Epoch of Twilight

"Why don't you tell the people the truth? Maybe through good publicity, the people can accept it." In the office, Chen Xinjie made a cup of tea and asked Luo Yuan in confusion.

In her opinion, the decision this time is really not wise. There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and there is no eternal secret. No matter how strict the secrecy system is, there will always be a day when the truth will be revealed, and the public will inevitably be dissatisfied and anger.

As Luo Yuan's secretary, she is well aware that the reproductive technology advertised today is not as perfect as it is advertised. The genetic material provided by both parents is just an illusion, a cover, and the essence of implanting the mother is still cultivated in the research institute. clone.

What's more, with today's technology, it is actually not difficult to modify on the basis of normal fertilized eggs. Although it requires a lot of scientific research effort, in this way, there are basically no sequelae.

"Do you know the number of children aged 0-5?" Luo Yuan asked in response to Chen Xinjie's puzzlement.

Before she could answer, Luo Yuan asked himself and answered, "It's less than 50,000, and it's a little more than six to ten years old. At this age, not long after they were born, they ushered in the end of the world, and their ability to survive is not strong. Many people In troubled times, they either died due to lack of medical care or were cruelly abandoned. Now the total number is only about 180,000, accounting for only one-thirtieth of the total population.

And the same ratio between eleven and fifteen years old is far less than normal. The age structure of human beings has undergone serious faults, and fertility problems are already a very serious problem. Although publicity can persuade the public to accept cloning, the effect is Undoubtedly too slow, and the end result will not be very good.

Blame only clones. In the previous film and television promotions, the bad impression has been deeply ingrained. People are afraid of it. It is by no means simple propaganda that can reverse it in an all-round way.

Instead of using administrative enforcement and harboring resentment, it is better to let them be born first. In fact, our propaganda has basically explained the truth. If we can accept it, we will naturally accept it. If we can’t accept it, it is not considered deceitful. , Even if you regret it after birth and don't want to raise it, you can also give it to the government to raise it uniformly. At that time, it will mix with the clones in the laboratory, and you can perfectly hide the real number of clones in the laboratory. "

"But doing so will damage your image after all!" Chen Xinjie was a little worried. She was not a holy mother. The reason why she objected was that she was worried that Luo Yuan would be affected after the truth was revealed.

"You are still too young, politics is really not suitable for you, when the time comes to reveal the truth, someone will take the initiative to take on everything, and I don't know anything, pure and innocent. What's more..." Luo Yuan stood up, smiled, With a cold meaning: "The reason why I sit in this position is never because of any image!"

Chen Xinjie seemed to be overwhelmed by Luo Yuan's shamelessness, and lost her mind for a long time.

It wasn't until Luo Yuan's voice came again that he came back to his senses.

"Notify the aircraft manufacturer, and I will go there later." Luo Yuan flipped through the newly brought document by the secretary for a while, his eyes lit up, and said.

"I'll call right away!"

...

Before reaching the gate, the factory leader and a group of worker representatives were already waiting at the gate. There were guards standing nearby, and the atmosphere was extraordinarily grand.

"Don't affect the normal work of the factory because of me, go to the factory area and see your new fighter planes." Luo Yuan waved his hand. Although he didn't catch such a formalism, he clearly couldn't avoid it.

Whether in the past or now, technology can develop, but human nature will not change. As long as the power is still high, this cannot be eliminated.

Of course, on the other hand, if he came to inspect by himself, no one welcomed him, and everyone ignored him. Instead, he really had to consider whether this person had political leanings, or whether he was dissatisfied with the government.

After a while, Luo Yuan and his secretary Chen Xinjie rushed to the factory area, and what they saw was a heavy aircraft with delta wings.

This is a huge thing, with a slightly sharp head, shaped like a sword tip, and a crossed scissors-like tail, but it doesn't look rough and ugly. The smooth curves of the whole body and the bright black surface cast in one piece make it With a strong sense of beauty, it exudes a strong sci-fi atmosphere.

Huge and delicate, subtle and elegant, elegant and powerful, it looks like a low-lying black cheetah, ready to prey on anyone at any time.

"Mayor, this is an air-to-ground dual-purpose fighter. It is 20 meters long and its wings are about 15 meters narrower. After all, its main range of activities is in space, and it does not require high aerodynamics." The engineer who designed it, beside He introduced nervously: "Its technical level is roughly equivalent to that of the Boxing people's aircraft. It has two medium-sized nuclear fusion furnaces and two micro-pulse engines. Its maximum speed can reach 0.1 speed of light. , its safe speed is 0.005 the speed of light, otherwise it will be easily destroyed by meteorite fragments."

Luo Yuan nodded. The technology of the Boxing people has no good way to defend the spacecraft. Humans have absorbed the technology of the Boxing people, which is also the problem. For the defense against meteorites, it has only two means. One is to rely on the hard resistance of the spacecraft's armor, which can only defend against meteorite impacts at low speeds.

The second is to use the spacecraft's detection system to cooperate with the intelligent brain with high computing power to actively avoid the meteorite before the impact. Compared with the former, this is the most important method.

As far as the advanced main control quantum computer of the spacecraft is concerned, as long as the meteorite is a little bigger, it can basically detect the target within a distance of 100 light seconds, avoid it in advance, and basically hit it with dust.

And those terrible gullies on the surface of the spaceship armor that can't be filled by even a few people are the result of these dust impacts.

When flying at sub-light speed, even if it is only a milligram of matter, the kinetic energy generated by colliding with each other is equivalent to the energy explosion of 10 tons of TNT, and as long as 1 gram, the ship is basically destroyed. There is no protective method at this stage , can resist the impact of this high-strength super armor-piercing projectile.

Although the black space between star systems and star systems is sparse, it is by no means empty. It must be said that it is a kind of luck that this spaceship can fly here.

"Does he need personnel to control?" Luo Yuan came back to his senses and asked.

"No need, mayor, this one is a drone. It has two modes of operation. One is remote control, which is operated by brainwaves through the personal micro-quantum computer of the eyeball, and the other is directly through the main control computer. Artificial intelligence on the Internet to complete the task."

"In terms of weapons, it has two 1kg-class electromagnetic guns with a power of 100 million kilowatts, and the theoretical launch speed can reach 0.012C in a vacuum. A laser cannon with a power of 150 million kilowatts, and a new type of fifteen nuclear fusion engine Missiles can also be equipped with anti-matter warheads if necessary.

It can perform all tasks of destruction within a short distance! "

Of course, this short distance is not a short distance in the conventional sense, but a short distance in astronomical units.

This aircraft, in Luo Yuan's view, is already quite powerful. Compared with the aircraft of the Boxing people, although it cannot be said to catch up, it is also of the same technological level, at most, there is a difference in quantity.

Next, Luo Yuan visited other workshops of this factory.

As the only aircraft manufacturing plant in the spacecraft, their achievements in the past two or three years are obviously not limited to this space fighter.

In a workshop next door, Luo Yuan found an unexpected surprise.

This is a miniature spaceship, its shape is exactly the same as the mother ship, but even if it is a miniature spaceship, it is also a giant, with a diameter of about 80 meters and a height of 30 to 40 meters. Fortunately, the factory area is quite high. It's really not easy to accommodate.

"This is an experimental spaceship model!" Seeing that Luo Yuan noticed this, the leader of the factory immediately said: "The ratio is 20:1 to the mother ship we are on, and we mainly do some technical verification on it. "

"Why didn't I hear that you are building this big project?" Luo Yuan was pleasantly surprised when he heard it, but then asked in doubt.

Seeing that the factory leader was a little embarrassed, Luo Yuan understood at a glance that he was undoubtedly trying to hold back a big move. After success, he would launch a large satellite. Now many research departments have this problem. Nowadays, the competition among various scientific research institutions is too fierce. The results are endless. If you fail to produce a sensational result for a long time, you will soon be reduced to the edge, and what you are waiting for is either being abolished or merged.

"How's the progress?" Luo Yuan didn't make it difficult for him, and asked instead.

"It has reached 85% now, but this is the result of the cooperation of many units." The leaders of the factory did not dare to take credit for it. After all, there is no other unit to cooperate to produce qualified parts. Even a shell, they cannot produce come out.

Now the major factories on the spacecraft, except for some welfare factories related to people's livelihood, basically focus on research and absorption of Boxing technology, and there are not many production tasks. They have enough time to cooperate with relevant units to produce some needed accessories. Even joint research and development.

"Very well done!" Luo Yuan nodded in satisfaction, and said approvingly, "I hope to come back next time, when this spaceship is finished."

...

Luo Yuan left the factory with excitement in his heart. From the spaceship model, it can be seen that humans have absorbed most of the technology of the Boxing people. During this period of time, humans have made great progress at an incredible speed. According to his most optimistic estimate, it will take at least five years for the conditions for interstellar voyages to mature. However, judging from the current progress, it may not be long before humans can fully control the entire spaceship, and even have the ability to manufacture spaceships.

But intellectually, he also knows that the remaining 15% of the progress is the real difficulty. To solve this 15% of the progress, it may take more time than the previous 85% Many, possibly even indefinitely.

But this is undoubtedly the worst-case scenario. As more and more people take wisdom potions, in fact, the development of human science and technology has been in a state of constant acceleration, and scientific and technological achievements have emerged one after another. Copying this spaceship may be far more difficult than imagined. fast.