The last human in the universe

Chapter 24 Route
Two months after the No. [-] planting base was put into operation, the green storage corn first ushered in the harvest time.The tall and straight corn was directly crushed by the harvester, and then transported to the livestock and aquaculture area by the crawler and entered the temporary warehouse.

Xiaoxi will process them here to make them easier to be absorbed and utilized by livestock.And, it will automatically allocate these reserves, and provide these feeds to the right livestock at the right time.

Long before the silage corn was harvested, Zhao Changxing had led dozens of adult humans under him to work for a month, and the remaining 70% of the animal husbandry and aquaculture area would not be completed for a long time. After the construction was completed, piglets, calves, lambs, and a sufficient number of chickens, ducks, geese, etc. were put in and handed over to Xiaoxi for management.

Now, the arrival of the first batch of silage corn has provided a solid guarantee for livestock, poultry, and fish.

Among these animals, of course, there are some that do not eat corn, such as fish.But obviously, with corn to feed livestock, other types of feed can be saved, such as alfalfa, rice bran, etc., which can be fed to fish and poultry.

It is not an exaggeration to say that these silage corns bring welfare to all animals.

The harvest of silage corn did not bring much fluctuation to people, but the harvest of rice and wheat was different.Everyone knows that rice means fragrant rice, rice skin, rice porridge, and rice noodles, and wheat means steamed buns, bread, biscuits, noodles and other delicacies.This is a major event that concerns everyone.

So, on this day, 39 adults, including Zhao Changxing, and two adults on duty in the Pyro spacecraft watched this scene either on the spot or through live video.Even the 60 underage children who couldn't leave the Tinder spacecraft watched the whole process with great interest.

When I saw the golden rice and wheat rushing towards the harvester like waves, the harvester separated the fruit, and then electric milled it into flour and white rice, and then put it in the warehouse Both the adults and the children cheered together for the stored images.

Although under Zhao Changxing's upbringing, none of them had ever experienced the feeling of being hungry, but through Xiaoxi's narration and the pictures of video materials, the principle of "food means life" was deeply rooted in everyone's mind. Rooted.Now seeing that such a large amount of food is properly kept and can be eaten at any time, everyone feels safe from the bottom of their hearts.

At this moment, after getting a large amount of food into the account and completing all the construction tasks at the current stage, Zhao Changxing called all the adults together to start discussing the development plan for the next period of time again.

The second generation of young people who have just grown up have no right to speak, only the right to participate in the meeting.Only Zhao Changxing and the ten first-generation humans can really decide the future development path.

They are both in their 30s now.Zhao Changxing is already in his 60s.However, because of the change that has not yet been clarified, Zhao Changxing still looks like a young man at this moment.

Now, Zhao Changxing even began to believe that, maybe, maybe, or... he really won't grow old.For this unknown change, he has some subconscious fears. After all, it is human instinct to have fear in the face of the unknown.But after thinking about it, he couldn't think of any harm in this change.

He will never become a monster again and eat everyone, right?This is too ridiculous.

It's not that people haven't speculated about this.Some people think that during the long period of hibernation, some genes in Zhao Changxing's body were destroyed, or some unexpected changes occurred, which caused him not to age.

The occurrence of this kind of thing is uncontrollable and completely random, and the outcome can be good or bad.Just like the rest of the astronauts who set off from the earth with Zhao Changxing, they were most likely also affected by this, but they were not lucky enough, the result of the mutation was bad, so they died in the end, Zhao Changxing was lucky , and inexplicably acquired the ability not to grow old.

This kind of conjecture is reasonable, but with people's current technical strength, it is impossible to verify it, and it is impossible to find the reason at all.Otherwise, this could be of great help to people looking for a way to "immortality".

In short, if you can't change, you can't resist, and you can't think of any harm, then at this stage, you can only accept it with peace of mind.

During the discussion, Zhao Ye, the eldest brother of the second generation of humans, believed that the construction of the No. 60 planting base should be started immediately, and the source and variety of food should be expanded again.Moreover, the No. [-] planting base should integrate the functions of residence and grain production.In this way, the problem of insufficient living space can be solved by the way.After all, the house is not enough at the moment, and Zhao Changxing even has to go to the leisure and entertainment area to make ends meet.And right now, in the Tinder spacecraft, those [-] children will be adults in a few years, and they will also move to the surface of the planet to live at that time.

Wang Feng, who is still unmarried at the moment, has a different opinion.He believes that there will be no pressure on grain production in the past 30 to [-] years, and it is a waste to continue to expand the planting area.He believes that the second base should be built directly-a comprehensive base like the current first base.

Base No. [-] should focus on living, and the primary goal should be to improve living conditions, improve living standards, and prepare for the arrival of the fourth generation of humans.

Speaking of the fourth generation of humans, people also discussed the issue of population reproduction.

At the current stage, it is indeed time to continue to multiply human beings and expand the population.Everyone agrees on this question.As for the specific number, it was determined at 100 people after discussion.

In the Tinder spacecraft, there are only 100 incubators, and the volume of the Tinder spacecraft is also limited. 100 babies are the largest number in a batch.

Others think that we should first build a brand new chemical industry zone, steel plant, metal processing plant, light industrial zone and other buildings that are independent from the No. [-] base.The No. [-] Base Industrial Zone should be positioned as a laboratory and research room, rather than a large-scale assembly line.Besides, the chemical industry zone at this moment is directly built in the No. [-] base.Faced with these various chemicals that may cause great harm, people always feel uneasy, fearing that one day everyone will not wake up.

Without the supplement here at the base, all the children in the Tinder spacecraft would not be able to survive, and human civilization would perish.And the fact that a civilization perished because of a chemical accident is really ridiculous.

Ten first-generation humans had a lively discussion about this.After explaining their reasons, everyone's eyes focused on Zhao Changxing.

Only Zhao Changxing has the power to make the final decision.

Zhao Changxing pondered for a moment, then said slowly: "The No. [-] planting base is not urgent, so let's rule it out first."

Zhao Ye was a little disappointed, but still expressed his firm obedience to Zhao Changxing's arrangement.

"The children of the third generation are now 12 years old, and they will move to live on the planet in another 6 years. The reproduction of the fourth generation of humans will also be put on the agenda. We must solve the problem of living in advance. And, with our With today's engineering capabilities, it is completely achievable to build a new comprehensive base within six years."

Hearing that Zhao Changxing supported his opinion, Wang Feng showed excitement on his face.

But Zhao Changxing changed the subject and continued: "However, should we still use the method of building the No. [-] planting base? Should we continue to use the 'semi-manual and semi-industrial' method to produce the required building materials? This is too inefficient. "

"Let's take a comprehensive look at this matter." Zhao Changxing said, "The six-year long-term goal must be to build the No. 6 comprehensive base. But I think some adjustments can be made to the means. We can completely think about it first. There is a way to build factories with larger scale and higher degree of automation, and when these factories are completed, it will be much easier and more convenient to build the No. [-] comprehensive base.”

"But, is there enough time?"

Qian Yue was a little worried about this.

In 6 years, several factories will be built, and the time for the construction of the No. [-] comprehensive base must be set aside, which is a bit tight no matter what.

"We can do the math."

With the help of Xiaoxi, people started calculations and finally came to the conclusion that if the single factory to be built is not too big—calculated on the basis of 1000 square meters to 2000 square meters, with longer working hours and more effort, There is still hope.

The most critical factor is that the factory that has been built in advance also has a speed bonus for subsequent construction tasks.For example, with the current engineering strength, it takes at least a year to build a steel plant or a chemical plant.But if it takes more than a year to build the steel plant, then, with the large quantities of steel produced by the steel plant, the construction time of the chemical plant can be shortened to one year.The reverse is also true.

"That's settled then."

Zhao Changxing made the final decision: "Everyone has worked hard in the past few years and built these factories. No matter what we do later, it will be much easier."

At this moment, a second-generation girl sitting in the auditorium finally couldn't help shouting: "Dad, but, when will the cotton spinning factory and the garment factory be built? When will the cotton be planted? I have all my clothes. There's a patch."

The eleven adults who participated in the meeting looked at each other in blank dismay.Zhao Changxing rubbed his temples with some headaches, thought for a while, and said helplessly: "Don't worry. After we finish building the No. Build cotton mills and light industry factories, and then everyone will have new clothes to wear.”

(End of this chapter)