Half a month later.

"Captain Zhou, I think our fleet may need to postpone its departure by a week."

Zhou Heng, who was signing documents related to supplies, suddenly received an emergency video call.

"Professor Ding?" Zhou Heng was stunned for a moment, then asked: "What happened?"

"It has something to do with crystal life." In the video, Ding Yi excitedly explained to Zhou Heng.

"Crystal Life?"

"One of my students, Wang Li, has developed the technology of crystal life reproduction. I think it is necessary for our fleet to bring corresponding equipment for this technology."

As he spoke, Professor Ding had an unstoppable smile on his face.

"Crystal life reproduction?!!!"

"Can we reproduce crystal life?" Zhou Heng felt a huge surprise hit his face.

Professor Ding nodded: "After our multiple verifications, we have determined that this technology is feasible."

"So, the previous plan for new special computer equipment can be brought out again?!" Zhou Heng asked expectantly.

Professor Ding calmed down a little and then explained.

"Although the reproduction speed is a bit slow, it is finally a good start. I have read that this technology should be able to go further."

"Judging from this reproduction technology, the new type of special computer we designed before can finally be transformed from theory into reality."

Zhou Heng and Ding Yi looked very excited.

The new type of special computer they are talking about is a new type of computer made from the layer of crystal skin shed by crystal life as a material.

Zhang Yuan once estimated that the performance of a new type of computer made with the superiority of this material would be sufficient to completely simulate the real world.

It's just that the materials and technology required are not what humans can possess today.

And this is only the additional capability of this kind of computer. It can completely simulate the human brain and carry the mental power uploaded by the human body, that is, human consciousness.

Spiritual power is a very special energy that has not been thoroughly studied by new human civilization.

It is born from the human brain after being exposed to dark matter for a long time.

Although this special energy has not been fully studied, this does not prevent humans from treating spiritual power as the identity and consciousness of an independent individual.

After research, even if it is a specially adjusted clone, even the brain neurons and memory have been completely simulated.

The mental energy band that is born will also be different from the mother body.

Therefore, in the new human civilization, the clone is considered to be a brand new individual that is similar in appearance to the parent.

With this understanding, the human beings once imagined the rebirth of flesh and the operation of consciousness uploading have a basis for realization.

Using cloned bodies and completely copied neuron memories as the new body, and mental power as the soul, human beings can be reborn.

It's just that this idea has always existed in the researcher's imagination.

Because once the mental power is separated from the shackles of the physical body, it will quickly dissipate until it completely disappears.

Someone once studied that this part of the spiritual energy does not disappear, but has the same ability to travel through dimensions like the most basic strings.

After calculation, once the spiritual energy leaves the physical body, it will travel to other dimensions that cannot be observed by humans.

Human beings have thought of countless ways to gather mental power, but in the end there is no other way except their own physical brain.

Until crystal life was discovered.

This is a brand new material.

A large number of researchers invested in studying it, and soon someone discovered its role in carrying spiritual power.

This news caused considerable shock in the scientific research community at the time.

Just when everyone thought that human beings could finally break away from the limitations of the body and achieve eternal life, reality gave them a hard slap in the face.

According to experimental conclusions, only new skin that has just shed and is within a hundred years has good storage properties.

Materials that are more than a hundred years old will have a greatly reduced load-bearing capacity if not properly treated.

Then they discovered that even if they collected all the crystalline life forms in the world, the materials would not be enough to create a device capable of carrying spiritual power.

Therefore, this idea was regretfully sealed by the people at the time, and they planned to wait until the technology to reproduce crystal life was developed before unblocking it.

Originally everyone thought this was another problem of the century.

After all, it is a new species and a new life form.

But I didn't expect that it would be studied out in just a few decades.

And he's still a young man.

Although he was very excited, Zhou Heng did not lose his mind.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Heng finally spoke.

"All the facilities of the main ship and the two auxiliary ships have been designed and cannot be changed rashly. It takes too long to build a new special ship."

"Is there enough space inside the armed frigate?"

Ding Yi calculated it and then nodded: "That's enough."

"Well, I will grant you an armed frigate and give you two weeks to ensure that the safety level of the experimental equipment is the highest and at the same time try to expand production."

"yes!!!"

After receiving Zhou Heng's instructions, Ding Yi directly found Zhang Yuan.

With Zhou Heng's instructions, an armed frigate was soon assigned to Ding Yi by Zhang Yuan.

"This is a heavy frigate, with a tonnage of about 150,000 tons. I will dismantle its redundant equipment and deliver it to you for modification in three days."

"Thank you very much." Ding Yi thanked him.

"You're welcome." Zhang Yuan was also very happy that this technology could be realized.

"New biology is not the direction of my research, so I can't help. I can only provide you with better logistical support. I hope this technology can mature as soon as possible."

"Yes, we will work hard." Ding Yi promised.

After a brief chat, the two hung up the phone.

The frigate assigned to Ding Yi by Zhang Yuan is a logistics support ship.

It is a ship specially used to transport supplies to other frigates.

Therefore, although the tonnage is large, there is not much equipment on it. After the materials were transferred, it quickly entered the transformation stage.

"At least two magma pools must be placed. It is impossible for us to come back, so at least two magma pools can effectively share the risk."

Since the crystal life reproduction experiment was completed, Wang Li was drawn by Ding Yi to participate in the laboratory's transformation plan.

After hearing someone's suggestion to build multiple magma pools, Wang Li expressed his opposition.

"No, this is too slow."

"Without sufficient living environment and population density, the growth rate of crystal life is very slow. I have calculated that if more than two magma pools are built, the production rate of materials will be slowed down by more than five times."

After putting forward his opinions, Wang Li put forward his own point of view: "I think that except for retaining a certain amount of backup fire, the rest of the crystalline life is placed in a magma pool."

"This can not only ensure risk sharing, but also improve the production efficiency of materials. I have calculated that with the current number of crystal lifeforms in our fleet, through reproduction and development, it is estimated that it will only take two hundred years to create a mental power storage device.
Chapter completed!