On the path of deep space, human beings are still developing happily.

Due to the harsh living environment and low fertility rate in the past few years, after the development of the new earth, human beings still maintained the original rhythm of reproduction after living in a pleasant environment again, and even had test-tube babies as an add, and the natural population growth rate returned to the figure of 5 per 1,000.

The threat of population explosion threatens humanity once again, but compared to the fact that they have to conquer so many star systems, the problem seems less serious, and besides, the Eastern Galaxy does need 10 times the current population to support their war funding.

Therefore, after entering the 22nd century, the East Galaxy Company has not taken the initiative to promulgate many policies, relying on the economic means of the mayors of various cities, it can still be seen that the human power is naturally expanding, and both the population and the economy are soaring by an order of magnitude, reaching a pleasing number.

During this time, Cao Chuan did two things, one of which was the cantilever exploration plan, ostensibly to find the economic flashpoint after the Deep Space Road, but in fact, to find their new second base.

They will first send 200 third-generation unmanned spacecraft to explore the star system within 100 light-years centered on the solar system, and the work can be concluded within 50 years; The second is to explore the cantilever section of Orion within 1,000 light years, which will be completed before the arrival of the 23rd century if the speed of light is maintained at 20 times. The last item is his true purpose, to cross the cantilever to the centaur cantilever and the immortal cantilever arm, and if he succeeds in finding the way and does not encounter the unknown, then the conclusion will be drawn before the end of the 25th century.

200 ships is a preliminary number, in the star-studded inner galaxy. There are more than 5,000 star systems within 100 light years, and even if they follow the direction of the dark energy tide, a few light years apart, and do not need to send personnel into the hinterland of the star system, the number of 200 ships is still too little.

Cantilever exploration planned. The final number of spaceships will exceed 2,000, which is a big project with an investment of 200 trillion, and there is no need to worry that the project will be divided into decades to complete, and the annual investment is not as huge as imagined.

After discussions, East Galaxy announced their cantilever exploration plan, with the third generation of spacecraft in front, and at the current speed of the spacecraft, there is no longer a challenge to explore the universe 100 light-years away. Not too many people were surprised.

In the sense of the cantilever exploration program, there will be a way to further open the map of the fog, so that they can see that the size of the world has increased by 1,000 times, and from a distance of 20 light-years to 100 light-years, the types of cosmic stars that humans can touch will increase exponentially, and they will touch neutron stars, pulsars, and nebulae that they have never touched before. Dark matter cloud, blue giant. The four-star structure and so on, it stands to reason that people are still looking forward to it.

This is the scientific value, theoretically there will be a few more stars of life, and a few deep space paths will be found, then the economic value will also be supplemented, and so on. The human world can accommodate 100 billion people, and the total economic volume is 100 million.

However, the attention of the cantilever exploration plan is not as high as imagined, because the deep space road still has a big sweetness, and before it is exhausted, why should human beings go to a longer and laborious place to develop. Only the regular employees of the East Galaxy Company, as well as the bigwigs who know the truth, will continue to pay attention.

After the plan was announced, Planet 3, which had a large number of shipyards, undertook the production task, and was put into the sequence by White Lotus, relying on the strong productivity of Planet 3, in 2001, Planet 3 of the EG000002 star system, White Lotus registered the first batch of 20 flying star spaceships that were completed, and docked them at the airport in a unified arrangement.

"That's trillions, if you give me these 20 ships... How many star systems can be opened! Several regular employees thought enviously, although they have their own spaceships, the problem is that there is only one, and it is very convenient to run around as a private car, and it is a little inadequate to directly devote themselves to planet development.

"Don't worry, wait until the cantilever exploration plan has preliminary results, and then through the planet calculus, we will find at least hundreds of planets for us to explore, and when the time comes, you can play whatever you want."

"That's what Mr. Advisor said!" A few regular employees couldn't resist the impulse, maybe in a few decades, when the East Galaxy Company grew into a force with thousands of star systems, they really had the opportunity to become the masters of a planet, which they had been looking forward to since they joined the East Galaxy Company.

"Final confirmation!" Cao Chuan saw that the time was almost up, and motioned to the onlookers to pay attention, his mind command was entered into the spaceship, and the artificial intelligence inside the spacecraft immediately received it, and it would never be released unless it was authorized.

"Target, a universe with a radius of 100 light-years centered on the solar system!" Cao Chuan gave the order, the exact way the spacecraft will go is uncertain, in case the dark energy tide is not found, the spacecraft will take hundreds of years to reach the destination, therefore, the exploration spacecraft must have the ability to make independent decisions, will choose a route according to the nearby "road conditions".

Anyway, the goal is not to explore all the surrounding star systems, the radius is 100 light years, there are 5,000 star systems, and each star system takes one year to fly over, which is a total of 5,000 years, how can they have so much time.

Then, the ship's reactor is activated, it goes into acceleration, and it is about to take off.

Everyone's expressions became solemn, and those in the know wished the spacecraft to achieve the results they expected, believing that after so many attempts, there would eventually be successful people who would find their way to the new world and a safe and rich rear for them.

Even if it was someone who was in the know, Cao Chuan only released the information of the forces belonging to the King of the Giant Mouth on the Deep Space Path, if they understood the existence of the Deep Dive Mother and even the Andromeda Shadow, they would not be so confident.

And the truth, for the time being, is still borne by himself, he believes that one day, East Galaxy is qualified enough to bear these truths, and it will be more interesting when the time comes.

As for the uninformed, these spacecraft are completely treated with respect, without unmanned spacecraft, human beings have to rely on their bodies to explore planets one by one, and such efficiency and risk are undoubtedly huge, and I don't know how many people will be sacrificed on this road. (To be continued.) )