Ten days later.

The Foundation Camp of the Society of Light.

Zhou Guangyuan and his party, who had been "traveling merchants" outside for nearly three months, finally returned.

Seeing their bicycle team, the three members who stayed behind were so excited that they were about to cry.

"Boss, you're back."

"I thought you had fallen into your comfort zone and abandoned us completely."

"If you don't come back, I don't want to take care of the ten acres of corn, and I'll run away!"

They complained one after another, and they all complained in their hearts.

After all, they said that they would go out for a month, but they didn't expect that the corn they planted was about to mature, and Zhou Guangyuan and they came back.

"Little cheap, Caicai, Brother D, aren't we coming back, that time it was an accident and was forcibly left behind, but fortunately, we have successfully escaped, and we also promise that this situation will not happen again in the future."

Zhou Guangyuan patted them on the shoulder and made reassurances again and again.

All in all, after some parting and twists and turns, the ending was happy after all, and the camp soon resounded with joyful voices.

……

Sorted out the harvest from this time.

In the next half month, they not only harvested the corn in the field, but also took better agricultural tools, reclaimed hundreds of acres of land, and planted a large number of fruit trees, corn, wheat and some vegetable crops.

Although the strife in the outside world is getting bigger and bigger.

There have even been player forces of more than 1,000 people, I don't know what resources they are fighting for, and they are PK and fighting.

If it weren't for the severity of the death penalty in this game, I'm afraid the server would already be full of war, and it would be difficult to solve the killing.

It's just that Zhou Guangyuan is really a little difficult to understand, and he doesn't understand what those player forces are killing and killing, what is it for?

"To occupy quest resources? Monopoly on certain precious minerals? But there are no copies, no minerals, only endless prairies in Tectonic World. ”

"To occupy more land? However, the map of "Tectonic World" is almost boundless, with an area of more than 7,000 square kilometers per capita...... There's a place everywhere. ”

"It's not about competing for rare equipment and magic weapons, it's completely different from other virtual games, everything here is constructed by the players themselves, and the players are the core resources, but there is a war of attrition between these resources."

Zhou Guangyuan shook his head, feeling that those player forces who fought and killed were not competing for resources at all, but were wasting and consuming resources meaninglessly.

And these days, in the process of farming, I feel the fulfillment and joy of the construction process, and I am about to become a reality when I see the beautiful life of brick by brick in my hands, taking shape, and constantly improving...... Indescribable.

But I was really happy.

Even in the process of labor, a few teammates are always complaining, shouting tired, and trying to be lazy in various ways, but this is also part of the joy.

He likes to live like this.

He thinks that's what the game is all about.

Farming.

He likes this kind of relatively pure farming very much, and in his bones, maybe he is a farming party.

But it's still the same sentence: as long as there are people, there will be rivers and lakes.

Even if there are no dungeons, magic weapons, monsters, cities, etc. to compete for resources, the "evil" and "goodness", "greed" and "duty" among the players will eventually break out into conflict and stage scenes of grievances and hatreds.

If you don't have a strong enough self-defense ability, the next time you encounter a domineering and arrogant force, you can't do it even if you want to farm with peace of mind.

Therefore, while reclaiming farmland and orchards and building brick houses, Zhou Guangyuan and the others were also thinking hard about how to improve the self-protection strength of the "Society of Light", so that when facing the coercion and intimidation of those players with more than 100 people, they could be repelled by force, instead of considering abandoning the camp and moving to other places.

This requires self-defence weapons that are sufficiently deterrent.

But except for sharp cold weapons, Zhou Guangyuan and the others couldn't even construct a pistol, after all, they had hardly touched any hot weapons in reality.

As for automatic rifles, light and heavy machine guns, and even light and heavy artillery, it is even more impossible to construct them, they do not understand them at all.

Fortunately, one day when he was browsing the official website forum, Zhou Guangyuan's eyes lit up and he saw a very magical weapon designed by a certain player.

The structure of this weapon is simple, the principles are clear, and most importantly, the power is far superior to that of conventional thermal weapons.

Laser guns.

Cane-type high-power laser gun.

It's about the size of a normal walking stick.

The instantaneous power exceeds 5KW.

The firing range is above 2000 meters.

The maximum duration is more than 5 seconds.

Because it is a direct-aiming weapon, its accuracy is far higher than that of bullet weapon systems, which are susceptible to humidity, temperature, wind speed, gravity, and recoil.

It can be said that it is a super weapon that can eliminate hot weapons.

Regarding the design principle of this weapon, it is even more amazing.

Zhou Guangyuan took the schematic diagram he drew and said to his teammates:

"I have to say that the player who designed this game, if not a genius, is a great genius."

He came up with the idea of putting a special glass material with a 100% light reflection rate into a walking stick, so that the light would continue to reflect inside, and finally all the photons would converge and shoot out from the end at the same parallel angle.

"As for how to generate a large number of photons, the player thought of the reaction of positive and antimatter, all of which were converted into light energy, and every time we pulled the trigger slightly, billions of antimatter atoms entered the reaction chamber and reacted with the common nitrogen element in the air, releasing a large amount of energy."

"Due to the huge amount of energy contained in antimatter, even a 10-gram antimatter ammunition is enough for the laser gun to fire tens of thousands of rounds, not to mention the weight reduction, it is almost equivalent to unlimited ammunition, and the firepower is extremely sustainable."

"In addition, when this laser gun is launched, high-energy photons will heat the air molecules in the barrel, the barrel will be a little hot, and the internal temperature may rise to four or five hundred degrees, at this time, the laser gun can be adjusted to particle mode, replaced with argon particle bullets, increase the power of light energy, and the laser gun can become a 'particle gun', shooting a stream of high-energy particles with a speed of more than 1000 kilometers per hour, and carrying out a fatal high-energy strike on people or physics within a thousand meters."

"So this laser gun can perform both energy attacks and physical attacks, and will not be helpless against objects such as reflective glass."

"By that measure, it's the perfect weapon!"

"As long as we can construct it, we will immediately have enough self-defense capabilities to develop peacefully and steadily for a while."

Zhou Guangyuan said excitedly, finding a good way to effectively defend.

The team members looked at the sketch of the principle carefully, and had to sigh and said: "The principle can indeed be understood at a glance, and a laser weapon like this cannot be manufactured in reality, there is no 100% reflective glass material in reality, and antimatter is extremely expensive to prepare, and it is impossible to use it in light weapons." ”

"But this is "Constructing the World", our thinking is not limited by inherent matter, as long as we have excellent imagination, then any destructive weapon can be made, even including the black hole that devours everything and destroys everything, it is possible to manifest."

"A strong and powerful imagination is the best weapon to protect ourselves."

"That's right."

Zhou Guangyuan nodded in agreement and said, "At present, let's find a way to construct the cane-type laser gun designed by that player, we don't have such a powerful imagination, we can only follow behind the genius and solve the problem of self-preservation first." ”

……

The next few weeks.

In addition to the daily work of farming and building houses.

Zhou Guangyuan and the others also took out one-third of their time and half of the construction energy value to find a way to construct that laser gun.

Although the principle is very simple, the specific construction process still takes a lot of effort and energy.

For example, the reflective glass in the cane, in order to make the light reflect the same path, it is necessary to delve into the knowledge of mathematics and optics, so that the angle of each glass conforms to the laws of mathematics.

For example, antimatter cannot be constructed simply, and even if it is successfully constructed, it cannot only be exposed to the air, but must be contained in a special container, and subsequent processing is more troublesome.

Moreover, since the antimatter has been constructed, it seems that there is not much need to build any laser gun, as long as 1 kilogram of antimatter is exposed to the air, it is immediately equivalent to an explosion effect of 10 million tons of equivalent, and any hostile force will be annihilated, which is equivalent to having strategic deterrence in hand.

The laser gun is a little chicken right away.

It is unlikely that any player force will target a player team with a large number of antimatter, and one bad thing is to die together.

"Conventional weapons still need a little bit, it is impossible to die at every turn, there is really no way, and then consider releasing a large amount of antimatter...... We're going to have to keep building the laser gun. Zhou Guangyuan said.

About a month later.

A series of technical problems were solved, and the cane-type laser gun was successfully constructed.

After some experimental shooting, the set indicators were fully achieved, and the performance in some aspects was even more surprising.

The "Meeting of Light" announced that it had officially bid farewell to the era of cold weapons and had a sufficiently reliable self-defense capability and a strategic deterrence capability.

Puff puff!

Several shots were fired in succession, knocking down multiple corn cobs that were lying 500 meters away.

Zhou Guangyuan said excitedly: "Great, it's so easy!" ”

"In the future, we can develop with peace of mind, without fear of harassment by any force, from now on, we have the freedom to develop independently, and we can do it according to our own will and ideas!"

This is as significant as announcing that the 'Society of Light' has stood up, and that the Society of Light does not have to look at anyone's face in the future.

……

End of December.

In reality.

Space city.

Recently, there has been an influx of immigrants, and within two months, more than 100,000 human immigrants have entered the space city and moved into the first settlement belt.

As the population increases, the space city begins to become lively, and there are more people coming and going, moving around, and slowly gaining some popularity.

However, due to the fact that all aspects of supporting facilities are not particularly perfect, there are also a series of problems.

There are even individual problems that are very serious.

Steward Bowen reported on this day: "Your Majesty, this week we completed the immigration mission of 28,000 people, but did not adapt to the space environment, gave up the immigration status, and applied to return to Blue Mercury for immigration, there are 548 people this week, an increase of 45% over last week, and maintain a rapid growth trend." ”

"How can so many people give up on immigration?"

Levi frowned and said, "What is the reason for this, is it that the conditions and treatment here are not good enough, I have already adapted to it." ”

"It's not about the environment."

Bowen shook his head and said: "In addition to the difference in gravity, in fact, the air composition, atmospheric pressure, humidity and temperature in the space city are not much different from the surface of Blue Mercury, and there is no shortage of water, electricity, and network, convenient transportation, there is no shortage of living materials in all aspects, the quality of life is no different from that on the ground, and the education and medical facilities are even better." ”

"And the immigrants who apply to abandon immigration and want to return to Blue Mercury are generally under the age of 30 and over 18 years old, and 98% of the young people in this age range are ...... The main thing is that young people don't fit in with us. ”

"Why don't young people adapt?" Levi asked.

"It's mainly entertainment and socialization, not very adaptable, and more than 97% of these young people who want to go back have played at least one virtual online game, but the space city is more than 20,000 kilometers away from Blue Mercury, and the network latency is more than 150 milliseconds, or even more than 300 milliseconds, and the game experience is very bad, or they can't play virtual online games at all."

"This has led to the loss of their previous entertainment, the loss of some friends, and even the occurrence of girlfriends being pried away...... These factors have led them to give up some of the benefits of staying in the space city and return to Blue Mercury. ”

Bowen the butler explained.

"What do you mean...... Is it because the network is not very good that they gave up their identity as citizens of the Dark Empire? ”

"That's pretty much it, Your Majesty, natives are natives after all, and they still can't let go of some low-value things, giving up a brighter future."

"Is there a way to curb this trend?"

"Unless it costs a lot of money to build a few more high-bandwidth quantum communication devices to meet their needs, but the cost of doing so is very high, the average bandwidth resource for each person will cost at least 50 million, but the number of immigrants will increase to more than 5 million in the future, which is an unaffordable expense."

"Then forget it, I can afford a maximum of 10,000 people." Levi frowned.

But this will not solve the problem of losing young people.

There are hundreds of people every week, and there may be thousands in the future, and if this trend continues, it will even affect the overall situation, reduce the attractiveness of space cities, and make most of the outstanding young people in the prime of life not consider coming to space cities for development.

So we have to find a way to make the space city attractive enough to attract people who want to immigrate to it.

Even the attraction is big enough to overcome their dependence on the Blue Mercury network.

Amusement...... Culture.

After thinking about it, Levi intends to make a fuss about this.