The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 4 Break through the universe
4. Break through the universe

A burst of soothing music woke Tang Xiao from his sleep. He opened his eyes and looked at the surrounding environment where everything was normal. He scratched his head, and it seemed that he could not go back.

[Manager, I'm sorry to bother you, but there are very important things that need your decision. 】 Qi Jian's voice came from the communicator on the side.

Tang Xiao didn't pay any attention, just got up from the bed, walked to the bathroom, asked the master to adjust the water temperature to an ice-cold level again, and then washed his face vigorously.

He supported the sink with both hands, looked up at himself who was pale because of the cold, and clenched his teeth.After a while, he suddenly got up and put on his clothes, "Master! Lead the way to the bridge!"

"Manager, I'm sorry to disturb you." When he came to the bridge command center, Qi Jian respectfully saluted Tang Xiao.

"Go ahead."

"The engineering team has set up two mining stations near the gaseous planet, and two ships of helium-3 have been sent back and refined while you are resting. Now we can take off more ships, especially if the need A transport ship going back and forth between the dawn planet and the mothership." Qi Jian said.

"continue."

"Then... the reconnaissance team has sent back a report and initially selected 17 landing points. We can choose one of them to launch the landing." Qi Jian's tone was a little trembling when he said that, and he opened an interface for Tang Xiao.

"The landing point? Is it necessary to come to me specifically for this matter?" Tang Xiao was a little strange.

Qi Jian replied solemnly, "Manager, this first colony is likely to be our capital in the future. I...I don't dare to make my own decisions..."

Tang Xiao nodded, he raised his finger and just clicked it down, but saw Qi Jian's complicated gaze.

With hope, pride, and a little unease in his eyes, he clenched his fists and trembled slightly, trying his best to control his excitement.Not only him, but the rest of the bridge as well.

Tang Xiao's heart froze slightly, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, 60 people... maybe 50 billion more... With a single finger of his own, they will decide their starting point.

He looked at the screen again, and this time he carefully compared the landing points. The knowledge that was stuffed into his mind like a duck poured out like a floodgate.

Combining the knowledge he had learned, he chose an area with mountains and rivers and a large grassland, pointed to this place and said to Qi Jian: "It's right here, the latitude here is moderate, and there are water sources around. There is also an altitude The hilly area of ​​more than 1000 meters is used as the commanding height of defense. First, 20 marines are dispatched to land, and the construction of the residential area will be started immediately after the defense line is opened.”

"Yes! Manager! This is our first colony! This is our first step towards this universe!!" Qi Jian was a little excited, and immediately arranged the work.

After confirming the landing point, all aspects of the work started immediately.The people in the hibernation warehouse are all experts in various fields, and those clerks have also begun to exercise their respective functions, so Tang Xiao does not need to give detailed guidance.

Soon, a transport ship loaded with 20 marines and 50 construction workers took off from the mothership and landed on the planet Dawn.Marines spread out, driving wild animals and setting down locator beacons, while construction workers began to organize their own mechanized exoskeletons for engineering.

"The signal of the beacon is normal, the manager can let the mothership enter the 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. Master, you come to assist."

【OK. 】

The engine of the Kushen mothership, which is more than 41300 meters high, started again, and the extremely powerful driving force pushed the behemoth of more than 3700 billion tons to move forward, and it continued to descend into the outer gravitational circle of the dawn planet, and then began to maintain the same rotation as the planet. speed.

When approaching the orbit of the Dawn planet, due to the huge mass of the mothership, several earthquakes of magnitude 3 to 5 and groundwater jets were even triggered 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 in sync with the ground beacon, a hatch in the center of the mothership opens, and an orbital drop pod is launched.

Due to friction in the atmosphere, the disposable orbital airborne capsule began to burn the surrounding air, and when viewed from the ground, it seemed to fall towards the ground like a meteor.When it was about to land, the reverse engine of the airborne pod started, spraying roaring flames toward the ground, helping the airborne pod land smoothly.

The construction workers who were already ready on the side immediately went over, opened the airdrop pod, and assembled the modular housing made of ultra-light materials inside. The shell of the airdrop pod is the outer wall of the building.In less than 20 minutes, a two-story building was completed.

The mothership is constantly air-dropping buildings at the rate of one launch every 10 minutes, including housing, solar and wind power generation facilities, and water purification facilities.

Tang Xiao also selected some farmers and maintenance workers among the 60 frozen hibernation residents to wake up, and then let them take a transport ship to land on the dawn planet. village head.At present, this small colony with a total of less than [-] people is indeed a small village.

Once the beginning, everything is in a methodical rhythm.Tang Xiao stretched his waist and stood up, looking at the busy people, his mood 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 to many light-years away, and thought of the inexplicable dream that might have caused him to travel.He stroked the cold porthole as if he was stroking the distant stars, and a flame gradually began to burn in his heart.

Returning to his seat, Tang Xiao ordered, "Master, call out the information I need, I have a lot of things to do."

[Ok, manager. 】

He is now a little resigned to his fate, and he also has a faint feeling that he really seems to be unable to go back.If that's the case, and if you continue to be so muddleheaded, then maybe one day when the Star Destroyer arrives, your family will still be poor.

Moreover, after seeing Qi Jian and the others looking eagerly and eagerly, Tang Xiao also understood that he could not live up to them, and...if this mothership is really the reward given by the so-called fate...then... …

Tang Xiao sat back on the main seat of the bridge, opened the items of the colonization plan and started to check. He needed to understand what difficulties he would face and how to solve them. The most important thing to understand now is how to establish a colony.

Under the circumstance of unknown environment, it is always the best choice to develop rapidly and establish your own stable power.

Pressing the confusion and anxiety in his heart, Tang Xiao clicked on an entry in the "Guide to the Construction of Interstellar Colonies", and opened the file to look at it.

That's right... I'm going to penetrate this universe!
[Attachment 1 of the Easter Egg Chapter: "Homeland" Mothership]

(End of this chapter)