Start a Subspace

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, most factories, enterprises, and research institutes have reopened.

The busy work begins again.

In the captain's room of the Oriental Rock, Zhang Ran, Zhou Chengfeng, Guo Weiqiang and other military brains were reviewing the first military exercise of the new year.

"The red team's battle damage ratio was 85.9%, the Oriental Rock was destroyed by the blue team, and the enemy invaded the subspace... The third battle exercise is over!"

"The final result is that the blue team won! The exercise time was 19.2 hours!"

"Microuniverse No. 3 has not escaped yet. The red team's mission has failed. The Oriental Rock has been completely destroyed!"

"Commanders' ratings are as follows..."

Of course, this new type of military exercise is conducted in the virtual world.

About 10,000 soldiers are running in the newly built training room.

They wear special VR helmets on their heads and step on special treadmills under their feet. No matter which way they run, the sensors connected to the helmets can immediately sense the running direction, allowing the treadmill tracks to move along with them.

In this way, the physical condition of the soldiers can be perfectly simulated.

This is the important use of the virtual world!

In reality, the cost of serious exercises is too high. Whether it is the fuel of the spacecraft, the launch of missiles, or weapons such as electromagnetic guns, all resources are consumed.

What mankind lacks most now is resources, and we must not waste any of them!

Therefore, the emergence of virtual world technology is simply a timely help, and can even be said to be a savior-like existence!

After Zhou Chengfeng saw the result, he nodded, shook his head and said: "This time it was just so-so. Facing the attack of 100 void amoeba troops, it lasted for 19.2 hours, which was better than the previous two results. many……"

"But it still failed. Even small universe No. 3 can't escape? If we really encounter such a disaster, we will still be wiped out."

3 small universe, which is the last resort of mankind.

Human beings have a total of three small universes suitable for life to survive.

In the No. 1 small universe, the Eden Sanctuary was built; in the No. 2 small universe, a large electromagnetic accelerator and a super large laser were built, which can be regarded as a military center.

As for the No. 3 small universe, a large shelter is being built inside, which is also the main storage location of the space door.

If the Oriental Rock really explodes, humans can still rely on this small universe to survive in the high-dimensional world and find an opportunity to rise... After all, this is what most low-level civilizations do, which means humans are lucky. The body of the void amoeba was found.

Of course, the premise is that this small universe can escape at the last moment of the war and not be captured by the enemy. The small universe cannot escape, and humans are just turtles in a urn.

Zhang Ran smiled bitterly: "President Zhou, your demands are too high."

"The enemies we preset are all disaster-level and cannot be defeated at all. An army composed of 100 void amoeba, or a planetary fortress of the Devourer, with higher technology than our spaceship , the enemy spacecraft will also launch nano-swarms, and under this Zentraedi attack, we can last for 19.2 hours, which is pretty good."

"The most important thing in a space war is head-to-head technological strength. Conspiracies and tricks are of little significance."

Yes, space war really depends on strength.

Zhou Chengfeng still seemed dissatisfied: "But no matter what, we have to achieve the lowest level goal, which is to let the No. 3 universe escape. Can pure artificial intelligence control achieve this goal?"

Zhang Ran sighed and said: "Pure artificial intelligence can indeed achieve its goals."

"But the operating methods of artificial intelligence are very ruthless, and human life is just a consumable. It sacrificed the existence of the Oriental Rock in the first place and launched a suicidal combat method to cover the departure of Microverse 3. But in reality, we It is very difficult to do this... We cannot abandon the Oriental Rock rashly."

"However, we have to admit that some artificial intelligence commanders have surpassed human commanders. Therefore, most of the future battlefield wars will be taken over by artificial intelligence, and we are only responsible for setting mission goals."

Guo Weiqiang said from the side: "In war, the most important thing is resources and industrial capabilities... If we have the resources to build more small spacecraft, then it is possible to escape the pursuit of powerful enemies."

"Of course technology is also important... If we can develop more advanced weapons of war, our chances of success in war will also increase."

The most powerful weapon currently is naturally the main gun located in Microverse No. 2, which is the "strategic high-dimensional silicon laser", which can directly cause matter to produce a nuclear reaction with a high temperature of 2 billion degrees Celsius and super light pressure! It can even be called a serious "energy weapon", not just a laser.

The second is the "superconducting strategic electromagnetic gun", which can accelerate a super alloy bullet with a mass of 5 grams to a speed of 10,000 kilometers per second, and has extremely strong penetration!

Theoretically, this electromagnetic gun can penetrate the thick hull of the Void Amoeba!

As for whether it can penetrate the crystal mothership of the nano cluster, it is still unknown. The crystal mothership was so big that it was comparable to a planetary fortress. Most experts still responded with a pessimistic attitude.

In addition, it goes without saying that hydrogen bombs and ordinary electromagnetic guns are available.

There are as many as 500 electromagnetic guns with a firing speed of 1,000 kilometers per second.

Relatively speaking, hydrogen bombs are relatively backward weapons. Although they are powerful, their slow speed is a major flaw. Engineers are developing electromagnetic ejection hydrogen bombs.

If a hydrogen bomb can be projected at a speed of 300 kilometers per second, or 500 kilometers per second, it will be able to effectively make up for this shortcoming.

"Now the combat effectiveness of the Oriental Rock is not a problem, but the number of small and medium-sized spacecraft is too small, and the detection capability is worrying. Your Highness, if there are some small spacecraft..."

The small and medium-sized spacecraft Guo Weiqiang refers to refers to a 100,000-ton nuclear fission engine spacecraft rated to carry 600 soldiers.

Each ship is 100 meters long and can serve as the main force, equipped with electromagnetic guns, hydrogen bombs, high-dimensional silicon lasers, drones and other combat weapons.

This spacecraft, codenamed "Flying Dragon", has a rated speed of 300 kilometers per second.

If there are a thousand "Flying Dragon" class combat spacecraft, then humankind's military strength will undergo huge changes.

The Oriental Rock is like an aircraft carrier on earth. An encouraging aircraft carrier cannot be used in a war even if it has the strength, so it must be equipped with frigates, reconnaissance ships, cruisers, destroyers, etc. to form a battle group.

But...poor!

Building a spaceship is expensive, and maintaining it is even more expensive!

A "Flying Dragon" weighs 100,000 tons and costs 30 billion. It consumes almost 100,000 tons of fuel for one voyage!

The fuel is sprayed out and difficult to recover.

Oh, by the way, nuclear fission engines are also very expensive. After all, they are a new generation of particle bed engines. They have higher specific impulse, better performance, and are expensive to build.

One thousand dragon-class combat spaceships need to consume 100 million tons of fuel for one voyage... It is impossible to maintain the ability to create things, right? !

So, resources are a big issue.

At present, only some cheap drones have been produced, which can eject these small spacecrafts through the electromagnetic ejection device of Microverse 2, and their fuel consumption is not high.

Zhang Ran looked at the scene on the screen where the soldiers took off their helmets one by one and were sweating profusely. He exhaled: "Although the goal has not been achieved, there is still progress."

"I have recently added a small amount of creation energy to the science and technology development department. Almost all of them are the most basic raw materials, such as super alloys, carbon nanotubes, high-purity wafers, etc., about ten million tons, and there are also low-density With one billion tons of end materials, we will produce some more equipment.”

"If we continue to expand the army, our finances will be a little overwhelmed. You must know that the maintenance of the army cannot rely on the ability of creation."

Guo Weiqiang nodded quickly: "Our current resources can only maintain 10 Dragon-class spacecraft and 500 Ocean-class shuttles. UAVs are another factor, which is almost the limit."

The maintenance of the army is a long-term expenditure, and there is expenditure every day. If it relies on the ability of creation, it is impossible for Zhang Ran to bear this long-term expenditure.

Zhang Ran frowned: "Looking at productivity this way, it's still not enough. We have to build a fully automatic universal factory to solve the lack of productivity."

"In the end, we have to go back to the problem of finding materials... There are no resources in this area."

"By the way, Simonson has telepathy again. Did you hear about it?"

Zhou Chengfeng, Guo Weiqiang and some people around them were stunned for a moment, and then they all thought of a possibility.

A scientist immediately asked: "Could it be that...this area of ​​space is going to collapse again?"

Zhang Ran sighed, nodded, and looked out the window at the starry sky.

"Yeah...this place is going to collapse again."

The stars are bright and there are countless civilizations.

Even the Milky Way galaxy next door is shining and seems to be very vibrant.

Who could have guessed that they were dead if they weren't a true insider? Who could have known that there was nothing there for a long time?

He looked in the distant direction again, and the dark void revealed a higher-dimensional space...

There was nothing there.

It's full of life again.

Zhang Ran said seriously: "Yes, the existence of cosmic strings in this area allowed it to support for a longer time and did not collapse immediately."

"Not only Simonson's prediction, but many cosmologists also believe that the tension on this cosmic string is slowly increasing, and it may burst like a rubber band."

"Since there is nothing here, we have to leave after all. Looking for materials, looking for a new home..."

"So the proposal to return to high-dimensional space will be put on the agenda."

"In about two months, we'll be gone."

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