Chen Chen floated on the border of the world, observing the process of expanding this world.

Chen Chen was observing the process of matter being born from the void, trying to analyze the principle.

In Chen Chen's previous civilization, how to annihilate materials and obtain energy was already a technology that had been theoretically matured and had begun to be widely used.

However, how to directly convert energy into matter, into the material you need, is still a foggy and advanced topic.

In Chen Chen's view, using energy to directly generate matter and generate the matter he wants is the key technology for civilization to the next stage.

Only by mastering the technology of generating matter from energy, and then obtaining an almost unlimited supply of energy, then you can truly break away from the industrial base and carry out unlimited expansion.

It cannot be separated from the industrial base, and the scope of a civilization's activities is limited.

What seems simple in our lives is produced on the industrial basis of the whole society.

To use a simple analogy, a pair of socks or gloves, how simple is that?

However, his production, in terms of tools alone, requires a special complete set of textile equipment.

The production of these equipment requires steelmaking, precision machine tools, coal chemical industry, power generation, power transmission and so on.

In terms of raw materials, he needs some chemical fiber materials, such as spandex and nylon, and the production of these materials requires oil exploration, exploitation, petrochemical industry and so on.

Then add the infrastructure related to these projects, plant construction, training of skilled workers, basic knowledge indoctrination, etc., which will require a huge amount of manpower, materials, and time.

Purely in terms of manpower, the more developed a society is, the more people will be able to keep the whole society running.

Some scientists have made calculations and predicted that with the current level of science and technology on the earth, a country needs at least 100 million people to maintain a relatively complete industrial system.

So, in order to become an independent country with a full range of industries, this country needs at least 100 million people.

Excluding social, material, and cultural influences, by the 21st century, there are only three real powers left on the planet, and the five hooligans are divided into two levels.

Britain, France, and Germany, the traditional powers of World War I and World War II, can no longer maintain a complete industrial system, and can only be a link in the world economic chain.

Human industrial civilization continues to develop, and when it enters the next stage, it may need at least one billion people to ensure a complete industrial chain.

As civilization continues to develop, the population and materials needed for a complete industrial system will continue to rise.

After a certain stage, if the whole earth cannot truly unite as a collective, development will stagnate.

Because limited by the industrial system, that is, limited by supply, limited by supply, the scope of activity of civilized individuals is limited, and the scope of expansion is also limited, and a galaxy is almost the limit.

Only by breaking away from these bottles and cans can we further expand and let the fire of this civilization spread throughout the universe, and even rush out of the universe.

The real detachment from the industrial base is to require that a single individual who leaves the mother civilization does not need to rely on the material supply of the mother civilization, and a person uses relatively simple tools to independently build a complete base in a very short period of time.

After truly breaking away from the industrial base, the level of the entire civilization will once again evolve on a large scale, and the scope of activities will increase indefinitely.

Now that Chen Chen has obtained metal life, he can use a few metal elements to build all the tools of the technology.

But after all, this still needs raw materials, needs its own industrial base, and needs to obtain enough metal elements from its own country and society.

Only when you master the ability to obtain infinite energy from the void, and then use the energy to transform the matter you want, to directly build everything, can you be regarded as the ultimate form of civilization.

Ordinary civilizations, if they want to obtain this technology, can only have a basis to study it when they have developed to the limit of material and cannot continue to expand.

And now he reflects the world in the crystal, giving himself a shortcut.

Give yourself the opportunity to directly observe the expansion of a world and observe the process of the birth of matter.

This is equivalent to simulating a real expansion of the universe, and no one has this ability and opportunity except for themselves.

This time the space expansion was longer than expected, but Chen Chen didn't need to keep staring.

Because the whole world is in the image crystal, you can directly record all the data of the whole process through the image crystal, and then slowly analyze it.

Looking at it myself, I want to experience it for myself, this kind of scenery that no one can experience.

However, there are times when you can see enough of any scenery, so after staying at the edge of the world for almost two hours, Chen Chen got a little tired of it, so he directly left the space and returned to reality.

Now looking at the attributes of the image crystal, after the level, there is already an additional mark of "evolving".

Chen Chen slowly opened his eyes, glanced down at his body, yawned slightly, raised his arm and stretched.

Chen Chen got down from the sofa, put on his shoes, stood up and looked at the time, it was already more than 11 o'clock in the afternoon.

"It's time to go back to dinner...... Chen Chen muttered, left the laboratory directly, drove his universal wheel electric car, and slowly returned to his residence.

September 30th, tomorrow is October 1st, National Day, October 4th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the school is closed for nine consecutive days.

Because the school has been closed, even if it is already noon, there are still students on campus who are walking out with their luggage, which is to catch a car at a certain point.

The autumn wind blew and rolled up a few poplar leaves that were slowly falling.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather has gradually cooled, although the temperature is 25 degrees today, but Chen Chen only has a pair of thin stockings on his legs, and the wind blowing from the car window, including under the skirt, the entire lower body is a little cold.

Chen Chen closed the window of the car and sped up: "Although my sister said that she wants to cover the spring and autumn frost, this kind is still too thin, and after I go back, it is time to change it to a thicker one." ”

When Chen Chen's car returned to his residence, he saw his sister and maid Chang Duanmu standing outside the door every day, greeting him, so he drove the car to the two of them and stopped and got out of the car.

Chen Chen got out of the car and said to Chen Ying, "Sister! These socks are so thin, it's really a little cold! ”

Chen Ying went up and took Chen Chen's hand, and said with a concerned face: "Sister didn't know that the wind would rise today!" In the morning, the temperature is still quite high, are you okay in the morning? Are you uncomfortable? ”

Chen Chen shook his head: "Actually, it's okay, it's just that when the wind blows, it's cold underneath, and it's not very comfortable, I'll just close the window." ”

Chen Ying breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, come on, come on, go back to the house for dinner, then rest for a while, change clothes, we should go home in the afternoon......"

"Hmm." Chen Chen nodded, and followed Chen Ying and Duanmu Tiantian directly into the restaurant.

Because I had to rush back to Linhai in the afternoon, the lunch this time was relatively light, and everyone didn't talk much, they all ate silently.

After lunch, Chen Chen rinsed his mouth, returned to his room, took off his clothes and went to bed, and set an alarm clock for half past one in the afternoon.