After the meeting, Ye Ming went back to his suite in the Expert Hotel in Space City to take a shower, and did not go out again, but ordered the back kitchen to get some food casually, and continued to discuss with Director Niu and Director Zhang while eating in the room. Diaphragm

The idea of building a space dock in advance was born temporarily after Ye Ming went to space.

What do you mean by that? Only personal experience can lead to the most accurate judgment.

This time, Ye Ming spent half a month in the sky, most of them stayed on the Guanghan base, but when he returned, he stayed at the Space Observatory for one night.

The person in charge of the Space Observatory is Li Lei, after using the data from Skynet to confirm the Ye-2023 black hole with Ye Ming, Li Lei also successfully got the offer of the Electric Branch, and presided over the design of the observation plan of the Space Observatory.

On the night of staying at the Space Observatory, the enthusiastic Li Lei pulled Ye Ming to chat for a long time, and the two talked about the formation of the universe, the wormhole network, the cradle of civilization, the future of space colonization, and so on.

Frankly speaking, Li Lei gave Ye Ming a lot of inspiration.

After all, Li Lei is the only astrophysicist in Ye Ming's circle who can talk to him. Diaphragm

"Your greatest skill is that no one can oppose any suggestion you make with a counterexample." After clipping a ball for Ye Ming, Director Niu pulled a napkin, and smiled with a little helplessness in his emotion: "You can't even use the lessons of the past." ”

Director Zhang also smiled and nodded.

Director Niu's emotion naturally refers to his opposition to Ye Ming's idea of starting the "space dock".

Ye Ming stuffed the balls into his mouth, and after a burst of joy, he finally swallowed it and smiled: "Why? ”

"You and I know what you know, so you don't need me to pat you on the back." Director Niu smiled and was about to clip a ball for him, but Ye Ming avoided him with a bowl.

Ye Ming coughed lightly: "Okay, in fact, it's not that I don't know the current situation, so I said that the space city can continue to slow down for a while, and the space dock can be built first." ”

As Director Niu said, Ye Ming proposed to build a space dock, but there is really no way to oppose it - because whether it is standing at the height of the future of mankind, or at the height of the liberation of productive forces, or from a technical point of view, the current conditions are met. Diaphragm

And more importantly, so far, all the engineering projects proposed by Ye Ming are not "useless"! It's all useful, and it's useful!

The only reason that can oppose him may be "money".

As we all know, the richness of a civilization, or how powerful it is, is not based on how much gold you dig, or even how high your technology tree has climbed......

Rather, it looks at the magnitude of the resources that can be used and how efficiently and in which they are used.

The former includes the type and quantity of resources, and the latter includes productivity and industrial mode.

This is the criterion that falls on the most essential.

Nowadays, human beings have made great strides into the era of intelligent robots, and productivity has been greatly liberated. But in terms of the resources themselves...... Diaphragm

Frankly, it's not enough.

Or in other words, the current exploitation and utilization of human resources are not enough to support it at the same time, on the one hand, to vigorously improve the living standards of human beings, and on the other hand, to vigorously carry out cosmic expansion.

This is the main contradiction at present.

Nowadays, human investment in the cause of the universe, according to the renminbi, has reached tens of trillions - this money is not just printing money, or even digging gold, but you need to create "material" worth so much money.

Otherwise, you are plundering the whole world.

And now that mankind has formed a community, and the earth has entered a new space age, are you still allowed to engage in the affairs of the poor and the rich army?

If it is disclosed that humanity is facing a crisis of extinction, then of course the common people can accept it, but the problem is that it is not disclosed now, and it cannot be made public. Diaphragm

"I'm not good at the economy, but I also know that it's definitely a good way to open up sources and reduce expenditures and redistribute them." Ye Ming continued: "At present, our biggest problem is that if we look at the global economy as a whole, then the earth is a self-circulating and closed economy, in other words, we can't make money, we can only increase material wealth by increasing productivity, increasing the rate of resource collection and utilization including energy. ”

Director Niu and Director Zhang nodded at the same time.

"The experience of the Azure Star people has given me a reminder." Ye Ming looked at the two: "In the universe, there is more than one civilization of human beings, and at present, it seems that the communication between civilizations is basically close to nothing—otherwise there would be no Fermi paradox." ”

The two nodded again.

The so-called Fermi paradox refers to the question "If there are aliens, where are they?" ”

To give an inappropriate example, the universe today is similar to before the Great Voyage. Why, then, don't we look at other galaxies? ”

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"We all know that in the Age of Discovery, whoever has the most ships is the king - the ships here are not just warships, in fact, the merchant ships are the most important." Diaphragm

"If nothing else, if we can take the chips and robots out of the boat by boat...... What a huge market it must be! ”

Ye Ming put down the fast son, his eyes burning.

The two looked at each other for a moment, then fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Director Niu said softly: "Perhaps, the unified currency can squeeze out money." ”

"Well, that's your business, I'll turn around and hand the report in." Ye Ming said and wrung up the half bottle of beer next to him, poured himself a small half cup, and said with pride: "Come on, do it!" ”

Director Niu: "......"

Director Zhang: "......" Lang

Ye Ming stayed in the space city for three days, and only after the Star Finder returned from the Azure Star with species and protein reagents did he return to the provincial capital.

After all, this is a treasure that robs the rich and redistributes, and he has to see it for himself.

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After returning to the provincial capital, Ye Ming began to get busy.

On the one hand, he has to personally communicate with Udareshi and help him design an artificial wormhole, and on the other hand, he is also responsible for the theoretical and technological breakthroughs in high-dimensional space - in this process, Udareshi has also helped him a lot, which can be regarded as mutually beneficial.

It's just that Udaresi didn't know Ye Ming's true intention to unify the spatial coordinate system.

In addition, Ye Ming also has to preside over the experiment of three-dimensional matter unfolding in the two-dimensional space film - this is actually not difficult, because the three-dimensional substance will naturally expand in two dimensions after coming into contact with the two-dimensional space film, but its structure will change, and the trouble is to determine the coordinates of the three-dimensional matter in the two-dimensional expansion in the experiment. Diaphragm

For example, in a three-dimensional world, circuits can be infinitely interleaved in space without affecting each other. But in two-dimensional space do you try?

Fortunately, the 3D to 2D coordinate system was well established - from this point it is also known how high the use of high-dimensional space can be for low-dimensional space - under Aita's exhaustive design, the 2D thruster was quickly designed.

With the completion of the 2D thruster, it also marks the birth of a new discipline of 2D space design - you must know that a large number of scholars have been researching it before, but it has not yet been used concretely.

Time passed quietly in the busy, and soon the weather gradually became hotter.

In early May, a new batch of probes sailed to the Azure Galaxy with the last six Replenishing Heavens.

According to the original plan, this time it was to let a Wenxing take people to replace Mogu and Zhou Xiangnan's Blue Star scientific expedition team, but under the strong will of the opposite side, the rotating Wenxing was postponed for half a year.

The reason why those people are reluctant to return to Earth...... A large part of the reason is that these people have realized that if they come back, then it is estimated that they will not be able to return to the Blue Star in this life. Diaphragm

After all, there are so many human scientists, and countless people are lined up in the back......

Of course, part of the reason may be that they want to stay a little longer and give their relatives the right to distribute life proteins individually.

- Life protein has been proven effective by the human body, so it is foreseeable that before it becomes the price of cabbage, this thing is a hot commodity.

And the state has also officially implemented the dual system of distribution system and free lottery number - but even so, who wants to take the aging parents to fight for that probability?

Therefore, in the implementation of the distribution policy, it is inevitable that those who contribute to humanity, especially astronauts, will also take care of their relatives according to their contributions.

In June, the plan for the spaceyard was adopted and began to be implemented simultaneously.

Ye Ming didn't know what measures the country had taken to gain global support, and what promises and concessions had been made, he only knew that the country had done Australia. Diaphragm

The reason is simple...... Because the integrated factory of Jizhi Technology has fully entered Australia, it has begun to mine coal, iron and other resources in a large area.

At the end of July, news came from the Blue Star that their liaison ship had been officially completed and was about to set sail on the same day.

As a friendly civilization, they promised to unconditionally inform humanity about the situation of the star fields they had explored.

Of course, humanity has also promised to unconditionally inform human probes and pilot ships of the discovery of extraterrestrial civilizations involved in the star path.

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Brain-computer center.

In Ye Ming's office, the air conditioner was only turned on to 24 degrees. Diaphragm

The reason why she drove so high was not to save energy, nor was Ye Ming's body weak, but He Mo's body was a little weak - she had never come down since she accompanied Ye Ming to the moon, and because of her work, she stayed in the non-artificial gravity area for a long time, which affected her body.

Now let her go back to Earth, it is also a comprehensive examination.

"Is your body okay?" Ye Ming looked at the flesh on He Mo's face a little loose, and he looked obviously "old" a lot...... I didn't dare to joke with her, but asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's a typical moon sickness." He Mo waved his hand disappreciatively, then touched his face, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Yes, I look young on the moon, and I will be old when I come back." ”

"It's okay, the next batch of protein will be back soon, that's better than Botox." Ye Ming said with a smile.

"It's not rejuvenation protein." Although He Mo said this, it was difficult to hide his demeanor in his eyes.

What woman doesn't want to keep her youth for a little longer! Diaphragm

She's only in her thirties...... Well, although I have passed my youth, I have to be ashamed to say that I can also hold the tail of youth!

Saying that, He Mo glanced around again: "The next probe is going to the Triangulum Galaxy, are you going to Xichang or just command here?" ”

"Hmm...... Yes, there is. If you go to Xichang, there are many face-to-face meetings and a waste of time. Saying that, Ye Ming glanced at the time and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Damn, the industrial civilization is not as good as the biological civilization of the Blue Star People, what kind of face do you think we have to waste time?" ”

He Mo laughed.

Of course, she knew what Ye Ming was talking about—she was talking about the construction speed of the Blue Star people.

Well...... To be precise, it's the ship-building speed of the Blue Star people.

When the Blue Star people decided to come to Earth, the human race and the Blue Star people reached a consensus, and then both sides began to design the battleship at the same time - Ye Ming was deeply involved in the design of the opposite side, which meant that the Blue Star people would not cheat. Diaphragm

During this period, the blue star people also climbed semiconductor technology by the way, and came up with LCD panels and low-power processors.

Now, the return research ships of the Blue Star people are ready to take off, and the spacecraft built simultaneously by humans is still in the Dalian dockyard for final assembly. According to the plan, it is estimated that it will take at least three months to set off.

Of course, there is a reason why human beings are lagging behind in building ships.

The most fundamental thing is that humans make ...... on the earth It is natural to fight gravity as a result, and also to take into account take-off and ground landing.

The Blue Star People themselves are in Space City, and they are also building pure spaceships.

But in any case, human shipbuilding is an industrial act, and the shipbuilding of the Blue Star people is a small handicraft workshop......

It's a bit humiliating. Diaphragm

"By the way, for an interview, do you have any thoughts on the Triangulum Galaxy?" After laughing, He Mo blinked again, looking curious.

Ye Ming heard this and took a breath gently, then narrowed his eyes.

A week ago, a new batch of human probes arrived in the Azure galaxy, and the probes also arrived at the entrance to the wormhole.

Today, the Mending Sky has also completed the "Mending Sky Project" at the mouth of the last wormhole of the Azure Star.

Tomorrow, then, it's time for the probe to pass through the stargate again and go to the galaxy beyond the blue star.

To be on the safe side, humanity will send two probes to the triangular galaxy this time.

According to the information of the Blue Star People, five thousand years ago, the Triangulum galaxy had a civilization, and its civilization was the same as that of humans at that time, and it was also in a barbaric period. Diaphragm

So after 5,000 years, has their civilization been improved? To what extent?

Also, according to the Azure Star People, the Executor came through the star gate of the constellation Triangulum......

So, did the executor destroy the Triangulum galaxy with his own hands? Or can we find traces left by the executor 5,000 years ago?

All these unknowns have contributed to the exploration of the Triangulum Galaxy.

"I'll talk about it."