Beneath Deep Space

Experts have been thinking about how to solve the problem of underground caves for a long time, but there is no particularly good solution.

Judging from the current situation, even if there are mines on the surface, people don't dare to dig because of the large caves underground. If the ground collapses, the entire base will be lost along with it. Wouldn't it mean that both people and money will be lost?

With the current technology of mankind, it is actually possible to fight against nature and to mine and lay foundations at the same time. However, the economic cost of doing so is too high and it is not very cost-effective.

Therefore, these scholars generally believe that it is better to go directly to the Arctic to mine...

There are no volcanoes, no geothermal heat, and year-round severe cold. There can't be so many underground cavities, right?

After rigorous demonstrations by biologists, people have now determined that large underground cavities are corroded by black worms. Without geothermal heat, there would be less chance of blackworms and cavities in the ground.

Listening to the experts' discussion, Yu Yifeng kept thinking in his mind.

Changing a base is not a big deal... at least from an economic perspective, it is much simpler than laying a solid foundation. The void below is almost endless, so there's no need to force it.

Humanity has no shortage of equipment. There are still a large number of flight bases and excavation machines on the Noah that are not officially used. The new human civilization just lacks manpower. If the base is rebuilt by then, the engineers here will be transferred to the Arctic region in large numbers.

Of course, according to the discussion of these experts, there are advantages and disadvantages to moving the new base to the Arctic area of ​​​​Nix.

The temperature there is two hundred degrees below zero. The temperature is too low, biological activity is weak, and microorganisms are rare... Therefore, the biological control tasks in the Arctic region have been greatly reduced, and the probability of people getting sick will be greatly reduced.

Moreover, the combustible ice resources in the Arctic are relatively easy to extract, so there will no longer be a shortage of energy from now on!

But having said that, because the temperature is too low, various machines will be severely tested, and the mechanical failure rate will greatly increase...

Many materials should be replaced, especially cement materials that must be replaced with special cold-resistant cement to adapt to low temperatures of more than minus 200 degrees Celsius.

In short, these problems can be big or small, which does not mean that they cannot be solved!

A problem that can be solved is not a big problem!

The biggest problem currently plaguing the new human civilization is still the lack of manpower! Population is the most critical factor restricting industrial development. No matter how intelligent human machines are, they are not true artificial intelligence and must be controlled by humans in the background.

So... we must encourage people to have second, even third, fourth or fifth children! In short, the more, the better!

We must vigorously strengthen social public services, strengthen the entire civilized education system, and encourage people to have more children!

"Thanks to the stem cell reactivation reagent, people are still passionate even in their thirties, and the birth rate has increased a lot..." Yu Yifeng thought.

“It would be great if there were 200,000 highly qualified people!”

"If it doesn't work, close all the factories that produce condoms! If you get pregnant, you have to give birth!" Just as he was thinking wildly, all formal discussions ended.

"Then it's decided that we will build a new main base in the Arctic region. The factories that have been built here do not need to be dismantled on a large scale. Let's treat it as a branch base!"

Yu Yifeng finally settled all the agenda, and then tried to steer the topic to the indigenous people.

He changed the topic and said casually: "Oh, by the way, I have something very important to say here. Take a look at the video file I just sent. It was given to me by a soldier who was missing. Take a look first."

He clicked on the video and was very curious about how everyone would react. He should be the first one to know about this besides the eight soldiers.

The others are still sitting silently until now. Some are even distracted and thinking about what they just discussed. They just assume that Yu Yifeng wants to show them some industrial videos.

Immediately, the video started to play. From the first image, everyone was stunned. Even a few people who had just been distracted were stunned, just like Yu Yifeng's expression at that time.

Some people's mouths were wide open and they didn't close them for a long time, and some people's eyes were round and unblinking!

The video starts with the lizardmen cutting up bugs, then negotiating with the soldiers, and then returning to their large village...

When these lizard men saw the liquid nitrogen that people took out to freeze, they all showed doubts. A curious lizard even touched the ice on the surface of the power armor with its paw. After being stimulated, the paw immediately retracted, then touched again, and retracted again.

They were very curious, why did the water suddenly freeze?

Why is this layer of "scales" so hard?

He is truly worthy of being the “messenger of the gods”!

But they are also very smart. After some negotiation with the soldiers, they seemed to understand something and took out some strange herbs to paint the power armor.

In this way, the smell emitted by the special herbs avoids the harassment of black insects, and there is no need to spray liquid nitrogen on the surface.

Wu Hao and others also followed stupidly, as if they were not afraid of danger...or maybe they thought they had taken the initiative.

Looking from a distance, this indigenous village is made up of earthen bags and caves. There are about a few thousand large and small earthen bags inside. The total population of the Lizard Aboriginals is estimated to be tens of thousands, all of which are stationed in the crater!

Yes, the crater!

The whole video was just shot from a distance, without getting closer.

But everyone here saw thick magma at the bottom several hundred meters deep! The light they gave off slightly illuminated the area. This may be the brightest place underground.

However, the rolling of these magma was not violent. Perhaps it was because there had been no geological activity in this area for too long and it gradually became silent.

Wu Hao and these fools actually followed the lizard natives without any precautions, and then walked to the crater area inexplicably. Maybe their hearts were also broken...

A large number of black bugs crawled on the volcanic rock walls. This time there were really huge numbers, many times more than what they had encountered before. If the previous time was a desert, this time... it was a completely boundless ocean!

However, these bugs appear to be very docile after getting enough heat energy. They absorb heat, survive and reproduce on the magma walls. Of course, after hundreds of millions of years of evolution, they can always find a suitable place to prevent themselves from being ignited by high temperatures.

Under such high heat conditions, the surface temperature has reached 30-40 degrees Celsius. If it is closer to the place, it may rise to 60 to 70 degrees!

The indigenous villages are located in the outer areas around 30-40 degrees Celsius. Perhaps in this high-heat environment, even if it doesn't spray herbs or ice, the heated power armor won't be attractive.

This crater area is already the core of the underground ecosystem and the largest cave. Because the magma provides a lot of heat energy, various large creatures appear here, as well as a large number of plants, fungi, etc.

They are all geothermal energy creatures! The ability to synthesize organic matter just by absorbing heat energy is a unique ability of Nix's life!

The rock walls and stone pillars around the crater have been corroded by the acid and become crystal clear, and can even reflect the light of the magma! Also due to the effect of biological acids, these stones only left the strongest mixed material, and their texture was really hard and scary.

Out of curiosity, one of the team members used a chainsaw to cut one of the pillars, leaving only a shallow mark.

You know... the material of the electric saw is Super Alloy Z! It is enough to see how hard the acid mixture is after condensation, so this huge cave did not collapse.

Spectacular, really spectacular!

Yu Yifeng was amazed while watching it. Although he had watched this video several times, he was still shocked every time he watched it.

This kind of underground landscape is beyond human imagination...

The venue was very quiet for a time, whether it was the Noah conference room or the Knicks conference room, even the sound of breathing was held.

People are digesting the information they receive, as if watching a movie.

But everyone knows that Yu Yifeng cannot be free to watch movies for them...

After the video ended, everyone seemed to be down and silent.

"This is……"

After a long time, a biologist's eyes widened and he made the first exclamation in the conference room: "Underground cave? Aboriginal civilization? Was it discovered in a large underground cave?!"

"It can't be computer-generated, right? Mr. Yu, where did the video come from?"

"Really or not? It's not a movie special effect, right?"

Everyone asked anxiously, and their first feeling was: This video is fake!

But judging from the rough shooting techniques and realistic scenes, it doesn't look like it's deliberately fake, and there's no need to fake it to entertain everyone.

Even Xu Yunjin's eyes lit up and he roared: "Isn't this Wu Hao? What's going on with my soldiers!"

Hearing Xu Yunjin's anxious roar, everyone knew that the probability of the matter being true was extremely high! Their eyes are getting brighter and brighter, as if they are incredible!

A huge underground cave, and there is even an indigenous civilization inside!

What does it mean to be Aboriginal?

Everyone in the conference room was suddenly out of breath with excitement and panting like an ox.

But they really couldn't figure out how to deal with these indigenous people for a while.

"Do it! Capture them and go dig them!"

Dr. Rimbaud shouted excitedly and jumped up from his position. In fact, the field of his research has nothing to do with the indigenous people. At this time, he was just shouting out of curiosity.

Suddenly, everyone recovered from the shock and started laughing.

When it comes to mining...these indigenous lizards have thin arms and legs. It is estimated that the output of the entire village together will not exceed that of a heavy excavator.

But after such a smile, everyone was silent and thinking.

What does it mean that intelligent civilization is simply encountered like this?

They are not simple-minded soldiers, but think about deeper things.

In this universe, civilization can't be a piece of shit, right?

Maybe, it's really possible...

Are humans so lucky? What if civilization is rare and can be encountered casually?

Life is rotten, and civilization may be rotten too. That’s why we can explain: Randomly on a fairly good planet, we encountered civilization...

Whether civilization is rare or not is not considered for the moment, so... what should we do with these indigenous lizards?

This is the primary question before us.

Human beings are neither virgins nor butchers. There is nothing good or bad without any reason in the world. From a civilized perspective, we must think about issues based on “interests”.

What can indigenous civilization bring to mankind? What are the benefits? What can they do to help humans? Will it pose a threat?

These are questions worth pondering...