Space, altitude 36,000 km, geosynchronous orbit.

Click~

Click~

The robots are hard at work, and with each recent launch, a robotics engineering team will be sent into space while carrying the space station module, until the number is saturated to the size of sixty robots and twelve construction teams.

Twelve construction teams are the best optimization after scientific demonstration, after all, the launch speed is limited, and the robot is tireless, working 24 hours a day, the construction team is too large, there will be a situation where there are not enough raw materials, and workers are waiting for building materials.

In the quiet and dark space, you can clearly see that the central axis of Station Zero is nearing completion, which is the greatest miracle in the history of human space, the height, volume, and life span are all hundreds of times, or even thousands of times that of the International Space Station.

In January 2019, the ISS had an orbital altitude of 334 km, but in August it had increased to 356 km.

On average, the orbital altitude of the International Space Station is maintained at about 345 kilometers, which is less than one percent of the orbital altitude of Station Zero, and the gap is too big, it is simply the difference between an airplane and a horse-drawn carriage, and there is no way to compare, and this is still the smallest of all the gaps, and the rest of the gaps such as volume, living space, self-sustaining ability, etc. are even greater, which is simply miserable.

"These crazy people, they are really fast, the central axis of Station Zero has already taken shape, and it has only been a few months since their first launch." Musk is in the office, staring at the screen without blinking.

As a competitor, Musk is very concerned about the every move of Station Zero, and while Station Zero is being built, North America is not idle, they have mobilized the forces of the entire West to desperately launch satellites into low earth orbit, trying to complete the first interstellar Internet project in human history, Starlink, before Station Zero is completed.

Now the world's most eye-catching focus is the space hegemony between China and the United States, Luo Jia represents the Huaxia team to build Station Zero, and Musk represents the North American and Western teams to build Starlink.

Compared with the huge space program, the challenge of the semiconductor alliance to the chip industry of Xingchen Technology, the war of the Global Automobile Industry Federation against the three giants of Huaxia Automobile, and the R&D competition between Western biological and pharmaceutical groups and the life science department of Xingchen Technology, these sub-battlefields are inferior.

So far, it is still Xingchen Technology that has the advantage, although from the perspective of profit prospects, Starlink Network is easier to make money, and Station Zero seems to be a bottomless pit for burning money, but Xingchen Technology has a big killer of robots, and Star Wings has a large number of fans around the world in just a few months, and it has the characteristics of becoming a new generation of Internet celebrities.

"Hey, that's like... A big bundle of rope...? ”

Looking at the objects slowly floating in space, Musk fell into deep thought, he manipulated the spy satellite, zoomed in the camera, and confirmed that it was really a kind of rope, very thin and long, wound into a cylinder, and sent into space by the star rocket, which seemed to be part of the space station zero.

Musk was confused, he scratched his scalp and didn't figure it out, what does Station Zero do with so many ropes?

And it was obviously not an ordinary rope, it was very thin, but it was amazingly tough.

……

Weigu Island, Indonesia.

The huge mountain has been hollowed out from the middle, and the construction forces from China State Construction, Railway Construction, Road and Bridge, and Marine Engineering have been fighting on the island for a whole year.

In addition to hollowing out the mountain, they also built a wharf capable of accommodating 10,000-ton cargo ships, a ring road, a winding mountain road, a 6.5-kilometer man-made beach, a residential area capable of accommodating 100,000 people, two integrated commercial centers, a Carmen vortex street power generation array, a super-large waterworks, and street lamps all over the island.

The local residents were incomparably shocked, the legend of the infrastructure madness has long been known, but they never expected that the infrastructure madness would be so powerful, in just one year, dare to call the sun and the moon to change the sky, Weigu Island from a wild island with only 3,000 inhabitants, into a modern paradise full of high-tech.

Some local natives rowed canoes and tried to migrate to Weigu Island, but unfortunately they were intercepted by patrol boats hidden in the shadows.

The only thing waiting for the intruder is the prison, and the legal department of Xingchen Technology has always been known for being uncompromising and suing you to death.

Thundered~

The helicopter let out a piercing roar and landed on Weigu Island, Cao Yuan stepped off the plane and met Cai Zhuguo, the head of the national team in the local area, and shook hands cordially.

They then drove up the coastline to the top of the hill, where they stood on a concrete platform and looked out at the bottomless crater below, the bottom of which was brightly lit and the noise of machinery was constantly heard, and thousands of workers were working 24 hours a day.

Cai Zhuguo unfolded the construction blueprint and introduced the progress of the project to Cao Yuan, the ground part of the space elevator was about to be filled, and the huge mechanical support was like the claws of a monster, deep into the seabed under Weigu Island, and firmly grasped it, like a fixed bolt driven into the ground.

Soon after, Station Zero will hang down the first cable, connecting the ground to Station Zero, and the principle of the space elevator is like a rope with a stone tied to the top, and then the rope will naturally be straightened by swinging it round.

It doesn't sound difficult, but there are twists and turns, and only the scientists who challenge this super project can really understand that in the past year or so, hundreds of thousands of engineers and scientists from Xingchen Technology have not slept peacefully, and they have all worked hard.

"Let's go, let's go down and have a look." Cao Yuan rubbed his messy hairstyle and said in a deep voice: "The No. 1 cable is about to be installed, and we must make sure that everything is foolproof." ”

Cai Zhuguo was stunned, "So fast? ”

"The soldiers are fast." Cao Yuan chuckled and said: "Our President Luo said that the first phase of the Starlink network will be launched in North America soon, no matter what, we must not let the opponent be complacent." ”

"Really? Musk's guy is also very fast, when do you know? Cai Zhuguo asked curiously.

Cao Yuan shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "February 14th, Valentine's Day in the West, I don't know who came up with the bad idea on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, picking Valentine's Day to open the Starlink network, I despise our group of single dogs." ”

Puff~

Cai Zhuguo couldn't hold back for a while, and almost laughed out loud, the tough guy Tiantuan lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of single dogs, even if Xingchen has been online for four years, it can't solve all the problems, it seems that some people are destined to be single since the beginning of their mother's womb.

"Those grandsons are really bad enough, what a single dog, you just don't want to waste your time on women." Cai Zhuguo saw Cao Yuan frowning, and hurriedly put on a serious face and said.

……

"Valentine's Day without a Valentine..."

In the meditation center, Luo Jia was in a good mood humming a song, the space elevator project was progressing well, and the first cable could be installed soon, just in time for the announcement of the first phase of the North American Star Alliance Network, two weeks earlier than Luo Jia's plan.

There was a sudden tremor in his wrist, Luo Jia glanced at the smart watch, and saw that the time agreed with the black sword had arrived, so he came to the third basement floor, put on the virtual reality helmet, opened the tower of the secret net, and entered the ruins.

The black sword had already come in advance, his mental state didn't seem to be very good, he was sitting next to the fountain in a daze, his eyes were staring at the constantly shaking water, and when he saw Luo Jia coming, he hurriedly stood up and took two steps forward.

"Mr. Luo Jia!" Black Sword said respectfully.

"Well, what's going on over there, you should have successfully entered the Oblivion Galaxy, right?" Luo Jia asked, Heijian was very happy to pay in advance, Luo Jia will naturally be concerned about his affairs, doing business, word of mouth is very important.

Black Sword frowned, very embarrassed, and said: "The situation is really indescribable, with the position mark you gave, we have indeed successfully entered the Forgotten Galaxy, but the situation is far more complicated than I imagined. ”

"First of all, interference, magnetic signals, radar signals, space signals, gravitational signals, various signal sources have been lost one after another, or they have fallen into chaos for no reason, since the loss of artificial intelligence assistance, radar and fire control systems have been relying on manual calculation and analysis, chaotic signal sources have increased the workload limit, and the crew has complained bitterly."

"The second is mental pressure, and I, the second commander of the fleet, the chief engineer, and the senior crew members of the fleet, all feel as if they are being spied on, as if there are invisible eyes in the dark, staring at us."

How could there be such a strange thing?

Luo Jia opened the star map in his mind to check, according to the information of the golden dome, it is normal for the Forgotten Galaxy to be extremely chaotic and have signal disturbances, but the mysterious sense of peeping cannot be explained.

"Assuming that it is the reason of Black Sword alone, it is impossible for all senior crew members to have problems, and the higher the level of the crew, the more obvious the feeling of being peeped at, which should be the reason for the different degrees of perception."

Luo Jia's mind was fast, and he denied the possibility of the black sword lying, the major civilizations attach great importance to the development of human potential, and to become a senior seamember, you must get a high score in the potential development course, which is why the senior crew has feelings, but the low-level crew members have no feelings.

"I'm sorry, I'm just a navigator, not a psychoanalyst, and I can't give an answer to the question of peeping, but signal interference is normal, and it is a risk that must be taken to force into the Forgotten Galaxy." Luo Jia said with a bit of a god temperament.

Black Sword nodded and smiled awkwardly, "It's true that I'm too presumptuous to ask questions outside of your major, after entering the Forgotten Galaxy, we immediately sent reconnaissance ships and exploration drones, and found that what we were looking for is very likely to exist in the seventh, eighth, and thirteenth star sectors, and I want to explore there first." ”

Luo Jia nodded slightly, the strategy had been set before, the Forgotten Galaxy was too big, composed of more than a hundred star regions, after the black sword entered, he first used the drone to roughly explore, and after determining a smaller area, Luo Jia was piloting it.

"Seventh, eighth, thirteenth?"

Luo Jia muttered, and the whole map of these three star regions quickly appeared in his mind, and they were combined to form a triangular region, in which there were many turbulence, as well as spatial faults that were more dangerous than turbulence.

After a little thought, Luo Jia began to plan a route for the Black Sword.

"As long as you follow the route I have given you, you can avoid the dangers in the area, and remember, don't deviate from the route unless you have to." Luo Jia admonished solemnly.

After doing all this, Black Sword took the route marker and returned to the fleet full of gratitude, and Luo Jia also returned to Earth and began to prepare for the establishment of the space elevator No. 1 cable.

As the old saying goes, it's hard to get started, and if you can complete this step, the craziest space program in history will be half the battle.