Start a Subspace

The success of controllable nuclear fusion brought waves that quickly affected all aspects of society.

The projects of major factories are fully opened, and the people are watching, so their expectations for a better life are also increasing day by day.

Of course, the amount of human resources is limited, how to allocate resources, how to develop industries, and improve people's livelihood is also a big problem. Therefore, the government convened a new development conference as quickly as possible.

This time the development meeting was not held in the royal refuge, but in the new mothership.

About a thousand experts from all walks of life came to this newly developed mothership, and they looked at every aspect here curiously.

That's right, the new mothership, after several months of construction, is barely inhabitable.

Although it looks a little ugly, it looks like a large dark blue stone with flagella on the surface.

But what's the problem? Put a layer of metal on the outside, and then build a space port or something, wouldn't it be modernized?

After detailed demonstrations, many experts from Dongfang Laboratory believe that the manufacturing cost of the second "nuclear fusion demonstration reactor" will only be about 20% of the first one.

After all, in the case of success, a large number of exploration processes can be directly saved, and the manufacturing cost will be greatly reduced.

Moreover, this nuclear fusion device should be placed in the new mothership.

The subspace is very stable. If Zhang Ran closes the gate of the subspace, it will be difficult for external crises to affect the inside. Even, relying on Zhang Ran's creation ability, human beings are very powerful in subspace. Zhang Ran alone is comparable to all the troops.

However, the combat effectiveness of human beings in the real universe is not high. In addition to this new mothership, the former mothership "Ark" also has the Haiyan shuttle, which is the level of a three-legged cat. Fighting can barely make ends meet, but it is far from enough to collect supplies.

Material scarcity is still a long-term problem.

Human beings want to develop, but they cannot do without material things.

Controlled nuclear fusion solves the energy problem, but it cannot solve the problem of material scarcity.

Even controllable nuclear fusion itself consumes a small amount of matter.

Without material supplements, human beings will still fall into the plight of resource shortage.

Therefore, in the real universe, a mothership with sufficient combat and industrial capabilities is very necessary.

"Is this our prize?"

It was the first time for Zhang Ran to enter this new mothership. He looked around and touched the cold walls, "It looks like a stone on the outside, but it's ugly inside, and there is really a kind of interstellar civilization. I feel it."

The appearance in front of my eyes is completely different from what I imagined. There are no bright red internal organs, and there are no exposed blood vessels. Instead, it presents a blue sci-fi style.

These blue things can be regarded as the internal "flesh and blood" of the "Void Amoeba".

It's not an organic substance, but a stone-like material that contains a lot of silicon and phosphorus.

It is hard, harder than concrete, and its toughness is stronger than steel. Scientists named this new material "silicon alloy".

The "silicon alloy" probably occupies about 80% of the mass of the void amoeba, which is about 100 billion tons.

Using someone else's "corpse" as a spaceship, Zhang Ran always felt extremely exaggerated.

The gravity environment under the feet is about 0.92 times the gravity of the earth, and it feels a little light.

It doesn't get much better and more exciting than this!

A big ship with a diameter of 12 kilometers!

In the weapon workshop ahead, a super-large electromagnetic gun is being installed first.

That's right, the large electromagnetic gun is the most powerful interstellar weapon developed by humans so far.

The bullet it fires can reach a speed of 6000 kilometers per second, which is 2% of the speed of light!

The power is quite impressive, the powerful kinetic energy alone is enough to penetrate thick armor. Bullets made of radioactive elements will produce a big explosion after hitting the target.

The only drawback is that the super-large electromagnetic gun needs a long acceleration pipeline.

Only a large spacecraft with a diameter of 12 kilometers has enough space to install this thing. Ordinary small spaceships are really not good enough.

As for the high-yield hydrogen bombs...there are almost 500 of them, which is not too much. Anyway, let's build them slowly, don't worry.

Driving this big spaceship and navigating in the universe, the confidence is enough at once.

The expert group around Zhang Ran also discussed it one after another.

"...It's not like Yuyan and Ark in the past. Even if it is hit by a meteorite the size of a thumb, it is equivalent to a catastrophic accident. The shell of this large spaceship is one kilometer thick. As long as it is not really deliberately To hit a trillion-ton asteroid, basically nothing will happen."

After visiting the general construction project, everyone came to the meeting room and sat down in order.

Zhang Ran sat on the rostrum and said a few words: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our new mothership!"

"This year is a year of great harvest. We have won great victories in foreign wars, and we have also carried out internal self-renovation."

"Whether it is technology or society, the achievements are all good..."

"This is the result of our joint efforts!"

Clap clap!

There was warm applause in the room. This year's harvest really couldn't be more satisfactory.

"As you can see, this mothership is still under construction. It gives me the feeling that...we are digging treasures from gold mines, and the materials we dig out are all new materials that major factories urgently need. Although Most of these materials have to be used to repair the new mothership."

Everyone who attended the meeting was in a good mood.

Yeah, what could be more enjoyable than looking forward to the future?

Zhang Ran paused for a while: "Therefore, the theme of this meeting is: technology, development, and military security."

"The past development plan is out of date. Changes are faster than expected, and we must formulate new plans. Especially military issues must also be considered."

"The civil strife problem within us humans has basically been resolved, but there are more aliens...maybe more than imagined. We must have the ability to protect ourselves!"

Zhou Chengfeng, who was sitting on the left, said in a calm tone: "I don't think conscription is necessary. Now our 200,000 soldiers are enough. In the interstellar era, the number of soldiers is fine but not too many. The training fee for each soldier That's a lot."

"However, the number of military equipment must be large. At present, military development occupies about 7.2% of the overall GDP. In fact, it is quite a lot, but... it is still a bit slow."

What Zhou Chengfeng meant was simple... money!

It's hard to move an inch without money! Human productivity is still limited.

Your Highness...how about...

Zhang Ran, who is rich and powerful, had a faint liver pain, and coughed: "Everyone, let's decide on the name of this new mothership first, it will be our important survival guarantee for a long time to come."

Ten minutes later, after everyone voted, one name stood out.

"Oriental Rock"!

Without the flagella on the surface, it really looks like a huge meteorite, and it is harder than a rock, giving people a sense of reliability.

Dongfang Panshi, referred to as Panshi.

The spaceship has about 0.1-1.2 times the gravity of the earth. The closer to the bottom, the smaller the gravity environment. On the contrary, the gravity at the top is higher, even reaching 1.2 times the gravity of the earth.

This means that the gravity of a certain plane is almost the same as that of the earth's environment.

Humans can live more comfortably here.

"There is a suitable gravity zone of about 160 square kilometers. This number is actually not small, and there is no problem with a million people living there. It has a large surface area and good heat dissipation."

Professor Fan of the Ark Laboratory, who is also the main person in charge of the Dongfang Panshi project, focused on the internal structure of the spacecraft.

"Of course, ordinary civilians will not live in this mothership."

"Overall, the Kunlun Mountain Shelter is more comfortable and safer."

As for the meteorite that made a "great contribution", it lay torn apart in the low-gravity area.

These residues are roughly estimated to be about 500 billion tons.

The previous 12,000 tons has shrunk by more than half, which is distressing to think about.

Many substances were directly decomposed and evaporated in the previous burst of strong light.

After discussion, many industry-related people believed that there was no need to move the meteorite around, and there was no need to spend time transporting the meteorite back to the subspace.

As long as the "Oriental Panshi" mothership is fully developed, the ore is mined locally, and then smelted into metal ingots, the materials inside can be used.

Moreover, the manufacture of this spaceship also requires a large amount of metal materials. The interior decoration, the construction of the space port, the transportation equipment, and the repair of the spaceship itself all need materials.

It took about half a day to discuss in this way, and they got a relatively good plan on industrial transfer, population relocation, mothership repair, etc.

In the end, of course, it was a matter of course. Zhang Ran secretly covered his liver and asked, "Did you have any problems during the development process?"

Lin Qiuyue's dream "I want it all", is naturally impossible...

Soon an expert replied: "Your Highness, we are trying to repair the huge hole made by the meteorite."

"The current number of workers is 34,000. It is estimated that in another 3 months, the initial restoration will be completed, but further restoration will require more time and a lot of resources."

"The area of ​​the hole alone is 36 square kilometers. If it is repaired with a 20-centimeter-thick titanium alloy, 20 billion tons of metal will be needed."

"We're now digging out the silicon alloy and patching the cavity, but it's a bit slow."

20 billion tons!

Zhang Ran was really surprised by this number. Human productivity, 100 million tons a year is not bad. He touched the 4,200 yuan in his pocket... tens of billions, tens of billions, it seems a bit overwhelming.

Forget it, it's okay if the hole is not repaired, just treat it as a large warehouse.

Immediately afterwards, another expert said: "The rated population of Dongfang Panshi is 1.5 million to 1.8 million, and most of them are soldiers and workers. It does not involve agricultural, commercial and scientific research populations. As long as the internal transportation system is well established, it will be able to communicate with Asia. The exchange of matter in space will be convenient."

"This transportation system will be connected with the system around Kunlun Mountains. At the same time, the gate of the subspace will be placed there for a long time."

"...It doesn't cost much, about one or two hundred million. There is no need for creation energy."

Listening to the opinions of these experts, Zhang Ran nodded slightly.

"This can be done."

Although he uses the energy of creation to create a large amount of matter in a short period of time, there is no need to pay for things that humans can accomplish by themselves.

Next, many experts described the current difficulties.

The main problems are insufficient productivity and insufficient material resources.

Such a large spaceship, most of which are empty shells, requires a huge amount of resources, some of which are beyond the current capabilities of human beings. Although nuclear fusion is good, in the short term, human productivity is still limited.

After about three hours, the discussion on the Dongfang Panshi came to an end for the time being.

Zhang Ran fell into deep thought...

How much will it cost?

At the end of the meeting, some experts published their latest research results, which are basically related to human safety and the Dongfang Panshi.

Professor Huo Dong from Gaowei Laboratory published the latest research results: "Here, we want to announce a very good news."

"The reason for the gravity inside the Panshi has been found out, and it is the small universes that come with the Void Amoeba."

"The combination of these small universes produces a small amount of space distortion, which further produces gravity."

"The image is a little analogy, a bit like the reaction between magnets. Every small universe is a folded space, and there will be forces between each other."

"Of course, we haven't figured out the specific principle yet."

"This kind of spatial interaction is more complicated than electromagnetic force, and may involve some physical laws of the high-dimensional world. We have not yet had a particularly good way to describe this theory. Especially at the mathematical level, it is not enough."

"All in all, the Void Amoeba is likely to perform curvature motion through the topological linkage between the small universes. We have not taken out the more than 1,200 small universes, and installed them in their original positions."

"If this big ship is repaired, we may... also be able to move with curvature!"