In Zhu Tian's original cognitive concept, rockets should be as strong and tall as water towers, but the rocket launched by Kong Jie to deliver the observation satellite to low-Earth orbit overturned his perception.
"If you want that kind of little guy, you don't need to set up a research institute for it." Kong Jie said with a wry smile.
"You made a mistake." Zhu Tian shook his head: "It's imagination."
"Imagination?" Kong Jie frowned.
"That's right." Zhu Tian took out an energy crystal from his pocket: "Look at this thing, do you know what it is?"
"Energy crystal."
"Correct answer." Zhu Tian smiled and threw the energy crystal into Kong Jie's hand: "But until I told those blue-skinned people, they didn't understand what this thing was."
Kong Jie looked thoughtfully at the green crystal in his hand.
"The entire Jinling City, or the entire wasteland... This world is no longer the world we are familiar with. It is impossible to adapt to this wasteland with the past thinking, whether it is survival or scientific research. I
You need to use your wild imagination to find a space technology suitable for this wasteland."
Staring into Kong Jie's eyes, Zhu Tian said seriously.
It is much more difficult to build a space elevator in the wasteland than in the real world. If nothing else, there is a huge difference between the two in terms of the danger level of the ocean. Although I have never been to the beach.
, but Zhu Tian still heard Li Xinran mention it to some extent.
Fortunately, Lishui Town is very close to the shore and there are basically no marine alien species. However, once you move from shallow sea to deep sea, the danger of alien species will increase geometrically.
You must know that on the Earth battlefield alone, the nuclear, biological and chemical weapons that can reach the mainland during wartime account for only a small part of the total launch volume. Where did the remaining weapons go? They were not eaten, but intercepted on the sea.
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Under the interference of multiple factors such as viruses, bacteria, and radiation, the mutations that occur in marine organisms are far more elusive than the mutations that occur in terrestrial organisms. However, the base of the space elevator must be built on the sea, located on the equator line.
In addition, the space junk orbiting between low-Earth orbit and synchronous orbit almost forms a small planetary ring. These factors undoubtedly increase the difficulty of spaceflight.
"Is it a wild imagination? You really gave me a difficult problem." Kong Jie said with a wry smile again.
"It's not difficult. What else do I need from you?" Zhu Tian glanced at him.
After a moment of silence, Kong Jie took a deep breath and said.
"Can you give me a general direction? New Daming, or the aerospace technology you need, which aspect of aerospace technology it focuses on."
Zhu Tian thought for a moment.
"Start by picking up trash."
"What?" Kong Jie looked at Zhu Tian dumbfounded, not understanding what he meant.
Zhu Tian stretched out his index finger and pointed at the sky.
"You invent a rocket and launch it into low-Earth orbit or synchronous orbit... No matter what method you use, I need you to get the good things flying in the sky for me. Then repair them and shoot them up again.
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"This... is really a willful idea." Kong Jie smiled bitterly for the third time today.
"It's technically possible, right?"
"Yes, but generally no one would think of repairing the satellite on the ground, but repair it on the space station, or simply replace it..."
"I said, don't look at current problems with the same thinking as before." Zhu Tian
Waving his hand: "Do we have a space station now?"
After speaking, Zhu Tian reached out and patted Kong Jie on the shoulder.
"Do a good job, I believe you can do it. But first, you have to make a gadget for me. It should be very simple for you, it is the small rocket that is launched in a fool-proof way. I need you to help me make four
Are they used to launch communication satellites...space junk? No, you don't need to consider that. Just assume that these four communication satellites can operate stably under 'ideal conditions'...
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Early in the morning, the entrance of Tianyuan Base Bank was crowded with people.
Merchants, mercenaries, hunters and even scavengers, all gathered at the door of the bank. People were in high spirits and their faces were filled with excitement. Under the guidance of the security forces wearing the uniforms of the First Legion, people lined up in a long queue
, eagerly waiting for the opening of Tianyuan Base Bank at eight o'clock.
If you want to ask why people are so enthusiastic, we have to start with the wonderful speech yesterday.
"...Everyone, in the past twenty years or so, we have proved our prosperity with our own hands." Standing on the podium in front of the Parliament Building, Zhao Tianqiang addressed the audience with an impassioned voice.
All the people shouted loudly.
"Whether it was being abandoned by the former government in the first place, or facing the alien wave alone, or the bacteria that spread throughout the city last year, or that sad betrayal..." He slowly lowered his tone.
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"But we defeated!" He clenched his fists, raised his voice, and said in a provocative tone: "We used the new order to raise our middle finger to the powerful people who abandoned us, and we used high walls and guns to
We stopped zombies and alien species, we used the tracks of tanks to eliminate the source of plague that spread throughout the city, and we used the charter of parliament to punish the traitors!"
"Then we ushered in the light." He slowed down his tone again and cast his solemn and proud eyes on the crowd.
The audience in the audience held their breath.
"However, just as we were singing praises for prosperity, a sad thing happened."
"I believe most people have heard that our compatriots in Jia City, the warriors who resisted the mutant invasion, finally fell."
"And now, the group of barbarians in the west are waving sticks and shouting at us: Look, we caught your little neighbors and cut off their balls. Are you afraid? Haha, we are fast
I will do the same thing to you! Now, tell me, can you bear this insult! Can you bear it!"
There was no response from the audience, but Zhao Tianqiang could tell from the faces of the people in the front row that they couldn't.
Taking a deep breath, he spoke again.
"It is too small. Compared to the entire wasteland, it cannot even be mentioned as a particle. But we have the obligation to take care of them and take care of them to illuminate a wider place. Yes, it is the light we have seen
, called the light of order! And the first step in completing this great cause is to use the entrails of those bastards to lubricate the tracks of our tanks! Then, liberate our compatriots!" His voice went from low to high, completely igniting everything.
The emotions of the bystander.
"Long live Tianyuan Base!" People shouted in response to his roar.
"Those who are stepping on horses, kill those stupid eunuchs!"
"..."
Raising his hand to signal for silence, he turned the manuscript to the next page.
"Now, on behalf of the parliament, I read out the resolution that Tianyuan Base will declare war on the mutants entrenched in No. 5!"
After saying that, he looked at Chu Zhaonan who was sitting in the side seat. As an executive officer, Chu Zhaonan represented
The attitude of the military government.
According to the charter of the Tianyuan base, the military government has a veto power on bills reviewed by the parliament.
Chu Zhaonan stood up and looked at the people in the audience solemnly.
"license."
The audience burst into deafening cheers.
Amid the boiling public opinion, Zhao Tianqiang read out the resolution on the implementation of war bonds and the conscription bill while the iron was hot.
This performance went much smoother than expected.
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It was dark outside the window, and the queue stretched from the door of the bank to the door of the Parliament Building.
This is the Parliament Building, and the bank is located next to this building.
Chu Zhaonan and Zhao Tianqiang were sitting at the tea table by the window. There was a color-printed newspaper in front of their table, and the impassioned speech was printed on the cover.
Newspapers only emerged some time ago. People are gossip animals. In the era before the Internet, newspapers could just meet people's needs in this regard. In addition to occasionally publishing the resolutions of the Tianyuan Base Council, these newspapers usually also
Interesting survivor stories and experiences in hunting alien species will be posted, as well as job information or advertisements.
"The bank will open in five minutes." Zhao Tianqiang squinted at the clock on the wall and looked out the window again.
He doesn't need to queue up with ordinary people. As a big capitalist in Tianyuan Base, he has already bought his own share before the public issuance of bonds.
"It seems that people are full of enthusiasm for the war in four months." Chu Zhaonan said with a smile.
At eight o'clock, the service staff of the Parliament Building brought a basket of hot steamed buns and two cups of freshly ground soy milk to the two of them.
"No one is interested in war, but they won't get along with shiny energy crystals. Well, a hearty breakfast." Zhao Tianqiang reached out and grabbed the bun and took a hard bite.
Having lived here for nearly twenty years, he knew very well what people were cheering for yesterday. It was not for the liberation of compatriots, but for the mercenary orders, arms orders, and jobs that the war was about to bring...
"That's right." Chu Zhaonan said with a smile and extended his hand to the steamer.
Breakfast in the parliament building is provided free of charge by the military government, and the food here has always been the best in the entire Tianyuan base. Steamed buns stuffed with fresh meat and hot soy milk are not an exaggeration to call them delicacies in this wasteland.
"How did you come up with the idea of using mutant steel to issue war bonds?" After swallowing the food in his mouth, Zhao Tianqiang looked out the window at the people rushing to the buying point crazily and couldn't help but ask.
"I got inspiration from the dividend system of your first expedition, and then made some small changes. For example, using the hot-selling steel in Tianyuan Base as a guarantee for dividends." Chu Zhaonan chewed the food slowly and used
Said in a casual tone.
The energy crystals brought by the last expedition ignited the factory's boilers, and this expedition will bring the raw materials needed for production.
"How much steel do the mutants have on hand?"
"According to the information fed back by the reconnaissance force, the estimated steel reserves are more than 20,000 tons."
"Fuck, are they guarding an iron mine?" Zhao Tianqiang couldn't help but curse.
These are finished steel, not iron ore that needs to be refined.
"It's not an iron mine. According to reliable information, it's an underground resource bank. The former government's strategic reserve materials, but I don't know how those materials got into the hands of those monsters. But it doesn't matter, the steel will be ours by this fall."