Chapter 301 The First City on the Moon

Hearing this, more than a hundred experimental subjects with supernatural powers couldn't help but look at each other.

"This is a primitive island and a lawless zone. You have to survive on your own and establish order on your own."

"This will be your new world."

"I hope you survive!"

After speaking, Xiang Lianyun smiled at everyone, then turned and left with the gunmen.

More than a hundred superpowers looked at each other in silence for a while, and then someone spoke:

"Everyone, we are both captured experimental subjects, and we are also from Sakura Country. We should cooperate with each other and overcome difficulties together. What do you think?"

"Of course, only through cooperation can we survive better. Otherwise, it would be extremely torture for anyone to live on an isolated island for several years."

"Let's explore the surroundings together and find a suitable place to stay."

These experimental subjects were previously held in two different areas according to men and women. Although each person was in a separate cage, they were not restricted from communicating, so everyone knew each other's basic situation fairly well.

Now that we are in a completely unfamiliar environment, everyone naturally chooses to get together as soon as possible.

Although there are more than a hundred superpowers, although their strength is strong or weak, their physical fitness is on average two or three times stronger than ordinary people, which is almost equivalent to an enhancer injected with Tianji No. 1.

Coupled with some special abilities, their combat effectiveness is much stronger than ordinary people.

By cooperating with each other, it shouldn't be too difficult to survive in the face of countless snakes, insects and beasts in the huge virgin forest.

As for how these people will develop in the future, Su Xin knows it without even looking at it——

An isolated island with half men and women, no legal and moral constraints, all aspects of clothing, food, housing, transportation, etc. will gradually return to primitiveness, and everyone's sense of morality and shame will gradually disappear, and there is no contraceptive equipment. Sooner or later, people will develop into a small tribe.

And when they discovered that the offspring would also show various special abilities, which would significantly help the survival of the group, they might even actively increase their fertility.

…

Dragon Kingdom, Tianjing.

In a large office.

Senior members of the lunar development team all gathered here to discuss the lunar transformation plan.

The biggest problem with this project is not the technology, but the large amount and complexity of the project.

Theoretically, even if we only rely on existing technology, it is possible to forcibly transform the moon into a livable environment for humans.

For example, regarding the most basic air issue, a researcher seriously suggested:

"Without air on the moon, plants cannot be cultivated, and without plants, the most basic ecological cycle cannot be cultivated."

"So our first goal is to find a way to have a certain amount of air on the moon, or just oxygen and carbon dioxide, so that many plants and microorganisms can survive, and the ecological environment will have a chance to be enriched little by little."

"There are only two ways."

"The first one uses chemical reactions of substances to generate oxygen or carbon dioxide."

"For example, we can carry certain substances to the moon for catalysis to produce oxygen."

"Or you can choose certain common substances on the moon as raw materials for reaction, then build a factory on the moon, and process these materials in large quantities to generate oxygen. This oxygen will be restrained by the moon's gravity and slowly fill the moon."

"However, all currently known chemical reactions are not very efficient in converting oxygen. It is almost impossible to carry materials up to generate oxygen all over the moon."

"So I think the most reliable way is to use materials on the moon to generate oxygen on site."

"But building a factory on the moon is a big problem. After the factory is built, it requires various supporting facilities and a lot of materials need to be transported from Blue Star."

"The second method is much simpler."

"Directly highly compress the air from Blue Star and transport it to the moon bit by bit."

"With our current technology, we can already compress air seven hundred times. With further research, it shouldn't be a problem to break through to a thousand times."

"Although this is a stupid method, it is much more efficient and simpler than transporting materials to the moon for chemical reactions."

"We now have controllable nuclear fusion, and the energy is infinite. We can transport compressed air back and forth without interruption."

"For example, we have developed a thousand-fold air compression container. Each time a thousand cubic meters are transported, there is actually one million cubic meters of air."

"Several spacecrafts travel back and forth non-stop, transporting a thousand times a year, which is one billion cubic meters."

"Three years of transportation is almost enough."

"Although this number is far less than that of Blue Star, the surface area of ​​the Moon is also much smaller than that of Blue Star, and the demand for air is naturally much smaller."

"In addition, the plants and various microorganisms we cultivated in the initial stage can be targeted to cultivate varieties that do not have high air requirements and can grow and reproduce in thin air conditions, thus improving the environment little by little."

"I think we can do both at the same time."

"While researching local lunar materials suitable for reactions and building a factory on the moon, we are also developing compression containers to transport air to the moon."

“The best time to plant a tree was ten years ago, and the second best time is now.”

"The same is true for the large-scale project of transporting air to the moon. If we have not made effective progress in other directions, at least relying on this method, we can complete the transformation of the moon's air environment in a few years or ten years."

Others started talking.

Although this method is so simple that even a child can think of it, it has to be said that it is indeed effective and can be achieved with current technology.

Especially when there is no other better solution, this solution can at least ensure that the renovation plan continues to progress.

Coupled with the fact that now there is controllable nuclear fusion, energy costs have been reduced to an unbelievable level. They can design the spacecraft into a replaceable high-energy battery that can be charged at a nuclear power plant at any time.

When the spacecraft returned, it immediately began maintenance and repairs, replaced it with new batteries, installed compressed air, and launched again.

And so on.

The cost is also within acceptable range.

Su Xin, who was sitting in the main seat, said:

"I'm responsible for studying lunar materials."

"You will give me some common substances on the moon, and I will try to find a substance with the simplest processing conditions, the most suitable reaction, and the highest efficiency in producing oxygen or carbon dioxide."

"Air is indeed the basis for the transformation of the moon. Once the atmospheric system is established, there will be a basis for the survival of various organisms, and a large part of the radiation from space can also be shielded."

After hearing Su Xin's speech, he acquiesced to the researcher's suggestion. The others had no objections and decisively began to divide the work.

"Since Mr. Su has accepted this task, we will be responsible for the other contents."

"High compression containers shouldn't be a big problem. Material science is my strong point. I can give it a try."

"The spacecraft also needs to be further optimized to free up more space. It can transport more compressed air every time and the efficiency can be greatly improved. This aspect is left to us."

"Professor Sun, you are the top botanist. You have successfully grown Arabidopsis thaliana on the lunar soil before. How about you study lunar plants."

"I'm relatively familiar with microbiology..."

Everyone spoke one after another.

Before long, the more than 30 people in the conference room were divided into seven sub-project groups, each with different research content.

Among them, only Su Xin is alone.

This is everyone’s trust in Su Xin.

Even if Su Xin only has one person, his research and development capabilities far exceed the sum of each of their teams.

After the meeting.

Su Xin returned to the experimental building.

Not long after, all the lunar soil and other materials he needed were delivered.

The lunar development team was fully engaged and started the lunar transformation project in full swing.

…

Kucha Island was officially put into use.

The lunar transformation plan officially begins.

In the distant starry sky, three disk-shaped spaceships sailed silently, disappearing from time to time with the distortion of space, and then reappearing hundreds of millions of miles away in the blink of an eye.

Time passed quietly.

The distance between the three spacecraft and the blue star continues to shrink.

Blue Star, Dragon Kingdom.

Su Xin's research progress is going very smoothly.

This is mainly due to the rapid development of aerospace technology. The Dragon Kingdom has retrieved more than a hundred common material resources from the moon.

Su Xin only needs to consider how to use these substances to react, how to achieve the simplest conditions, and use all local materials as much as possible, without the participation of Blue Star substances.

It didn't take long.

A small solar power plant has been built with great difficulty on the moon.

Immediately afterwards, a small, fully automated oxygen production plant was slowly built.

In addition, there is a dedicated mining team that collects minerals nearby every day and sends them to the oxygen plant for processing.

In the pipes pointing straight to the sky, pure oxygen is continuously released, spreads around, and disappears without a trace in the blink of an eye, seemingly not bringing any changes to the moon's environment.

But over time, the oxygen content on the moon's surface gradually increased.

at the same time.

There is also an engineering team that controls small automatic machines and begins to dig river channels.

Then use space-based solar weapons to irradiate solid water minerals from high altitudes, melt them into water with strong high temperatures, and slowly flow along the river to irrigate part of the surrounding land.

After that, plants specially cultivated by the lunar development team began to try to grow on the moon, and some common microorganisms were also introduced.

Finally, some small animals were introduced.

The simplest ecosystem is slowly formed with the efforts of the development team.

In recent years, space equipment has become more and more advanced, the internal capacity has become larger and larger, the objects transported have become larger and larger, and the equipment has become more and more advanced.

More and more mechanical equipment has been successfully assembled on the moon, and the engineering team's construction and processing capabilities are becoming stronger and stronger.

then.

Factories and houses were built one after another on the moon.

Gradually.

A small life circle appears on the moon.

After a special meeting and discussion, the lunar development team decided to name this living circle Crescent City, which means a new atmosphere on the moon.

It was also the first city on the moon.

It is also the first city built by humans on an alien planet after leaving Blue Star.

Countless humans cheered for this.

And at this time.

On Kucha Island, only a dozen people were reduced from the more than one hundred superpowers. The others lived a very prosperous life and gave birth to more than thirty cubs.

Coupled with the fact that Xiang Lianyun regularly sends over twenty new superpowers every month, the number of people on Kucha Island is increasing.

…

May 5, 2033.

More than three years have passed since the start of the lunar development plan, and about a month has passed since Crescent City was named.

Countries are coming together again.

This time, it was to discuss the lunar immigration plan.

Although the transformation of the moon has only been initially completed, the so-called Crescent City is only dominated by intelligent robots, and humans have not yet officially settled in.

However, humans have been able to survive on the moon for a short period of time without spacesuits. Judging from the current development progress, it is expected that the lunar transformation will be completely completed in less than three years.

Then, the plan for lunar immigration naturally needs to be discussed and arranged in advance.

"After all, the moon is a brand new environment. Even if the environmental transformation is completed by then, there is no guarantee that it will not affect human life in the long term."

"The hidden dangers of cosmic radiation, the differences in the magnetic fields of the earth and the moon, the side effects of low gravity, and changes in air, food, etc. may not cause any problems in the short term, but no one can guarantee whether there will be problems in the long term. "

"So, I suggest that we first arrange for a group of people to serve as volunteers and go to the moon voluntarily, and then live for a few years to observe their physical condition."

"If there is indeed no problem, we will arrange for more immigrants to land on the moon."

A representative from a small country suggested this.

Su Xin also attended the meeting.

He fiddled with the standing microphone in front of him casually for a while, and then said:

"The risks of lunar immigration are indeed very high, and it is inappropriate for ordinary people to serve as volunteers."

"Many people may not be aware of the risks and apply to join out of curiosity. We must help everyone to eliminate the risks as much as possible instead of actually letting volunteers risk their lives."

"I propose that instead of using ordinary people as volunteers, we should directly assign serious criminals."

"Most of these felons are heinous criminals who only do harm to human society but do no good. Although it is not ruled out that there are a small number of good people among them who have committed serious crimes for various reasons, the entire group is basically bad guys who harm social order. .”

"It is much better to let these felons take risks than to let ordinary people take risks."

A white man on the other side asked: "Does Mr. Su mean to let them become volunteers unconditionally? Or is it conditional on a reduced sentence?"

"Of course it's conditional on a reduced sentence."

Su Xin said matter-of-factly: "Not only do we need to arrange for them to land on the moon, we also need them to cooperate with our operational arrangements and conduct various tests. We must make them voluntary."

"So I just said that we should arrange for prisoners with serious sentences, not death row prisoners. Those prisoners with serious crimes still have the possibility of reform, so there is no need for death row prisoners to negotiate terms with them."

"There are so many serious criminals in the world, and there are so many people who are willing to take the risk to have their sentences commuted."