The rise of nanometers

August 15, 2045.

At this time, the Jupiter Expedition had spent 15 long years on Jupiter, and many astronauts even gave birth to several children here.

This space life test, which lasted for about 17 years, allowed researchers to collect a large amount of data.

At the same time, during the past ten years or so, the Federation's various technologies have also gradually developed, although no real artificial gravity technology has been developed.

However, with the rapid development of biotechnology, especially genetic modification technology, and the successful development of adaptive symbiotic armor, humans at this time can already live in outer space for a long time.

Especially in the Jupiter area, two large rotating satellite cities have been built, which are enough to support 800,000 people living and working in the Jupiter area for a long time.

This long term refers to 10 to 20 years.

Jupiter Zone, Time Rotating Satellite City.

A teenager is doing some experiments in a quantum laboratory. His name is Zhang Chongyuan, he is 14 years old this year.

Obviously he belongs to a very special generation, because Zhang Chongyuan is the first batch of pure outer space people born on Jupiter, and he is also the last batch of natural people who have not undergone genetic modification.

The genetically modified babies at Blue Star were only officially approved in 2037, and all babies before that were natural persons.

Zhang Chongyuan was born on a Gonggong-class spaceship, and later moved to the Suiyu Satellite City. His father was Zhang Shuyi, the captain of the expeditionary force.

The current 243 residents of the Jupiter Zone are all the first expeditionary troops and their descendants.

Zhang Chongyuan, who was doing experiments, suddenly stopped. His communicator was flashing. He took it out to take a look.

[Jupiter News Flash: According to the latest instructions from the Federal Space Ministry, the long-term living test work in the Jupiter zone has been initially completed, proving that humans can live in a pseudo-gravity environment for a long time...

From now on, the Ministry of Aerospace will begin to select immigrants to Jupiter, with the initial planned number of immigrants being 5,000...]

When Zhang Chongyuan saw this news, his heart was actually very complicated. After all, they, the Jupiterians born on Jupiter, were essentially "guinea pigs."

Fortunately, when the first batch of members of the expeditionary force were selected, they selected people with strong willpower and some who had rich experience in psychological counseling.

Therefore, the new generation in the Jupiter area does not show signs of extreme thoughts. At most, they feel mixed emotions.

Another young man on the side turned around and asked: "Chongyuan, after the new immigrants come this time, it seems that we can apply to return to our home planet. What do you think?"

"..." Zhang Chongyuan was silent for a while, looking blankly in front of him. The tailfield accelerator of the quantum laboratory was continuing to work.

The young man said with a smile: "Didn't you say you wanted to see the Great Wall, Sanxingdui, the Forbidden City, the mother planet and your idol?"

"That's not that fast. It will probably take a few years!" Zhang Chongyuan replied absently.

"No, spacecraft technology has improved in recent years. The mass projector on the back of the moon is now ready for use. It can easily accelerate the spacecraft to 80 kilometers per second." The boy explained excitedly.

Zhang Chongyuan doesn't know much about this aspect recently because he has been obsessed with the quantum field recently.

Studying the quantum field at the age of 14 seemed a bit impossible.

In fact, this is mainly due to the development of brain science, which has allowed the Federation to obtain memory implantation technology. Now the new generation is directly implanted with scientific knowledge.

A teenager's knowledge reserve is comparable to that of scientists in the old days, and some talented young people are no worse than professional Ph.D.'s.

Although Zhang Chongyuan has not obtained a formal degree and can only be regarded as a science enthusiast at present, and also has some paranoia, it is undeniable that his knowledge level is very high.

The two of them chatted about spaceship technology. The Federation has made great efforts in technological research and development in this area. After all, there will be large-scale immigration to other planets in the future. If the speed of the spacecraft cannot keep up, separatism will easily arise over time.

Now the Federation uses the mass projector on the back of the moon to allow the spacecraft to achieve a top speed of 80 kilometers per second.

In this way, the flight time from Blue Star to Jupiter can be reduced to about a quarter of the previous time.

It used to take 2 to 3 years for a one-way trip, but now it only takes about 6 to 8 months.

In fact, this is not the limit of the mass projector, but it is limited by materials and discharge technology. Currently, it can only reach the limit of 80 kilometers per second.

The two chatted for a while, and then the other boy left the laboratory. Zhang Chongyuan also sorted out the experimental data and prepared to stop today's experiment.

At this moment, several protons collided with each other in the very high-energy tailfield accelerator, creating a strange quantum entanglement.

Before Zhang Chongyuan could react, the quantumly entangled protons were connected to the surrounding electromagnetic field in an instant.

A ball lightning the size of a basketball instantly appeared in the reaction chamber of the tailfield accelerator, and then penetrated layers of protective layers.

Zhang Chongyuan stared at this scene in stunned silence. After all, he was too young to react instantly when encountering unexpected situations.

Ball lightning with quantum entanglement instantly passed through his body, and Zhang Chongyuan felt like he was flying.

But all of this, in the laboratory's safety monitoring system, turned into a pile of coke that Zhang Chongyuan was instantly turned into by ball lightning.

A shrill siren sounded in the central monitoring room of the Time Satellite City.

Two hours later, Zhang Shuyi looked at his son who had turned into a pile of humanoid charcoal, and felt a torn pain in his heart. However, as the leader of the expeditionary force, he must be responsible for all members.

Moreover, in the past ten years or so in the Jupiter area, there have been many sacrifices.

He sighed: "This is life, follow the safety regulations!"

The adjutant An Ning on the side couldn't bear it. Just as he was about to say something, he was interrupted by Zhang Shuyi: "Remember that he is a member of the Jupiter Expeditionary Force first, and then my son. Don't be special."

"Understood!" An Ning nodded helplessly.

Jupiter's news channel broadcast the news that Zhang Chongyuan was killed in an experimental accident. This made the members of the expeditionary force couldn't help but feel a little sad when they heard that they could go home.

at the same time.

The aerospace department of Blue Star also received this unfortunate news.

Huang Xiuyuan, who is over fifty years old, read this piece of news in his spare time, and also showed a hint of helplessness and sadness.

At least Huang Xiuyuan didn't know that Zhang Chongyuan inadvertently created quantum entangled ball lightning in this accident. After his friends reorganized the experimental data, they developed practical quantum communication technology.

In order to commemorate Zhang Chongyuan, this quantum communication technology was officially named "Zhang Chongyuan-Huo Mingshi Quantum Communication System".

The emergence of this technology has further promoted the speed of the Federation's space expansion. The communication delay problem that previously plagued the Federation has finally been solved.

November 15, 2127.

The three spacecrafts representing the highest technological integration of human civilization, Huang Xiuyuan, Lu Xuedong, and Zhang Chongyuan, were filled with all fuel and supplies in the Xinghan Satellite City in the Gubai Belt.

This is a true next-generation spacecraft. The total mass of a single spacecraft reaches 180 million tons and can accommodate 3,000 astronauts.

Their target this time will be the Alpha Centauri galaxy 4.22 light-years away. With the current fastest speed of the spacecraft of 4,200 kilometers per second, it may take about 300 years to reach Alpha Centauri.

This is destined to be a journey with no return.

Human civilization's journey towards the stars and the sea has just stepped out of its own doorstep.

Huang Xiuyuan, who looked like a middle-aged man, stood in the stargazing cabin of Xinghan Satellite City, watching the three spacecraft slowly leave the solar system.

He sighed softly: "My time is over!"