Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

"hiss!"

Facing Lu Yongchang's murderous words, Hong Qiming took a sharp breath.

"Isn't there any room for remission?"

Lu Yongchang shook his head vigorously: "It's basically impossible."

"As for the reason..."

"First of all, the first need of civilization is survival. Isn't this true?"

Hong Qiming nodded solemnly.

Not only is it true, it’s quite correct.

The current People's League is in the process of struggling to survive.

"Secondly, as a civilization develops, it requires more and more resources."

"At least until the multiverse theory is confirmed, the total amount of matter in the universe remains unchanged."

Hong Qiming held his breath suddenly. He already had a bad feeling in his heart: "So..."

A faint sneer appeared at the corner of Lu Yongchang's mouth: "To sum up what I told you before, before encountering the bottleneck of technological development, the development speed of civilization is getting faster and faster, which is the so-called technological explosion."

"Then we introduce another chain of suspicion."

"Chain of suspicion?" Hong Qiming frowned tightly.

"Simply put, under communication barriers, we cannot tell whether the other person is kind or malicious, and neither is the other person."

"Taking all the above into consideration, what do you think will be the consequences if two civilizations meet?"

Lu Yongchang's sneer became more obvious.

Hong Qiming took a sharp breath and muttered to himself: "War..."

"It's so damn dark..."

The conversation between the two suddenly came to a standstill.

A few minutes later, Hong Qiming came to his senses and slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity.

"Okay, I understand the situation." He said solemnly, "I will report this matter to the chairman of the parliament."

…

One month later.

"People's United News brings you the latest news."

"Recently, the First Laboratory of the People's Federation announced that it has achieved major breakthroughs in the kilometer-scale carbon nanotube preparation process and the space elevator cable braiding production line technology!"

"It is expected that the space elevator [Tower of Babel] will officially start construction in the near future, and the entire construction process will be broadcast live..."

"In addition, the first private starship pilot training program has officially begun, the registration website..."

Zhao Zijie blinked and looked up from the large books in front of him with confused eyes.

Listening to the sound coming from the TV, his eyes gradually gained focus.

"The wait is finally here..."

Zhao Zijie murmured to himself, reached out to tap the keyboard, and entered the URL on the browser page.

The moment you press the Enter key, the page jumps instantly.

…

at the same time.

"Call the ground command center. Number 1 is in good condition and ready to take off at any time!"

Bai Yixuan's voice sounded on the radio.

The next second.

"No. 2 is in good condition and ready to take off at any time!"

"...No. 11 is in good condition and ready to take off at any time!"

As the last announcement fell, Lu Yongchang's voice sounded.

"Approved for takeoff!"

"Everyone, please be safe!"

The moment the words fell, eleven Xuannv 2 series spaceships took off into the sky!

…

A few hours later.

Major video websites and major media around the world started live broadcasts simultaneously.

"Hello everyone in the audience of People's Federation, I am the host Bingbing!"

"Today, I will reveal to you the construction process of the space elevator [Tower of Babel]!"

As that sweet voice sounded, the camera screen turned on.

As a "starship reserve pilot", Zhao Zijie naturally waited in front of the computer early.

Just a few hours ago, he had just registered online.

According to the prompts, after passing the preliminary screening of the theoretical test in a few days, he will enter the newly established starship driving training institution for training.

Therefore, he watched this live broadcast not for Bingbing, but to observe the flight mode of Xuannv 2 spacecraft!

so……

Looking at Bingbing in the live broadcast, he silently clicked the full screen button.

Just when he was about to enjoy it, he suddenly found that the background of the live broadcast room was a little weird.

Because of the camera angle, Bingbing blocked most of the background behind her, leaving only a small part of the picture.

Being a modern-day Leeuwenhoek, he immediately recognized an inconspicuous symbol in the upper right corner of the screen.

If his memory is correct, this should be the cockpit of Xuannv 1, right? !

Sure enough, the next moment, the live broadcast camera quietly changed.

"In order to better conduct the live broadcast, I am now inside Xuannv No. 1."

"As you can see, in front of us are the eleven Xuannv 2s executing this Tower of Babel construction plan!"

The live broadcast screen changes again.

In the picture, eleven Xuannv-2s trailed long blue flames from their tails, flying towards the deep space at an elevation angle of 60°!

…

Beyond geosynchronous orbit.

"Tsk...tsk...White team, this is No. 11, I have reached the scheduled deceleration height!"

A male voice came over the radio.

Bai Yixuan turned his head and glanced at the instruments on the console.

88,000 kilometers.

He turned on the radio silently: "Roger, start slowing down on the 11th!"

The moment the words fell, a Xuannv No. 2 suddenly slowed down and broke away from the main force.

…

This scene naturally fell into the camera.

Seeing the countless question marks in the live broadcast room, Bingbing chuckled and began to explain.

"The mission of this Xuannv II is different from the other 10."

"Everyone should know that the manufacturing process of this Babel Tower space elevator is top-down construction. Considering that it is difficult to transport such a large amount of cables, the cables of the space elevator will be manufactured in real time in space."

"And the mission of this Xuannv II is to slowly pull the manufactured cables back to the ground, which can also prevent the cables from being disturbed by air currents after entering the atmosphere."

Speaking of this, Bingbing quickly glanced at the barrage in the live broadcast room.

"Hmm? What are the functions of the other ten Xuannv IIs?"

Bingbing's mouth corners slightly raised, and a hint of cunning flashed in his eyes: "Dear viewers, you can guess."

"I can tell you that these ten Xuannv IIs have all been specially modified."

...

Soon after the No. 11 spacecraft left the main force, the 10 Xuannv IIs numbered 1-10 also began to slow down.

More than ten minutes later.

Under the precise control of the computer, the flight speed of the eleven Xuannv-2s was consistent with the rotation speed of the earth. Therefore, if someone watched from the ground, the eleven Xuannv-2s appeared in a strange state.

The tails and bottoms of the ten Xuannv-2s emitted faint blue flames and "stopped" on the 91,000-kilometer orbit.

As for the No. 11 spacecraft, it quietly "stopped" 1,000 kilometers directly below the ten Xuannv-2s.