In a villa on the outskirts of Jinling, in the study room of Lu Zhou's home.
In a light blue holographic beam, a uniquely shaped space station was suspended. Unlike the shape of the Tianzhou and the Atlantis space station, the shape of this space station was like a top with the tip pointed at the center of the earth. Four thick and long cantilevers stretched out on the outward side, and the outer side of the cantilevers was connected by an arc structure.
If the gaps between the arc structures were ignored, the entire outermost structure looked like a closed ring.
At this moment, Lu Zhou, sitting in the study room, was meticulously staring at the three-dimensional composition suspended in the holographic beam. He was calculating something while carefully adjusting the parameters of various components.
Xiao Ai walked into the study room with a cup of coffee. Looking at his master who was concentrating on his work, he approached and asked curiously.
"Master, what is this? (?????)”
Hearing Xiao Ai's curious inquiry, Lu Zhou replied casually.
"Space station, or to be precise, the head of the space elevator."
When he was in Beijing, he learned that the progress of the entire space elevator project was not as optimistic as Li Guangya said. Everything was under control.
After leaving the Orbital Design Institute of the Pan-Asian Academy of Sciences, he later went to East Asia Heavy Industries and the Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute to learn about the work of the relevant units of the entire space elevator project and finally came to a conclusion —
The problems encountered by East Asia Power were also reflected in giant enterprises and institutions such as East Asia Heavy Industries and the Pan-Asian Academy of Sciences, but probably because of the lack of interference from external factors, and the latter was far less rich than the former, the degree was slightly lighter.
It seemed that when society developed to a certain extent, the trap of prosperity was almost inevitable.
When he first came to this era, Lu Zhou also had doubts about the plan to reinforce the future. Why send the elites of various industries during the depression of the 1950s to the distant future and expect them to shine as "old antiques"? But now it seemed that this plan was not so useless.
Although it was true that it was impossible to expect the people of the future to accept the management of the ancient people, whether it was power, knowledge, or assets, they could all shrink under the baptism of time. But in a sense, the reinforcements from that era did indeed alleviate the impact of the prosperity trap to a certain extent.
Of course, even though the situation was more severe than he had imagined, there was still room for optimism.
At least the powerful industrial capacity of East Asia Heavy Industries had really opened his eyes as a scholar from the 21st century. The accumulation of engineering research by the Orbital Design Institute and the Aerospace Research Institute had laid a considerable foundation for the technical realization of the space elevator.
On the other hand, he probably had to give up his original idea of "being a hands-off shopkeeper and handing the entire project to someone else".
Otherwise, they might not even see the shadow of the space elevator after ten or twenty years.
Just when Lu Zhou refocused his attention on the model in the holographic beam, he suddenly sneezed without warning.
"Who's thinking about me …"
Lu Zhou reached out and rubbed his nose. He whispered and was heard by Xiao Ai, who was standing next to him. He immediately interjected excitedly.
"Of course it's Xiao Ai! Only Xiao Ai is thinking about Master all the time! (///ω///) "
"Yes, yes, yes."
Lu Zhou was accustomed to Xiao Ai's teasing. He replied perfunctorily and took a look at the inbox. Sure enough, he saw an unread email in it, so he freed his index finger and clicked on it.
Soon, the light blue light particles changed, and then a greeting card-like email appeared in front of him.
[Thank you for your trust and reward. This huge sum of money … made me feel overwhelmed for a long time. It wasn't until recently that I made up my mind on how to use it. I plan to travel around the world with my apprentice. It will take about two months to come back. If you need any modification during this period, I will entrust my friend to provide modification services for you.]
The attachment was a selfie on the beach, although Lu Zhou was not interested in men's selfies.
About at the beginning of the year, he asked the young man named Han Ming to help him. Although Xiao Ai complained that his reward was a bit too high, Lu Zhou did not intend to go back on his promise.
Anyway, money was just a number that couldn't bring him any surprises.
After Lu Zhou finished reading the email, he threw it into the recycle bin. He put this matter in the back of his mind and focused on the model at hand.
However, Xiao Ai, who was standing on the side, showed an envious look.
"That's great, Xiao Ai also wants to travel around the world with Master. (′??? `)”
Lu Zhou: "Compared to going out to travel, I prefer to stay alone in a quiet place and study the problems that interest me."
Xiao Ai: "Hey, but research can be done at any time. (?°?°?)”
"In theory, this is true … Well, I just don't quite understand, what's the point of going to a place just to look around."
"But Master is going to leave here, right? Don't you want to leave some memories? (′??? `)”
The index finger on the holographic screen suddenly paused. Lu Zhou, who stopped moving, was silent for a while. He then looked at Xiao Ai with some surprise.
"How did you know?"
Frankly speaking, this wasn't the first time he had this thought. In a sense, the last time he went to Princeton was for a similar reason.
With the completion of the second generation of controllable fusion, he was getting closer and closer to level 10 in all disciplines. He felt that the sense of alienation between himself and the real world seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.
It was not because of the generation gap, but something else.
But a kind of premonition told him that he, who had endless time, would be taken to a very distant place by fate, and that was his ultimate home.
Xiao Ai: "Xiao Ai can't explain it clearly, but Master said a long time ago that he wanted to go to Tau Ceti to take a look, right? And … the second generation of controllable fusion is prepared for this. "
Perhaps Lu Zhou didn't know what emojis to use, so there were no emojis floating in Xiao Ai's pupils this time.
Facing the holographic image in his hand, Lu Zhou was silent for a long time.
He then suddenly said, "If I plan to go to a place far away, will you go with me?"
Xiao Ai: "Of course! Whether Master goes to the center of the galaxy or the edge of the universe, Xiao Ai will accompany Master! (?????)??”
Although this was an expected answer, Lu Zhou still felt a little warm in his heart after hearing it.
With a smile on his face, Lu Zhou reached out his hand and rubbed its head.
"You can't be promoted to advanced artificial intelligence like this if you always follow me."
Xiao Ai: "Hmph, that's hard to say. (///ω///) "
That was true. The future was unpredictable.
The only thing he could do was to be confident of the present.
After completing the calculation of the last parameter, Lu Zhou looked at the holographic blueprint of the space station that had been formed in his palm. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
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