"Why don't you tell the people the truth? Perhaps we can make them accept it through good publicity. "Chen Xinjie asked Luo Yuan as she made a cup of tea in the office.
To her, it was not a wise decision. There was no such thing as an impenetrable wall in this world and there was no such thing as an eternal secret. No matter how strict the confidentiality system was, the truth would be revealed one day. By then, the people would be dissatisfied and angry.
As Luo Yuan's secretary, she knew very well that the current reproductive technology was not as perfect as it was advertised. The genetic material provided to both parents was just a facade. The essence of the implanted mother was still a clone that was cultivated in the research institute.
Moreover, with the current technology, it was not difficult to modify the foundation of a normal fertilized egg. Although it would require a lot of research resources, there would not be any side effects.
"Do you know how many children there are between the ages of 0 to 5?" Luo Yuan asked Chen Xinjie as she was confused.
Before she could answer, Luo Yuan answered his own question, "Less than 50,000. There are slightly more children between the ages of 6 to 10. At this age, the apocalypse came not long after they were born. Their ability to survive was not strong. Many of them died due to lack of medical care or were cruelly abandoned. There are only about 180,000 of them now, which is only one-thirtieth of the population.
Similarly, the proportion of children between the ages of 11 to 15 is far less than the norm. There has been a serious gap in the age structure of humans and the issue of reproduction has become a serious problem. Although publicity can persuade the people to accept cloning, the effect is undoubtedly too slow and the final result will not be good.
The bad impression of clones has been deeply rooted in the past movies and movies. People are afraid of it and it is not possible to change the situation with simple publicity.
Instead of using the government to enforce it, it would be better to let them be born first. In fact, our publicity has basically stated the truth. If they can accept it, they will naturally accept it. If they can't, it will not be considered as a lie. Even if they regret it after they are born, they can hand them over to the government. By then, they can mix with the clones in the lab and we can perfectly hide the real number of clones in the lab. "
"But this will still damage your image!" Chen Xinjie said worriedly. She was not a saint. She only objected because she was worried that the truth would affect Luo Yuan.
"You're still too young. Politics really doesn't suit you. When the truth is revealed, there will naturally be people who will take responsibility for everything. I don't know anything, I'm pure and innocent. Moreover … "Luo Yuan stood up and smiled coldly." The reason why I'm in this position is not because of my image! "
Chen Xinjie seemed to be shocked by Luo Yuan's shamelessness and was lost in thought for a long time.
She only came back to her senses when she heard Luo Yuan's voice.
"Inform the aircraft manufacturer that I'll be there soon." Luo Yuan's eyes lit up as he read the documents that his secretary had just brought to him.
"I'll call them right away!"
…
Before they arrived at the entrance, the factory's leaders and a group of workers' representatives were already waiting at the entrance. The surroundings were filled with guards, and the atmosphere was particularly solemn.
"Don't affect the normal work of the factory because of me. Go to the factory area and see your new fighter." Luo Yuan waved his hand. Although he was not interested in such formality, he knew that it was inevitable.
Be it in the past or now, technology could develop but human nature would not change. As long as power was still high, this could not be eliminated.
Of course, if no one welcomed him when he came for an inspection and everyone ignored him, he would have to consider if this person had a political bias or if he was dissatisfied with the government.
Soon, Luo Yuan and his secretary Chen Xinjie arrived at the factory area. A heavy aircraft with a triangular wing came into view.
It was a huge object. Its head was slightly sharp and shaped like the tip of a sword. Its tail was in the shape of a crossed scissors. However, it did not look rough or ugly. Its body was smooth and had a bright black surface, giving it a strong sense of beauty. It exuded a strong sci-fi vibe.
It was huge and delicate, reserved and elegant, elegant and powerful. It was like a crouching black cheetah, ready to pounce at any moment.
"Mayor, this is a dual-purpose aircraft. It is 20 meters long and its wings are narrow, about 15 meters. After all, its main activity area is in space and it does not have a high requirement for aerodynamics." The engineer who designed it introduced it nervously, "Its technical level is similar to the Glassian's aircraft. It has two medium-sized nuclear fusion furnaces and two micro pulse engines. Its top speed can reach 0.1 light speed. However, in the galaxy where there are many meteorites, its safe speed is 0.005 light speed. Otherwise, it will be easily destroyed by the meteorite fragments."
Luo Yuan nodded. The Glassian technology did not have a good way to defend the spaceship. Humans had absorbed the Glassian technology and had the same problem. There were only two ways to defend against meteorites. The first was to use the spaceship's armor to resist the meteorites. This could only defend against meteorites at low speed.
The second way was to use the spaceship's detection system and the intelligent brain to avoid the meteorites before the collision. Compared to the first way, this was the most important way.
With the advanced quantum computer in the spaceship, as long as the meteorite was slightly bigger, it would be able to detect the target within 100 light seconds and avoid it in advance. The meteorites that could hit it were basically dust.
The surface of the spaceship's armor was filled with scars that could not be filled by a few people. It was the result of the impact of the dust.
When the spaceship was flying at sub-light speed, the kinetic energy produced by the collision of one milligram of matter was equivalent to the explosion of 10 tons of TNT. As long as one gram was hit, the spaceship would be destroyed. There was no way to defend against the impact of such a high-intensity armor-piercing bomb.
Although the Dark Domain between Stellar Systems was sparse, it was not completely devoid of matter. For this spaceship to be able to fly here, it had to be said that it was a form of luck.
"Does it need someone to control it?" Luo Yuan regained his senses and asked.
"There's no need, Mayor. This is a drone. There are two modes of operation. One is remote control through the personal quantum computer in the eyeball, using brain waves to operate. The other is to complete the task directly through the artificial intelligence on the main control computer."
"In terms of weapons, it has two electromagnetic cannons with a power of 100 million kilowatts. The theoretical launch speed in vacuum can reach 0.012 C. There is also a laser cannon with a power of 150 million kilowatts and a new type of missile with 15 nuclear fusion engines. If necessary, it can be equipped with an antimatter warhead.
It can carry out all kinds of destructive tasks within a short distance! "
Of course, the short distance was not the conventional short distance but the short distance in astronomical units.
The spaceship was quite powerful to Luo Yuan. Although it could not be compared to the Glassian's spaceship, it was the same level of technology. The only difference was the quantity.
Luo Yuan then visited the other workshops in the factory.
As the only spaceship manufacturing factory in the spaceship, they had produced more than one spaceship in the past two to three years.
In the next workshop, Luo Yuan found an unexpected surprise.
It was a miniature spaceship. Its shape was exactly the same as the mothership. However, even though it was a miniature spaceship, it was still huge. It had a diameter of about 80 meters and a height of about 30 to 40 meters. Fortunately, the factory area was quite high. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to accommodate it.
"This is an experimental spaceship model!" Noticing that Luo Yuan was looking at it, the leader of the factory immediately said, "The ratio of the spaceship to the mothership is 20: 1. We are mainly doing some technical verification on it."
"Why didn't I hear that you guys are building such a big project?" Luo Yuan was surprised but he asked doubtfully.
Seeing that the leader of the factory was a little embarrassed, Luo Yuan knew that he was planning to do something big. Once he succeeded, he would announce it to the world. Many research departments had the same problem. Nowadays, the competition between research institutions was too intense and the results were endless. If they could not produce any sensational results for a long time, they would soon be marginalized. What awaited them was either to be fired or to be merged.
"How's the progress?" Luo Yuan did not want to make things difficult for him and asked.
"Currently, it's 85% complete. However, this is the result of the cooperation of many units." The leader of the factory dared not take credit for it. After all, without the cooperation of other units to produce qualified parts, they could not even produce a shell.
Currently, most of the factories on the spaceship, aside from some of the welfare factories that were related to the people's livelihood, basically focused on researching and absorbing Glassian technology. There were not many production tasks. They had enough time to cooperate with the related departments to produce some of the required parts and even collaborate on research and development.
"Well done!" Luo Yuan nodded his head in satisfaction and complimented, "I hope that the next time I come back will be when this spaceship is completed."
…
Luo Yuan left the factory with excitement. From the spaceship model, he could tell that humans had absorbed more than half of the Glassian technology. During this period of time, humans had improved at an unbelievable speed. Initially, he estimated that it would take at least five years for the conditions to be ready for interstellar travel. However, based on the current progress, it would not take long for humans to completely control the spaceship and even have the ability to build a spaceship.
However, he knew that the remaining 15% of progress was the real difficulty. To solve this 15% progress, the time needed might be more than the time needed to complete the 85% progress. It might even take a long time.
Undoubtedly, this was the worst case scenario. As more and more people consumed the wisdom elixir, in fact, the development of human technology had been in a state of constant acceleration. There were many scientific and technological achievements. Duplicating this spaceship might be faster than expected.
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