Chapter 1813: Everyone Has Their Own Aspirations
Everyone has their own ambitions.
You have dedicated so many years to the JF-17 Thunder.
You have now stepped down to the second line.
However, you are still contributing to our Dragon Star Empire.
Take this remote starport, for example.
Its actual value is very low in ordinary times.
I know that this galaxy itself is not a popular galaxy for flight paths, and there are no resource-producing areas or industrial areas around it.
The number of interstellar warships coming and going each day is less than a thousand.
But the reason we still want to build this starport here is...
It's just that the space here is relatively thin, so if an enemy uses a device to travel through interstellar space, this place could become a landing point.
That's why you need to stay here, enduring the desolation.
"If an enemy does appear, you will be on the front line facing the first wave of their attack." Emperor Xiaolong looked at the brigadier general before him.
The brigadier was stunned for a moment when he heard what Emperor Xiaolong said.
She herself hadn't expected that Emperor Xiaolong would know so much about her.
A touch of emotion welled up inside me.
She immediately said, "Your Majesty."
This was my own choice.
I do not regret this choice.
The reason I chose this place is actually for the peace and quiet.
I don't like overly crowded places.
Before I came here and took up my post, I knew that this place could become a landing point for enemy attacks.
But I don't regret this decision.
real!"
Finally, the brigadier general nodded firmly.
Zhao Chen didn't say anything more.
As the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire enters a new era of development, it needs not only military talent but also talent in construction and management.
Selecting candidates from the grassroots level takes time.
Therefore, in most cases, suitable candidates are selected from the military's existing personnel.
People like the brigadier general are actually quite numerous within the current Dragon Star Empire.
They stepped down either voluntarily or under duress.
Then I chose to work in remote star systems of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire, which are not important in normal times, but directly affect the stability of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.
They are the unsung guardians of the Dragonflight Interstellar Empire.
At that moment, ripples appeared in the distant space.
Then a giant whale appeared.
This was the first time Zhao Chen had seen this special 'interstellar transport ship' of the Far Voyage Association.
I heard that biotechnology was used.
But when I saw it, I was still very shocked.
The giant whale slowly opened its mouth, and the interstellar warship slowly emerged from within.
Not many interstellar warships returned; only one interstellar transport ship.
However, Zhao Chen's gaze was extremely intense as he looked at the interstellar transport ship.
It was as if I had seen a mountain of gold.
"How long will it take for this interstellar transport ship to dock?" Zhao Chen asked.
The brigadier general in charge of the Starport next to him replied, "We have already arranged the optimal route."
It is estimated that the berthing process will take fifteen minutes.
After all, this is a T5-class interstellar transport ship.
It is still moored in the inner harbor docks of Star Harbor.
Fifteen minutes?
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Chen decisively said, "Arrange a shuttle for me, I'll board the ship directly!"
The brigadier general was startled upon hearing this.
What exactly is on that interstellar transport ship that could excite Emperor Xiaolong so much?
The brigadier general dared not refuse and immediately arranged a shuttle. To prevent any problems from arising, she applied to accompany him, which was also approved.
Then a shuttle took off and headed toward the interstellar transport ship.
After the shuttle entered the berth inside the interstellar transport ship.
Zhao Chen came down immediately.
The captain and a person dressed as a secretary were already standing outside waiting.
"Your Majesty." The captain was extremely excited to have the honor of meeting His Majesty.
The surrounding staff couldn't help but cast their gazes over.
This is His Majesty the Emperor of the Dragon King.
"Take me to the container where the things are stored," Zhao Chen ordered directly.
"Yes, Your Majesty, please follow me." The captain led the way.
As Zhao Chen walked, he glanced at the secretary, who was a male.
"Are you Li Wei's secretary?" Zhao Chen asked.
"Yes," the male secretary nodded.
"How's things going with Li Wei? Is it progressing smoothly?" Zhao Chen asked.
Li Wei arranged for his trusted secretary to return so that he could inform him of what had happened over the past three months.
As the male secretary walked, he recounted his experiences over the past three months.
After Li Wei and his group arrived there, they selected a business partner.
It is a large family within the Jessica universe.
They made contact with a third-party civilization by posing as a down-on-his-luck interstellar trader.
A factory has already been established in a peripheral star system approved by the Jessica family, where it engages in resource reprocessing.
It involves refining the resources mined from Jessica's Universe and then selling them to buyers.
As a result, the unit price of the refined resources will be higher, and transportation will be more convenient, which means that the transportation price will be cheaper.
This is the business Li Wei is currently running.
With the Jessica family as investors behind the company, it is very convenient for them to do things in all aspects.
During this period, Li Wei deployed the interstellar stealth reconnaissance ships and interstellar stealth bombers he had brought with him.
Then, arrange for interstellar mining ships to enter that nascent universe, mine some resource samples, and send them out.
"The environment of that initial state universe was indeed quite bad."
T5-class interstellar warships simply cannot survive in such an environment for long; once the star shields are depleted, the hull will be corroded and damaged within a short period of time.
T6-class starships, in non-combat and non-navigation situations.
The energy generated by the starship's energy core supplies Starshield, which is just enough to barely offset this consumption.
In this way, starships can exist in the early universe for a long time.
However, it also consumes a large amount of starship energy. Once the energy blocks are depleted and the Star Shield system cannot provide enough energy, the starship will still be in great danger.
After hearing all this...
Zhao Chen breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the situation over there was still under control and there were no major problems.
"We had extracted a certain amount of samples a week ago and rushed back."
On our return, we brought back a total of six types of matter from that primordial universe that we had never seen before.
A total of thirty shipping containers were used.
As they spoke, the group arrived at the specially designed container area.
Because this interstellar transport ship knew what mission it was going to carry out before it set sail.
All cargo areas underwent special modifications.
To prepare for any possible situation.
Zhao Chen could see thirty separate containers.
"In addition, there are six samples of different raw materials here." The male secretary then lifted his shirt.
This scene stunned many people.
But when people saw his upper body, they realized...
The male secretary's upper body is half mechanical.
He placed his palm on the mechanical part, and the mechanical part opened automatically, handing out six small bottles.
These six small bottles contain completely different things.
"Before we arrived, our accompanying researchers conducted a simple experiment."
At the same time, we also discovered from the local scientific research institutions of the Holy Maiden Civilization that these rare substances in the primordial universe had already been discovered long ago.
Related research has also been conducted.
But so far there have been no significant breakthroughs.
These six substances all seemed to have different, enormous flaws. The male secretary first pointed to the glass container marked A.
One of them is a water-like substance.
"We named it A151 water."
Its material structure is similar to that of water, but also different.
Its storage environment is extremely demanding.
First, the ambient temperature must be 26°C. It won't work if it's one degree higher or lower, or it will turn into ordinary water.
When we observed water atom A151, it was found to be extremely active internally, with an energy intensity exceeding that of the main building blocks of energy materials currently in use.
Demanding storage conditions, but extremely high energy intensity.
"The results of the Holy Maiden Civilization's research on this A151 water indicate that it has high potential value, but its storage and transportation are extremely difficult."
Even if we do manage to build a new energy source using this as the main element, the cost will be thousands of times that of the energy we use now!
Therefore, related research has remained at the theoretical level.
To date, the Saintess Civilization has not yet implemented any actual technological advancements.
After the male secretary finished speaking, he pointed to the second container labeled B.
It contains a flame.
That's right, flames.
But upon closer inspection, you'll find that they are pale red particles that float and coalesce together, appearing like a ball of flame from a distance of twenty centimeters.
"Doesn't this look a lot like flames?"
That's what we thought at first too.
It drifted throughout the primordial universe.
The Holy Maiden Civilization named it 'Fire Element'.
We don't have a professional name yet, so we'll use their names for now.
These fire elements have very low temperatures; when we touch them, it feels as if we are being exposed to sunlight.
If it's just a single fire element, it's almost impossible to see with the naked eye unless in a very dark environment.
The form they are in is a composite form, which the Holy Maiden Civilization calls 'Flame Element'.
It means the form that occurs when a certain amount of fire elements are gathered together.
In this form, the temperature of the fire element rises to a terrifying level.
Almost like a star!
Zhao Chen's gaze changed slightly.
"This is far from over."
In our exploration of the primordial universe, we discovered something even more terrifying.
At this moment, the male secretary played a video.
Inside, you can see something that looks like a fireball, like a star, but it's not a star.
It gives one a feeling that is hard to describe in words.
The Holy Maiden Civilization refers to it as the 'Fire Element'.
Its temperature is terrifying.
The Holy Maiden Civilization even suspects that the frequent high-temperature disasters in the Primordial Universe are related to its existence.
It is formed by the aggregation of many flammable elements.
However, this process is accompanied by significant risks.
The Holy Maiden civilization once attempted to artificially create the element of fire, but the end result was the disappearance of a star system.
A galaxy has disappeared?
"Therefore, research on the Yan element is currently a prohibited project of the Saintess Civilization."
Legend has it that there is another element above the element of fire.
Yi element.
However, the existence of the Yi element is legendary.
Some people who have explored the primordial universe have said they have seen it.
That was a living organism!
Some people call her the goddess of fire.
However, this is a legend of the Holy Maiden Civilization, and there is no actual evidence to support it.
Therefore, this needs to be verified.
"Because research on fire and its related composite elements is extremely dangerous, the Holy Maiden Civilization hasn't made any significant breakthroughs in this area," the male secretary explained.
"However, according to existing research, it can be used as fuel, and the element flammable has already been proven to be usable as fuel."
However, there is still a problem: cost-effectiveness.
Fire element requires a large amount of fire element to smelt, while existing fuels, although not as good as fire element, are more cost-effective.
Therefore, no one has studied the element of fire.
Zhao Chen squinted and didn't say anything.
He looked at the third document.
One of them is a seed.
"What is this?" Zhao Chen asked, somewhat curious.
Because this was something he had never known in his previous timeline experiences.
"We actually obtained this by chance."
When we first discovered it, we thought it was a plant seed that had fallen from our starship.
But it turned out that wasn't the case.
It appears to belong to some kind of plant.
Its location is often within a certain range of the inflammatory element.
At the same time, its traces will only appear when the concentration of the surrounding A151 water reaches a certain level.
But no matter how we stimulate it, it doesn't change at all.
Its only characteristic is...
It's hard!
"We tried every means to destroy it, but to no avail," the male secretary said.
Indestructible?
It should be noted that no known substance has ever been found to be indestructible.
This thing seems to have great research value.
The fourth container contained something that looked like a rock.
"This is a mineral, and it is one of the most common minerals in the primordial universe."
This is its normal state.
However, once a certain amount of A151 water is injected into it, it will continuously expand and split itself.
Its most notable feature is its lightness; even when inflated to the size of a small mountain, it can be lifted by a single person.
I have never seen such a light substance.
The Holy Maiden Civilization has been developing it the most extensively, but its hardness is generally low, and it is often used as a building material.
However, because its origin is in the primordial universe, the mining conditions are harsh, which means that the cost is relatively high.
Therefore, this type of raw material is often only used in engineering projects that have time constraints or special construction environments.
The Holy Maiden Civilization named it 'X13 Alloy'.