On the eighth day of the first lunar month, most factories, enterprises, and research institutes have reopened.

The busy work has begun again.

In the captain's room of the Eastern Panshi, several military brains including Zhang Ran, Zhou Chengfeng, Guo Weiqiang were checking the first military exercise of the New Year.

"The Red side's combat losses ratio is 85.9%, the Eastern Panshi was destroyed by the Blue side, and the enemy attacked the Asian space... The third combat exercise ended!"

"The final result is that the Blue side won the victory! The exercise time is 19.2 hours!"

"The No. 3 small universe has not escaped yet, and the Red Party's mission has failed. The Eastern Panstone is completely destroyed!"

"The commanders are rated as follows..."

Of course, this new type of military exercise was carried out in the virtual world.

About 10,000 soldiers were running in the newly built training room.

They wore special VR helmets on their heads and special treadmills under their feet. No matter where they ran, the sensors connected to the helmets could sense the running direction as soon as possible, allowing the treadmill tracks to move together.

In this way, the soldiers' physical strength can be perfectly simulated.

This is the important purpose of the virtual world!

The actual exercises are too expensive. Whether it is the fuel of the spacecraft, the launch of missiles, or the weapons such as electromagnetic guns, they consume resources.

What humans lack the most now is resources, which cannot be wasted at all!

Therefore, the emergence of virtual world technology is simply a timely help, and it can even be said to be a savior!

After seeing this result, Zhou Chengfeng nodded, shook his head and said, "This time it's okay. Facing the attack of 100 Void Amoeba troops, it lasted for 19.2 hours, which is much better than the results in the previous two times..."

"But it still failed. Can't even escape the No. 3 universe? If we really encounter such a disaster, we will still be completely destroyed."

3 The small universe, that is, the last step for human beings.

There are 3 small universes in humans that are suitable for life to survive.

The No. 1 mini-universe has built a refuge in the Garden of Eden; the No. 2 mini-universe has built a large electromagnetic accelerator and a super-large laser, which is considered a military center.

As for the No. 3 mini universe, a large refuge is being built inside, which is also the main storage location of the space door.

If the Dongfang Panshi really explodes, humans can still survive in the high-dimensional world with this small universe and find a chance to rise... After all, most low-level civilizations do this, that is, humans are lucky and find the corpse of the Void Transformation.

Of course, the premise is that this small universe can escape at the last moment of war and not be captured by the enemy. The small universe cannot escape, and humans are just turtles in the jar.

Zhang Ran smiled bitterly: "President Zhou, your requirements are too high."

"The enemies we preset are all at the disaster level, and they are not the type that can be beaten. The army of 100 Void Amoebas, or the planetary fortress of the Devourer, the technology set is higher than our spacecraft, and the enemy spacecraft will also launch nanoclusters. Under the attack of this zenith star, it is already very good that we can persist for 19.2 hours."

"The most important thing about cosmic warfare is the technological strength head-on, and conspiracy is not of great significance."

Yes, cosmic wars depend on strength.

Zhou Chengfeng still seemed dissatisfied: "But no matter what, we must achieve the lowest level goal, that is, let the No. 3 small universe escape. Can purely artificial intelligence control achieve this goal?"

Zhang Ran sighed and said, "Simple artificial intelligence can indeed achieve the goal."

"But the operation methods of artificial intelligence are very cold. Human life is just a consumable. It sacrificed the existence of the Dongfang Panshi at the first time and launched a suicide combat method to cover the departure of the No. 3 small universe. But in reality, it is difficult for us to do this... We cannot give up the Dongfang Panshi rashly."

"However, it has to be admitted that some commanders of artificial intelligence have surpassed human commanders. Therefore, most of the future battlefield wars will be taken over by artificial intelligence, and we are only responsible for setting mission goals."

Guo Weiqiang said from the side: "War, the most important thing is resources and industrial capabilities... If we have the resources to create more small spacecraft, it is possible to escape the pursuit of powerful enemies."

"Of course technology is also very important... If we can develop higher war weapons, our chances of success will also increase."

The most powerful weapon at present is naturally the main gun located in the No. 2 small universe, namely the "strategic high-dimensional silicon crystal laser", which can directly cause the substance to react nuclear at a high temperature of 2 billion degrees Celsius and super-strong light pressure! It can even be called a serious "energy weapon", not just a laser.

The second is the "superconducting strategic electromagnetic gun", which can accelerate superalloy bullets of 5 grams of mass to a speed of 10,000 kilometers per second, and has extremely strong penetration!

In theory, this electromagnetic gun can penetrate the thick hull of the Void Amoeba!

As for whether it can penetrate the crystal mothership of the nanocluster, it is an unknown for the time being. The crystal mothership is too big, comparable to a planetary fortress, and most experts still respond with a pessimistic attitude.

In addition, hydrogen bombs and ordinary electromagnetic guns needless to say.

The electromagnetic cannon with a rate of fire of 1,000 kilometers per second has as many as 500.

Relatively speaking, hydrogen bombs are considered relatively backward weapons. Although they are powerful and slow, they are a major flaw. Engineers are developing electromagnetic catapult hydrogen bombs.

If the hydrogen bomb can be projected at a speed of 300 kilometers per second, or 500 kilometers per second, this defect will be effectively compensated.

"The combat effectiveness of the Oriental Panstone is no longer a problem, but the number of small and medium-sized spacecraft is too small, and the reconnaissance ability is worrying. Your Highness, if there are some small spacecraft..."

The small and medium-sized spacecraft that Guo Weiqiang refers to a 100,000-ton nuclear fission engine spacecraft with a rated capacity of 600 soldiers.

Each ship has a length of 100 meters and can serve as the main force army, equipped with electromagnetic guns, hydrogen bombs, high-dimensional silicon crystal lasers, drones and other combat weapons.

This kind of spacecraft, code-named "Flying Dragon", can reach 300 kilometers per second.

If there are a thousand "Flying Dragon" class combat spacecraft, then the military strength of human beings will undergo tremendous changes.

The Oriental Panstone is like an aircraft carrier on the earth. It is an encouraged aircraft carrier, and it cannot be used in war, so it must be equipped with frigates, reconnaissance ships, cruisers, destroyers, etc. to form a battle group.

But...poor!

Building spacecraft is very expensive, and maintaining spacecraft is even more expensive!

A "Flying Dragon" weighs 100,000 tons naked, cost 30 billion yuan, and needs to consume almost 100,000 tons of fuel once sailing!

This fuel is difficult to recycle when it is injected.

Oh, by the way, nuclear fission engines are also very expensive. After all, they are a new generation of particle bed engines, which are higher than pulses, have better performance and are expensive.

One thousand dragon-class combat spacecraft, once sailing, requires 100 million tons of fuel... It is impossible to have always created the ability, right?!

So, resources are a big problem.

Now only some cheap drones are produced, which can eject these small spacecraft through the electromagnetic catapult device of the No. 2 Small Universe, and the fuel consumption is not high.

Zhang Ran looked at the scene where the soldiers on the screen took off their helmets and were sweating profusely, and he exhaled: "Although the goal has not been completed, there are still progress."

"I recently added a small amount of creative energy to the science and technology development department, almost all of which are the most basic raw materials, such as superalloys, carbon nanotubes, high-purity crystals, etc., about 10 million tons, and there are also 10 billion tons of low-end materials. We will produce some equipment."

"Our finance will be a little overwhelmed if the army expands. You must know that the maintenance of the army cannot rely on the ability of creation."

Guo Weiqiang nodded quickly: "Our current resources can maintain at most 10 Dragon-class spacecraft and 500 marine-class shuttles. If you want to calculate it, it is almost the limit."

The maintenance of the army is long-term expenditure, and there are expenses every day. If it depends on the ability of creation, Zhang Ran would not be able to overcome this long-term expenditure.

Zhang Ran frowned: "This way, productivity is still not enough. We have to build a fully automatic universal factory to solve the lack of productivity."

"In the end, we have to go back to the problem of finding material things... There is no resource in this area."

"By the way, Simonson has telepathy again. Have you heard of it?"

Zhou Chengfeng, Guo Weiqiang and some people around were stunned for a moment, and then they all thought of a possibility.

A scientist immediately said: "Is this space area going to collapse again?"

Zhang Ran sighed, nodded, and looked at the starry sky outside the window.

"Yes... it's going to collapse again."

The galaxy is shining, and countless civilizations are there.

Even the Milky Way next door is shining, as if it is very vibrant.

If it weren't for the real insider, who could guess that they were dead? Who could know that there would be nothing there long ago?

He looked in the distant direction again, the dark and empty space exposed a higher dimension...

There is nothing there.

There is vitality again.

Zhang Ran said seriously: "Yes, the existence of cosmic strings in this area has lasted for a longer time and did not collapse immediately."

"Not only Simonson's prediction, many cosmologists also believe that the tension under this cosmic string is slowly increasing, and it may collapse like a rubber band."

"Since there is nothing here, we will always leave. Looking for material things, looking for a new home..."

"So the proposal to return to high-dimensional space will be put on the agenda."

"We will leave within about two months."
Chapter completed!