The gigantic size of the interstellar creature was not a small project even for the humans of today.
In order to manufacture the mining equipment and various detection devices, the entire factory area had been operating day after day. All kinds of machines were produced in large quantities like flowing water.
Although there were only five to six million humans left, their productivity was no less than that of the Republic before the apocalypse. As for their technological level, they could not be compared at all.
A giant engineering robot that looked like a Gundam that was more than 10 meters tall could be produced at least 10 times a day once the modification of the production chain was completed. This was only half of the production. If there was an emergency or a war, the productivity could be increased by a few times.
In just half a month, more than a thousand engineering robots of all kinds had joined the project.
However, after the completion of the mission, most of the machines would be melted down and broken down into basic elements. The spaceship was too small for the humans and there was no extra space for the machines.
Luo Yuan stood in the central control room and looked at the construction robots that were like locusts that were tens of thousands of kilometers away. He could not help but feel emotional.
With the absorption and development of the technology, the human level of technology was basically the same as the Glassians 60 years ago. Although there were some areas that were still weak, there were some areas that they had surpassed.
Humans did not just absorb the Glassian technology. They had used the two systems as a reference and many new technologies had come out of the old. Although there were some breakthroughs that were not systematic and could not surpass the Glassian technology as a whole, at least it showed that humans had officially broken through the Glassian technology and were gradually moving forward.
Unfortunately, this was only the Glassian technology that was 60 years old. In terms of real technology, they were still lagging behind.
As the first interstellar spaceship of the Glassians, there was no doubt that it was advanced. However, it was not the most advanced technology of the civilization. After all, the most important thing for an interstellar exploration spaceship was safety and stability. The spaceship usually used the most mature technology. Some of the technologies that were still in the laboratory could not be used here.
The difference of 60 or 70 to 80 years was enough for the development of technology to skip a generation. It could even lead to a technological revolution, causing a huge gap in technology.
In fact, even with such a huge gap, Luo Yuan estimated that humans would be able to catch up with or even surpass them in another 30 to 40 years. As the second energy core started to nurture the Wisdom Tree, the production of wisdom elixirs had increased to more than 4,000 tubes a year. The production had increased by four times.
Every year, there would be an increase of 3000 super scientists with an Intelligence of 16 to 18 points. Their contribution to the advancement of human technology was more than 1000 times that of ordinary scientists. This number was the same every year. As long as the Glassians did not have the same brain development technology, the gap between the Glassians and human technology would only get closer.
The only problem was when would the Glassians come. Perhaps it would take 50 years like the last time, but the possibility was slim. The biggest possibility would be three to four years or even shorter.
It was a gamble. If he was alone, Luo Yuan would rather take the risk than run away like a stray dog. However, humans could not afford to take the risk.
If they were defeated, the only thing that awaited them would be the destruction of the human race. The Glassians would never allow a race that posed a great threat to them to stay near them.
The price was too high!
Survival was the top priority of civilization. In order to survive, they would have to take a detour. It was not a big deal to avoid a strong enemy.
He looked at the starlight from afar. That was where the Glassians were. He did not move for a long time until the voice of the artificial intelligence system woke him up.
"Warning, the storage of iron is down to 31%, close to the warning line!"
Luo Yuan glanced at it and did not pay much attention to it. Due to the production of a large number of engineering robots, the consumption of metal elements was high. However, most of the consumption could be recovered by the element separation furnace to replenish the storage.
"List all the elements in the storage!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Luo Yuan looked at the chart of the storage on the screen. The consumption of water was almost negligible. After all, the spaceship had a complete water circulation system. The recycling technology of domestic sewage was quite mature. Not a single drop of water would be wasted. The water that was consumed was used for nuclear fusion fuel.
As for the other elements, they were more or less depleted. Some of them had 80% left while the others were close to 30% like the iron element.
Other than the newly manufactured engineering machines, machine tools, and interstellar fighter jets, the consumption of daily necessities for the five to six million people in the settlement was also a large part of the consumption. Although most of the elements could be recovered, there was still a large part of it that was permanently occupied.
"It seems like I have to replenish the storage before I leave!" Luo Yuan thought to himself.
…
A month later, the interstellar creature had been disemboweled. The huge internal organs were dragged by the engineering robots to the emergency spaceship.
The emergency spaceship had become a huge laboratory. A large number of researchers were wearing lead-plated protective suits. They were busy shuttling through the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood. The whole scene was bloody as if they had entered a slaughterhouse.
The heart in the center, which had been cut in half but was still thirty meters tall, was surrounded by people. Nearby, there was a specially developed giant instrument waving all kinds of mechanical arms, performing all kinds of detailed scanning and mapping work on the heart.
"The tumor is not solid. There are eight spiral structures!" Meng Junhua said as he looked at the scan results on the 3D screen. A few of his assistants immediately recorded it down.
He looked young and his face was still a little immature. He was only 27 years old and had been doing research for almost four years. He was one of the first batch of graduate students to join the research team after the disaster. Although he had not been working for long, his performance was outstanding. He was talented in the fields of high energy physics and mathematics. During his internship, he had published many valuable papers.
The biggest difference between humans and the Glassians was in the field of theoretical research.
Humans had very little information in this area. They could only rely on themselves to make up for it. It could be said that the current technological level of humans was not commensurate with their theoretical level. Humans knew how to create many technologies and could create products that were similar to the Glassians. However, there was no corresponding theory to support it.
It was like a student trying to solve a problem. He could only apply the formula mechanically but he could not understand why he had to do so.
Although the impact was not huge, if he did not teach this lesson, it would seriously affect the development of technology.
It was a pity that most of the theoretical researchers were in New Capital City before the disaster. After all, the equipment there was more advanced. Only a few of them were left in Hope City and the other three cities.
Under such circumstances, Meng Junhua stood out and was classified as a key talent. A year ago, he was assigned to the wisdom elixir and now he was a senior researcher.
"There are no cells in the microscopic structure. It is a fibrous cotton-like substance. The structure is quite tough. It is six times stronger than the muscle and 2.5 times stronger than the epidermis. The specific function is still to be studied!"
"The connection to the heart … The structure is a little special!" Meng Junhua looked at it for a while and quickly operated on the screen. The layer of the structure immediately showed its microscopic state. His eyes suddenly lit up, "This is an atomic filter. It can filter atoms and molecules. This is probably its energy channel."
He thought to himself, the energy should flow from the energy core of the heart to the tumor. After passing through the eight spiral structure in the tumor, the energy level would be stimulated and transformed into gamma rays … Unfortunately, he could not find the energy channel. How did it emit such a gamma ray burst?
Energy transition … Or was it a channel of other substances?
How did the hundreds of tumors work together?
How did it explode in such a short period of time?
…
Countless inspirations appeared in Meng Junhua's mind but it only deepened his confusion. Unfortunately, the data was still too little. He had to conduct more in-depth and comprehensive research. He scratched his head. Ever since he took the wisdom elixir, there were not many things that he could not figure out. However, this made him even more interested in the research.
There must be some kind of unknown activation method. Maybe it was an undiscovered physical or chemical phenomenon.
He was busy for the whole day but the results were limited. After all, this was only the preliminary research. It was used as a reference to filter out the useful parts. More in-depth research could only be carried out when he returned to the mothership.
However, he was sure that this tumor had something to do with the gamma ray burst.
During dinner, he discussed with the researchers at the same table. One of them was an expert in the field of biological neurology. His ideas gave him a lot of inspiration.
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