Life in the collapsed world from scratch

There was a warm touch on her hand, she turned her head and met the boy's comforting eyes.

Feeling the warm touch from the palm of her hand, Xier's heart miraculously calmed down, and she no longer felt nervous.

"In order to ensure the running speed, the carrier cabin is always accelerating, and will not decelerate until the final stage." Cheng Xi glanced out the window, the guide rail has been in a relatively static state with them, and there is almost no sign of movement, but In fact, they are already a certain distance from the sea level at this moment.

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"Our current speed is about 4.8 kilometers per hour, which is equivalent to a supersonic aircraft, and this speed will continue to increase until it reaches about [-] kilometers per second before entering the stage of uniform motion."

Cheng Xi specially lowered the transparency of some bulkheads, turning an entire wall into a translucent floor-to-ceiling window, allowing the girl to see the scenery outside more clearly.

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"Although this speed has not reached the first cosmic speed, it is enough to let us escape the gravity of the earth under the continuous power input."

As he said, in principle, low-speed spaceflight is completely possible. As long as the constant upward momentum can be maintained, even at the speed of a car or even walking, one can go to space, even go to lunar orbit or go out of the solar system No problem.

Xier looked down, and the place they left was on the night side of the earth, and the outline of the continent was hazy and unreal.

She didn't feel any obvious changes in gravity, but if they were getting farther and farther away from the earth, it stands to reason that the gravity should be getting smaller and smaller.The girl quickly realized that, just like what her brother said, the transport cabin under her feet was now in a state of accelerated motion under precise calculation.

As the altitude continues to rise, the shadow of the earth gradually becomes smaller and smaller. Seeing that she has lived her whole life, the world that she thought was vast and boundless is now so small that she can cover it with one hand, Xier's heart rises. A strange feeling.

"This is... the world we want to protect." Death.

Chapter 260 Hei Xi: "Xie'er, are you betraying me?"

The carrier module continued to rise, and Xier saw a small point occasionally passing by in the distance, and heard from her brother that it might be a certain satellite, or cosmic junk flying at the first cosmic speed.

At this altitude, the Earth's shadow becomes very small, and soon the sun emerges from below the horizon, flooding the landscape with a golden-white glare.

Cheng Xijiang adjusted the transparency of the stern cabin and reduced the amount of light transmitted. It took a while for the girl's eyes to adapt to this level of light.

The transport cabin has already entered a state of uniform linear motion. As the distance from the earth gets farther and farther away, the situation of "[-]" gradually showing the decrease in gravity has begun to appear. Xier can feel that her body has become much lighter, as if It only takes a little effort to jump off the ground.

This kind of microgravity phenomenon became more obvious after the transport cabin entered the deceleration stage. It was unknown when Xier had to work hard to maintain her figure, otherwise she might float up if she was not careful.

"You shouldn't have come out in a skirt today." The girl felt a little shy inside.

"It doesn't matter." The voice in my heart disagreed: "It's not like you don't wear shorts inside."

"Besides, even if you don't wear it, you actually..."

"Stop talking!" Xi'er hurriedly stopped her, and said angrily, "Please don't play tricks on me anymore!"

"Okay, okay." The voice agreed, "Who made our Xi'er so cute."

"Indeed." Cheng Xi nodded, expressing agreement with her words.

"……Eh?"

"Xie'er" froze for a moment, and then finally realized that she was manipulating her body.

What about Seele?

She scanned around and saw a girl with black and blue hair hiding behind Cheng Xi, showing half of her head and secretly looking at this side.

Only then did "Xie'er" react, the shy girl threw this body to her, and she hid in the soul steel body that was originally prepared for her.

Using the plasticity of soul steel, the girl wove and constructed a blue and white princess dress for herself. In this microgravity environment, the girl's skirt swayed lightly and slightly, which looked no different from the real skirt.

"Xie'er, you..."

"Xie'er" felt like she was being sold.

"Sorry, the other me..." Xi'er looked at her embarrassedly and said, "But you said it yourself just now, so it doesn't matter."

Did I mean that?

"Xie'er" looked at the girl in embarrassment.

"Long time no see, 'Xie'er'." Cheng Xi greeted her.

"..."

"Xie'er" pressed the hem of the skirt with both hands unnaturally, with erratic eyes: "Ah, um."

Why does it feel like she is not very happy?

Cheng Xi was a little puzzled.

Could it be that I'm too intrusive here, disturbing her and Xi'er's two-person world?

Then...how about I go?

Deep in the field of consciousness, Xilin felt a little speechless after feeling Cheng Xi's thoughts. Cheng Xi really didn't understand girls at all.

"People obviously think the temperature here is too low." The girl gave a hint.

Otherwise, why would she cover her skirt.Sirin thought to herself.

"That's right." Cheng Xi suddenly realized that it was the air conditioner.

Indeed, after leaving the protection of the earth's atmosphere, the outside temperature will suddenly drop. Although there is a lack of direct contact conduction and convection heat dissipation, thermal radiation will still continuously take away the heat in the transport cabin. If there is no insulation and heating measures If not, the temperature in the cabin will soon drop below minus two hundred degrees Celsius. …

Even if there is an air conditioner in the transport cabin, it is common to fail to adjust the temperature back in time, and it is normal for girls to feel cold.

Just when Cheng Xi was hesitating whether to use his authority to heat up manually with an ohm heater, the sunlight coming in from the window suddenly changed.

Seele raised her head and saw the end of this journey through the skylight—the synchronous orbit station.

It was a huge man-made building composed of several slowly rotating concentric circles. The sunlight was densely chopped into small pieces by the huge frame structure and fell down. starlight.

When the elevator ran into these giant buildings, the surroundings quickly became dark, like a fire 5.5 car entering a tunnel.

A few minutes later, the transport cabin drove into the terminal, and was fixed on the platform by a steel structure after detaching from the guide rail.

After a slight vibration, it rotated together with the orbital station as a whole, Xier felt the existence of gravity again.

"laugh--"

The cabin door opened slowly, and you could see a corridor that was endlessly long outside. The floor made of stainless steel reflected the cold light under the light of the site, giving people a cold feeling.

Cheng Xi turned around and extended an invitation to the two girls: "Want to go out and see together, two lovely Xi'er?".

Chapter 260 The Fourth Starlight Chain

Unlike the limited space station in Seele's impression, the space inside the synchronous orbit terminal station is very large. It is more like a small town than a space station.

"After more than ten years of operation and several rounds of expansion, there are about a thousand people living here now." Cheng Xi introduced to the two girls behind him while walking in front: "Because all the energy of the terminal station Now it has been replaced by the Houkai fusion reactor. The original solar panels are no longer needed, so we modified them so that the people who live here can grow some fruits and vegetables on them, which can be regarded as a certain degree. Complete self-sufficiency."

Behind him, the two girls carefully maintained their figures while looking at the strange and unfamiliar scenery on both sides curiously.

Although the centripetal force generated by the ring terminal's own rotation can simulate gravity in space, they are now in the innermost ring area after all, and the simulated gravity here is still relatively weak, similar to the microgravity state on the moon. It is still easy to stand unsteady even if you are used to walking here.

13 For example, Xier now has to rely on being held tightly by Cheng Xi to barely maintain her figure and keep up with her steps. On the contrary, "Xieer" has adapted very well and quickly mastered the knack. Cheng Xi's help.

It's just that for some reason, the girl didn't seem to be happy about it.

Xi'er became curious about the space farm that Cheng Xi was talking about, and proposed the idea of ​​going to see it.

Of course, Cheng Xi would not refuse the girl's request, and immediately changed her original plan to go to the outermost circular area, and brought the two girls to the giant solar panel above the "center of the circle".

The giant solar panel does not rotate with the terminal station, so the simulated gravity here completely disappears, and several people return to their original floating state.

Walking into the greenhouse made of special glass, Xier did not see the expected scene of a large piece of land full of fruits and vegetables. Instead, small squares were neatly arranged and stacked like shelves. Familiar or unfamiliar plants are planted in this small square, which looks neat and crowded.

"The traditional planting method is too extravagant and inconvenient in this place where every inch of land is precious, so the soilless cultivation techniques are basically used here."

Cheng Xi explained to the girl.

"How do these things taste?"

"Xie'er" asked looking at the brightly colored tomatoes in front of her eyes.

Will vegetables and fruits grown in space taste better than those grown on the ground?The girl's heart is full of curiosity.

"It's almost the same as what you bought in the supermarket." Cheng Xi shrugged and said, "It's not different except that the cost is higher."

After all, the gene sequence has not changed, and it is essentially the same species. Under the condition of careful cultivation, how much difference can the taste have.

"Xieer" was a little disappointed, and soon lost interest in it.

This plantation is very big, and Cheng Xi just took the two of them for a cursory stroll around it, and it took almost an hour.After walking around, both girls felt a little tired.

In this environment lacking gravity, it is indeed a very physical and energy-consuming thing to move normally. Even Xier, who is using the soul steel body, feels a little tired mentally at the moment, let alone the other girl. up.

Xi'er looked at her other self with some concern, and after hesitating for a while, she stretched out her hand and led her to her side.

"……have a finger in the pie."

"Xie'er" turned her head slightly and said in a low voice, but she didn't break away from the girl's hand.

"We have arrived."

Cheng Xi took the two girls and stopped in the outermost area of ​​the greenhouse.

Because of the need to use rotation to simulate gravity, the main structure of the entire terminal station is designed to resemble concentric circles that are nested together one after another. All concentric circles are basically on the same level, and are independent from the main structure. The existence of "solar panels" is equivalent to being located on a higher "higher" level, where you can easily overlook the scenery of the entire terminal station.

Through the special glass wall, Xier looked at the synchronous orbit terminal slowly rotating in the deep space below, and felt a kind of silent shock.

In the past, only the first time she saw the Hyperion and the Eye of the Abyss gave her the same shock, even though she knew that the technology of the Eye of the Abyss might be higher than here, but the deep space giant in front of her The visual impact brought to her by the beast is incomparable to the Eye of the Abyss, which is only tens of meters high.

She couldn't imagine how much manpower and material resources Anti-Entropy invested in completing this project.

"Actually, there are not many." Cheng Xi explained: "The inner ring area is the most difficult at the beginning, but after the initial platform is built, relying on the low-cost characteristics of the space elevator, what needs to be done next is just It’s just assembling and splicing the parts transported up from the ground, because there is no gravity constraint, this work is even easier than doing it on the ground.”

Not to mention, with Fragmented World, Cheng Xi can act as a whole transportation team by himself, and the transportation cost of materials is pulled down to almost zero in an instant.

Although working in space has other difficulties that are different from those on the ground, it is still much easier than the hard work the girl imagined.

"So, even if the apocalypse comes and we can no longer survive on the ground, we can still come here and continue to live?"

"Xie'er" asked, tilting her head.

"This can be regarded as a way out." Cheng Xi thought for a while and said, "It's just that its priority is relatively low."

As for the reason, of course it is because there are better alternatives.

"Let's not talk about this, you see."

Cheng Xi took the initiative to interrupt the topic, and turned his eyes to look into the distance.

The two girls froze for a moment, looked in the direction he indicated, and soon saw a network woven by "starlight".