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When Black Light, the first extraterrestrial immigrant spacecraft in human history, entered the subspace, it had already disappeared in this universe, and no signal would be sent back. Chen Chen also had no way of knowing whether it was successful or whether it was trapped in the subspace. Or die outright.

No one knows everything about the Black Light until it returns to the solar system.

On the other side of reality, Chen Chen's experiments on subspace navigation were still going on, and he didn't slack off because of the mission of the Black Light.

At the same time, with the birth of the subspace engine, Chen Chen built ten large transport ships that were comparable in size to an aircraft carrier, and these ships could carry thousands of small unmanned mining ships that were no more than ten meters long.

In this way, large transport ships can jump into the subspace directly on the orbit of Mars each time, then sail out at the Mandeville point of Pluto, and finally enter the Kuiper belt, where they can collect more resources and bring them back to human society.

It saves countless time between coming and going, and at the same time, the short-term subspace navigation is not very dangerous. Even if a large transport ship is damaged in danger, this kind of loss is completely acceptable.

At the same time, this simple and efficient resource collection system also gave Chen Chen a bold idea...

"What, you're building a Dyson sphere?"

On the top floor of the Black Light Building in Life Science City, Little X looked at Chen Chen in disbelief, as if to see if he was joking with himself, "We don't lack energy for now, are you really planning to do this?"

"No, building a Dyson sphere isn't worth it at all."

Chen Chen shook his head, "Let's not talk about the technical feasibility. With the resources we have now, if we want to build a Dyson sphere that wraps around the sun, I'm afraid we have to tear down the planets in the entire solar system. What I want to build is not a Dyson sphere. It's the Dyson cloud, or the Dyson ring."

Chen Chen stood up slowly with an imaginative expression on his face, "People who have no foresight must have near-term worries. Although our nuclear fuel is mainly composed of deuterium in seawater and helium-3 on the moon for nuclear fusion reactions, it has to be said that the moon The helium-3 on the moon is still limited. According to current exploration, there are about 700,000 tons of helium-3 on the moon. According to the electricity consumption standard of human society in 2040, 700,000 tons of helium-3 can be used by human beings. century."

"Three hundred years is a lot for human beings."

Little X persuaded, "Perhaps three hundred years later, human beings will be able to discover new helium-3 mines and even new energy sources."

"Having said that, why not act now?"

Chen Chen changed his words, "And don't forget, this number looks like a lot,

But do you still remember the electricity consumption standard in 2020? "

"2020?"

Little X was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and blurted out, "Twenty years ago, the global power generation was 2.8 trillion kwh, but in 2040, the global power generation will be 5.6 trillion kwh, a year-on-year increase of 2,000 percent."

"That's right, it's twenty times!"

Chen Chen solemnly said, "Humanity's demand for electricity in twenty years will be twenty times that of twenty years ago. With the continuous development of human society, this number will continue to expand. Can you say that ten years from now, the helium on the moon will -3 resources, can humans still use them for three hundred years?"

Suddenly, Xiao X fell silent.

Indeed, if the power consumption of human beings continues to expand according to this index, I am afraid that within fifty years at most, the helium-3 resources on the moon will be exhausted.

"So, we must not put all our eggs in one basket."

Chen Chen solemnly said, "In the time now available, we need to find a new energy outlet, and now, a outlet has been in front of us for hundreds of years, and this is the best outlet we have so far."

Xiao X nodded understandingly when he heard the words, "So we are going to develop Dyson Cloud."

The so-called Dyson cloud is actually the same thing as the Dyson sphere. The only difference is the amount of engineering. The concept of the Dyson sphere is a theory proposed by Einstein’s assistant, Freeman Dyson, in 1960.

He once imagined that the energy contained in a planet like the earth itself is very limited, which is far from enough to support the development of civilization to an advanced stage. In a star system, most of the energy—radiation from stars is wasted out of thin air. Although human beings have such devices as solar energy, compared with the total energy radiated by the sun every moment, the received energy can be described as a grain of sand in the desert.

Therefore, he believes that the sun is a gift from the universe to human beings. A highly developed civilization must be able to wrap the sun in a huge spherical structure, so that most of the sun's radiant energy can be intercepted. Only in this way can we obtain enough energy. energy to support the development of human civilization.

So, in his vision, the Dyson sphere appeared—this is a giant man-made structure with a diameter of about 200 million kilometers used to wrap the sun. Such a structure is composed of satellites orbiting the sun and completely wraps the surface of the sun. And through a method similar to solar energy conversion, it intercepts most of the energy emitted by the sun and converts it into the electrical energy needed by human beings.

This is the definition of a Dyson sphere.

However, later generations refuted this theory, because in the eyes of most people, ordinary civilizations do not have the ability to manufacture Dyson spheres, because such a giant celestial body with a diameter of more than 200 million kilometers would cost ordinary civilizations thousands or even tens of thousands. Years, and at the same time consume almost all the matter in the entire galaxy, which is a completely impractical project for ordinary civilizations.

And if it is the kind of advanced civilization that can chase the stars and the moon with a wave of hands, they naturally already have more advanced energy conversion technology, and they don't even bother to build Dyson spheres.

To put it simply, the setting of the Dyson sphere is really tasteless. The civilizations that can be used are not capable of being built, but the civilizations that are capable of being built are not necessarily desirable, that's all.

So gradually, later generations designed a compromise solution based on the idea of ​​the Dyson sphere, which is to turn the Dyson sphere into a circle of rings, and countless rings surround the sun, just like the clouds above the sun.

Compared with the engineering quantity of the Dyson sphere, the Dyson cloud may only be one thousandth to one ten thousandth, and of course the energy obtained will be correspondingly reduced, but the advantage is that human beings can control the construction cycle at will and quickly harvest the corresponding solar energy. With the continuous development of human beings, the number of Dyson clouds can be continuously increased until a Dyson sphere is completely formed in the future.

Little X quickly understood Chen Chen's thoughts. After all, it is impossible for human beings to use the helium-3 resources on the moon for a lifetime. Just like oil, oil resources are limited. Before nuclear fusion was developed, human beings have been relying on oil transformation For energy, not to mention limited resources, it will also wantonly pollute the earth's environment.

So a long time ago, human beings began to try nuclear fusion, but now, Chen Chen is just looking forward like the people in the past, looking for a new energy system in advance.

Obviously, Dyson Cloud is the one that meets the requirements the most.

Thinking of this, Xiao X's supercomputing power instantly revealed several construction plans, but they all had some flaws and needed to be completed. She couldn't help asking, "Your Excellency, if you want to build a Dyson cloud, Mercury should be a good choice."

"That's natural."

Chen Chen replied, "First of all, Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, and the material is simple. Secondly, the main components of Mercury are metals and silicates. These elements are also needed to build solar panels. The combination of these conditions , it can be said to be unique.”

Little X spread his hands and asked again, "If you want to quickly build Dyson Cloud, I'm afraid you need a whole industrial chain."

"It's not difficult."

Chen Chen replied, "The surface temperature of Mercury is about 400 degrees Celsius. This temperature is still acceptable for some robots with thick armor. We only need to build a robot. This robot must have three major capabilities:"

"First, it can withstand the high temperature of four hundred degrees on Mercury; second, it has the ability of self-replication; third, it can automatically complete a series of complex processes from collection, smelting to manufacturing; as long as the above three points can be achieved, Dyson Cloud's Construction can be said to be half the battle."

"Moreover, there is no atmosphere on Mercury, and the escape speed is not fast. We only need to use electromagnetic technology to directly launch the Dyson cloud made on Mercury into the orbit of the sun, and another satellite robot is responsible for receiving the rest. Scattered Dyson clouds and assemble them."

"What about after collecting enough energy?"

Little X continued to ask, "Use laser or antimatter transport?"

"Do we now have the technology to create large amounts of antimatter?"

Chen Chen shook his head and thought, "Of course it's lasers. Converting the energy collected on the Dyson cloud into lasers and transmitting the energy to space stations, space cities, and all human colonized planets in the solar system is the most suitable and concise way at present. .”

"..."

Little X was silent for a while, and then added, "It can also be used as a weapon at critical times."

Chen Chen didn't answer, but continued, "Originally, I still had some doubts about implementing this plan. After all, even if the entire Mercury is dismantled, it would be difficult to create a decent Dyson cloud, but now the birth of the subspace engine has solved this problem very well. everything."

"Using the subspace as a springboard, we can adjust the flight trajectory of the Dyson cloud at any time. In this way, due to orbital problems, the possibility of accidents causing the Dyson cloud to collide with each other is much smaller."

After hearing what Chen Chen said, Xiao X immediately closed her eyes and began to deduce Chen Chen's plans and plans, but she nodded after a few seconds, "The plan you envisioned is indeed the most convenient, I will use your plan to Added some details and optimized some processes."

"Take a look."

Chen Chen's eyes lit up, and he said immediately.

Suddenly, a huge void screen appeared in front of him, densely packed with a series of numbers and formulas, this is the Dyson cloud plan integrated by Xiao X.

In this plan, Xiao X designed the Dyson cloud into countless ring-shaped celestial bodies. These man-made objects surround the entire sun, like huge rings.

The first phase is planned for three years. Blacklight Technology needs to establish an industrial system on Mercury and launch the first Dyson cloud unit to the surface of the sun within three years.

According to the description in the plan, a Dyson cloud unit is a huge solar cell with a surface area of ​​136 square meters and a regular hexagonal shape. The middle is integrated, and only six edges will be made of a material that can withstand high temperatures. Made, these edges can not only transmit energy, but also be firmly connected with other units.

And after the first Dyson cloud unit is successfully launched, the next thing is very simple, that is, copying countless times, connecting these hexagons one by one, and finally forming a closed loop that spans the entire sun.

This is the first Dyson cloud, and it is also the goal of the second phase of the plan, which will take about thirty years.

Eventually, after the second phase is over, the Dyson cloud will form a ring-shaped artificial celestial body that is huge enough to surround the entire sun. At the same time, there will be a large laser generator every tens of thousands of kilometers, so that no matter how the Dyson cloud rotates over the sun , all have enough angles to irradiate the collected laser light to the desired location.

Then, after the Dyson cloud forms the first closed loop, you can choose to form a new Dyson cloud ring or continue to increase the number on the original Dyson cloud, depending on the situation.

After reading the plan, even Chen Chen felt overwhelmed. He was in charge of the framework of the plan, and Xiao X was responsible for filling in the details. The whole plan was seamless.

"That's it."

Chen Chen immediately made a decision. This is the benefit of a single speech. Whether it is the decision-making time or the speed of the process, it has been simplified to an extreme. If this project is a national project, it may take several years from the establishment of the project to the start of implementation. As for Chen Chen, it took less than half an hour from the discussion just now to the present.

Next, since the project has been decided, the next step is to inform the world. After all, the sun is not only the sun of black light technology, but the sun of all mankind. Naturally, this kind of project needs to be announced to the world.

On the official website of Blacklight Technology, Xiao X personally issued this notice, gave a brief overview of all the plans, and gave a shocking enough name-"Blackwatch Dyson Cloud Plan", and then the whole company was like a An industrial machine, running at high speed!

Black Light Technology occupies most of the influence of human society, and his every move has affected the minds of countless people, so almost within a few minutes of the announcement, this announcement caused a shock in the entire Earth Federation.

For a time, the whole world was shocked!