: [Fan Wai: Mechanical Star (1)]

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"In three days, we will be able to complete the final experimental data calculation of the Z particle impact smelting method, and we will be able to go."
Ou Xia Meng stroked the hair around her ear and said with a smile.
She is not tall, with a short ponytail. She has big eyes, delicate features and cute features, which are somewhat similar to her ancestor Song Siyu. The loose white coat covering her body makes Ou Xia Meng look like a precocious little adult.
Don't look at her as if she was young, only in her twenties, but in fact, she was 1,321 years old when she counted the time she spent in freezing sleep.
As a PhD candidate in the field of natural metal materials, a professional scholar who can engage in natural metal research in an era when the transformation of mass energy is extremely popular, she has almost stood at the top of the academic pyramid.
In order to complete her doctoral dissertation and to wait for the basic scientific research on the J919 mechanical star to enter the critical stage where she needs her action, Ou Xia Meng went to sleep 322 years ago, that is, when humans first set foot on J919, and woke up 3 years ago. , And arrived here at the same time.
Over the past three years, Ou Xia Meng and more than 3,600 fellow professionals on the J919 have carried out the final data verification and are about to reap the fruits of success.
Humans discovered J919 363 years ago and arrived here 322 years ago.
Unlike the drastic actions on other planets, which only require rapid completion of development, humans are much more sophisticated in the excavation operations of this ultra-high-density planet located in the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy.
At first, scholars observed from a distance and believed that the atmosphere was full of toxic and harmful substances, and the planet whose radiation index exceeded the standard should be a dead star without life.
The remote scan also showed that there was no organic matter on the J919.
But after close observation, the scholars were pleasantly surprised to find that a very complete ecosystem has been formed on the J919.
Large tracts of true rust moss that can expand and grow on their own are floating in the vast ocean composed of the sky blue saturated copper sulfate solution.
The seabed swims, floats, and deposits various types of "creatures". The forms of "creatures" include crystals, simple metal substances, giant hedgehog-like steel seaweed jungles, ghost ship-like creeping metal frames...
The situation on land is more complicated. From a distance, it looks like a garbage dump in a starship cemetery, but from a closer look, it is a "vibrant" steel jungle, during which some large or small or fast or slow mechanical creations are walking and running, and it is very lively.
Although mankind has set foot on many planets dominated by mechanical life, and even had contact with perfect semi-biological and semi-mechanical life such as the Mizu in a very early stage that transcends time and space, it is so perfect and full of vitality that it almost covers a whole world. The extremely pure mechanical life ecosystem of the entire huge planet is still surprising and unheard of.
The subsequent discoveries were even more surprising. On earth, amino acids are the source of life. There is no amino acid on J919. Instead, it is a kind of incomparably wonderful elemental alloy with life characteristics that can continuously aggregate and grow spontaneously with metal atoms free in the earth and in the ocean of solution.
The metal ecosystem on J919 is being built on this special elemental alloy with extremely strong ductility and self-growth ability.
It is both amino acid and DNA, but it is also metal.
Of course, compared to the complex molecular structure of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, the alloy is a bit simpler after all. Scholars have not found traces of intelligent life in the prosperous ecosystem of J919. All the creatures on it are classified as non-intelligent life, which is the level of instinctive life, which is similar to the snails, ciliates, and cyanobacteria on the earth.
After preliminary verification, the special alloy that is the source of mechanical life can be used to further improve materials. If humans completely absorb this technology, it can bring about a small material science and technology innovation.
At first, scholars discovered that special alloys can only be formed naturally through the ecosystem on the J919. The content of metal animals and plants on the planet can be high or low, which can be extracted by smelting the non-intelligent life on the planet, but the mining efficiency is not Satisfying. This does not meet the needs of mankind's industrial production in the age of the universe.
The goal of the Z particle impact smelting method that Ou Xia Meng participated in is precisely to use the idea of ​​space industrialization to fully develop J919 at the fastest speed, and strive to dismantle the entire planet within ten years and take away all the special alloys. In the next step of in-depth research, the fundamental purpose is to thoroughly understand the synthesis method of this extremely high-level new material, so as to facilitate the large-scale "planting" of the new planet J919 in other galaxies in the future, and mass production of more special alloys.
After Mercury in the solar system was brutally attacked, this is the normal operation for humans to engage in the deep development of the planet.
At this time, in the vicinity of planet J919, in addition to more than 3,000 scientific teams on the surface and deep sea, there are more than 60,000 large unmanned excavation robots waiting quietly on the synchronous orbit.
As long as the final data check of the new smelting method is completed and the feasibility is demonstrated, these more than 60,000 powerful robots will be fully activated and can dismantle the entire planet within a month. After at most eight years, the J919 will be divided into tens of millions of pieces, and then taken away by the subsequent transport ships. Except for special alloys whose mass accounts for one part in tens of millions, the others are all conventional substances that make up the planet. Most of these things can be used at the level of science and technology that mankind now masters, which can save a lot of processes. Although the conversion of mass and energy is omnipotent, it is cost-effective to reduce the synthesis process by one step.
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Hearing what Ou Xia Meng said, Liang Zhichu's eyes flashed from her face, staying for about 0.1 second, and then quickly turned away, only showing a silly smile, scratching his head and said, "This is still yours, Dr. Ou. Credit, everyone thought it would take seven or eight years to complete the calculation. After you came, the progress of the project has accelerated a lot."
Ou Xia Mengbai glanced at him, "If my tutor came, it would be faster."
"Well. You have always been so humble." Liang Zhichu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he said with a smile.
"Okay, let's work." Ou Xiameng turned his attention back to the projection, watching the rapid flashing mathematical calculation process, and gradually a touch of arrogance that was not easy to be noticed appeared on his face.
This is indeed her credit.
Due to the particularity of the material, the calculation of the smelting method cannot be simulated with a quantum network, and must be coordinated with the actual experiment.
Behind each calculation process, there is a remote unmanned experiment for verification.
When Ou Xiameng arrived at the scene three years ago, combined with the data from field research, it took a month to redesign the experimental plan, refine the details of the processing process, and greatly improve the work progress on the entire planet. Established prestige.
In this scientific research team, even the rigid and strict leader Nur Ahun Suritang has great respect for Oxiameng.
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It takes 18 hours and 33 minutes for the J919 to make a full rotation. So the night on this planet is relatively short, less than eight hours. However, because J919 is located in the central region of the Andromeda galaxy, the density of stars is high, and the atmosphere is thin and cloudless. Under the shining sky of stars, there is no real night on J919, but it is slightly darker than the day.
In order to maintain the biological clock of human origin from the earth, each base usually closes the windows when the time enters the night, artificially creating a dark indoor night.
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After a busy day, Liang Zhichu returned to his dormitory. As an assistant researcher with a formal establishment, Liang Zhichu owns a single dormitory with an indoor area of ​​more than 70 square meters in the base.
He lay on the back of the bed, holding a half-opened hard shell notebook with three hundred pages in his left hand, holding a pen in his right hand, and writing on it with rare and smooth hard pen calligraphy: "There are only three days left to complete the project. According to the doctor's understanding, she will definitely be transferred back to the Academia Sinica after finishing the work on J919. This farewell, I don’t know what year and month I will see next time. I still don’t have the courage to confess and I still dare not tell her about me. The inspiration for the undergraduate thesis came from a project she completed when she was in high school. My respect for her made me nervous to say nothing even if I just looked at her from a distance. After three years, it is still the same. I really want to know her. Freeze the code, and then turn on the freezing synchronously with her. Otherwise, there are only two endings for me. When I freeze, she has already gone through her life. Or when she wakes up, I have become dead bones..."
Snapped! Liang Zhichu closed his notebook, stood up, and put the gilded notebook on the bookshelf in the living room.
This is his "little secret". What is recorded in the notebook is "The Diary of a Secret Love" that he has written intermittently over the past three years.
In an era when almost no one used handwriting, Liang Zhichu kept this traditional and ancient personal habit. He wrote down his thoughts by hand and recorded them on paper full of historical charm. It has a sense of ritual and can give him a beating heart of anxiety. With consolation. And, unlike the data stream storage carrier that needs to be synchronized to the quantum network, things handwritten on paper are more private and more secure.
But he placed the notebook in the living room again, conspicuously on the bookshelf. From time to time, he would fantasize that if Ou Xiameng came to the dormitory as a guest, he would flip this book from the shelf. Then he doesn't need to find the courage to confess.
People are so contradictory.
Back in the bedroom, Liang Zhichu rolled up the quilt and fell asleep.
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I don’t know when, the sky was covered with a cloud of gray mist, which resembled the appearance of certain cities on the mother planet Earth when sandstorms broke out in the early 21st century.
These gray fogs are not specific climatic phenomena in a certain area, but appear over the entire planet at almost the same time.
After 0.5 seconds, the piercing alarm sounded through the scientific research station No. 117 in the Tara Basin.
Oxiameng, who had just fallen asleep, immediately jumped off the bed, dressed neatly at the fastest speed, and then rushed out.
After a minute and a half, all the staff in the No. 117 scientific research station appeared in the lobby of the central control room of the base.
In addition to Ou Xiameng, Liang Zhichu, and team leader Nur Ahun, there are three others in the scientific research station.
They are Cissetta Roy, a professional soldier with a flamboyant personality, a tall stature, and a bronze skin. In addition to the base security work, he also serves as the pilot of a small fast armed ship.
Masahito Matsuda, a lean and brave veteran miner with a grumpy temper, as if looking unpleasant to anyone, behaving badly, and bravely.
She has a plump body, likes to wear relatively revealing clothes, exposing large amounts of white snowflakes, and is enthusiastic with everyone, always cheerful, life assistant Samantha Swan who is responsible for taking care of the daily life and medical needs of the people in the base. She and Cisseta and Matsuda Masahito at the same time maintain a certain kind of physical contact, which is not only the content of the work, but also the physiological needs, and may also be mixed with a little emotional factor.
At this time, the group is rapidly advancing their work according to their respective pre-division of labor in the emergency situation.
Team leader Nur Ahong was in front of the console.
He had opened the manual control panel that he hadn't opened for a long time.
The old-fashioned LCD display inside is showing the words that the backup system is reactivated.
After a short while, Nur Ahong said: "Our quantum communication with the outside world has been subject to strong interference. I just tested all the backup communication facilities such as gravitational waves and electromagnetic wave communication, and they have all failed. The brain subsystem of the base It has also stopped functioning, and now I can only use the most primitive mechanical devices. The backup system uses the miniature circuit semiconductor chip I made out of personal hobby before, but there is no data storage capacity. If I remember correctly, the Empire has nearly 20,000 This kind of phenomenon has not happened in 2016."
Ou Xiameng and Liang Zhichu also had gloomy faces. Just now the two of them checked the experimental data, and it was completely unavailable, and the experimental auxiliary intelligence also stopped functioning inexplicably.
The two rescued only a metal plate engraved with special symbols like a tree net. These metal plates are the bottom backup of the experimental data, using the symbolic language of the mechanical civilization fans.
Cissetta reported: "I have good news here. The base is not locked by a long-range weapon. Fragments of data obtained shortly before the instrument fails show that there is no uncontrolled war device on the J919."
"The question now is, if we can't restore contact with other bases, what should we do next?" Samantha looked very worried.
Ou Xiameng pondered: "The situation is unclear now, maybe we should evacuate in time."
Nur Ahun: "According to the provisions of Article 2 of Section 1 of the Andromeda Scientific Expedition Safety Regulations, as grassroots personnel, when encountering emergencies, we should first try to solve the problem by ourselves, and collect more if it is not helpful. Information can only be considered for leaving. The current situation should be classified as a first-level anomaly. If the initial cause of the abnormality can be found, and at least a B-level evaluation can be found, then after returning to the place of residence, you can be promoted to at least a second-level citizen. "
Matsuda Masahito immediately came to be interested: "Then what is there to say, I just checked, my armored roadheader can still be started in mechanical mode, now I will go out for a walk."
"Wait, let's try to check all the equipment first, and then try to restore contact with other bases, and then make a decision." Nur Ahong pressed the impulsive Matsuda Masahito.
Matsuda Masahito shook his head dissatisfied, "It's already clear that I can't get in touch, so why don't I have any energy. You are thinking about you, I will go out on my own, and I can't affect you."
Obviously, he is currently only a third-level citizen, and he is anxious to make meritorious deeds.
After speaking, Matsuda Masahito turned and walked out, seeming to be going straight to his tunneling machine bay.
"Stop! Idiot." Cissetta grabbed his shoulder from behind. "You should obey the group leader's arrangement. When the situation becomes complicated and unknown, obeying the decision of the superior is the only way to simplify the situation."
"Asshole! You just want to stop me from making a fortune! I am a professional roadheader. I have driven my Yamato two times around J919! No one knows J919 better than me, there is no danger outside!"
The two fought.
Others are not surprised.
In the past few years, Cissetta and Masahito Matsuda would fist to the ground every few days at the base, as if they both had inexhaustible energy.
Others did not come up to discourage.
As a professional soldier, Cissetta wears variable biochemical combat uniforms all day long. If he turns on the combat uniform, he can subdue Matsuda within a thousandth of a second. Of course, in accordance with the military rules, but also out of some evil tastes, he would not use the ability of combat uniforms to deal with Matsuda, only relying on slightly stronger physical fitness to fight against the opponent. If the situation is out of control, he will rely on the ability of the combat uniform to quickly terminate the dispute, and will not harm Matsuda.
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Nearly nine hours of daylight was fleeting, and the team's efforts did not make much progress. Still unable to contact the outside world, we can only rely on the most primitive broadcast signal to transmit some extremely difficult to identify Morse code-like signals.
But because the Morse code is too old, no one in the scientific research team has it. In the past, if you need these old materials, you can query them in real time through the seamlessly connected quantum network. Up to now, even the most powerful researchers suddenly lose the information support of the quantum network, and they seem to be a little caught off guard and lack of preparation.
As for the various spare equipment in the base, all the sophisticated equipment related to modern technology cannot be used. Only the powertrain of the small fast armed ship used to leave the planet can move. Although UU Reading www.uukanshu.com does not have the help of the intelligent assisted driving system, it can only rely on manual operation to complete the take-off and the planetary gravitational separation, but the driving technology of Cissetta is still feasible. In addition, there are a small number of weapons that can also be used, but without the assistance of the brain, aiming has become more difficult, but it is still no problem to fire.
Although I still didn't understand the situation, after I was sure that I could leave safely and I still had a certain amount of armament, the pressure on everyone's heart suddenly became much less. Only Matsuda Masahito was dissatisfied with wasting a day.
In the scientific expedition group, Ou Xiameng was originally a first-class citizen, while Liang Zhichu and the team leader were originally second-class citizens. Cissetta is a professional soldier who is making up and doesn't care about citizenship. Samantha, who has only a four-level citizenship level, is an unmotivated person. Otherwise, she would not devote herself to traditional cooking and cooking based on her personal preferences in an era when the food synthesis industry was extremely mature, and she would become a life assistant in this scientific expedition group. NS.
Matsuda Masahito is just an intermediate roadheader, and his professional skills have reached the peak of his life. If there is no special opportunity, he will be locked up at the level of a third-level citizen for the rest of his life. He believes that Nur Ahun's conservativeness and Cissetta's inexplicable hostility prevented him from completing the breakthrough in his life.
But Matsuda didn't say much after all. He didn't rest much during the day, and he had to sleep to stay full of energy.
Nur Ahun decided to allow Matsuda to drive the roadheader to go out early tomorrow morning. By the way, he had to bring a handwritten letter with him so that he could re-establish contact with other scientific research stations and exchange information. As for the paper and pen and ink for writing letters, Liang Zhichu provided them. He went back to tear off two pages from his notebook. Please keep in mind the novel website: the novel website, free and fastest update, no anti-theft and no anti-theft.