Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Crisis Era 7 Years.

Wang Miao's three space elevator projects have been successfully completed.

This is a day worth commemorating for all mankind, because the completion of the space elevator marks the first step that humanity will officially take into the starry universe.

Wang Miao and some veteran aerospace workers took a spaceplane to space to observe the entire cargo transport process of the space elevator.

After the space elevator is successfully built, the first step is naturally to build the space station.

They plan to use three space elevators to build a space station in geosynchronous orbit that is about ten times wider than the International Space Station, serving as an anchor for humanity to deploy defensive forces into outer space.

Soon, the three space elevators, namely "Sky Ladder" No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, began operating simultaneously, transporting the "cargo" that needed to be assembled up.

The construction of a space station is not as simple as it seems, where you build it on the ground and launch it into space; that would require far too much propulsion.

Instead, they first disassembled and built each component on the ground, and then tried to transport these assembled parts one by one to space for assembly.

It took a lot of effort to build the International Space Station.

But things are different now. In recent years, PDC has come up with a new gadget – a space repair machine.

This thing is similar to a small drone, except that it can fly in space and do related work. It is equipped with a welding device that can weld and repair artificial satellites in space.

It has a storage compartment on its back, which contains a highly malleable nanorobot that Wang Miao previously developed.

The principle behind this thing is somewhat like an expansion screw. When these nanobots are sprayed onto the object that needs repair under high pressure, they quickly fill the gaps themselves and complete the repair.

However, because artificial intelligence technology is locked by Sophon, these nanobots can only be used for repair work.

Soon, three space elevators carried the three basic components of the space station and slowly lifted them up from the ground.

Currently, only three countries—China, Russia, and the United States—have the capability to manufacture such massive space components.

Huaxia is responsible for the main body of the entire space station and the power supply module.

Since Ding Yi's controlled nuclear fusion technology has achieved a positive energy-to-consumption ratio, the traditional energy supply method of solar energy can be abandoned, and controlled nuclear fusion can be used to power the entire space station.

Then, the US took charge of the astronauts' living quarters and hibernation pods, using a space elevator to lift them to geosynchronous orbit and then begin docking them with the main body.

Finally, there's the external dock module, which was handled by the Russians.

This thing can be considered an invention in human history. After all, the possibility of spaceships coming here to resupply in the future needs to be taken into account, so the Russians, who are good at heavy industry, were asked to make this module.

Have you decided on a name yet?

Wang Miao looked at the veteran aerospace workers behind him.

This is humanity's first step into space exploration, so the name of this space station is very important.

"This... I haven't decided yet. Why don't you, Professor Wang, name it?"

Wang Miao was in charge of the space elevator project, so the naming rights for this first space station naturally had to be given to him.

Wang Miao was taken aback, then hesitated for a moment.

"Then... let's call it Reach."

The space elevator was pulled smoothly, thanks to Lin Xuan's suggestion to change the entire space elevator to a segmented docking system. This not only alleviated the gravity it might bring, but also had the advantage of preventing it from colliding with satellites and various space debris in space.

In the past, humans launched many artificial satellites and rockets to explore space. After they were decommissioned, the debris of these space junks has been floating in orbit, destroying everything around them at extremely high speeds, like meteorites.

If the space elevator were built in a straight line, it would be easily destroyed by these debris.

Furthermore, there is a crucial point: when the space elevator sends objects from the ground up, the Coriolis force generated by the Earth's rotation, which is the hypothetical force describing the motion of a rotating system, is also involved.

This force will interfere with the elevator's lift, causing the elevator to slow down its ascent or descent.

Typhoons are caused by the Coriolis force of the Earth's rotation.

However, this problem was somewhat alleviated after the stratification was implemented.

While Wang Miao was busy building the space station in the sky, Ding Yi on the ground was not idle either.

However, his research achievements over the years are not as obvious as those of Wang Miao.

As Ding Yi had predicted, the path to controlled nuclear fusion has come to an end.

No matter how hard I try to squeeze this sponge, I can't get a single drop of water out.

"What's wrong, Dr. Ding Yi? You look so worried."

Shi Qiang chuckled and came closer, pulling a cigarette from his pocket.

"Want one? A cigarette after a meal is pure bliss."

Ding Yi waved his hand.

"Get lost, I have a terrible headache right now, don't bother me."

Shi Qiang wasn't annoyed when he heard him say that.

"Well, Dr. Ding, although I don't know much about science, I still want to give you a few words of advice: take it easy."

"You remind me of a bee and a fly trapped in a glass jar."

"What do you mean?"

"Uh... oh? You didn't hear this story when you were a kid?"

When I was a child, you were still a fertilized egg.

Shi Qiang: ...

"Okay, this story is quite old. It was told to us by our teacher when I was in school. It says there was a glass jar, which was turned upside down so that the sunlight shone on the bottom, but the mouth of the jar was facing down."

"Then, put a bee and a fly in this glass jar. Guess who will run out first?"

"bee?"

"Wrong, it's a fly."

"Because the sunlight shines on the bottom of the bottle, and bees love sunlight, they will keep flying upwards. But the opening of the bottle is at the bottom, so it is difficult for bees to fly out. But flies are different. They just bump around aimlessly, and you never know when they will fly out."

Ding Yi pondered Shi Qiang's words for a long time before finally speaking.

"You mean to say that we actually have a problem with our research direction, because the inherent thinking of scientists has limited my imagination, causing me to keep following the experience of predecessors. This kind of thinking has limited me, which is why the research has stagnated?"

Shi Qiang was taken aback.

"Damn, you scholars are really something else! I just said a few simple words, and you managed to deduce so many explanations from them!"

Ding Yi was stunned when he heard this.

Is this not what you're trying to tell me?

"Of course not! What I mean is, you're just wandering around like a headless fly, who knows, one day you might accidentally stumble upon that Thomas device..."

"Tokamak device".

"Ah, right, that's the thing. That's how we got this thing working. So, relax, let's go grab a couple of drinks first, maybe you'll come up with a good idea."