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At 7:30 in the evening, on the Earth Federation International Channel, a solemn and solemn music resounded on time.

As the sound came, millions of viewers around the world fixed the TV station on this channel, only to see that the original advertisement ended, and a dark stage replaced it.

The stage was kept dark at the beginning, but one could see a figure walking slowly in the background. This figure was wearing a dark blue suit and stood upright. As he came closer to the screen, everyone immediately looked at Seeing the appearance of this man——

This is a middle-aged black man with sharp eyes and a serious smile, which is completely different from the original relaxed TV atmosphere.

This program is one of the programs with the highest ratings on the Earth Federation International Channel, but its content is very simple, that is, to interpret the major events that have attracted the most attention in the world during this period, satirize politics, criticize current events, or stand for the weak Voice... This program has been broadcast continuously for 20 years, creating a ratings myth.

"Everyone, I'm Wilson Richard, and this is the Earth Federation International Channel-"Richard's World"."

The black host Richard stared at the screen, and said directly without any warm-up, "The former Soviet astronomer Kardashov once based on the principles of thermodynamics and the law of energy, and the evolution and development of civilizations in the universe according to the way energy is used. Divided into three levels according to different..."

"The first level is a planetary civilization - a civilization that has mastered all the energy on the planet it is on."

"This civilization can change the climate, develop oceans, and control earthquakes on the planet as it pleases... In short, this civilization already has the ability to move mountains and seas on the planet, and rationally use and control all the resources and energy on the planet."

"The second level is a star-level civilization-a civilization that can use all the energy of an entire star."

"The second type of civilization has a huge demand for energy and resources, so they need to use all the light and heat emitted by the stars. The method may be to smash some useless planets to make Dyson spheres, seal the stars inside, and fully enjoy Every light and heat from a star!"

"Then, there is a third-level cosmic civilization—a civilization that can control several star systems and star clusters!"

Richard spread his arms with a solemn expression, "Even a cosmic galaxy with 200 billion stars like the Milky Way can really change the world! At this time, the power of civilization will become omnipotent and unimaginable..."

As he spoke, Richard took a deep breath, and suddenly changed his words, "Many people may wonder, what am I talking about, am I telling a science fiction story? No, no!"

"This classification method,

It is the 'Kardashov Index' that was once widely circulated in the scientific community. This is a civilization classification method recognized by the Earth Federation. It is often used by plan researchers, science fiction writers and prophets who search for extraterrestrial civilizations as The theoretical basis is used. "

Speaking of this, Richard couldn't help but paused, a picture appeared behind him, it was an online announcement, and the content of the announcement was the "Blackwatch Dyson Cloud Plan" released early this morning .

"As for this plan, I believe everyone has already received the news. In today's society, a message can be sent to any corner of the earth within a few seconds, and to Mars in 20 minutes. But for Blackwall Everyone has different opinions on the news about Qi Company..."

"As far as I know, one of the most common views among people is a doubt. Doubts that we humans have reached the point where we can build a Dyson cloud?"

As he said that, Richard suddenly smiled softly, which is an extremely rare expression since he was on the show, "Actually, we humans are closer to the goal of building a Dyson cloud than we imagined..."

"When the Kardashev index classification method was born, the earth was once defined as a 0.73-level civilization, which was the level half a century ago... Now, after these years of development, we have unknowingly overcome the controllable nuclear civilization. Fusion, the establishment of a scientific research station on the moon, the establishment of a permanent colony on Mars, and even... Blackwatch has begun to mine the resources of the asteroids in the Kuiper belt!"

"Behind countless difficulties have been overcome, our human civilization index is also rising step by step. According to the latest calculations, the current Kardashov index classification of our human civilization has reached level 1.2 civilization, and we are fully capable of building Dyson cloud. A project of the century!"

Speaking of this, Richard's words gradually became louder, "After nuclear energy has been thoroughly popularized, we gradually discovered that controllable nuclear fusion is just a stepping stone, which allows us to knock on the door to the interstellar world. But at the same time, it is just the most common passport... We humans have come to a crossroads, either start to look for new clean energy, or use nuclear energy to sit back and eat!"

"And now, Blackwatch is once again in front of the Earth Federation. He is willing to stand up for us humans and explore the path to a higher level. What kind of spirit is this?"

Richard suddenly sighed, and at the same time bent down and bowed, "Please allow me, Richard, to pay high tribute to this company, this pioneer of human beings!"

"Regardless of whether the plan succeeds or fails in the end, we should not blame him, because he is carrying the burden on our behalf!"

Following the last sentence, the deafening orchestra resounded again, drowning everything and the hearts of countless people!

"This is the most important thing that happened to the Earth Federation today. I am Wilson Richard, and this is the International Channel of the Earth Federation—"Richard's World". See you next time!"

...

"Richard's World" undoubtedly added fuel to the flames, making the plan announced by Blacklight Technology burn more intensely in public opinion. In just one day, almost everyone in the world learned that Blacklight Technology was planning to build a Dyson cloud. information.

In this regard, the officials of the continents of the Earth Federation are in mixed feelings, because they see farther than ordinary people. Although the move of black light technology is equivalent to opening up a path for the future of mankind, once it succeeds, it will also be rewarded. Vested interests, even solar energy may be monopolized by black light technology.

Therefore, different from the eager expectations of ordinary people, the media in various continents have bad-mouthed this matter, and even used the "Law of the Dark Forest" to refute it, thinking that this project may lead to changes in the brightness of the sun, and this change , is likely to attract the prying eyes of other alien civilizations in the future.

So in the end, the world's public opinion was divided into two factions, one faction expressed support for the construction of Dyson Cloud, and the other faction was completely opposed, thinking that this was an act that was too big and easy to pull.

After waiting for a few days, the Earth Federation, feeling threatened, finally couldn't sit still. They launched a world summit, and the four continents led their younger brothers to vote against this project of Black Light Technology. stop.

Regarding the Earth Federation's reaction, Chen Chen sent the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Earth Federation headquarters to participate in the wrangling, but on the other hand, various departments of Black Light Technology began to carry out the plan silently.

If it was ten years ago, Chen Chen would have to think carefully about the opposition from all over the world, but now and then, the current Black Light Technology has the capital to separate from the Earth Federation after owning the Mars colony, even if the Earth Federation is because of this. The sanction imposed on Blacklight Technology in this incident is just a non-aggressive economic sanction, and no one has the guts to raise it by force.

Therefore, after a full three months of wrangling with each other, seeing that the Earth Federation could not stop the progress of Black Light Technology, the Four Continents had to reluctantly compromise. They made a request to the negotiating team of Black Light Technology, that is, the Four Continents Also join this Dyson cloud project and get a share of it.

Regarding this, Chen Chen has no opinion. After all, the four continents account for 40% of the population of the Earth Federation, and they have far more manpower and material resources than Black Light Technology. If the four continents join, the construction period of the Dyson ring can be reduced by a percentage. For more than 50, as long as the core technology and dominance are still in the hands of Black Light Technology, there will be no problem.

Therefore, after three months of negotiations on nationality, the four continents decided to spend tens of billions of funds, manpower and material resources to join the largest project in human history.

As for those small neighboring countries, just like when they developed controllable nuclear fusion back then, they can only watch helplessly.

Soon, the four continents dispatched thousands of engineers and scientists to the Life Science City, and regarded it as the command center of the most ambitious plan in human history, where tens of thousands of the world's top talents gathered, It also brought a new round of vitality to the Life Science City.

"This is an engineering robot designed by our black light technology."

At this time, in the aerospace base in the southern suburbs of Life Science City, the decision-making delegations of the five parties were discussing in the conference room. And never stop.

A young engineer proudly threw out a conceptual design drawing, "This robot is divided into a total of forty-three types, and each type has a corresponding division of labor...they have a ceramic heat insulation layer as thick as ten centimeters. The armor can completely withstand the high temperature and high pressure on the surface of Mercury. At the same time, it is controlled by the super AI designed by our Blackwatch company. It can continuously produce their own kind and solar panels, and launch these panels to the planet by means of electromagnetic ejection. In space."

"I object!"

However, after seeing the engineer's design drawings, the decision makers in the four continents objected one after another, "Super AI with self-replication authority, this is something we can't bear, if you Blackwatch company don't want to see intelligent In the case of mechanical crisis, I still think that this kind of production cannot be fully delegated to computers."

"We at Blackwatch can guarantee the loyalty of AI!"

"That's not okay, we are firmly opposed to this kind of thing..."

The two sides immediately quarreled again.

"Okay, stop arguing, we can discuss this matter later."

Another well-known scientist around the world stopped the meaningless quarrel between the two parties, and then said, "We have no problems with the manufacturing of Dyson cloud equipment. Now we should talk about maintenance. Such a huge area , even man-made objects far beyond the surface area of ​​the earth, how do we maintain it?"

"Of course it is also maintained by robots..."

Another scientist from Black Light Technology shouted, "If you can manufacture XTN robots, you can naturally manufacture fully automated maintenance robots that can also work in outer space. These robots only need to be more than ten centimeters in size, and you can let them freely shuttle in the Dyson cloud. Superficially, repair malfunctioning Dyson cloud accessories."

"Then what about energy transmission? The plan says it's laser transmission, so where are we going to build a device that can receive this huge amount of energy?"

"Of course it's also the universe. We can build several energy receiving devices with an area of ​​more than a few square kilometers in orbit, and then guide this energy into the ground through a space elevator. This is the best solution. Do you still want to send lasers directly to If it fails to reach the surface, wouldn’t it be solar bombing?”

"So, what do you do when there is a solar storm?"

Someone worried.

"What kind of problem is this? Haven't we already designed the Dyson cloud to be able to use a certain unit as the core to fold up with each other in the event of a solar storm? In this way, the device can completely obtain sufficient impact resistance. Don't you think it's such a simple question?" Can't even imagine it?"

"..."

"Who can calculate, if the weight of Mercury changes, what will happen to the planets in our solar system?"

another scientist asked.

"Rest assured, this plan has been figured out before release."

A scientist from Blacklight Technology immediately waved his hand and showed a large series of data in front of everyone, "The acceleration produced by Mercury's gravitational force on the earth is only about 10-40nm/s^2, which is considered very small on the astronomical scale. When Mercury turns into a Dyson cloud, it just moves the center of mass of Mercury to the vicinity of the sun, and its mass does not disappear."

"Even if the entire Mercury is dismantled and removed, after about 100 years, the perihelion and aphelion of the earth will only shrink by one ten-thousandth, and because of the periodic perturbation phenomenon, it will recover in a few decades, so it is said that Just building the Dyson cloud is equivalent to distributing the mass of Mercury evenly in the orbit of the sun, even in the long-term, it will not affect the orbit of the earth!"

"Then the next topic, how do we keep the Dyson cloud stable in orbit around the sun?"

"..."

The meeting room was full of voices, and countless words that were extremely unfamiliar to ordinary people popped out of these mouths at random. Everyone was discussing painfully and happily, tearing apart the details in the plan to ensure that every step can be implemented smoothly. .

But no matter what, the more everyone discusses, the more they have a hunch in their hearts - when this plan that shocks the world starts to be implemented, it will be the biggest step in human history!