4. Penetrate this universe
A burst of soothing music woke Tang Xiao from his sleep. He opened his eyes, looked at his surroundings as usual, and smiled bitterly.
[Manager, I'm sorry to disturb you, but there are very important things that require your decision. ] Qi Jian's voice came from the communicator on the side.
Tang Xiao ignored it, just stood up from the bed, walked to the bathroom, asked the mastermind to adjust the water temperature to ice-cold again, and then washed his face vigorously.
He supported the sink with both hands, looked up at himself who was pale due to the cold, and clenched his teeth. After a while, he stood up suddenly and put on his clothes, "Mastermind! Lead the way to the bridge!"
"Manager, I'm sorry to disturb you." Arriving at the bridge command center, Qi Jian saluted Tang Xiao respectfully.
"Say it."
"The engineering team has established two mining stations near the gaseous planet, and while you were resting, it has sent back two ships of helium-3 and refined it. Now we can take off more spacecraft, especially if we need A transport ship that travels between Dawn Planet and the mothership." Qi Jian said.
"continue."
"Then... the reconnaissance team has sent back a report and has initially selected 17 landing points. We can choose one of them to launch the landing." At this point, Qi Jian's tone was trembling, and he opened an interface for Tang Xiao.
"Landing point? Do you need to come to me specifically for this matter?" Tang Xiao was a little strange.
Qi Jian solemnly replied, "Manager, this first colony will probably be our capital in the future. I...I dare not overstep and make such a decision for you."
Tang Xiao nodded. He raised his finger and was about to click it when he saw Qi Jian's complicated eyes.
There was expectation, pride, and a little uneasiness in his eyes. He clenched his fists and trembled slightly, trying his best to control his excitement. Not just him, but everyone else on the bridge too.
Tang Xiao's heart shuddered slightly, and he began to remind himself not to be hasty. So he looked at the screen again. This time he compared the landing points carefully, and the knowledge that had been crammed into his mind poured out like a floodgate.
Combining the knowledge he had learned, he chose an area with mountains and rivers and a large grassland. He pointed at this place and said to Qi Jian: "Let's just go here. The latitude here is moderate and there are water sources around it. There is also a mountain above sea level. The hill of more than 1,000 meters serves as the commanding heights of defense. First, 20 marines are sent to land, and after the defense line is deployed, the construction of residential areas begins immediately."
"Yes! Manager! This is our first colony! It is our first step towards this universe!!" Qi Jian was a little excited and immediately arranged the work.
After the landing point was determined, all aspects of work began immediately.
Soon, a transport ship carrying 20 marines and 50 construction workers took off from the mothership and landed on the Dawn Planet. Marines spread out, shooing away wildlife and dropping locator beacons, while construction workers began assembling their own mechanized engineering exoskeletons.
"The beacon signal is normal. Manager, we can put the mothership into synchronous orbit." Qi Jian said to Tang Xiao after confirming the signal from the beacon.
Tang Xiao nodded and said to the operator on the bridge console: "Enter the synchronous orbit of the Dawn Planet and keep the mothership above the beacon at all times. Mastermind, you will provide assistance."
【OK. 】
The engine of the Kushen mothership, which is more than 41,300 meters high, started again. The extremely powerful driving force pushed this behemoth of more than 370 billion tons to start moving forward, continuously descending into the outer gravitational circle of the Dawn Planet, and then began to maintain the same rotation speed as the planet. speed.
When approaching the orbit of the Dawn Planet, the huge mass of the mothership even caused several earthquakes of magnitude 3 to 5 and underground water ejection on the surface of the planet.
After entering the predetermined orbit, under the action of the centripetal force and inertia of the planet's rotation, the mothership only needs very little power to maintain navigation. Keeping running in synchronization with the ground beacon, a hatch in the center of the mothership is opened, and then an orbital drop capsule is launched.
The disposable orbital drop capsule began to burn due to friction in the atmosphere. From the ground, it looked like a meteor falling toward the ground. When it was about to land, the airborne capsule's reverse engine started, spraying blazing flames toward the ground to help the airborne capsule land smoothly.
The construction workers who were already ready immediately went over, opened the airborne cabin, and assembled the modular housing made of ultra-light materials inside. The outer shell of the airborne cabin is the outer wall of the building. In less than 20 minutes, a two-story building was completed.
The mothership continues to airdrop buildings at a rate of one launch every 10 minutes, including housing, solar and wind power generation facilities, water purification facilities, etc.
Tang Xiao also successively selected some farmers and maintenance workers among the 600,000 frozen hibernating residents to wake them up, and then let them land on the Dawn Planet in a transport ship. He also selected a man named Gu Laham from this group of people and appointed him as the leader. village head.
Once started, everything proceeds at an orderly pace. Tang Xiao stretched and stood up. Looking at the people who were busy, his heart was still a little heavy.
Looking at the vast universe outside the porthole on the other side, Tang Xiao walked over involuntarily, saw the stars that were unknown how many light-years away, and thought of the inexplicable dream that might have caused him to travel through. There was another unknown fire in my heart, my teeth were clenched, my fists couldn't help but be clenched tightly, and then I punched the thick porthole hard!
Bang! The wound that had been bandaged by the nurse burst open again, bleeding profusely.
At this moment, his eyes were filled with passionate flames! Soon it returned to calm, a somewhat terrifying calm, "Let's penetrate this universe..."
"Mastermind, ask the nurse to bandage me." He ordered calmly, "Also, get the information I need. I have a lot of things to do."
[Okay, manager. 】
He was a little resigned to his fate now, and he felt vaguely that he really couldn't go back. If this is the case, if you continue to be in such a hazy state, then maybe one day when the Star Destroyer arrives, your family will still be completely destitute.
Moreover, after Tang Xiao saw the enthusiastic and expectant eyes of Qi Jian and others just now, he also understood that he could not let them down. If he really fails, it is still unknown how firmly he can sit in this position.
Human society is a very complex collection of various interests. Although the mastermind said that it would not matter even if he ordered the mothership to self-destruct, he was very sure that if he really wanted to do this, the first thing he would have to worry about would be the rebellion of these subordinates.
Tang Xiao sat back on the main seat of the bridge, opened the items of the colonization plan and began to check. He needed to understand what difficulties he would face and how to solve them.
He is a very serious person. Once he is determined to do it, he will know very well what he should do and how he needs to do it. He was not like a happy baby who checked over and over again the technological projects that had been brought into reality from games, or drooled over those giant battleships that were simply unrealistic. He was just looking at what he should be looking at seriously.
What we should know most now is how to establish a colony.
In an unknown environment, rapid development and establishing one's own solid power is always the best choice.
Especially now, people's hearts are separated from each other. As a time traveler, he deeply understands that he is actually the loneliest here. Moreover, who can guarantee that the current environment will not be another "The Truman Show"?
Putting aside the confusion and uneasiness in his heart, Tang Xiao clicked on an entry in the "Interstellar Colony Construction Guide" and opened the files to look through it.
[Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 1: "Homeland" Mothership]
