Chapter Twenty-Five: God
"What's that?" Aisha asked, "Hidden flame guns?" β
"The Fifth Overhead Element." Xia Lian muttered softly.
Everyone was stunned, and then someone asked, "What is that?" β
"One, a special power, should be closer to the magic of legends." "This is what the rebels were studying, and this is also the meaning of this civilization experiment." β
Human beings have explored the galaxy for so many years, and have seen many strange civilizations and things, and they are well aware of the diversity and mystery of the universe, so they are quick to accept this power.
But if they knew the nature of this power, maybe they wouldn't be so calm.
"This power shouldn't be available to everyone, right?" Mercury asked.
Xia Lian nodded, "It should be." β
"It looks like this should be some sort of screening mechanism as well."
Mercury stared at the screen and said, "The young people who are abandoned should be those who are not gifted to use this power, or those who are weak, and those who control it remain in the Promised Land."
Under this screening mechanism, there is a strong disparity in power, and there is no power to resist. β
Xia Lian stared at the screen, lost in thought, and after a moment, he asked.
"Mercury, can the equipment in the workshop of this base repair the Kui Star Ship?"
"It's still difficult." Mercury said.
"The Kui Star Ship can't move, which means that we can only carry equipment from this base to the crash site for repair, but those mechanical arms are obviously immobile, we need professional movable repair drones or engineering mechas,
I've looked at the materials in the hangar, and this base doesn't.
There are some minecarts and mining mechs. β
Xia Lian frowned, "Isn't the Kui Star Ship equipped with these things?" β
"Originally, there were drones that were responsible for the repair and maintenance of the airframe." Aisha spoke, "But when the Helios field was broken, they were all released to fend off the enemy's light cannons." β
After a pause, Aisha added, "If we don't let it out, we probably won't even be able to get here." β
"I think the phase stealth technology of the Kui Star Ship is space technology, similar to the Helios field, which releases some special field through a certain mechanism, rather than a modification on the armor, right?" Xia Lian asked.
Wang Zhen nodded in response, "That's right." β
Xia Lian said.
"Since it can't be repaired, then don't repair it, dismantle it, remove all the core components that can be used, and install it on Fenrir, since it is an unfinished starship, then we will finish it."
"Your Highness!" Wang Zhen shouted anxiously.
"I know you have feelings for the Qui starship, but you should know that in this sector, the fleet of the Bahram family should still be searching for us.
And if they find this system, we won't even have the ability to escape.
We need something now that will keep us all safe.
You are a smart person and you should know how to do it. Xia Lian said calmly.
Wang Zhen's face was a little struggling, and he glanced at the rest of the people, although their faces were also a little heavy, but they were speechless.
Then, he sighed.
"Yes, I see."
Xia Lian looked at Mercury and asked.
"Is it feasible?"
Mercury said, "There are a lot of minecarts in this base, and if you divide them into batches, you should be able to transport the core components of the Kui Star Ship back, and there are ready-made assembly workshops and casting workshops here, which may be easier than repairing the Kui Star Ship."
The problem is that the Questarship's antimatter reactor has gone out of hibernation due to a purge and multiple jumps.
Relying solely on the Sails of Arvac for energy may not be enough. β
"Then let's install a Helios field first, and then figure out how to do it."
Xia Lian said.
"Wang Zhen, you send someone back to the Kui starship to inform the rest of the people, and then you take people to continue to search this base, the ancestors of this group of people, and the power they have, should all go out from this base.
So, there must be information about this element here. β
"Yes."
Wang Zhen bowed his head in response, and then, he glanced at the other three people in the team, and the four of them walked out of the main control room together.
"Elsa, you help me keep an eye on this group of people who have been driven out of the Promised Land, and tell me everything." Xia Lian said.
"Yes." Aisha answered, and then, with some doubts, said, "Your Highness, that frozen soil is not suitable for life at all, isn't their end already doomed?" β
Xia Lian pointed to the Great Wall on the screen, "If they really went to die, then there is no need to build this Great Wall."
It's a defensive wall, who do you think they're defending? β
Aisha also seemed to realize this, "Could it be that there is really more life in that frozen land?" β
"Whether there is any remaining life or not, you should know by observing the movements of this group of people."
Xia Lian muttered softly.
"The innate conditions of this planet are not suitable for the long-term survival of a civilization, and if Jeanne d'Cooler can be called the savior of mankind, she should think of solving this matter.
Rather than allowing the civilization she created to languish on this planet after her death, and even to perpetuate it by exterminating humanity. β
"It could be.... Too late to fix it? Aisha said.
Xia Lian seemed to think of something, and looked at Mercury: "Mercury, can the Sail of Alvac refract the sun's rays?" Or, to put it bluntly, can it be the sun of the planet? β
Mercury was silent for a moment, "The principle of Alvaco's Sail is to collect and convert photons into high-energy photons for release, which will release photons and thermal radiation, so it should be theoretically feasible.
But the final result still depends on the actual power, coverage, etc., and whether it can replace the real sun is still unknown.
Also, I need to consider the climate change of the planet after it gets sunlight, and I need to take the time to calculate it. β
"We don't lack time for the time being."
Xia Lian said quietly as he stared at the frozen ground on the screen.
If you want to control this civilization, you need to give them hope for the continuation of civilization.
Of course, the appearance of sunlight cannot immediately erase the cold of this planet.
This permafrost has been formed much longer than this civilization, and hundreds of millions of years of cold winters can never be warmed up by refracting the sun for a few days.
But fortunately, compared to how to freeze the planet, warming the planet is considered a human old business.
As early as 1945, mankind had already mastered how to heat up the city, such as the Hiroshima Summer Festival at minus 6,000 degrees Celsius that year, which warmed people's hearts.
The more carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and HFCs, the better, and the methane can also release a little, and the boiler will be finished, and it won't be long before the temperature rises.
Of course, these can only bring about a "heat preservation" effect, and this temperature ultimately needs to be supplied by sunlight.
But then, rising sea levels due to melting ice and floods and tsunamis due to global climate change are all things to consider.
All he had in his hands was an unfinished ship and a half-broken starship, otherwise it would be a good idea to recreate the story of Noah's Ark.
However, the future is unknown, and perhaps by then, he has returned to the principality and officially taken over the throne.
Although the Principality of Helios has had fewer immigrants in recent years, there are still several Noah-class arks, and the carrying capacity is in the unit of 100 million.
"Do you have any plans?" Mercury asked.
"Do you remember how those small nobles in the empire controlled this primitive civilization before or at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?" Xia Lian asked rhetorically.
"They have theocracy." Mercury said.
"yes." Xia Lian whispered in a low voice, "In the 10,000 years since mankind entered the interstellar age, almost every alien civilization that has been observed has had god worship.
In the initial stage of civilization, natural phenomena could not be explained, and rationality could only be explained through subjective conjecture, and over time, it became a myth.
Today's human beings basically have the power that only the gods in myths and stories can have.
It is easy to become a god of a lower civilization.
Compared with kingship, divine power is naturally more awe-inspiring. β
Xia Lian smiled and teased: "The reason why human beings developed civilization in the first place was to smash the divine power, but when we stood at the height of the gods, we became gods again. β
"Do you think that's ironic?" Mercury asked.
"Sarcasm? I'm not that pretentious. Xia Lian said, "It's a clichΓ© that a dragon slayer eventually becomes an evil dragon.
But the dragon slayer who turned into an evil dragon doesn't think it's ironic, only those who are robbed by the dragon will find it ironic. β
"But there will be a new dragon slayer." Mercury said, "When the dragon dies again at the hands of the dragon slayer's sword, it senses irony." β
"Perhaps, but I'm not a dragon, and I'm not a dragon slayer."
Xia Lian muttered softly, looking down on the frozen ground of the eternal night.
"I'm ....... God. β