Yes. According to Zhao Changxing's arrangement, the space carrier will not stay here for a long time, but will return immediately after obtaining enough fuel.
There are several reasons why this arrangement was made. First, the air carrier is purely for combat. It does not carry many construction tools and is not suitable for permanent residence here.
Second, it is not appropriate to allow these warriors who have made extraordinary contributions to civilization to continue to stay far away from home. At this moment, no one wants to go home more than they do.
The third is that in the positioning of human civilization, the Deep Sky Star is a resource supply planet, not a habitable planet. There is no point in garrisoning troops here. It is more appropriate to leave it to the workers who will come later.
All of this was a decision made by Zhao Changxing after discussing with the high-level civilization officials who stayed behind on Sedna.
People also made a decision after discussion as to how to deal with these prisoners.
Zhao Changxing believes that there is a certain truth in what the Deep Space Star captives said, "Wars between civilizations do not require prisoners." The reason is very simple. There is basically no possibility of fusion between two lives with completely different physiological structures, completely different cultures, and even completely different requirements for living environments.
Besides, things like population can be "manufactured" as long as there is time, whether it is natural reproduction or technological reproduction. Since we have as many people as we need, why do we need foreigners?
To sum up, the way to deal with the prisoners is of course to kill them all.
Not only Zhao Changxing, but every human being has no psychological burden for breaking his previous promise of "surrender without killing". After all, these enemies almost destroyed their own civilization not long ago.
However, doing things cannot be ideal, and you still need to consider the current situation. The current situation of human civilization is that the population is seriously insufficient, and population expansion is severely limited. Under this circumstance, it makes sense to keep these prisoners.
You can definitely use them as coolies. Anyway, each of them is tall and strong, and they do some physical work that cannot be replaced by robots. Each of them is comparable to four or five humans. Besides, there is no need to pay wages. It is enough to provide some food and a living environment.
Good stuff at a low price, work hard till you die. Zhao Changxing didn't believe that just a few prisoners could cause chaos in civilization.
So after discussion, the people decided to keep their promise and not kill these prisoners.
Now, there is the first thing that these prisoners need to do.
Comprehensively collect the legacy left by deep space civilization, and act as a frontline worker to mine fuel for the space carrier.
In the previous battles, various facilities of the deep space civilization were destroyed, but the remaining legacy is also of great value. After comprehensive statistics, Zhao Changxing was surprised to find that there were seven or eight extremely scarce mineral deposits on Sedna, with a total mass of tens of millions of tons, and all of them were purified and ready for use.
In addition, due to the impact of the war, even more people were buried underground. When we have industrial power, we can just dig them out.
In addition to physical resources, what makes Zhao Changxing even more happy is the data legacy left by deep space civilization.
Most of these data legacies were destroyed during the war, and not much remains. However, after all, this is a civilization that has experienced interstellar navigation, and this information is also of extremely high value.
The most precious things are the log records of the interstellar voyage, some fragmented technical details, and some of the drawings about genetically modified instruments that Zhao Changxing values most.
At this moment, all the blueprint information about the genetic modification equipment has been transferred to the data storage disk of human civilization. Of course, there is no time to decipher them at this moment, and imitation is out of the question. But it's just a matter of time.
Among all the results of the battle, Zhao Changxing even believed that just one genetically modified instrument blueprint was enough to make up for all his own losses.
This made Zhao Changxing sigh: "Sure enough, war is a business with high risks and high returns."
It's a pity that the genetically modified instrument originally possessed by the deep space aliens was wiped out in the explosion of the hydrogen bomb. But there is nothing that can be done about it. When civilization is on the verge of life and death, we really can’t care about that much.
The news that the front line had won a great victory, completely annihilating the opponent's civilization, and completely eliminating the threat to survival, has been sent back to Sedna. At this moment, Sedna has begun to expedite the construction of industrial spaceships. I am afraid that in a few years, industrial spaceships from humans will arrive here.
Fuel extraction operations have also begun. Once the fuel reserves are complete, the space carrier can set off and return.
In this interstellar expedition, both Zhao Changxing and the others felt that they had gained a lot.
Compared with these gains, the cost of this expedition can even be completely ignored.
In the prisoner camp, Gudazar and all his companions were worried.
No one wants to die if they can live. This is true even for subhuman beings with lower intelligence.
Although human civilization has said "surrender without killing", but... who knows whether it is true or false?
After waiting in anticipation and suffering for an unknown amount of time, Gudazar finally received the order.
"You all go to the surface of deep space to mine fuel."
This arrangement gave Gudazar a little peace of mind.
Having a job means that you still have value, so you won't be executed in a short time.
So a group of people happily came to the surface of the deep space star and began the work of collecting tholin, oxygen ore and other production fuels.
The electromagnetic railgun built by the deep space civilization was not damaged, and it was very convenient to transport supplies into space. The only thing that needs to be considered is the risk of the supply box being blown up due to interstellar mines and other effects. But it doesn't matter. If it breaks, just transport it.
Anyway, there are plenty of resources on the Deep Space Star.
In order to fight for the chance of survival, a group of people worked very seriously and did not dare to neglect even if they did not need to supervise the work.
During a break in the space carrier, facing the logistics team members who came to ask for instructions on how to treat the prisoners, Zhao Changxing said casually: "Since they are coolies, the treatment must not be good. Give them two meals 24 hours a day. That’s fine, just 18 hours of working time and 6 hours of rest. By the way, including meal time and so on, it’s all within these 6 hours. By the way, the food doesn’t have to be too good, it just needs to be able to support the work.”
"yes."
This member of the logistics team went happily. As he walked, he thought bitterly in his heart: "You aliens dared to launch missiles at us in the first place. Now, just work as coolies!"
On the first day of work, the worker stopped temporarily after people worked for 10 consecutive hours.
This surprised Gudazar.
It’s only 10 hours, we can’t possibly be allowed to rest...
After being captured, he had initially mastered the timing system of human civilization and could complete the conversion between human timing and the timing system of deep space aliens.
Could it be, could it be...
Gudazar was filled with fear.
He saw a human in a space suit pushing a large cart into the fuel plant. On top of the cart is a large bucket, still steaming. An alluring fragrance immediately spread into people's olfactory organs.
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!"
"Eat...eat? Eat now?"
Gudazar took the big bowl in disbelief and filled a bowl of thick porridge cooked with "big millet".
Millet is the most common food for deep space aliens.
As soon as it enters your mouth, Gudazaar can taste the strong flavor of seasoning. This made him almost cry at this moment.
The taste of the seasoning... I haven’t tasted it in how many years.
The bowl was as big as a human head, and I drank it all in just two sips. Afterwards, Gudazar and his companions put down the bowl reluctantly and planned to continue working.
But I saw the human in a space suit knocking the bucket impatiently, and the translated deep-space alien language came out from the communicator: "Can you feel full after eating so little? Are you planning to be lazy? Give it all to me. !”
Gudazar's body suddenly stiffened. After a moment, he cautiously and timidly asked the short human in front of him, who could be killed with just one punch: "Are these all ours?"
The human rolled his eyes and muttered in a low voice: "Nonsense, these pig food are not for you, how can they be for us to eat?"
Because the voice was too low, this sentence was not translated.
"It's all yours! Eat it quickly!"
A feeling of disbelief arose in the hearts of Gudazar and his companions. The next moment, Gudazar and his companions rushed to the vat and eagerly scooped out another bowl of millet porridge. After finishing it in three gulps, there was another bowl.
Until my stomach is full and I can't drink anymore.
The feeling of fullness in his belly made Gudazar want to shed tears again.
"How many years have passed, this is the first time I've tasted the feeling of being full..."
"Have you eaten yet? Go to work!"
"Yes Yes Yes!"
A group of people rushed to their jobs at lightning speed.
It was not until the end of the prescribed working hours that people were driven back to the dormitory to rest.
"What? Rest now? Rest 6...6 hours a day?!"
"Didn't humans want us to do hard labor to atone for our sins? Why are we treated so well here?"
"I haven't returned to their planet yet. I should officially start working as a coolie after arriving on their planet."
"Now they still need our efforts to collect fuel. Of course, the treatment should be better."
"Well, it would be great if I could eat enough every day and rest for 6 hours every day. I just don't know how long such a good life can last..."
"You said, human beings are so kind to us, could it be that they want to raise us to be strong, and then, what, do we slice and dice it for study?"
"I've never heard of someone being so kind to prisoners..."
"Stop talking, I'm so scared..."
