Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1344 Mirage Engineering

“So, it’s really convenient.”

Phaethon sighed. She had already eaten her ice cream.

Although the ice cream machine was moved from the Lianshan next door, what surprised her was that life here almost immediately returned to the level on Earth.

Although you can’t order takeout casually, whatever you want to use or eat, you can basically find it in the refrigerator.

"So have you chosen your rooms?" Shangluo asked. Just after deciding that they could choose their own partners and form a group of four, Shangluo took the time to arrange the construction tasks for this morning.

When he came back, the automaton had already installed the ice cream machine in the cafeteria.

"We have counted the people who don't want to choose themselves - there are quite a lot. The rest can be discussed in about ten minutes. But in fact, no one chooses to live with the opposite sex. After all, everyone is randomly found and doesn't know each other. Now they are just choosing each other's roommates."

"That's fine." Shang Luo nodded. "After a while, you can just allocate the rooms according to what everyone discusses. If you don't like it later, you can change it later. Anyway, in the medium and long term, each person will have a room."

"Is it still possible like this? One room per person?"

Shangluo nodded: "As long as we have the mirage, it will be easy to make it."

According to Shangluo's prediction, the expansion structure of the space station will not only include the industrial module, but also the living module will be made of mirage - but only to fill the outer wall. The space that really comes into contact with people can only be built with materials that are stable under normal conditions.

Judging from the current construction form, each member added to the space station will actually take up a lot of materials.

Therefore, considering the long-term development, Shangluo decided to expand the entire space station in the second phase after the current initial stage. And the second phase will change the current construction form.

"So how are you going to build it?"

"Look." Shangluo drew a circle. "The current space station is like a bagel. Because the current space station is like a canoe or a main valve of ancient humans. It does not form a complete, systematic internal space. When you want to expand it, you can lengthen and widen it on the original basis, or connect several canoes in parallel. This idea is quite effective, but the conditions are too harsh."

Shangluo knew that in history, the Austronesians had indeed used canoes to embark on great voyages - the difficulty of this was like humans exploring Mars using early spacecraft such as the Salyut space station. Many people who went there had no intention of coming back, but just planned to settle down in a distant place.

But human navigation does not need to be so difficult - the environment of the canoe is harsh because the canoe does not form an effective layer of protection, just like amphibians do not have skin that can resist the sun.

Therefore, the second phase plan is to build a real space building - mirage manufacturing is not suitable for use in spaces that are too close to human living environments, so only the outer shell and structural parts need to be built with mirage.

As long as the human living environment is heavily wrapped in 50% mirage construction, 75% mirage construction, and finally 100% mirage construction, the mirage construction can be fully utilized while ensuring cost compression.

"At that time, the most practical solution is actually to make a ball."

"Ball??" Phaethon thought about it and realized that it was not impossible to build a big ball next to the earth. But the scene was a bit scary. Because the "ball" that Shangluo was going to build would probably be quite huge. "How big do you plan to build it?" she asked Shangluo.

"No, you should ask how to build it - because I want to build more than one ball. In fact, I plan to build an orbital Great Wall, and then string the balls on it like a necklace. The initial plan is to weave a 1-kilometer-wide ring belt, and the spherical station on it must have a diameter of at least 10 kilometers."

"Hey, hey, hey, this is a bit scary!" Phaethon's prediction came true. "Will this permanently change the appearance of the earth's sky?"

"That's how we can improve perception and reach." Shangluo replied, "Since we have plasticine that can be rolled into a round or flat shape, we should make it as big as possible, so that it can be used to create wonders. And the Romans thought it was dangerous if the moon was smashed, right? I think it's not impossible to use the moon mirage to repair the moon when the time comes."

"It's not like a broken tooth filling can be repaired, right?"

"Well, we are the heavenly court, so repairing the stars is certainly within our scope of business."

Phaethon didn't know where Shangluo's plan would stop. She only knew that the landscape of the earth would probably be changed forever from now on.

With the addition of mirages, the speed of this change may exceed the imagination of everyone on Earth. The sky may change every day, faster than blowing up a balloon. The new Great Wall will stretch across the unchanging starry sky, and all this may happen within a month.

The next day, the second Shuilong arrived at the dock. All work was proceeding step by step. The gas tank transport ship carrying the mirage gas had already stopped at the berth, ready to use the "printing" method to directly inject the mirage gas into the solid metal frame. However, the specific operation still had to be mastered by the technicians of the Dragon Palace.

The hatch opened and a familiar person walked out.

It was Otohime. According to Shangluo and Ao Zang's plan, Otohime was released from the imperial prison and joined the project directly. She was the only one who was not a volunteer.

"How come you were exiled to a place farther away right after you got out of the imperial prison? Hmm? Shangluo?" She looked up and said, "Why is it you?"

"Didn't you know you were going to work for me before you came?"

"Ah, my father said that my exile would end once I finished this job, but I didn't expect you to send me here to work. How long do you plan to keep me locked up?"

"It's hard to say. At least we have to wait until the plan to attack the moon is completed."

"Alas." Otohime sighed, "Okay, okay, this is the price I pay for defying my father. I don't think I can go back anytime soon. I only have one request. Please arrange an independent bedroom for me - or a cell."

"There is no private dormitory. But I can build one for you and hang it outside?"

"Okay, okay." Yiji replied helplessly, "Who said I am guilty? With your help, my father has won many victories. Now the whole Dragon Palace belongs to him. He even gave you his precious mirage energy. Tsk tsk tsk tsk."

She looked around and said, "It seems that this space station is my new prison."

(End of this chapter)