my tech museum

"I didn't expect these extraterrestrial civilizations to be so sinister and ruthless. They have modified Pluto in many ways, which is simply outrageous!"

Monday, January 2036, 10.

Double Ninth Festival.

Shenzhou cruise ship.

In the upper space restaurant, Gu Sanlin, Hu Xinren, Wu Chuping, Song Le and Qin Xiaoman, who had already put on blue cabin clothes, were eating food, and after learning that the Earth and Star could no longer live due to the influence of dead matter, The mood has become extremely lost and complicated.

Hu Xinren burst out a few foul words one after another to express his feelings.

These people never imagined that they had only been asleep for a month, how could their hometown be stolen?

In fact, when Xu Lei asked them to sleep on the Shenzhou, they agreed so happily, mainly because they thought they could successfully deal with Pluto this time.

After all, there are so many nuclear bombs.

Plus planetary defense railguns and starships, there's no reason why they can't destroy an asteroid.

They didn't even plan to hibernate if it wasn't just in case.

And that's exactly what happened.

Under the action of tens of thousands of nuclear bombs, heavy orbital guns and space torpedoes, Pluto was successfully destroyed, and the size of the meteorite it turned into would not have much impact on the planet Earth.

Normally speaking, it can be described as a complete victory.

However, chess is short of a move.

No one expected that after the meteorite shattered from Pluto fell into the ocean, it released dead matter that could cover the whole world in a short period of time.

As a result, the population of human civilization has been directly reduced by more than half.

Just thinking about it makes people burn with anger.

Even if he knew that he had just woken up from the hibernation cabin and needed to eat as soon as possible to replenish his body's energy, he still couldn't whet his appetite.

Xu Lei never wastes time in making decisions.

After sending Yu Hongliang Enoch away, he went directly to the location where the biological cabin was stored, and asked Xingtong to wake up more than ten of them first. As for the others, he was going to wait for Taiyin City and Mars City to take shape.

At that time, it will be better to arrange the personnel of future technology into these two super cities.

of course.

The most important thing is that the Shenzhou has limited space.

Even if all the scientists in the research centers and research institutes are awakened, there is no place for research and development.

It is also worth mentioning that Xu Lei also awakened Chen Shihe.

The main reason is that his current physical condition is very bad. Since he decided to use the amorphous alloy mechanical body to change the status quo, Chen Shihe must know about it.

Otherwise it would be very unfair to her.

And now Xu Lei no longer hides his physical condition.

When everyone was eating to replenish their energy, they confessed everything about the amorphous alloy mechanical body.

For Gu Sanlin and other scientists in the company, Xu Lei is like a great mentor who can often create miracles in their minds. Knowing his physical condition, he was undoubtedly very worried, and said on the spot that he would fully cooperate with the amorphous alloy The development of mechanical bodies.

What's more, it is also related to whether nearly 20 billion people can wake up.

It's a big mission.

Only Chen Shihe didn't speak any words during the whole process.

In her imagination, if she successfully destroys Pluto this time and restores peace to human civilization, she will truly be with Xu Lei.

feed their children.

Who ever thought that the plan would be far behind the changes.

If Xu Lei becomes a mechanical life, then although they can communicate in depth in the virtual world, they will not be able to conceive their own offspring, which is undoubtedly a pity from the mother's point of view.

But she didn't want to see any accidents happen to Xu Lei's body.

So in this situation, she seemed a little confused, looking at the table with a blank expression, not knowing what was going on in her heart.

Since Xu Lei chose to wake up Chen Shihe at this time, his mind was naturally on the other party, so he also noticed Chen Shihe's state.

In the end, after a little hesitation, he took the initiative to walk over.

There was a wry smile in my heart.

"Is it because you just came out of the dormant cabin and your body is not used to it?" Xu Lei sat in front of Chen Shihe skillfully and asked with concern.

Chen Shihe did not respond immediately.

After about a few seconds, she suddenly raised her gaze, looked at Xu Lei with firm eyes and said, "I also want to become a mechanical life form." Just from the tone of her voice, there was no hint of a joke.

Chen Shihe's idea is also simple.

She liked Xu Lei from the beginning to the end, as long as she can be with him, the rest is not that important at all.

Since there is no way for Xu Lei to change into a mechanical life form, what she can do is to become the same person as Xu Lei, so that she can always be by his side.

I have to say that Xu Lei was very moved by Chen Shihe's decisiveness and determination.

But he can't be so selfish.

As a human being, Chen Shihe still has a long lifespan, so there is no need to transform himself into a mechanical life form right now.

You must know that when faced with a choice, there are nearly one billion people who have accepted death in order to preserve their human identity, which is why he has not awakened his parents for the time being.

So when these thoughts appeared in his mind, Xu Lei then shook his head and said: "According to the regulations on the management of mechanical bodies promulgated by the Human Security Alliance, normal people are not allowed to upload their consciousness, unless they are naturally aging or have an accident to be eligible to apply. .”

After hearing Xu Lei's answer, although Chen Shihe was a little disappointed, he quickly shouted again decisively: "Then I will always be by your side until this day comes."

As for the other people around at this time, they were also very sensible, eating the food in front of them as if they didn't hear them at all.

……

……

After all, life on a battleship is not as good as on land.

Meal time will not be too long.

When everyone recovered completely, Xu Lei immediately began to arrange tasks.

Not willing to waste any time.

The main reason may be that the sleeping public consciousness can wait, but his physical condition cannot wait, and he must hurry up to complete the production test.

"Professor Gu, Professor Hu, from today onwards, you will cooperate with me in the research and development of the amorphous alloy mechanical body, and strive to conduct the consciousness fusion test as soon as possible, so as to truly realize the human dream of mechanical ascension." Xu Lei first cast his eyes on Gu Sanlin and Hu Xinren in front of him , ready to come together to speed up the research and development stage of amorphous alloys.

But with the announcement of this matter, it was Song Le who was standing next to Hu Xinren who was the happiest.

As Hu Xinren's capable student, he can undoubtedly help in the projects that the teacher participates in. Even if he can't help much, at least he can learn a lot of knowledge.

What's more, this is something that can achieve mechanical ascension, who would not be interested.

Compared with Song Le's reaction, Hu Xinren and Gu Sanlin are worthy of being the veterans of the company, and they were very calm throughout the whole process.

But the response was firm and forceful: "Don't worry, Dean, we will definitely finish it on time."

Hearing this, Xu Lei shifted his gaze to Wu Chuping: "Commander Wu, you should be in charge of the manufacturing of interstellar warships with Vice President Li of our research institute. Ten years later, I want to see a combat-capable ship fleet."

Finally, he walked towards Qin Xiaoman.

Standing still at a distance of more than ten centimeters, he said seriously: "I hope you can lead a team to develop the genetic optimization fluid to make human beings stronger."

The physical quality of human beings is not strong. In addition to being easily affected by the external environment and causing problems, they will also become weak or even die due to various situations.

This once led to a very low life expectancy for humans.

With the development of modern society and the improvement of medical level, this situation has been alleviated.

It wasn't until Future Technology launched smart medical cabins and nano-medical robots, which completely changed the traditional medical model and eliminated the incurable cancer that has plagued mankind for many years, that the average life expectancy of human beings has been greatly improved.

Under normal circumstances, it is normal to be over a hundred years old.

But as a carbon-based life form, it is still fragile compared to mechanical life.

There are various weaknesses.

Take the dead matter produced by the extraterrestrial civilization this time, if the human body is strong enough, it may be as immune as a mechanical body.

Now humans will carry out interstellar migration.

Live on the moon and Mars from the earth and stars on which they live.

But you must know that the gravitational force on the moon and Mars is far inferior to that of the earth. If humans live on them for a long time, their bodies will become more fragile.

Coupled with the harsh environment of the moon and Mars, even if the construction of a super city can properly transform the planetary environment, it still cannot be compared with the earth and stars. If we do not find a way to make the human body stronger, I am afraid that there will be a large number of population deaths in the future. .

You must know that there are only about one billion normal population left in the entire human civilization.

It can be called a severe shortage of population.

Therefore, we must try our best to increase the number of people.

Otherwise, all will be forced to ascend mechanically, and human civilization will exist in name only.

From this point of view, it is imperative to develop gene optimization solution.

That is to say, Xu Lei's remaining influence is only more than 1000 million points, and he can't buy the 4000 million gene optimization liquid technology exhibits, so he can only conduct research on his own first.

Even if the effect is not comparable to the collections in science and technology museums, as long as it can help the human body, it is good.

After Qin Xiaoman woke up from the biological dormancy cabin, she has already learned about the current situation of human civilization, so she naturally understands the function of this gene optimization fluid. Seeing that Xu Lei entrusted her with such an important project, at this moment she immediately felt A strong sense of identity.

A thought involuntarily popped up in my heart.

In any case, she must complete the development of the genetic optimization solution, and will never disappoint the dean's expectations of her.

The thought stayed here, and he almost subconsciously shouted: "Thank you, Dean, for your trust in me. I promise to complete this research for the sake of all mankind."

The brief internal meeting of the company has come to this point. Seeing that everyone has not lost confidence and fighting spirit because of the current experience of human civilization, and is still full of passion and confidence, Xu Lei is also very relieved.

It can only be said that they are worthy of the future technology.

If he was still worried when the Human Security Alliance meeting was held in the morning, he can be said to be confident now.

The blueprint for human civilization that he planned will surely come true.

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In the next few months, Earth, Moon, and Mars will become lively again.

First of all, thanks to the efforts of a large number of industrial robots, various biological corpses in the land and ocean have been harmlessly treated by chemical and other methods to the greatest extent. As for those that are not easy to find, they can only be left to rot naturally.

Anyway, only intelligent industrial robots are still active on the ground at the moment.

I don't care about the odor bacteria problem.

As for humans, a memorial square was built nearby.

Strictly implement Xu Lei's order, and leave a thought for the surviving personnel.

But it is worth mentioning that although the dead matter produced by the extraterrestrial civilization wiped out the animals on the planet without warning, the plants did not seem to be affected in any way.

There is even a case of rapid growth.

Faced with this special change, Xu Lei immediately let the intelligent industrial robot conduct sample collection, research and testing after learning about it.

In the end, it was concluded that dead matter can indeed promote the rapid growth and even mutation of plants, because in some areas with lower temperatures, plants that should not appear have appeared.

The green coverage area of ​​Earthstar has increased significantly.

The steel city that lost its human habitation did not show the slightest defensive power at this time, and it was almost occupied by plants in just a few months, looking down from a high altitude like a forest city.

Only the production and manufacturing bases that gather a large number of intelligent industrial robots still retain their former appearance.

And when the surviving humans in space see the current picture of the earth and stars, they have mixed feelings in their hearts.

There is an indescribable feeling.

Facts have proved that the extraterrestrial civilization has indeed transformed the planet Earth, but on the surface it seems to be a good thing for the planet Earth itself.

The only good news is that the crops and various fruits have not been mutated after testing, which means they can still provide food sources for humans.

In this way, the food problems in Taiyin City and Mars City can be effectively alleviated in the future.

After all, with the land resources on Earth, it is too easy to produce enough food for a billion people.

But even so, in order to ensure the output of crops, Xingtong still designed a mechanical bee, which can be mass-produced by the intelligent production line of future technology and released to the outside world.

This can be regarded as adding some life to the earth and stars, so that it will not be too deserted.

As the follow-up matters on Earth and Planet are gradually handled, except for some intelligent industrial robots that are assigned to take care of crops and fruits, the rest will officially resume production.

And a large number of device components will be transported to the space shipyard and the moon and Mars through space elevators and interstellar warships.

In order to support the construction of two alien super cities.

It is also worth mentioning that the space shipyard first manufactured the first cargo warship of mankind.

Also known as a transport ship.

According to the design, this transport ship will be propelled by twelve nuclear fusion engines, and the length of the ship will reach a kilometer, which belongs to the category of medium-sized interstellar warships.

Although it does not have attack power, and its speed is lower than that of a heavy hammer cruiser, its internal space is very spacious, and it can even carry hundreds of landing ships.

It's like a giant tanker in the universe.

With such a transport ship, the construction progress of the city of Mars, which is a little far away from the planet Earth, will be greatly improved.

For this reason, Xu Lei personally named it the Kunpeng.

Let’s talk about the construction of Taiyin City and Mars City, because it is necessary to ensure sufficient number of people and build according to the design drawings. Four small cities will be built around each main city, forming a pattern of stars and moons.

This means that ten planetary super cities will actually be built on the moon and Mars.

After the largest project in human history begins, the first thing to do is to choose a suitable construction location on the planet.

Try to ensure the safety of the city and not be affected by too many environmental factors.

And in order to improve the environment of Mars, the team in charge of this project also launched a certain number of satellites to reflect the sun's rays to control the temperature of Mars.

In addition, considering the insufficient number of existing talents, Xu Lei decisively awakened scientists in other related fields on the Shenzhou and asked them to assist in the construction of this project.

Even Yu Hongliang and Enoch also sent landing ships to the underground dormant base of Earth and Star to take away the biological dormancy cabins where industry experts and talents were sleeping, and wake them up after arriving on the battleship.

Of course, for the sake of safety, this step on the planet is completed by intelligent industrial robots.

I have to say that it was indeed a very correct decision for Future Technology to launch intelligent industrial robots.

Although the original intention of this product release is mainly to eliminate the shortage of labor in the manufacturing industry after the virtual helmet is launched, the cooperation with many companies around the world to manufacture intelligent industrial robots is the biggest reason to ensure the current quantity.

Otherwise, in the face of the current situation of the earth and stars, there will be a sense of helplessness.

After all, no one can guarantee that the space suit can block the influence of dead matter.

And when all aspects are developing at a high speed.

Xu Lei also ushered in a breakthrough. With the assistance of Gu Sanlin and Hu Xinren, he finally successfully produced the special amorphous alloy in the Science and Technology Museum.

As long as it can pass the test and confirm that its performance is the same as that mentioned in the amorphous alloy mechanical body manufacturing technology, the production of the body can be officially started.

In order to synthesize a usable amorphous alloy as soon as possible, Xu Lei and the others forgot to sleep and eat during this period of time, and they did not stop their work even on the day of the Spring Festival.

Perhaps it is because the number of people currently active is small, and everyone shoulders a huge burden, so this year's Spring Festival is almost the same as usual.

Arguably the bleakest year ever.

But this is also a no-brainer. After all, if the contents of the planning blueprint are not completed as soon as possible, human civilization will completely disappear from the solar system when extraterrestrial civilizations come to visit.

As long as the current predicament is resolved smoothly, it will be no problem to make up for a more lively Spring Festival.

On the other hand, Chen Shihe basically accompanied Xu Lei every day, taking care of his body and emotions. Even though he was in the starship, it was still a fairly warm time.

However, the two did not communicate in depth during this period.

Mainly following Xu Lei's continuous research on the amorphous alloy mechanical body, the body becomes weaker and weaker under the continuous operation of the brain, as if energy is provided at the cost of organ cell overdraft.

In a similar situation before, he could offset the consumption by increasing his food intake, but now it is no longer feasible.

Even often inexplicable nosebleeds.

This made Xu Lei feel more and more that his body was coming to an end.

As soon as this piece of amorphous alloy was synthesized, he immediately went to the experimental cabin for performance testing.

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"Dean, you're here." Gu Sanlin, who was fiddling with the basketball-sized piece of amorphous alloy, greeted Xu Lei when he saw Xu Lei walking in accompanied by Chen Shihe and Xingtong.

Judging from the expression on his face, it is obvious that he has a plan for this material.

At this moment, Xu Lei is protected by Xingtong's mechanical body and Chen Shihe. This is mainly because he sometimes faints suddenly, and they can support him in time with the two of them by his side.

Avoid body injury due to bumps.

After all, he is already so weak now, if another injury occurs, I really don't know what serious consequences it will bring.

Compared with a few months ago, Xu Lei's face looks paler, and there are rare silver hairs on his temples, but his face has not been left by the years.

Still looks like a handsome guy.

And full of a special temperament of a mature man.

"What's the matter, have you tested the performance of the material?" Xu Lei asked subconsciously after walking quickly, thinking about the piece of amorphous alloy.

Gu Sanlin replied: "Not yet."

Hu Xinren, who had just finished speaking not far away, immediately took up the conversation: "Just now, Lao Gu said that we must wait for the dean to come and witness in person."

"According to your previous explanation of this material, dean, after many tests, we finally synthesized this special alloy, which meets the requirements in terms of external characteristics." He picked up the piece of silver alloy on the table, and while speaking and introducing it, with a little force on his fingers, he could see that the surface of the material was sunken in immediately.

It feels like the muscles on the human body.

And this change made Xu Lei's eyes shine even more.

This amorphous alloy can be selected as the material of the mechanical body, and its own characteristics are a big reason.

Under normal circumstances, the material is soft and elastic, similar to the muscles of the human body to the touch, but as long as there is energy stimulation, the material will instantly become extremely hard.

So Gu Sanlin's display alone proves with a high probability that they have indeed synthesized special materials that can be used to manufacture mechanical bodies.

Thinking of how Xu Lei couldn't bear it, he immediately said: "Then start the test quickly, I can't wait for this day."

"It's the dean."

After receiving Xu Lei's order, Gu Sanlin no longer hesitated at this time. After nodding in response, he put the materials on the table again and activated the energy emission device next to him.

As for Hu Xinren, he is preparing to record the feedback data of the materials.

Among them, Song Le, who was fortunate enough to witness this great moment with his own eyes, also widened his eyes and dared not blink at all.

After all, this is the key to human beings achieving mechanical ascension.

Although Chen Shihe didn't say much during the whole process, her eyes were also focused on the silver material, and she also hoped that this test would be a success.

Because she had been in contact with Xu Lei during this period, she was very aware of the other person's physical condition, and she really couldn't continue dragging on, otherwise her life might be threatened. This was the result she didn't want to see.