The last human in the universe

Chapter 9
The next day, Zhao Changxing still got up on time, ate yesterday's leftovers, and came to Sedna to start working.

The days to come are still busy and full of hope.During this period of time, he replanted rice, millet and beans, slaughtered and stored all broiler chickens, and fed new chicks. He completed the installation and debugging of communication networks and hardware equipment. The labor was handed over to Xiaoxi to control, and the construction and commissioning of the second soilless cultivation workshop was also completed.

In addition, the piglets were finally conceived from the artificial womb and raised in the pigpen specially opened by the animal husbandry workshop. The fish pond was also built and fish fry were put in.

The second soilless cultivation workshop still has an area of ​​100 square meters. Zhao Changxing plans to make some adjustments to the crops to be planted in this workshop.

The first is to increase the planting of corn.Corn is not only edible for humans, but also a high-quality feed. It can be eaten by meat, eggs, chickens, pigs, rabbits, and fish, and it is very useful.

The corn planting area is still nine meters long and four meters wide, and two rows of shelves with a width of 1.8 meters are placed in it.Because the corn is too high, this shelf only has one layer, and the total planting area is 32.4 square meters, and about 48 kilograms of corn can be harvested each season.

However, this is only the yield of corn seeds. In addition to corn seeds, corn cobs, corn plants, etc. can also be ground as feed or added to nutrient solutions, so that they will never be wasted.

Second, the soybean planting area will also expand.Zhao Changxing also expanded it to a width of four meters, and also placed two rows of shelves with a width of 1.8 meters and divided into two layers. The total planting area reached 64.8 square meters, and each season can harvest about 55 kilograms, plus No. 70 soilless A total of about [-] kilograms of beans can be harvested each season in the cultivation workshop.

Soybean oil freedom is not far away.

The area of ​​the No. 18 soilless cultivation workshop with a total of [-] square meters is left. Zhao Changxing originally planned to grow a little wheat, but the area is too small to be worthwhile. He simply adjusted it to a vegetable planting area and planted some peppers and radishes. , cabbage, cucumber, and plan to give birth to some mushrooms.

Because each vegetable has different requirements for the environment, he had to leave a narrow passage of 0.4 meters in the remaining two meters wide, leaving an area of ​​1.6 meters wide and 9 meters long. It is divided into five small lattice rooms with a width of 1.6 meters and a length of only 1.8 meters.A vegetable is grown in each cubicle.

The area is smaller, but there are more varieties, and the total output is still not low.

At this moment, in the artificial womb, the children have been conceived for almost eight months and are about to be born.After calculating the time and finding that these vegetables could catch up with the birth of the children, Zhao Changxing was even happier.

Up to now, the construction tasks of the first phase have been completed.There are five buildings in total, which can fully support themselves and their children to survive.

Looking back on the nine months since he came to Sedna Star, Zhao Changxing felt a little emotional.

At the beginning, I couldn’t even afford starch porridge. Until now, I basically stopped eating the starch produced by those two reactors. Instead, I used it as feed, with oil, meat, and rice. With vegetables, life really seems like a lifetime away.

"The days to come will get better and better."

He thought to himself.

After the temporary construction of the first phase is fully completed, the permanent construction of the second phase will start.

According to the plan, the permanent building of the second phase, which is the official human base No. 100, is generally 120 meters wide and 3000 meters long, and there are six to ten individual buildings extending around it, with a total area of ​​​​[-] meters. As high as more than [-] square meters.

This is undoubtedly a large building, and Zhao Changxing expects it will take several years to complete.This is on the premise that all the required building materials have been modularized and all he needs to do is assemble them.

There is no way, the manpower is really insufficient, almost everything needs to be done by oneself, Xiaoxi can only play a limited role in this process.

When this building is completed, the building materials brought from the earth will basically be used up. If you want to build in the future, you have to promote the process of industrialization and produce building materials yourself.

If there is no accident, as the first generation of humans, I will spend the rest of my time in this building.Of course, there should have been more than 1000 other humans in this base besides himself at that time.

A human base No. [-] obviously cannot accommodate so many people. In Zhao Changxing's plan, when the population reaches about [-], he should lead them and try to carry out a small population with the help of the equipment brought from the earth. Large-scale, customized industrial production to continue to expand the scale of the base.

To build a formal human base No. [-], the first thing to do is to level the site.So Zhao Changxing first drove the "Red Flag" space vehicle, installed electric heating equipment, and firstly cleared all solids such as torin, water ice, and dry ice in this area, and then took the steel shovel and bucket from the Tinder spacecraft. Down, it took more than a month to transform the space vehicle into a forklift or an excavator according to the needs, and finally completed the foundation work.

After that, he didn't rush to the next step, but hurriedly harvested some crops—these crops, together with the previous reserves, were enough for him to eat for at least half a month, and immediately returned to the Tinder spacecraft.

The children will be born soon, and he may not have time to descend to the surface for a while.

Depending on the individual's physique, the birth time of different babies is not the same, but they will all be born within the next ten days.If there are no accidents, the first baby will be born tonight.He will be the eldest brother among these ten people.

Yes, he is a baby boy.

After a hasty meal, Zhao Changxing took a shower, carefully sterilized, put on an isolation suit, and came to the waiting room to wait.

Xiaoxi projected the data of No. [-] artificial womb onto the screen in front of Zhao Changxing in real time, and he observed carefully, and cooperated with Xiaoxi's analysis to determine the best delivery time.

When a certain data grew to the expected range, he made up his mind.

"Xiaoxi, the No. [-] artificial womb is giving birth."

"Good captain."

The No. [-] artificial womb was transported to Zhao Changxing.Observing the baby stretching its body through the instrument, Zhao Changxing said to himself, "Little guy, welcome to this world."

Every astronaut has received relevant training on how to operate an artificial womb to deliver a baby, and so has Zhao Changxing.And frankly speaking, this kind of thing is not difficult, especially with Xiaoxi's cooperation.

But Zhao Changxing was still a little nervous at the moment.

That is a life after all.A No.2 human being who is likely to be in the entire universe, except himself.

Those are his compatriots, who are the most genetically similar to him among all species, and who will speak the same language, eat the same food, and breathe the same air...people who will speak the same language as him in the future.

Although he has no blood relationship with himself, he is also his child.

Recalling the knowledge learned during the training, Zhao Changxing concentrated on operating it until the thing in his hand weighed only a little more than three kilograms, and his skin was wrinkled and red, like a little old man. until.

Beads of sweat had already oozed from Zhao Changxing's forehead.

After wrapping it and putting it in the incubator, Zhao Changxing had time to wipe off his sweat.

Looking at the ugly baby who cried for a while and fell into a deep sleep again, Zhao Changxing finally had a smile on his face.

"Hello, little guy. What name should I give you? Well... Zhao Qiansun, Li Zhou, Wu Zhengwang, you are the eldest brother, so your surname is Zhao. Let's call you Zhao... Zhao Ye. I hope the future of our human civilization It can also bloom branches and leaves, and regain the glory of the past..."

He has already decided that the surnames of the nine babies who will be born next will be arranged according to the surnames of hundreds of families.

After delivering the baby, Zhao Changxing was finally willing to open the warehouse where the baby supplies were stored, took out the little precious milk powder left, and boiled hot water to brew it.

There is not much milk powder left. He has already decided that only babies under one month old can eat milk powder. After confinement, they must eat other food to grow up, and save the milk powder for the next batch of babies born.

Thinking back to the five temporary buildings built in the first phase of the construction project, Zhao Changxing is still confident in feeding these children.

Newborn babies eat very little food and need to eat small meals often, needing to be fed every once in a while.Of course, the artificial intelligence Xiaoxi can also complete this task-in fact, this is one of its main tasks, and its purpose is to liberate human productivity as much as possible, so that they can focus their limited energy on other things go up.

Back then on Earth, computer experts combined with maternity and infant experts formulated the most perfect program and execution hardware at the time.Xiaoxi can not only complete the task of feeding the baby, but also change the baby's diaper, wipe the bottom, and even play with the baby.But even so, Zhao Changxing still couldn't let go, and couldn't help but come to check on the baby's condition and breastfeed him himself.

In the incubator, a baby named Zhao Ye was crying. Zhao Changxing carefully put the bottle into his mouth, and then he stopped crying, sucked and started to drink.Zhao Changxing didn't leave until he fell asleep again.

This night, Zhao Changxing woke up a full five times.In the past, he never woke up until dawn.Every time I wake up, I can't help but go to the nursery cabin to take a look and make sure the baby is fine before leaving.

By the next day, the indicators of the No.2 baby had also reached the time of birth.This is a baby girl.After still delivering her baby, Zhao Changxing named her Qian Yue, and that night, Zhao Changxing was woken up by Xiaoxi, and delivered baby No.3, followed by No.4, No.5...

Until all ten babies were delivered safely.

At this moment, it was like a symphony in the nursery cabin, with babies crying one after another everywhere.

(End of this chapter)