Chapter 617: Dyson Cloud

When the black light, the first alien immigrant spacecraft in human history, entered the subspace, it had disappeared in this universe, and no signal would be transmitted back. Chen Chen could not know whether it was successful or whether it was trapped in the subspace. Or just die away.
No one knew everything about the Black Light before it returned to the solar system.
On this side of reality, Chen Chen's experiments on subspace navigation are still going on, and he has not slackened off because of the mission of the Black Light.
At the same time, with the birth of the subspace engine, Chen Chen arbitrarily built ten large transport ships comparable in size to aircraft carriers, and these ships can carry thousands of small unmanned mining ships less than ten meters in length.
In this way, a large transport ship can jump directly into subspace directly on Mars orbit every time, then sail out at the Mandeville point of Pluto, and finally enter the Kuiper Belt, where it can gather more resources and bring it back to human society.
It saves countless time when it comes and goes. At the same time, the short-term subspace navigation is not dangerous. Even if a dangerous large transport ship is damaged, this loss can be fully withstood.
At the same time, this simple and efficient resource collection system also gave Chen Chen a bold idea...
"What, do you want to build a Dyson ball?"
On the top floor of the Black Light Building in the Life Science City, Xiao X looked at Chen Chen incredulously, as if he wanted to see if he was joking with himself, "We don't lack energy for the time being, are you really planning to do this?"
"No, building a Dyson sphere is completely impossible."
Chen Chen shook his head, "Let’s not talk about the technical feasibility. With the resources we have now, if we want to build a Dyson sphere that envelops the sun, I’m afraid that the planets of the entire solar system are almost the same. It's Dyson Cloud, or Dyson Ring."
Chen Chen slowly stood up with a imaginative expression, "People who have no farsightedness must have immediate worries. Although our nuclear fuel is mainly composed of deuterium in sea water and helium-3 on the moon for nuclear fusion reaction, we have to say that the moon Helium-3 on the Earth is still limited. According to current exploration, there are about 700,000 tons of helium-3 on the moon. According to the power consumption standard of human society in 2040, 700,000 tons of helium-3 can be used by humans. century."
"Three hundred years is a lot for mankind."
Xiao X persuaded, "Perhaps three hundred years later, humans will still be able to discover new helium-3 mines and even new energy sources."
"That being said, why not act now?"
Chen Chen's words changed, "And don't forget, this number seems to be a lot, but do you still remember the electricity consumption standards in 2020?"
"2020?"
Little X was startled, and then he woke up and blurted out, "Twenty years ago, the global power generation was 2.8 trillion kilowatt-hours, and in 2040, the global power generation was 56 trillion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of two thousand percent."
"Yes, twenty times!"
Chen Chen solemnly said, "Human electricity demand in twenty years will be twenty times that of twenty years ago. This number will continue to expand with the continuous development of human society. Can you say that in ten years, the helium on the moon will -3 Resources, can humans use them for three hundred years?"
Suddenly, Xiao X fell silent.
Indeed, if human electricity consumption continues to expand according to this index, I am afraid that helium-3 resources on the moon will be exhausted for at most 50 years.
"So, we must not put all our eggs in one basket."
Chen Chen solemnly said, "In the visible time, we have to find a new energy outlet, and now, a way out has been in front of us for hundreds of years, and this is the best way out for us so far."
Xiao X nodded with some understanding, "So we have to develop Dyson Cloud."
The so-called Dyson cloud is actually the same thing as the Dyson ball. The only difference is the amount of engineering. The concept of the Dyson ball is a theory proposed by Freeman Dyson in 1960, Einstein's assistant.
He once imagined that the energy contained in planets like the Earth is very limited, far from enough to support the development of civilization to an advanced stage. In a star system, most of the energy—radiation from stars—was wasted out of thin air. Humans have solar energy devices, but the energy they receive is a grain of sand in the desert when compared with the total energy radiated by the sun at all times.
Therefore, he believes that the sun is a gift from the universe to mankind. A highly developed civilization must have the ability to wrap the sun in a huge spherical structure so that most of the sun’s radiant energy is intercepted. Only in this way can it be enough. Energy to support the development of human civilization.
So, in his vision, the Dyson sphere appeared-this is a giant man-made structure about 200 million kilometers in diameter, used to wrap the sun, such a structure is composed of satellites orbiting the sun, completely enveloping the sun's surface, and Through a method similar to solar energy conversion, most of the energy emitted from the sun is intercepted and converted into electrical energy required by humans.
This is the definition of Dyson Ball.
However, later generations refuted this theory, because in the eyes of most people, ordinary civilizations did not have the ability to make Dyson spheres, because the giant celestial bodies with a diameter of more than 200 million kilometers would cost thousands or even tens of thousands of ordinary civilizations. Years, at the same time, it will consume almost all of the material in the entire galaxy, which is totally an impractical project for ordinary civilization.
And if it is the kind of advanced civilization that can chase the stars and moon with a wave of hands, they naturally already have more advanced energy conversion technology, and they simply disdain the construction of the Dyson ball.
To put it simply, the setting of the Dyson Ball is really a bit tasteless. The civilization that can be used is not capable of building, and the civilization that is capable of building is not necessarily worthy of it, that's it.
So gradually, later generations designed a compromise based on the idea of ​​the Dyson sphere, that is, turning the Dyson sphere into a circle of circles, with countless circles surrounding the sun, just like clouds over the sun.
Compared with the engineering volume of the Dyson Ball, the Dyson Cloud may be only one-thousandth to one-thousandth, and of course the energy obtained will be reduced accordingly, but the advantage is that humans can control the construction cycle at will and quickly harvest the corresponding solar energy source. With the continuous development of human beings, the number of Dyson clouds can be continuously increased until a Dyson sphere is completely formed one day in the future.
Xiao X quickly understood Chen Chen’s thoughts. After all, humans cannot use the helium-3 resources on the moon for a lifetime, just like oil. Petroleum resources are limited. Before nuclear fusion has been developed, humans have been relying on oil conversion. For energy, not to mention limited resources, it will also pollute the earth's environment.
So long ago, mankind began to experiment with nuclear fusion, but now, Chen Chen is just looking forward to looking for a new energy system like people in the past.
Obviously, Dyson Cloud is the one that best meets the requirements.
Thinking of this, Xiao X’s supercomputing capabilities instantly revealed several construction plans, but all of them had some flaws that needed to be completed. She couldn’t help asking,
Your Excellency, if you build Dyson Cloud, Mercury should be a good choice.

"That's natural."
Chen Chen replied, "First of all, Mercury is the planet closest to the sun, and the materials are simple. Second, the main components of Mercury are metals and silicates. These elements are also required for the construction of solar panels. These conditions add up. It can be said to be unique."
Xiao X spread his hands and asked again, "If you want to build Dyson Cloud quickly, I am afraid that an entire industrial chain is needed."
"This is not difficult."
Chen Chen replied, "The surface temperature of Mercury is about 400 degrees Celsius. This temperature is still acceptable for some robots with thick armor. We only need to build one kind of robot. This kind of robot must have three abilities:"
"First, it can withstand the high temperature of Mercury's four Baidus; second, it has the ability to replicate itself; third, it can automatically complete a series of complex processes from collection, smelting to manufacturing; as long as the above three points can be achieved, Dyson Cloud's The construction can be said to be half the success."
"Moreover, there is no atmosphere on Mercury, and the escape speed is not fast. We only need to use electromagnetic technology to directly launch the Dyson cloud created on Mercury into the solar orbit. Scattered Dyson clouds and assemble them."
"So what about after collecting enough energy?"
Xiao X continued to ask, "Use laser or antimatter transmission?"
"Do we now have the technology to make a lot of antimatter?"
Chen Chen shook his head and thought, "Of course it is a laser. Converting the energy collected on the Dyson cloud into a laser, and transmitting the energy to the space station, space city and all human colonization planets in the solar system is the most suitable and simplest way at present. ."
"..."
Little X was silent for a while, and then added, "It can be used as a weapon at critical times."
Chen Chen did not answer, but continued, "I had some doubts about the implementation of this plan. After all, even if the entire Mercury is dismantled, it will be difficult to produce a decent Dyson cloud, but now the birth of the subspace engine has solved this very well. all."
"Using subspace as a springboard, we can adjust the trajectory of the Dyson Cloud at any time. As a result, the possibility of collision between Dyson Clouds due to orbital problems is much smaller."
After listening to what Chen Chen said, Xiao X immediately closed her eyes and began to deduct Chen Chen’s plan and plan. However, after a few seconds, she nodded,
The plan you envision is indeed the most convenient. I will follow your plan. Added some details and optimized some processes."
"Take a look."
Chen Chen's eyes lit up and said immediately.
Suddenly, a huge void screen appeared in front of him, with a series of numbers and formulas densely populated on it. This is the Dyson Cloud plan integrated by Xiao X.
In this plan, Xiao X designed Dyson Cloud into countless ring-shaped celestial bodies. These man-made objects surround the entire sun, just like huge rings.
The first phase is planned for three years. Blacklight Technology needs to establish an industrial system on Mercury and launch the first Dyson cloud unit to the surface of the sun within three years.
According to the description of the plan, a piece of Dyson cloud unit is a huge solar cell with a surface area of ​​136 square meters and a regular hexagon as a whole. The middle is integrated, and only the six edges will be made of a material that can withstand high temperatures. Production, these edges can not only transmit energy, but also can be firmly connected with other units.
After the first Dyson cloud unit is successfully launched, the next thing is very simple, that is, countless replications, connecting these hexagons one by one, and finally forming a closed loop that spans the entire sun.
This is the first Dyson cloud, and it is also the goal of the second phase of the plan. It will take about 30 years before and after.
Eventually, after the end of the second phase, the Dyson cloud will form a huge ring man-made celestial body that can surround the entire sun. At the same time, there will be a large laser generator every tens of thousands of kilometers, so that no matter how the Dyson cloud rotates over the sun , There are enough angles to irradiate the collected laser to the required place.
Then, when the Dyson cloud forms the first closed loop, you can then see the situation, or form a new Dyson cloud ring, or continue to increase the number on the original Dyson cloud, these are all options.
After reading the plan, UU reading www.uukanshu.com even if Chen Chen feels stunned, he is responsible for the framework of the plan, and Xiao X is responsible for filling in the details. The entire plan can be described as seamless.
"That's it."
Chen Chen immediately made a decision. This is the benefit of one word. Both the decision-making time and the speed of the process are simplified to the extreme. If the project is a national project, it may take several years from the establishment of the project to the start of implementation. And since Chen Chen discussed it, it took less than half an hour.
Next, since the project has been set, the next step is naturally to notify the world. After all, the sun is not only the sun of black light technology, but the sun of all mankind. This kind of project naturally needs to be notified to the world.
On the official website of Blacklight Technology, Xiao X personally issued this notice, giving a brief overview of all plans, and gave a sufficiently shocking name-"Black Witch Dyson Cloud Plan", and then the entire company was like a platform Industrial machines are running at high speed!
Blacklight Technology occupies most of the influence of human society, and his every move affects the minds of countless people, so almost within a few minutes of the announcement, this announcement caused the entire Earth Federation to shake.
For a time, the world was shocked!