The majestic steel structure reaches straight into the sky, standing on both sides of the concrete platform as wide as a plain. From a distance, it looks like a double-edged steel spear poking from the bottom of the sea to the sky!
It is an artificially created valley, and it is in the middle of the rough southern sea!
Not to mention Dora's eyes widened in shock and she stood still, even Ye Shi who got out of the hatch was severely shocked and couldn't help but open her mouth for a moment.
He seemed to be in the center of a huge "eight"-shaped tower.
Looking up, you can see the endless cliff, only the topmost part of the sky can be covered by a punch!
This is the Alliance's space elevator!
Although it is not as long as 90,000 kilometers, it is enough to shock his eyes.
"Holy shit..." Ye Shi couldn't help but murmured.
Good guy.
He has only been away for more than three months, but the alliance has already become so awesome?!
Jiang Xuezhou was also shocked, rubbed his eyes and looked again.
"...This is made of ceramic steel?"
Finally recognizing the material of the steel structure, she took a deep breath, but was swallowed by the sea breeze and coughed several times before she calmed down.
Ye Shi reached out and patted her back, expressing concern.
"are you OK?"
"I'm fine..." After calming down his disordered breathing, Jiang Xuezhou raised his head and muttered, "You are exaggerating. Are you building a starship on the sea?"
In other words, two aircraft carriers standing upright.
But no matter what, this was shocking enough for her, who had only seen similar structures on the ruins of the People's Alliance era.
Ye Shi understood the shock in her heart at this moment. After all, he was not much different.
Although someone had previously dramatized the situation of passing through the elevator on the official website forum, the written description and dry photos were obviously not as spectacular as seeing it in person.
"...Although this is my first time seeing this thing, I heard that this thing was under construction a long time ago and was only built recently."
and--
This is actually not just the result of the alliance.
From the beginning of the space elevator project, this project has been jointly participated by alliances, enterprises, and units and organizations at all levels of the South China Sea Alliance. In particular, Ideal Group has made a lot of efforts, and nearly 37% of the production capacity has been completed by them.
But relatively speaking, the rewards they gained from this project were also huge.
I heard that as of yesterday's close, Ideal Group has risen by 50% in the past 120 trading days, and has once again become the number one company in Ideal City by value!
This is the first time this has happened since the ideal city was built a century and a half ago.
The Ideal Group, which was once reduced to a property company, with the completion of the space elevator and the injection of high-quality asset shares, once again opened up the imagination of the residents of Ideal City for the future, and once again made itself great!
In fact, it has changed from an ideal city enterprise to an enterprise of human civilization.
By the time everyone was vaguely aware of it, this had actually happened.
The same situation also happened to the Endpoint Group in Ideal City.
As the representative of the "most conservative force" in Ideal City, Duandian Group has always been opposed to enterprises' outward expansion of business in order to protect its market share and board of directors seats.
After all, there is no network requirement in the wasteland, and the chaotic environment is not suitable for building an endpoint cloud. A server costing tens of millions of Cr can be blasted to rubble with just one rocket launcher.
However, with the end of the Wasteland Era, this most conservative corporate subsidiary has become the most progressive force, actively promoting globalization like the Internet companies of the old era.
At present, the alliance's postal, logistics, industrial, financial and other industries have successively introduced endpoint cloud services.
I believe that it will not be long before civilian networks will be opened as the width of submarine cable channels expands and the infrastructure improves.
By then, residents of Ideal City will be able to connect to their hometown's Internet even while lying on the beach in Chipset Harbor, and even have fun with netizens in Coral City buried under the sea.
After two and a half centuries, the human survivors in the eastern part of Middle-earth will once again welcome the Internet era!
I believe that will give rise to a new round of prosperity, and even turn the five giants in Ideal City into six, seven or eight giants.
However, that is all a story for later...
…
Not long after the group of people left the elevator cabin, a group of people quickly came from a distance.
One of the two leaders is Han Mingyue, a researcher at the Alliance Academy of Social Sciences, and the other is Sun Zewen, a researcher at the Alliance Institute of Biology.
Needless to say, the identity of the former is quite famous among players because he often appears in newspapers and publishes tasks to players.
As for the latter, new players may find it unfamiliar, but experienced players who have entered the game in the alpha version can still recognize it.
This person is a resident of Vault 401 and an expert in mind interference devices and resonance field theory.
The so-called resonance field theory is also the morphogenesis field theory.
Due to the recent official establishment of the morphological field theory project at the Alliance Research Institute, he, as a researcher in this field in the pre-war era, immediately became a contemporary leader.
His beard and hair are all white, and his appearance is indeed that of a powerful figure.
However, Ye Shi remembered that when she first saw him, this guy did not look like the elegant old professor he is now. Instead, he was being rubbed into pills at gunpoint by a predator.
Just when Ye Shi was remembering the days when he and his good brothers played dungeons together when the server first started, the old man had already rushed in front of him with an excited look on his face, and came up to touch his hand.
That enthusiastic look startled Ye Shi, and he almost doubted the old man's orientation.
Seemingly aware of the abruptness of his movements, the old man smiled sheepishly and hurriedly offered his hand back to apologize.
"Sorry... I'm a little excited, um... have you really mastered psychic powers?"
"Yes..." Ye Shi nodded cautiously.
Professor Sun Zewen rubbed his hands excitedly, as if he didn't know how to express his mood at the moment.
I think so.
After all, it was an area that even the prosperous era had not penetrated. For the first time, human beings came into contact with dimensions other than the three-dimensional world.
Ye Shi suddenly felt like a qigong master, a bit like a magic stick.
Although he was not really a magic stick, he did communicate with Him.
Even if what he was actually talking to was just an echo that He left in this universe.
"It's unbelievable... If you didn't lie, your experience will explain the realm outside the dimensions that we have been unable to understand... Ah, wait, I didn't mean you were pretending, I saw the news."
Looking at Professor Sun Zewen who was explaining hurriedly, Ye Shi lightly shrugged his shoulders.
"It doesn't matter. In fact, even on the planet Gaia, there are staunch materialists who doubt the existence of the Tree of Insof. After all, not everyone can see that kind of thing."
Dora said that the Qiu people had no psychics, but Ye Shi didn't think so.
For primitive civilizations whose religious culture is extremely exclusive, unless their culture itself contains psychic elements, it is extremely difficult to accept psykers.
Maybe there are psychics among the Qiu tribe too.
However, due to their worship of the ancestors and the sky, and their hostility to the Tree of Insof, it is likely that their society spontaneously rejects these aliens who have awakened psychic powers.
After all, their technical level has not yet developed to the point where they can unlock the "mind interference device", let alone talk to Him and hear His ridicule with the help of pure technology.
Such a result will cause that even if a person awakens to spiritual energy, his or her spiritual perception will be weakened due to his own subjective rejection, and he will eventually purify himself.
Ye Shi has experienced this situation personally.
When he was a "stupid materialist", he couldn't feel the existence of spiritual energy at all. At most, he only had a sixth sense that was stronger than others.
And when he tried to understand those things that he originally rejected and became a "smart materialist" or "cunning pragmatist", spiritual power miraculously appeared again.
This is also the most interesting part of psychic energy.
The existence and strength of this spiritual ability are themselves determined by the spirit.
Professor Sun Zewen stared at Ye Shi intently, with a hungry expression on his face as if he was admiring a work of art, fearing that the latter would get scared when he looked at it.
But soon, his eyes shifted to Dora, and her expression became more and more fanatical.
"Humans on the planet Gaia...are psychic?!"
Ye Shi shook his head and said.
"Not everyone, even the tribes in the forest, only some people can."
"Just a few people are incredible enough!" Professor Sun Zewen sighed with emotion, looked at him with fiery eyes and said, "Please be sure to take me with you next time you go to Nanmen 2!"
Looking at those fiery eyes, Ye Shi took half a step back with a subtle expression, and said with a regretful expression.
"I probably won't go again."
Professor Sun Zewen looked at him blankly and blurted out subconsciously.
"Why?!"
Ye Shi thought for a moment and said.
"How should I put it? The ruins on that planet have been excavated, and the Tree of Insof has told us everything it knows about the pioneers... I don't want to disturb the people living on that planet.
I've caused them enough trouble."
After a pause, he continued.
"However, I will propose to the managers to build an observation station there to passively observe the progress of their civilization without interfering. Maybe you can consider promoting this matter with me."
Professor Sun Zewen looked at him in astonishment, half puzzled and half surprised.
But in the end, he was relieved and just nodded with a complicated mood.
"This may be the best choice..."
He wanted to think about whether direct intervention would be more efficient, but he quickly thought of the People's Federation.
It’s actually good to have some respect for the universe.
As a remnant of the People's League era, he feels the fall of the past glory far more than all the younger generations here.
"Well, there is nothing to regret... I think even if we don't have to go back to the era of the People's Federation to find lessons from history, the lessons left to us in the past two centuries are profound enough."
Han Mingyue smiled heartily and patted Professor Sun's shoulder, then looked at the little girl named Jiang Xuezhou and said in a relaxed tone.
"I also found the most professional prosthetic doctor in the alliance for you - Mr. Ibbers, CEO of Jushi Military Industry. He will be responsible for your prosthetic surgery and replace your bionic skin jointly designed by the college and Kangmao Group -
—”
Before Jiang Xuezhou could speak, Ye Shi on the side became nervous first and interrupted Dr. Han Mingyue's words.
"Ebbers?! Let that madman do the surgery?"
Han Mingyue said with a smile.
"He is indeed a little mentally disturbed, but his craftsmanship is probably the best on the planet... Even people in the company say so."
There is actually nothing wrong with this.
It's just that Ye Shi still feels a little uneasy.
Jiang Xuezhou held Ye Shi's hand and whispered.
"Don't worry about me. I am also an expert in prosthetics and will take good care of myself..."
Seeing that Jiang Xuezhou had already said this, Ye Shi didn't say anything more.
Looking at the tired couple there, Han Mingyue said in a joking tone.
"Okay, okay, it only takes a few days. The operation will be completed soon... Your mentor's research ship is already waiting on the tarmac. You'd better get there quickly."
Jiang Xuezhou nodded and was about to leave, but Ye Shi standing aside was stunned for a moment.
"Aren't you coming with me?"
Jiang Xuezhou glanced at him sheepishly.
"What stupid words are you talking about, asking me to walk around with this... weird look? You don't mind me even if you don't mind me. In short, I won't follow you anymore... You take Dora with you
Just hang around with the little koala, I'll wait for you in Dawn City."
When she was in heaven, she had discussed with her mentor to go to Boulder City to cure her illness.
When she said this, she seemed to have remembered something, and added something as a warning.
"Also...you are not allowed to use someone's worship of the ancestor to do strange things! That is immoral!"
Dora tilted her head.
Perhaps because Jiang Xuezhou's expression was too vague, her psychic ability did not understand the meaning of this sentence.
However, although she didn't understand it, others on the side did.
Han Mingyue had the biggest reaction and burst out laughing, while Professor Sun Zewen coughed in embarrassment, pretending not to understand.
Although he is also a resident of the shelter, he has recently become a rising star in academia and a leader in the world of "psiology", so he still has a bit of idol baggage.
As for Ye Shi, he was already choking on his own spit.
Weird things are okay…
There is no excuse for trying to incriminate him. At least, let’s wait until he has the tools to commit the crime before he is unjustly accused!
But having said that, after returning to Dawn City this time, why don't you find a way to install one?
Just when Ye Shi was thinking about this issue seriously, Dora, who had been silent for the whole time, whispered in a somewhat embarrassed voice.
"Did I cause you any trouble?"
"How is that possible?" Han Mingyue walked up to her with a smile on her face, "Let me introduce myself. I am a researcher at the Alliance Social Science Research Institute. I was entrusted by the alliance administrator to be your guide on this trip to the earth... Speaking of which,
, do you know what the Institute of Social Sciences is?”
Dora blinked.
"Your eyes tell me that you are studying our institution."
Han Mingyue had a hint of surprise in her eyes, and then said jokingly.
"It seems that little brother Ye Shi is not joking. Such a thing as 'psionic energy' really exists. But please don't mind. Our research is not malicious. It is just to deepen our understanding of each other on the premise of peace... We hope to understand
you."
Dora nodded slightly.
"I can feel it."
Han Mingyue's eyes became even more surprised, and the interest that appeared in his pupils became more intense.
"Incredible...I am becoming more and more curious about things on the planet Gaia."
A society where psychics are common and the cost of trust between people is extremely low...
This forms an interesting and sharp contrast with her previous research topics, and may bring her unexpected inspiration.
Dora smiled shyly and said happily.
"We can talk on the road."
Just when everyone was about to talk happily, a killer whale transport plane landed at Dawn City's airport.
Under the escort of a team of soldiers wearing exoskeletons, a black box was loaded onto a transport truck and driven to the warehouse of the research institute under the Alliance Scientific Expedition Corps.
At this moment, the chief scientist and managers of the alliance are standing in this inconspicuous warehouse.
The black box was unloaded from the vehicle, and two guards in power armor stepped forward to open the box, revealing the weird-looking reactor device.
Looking at the rough and even scrawled mechanical structure and metal dial, a strange expression appeared on Chu Guang's face.
"...Is this the so-called piercer?"
The so-called "pioneer" civilization is a "holy relic" left in this world by the hands of younger generations.
To be honest, this thing looks like nothing more than a junk that looks like a reactor, and the mottled rust makes people can't help but wonder whether it can still function.
If he hadn't watched the entire incident on the official website, he wouldn't have even been able to help wondering if that boy Ye Shi was joking with him.
The researchers present were all whispering, exchanging surprise and suspicion in their eyes.
Obviously Chu Guang is not the only one who thinks this thing is unreliable, even Yin Fang standing aside has a subtle expression on his face.
"... Anyway, let's give it a try first."
When he said this, Yin Fang waved to the side, signaling the researchers waiting on the side to step forward and insert a fuel tank of matching model into the cylindrical metal tank.
This fuel tank is a second-hand empty fuel tank recovered from the USS Orion guided missile cruiser.
This is also Ye Shi’s suggestion.
According to him, a fuel tank must be "once full of fuel and not opened after all the fuel has been used up" in order to be charged by the perforator.
This sounds a bit mysterious.
And it makes no sense.
However, based on the principle of controlling variables, Yin Fang still listened to the strange suggestion and carried out the operation completely step-by-step during the first experiment.
The researcher who was ready for everything looked back at him and immediately pressed the button after receiving the command to "start experiment".
At the same time, an incredible scene happened. A dazzling white light suddenly bloomed from the center of the reactor and penetrated the solid tank in an instant, even making the latter transparent!
Facing the sudden scene, Lu Bei blocked Chu Guang almost subconsciously. X-16 next to him also took half a step forward vigilantly, staring nervously at the dazzling white light.
Fortunately, the terrifying energy did not exist for too long. It quickly collapsed and eventually shrank to a point, which was contained by the fuel can inserted into the reactor.
As everything calmed down, the researcher operating the experimental equipment immediately stepped forward, disconnected the power supply, unplugged the fuel tank plugged into the tank, and inspected it.
At this moment, the most incredible scene happened——
After a series of tests, the fuel tank that was originally exhausted was actually filled with helium-3!
As if the empty fuel can was fake...
"This, this is incredible..."
Yin Fang's face was full of surprise, his eyes fixed on the fuel tank.
Chu Guang's reaction was relatively calm, but after a moment he couldn't help but sigh.