The Science Fiction World of Xueba

Although the maximum speed of human space warships can reach 20% of the speed of light, the maximum speed of civilian spacecraft flying in the orbit of Jupiter is still limited to within the threshold of 1% of the speed of light (3000 km/s).

Counting the acceleration and deceleration time, under normal circumstances, it would take nearly a week to return to Earth by spaceship from Star Ring City.

However, Pang Xuelin has a special status. Fleet International has specially planned a military waterway for him. The spaceship is also a civilian spaceship equipped with a military fusion engine.

Therefore, it only took two days, and the blue planet was already far away in Pang Xuelin's eyes.

Compared with two hundred years ago, the earth today has a bright ring similar to Saturn's ring.

Above the halo, there are still silk threads hanging down.

"This is the geosynchronous orbit spaceport and space elevator?"

Pang Xuelin stood at the porthole and asked curiously.

"Yes."

Cao Bin introduced with a smile: "The first space elevator in human history was completed in the Galapagos Islands in the 88th year of the Crisis Era. Since then, the construction of the space fleet has entered the fast lane. Later, as more and more space elevators were completed, more and more space stations were placed in geosynchronous orbit. So the Fleet International Science Committee decided to use These space stations build a geosynchronous orbit space port. At the same time, this space port is also a geosynchronous orbit collider. Many of our breakthroughs in physics have been completed through this collider. Crisis era 150 years Afterwards, the orbital collider was built, so Fleet International decided to transfer the operation rights of this spaceport to Earth International. At present, most of the spaceport is operated by Earth International, and only the link to the Galapagos Islands The space city is in the hands of Fleet International.”

Pang Xuelin nodded, expressing his understanding.

After about an hour, the spaceship slowly parked in the airport.

Accompanied by Cao Bin, Pang Xuelin came out of the spacecraft, and saw a red carpet at the door, and a group of soldiers in uniforms of the Space Force were waiting in line.

Several people who looked like they belonged to the senior leaders of the Fleet International were waiting for me.

The leader of the group has a square face, looks more East Asian, and looks like he is in his early forties.

"Professor Pang,

I am Liao Chenglong, the administrator of the Fleet International Earth Administrative Region, welcome home! "

Pang Xuelin was a little surprised.

When he was on Jupiter, he only met Preet Bell, the senior liaison officer of Fleet International, and no senior Fleet International leader stepped forward to meet with him.

On the contrary, after returning to Earth, a heavyweight politician appeared to greet him.

As the birthplace of Fleet International, the Earth Administrative Region has always had a special status within Fleet International.

Although the main authority of Fleet International has shifted to the Halo space city in the orbit of Jupiter, the data shows that the consul of the Earth administrative region is still a member of the highest nine-member ruling committee of Fleet International.

"Mr. Liao, hello!"

Pang Xuelin and Liao Chenglong shook hands.

Liao Chenglong smiled and said, "Professor Pang, let me introduce you. This is General Xu Shaomin, commander of the Fifth Fleet..."

Behind Liao Chenglong was a woman in her early fifties who looked heroic and dressed in the uniform of a senior general of the Space Force.

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Commander Xu, hello, I didn't expect that we would meet again after so many years."

The person in front of him is Xu Shaomin, the captain of the first-generation "Gravity" spaceship.

Pang Xuelin did not expect that after so many years, the other party would become the commander-in-chief of a squadron of the solar system fleet.

Xu Shaomin stood at attention, saluted Pang Xuelin and said, "Commander Xu Shaomin of the Fifth Fleet, report to the Supreme Commander!"

Pang Xuelin narrowed his eyes slightly, a little surprised at what the other party called him.

Until now, most people who have met him call themselves Professor Pang, only Xu Shaomin calls himself the Supreme Commander.

You know, there are six fleets in the solar system fleet, each fleet has 500 star-class warships, plus a wide variety of service ships, supply ships, etc., the total number of spaceships in each fleet exceeds one thousand ships.

Xu Shaomin can be regarded as the real powerful leader of Fleet International.

Xu Shaomin's appellation to himself obviously recognized that he had a certain command over her in a certain sense.

The meaning contained in this is worth pondering.

Then, under the introduction of Liao Chenglong, Pang Xuelin got to know several high-level leaders of the earth's administrative regions, and then took the space elevator with Liao Chenglong and Xu Shaomin to return to the earth.

In this star ring city on Isabela Island, except that the electromagnetic ejection track of the year has been demolished, a space elevator has been built on the top of the Azul volcano. The architectural layout of the entire city is compared with that of more than a hundred years ago. ,Has not changed much.

It was noon when Pang Xuelin and the others arrived on the ground.

Liao Chenglong held a small welcome banquet in Xinghuan City to welcome himself.

It was not until the banquet was over that Pang Xuelin chose to leave, and boarded a flying car with Cao Bin.

After getting into the car, Pang Xuelin said, "Cao Bin, what's going on with today's welcome ceremony?"

Cao Bin was well prepared for Pang Xuelin's doubts, and said with a smile: "Professor Pang, in the document I gave you earlier, you should have seen the struggle between the young faction and the old faction in Fleet International. In fact, this kind of struggle It still exists even now. At present, within Fleet International, the young and strong faction hold about 70% of the power, and their main power distribution range is mainly distributed in the space cities near the orbits of those giant planets. The scope is mainly Australia, the Galapagos Islands, and the Mars colony on Earth. As for the Fifth Fleet controlled by Xu Shaomin, it is currently stationed at the Mars base. Professor Pang, this is Mr. Vader and Mr. Luo Ji before their hibernation. The remaining power, they once said, when you wake up one day, these part of the military power will directly obey your orders!"

Pang Xuelin nodded, and thoughtfully said, "How is Xinghuan Institute for Advanced Study?"

Cao Bindao: "The main campus of the Institute for Advanced Study of the Star Ring is in the Star Ring City on the orbit of Jupiter, but the old campus on the earth also has relatively strong scientific research capabilities. Generally speaking, within the Science Committee, the young and the old The struggle between the Fleet factions is not serious. Now the Supreme Executive Committee of Fleet International is different from that of the past. Except for the chairman of the Science Committee, the remaining eight people are basically politicians. The Science Committee has no right to speak in Fleet International. big."

Pang Xuelin nodded, but did not speak.

The flying car stopped at the gate of a manor.

In the manor, there are strange mountains and rocks, lawn gardens, and even an artificial lake covering an area of ​​nearly half an acre.

In the center of the manor is a villa that Pang Xuelin looks familiar to.

Pang Xuelin and Cao Bin got out of the car, and Cao Bin said with a smile: "Professor Pang, this area is the villa area where you lived back then. Later, Mr. Wade demolished the villa area, and left your villa and rebuilt it into a Manor, wait for you to come back to live. Ms. Zhuang Yan is currently arranged here, and Cheng Xin is taking care of her. Professor Pang, I will not disturb your reunion with Ms. Zhuang Yan, and I will come to you tomorrow."

A smile appeared on Pang Xuelin's face, and he said: "Cao Bin, thank you! You have a heart."

Pang Xuelin entered from the gate of the manor, and the guards in the manor seemed to have received the news, and no one blocked Pang Xuelin's arrival.

Pang Xuelin walked to the lake step by step, and saw a beautiful girl in a white dress, sitting and chatting with Cheng Xin by the lake.

The girl turned her head subconsciously, and suddenly found Pang Xuelin's existence out of the corner of her eye.

Immediately afterwards, her eyes were firmly attracted by Pang Xuelin's figure, and a look of extreme surprise flashed in her eyes.

"Yanyan, what's wrong with you?"

Cheng Xin turned her back to Pang Xuelin, and did not notice Pang Xuelin's arrival.

Zhuang Yan's eyes seemed to be filled with Pang Xuelin's figure, and he didn't notice Cheng Xin's question at all.

"Brother Pang!"

She stood up from the grass all at once, like a nimble deer, trotted all the way and flew into Pang Xuelin's arms.

"Brother Pang, I miss you so much!"

Nephrite is warm and fragrant in the bosom.

Pang Xuelin hugged Zhuang Yan and said, "Yanyan, I miss you too!"

The two looked at each other, Zhuang Yan's pretty face blushed, and she closed her eyes shyly.

Pang Xuelin seemed to have received some kind of signal, lowered his head, and blocked the girl's red lips.

Cheng Xin turned her head and looked at the couple who were kissing passionately, a look of loneliness flashed in her eyes.

It was not until a few minutes later that Pang Xuelin and Zhuang Yan separated.

It was only then that Zhuang Yan noticed Cheng Xin who was watching the fun, and couldn't help but feel Xia Fei's cheeks.

Pang Xuelin greeted Cheng Xin with a smile: "Cheng Xin, thank you for taking care of Yan Yan during this time."

"You're welcome!"

Cheng Xin forced a smile.

That night, Zhuang Yan and Cheng Xin cooked together and made a sumptuous dinner to welcome Pang Xuelin back.

After dinner, accompanied by Zhuang Yan and Cheng Xin, Pang Xuelin watched the holographic movie of this era.

In fact, after waking up, Pang Xuelin has been paying attention to the film and television culture of this era on the spaceship coming to Earth.

The cultural products of an era can just reflect the spiritual outlook of the people of this era and the mainstream values ​​of society.

Soon, Pang Xuelin realized that this era is more like a legendary ideal society for human beings.

Due to the highly developed social productive forces, words such as food and clothing, poverty, and hardship have become historical terms.

At present, the average number of years of education received by human beings on the earth has exceeded 20 years, and almost everyone has received higher education.

People's appreciation of aesthetics, art, literature, etc. has also reached an unprecedented height.

The works of art that Pang Xuelin saw were gentle and realistic, and the soft colors were full of vitality and emotion, beating gently for the beauty of nature and humanity.

The music ranges from classical and solemn to light and lively, and all styles are of extremely high standards.

In contrast, those popular songs in the AD era, that is, some works at the level of golden songs, can be compared with ordinary works of this era.

Even in film and television works, the best sellers are actually mainly literary films.

In other words, the commercial blockbusters of the AD era no longer conform to the aesthetics of people of this era.

For example, the movie that Pang Xuelin watched with Zhuang Yan and Cheng Xin tonight is a romance film called "Fairy Tales of the Yangtze River", which is based on Li Zhiyi's "Bu Suanzi" "You live at the head of the Yangtze River, and I live at the end of the Yangtze River...".

The film describes the love of a couple living in the estuary and the source of the Yangtze River in an ancient pastoral era with no specific year.

Throughout the film, the distance between the hero and heroine cannot be crossed. They have never met, and even the imagined meeting scene has never appeared, but their longing is expressed in an extremely sad and moving way.

The photography of the film is also very beautiful. The beauty and gracefulness of the south of the Yangtze River where the Yangtze River enters the sea and the majestic and magnificent Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at its source complement each other, making people intoxicated.

The film does not see the kind of commercial publicity in the AD era, and the story flows calmly like the Yangtze River, which makes people blend into it.

Cheng Xin and Zhuang Yan watched with great concentration, but Pang Xuelin felt a deep chill from these works.

Such a human civilization, like an innocent child, cannot survive in the dark forest of the universe.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the movie ends.

Cheng Xin got up, stretched her waist, smiled and said to Pang Xuelin and Zhuang Yan, "Professor Pang, I'm going to bed first, you and Yanyan should also go to bed earlier."

"good!"

Pang Xuelin nodded with a smile, and turned his gaze to Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan lowered her head shyly, but held one hand tightly with Pang Xuelin's.

"Yanyan! Let's go back to the room and rest."

"Um!"

Zhuang Yan hummed lightly, and obediently followed Pang Xuelin back to the room.

Although the two had confirmed their boyfriend and girlfriend relationship as early as the AD era, they never made it to the last step because of Zhuang Yan's physical problems.

Now that Zhuang Yan is back to health, the relationship between the two will naturally come naturally.

It's just a pity that under the current situation, Pang Xuelin still can't stay in Ruanxiang for too long.

The next morning, Pang Xuelin, accompanied by Cao Bin, took a wave-body aircraft to Australia.

"At present, the largest human gravitational wave research center is located on the outskirts of Melbourne, where the Institute of Gravitational Waves of the Starlink Institute for Advanced Study is located. After the gravitational wave communication project was abolished, the research investment in the field of gravitational waves was insufficient. Therefore, most of the research in this area Mostly theories."

Accompanying Cao Bin introduced to Pang Xuelin.

After more than an hour of flight, the aircraft landed at Melbourne Airport smoothly.

From the airport to the institute, you need to go through downtown Melbourne.

When passing by the municipal square, Pang Xuelin found that a large number of people were gathering, and some people were still giving speeches on the stage.

Pang Xuelin asked the driver to stop the car and listened silently for a while.

Then he smiled wryly and shook his head, signaling the driver to leave.

Because the planet where Trisolarans live is in danger of being engulfed by Alpha Centauri, the politicians who convened this meeting actually called on human beings to open up sympathy. After signing a peace agreement with Trisolarans, they handed over Mars to Trisolarans as a Their footholds and colonies in the solar system.

From the cheers and applause of the crowd, Pang Xuelin could feel that this proposal had won the support of many people.

How naive!