Him and their stars

At 10:25 a.m. on December 14, 833 Common Calendar, a huge beam of light rose from under the huge frozen layer of Shirakawa Star that had been condensed for hundreds of millions of years. Its shock wave spread hundreds of miles in all directions, and even in space orbit, such a spot of light could be vaguely seen on the white and green surface.

However, we must know that this is a thermonuclear missile after all, and the fusion reaction comes and goes quickly, so this bright beam of light is just a fleeting moment of youth. It is not a big deal to this universe, this galaxy, or even this planet.

However, for the entire frozen Pangea continent on this planet, it is indeed a big deal. At least, the thousands of degrees of high temperature generated instantly by the burning of the light beam did dissolve the ice that had accumulated for countless years, liberating the fertile black soil that had been sunk beneath it for hundreds of millions of years.

The high-temperature shock wave, accompanied by melting glaciers and black soil, merged into a pillar of light that soared into the sky, intertwined with endless flames and pointed toward the universe. Immediately afterwards, a huge pit had formed on the original ground.

When the violent thundering of the ground subsided and the spectacular fireworks dissipated, the workers in protective clothing carefully came to the huge artificially created pit and peered into the pit to observe the environment.

They still feel that this operation seems a bit whimsical, but they have to admit that when this huge pit appears in front of them, their hearts are really filled with a sense of accomplishment that has changed the world.

However, this is only the first step of the project.

Seldy Stocker in the control room also gave the next order: "Start irradiation."

In the outer space orbit of Shirakawa Star, forty-six orbiting satellites began to rotate mirror facilities that accounted for more than 80% of their mass, gathering the brilliance of the sun and successfully illuminating the plain temporarily named Glacier No. 14. superior.

By 0:00 a.m. on December 15, everyone could already see from space orbit that the pale color that had been frozen for countless years had turned into a refreshing green color.

However, this is still not the end. If the dissolved torrent cannot flow to the ice sea thousands of kilometers away in the planned way, all efforts will be meaningless.

However, the difficulty of construction on this frozen soil is beyond everyone's imagination. Even the most experienced engineers believe that it will take at least one to two years to complete a flood drainage channel that is stable enough and usable.

Seldy Stock had managed technology and logistics in a steel plant and knew how to deal with workers, but he really didn't know anything about large-scale projects like this. Fortunately, a branch of the Engineers Guild Hall has just been opened in Bai Yujing, the capital of New China, and consultants have also been sent. The new Ob engineering consultant suggested that a lake could be opened in the central area of ​​the Ice Sea and Icefield No. 14, which would have a certain buffering effect.

At the same time, a huge artificial lake can also have a long-term environmental impact on the surrounding environment. As long as we cooperate with the continuous concentrated energy of 46 groups of artificial suns in the sky, maybe we can really create a land of plenty on this planet with oxygen and a large number of glaciers.

There is no way, the New China Sector is not a wealthy alliance and empire, and without much support from the center of the earth, it can only adopt this copycat version of the planet transformation project.

In fact, had it not been for the matchmaking between the Engineers Guild and Seldy Stock, they would not have been able to buy second-hand giant mirrors or cheap balanced connection facilities, and they would not have been able to do even this kind of work.

However, even with such an improvement plan, the difficulty of the project has been reduced a lot, but the amount of work has expanded. No matter how you calculate it, the construction time will be at least six months. In this way, there is always no way to catch up with next year's spring plowing.

But just when everyone was at a loss, Seldy Stock, who always believed that workers could turn the impossible into possible, patted his head and told everyone that they could change their thinking.

So, there was this nuclear bomb explosion.

…do engineering with weapons of mass destruction. To be honest, no one really had any ideas in this regard before this. But if I think about it more carefully, it seems to make sense.

In any case, so far, the "construction" effect seems to be quite satisfactory.

On December 25, the flood caused by the melted mirror finally began to ease and slowly gathered along the river in the huge artificial lake. Soon, this frozen soil, which had not changed at all since the prehistoric times, grew into two large rivers of the Yangtze River level, and more than 30 artificial or natural waterways, plus a total area of ​​​​A huge freshwater lake covering 320,000 square kilometers.

Of course, the work towards the ice sea is still going on, and when it is completed, the lake surface should be smaller. However, everyone can feel that the breath of life is beginning to sprout in the surrounding world.

The question now is whether the freshwater lake "built" with thermonuclear weapons can be used.

Stork, who rushed to the lake, thought about it on the shore for less than half a minute, then ignored everyone's dissuasion and simply took off his protective clothing and jumped into the lake in full view of everyone.

"Look, this is the lake we built. It's spectacular and clean! Ah Sneeze!"

Well, even if there are forty-six artificial suns in the sky creating light and heat, the temperature here is far from being enough to swim. However, Seldi's crazy but brave move was very appetizing to these free-spirited New China pioneers, and their blood was ignited one after another.

Mr. Coleman jumped into the lake second, followed by a group of enthusiastic old fritters.

"Hahahaha, Dahu, I just touched a fish!"

"That's the thigh of labor! You stick!"

"Long live New China! Hahahahaha, long live Shirakawa Hoshi!"

This time it may seem simple, but it can actually be regarded as an epoch-making planet transformation project. The only flaw is that Commander Stoker and twelve foremen caught a cold and could only temporarily return to the orbiting city to recuperate.

Fortunately, since the first phase of work has been successfully completed, everyone has nearly ten days of rest.

So, after Seldy Stock received a streptococcal treatment in the weightless room, he thought about finding a place to have a meal. The orbital hospital he is currently in is located in the space city Dushui City in the outer space orbit of Baichuan Planet, with a permanent population of about 100,000.

Within the scope of the Milky Way, this is a remote town at best, but in New China, this is the largest space "city" in the entire star region.

Well, although New China is remote, it is also a vast star region with a population of 2 billion scattered among more than 30 habitable planets. It always needs a transit trade distribution center. As for the Hanlu galaxy where Star Shirakawa is located, although the only inland planet is a very low planet whose surface is mostly covered by glaciers and frozen soil, the galaxy itself has four gravity wells, which are the most important transportation in this new China. node.

As a result, this space station started as a transfer station for maintenance and recharging, and was expanded little by little according to functional needs. Before Seldi presided over the melting of the glaciers and the "beggar's version" of planet transformation on Baichuan Planet, it was even the largest settlement in this galaxy.

However, since Dushui City was expanded bit by bit from a space gas station, its main urban structure is naturally connected by various space facilities. The style is very inconsistent, and each urban area even differs from the era in which it is located. Same.

The shape of the entire city is becoming more and more steampunk and wasteland style, and the pirate port controlled by various cosmic black (meow) lanes is roughly in this style.

But even so, this "small town" is considered to be fully equipped with all the necessary business districts, business districts and even entertainment districts.

Seldy Stock thought of a noodle shop he discovered in the city's largest commercial district, "White Fatty Square" when he first took office here. In order to receive the gravity treatment, my stomach and intestines, which had been fasting for twenty-four hours and only relied on nutritional cream to maintain calories, immediately let out a scream of protest.

Have a good meal! Stoker made up his mind and walked straight towards Fatty White Square. Along the way, he had seen several small but very enthusiastic celebrations. Naturally, local residents and passing merchants were directly celebrating the success of the Shirakawa Star renovation project.

In fact, the renovation project has only successfully completed the first phase of the work, but this can already be regarded as a success. At least, they could all see the new lush greenery appearing on the surface of the pale planet while lying on the portholes of the space city.

This is the greenery that represents life, and will naturally resonate with all intelligent beings with universal emotions.

Stoker passed through the celebrating crowd and took nearly ten minutes longer than usual before he finally found the noodle shop called "Chen's Shop".

The young proprietress wore a healthy smile full of fireworks, and she passed through the crowded guests like a butterfly through flowers.

"Ah, Mr. Stoker, you're here." The landlady recognized the new customer at a glance, looked at the crowded store, and said awkwardly: "Either you have to wait for at least twenty minutes, or you just have to wait. We can share a table.”

Of course the lady boss knew Stoker's identity, but she was not prepared to provide the latter with any privileges. According to this young and lively lady, Chen's noodle shop has been open in the Big Apple for more than a hundred years. When the imperial nobles were still there, they had to queue up and share tables. Who are you?

Stork glanced around the restaurant, and just as he thought it would be okay to wait another twenty minutes, he heard someone shouting: "Brother Seldy, this way."

He looked intently and saw an Obo man with a long beard hanging down to his chest and a stocky build. He was wearing a simple, wear-resistant composite material mandarin jacket and mine-sized overalls, and his exposed skin was grey-black with age.

Of course Stoker knew this Obo uncle. His name is Hud Blackhoof, he is a member of the Engineers Guild and the main designer of this "beggar's version" of the planet project. Of course, if nothing unexpected happens, he will also become the person in charge of the Engineer Guild in the New China Star Region.

Since they were all acquaintances, Stoker naturally sat down calmly. Only then did he see that the large bowl in front of Uncle Black Hoof, which could be used as a soup basin, was empty and he was attacking the second one.

Stoke was very envious. The way the other person ate could easily remind him of the person he respected the most. He felt that if he still had such a good appetite in his old age, it must be because he had been a pure person all his life.

"What are you looking at me for? Just looking at me can't fill your stomach." Old Obo's head rose up from the bowl of the sea. His one intact eye was very lively, as bright as a young man's. But the other eye was beating with mechanical electronic light.

Yes, this old Obo man is a prosthetic. At least one of his eyes and one hand are prosthetic. Even the cuticle back armor unique to the Obo people has been replaced with tank armor material.

According to Mr. Blackhoof himself, he has hidden two swarm missile nests, a grenade launcher, a Vulcan cannon and a lightsaber in the back armor. If he really encounters a problem, he can easily deal with a fully armored person. Armed reinforced platoon.

However, it was obvious that this kind of prosthetic transformation did not affect his appetite. When Mr. Stork and Mr. Coleman had only eaten half a bowl of beef noodles, the old Obo man had already completely destroyed his second bowl of seafood clear soup noodles, and even drank all the noodle soup.

He then wiped his mouth with unsatisfied feelings and grinned: "Brother Seldi has made a great contribution this time, so I should treat you to this meal. Miss Chen, two more spicy fried fish, one spicy cumin Roasted rabbit, a large roast beef burrito! Half a dozen beers. I don’t want Roseanne from the Alliance, I want the clear spring from our New Yumen!”

The young proprietress quickly repeated it in the direction of the kitchen, and then couldn't help but said: "Didn't I say that Obo people can't eat spicy food? It turns out that every time I look at you, your food becomes more and more heavy-handed."

"Because labor and management have an iron stomach!" Mr. Black Hoof laughed while touching his belly, and said: "By the way, I will add a beer to everyone, and it will be on my head!"

The diners in the restaurant cheered and echoed loudly: "Here's to Mr. Black Hoof's iron stomach!"

If you were in the Imperial Capital, or even in the Terra star region and the Earth on the Community side, just these words would bring you huge trouble, but in a remote place like New China, everyone has a lot of unruly sea creatures. ...Ranger habits are actually not uncommon among prosthetics.

"And here's to our icebreaker Stoker!" Mr. Blackhoof laughed.

"Here's to Stoker the Ice Breaker!" the diners continued to shout in response. They had all heard about what happened on Baichuan Planet, and naturally they were full of respect for a man who used a nuclear bomb to open a reservoir and then calmly jumped into the reservoir for a winter swim.

Although Seldy Stoker has gone through a lot of experience, his shame level is never very high. Hearing these words, he immediately felt a little restless. He felt that he was just an ordinary person, but this nickname made him look like an extraordinary person who used his sword to slay demons, so he said sincerely. "You are the designer of this project, and I am just executing it."

"Ah hahaha, I just designed the satellite connection system, calculated the angle of the light, and also drew the route of the drainage ditch. Okay, okay, it was indeed my idea to build a reservoir as a buffer. But, using nuclear bombs I really never thought of building a reservoir." The old man waved his hand and said:

"This is great. If these waterways are completely stabilized, they will turn into typical impact plains in five or six years at most. Hahahaha, Brother Seldy, what are you thinking?"

"...Someone told me that workers need to emancipate their minds. As long as they emancipate their minds, there are always more methods than difficulties. If you can't dig it out, why not solve it in equal measure?" Seldy said with a smile.

Mr. Black Hoof was startled for a moment, and then he laughed heartily again: "Your mentor is a sage! No wonder Mr. Trend is willing to cooperate."