Chapter 96 The Beginning of Civilization
"Dark Star? It's called Dark Star?"
Kolev looked at the projection screen in front of Yang Ming. The rocky planet was rotating slowly. Two irregularly shaped asteroids were captured and became his satellites during the long astronomical time.
"What does this mean?" asked Kolev.
"It means the stars hiding in the darkness," Yang Ming made up casually, "Isn't this a cool name?"
"Cool," Kolev said, "It's a name that young people like."
"What would you name it then?"
"A beautiful goddess in dreams?" Kolev muttered, "It must represent an unattainable dream, or have a certain religious connotation... Let me see its basic parameters. Oh, it has a rich groundwater system and intact shallow mineral veins... Is this actually a resource planet abandoned by the Luofeng Empire? They really only have the rhodium-6 ring in their eyes!"
Yang Ming smiled but said nothing.
This old pirate who loves robbery certainly doesn't understand the joy of finding a bargain.
The housekeeping robot controlled by Lu warned: "Boss, the transport ship has entered the atmosphere."
"It's started, it's started, let's go over there quickly!"
Kolev excitedly put on the holographic helmet.
Yang Ming glanced at the mailbox on his watch, first sent a message to Windsor that he would be working for several hours in a row, and then picked up the helmet with a familiar shape beside him.
The helmet is very light and made of a material similar to carbon fiber.
Yang Ming didn't understand materials science, but he knew that this thin helmet was a technological product that could only be produced by a second-level civilization.
Some information from the depths of his memory resurfaced.
On the day when the game "Abyss" was released, the high-tech holographic helmet was praised by the first batch of players across the Internet. But now, a problem is placed in front of Yang Ming.
With the Earth's civilization level at less than '1' at the time, could it really have manufactured and mass-produced holographic helmets?
The price has also been lowered to a level that is cheaper than a high-end brand mobile phone.
The two are simply not products of the same era!
"Boss," Lu asked softly, "what's the problem?"
"I suddenly thought of something," Yang Ming exhaled softly and put the helmet on his head, "There are some mysteries that I will solve myself sooner or later."
Ding ding!
An electronic synthesized female voice came from my ear.
"Turn it on."
The hum of the spacecraft engine appeared next to his ears, and the volume automatically adjusted from low to high to a level that made Yang Ming feel comfortable.
"Please open your eyes, please blink...Great!"
"Turn off the guide."
The annoying electronic female voice disappeared.
Yang Ming closed his eyes for a few seconds, and when he opened them again, he saw the bridge porthole of the transport ship.
There was a familiar slight distortion at the edge of his vision, a constant reminder that this was a holographic projection.
Kolev's voice came through the headphones:
"Wow, this planet is so beautiful."
Yang Ming turned his head and saw the mechanical soldier standing next to him.
The mechanical soldier's silver-white frame was stained with rust similar to oxidation reaction, and the three cameras installed behind the ears and on the forehead made it look very funny.
——The mechanical soldier that Yang Ming is controlling at the moment has the same shape.
Yang Ming turned his head and looked forward. Outside the porthole he could see the planet's atmosphere, which was like a thin blanket.
A thin energy shield was spread out around the transport ship, and the hull cut horizontally into the top of the dense atmosphere. The energy shield vibrated slightly, and it seemed that it could be cut off at any time.
Yang Ming broke into a sweat.
This transport ship does not have thermal insulation coating.
"There's an aurora over there! Wow!"
The old man, Kolev, started shouting and yelling like a child who had never seen the world.
"Oh my god, such a great place, it can obviously be developed into a semi-habitable tourist planet! The mountains and plateaus are so spectacular, are the snow-capped mountains composed of water molecules? Wow! Are those the remains of an ancient ocean? I'm sure it's not just the outer layer that can be developed here!"
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Yes, we can't put the base directly on the surface. That would be very unsafe. I plan to develop the underground ocean under the rock layer and build a new civilization in the earth's crust."
"Civilization?" Kolev muttered, "This word is too heavy. Don't use it casually."
Yang Ming reminded: "Can you control this thing to walk now? We should go to the tail cabin, which is a few hundred meters away from here."
"Of course," Kolev complained, "you should take a few days off and we can go there in person on the Flying South."
Yang Ming sneered: "If Mimili hadn't suddenly messed with me, I would have had a chance to fly over now."
"Oh, she fucked you?" Kolev's voice trembled slightly. "I knew that the relationship between you two must be more than just... Oh, you shouldn't say this to an old father. This is really a huge blow. I have lost my precious daughter, right? I am no longer the most important person to her. The remaining life I have lost half its value."
Yang Ming's forehead was full of black lines. The mechanical soldier kicked the mechanical soldier controlled by Kolev and almost knocked him down.
"I mean she attacked this ship! She and I are innocent for now!"
"Oh," Kolev smiled brightly, "I almost gave you my blessing. You know your limits, my dear nephew."
Yang Ming rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to this old daughter slave.
He clearly said it was temporary.
More than ten minutes later, the transport ship glided steadily in the atmosphere and, driven by six sets of high-power engines, landed on a flat alluvial plain.
A small maintenance spaceship shaped like a square box left the tail cabin with the two mechanical soldiers on board, flew half a circle around the transport ship, and landed on the ridge beside the target valley.
Two mechanical soldiers walked out of the maintenance ship and stood on the ridge.
Yang Ming looked carefully at the various coefficients displayed on the 'tablet' in his hand, as if he was reading a list of expensive goods.
Kolev stood with his hands behind his back, looking around, admiring the beautiful scenery, and muttering in the tone of an old scholar:
"It's beautiful. At first glance, there are no volcanoes or faults formed by earthquake zones. It's a very good site. Are there microorganisms in the soil here? Wow, anaerobic bacteria! Maybe after tens of thousands of years of transformation, this place can become a new habitable planet."
But after a while, Kolev got bored.
The process of landing the transport ship was so monotonous.
There were no complicated special effects, nor was there any attack from 'indigenous ground life forms'. The transport ship simply landed, lowered its support frame, adjusted the angle of the hull, and landed steadily on the solid and flat surface rock.
The rear compartment is fully open.
All side compartments open.
This large transport ship, shaped like a flat container, has a twelve-square grid deck on top that unfolds automatically, revealing a cargo hold filled with containers and large equipment.
Yang Ming controlled his mechanical soldiers and sat on the ridge, watching the transport ship unloading with great interest.
First, a dozen mechanical soldiers began to work, opening the first thirty containers numbered, revealing rows of engineering crawler robots inside the containers.
The shapes of these tracked robots are very similar, and the basic structure is divided into three parts: upper, middle and lower, corresponding to the retractable "rugby ball" head, the sturdy trapezoidal body, and the chassis with different numbers of tracks.
These mechanical soldiers were scattered in front of a container exit.
The face displays of the tracked robots showed blinking eyes. They lined up to drive out of the container, stopped in front of the mechanical soldiers, had their "skulls" opened by the mechanical soldiers to activate the working procedures, and then turned aside to wait for work instructions.
The law firm will coordinate them uniformly.
Yang Ming found their collaborative work very interesting.
Four crawler robots hold the four corners of the container and act as "wheels", giving the container stable and fast maneuverability.
An array of twenty-four tracked robots can move those giant machines with exaggerated shapes.
As a total of 120 tracked robots began to work in an orderly manner, the cargo in the transport ship began to be quickly moved out, and small charging stations and energy supply centers appeared on the surface.
More large and medium-sized machines were activated one after another.
The suspended lifting platform with a "田"-shaped structure slowly rose into the air.
The maintenance vehicle carrying a large number of mechanical maintenance parts deployed an anti-corrosion tent.
A swarm of small drones took off and laid a temporary energy shield, which also concealed the weak electrical signals released here.
The 'Spider' planetary rover carrying sophisticated detection instruments drove out of the valley, drawing a detailed map of the underground structure...
Under the coordination of the law, everything is progressing in an orderly manner.
Yang Ming observed and gazed quietly. He was not very excited, but rather felt very peaceful.
He suddenly felt more down-to-earth and secure.
He felt that he could stay here for another day and night.
"You know what, Kolev."
Yang Ming's voice sounds a little distant.
"I rushed into the Luofeng Empire, looking for a place to stand in the turbulent order, hoping to gain actual control over an administrative planet.
"I competed with politicians, compared my mind with generals, had sex with beautiful noble ladies late at night, and fought hand-to-hand with agents and spies in narrow corridors... This journey may be tortuous and bizarre, but for me, it always seemed like there was a layer of glass between me and the environment of the Luofeng Empire. I couldn't really integrate into it."
Yang Ming chuckled and said slowly:
“However, now I suddenly realize that I have actually already established myself in Luofeng. From the moment I set foot on Yilanduo Star, I have already found the path to take next.
“This base, which had just been built, made me suddenly realize that I could find a sense of self-identity outside of my hometown… If I think about it carefully, I actually gained a few more friends and a girlfriend.
“Edwan is a pretty good guy, a second prince who once wanted to be a drama actor.
"026 is pretty cute. If I have the chance in the future, I will help her get rid of the harm of addictive drugs. There should be a way to do this in technology, but I don't have any extra resources to give her now .
"General Felimon is not bad either. He takes care of me like a junior. I even feel that he wants to entrust the Second Prince to my care. The country we are in now is not that bad, right?
"How about considering increasing investment and allowing us to create a real business in the Falling Wind Empire?"
“Hurulu——”
Kolev's soft snoring could be heard through the headphones.
There were several black lines on Yang Ming's forehead.
Damn.
I was being sentimental for nothing!
"Boss," Lu's voice sounded, "It will take time to build the base. The fastest we can start today is one of the tunnel boring machines. You don't have to keep an eye on it."
"I know," Yang Ming smiled, "but it's fun, isn't it? Witnessing the development of our base with your own eyes."
"It's just work," Ritsu wondered, "Why is it fun?"
Yang Ming thought for a moment and said, "I grew up in an environment where the idea of returning to one's roots has permeated my mind. I have always wanted to find a place to settle down."
"Well, that's the complex emotions of humans," Lu chuckled, "but boss, you still have a lot of things to deal with. Even if you want to give up the first plan, we need to find a way to get more resources from the outside world to support the development here."
"Of course we can't give up on the first plan. This is our backup plan. Controlling an existing complete administrative planet can save us many years of hard work."
Yang Ming asked: "Can driving the Feinan over here speed up the construction progress here?"
Lu retorted, "Boss, I don't recommend using the Feinan. It's your safety. Besides, if the Feinan comes here, it will only act as a large crane. We already have two of them here."
"Okay," Yang Ming said with a smile, "It's time to go back. This place is pretty good."
"The fourth princess just sent a message."
"Lü, in your opinion, how do you describe this scene?"
Lu thought for half a minute.
"The beginning of a whole new civilization."
…
Yang Ming took off his helmet and his eyes quickly adjusted to the dim light in the villa.
The old man next to him was lying on the sofa with a helmet on, sleeping soundly at the moment.
Buzz, buzz!
Yang Ming's watch ticked slightly, and the information accumulated over the past few hours popped out at the same time. The message at the top surprised Yang Ming a little.
The sender of the message was Emilia, the little Princess Luofeng who had been cheated out of 1.5 million New Federation coins by him.
She actually contacted me on her own initiative, could it be...
No place to spend your pocket money?
