back in the direction of Hope City, with heavy footsteps and complex expressions. No one knew whether they could return to Earth and unseal Hope City again in their lifetime.

From lingering and struggling for survival in the end of the world, to now being forced to escape from the earth and going to the dark space, for human beings who have never left the earth, a strong sense of uneasiness fills everyone's heart.

Humans know too little about the universe, and it is full of too many unknowns and mysteries. Compared with the vast universe, not to mention human beings, even the earth is too small, like a speck of dust.

...

Today's spaceship living area is no longer what it used to be.

Twelve huge buildings supported this space like pillars, making the entire empty living area cramped.

There is no decoration on the surface of these super buildings, with metal silver and white, and the lattice pattern formed by the assembly of prefabricated parts, making everything look cold and full of sci-fi atmosphere.

Every inch of space here has been utilized to the limit. Except for a few criss-crossing streets, there are buildings as far as the eye can see. In order to accommodate a large population and cope with future personnel expansion, the interior of the building is also cramped.

Each of the buildings that have been used today has a population of about 700,000, and has 300 elevators to facilitate the entry and exit of people.

Except for some public facilities such as internal parks, streets, and commercial areas, each floor of the residential area is like a closely-arranged grid. Most ordinary people can only have a living space of nine square meters per capita. If you have a family, it’s okay. At least there are toilets inside. If you are single, even the toilets are public.

And compared with the ground, because the room here is in a spaceship, all the beds and all the furniture are all made of metal and have uniform specifications, and at the same time they are fixed to the ground. Being in it makes people inevitably feel depressed and irritable.

In addition, each room has at least one safety fixture, which is to avoid the risk of the human body flying out and being injured when the spacecraft accelerates and decelerates.

The migration of a large number of people has made the entire residential area extremely noisy, and the streets are full of dense crowds, making it extremely crowded.

Luo Yuan asked the accompanying officials to arrange the last batch of immigrants, and then he and his secretary, Cheng Guanghui, walked towards the central control cabin.

"mayor!"

"mayor!"

"Continue to work!" Luo Yuan nodded and said in a deep voice.

Now the control cabin is no longer empty. With the reorganization of the crew, everyone has been in their respective positions. With the help of the brain, they are familiar with how to control the starship of the Boxing people.

Compared with ordinary soldiers, everyone here has advanced education, and many of them are even scientific researchers or engineers, and have no military experience. However, Luo Yuan didn't care. In the face of a high-tech spaceship, professional ability is more important than military quality. What's more, the latter can be trained and cultivated, while the former is more difficult.

"How is the familiar one?" Luo Yuan asked Bi Jianping next to him, "When will you be able to fly interstellar?"

"It will take a while. Short-distance flying should be fine, but long-distance flying is still not enough." Since being reprimanded by Luo Yuan, a large part of his focus has been placed here: "Our control of the spaceship is still at a very early stage. In the initial stage, once the spacecraft fails, it will be difficult for us to start it again."

Luo Yuan nodded clearly. Since the interstellar quantum transmission device was destroyed by him, the intelligent brain of the spaceship has lost contact with the factory area. Not only the automated factories that could have intelligently produced have stopped operating, even those The engineering robot and the maintenance robot were also disconnected. Once a part is damaged or the armor is damaged, with the current level of human technology, it is impossible to replace and repair it. We can only let it break, which is undoubtedly quite dangerous.

"Familiarize yourself with this spaceship as soon as possible, and recruit more technicians if necessary. Some students who are about to graduate can also join in and master everything about the spaceship!" Luo Yuan said in a deep voice after being silent for a while.

Time is running out, it is impossible for human beings to stay here forever, and they must leave this starry sky as soon as possible.

"Yes, Mayor!" Bi Jianping replied hastily.

"Recently, how's the mood of the citizens?" Luo Yuan looked at the cockpit for a while and asked again.

"Basically remained stable, but there is still some anxiety. We have sent additional guards to avoid emergencies!"

"Well done, security issues must not be relaxed!"

This is human nature. From the earth to space all of a sudden, without a sense of down-to-earth, people will inevitably feel anxious. If it is a normal society, you can also use entertainment to divert attention, or use psychological counseling to relieve anxiety. Emotions, however, at this time, all industries are dying, and talents in society are scarce, and there is no resource to do such a luxury.

The most urgent task now is to master this spaceship as soon as possible and concentrate on cracking the Boxing technology. As for the others, we can only leave it for later.

Luo Yuan stayed for a while before leaving the control cabin.

After a while, he came to the genetic laboratory again.

In the internal cultivation room, there are thousands of cloned Wisdom Trees, like a small botanical garden. However, basically every Wisdom Tree appears listless, with drooping leaves, and no vibrant scene can be seen.

"Mayor, these wisdom trees grow very slowly. After half a meter, they basically stagnate. We have tried various methods, including adjusting the light, humidity and element ratio, but the results are not very good..." noticed Luo Yuan had a gloomy expression when he inspected the Wisdom Tree in the training room, and the director of the research institute explained carefully.

Luo Yuan was not surprised by this. If the Wisdom Tree could grow normally, there would not be so many bones around it.

"At the same time, we have also studied the components of the wisdom tree and conducted some in vivo experiments. It seems that there is no special effect, but in the sample you gave us, we found a special macromolecular substance. We deliberately extracted an effective ingredients, and experiments were carried out.”

"How is the effect?" Luo Yuan asked curiously.

"It's amazing!" The director of the research institute said with a look of amazement: "Ever since the injection of this substance, a mutated mouse's wisdom has been amazingly reminded. It is aware of its cruel situation and knows how to be afraid. , and even started to please the breeder."

Luo Yuan didn't care about this poor mutant mouse, and asked his own concerned question: "Can this molecule be synthesized?"

The director of the institute shook his head regretfully: "This molecule is extremely unstable. In fact, in theory, this kind of substance is impossible to exist at all. It can only barely exist in the environment of extremely high active energy. Even so, it is still It is in two states of decomposition and synthesis at the same time. It is only the environment of active energy. In the past, it could only be filtered and extracted from the body fluid of high-level mutant creatures, and could not be synthesized artificially. Now the source of high-level mutant beasts has been lost, which also caused the progress of the experiment to stagnate. "

"Active energy? I'll figure it out. I'll send someone to deliver it at that time." Luo Yuan pondered for a while, and immediately supported him. Energy crystal nuclei dissolved in water are high-concentration active energy. He still has this kind of thing left Less, although it is precious, as long as the potion of wisdom can be produced, everything is worth it.

"The top priority now is to manufacture the smart potion as soon as possible. I plan to temporarily merge your laboratory with the gene editing laboratory. The laboratory over there has cracked some Boxing experimental equipment. I believe this can greatly speed up the research progress. "

"We must cooperate!" At this time, the director of the research institute said hesitantly: "It's just who is responsible for this project."

Luo Yuan glanced at him, it seems that scientific research is not a pure holy place, and the struggle for power and profit is also inevitable, he pondered for a while, and said: "Since you are the first to produce results here, you are the main project in this project, I hope you all work together , Soon, I can hear good news!"

...

Next, Luo Yuan inspected the factory area again, and when he came back, he had mixed feelings.

Compared with the previous inspection, there are thirteen more Boxing factories that have started construction. In addition to the nine original spaceship parts manufacturing factories, there are also nanochip factories, nanomaterial factories, polymer material synthesis factories, and Important basic core factories such as strong centrifugal force element extraction smelters.

Through these factories, human technical ability has been greatly supplemented, and even achieved a leap-like improvement.

For example, nanochips, this kind of chip technology of Boxing people is not the optical recording used by human beings, but is directly arranged on the atomic level through atomic control technology to make chips. The size of a chip with the same function is not even one-thousandth of that of human beings. one.

Through these core factories, human beings have initially restored their own electronic manufacturing capabilities. Even if the latest computer is still not using the quantum computer technology that is still under research, its performance can be hundreds of times stronger. At the same time, its size It can be shrunk down to the size of a thumb.

It can be said that in just half a year, mankind has achieved a technology that normally requires twenty or even fifty years of steady development to break through. Less than one-tenth, let alone fully control the spaceship.

Among them, on the one hand, the time is still short, and on the other hand, there are still too few talents, which makes Luo Yuan more urgent for the wisdom potion.