Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 204 Q&A Session and the Suspender
Knowledge absorption ability?

Sampling and judgment?
Lu Xi'an's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the people back then had already foreseen the possible future developments and guessed that civilization might regress?

Please read the following text correctly.

The speakers in the room provided hints for the first test question, which was outrageously easy.

A character also appeared in the center of the "glass" screen.

"I know this! I'll do it!"

Luo Ping recognized the characters and started showing off, saying, "You."

The text on the screen changed again.

"I."

"Brother Luo is amazing!"

Chai Xin couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. She was illiterate.

Luo Ping said smugly, "Of course, I can even read through martial arts novels. I'll teach you to read later."

Chai Xin nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay!"

The old tree shook its head, sighing at the low level of literacy among people today. Even the old man could recognize these characters.

Next, two characters appeared, but Luo Ping could only recognize one: "Can... Brothers and sisters, what's the second character? Do you recognize it?"

Lu Xi'an said, "Source... Energy."

He didn't give Luo Ping another chance to show off, and took over the task of answering the questions:
"star."

"spectrum."

……

One question after another, and later on, questions came up about mathematics, history, and astronomy.

At first, Lu Xi'an was able to answer all the questions. He had previously read the history textbook of this world, and the system's questions were not difficult, so he could answer them.

Regarding mathematics, the system also only asked basic questions, and the questions given were very simple.

Therefore, Lu Xi'an answered very easily.

Even so, everyone else was amazed and thought Lu Xi'an was incredibly knowledgeable.

Even the old tree exclaimed in admiration, "If you were alive in our time, you would definitely have gotten into a good university!"

But when it came to the astronomy section, the difficulty increased, to the point that Lu Xi'an unconsciously began to have some kind of guess.

"Please state the related concepts and definitions in order and connect them."

"Non-renewable energy sources, the way stars release energy, nuclear fusion, limited resources such as coal/oil, geostationary orbits, and the positions where satellites and planets rotate synchronously."

Lu Xi'an was completely confused about this question and didn't know if he had answered it correctly.

Then it says, "If the development of stellar energy requires covering the entire planet, please choose the technology most likely to be used."

The answers given are solar photovoltaic panels, deep-sea drilling platforms, orbital reflector arrays, and geothermal power plants.

This seems to be a multiple-choice question, at least that's what Lu Xi'an thinks.

When he saw this question, he was already absolutely certain of the answer in his mind.

So he didn't answer, but instead said three words: "Dyson sphere?"

Everyone looked at Lu Xi'an with blank expressions, not understanding those three words.

These three words seemed to signal the end of the exam. As soon as he uttered them, the screen in front of him went black, and sound came from the room's speakers:

"Your ability to understand the new energy engineering and the research results of Institute 923 in a popular way has been confirmed. The final presentation plan has been completed. Would you like to start the presentation? Please confirm."

It really is a Dyson sphere!

Lu Xi'an trembled all over, confirming it in his heart.

It really is a Dyson sphere!

I never expected this world to be called a Dyson sphere!
This answer was somewhat unexpected, but it did explain why the robotic dog had an inexhaustible energy supply.

It's not an arc reactor, nor is it nuclear or antimatter energy; it's just a giant solar receiver!

Wherever the dog goes, there are giant "photovoltaic panels" built around the sun in the sky that transmit energy to it, allowing it to maintain an infinite energy supply.

So, the original new energy project was built using Dyson spheres?

The project that the person at the Niutoushan observation point in Jianshan City mentioned, which started without proper preparation, is this?

Then, the construction of the Dyson Sphere went wrong, leading to environmental changes and disaster?
Based on the information he had gathered in Mengxin City and Jianshan City, Lu Xi'an made a judgment in his mind—

Therefore, after the Dyson Sphere project failed, people realized that disaster was coming and began to prepare in advance.

Preparations include, but are not limited to, researching ways to extend the shelf life of various items, gene editing, and shelter construction.

and also……

Whether the engineering remains of Institute 923 have any value for utilization, and in what ways they can be utilized.

Luo Ping couldn't help but praise, "Wow, you really are the eldest brother, you even know about these strange and unusual things."

“Brother, why don’t you lead us? You’re definitely more capable than me. If you were in charge, you would have succeeded by now, unlike me, who has accomplished nothing.” The old tree nodded repeatedly, its roots making a “whooshing” sound as it nodded.

Seeing Luo Ping looking over, the old man quickly explained, "No! I didn't! I just said that Brother Luo is right, you know everything, you're really amazing!"

In his excitement, he forgot how he addressed Lu Xi'an and started calling him "Big Brother" along with Luo Ping.

However, Lu Xi'an ignored them and continued to look at the screen.

The system from Institute 923 began its presentation, and everyone stood silently in the room, gazing at this scene that far exceeded their comprehension.

The "glass" screen first displayed a video introducing the original new energy project. The visuals were stunning and the tone was impassioned, like a promotional video introducing a great project that could change the future of mankind.

And it has indeed changed the future of humanity.

"The Stellar Energy Flow Interception Research Group has completed the theoretical model of solar radiation energy transorbital transport, which means that the 'Dyson Cloud' framework has been determined and the model implementation project can be launched."

……

"The plan stipulates that by 2053, an orbital material synthesis station will be established at the lunar base to mass-produce radiation-resistant lightweight composite materials."

"By 2060, we will verify the prototype of the solar-microwave beam energy output technology and enable ground receiving stations to stably receive solar energy."

"In 2063, the first Dyson cloud units will be deployed in orbit around the outer corona, covering 0.1% of the sun's surface."

"By 2067, a network of energy relay stations will be built around the sun, enabling energy transmission across planets."

"By 2070, the Dyson Belt infrastructure will be completed, forming a continuous energy harvesting belt on the ecliptic plane."

"In 2073, the coverage of Dyson Cloud will be increased to 15%, and stress testing of the fully enclosed Dyson shell material will be launched simultaneously."

"In 2076, a stellar energy dispatch center will be established to achieve real-time control of the Earth-Moon system and the Dyson Cloud energy network."

"By 2078, we will achieve the interim goal of 30% coverage of Dyson Cloud and complete the encapsulation of the energy core."

"With this, the global energy problem will be completely solved, and humanity will gradually break free from its dependence on limited energy sources such as oil, achieving unlimited energy."

"This project is named the 'Dyson Sphere Project,' but for confidentiality reasons, it will be referred to as the 'New Energy Project' to the public."

Looking at the images on the screen, Lu Xi'an felt as if he had returned to the movie theater in his previous life, watching the end credits of "The Wandering Earth 2".

What Lu Xi'an didn't understand was that such a massive project was actually a secret project?

Why did people choose to build such a monumental project in secret?

Moreover, this project appears to be a global collaborative effort. Given its sheer scale, how could it be built in secret?

As he pondered this, he turned to the old tree and asked, "Do you know about Dyson spheres?"

The old tree said, "Isn't this what they're talking about? But I don't understand it, I only know ping-pong."

"It's a ping-pong ball."

Lu Xi'an corrected Lao Shu's dialect accent.

Old Tree nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, ping-pong ball."

"..."

Lu Xi'an was silent for a moment, then asked, "Do you know about the new energy project?"

Old Tree nodded again and said, "I've heard of this. It caused quite a stir back then, and everyone was talking about it. I also heard that I have a distant relative who does this, but you can't even meet him. I don't know what it is."

It seems to be a truly confidential project.

However, because the project was so large, it was impossible to hide everything, and some things were eventually revealed.

So how did this vast and magnificent project, which spanned half a century, end in failure?

What exactly did the person at the Niutoushan observation point mean when they said the world was just a huge makeshift operation?
This appears to be an old internal promotional video on the screen. After the video finishes playing, I wonder if they'll explain how the Dyson Sphere project ultimately failed and collapsed?
Lu Xi'an pondered for a moment and continued reading.

After the promotional video ended, a cartoon character suddenly appeared on the screen. Its appearance was somewhat templated, as if it were generated by AI.

The cartoon character sits in front of the camera and begins to speak:
"Hello, new humans decades from now. Based on the division of labor according to time period, I will be the one to explain the following content."

"What I want to talk about is the reasons for the establishment of our Institute 923, the research projects we have undertaken, and the results we have achieved."

This involves many prerequisite knowledge points. If you don't understand something during the lecture, you can use voice commands to rewind the video to the explanation of the prerequisite basic knowledge points.

"Now, you can choose to go back and review first. If not, I'll continue..."

Listening to the explanation from the AI ​​cartoon character in the video, and recalling the knowledge quiz segment from earlier, Lu Xi'an roughly understood—

The timing of the system's analysis and judgment, as well as the content of the respondent's answers during the knowledge-based Q&A session, will point to different video content nodes.

If someone had opened this Institute 923 a few decades earlier, perhaps what they would have seen would have been completely different, and there might not even have been a Q&A session.

In the current Q&A session, if the answer is not yourself but Chai Xin, the system will call up the simplest and most basic knowledge video to provide preliminary knowledge explanations for those entering the session.

Now, during the Q&A session, I directly guessed the words "Dyson sphere," and the Q&A ended immediately.

The system should have already made its judgment—it knows about Dyson spheres and related knowledge, and knows that it is an energy harvesting and receiving system built around the sun, so it will not say anything more.

So, let's continue talking about the person in the video who used a cartoon character as a costume...

He and the others continued listening:

"For some reason, the Dyson sphere project has suffered irreversible damage..."

wipe!
(End of this chapter)