The next morning, Luo Yuan flew over again to check on the carcass of the giant beast.
He found that it was still alive and kicking.
The area where it was located had been ravaged by the giant beast. It had completely turned into a huge lake. The lake water was boiling and the air was filled with steam, emitting a high temperature.
Even the environment and climate within a few kilometers of the lake had changed drastically because of its existence. Luo Yuan noticed that a few plants that were supposed to be frozen not far away had melted and were now sprouting from their branches.
Luo Yuan looked at it for a while and returned.
For the next few days, the giant beast still maintained its strong vitality.
Fortunately, Luo Yuan was not in a hurry. He had enough time to wait for the giant beast to completely die.
Almost a month had passed. Before the Ultralisk died, the spacecraft in outer space sent good news. The construction of the first building had been completed, and the migration could finally begin.
The emergency spacecraft that was docked at the mothership started to get busy.
Ships of resources flew out of outer space and were transported to the spacecraft first.
The migration was not only about transporting people. In order to prepare for the long term survival on the spacecraft, they had to ensure the basic necessities of the migrating people. The indoor agricultural area was the most important and even some of the factories were on the migration list.
This was not only because the progress of humans in deciphering the Glassian technology was not satisfactory. Many of the Glassian factories were still not usable by humans. Some of the production had to rely on human machines. Also, the migrating people would not be idle and have nothing to do.
This made the project extraordinarily huge and long.
The increasing number of workers had increased the speed of the construction of the residential area on the spacecraft. After the migration was over, the second batch of migration began after a few days of rest.
For the next few months, the entire Hope City was bustling with activity.
Hope City, which used to be crowded and crowded, gradually became empty. The industrial area had been completely emptied, and the material storage warehouse had also become empty. When the last batch of migrants boarded the spacecraft, the entire Hope City was completely sealed up.
Tens of thousands of people lined up in a long queue and looked back at the direction of Hope City. Their footsteps were heavy and their expressions were complicated. No one knew if they could return to Earth and reopen Hope City in their lifetime.
From the beginning of the apocalypse, struggling to survive, to being forced to escape from Earth and about to rush into the dark space, for humans who had never left Earth before, a strong sense of unease filled everyone's heart.
Humans had too little understanding of the universe. It was filled with too many unknown mysteries. Compared to the vast universe, not to mention humans, even Earth was too small, like a speck of dust.
...
The residential area of the spacecraft was no longer what it used to be.
Twelve huge buildings supported the space like pillars, making the spacious residential area feel cramped.
There were no decorations on the surface of these buildings. The silver metal and the prefabricated parts formed a lattice pattern, making everything look cold and hard.
Every inch of space here was used to the limit, and as far as the eye could see, apart from a few crisscrossing streets, there were buildings everywhere. In order to accommodate the large number of people and cope with the future expansion of personnel, the interior of the buildings was equally cramped.
There were about 700,000 people living in each building and there were 300 elevators for the convenience of people going in and out.
Apart from the park, streets, business district and other public facilities, each level of the residential area was like a tightly arranged lattice. Most people could only have a living space of nine square meters per person. It was better if they had a family as at least there was a toilet inside. If they were single, even the toilet was public.
Compared to the ground, as the rooms were in the spacecraft, all the beds and furniture were made of metal. They were of the same standard and were fixed to the ground. It was inevitable that people would feel depressed and irritated when they were in the room.
Besides that, there was at least one safety device in each room. This was to prevent people from flying out when the spacecraft was accelerating and decelerating.
A large number of people moved in, causing the entire residential area to become extremely noisy. The streets were densely packed with people, making it seem extremely crowded.
Luo Yuan asked the accompanying officials to arrange the last batch of immigrants and then walked towards the central control room with his secretary, Cheng Guanghui.
"Mayor!"
"Mayor!"
"Continue with your work!" Luo Yuan nodded and said in a deep voice.
The central control room was no longer empty. With the reconstruction of the crew, everyone was in their respective positions. With the help of the artificial intelligence system, they began to familiarize themselves with the Glassian spacecraft.
Compared to ordinary soldiers, all of them had higher education. Many of them were researchers or engineers and did not have military experience. However, Luo Yuan did not care. Facing a high-tech spacecraft, professional ability was more important than the quality of a soldier. Moreover, the latter could be trained but the former was much more difficult.
"How's the familiarization?" Luo Yuan asked Bi Jianping, "When can we fly in the galaxy?"
"I still need some time. It should be fine for a short distance but not for a long distance." Since he was reprimanded by Luo Yuan, most of his focus was on this, "We're still in the early stages of controlling the spacecraft. If there's any problem with the spacecraft, it would be difficult for us to operate it again."
Luo Yuan nodded in understanding. Ever since he destroyed the interstellar quantum transmission device, the artificial intelligence system of the spaceship had lost contact with the factory area. Not only did the intelligent automated factory stop working, even the engineering robots and maintenance robots were disconnected. Once there were damaged parts or the armor was destroyed, it was impossible to repair them with the current level of human technology. They could only leave them to be damaged, which was undoubtedly very dangerous.
"Familiarize yourself with the spacecraft as soon as possible. If necessary, recruit more technicians. Some of the students who are about to graduate can also join in and quickly master the spacecraft!" Luo Yuan said after a moment of silence.
There was not much time left. It was impossible for humans to stay here forever. They had to leave the galaxy as soon as possible.
"Yes, Mayor!" Bi Jianping immediately replied.
"How's the mood of the citizens recently?" Luo Yuan looked at the cockpit and asked.
"Basically, it's stable but there's still some anxiety. We've increased the security in case of emergencies!"
"Well done, we must not let the security down!"
This was human nature. Going from Earth to space all of a sudden, there was no sense of stability, and it was inevitable that people would feel anxious. If it was a normal society, they could use entertainment to divert their attention, or use psychological counseling to ease their anxiety. However, at this time, all industries were declining, and there was a shortage of talents in society. There were no resources to do such luxurious things.
The most important thing now was to master the spacecraft as soon as possible and focus on deciphering the Glassian technology. As for the other things, they could only wait.
Luo Yuan stayed for a while and left the cockpit.
Soon, he arrived at the genetic laboratory.
In the internal incubation room, the number of clones of the wisdom trees had reached over a thousand. It was like a small botanical garden. However, basically every wisdom tree looked listless, their leaves drooping, and there was no sign of vitality at all.
"Mayor, the growth of these Wisdom Trees is unusually slow. After growing to half a meter, they basically stopped growing. We've tried various methods, including adjusting the light, humidity, and elements, but the results are not very good …" Noticing Luo Yuan's gloomy expression while inspecting the Wisdom Trees in the cultivation room, the director of the research institute carefully explained.
Luo Yuan was not surprised. If the Wisdom Tree could grow normally, there would not be so many skeletons around it.
"At the same time, we've also studied the components of the Wisdom Tree and conducted some live experiments. It seems like there is no special effect. However, in the sample that you gave us, we found a special macromolecular substance. We extracted the active component and conducted an experiment."
"How's the effect?" Luo Yuan asked curiously.
"It's quite amazing!" The director of the research institute said in amazement, "Ever since a mutated rat was injected with this substance, its intelligence has increased to an astonishing level. It realized the cruel situation it was in and knew fear. It even started to please the breeder."
Luo Yuan did not care about the poor mutated rat. He asked a question that he was concerned about, "Can this molecule be synthesized?"
The director of the research institute shook his head regretfully, "This molecule is extremely unstable. In fact, in theory, it is impossible for such a substance to exist. It can only exist in an environment with extremely high active energy. Even so, it can be decomposed and synthesized at the same time. However, active energy can only be extracted from the bodily fluids of high-level mutated beasts in the past. It can't be synthesized artificially. Now that the source of high-level mutated beasts has been lost, the progress of the experiment has come to a halt."
"Active energy? I'll think of a way. I'll get someone to send it over when the time comes." Luo Yuan thought for a while and immediately supported the director. The energy crystal would be a high concentration of active energy when dissolved in water. He still had a lot of it left. Although it was precious, it would be worth it as long as he could produce the wisdom elixir.
"The most important thing now is to produce the wisdom elixir as soon as possible. I'm planning to merge your lab with the gene editing lab temporarily. The lab over there has already decrypted some of the Glassian experimental equipment. I believe this will speed up the progress of the research."
"We'll definitely cooperate!" The director of the research institute said hesitantly, "But who's going to be in charge of this project?"
Luo Yuan looked at him. It seemed like scientific research was not a pure holy ground. It was inevitable to fight for power. He thought for a while and said, "Since you're the first to produce the results, you'll be in charge of this project. I hope that you guys can work together. I'll be hearing good news soon!"
…
Luo Yuan inspected the factory area again. When he came back, he was both happy and worried.
Compared to the previous inspection, there were 13 new Glassian factories that had just started operations. Other than the nine original spaceship component factories, there were also nano-chip factories, nano-material factories, polymer synthesis factories, and centrifugal elemental extraction and smelting factories. These were important basic core factories.
Through these factories, the technological capabilities of mankind were greatly compensated and even improved by leaps and bounds.
For example, the nano-chip. The Glassian's chip technology was different from the photolithography technology used by humans. Instead, it was directly controlled by atoms. The size of a chip with the same function was less than one-thousandth of a human's.
Through these core factories, humans had initially recovered their ability to manufacture electronics. Even if they did not use the quantum computer technology that was still being researched, the performance of the computer could be hundreds of times stronger. At the same time, the size of the computer could be reduced to the size of a thumb.
It could be said that in just half a year, humans had achieved breakthroughs that would normally require 20 or even 50 years of steady development. However, compared to the factories that had yet to be used, the number of factories that humans had decrypted was less than one-tenth of the total number of factories, let alone controlling the spaceship.
One of the reasons was that time was short and the other was that there were too few talents. This made Luo Yuan even more desperate for the wisdom elixir.
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