On the shore of Longshan Lake in the Milky Way Orion spiral arm, it is the golden autumn of October at this time, sparkling, sunny, lakes and mountains, with a strong autumn mood, where are Liu Qingquan, Jiang Zhipeng, and Mo Qingming chatting while slowly enjoying a good time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Boss, time flies! Thousands of years have passed in a blink of an eye, like when I was just out of campus and was deceived by the boss to this Liuyun Town, I never thought that I would have today, fate is really amazing! ”

Jiang Zhipeng said with some emotion, thousands of years have passed in a hurry, but the years seem to have stayed in everyone's body, whether it is Liu Qingquan, Jiang Zhipeng, or Mo Qingming are all masters of Yuanli cultivation, with a long lifespan, thousands of years is nothing at all, and now they still look as young as they did at the beginning.

"I can't help it, Liuyun Town at that time was a very backward central town, don't you know, at that time in the village, young people went out to work, leaving the old people at home with children, this child because of the lack of parental discipline, none of them are the same."

"The old man too, there is no young man in the village, sometimes the old man walks for a long time before being discovered, young people go out to work every year, and the money they earn is also very meager, they work to make money to marry a daughter-in-law, and when they grow up, they work to make money to marry a daughter-in-law."

"At that time, I seemed to see that the fate of generations of rural people seemed to go on like this, so I thought at that time, no matter what, I will also change the fate of my hometown."

"At that time, Liuyun Town wanted nothing, and it was basically impossible to engage in high-tech things, but I still insisted, because I knew that if everyone didn't want to change the fate of their hometown and country, then the backward appearance of their hometown would never change."

"Those of us in the countryside have to leave our homes for generations, and there may be occasional people who can pull out this cycle, but after all, they are still a minority!"

Liu Qingquan's eyes seemed to go back in time, back to thousands of years ago, the Liuyun Town at that time was completely different from now, at this time Liuyun Town was already the holy land of the Yuanli warriors of the entire empire, and countless geniuses from all parts of the empire came here to study every day.

"So boss, you're a great man! Not only has the fate of the people of Liuyun Town been changed, but the fate of our entire nation has been changed, now we are standing in the forest of strong clans in the galaxy, and we will stand in the forest of strong clans in the universe in the future! ”

Mo Qingming was very upright and patted Liu Qingquan on the back.

"You sycophant, it's loud!"

"Haha!"

Jiang Zhipeng and Liu Qingquan laughed happily, and their friendship with each other has deepened for thousands of years. They have a common ideal, and work hard for it, and finally realize their original dreams one by one!

"Zhipeng, I heard that the development of your Space Science Research Institute has slowed down a lot over the years, what's going on?"

The topic chatted and chatted and returned to the present.

"The boss is like this, after our sky-covering project was launched, a large number of space scientists were needed in various places, and our scientists had to run around with Orion spiral arms, and there was not much time to settle down and do good research!"

"Another thing is that the void minerals such as the Void Crystals that we have mined are basically used in the equipment and instruments to create space blockade, so our laboratory is not at all like before, with sufficient materials for scientists to experiment, and the development is naturally much slower."

Jiang Zhipeng nodded here, and said the current difficulties encountered by the Imperial Academy of Space Sciences, the Imperial Academy of Space Sciences is the most powerful among all the imperial science academies, and it has always been the one that has produced the most achievements, but in recent times, it is obvious that the development speed of the Academy of Space Sciences has slowed down, and compared with other science academies, there is no such situation as before.

"The Sky Covering Project is a matter related to whether our empire can survive the catastrophe, this cannot be delayed, and the sooner it can be completed, the more beneficial it will be to our empire!"

Liu Qingquan first emphasized the importance of the "Covering the Sky" project, which is the key core work content that the empire has formulated for the next tens of thousands of years, which cannot be changed, let alone delayed.

"However, the development of space scientist technology is also very important, and with the development of space science and technology, we can complete the sky-covering project better and faster."

"Well, it's really a bit difficult to do now, space scientists are indispensable on the side of the Sky Covering Project, but space scientists are busy and can't concentrate on research, and the development of our space science and technology has slowed down, which is like entering a cycle."

Liu Qingquan frowned, constantly thinking about the solution in his mind, but Liu Qingquan couldn't think of any good way for a while, so he could only frown.

"Yes! Boss, now I'm not in a hurry, watching the achievements of other research institutes continue to emerge, our Academy of Space Sciences Research Institute was originally stable and pressed on them, but now it is overwhelmed by other research institutes. ”

Jiang Zhipeng also nodded, the various scientific research institutes of the empire often compete and compare with each other, take this Jiang Zhipeng and Mo Qingming as examples, one is the boss of the Space Science Research Institute, the other is the boss of the Materials Science Research Institute, and the two of them like to fight or something, this fight is thousands of years.

"Haha, Zhipeng, our Research Institute of the Academy of Materials Sciences has almost studied the degenerate materials, this time you lost, remember to send that bottle of purple light civilization wine to my house."

Mo Qingming was very happy when he said this, the impact of this "covering the sky" project on the Institute of Materials Science was very small, and the Academy of Materials Science and Materials Science had absorbed the technology of the Herris civilization on the manufacture of degenerate materials because of the investigation of the statue of Herris, and after these years of development, the technology of the manufacture of degenerate materials has been studied.

"Go, go, it's all this time, and I'm still thinking about my bottle of wine!"

Jiang Zhipeng couldn't cry or laugh, more than 500 years ago, Jiang Zhipeng's descendants got Jiang Zhipeng a bottle of good wine from the purple light civilization, and he didn't know how Mo Qingming knew about it, so he dragged Jiang Zhipeng to gamble.

The Academy of Materials Science led by Mo Qingming researches degenerate materials, and the Academy of Space Science led by Mo Qingming researches space storage technology.

"In this way, I think we should increase the training of the Academy of Space Sciences, and discover more talents with space science research talents, the development of space science and technology cannot be stopped, this is the capital of our empire in the future!"

Liu Qingquan thought carefully for a long time, and then slowly spoke.

"Well, I'll think of a way here, if the technology of space blockade can be developed, our engineering volume can also be greatly reduced, and I will go back and convene a meeting to discuss this issue."

"However, the void materials needed to study space technology, such as the crystallization of the void realm, are really indispensable, and even experiments can't be done without them! But the Void Realm Crystallization is also needed here for the Sky Covering Project, so I really don't know what to do! ”

Jiang Zhipeng frowned, thinking hard, the equipment for creating a space blockade needs to use the Void Crystal, and scientists also need to use the Void Crystals to study space technology, and it seems that there is only one choice between the two.

"Acquire from the various galactic overlords, they stand at the core of the galaxy, more or less have some, and increase the mining of the crystals of the void realm to expand the source!"

Liu Qingquan knew that the key problem was that the supply of the Void Realm Crystals could not keep up with the demand, so it would lead to such a problem.

"The supply of the Galactic Overlords' Void Realm Crystals is already very low, and the main source now is the mining of our own Void Realm Crystalline Minerals, and it is difficult to increase it in a short period of time!"

Jiang Zhipeng shook his head, he had carefully investigated and taken these things seriously.

"Hmmm! In this way, let's go to the Void Crystallization Mining Area and see how Void Crystallization Mining is going! ”

Liu Qingquan pondered for a long time, and decided to go to the Void Realm Crystallization Mining Area to have a look.

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Orion spirals away from the Phantom Star Domain, which seems to have little fame in the Empire at the beginning, and it can even be said that very few people know about it, but this is a situation that the general public can know.

For the upper echelons of the Empire, this Illusory Star Domain is a vital star field for the entire Empire, and the Imperial Time and Space Administration has concealed this star field, and ordinary spaceships of space civilization cannot fly here without guidance.

At the same time, there is still a huge fleet stationed in the Phantom Star Domain, and everything here is vigilant at all times.

The Alien Star Domain is a collective name for the 10 light-year diameter range star field centered on the Alien Galaxy, which has 6 star systems, and it doesn't seem to be a rich sky, compared to the rich star fields of the Empire, it seems that this can only be regarded as a barren countryside.

However, in the eyes of the Empire's higher-ups, this is a very important Star Domain, because this is the Empire's earliest and most important Void Realm Crystallization Mining Area.

In every void here in the Phantom Star Domain, space cities radiated dazzling light, and countless small spaceships rose and fell and flew around on them.

At the same time, strange machines in the void are deeply rooted in the void, and the whole body is crystal clear, and from time to time with the ripples of space, these machines will mine pieces of crystal clear void crystals and other colors of void minerals.

It's like a busy construction site, where space-time excavators work day and night, digging out countless void crystals from the ocean of space-time, and then these void crystals are transported to special processing centers to make space blockade equipment and instruments that the empire needs now.

Because it is in a very good position, in the void ocean where the Phantom Star Domain is located, a very important space-time current of Orion's spiral arm bends here, and void minerals such as void crystals are accumulated and precipitated here, which is a very rich space-time mineral area.

Don't look at the range of only 10 light-years away from the Phantom Star Domain, but the Void Crystals produced by the Phantom Star Domain account for more than half of the Empire's Void Realm Crystal production, and the output of the Empire's other mining areas in the Orion Spiral Arm combined is less than the output of the Phantom Star Domain.

At this time, Liu Qingquan had already come to the Phantom Star Domain, flying continuously in a small spaceship, inspecting the work of using excavators.

"Xiao Cai, how is the current situation of the mining of the Void Realm Crystalline Minerals in the Phantom Star Domain? How much output can be produced per day? ”

Beside Liu Qingquan and Jiang Zhipeng, Cai Jiaming, the person in charge of the Phantom Star Domain, followed behind at this time, and when he heard Liu Qingquan's question, he hurriedly responded.

"Your Majesty, at present, we are currently able to mine about 1 million square meters of Void Realm crystals and about 100,000 other Void Minerals in one day away from the Phantom Star Domain!"

"1 million square meters? It's too little, no wonder it's so tight now, the Phantom Star Domain is the most important void mineral mining area in our empire, and the output is only about 1 million square meters a day, and the output of our entire empire is less than 2 million square meters a day! ”

"This output is estimated to be only enough for our Academy of Sciences to engage in scientific research, as well as to manufacture space science and technology weapons and equipment, no wonder as soon as our sky-covering project is launched, our Void Realm Crystallization is completely insufficient, and the output is too small!"

Liu Qingquan frowned, very dissatisfied, the Void Realm Crystallization can now be said to have seriously restricted the development of the empire's science and technology, and it can't keep up with the supply demand.

The Imperial Academy of Space Science needs to use the Void Crystals for experiments, and the Imperial Military also needs to use the Void Crystals to manufacture space technology-related weapons, equipment, and instruments.

"Yes, Boss! It is seriously insufficient, and the manufacturing of space equipment on our military side has been stopped, and the non-important experiments on the side of the scientific research institute have also stopped using the Void Crystal, and all of them are inclined to the Heaven-Covering Project. ”

"Even so, when our Sky Covering Project is fully rolled out, our Void Realm Crystals will not be able to keep up, and it is estimated that it will be very difficult to even meet the Sky Covering Project at that time!"

Jiang Zhipeng also had a feeling, there are too many places that need to be used for this void crystal.

"It can't go on like this, how can the military make weapons of space science and technology without the Void Crystal, and the research of the Academy of Sciences cannot be stopped, and we must find ways to increase the output of the Void Crystal."

Liu Qingquan said categorically, and then kept thinking in his mind, this situation is nothing more than open source and throttling, now throttling is impossible, and the demand will continue to expand in the future, so I can only find a way to open source!