Luo Jia and An Ran went to Weigu Island to inspect, and suddenly felt the ground shake slightly, and then the National Seismological Observatory sent a message, confirming their guess that the sea area of Papua New Guinea, where the space elevator is located, has indeed just occurred a 4.1 magnitude earthquake, and the epicenter is located 15 kilometers below sea level.

"Sure enough, it was an earthquake." An Ran put down his phone and muttered, "Fortunately, the magnitude of the earthquake is not large, and the Pacific fault zone is a little westerly, near Sumatra and Kalimantan, we are actually quite safe." ”

It can be regarded as a kind of self-comfort, Luo Jia didn't say anything, but the two of them knew that the power of nature lies in the fact that no one can predict it.

Suppose you are a powerful top-level civilization in the universe, can you resist the forces of nature?

It's naïve.

Even the top-level cosmic civilization will be carried away by a sudden cosmic storm or the collapse of stars.

With her busy work, Luo Jia quickly forgot about this small earthquake, and on November 15, the topping out ceremony of the Zero space station was successfully held.

The national team and the military have sent people to participate, mainly to discuss, after the completion of the space elevator and space station, how to allocate resources, although Xingchen Technology has always worked closely with the national team, but some things are still negotiated first, and it is best to set the rules.

On the bright side, Xingchen Technology is the world's largest private enterprise, but at the practical level, the national team can use the strategic facilities under the name of Xingchen Technology to develop new weapons, and the assistance of Xingchen Technology is indispensable.

In return, the national team gave Xingchen Technology a lot of resources, not to mention the house and land, if there were no warships around Weigu Island, how could the establishment of the space elevator be so smooth, according to the urine nature of North America, I am afraid that there would have been a dirty thing such as accidental injury.

In the days that followed, Xingchen Technology entered a rare period of calm, everyone was looking forward to the arrival of the New Year, and the space elevator was officially launched, Luo Jia finally had time to carry out deep learning, and turned his attention more to the stars.

At this time, his two friends in the stars, Black Sword and Blue Feather, had already left their respective hometowns, Black Sword had a long way to go to Shimmer Star County, and Blue Feather went to the Water-Shaped Civilization, only operating within this Star County, so when Black Sword was still on the way, Blue Feather had already arrived at the territory of the Water-Shaped Civilization.

Puff~

After entering the blue ocean in a fierce manner, the elite frigate Bafang Chase Yu from the mechanical clan leads the starship through the deep sea to the city of the water-shaped civilization.

The huge shadow painted the cockpit with heavy black, it was a big fish swimming above the starship, the big fish wagged its tail, its body was soft and slow, but it brought Lan Yu a huge depression and shock, he had never left the territory in his life, he was stunned by the magical underwater world in front of him.

The glowing blue jellyfish drag their long tentacles to form the defensive curtain wall of the water-shaped civilization, and it is said that they will cling to the armor of the starship, quickly dissolving and corroding, corroding the tri-titanium deck, and even the expensive crowe armor into slag.

Blue Feather's starship slowly approached, and the glowing blue jellyfish apparently received some kind of command and dispersed in all directions, allowing Blue Feather's starship to pass through them, and then they closed the open gap, as if the curtain was opened and lowered.

According to the information that Lan Yu learned from his clan and historical sources, the water-shaped civilization is a relatively high-level existence among the stars, even if it cannot be ranked with the top machinery, quantum, and chaos, at least it can be equal to the energy civilization to which the black sword belongs, they master most of the technology in the stars, but the core part is their marine technology.

And the plant family is like a partial student, the research of the botanical department is unparalleled in the world, and the other disciplines are extremely mediocre, and they still need to find the water-shaped civilization to order a starship, and the reason why the plant civilization and the water-shaped civilization can cooperate is because their personalities are relatively mild, and they are not violent elements in the stars.

"It's been a long time since I've seen your people." The representative of the water-shaped civilization who received Blue Feather said.

Although they live on the ocean, the water-shaped civilization is still a standard human being, and gills have not evolved behind the ears, but their skin is relatively rough due to the intense ultraviolet rays on the seaside.

"I don't know." Lan Yu shrugged his shoulders and lied very hard, "After all, I have left the clan and become a free citizen. ”

"Freedmen?" The receptionist of the Water-Shaped Civilization looked up and glanced at Blue Feather strangely, "This is the first time I've met the plant-Nation freedmen, well, what help do you need?" ”

So Lan Yu handed him the list that had been prepared a long time ago, mainly to borrow the technology of the water-shaped civilization to complete the restoration of the Bafang Feiyu.

Since the mechanical civilization disappeared from the stars overnight, everyone's mechanical level is actually about the same, and it can probably restore sixty percent of the performance of the Eight Directions Feiyu, and now this starship was repaired by Lan Yu alone, and he doesn't even have weapons.

In addition, when Blue Feather goes back, he also needs to bring some spare parts to maintain the existing facilities in the territory, and as for the cost, he can exchange it with the fruit and vegetable technology of the plant family.

"In addition to the ones on the list, I also want to buy some fish-related technology." Lan Yu finally said.

This task is actually asked by Luo Jia, Qinghai Lake, Tarim Lake, there will be countless lakes in the land of China, plus the vast coastline, if you don't use it to raise fish, it's a pity.

In 2019, China imported more than 50,000 tons of salmon from all over the world, and together with locally produced rainbow trout, the total consumption exceeded the 100,000 tons mark, which shows the huge demand for high-quality fish.

In addition, there is a cold knowledge about salmon, half of the salmon you eat in the Japanese restaurant is actually domestic rainbow trout, the taste of rainbow trout is not a problem, it is very delicious, but the parasite content is seriously exceeded, in the field of food safety, eating raw rainbow trout is definitely a dead act.

And even if it's imported salmon, is it necessarily safe?

According to the statistics of the General Administration of Customs, since China opened up salmon imports, the number one supplier is not Norway, nor Chile, nor Scotland, but a small land that many people have never heard of, called the Faroe Islands.

As early as 2013, the number of salmon exported by the Faroe Islands to China exceeded 10,000 tons, accounting for as high as 50 percent, while the legendary Norwegian salmon ranked only sixth in the statistics of the General Administration of Customs, not even 10 percent.

So when you see Norwegian salmon in the supermarket or Japanese restaurant, you should think about what you are eating in your stomach.

In short, after Luo Jia learned that Lan Yu was going to the Water-Shaped Civilization, he moved the idea of fish farming, and asked him to exchange for some fish-related technology.

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As the eighth year of the establishment of Xingchen Technology approaches, the world has once again turned its attention to the big city located in geosynchronous orbit.

On November 15, the Zero space station was topped out, and the main construction was completed, leaving only some repairs and modifications, as well as interior decoration and other renovation work.

On December 25, Western Christmas, the space station zero suddenly began to operate, giving the world a big birthday gift, as for the mood of Westerners after receiving the gift, it is not what Luo Jia cares about.

He only knew that as the zero space station began to rotate, gravity quickly formed on the space station, which was very important, assuming that there was not enough gravity, and humans would get muscular dystrophy after living in space for a long time.

The next few days were tense and busy, and the ground base did not sleep, and in cooperation with the robot engineering team stationed in space, a lot of tests were carried out on the space station zero.

The robots even tried stir-frying in the kitchen, where they used induction cookers to cook sweet and sour pork ribs, shredded pork with green peppers, egg fried rice, etc., as well as hot and sour soup and frozen dumplings.

The test results were very successful, and in the gravitational state, space stir-fry is completely achievable, the only problem is oil smoke.

Even if a powerful air purification system can remove odors, after a long time, the grease will block the filter membrane, and sure enough, everything has a price, and if humans want to live in space, they must give up stir-frying, or only occasionally stir-fry on holidays, and still use microwave oven food on weekdays.

It's not all bad news for foodies, as a staggering amount of fruit and vegetables will be planted on the Zero space station thanks to the plant's powerful technology, and the corridors and crew rest areas will be filled with colorful flowers.

Luo Jia always believes that culture is the ultimate form of all hegemony, so he broadcast the entire test process to the world, and people finally had the opportunity to see the scene inside the space station zero after it was built, and everyone was shocked when the facilities like science fiction movies appeared in the camera.

"I'll go, the crew quarters are even more spacious than our university dormitories!"

"It's all double rooms, and there's a small table and sofa for tea!"

"That was the swimming pool?"

"A 50-meter standard swim lane with a jumping platform? Is this the rhythm of the swimming competition to be held? ”

"There are actually four gyms in the whole space station? A full set of top-of-the-line sports equipment!? That's an exaggeration, isn't it? ”

"You know, even if the space station generates gravity through rotation, it is still far below the gravitational level of the earth, and people who have lived in space for a long time must spend enough time exercising to ensure good health."

"Upstairs is right, it doesn't matter if it's a day or two, but living in space for a long time, keeping exercising is the most important thing, after all, the body is the capital of the revolution."

As the camera moved, people were excited and boiling, who would have thought that the space station zero would be so atmospheric, even with such extravagant facilities as a swimming pool.

Because of secrecy, the live broadcast is limited to the living area, but it is conceivable that the laboratory under the space station Zero, the dock where the starship is assembled, must be even more amazing.

Compared to the elation of the Chinese people and the preparation for the interstellar age, Christmas and New Year in the West are boring, and in the Apennines, there is a major event that is destined to affect the whole world.

Millions of believers came to the Holy See to worship, but no one expected that when the pope in full costume appeared at the head of the Vatican City, the believers raised unprecedented sharp questions, so the huge contradictions hidden under the iceberg finally broke out.

History will prove that the seventh year of the establishment of Xingchen Technology is indeed the harvest season for the straight men of science and engineering, in this year, they have extended the life of humans, developed controlled fusion, and completed the space elevator that goes straight to the universe.

It was also in this year, when the Pope once again toured the world, believers couldn't help but ask, why were the Chinese people who did not believe in God the first to go out of the earth? Why were these Chinese people able to complete the artificial sun? Extending the life span of humans? Suppose these Chinese people find aliens in the universe in the future, are the aliens God's people?

Every scientific advance is a challenge to religion.

When they burned Copernicus, they are facing an unprecedented catastrophe today, because this time, it is not one person who challenges religion, but the most powerful civilization in human history.

The Chinese people came, with the stubbornness and stubbornness peculiar to atheists, and presented God with a great problem!

The Tower of Babel did not exist in the Bible, but the Chinese built their own Tower of Babel, and soon the bases of the Chinese would be on the moon, on Mars, on all distant planets, none of which had anything to do with God.

The scene in Vatican Square on Christmas Eve is destined to remain forever in the history of mankind, and the faithful hold up signs and shout in unison, hoping to know what to do in the future, why the non-religious barbarians of the East are about to go to the stars.

One day, two days, three days, seeing that there are still twelve hours left, the launching ceremony of the space elevator will begin, Luo Jia will take the elevator directly to the geosynchronous orbit, and when the Westerners are panicking, the Vatican finally makes its own voice.

"Xingchen Technology controls the gene channel and prolongs the life span of human beings because of God's guidance!"

"If there are aliens beyond the earth, then they are also God's created people!"