"We expect that manned space flight can be achieved before 1960." Von Braun looked very confident, "Before that, we will work on larger rockets, and the main problem at the moment is the diameter of the rocket, and we need to make the rocket thicker in order to use more thrust and carry more fuel." This requires more progress in materials engineering and manufacturing processes. In particular, if you want to make a high-thrust rocket in a short period of time, you must rely on alchemy materials. ”

"Unless the price of alchemy materials continues to decrease, it is impossible for me to approve your request to build a Titan Steel rocket." Isera shook her head, then glanced at Lin Youde, and after making sure that Lin Youde had no objections, she continued, "Our ultimate goal is to open up the universe, so we must pursue cost-effective, and only excellent cost-effective can ensure the smooth development of the universe." We have given up the idea of earning back the money invested in the space program WWW.UUXS.CC, but this does not mean that we can use the funds casually, and every fund must be used to make it as effective as possible, so cost performance is the key. Of course, if you want to build an alchemy rocket to verify the technology, I can approve it, but then you still have to master the construction technology of a regular large rocket. We don't have a lot of reserves of element zero, and it's unlikely that we'll be doing imaginary space-related real yàn again in the near future, which means that there's no way to replenish element zero. ”

"Don't we have a big desert in our hands?" Dr. von Kármán asked suspiciously, "One more explosion......

"Doctor," Lin Youde, who had been watching his daughter play, spoke, "Theoretically, we don't control any desert, and before the establishment of the New Chinese state in the Persian Gulf, that desert was ownerless. By the way, now there are quite a few Arab partisans in the desert, and our army cannot yet penetrate far into the desert. It would be unwise to prepare a real event there, and even if we did, there would be no guarantee that all Element Zero would be mined by us, and the Afrika Army would probably not be able to guarantee security from the test site to our stronghold. ”

Von Kármán shrugged: "I'm sorry Mr. Lin, I don't know that. I thought the Arabs had been almost cleaned up. ”

"If they don't have the support of the Americans, it's true that they can't continue to operate in the east and north of the Arabian Peninsula anymore, but sadly, the Americans support them, so they kind of make a comeback. The Afrika Army and the Reclamation Force remain safe in the two river basins, but the situation becomes complicated by leaving them and entering the desert. The only thing to be thankful for is that the Iranians do not consider themselves Arabs, and they pride themselves on being of Persian descent, all thanks to the Persian revivalist promoted by the previous king. ”

In fact, Lin Youde has adopted a typical stick-and-carrot policy towards Iran in the Middle East. Iran now sees itself as the successor of Persia, and although they also believe in Islam, the Iranians are predominantly Shiites, and the Arabs who are now fighting the Afrika Army are predominantly Sunnis. Therefore, the Afrika Army adopted a policy of dividing Islam, opening up the Shia net, allowing them to continue to live in the valley of the two rivers and preserve their habits.

At present, the effect of this strategy is quite obvious, and it is this strategy that makes the Kingdom of Iran still stand still even if the African army is encroaching on Iran's Persian Gulf coastline, that is, it is not bewitched by the United States and Russia -- but Lin Youde is not sure how long the Iranian king can resist the pressure of the two countries, so he still has to speed up the pace of establishing a new order in the Middle East.

Once the Chinese state is established, they can open the imaginary space again in the desert of the Middle East and infiltrate the real yàn, they can continue to obtain the supply of element zero, and they can further establish their own advantages in the research of the imaginary space, not to mention that they can also get a large amount of oil - such a good thing must be implemented as much as possible.

However, on the timetable set with the Americans before, it will take two years to share the Middle East cake, and before that, we can only rely on hard power to grab territory in the Middle East.

"I will try my best to provide you with sufficient scientific research resources," Lin Youde looked at the scientists present, "You just need to concentrate on your own research." Any more questions? ”

Lin Youde glanced at the conference table, and the representatives of all the institutes shook their heads.

"Then let's dismiss." Lin Youde stood up, "I look forward to your future appearance." ”

**

After the meeting ended, Lin Youde was idle again, he sat in the empty conference room for a while, and Viola pushed the door in.

"Nothing went wrong, did you?"

"At the moment, no, all scientific research projects are progressing smoothly, aerospace, nuclear energy, electronic systems, all of these are progressing steadily. The space system has seven launches planned in a year in bright years, the return satellite may be born in 49, and the nuclear bomb will probably be completed by that time, and then manned spaceflight. Although it is very difficult to send living creatures into space and bring them down with the current state of technology, the technology is also developing rapidly, and maybe we will be able to complete a manned space flight 60 years ago, at least Dr. von Braun is full of confidence in this. ”

"And when will we be on the moon?"

"I don't know, but certainly not later than July 1969."

"That was another time and space when humans landed on the moon?"

"Yes, that was a big step for humanity, but it's a pity that humans in another time and space only took this step, and the second step may become an eternal legend."

"That's a shame."

"yes." Lin Youde sighed, "The saddest thing is that deep space exploration is still regarded by many people as a waste of taxpayers' taxes, and these short-sighted fools think that it is better to use the money to buy nutritious lunches for their children than to engage in rockets." No one thought that if humanity did not colonize the alien planets, the moon, Mars and Europa, then we would be committing suicide slowly, because the earth's resources will run out one day, and if we don't colonize and go out, we will have to resort to guò massacres to keep the population below the upper limit that the earth can bear. So we have to go out and not only that, but we also have to evolve ourselves. ”

"Evolution?"

Viola sat down opposite Lin Youde and looked at Lin Youde across the conference table.

"What do you mean?"

"Do you remember that there was a hidden version of the Panhumanist Manifesto?"

"You say that humanity is going to be the version of God?"

"yes, now that I figured it out, that version might be the one that really valued. What we should do is not to replace God's favor with machinery and technology, we should become God ourselves. Of course, the term "becoming a god" itself is very vague, and there are many ways to interpret it, for example, you can understand it as the great development of human science and technology, which has produced many advanced technologies. These advanced technologies are like magic in front of those who have not seen it. ”

"That's right, I heard you describe the future of another plane, and it feels like you're looking at a magical world. For example, for those high-speed railways, I can't imagine a train that is about as fast as a passenger plane today. ”

"No, in fact, the fastest airliner now has a speed of 400 kilometers per hour."

"I'm just making an analogy. Five or six years ago, our large planes could only fly two or three hundred kilometers an hour. Your famous 'Juncker Mom' could only run 270 kilometers an hour at first, didn't she? The thought of how much of the fastest vehicle ever possessed by mankind could not outrun a train on the ground struck me. ”

"You're right," Lin Youde nodded, indeed, in the eyes of people in this era, the high-speed rail is simply an out-and-out magic product, just like the fireplace transportation network used by wizards in the Harry Potter world in the eyes of people in his time, "Back to the topic just now, human beings becoming gods can indeed be explained in this way, and this is also the most acceptable explanation." But the progress we've made over the years makes me think that maybe we don't have to take such a detour to explain this idea. ”

"Oh?"

"You see, Bohr and their efforts have already turned alchemy into 'cabbage', and there is no longer any need for the alchemy technicians who have been passed down from master to apprentice to toss those pots and beakers, and the alchemy products are mass-produced, as long as there is element zero. In addition, Bohr and the others have been working hard to make it possible for ordinary people to use magic guide props......"

"But now they can only let ordinary people drive a soft wire that can sense magic to sway from side to side?"

But at least this shows that ordinary people can also produce magic fluctuations. The more intuitive evidence is that Nia's Spartans, although Nia needs to make the imaginary space manifest Spartans in order to drive their armor at will, but who said that in the future, we will not be able to create magic armor that ordinary people can use? ”

"Well, your statement is logical, but it's just logical. It's not logical that something will come about. Viola shrugged.

"I know. However, dear wife, think about the history of the development of human magic technology. Generally speaking, everyone thinks that the excavation and use of war queens in modern times is due to the improvement of magic guide technology, that is, there were also zài war queens in the past, but humans have no way to discover and use their abilities. Experts who study the history of magic guidance technology will also point to the simple magic guide devices that were mass-produced in ancient times and say that the existence of these weapons shows that Zhan Ji has existed in ancient times, if there are only Shen Ji and no War Ji, what are you doing to build so many mass-produced magic guide devices? Who will use it. ”

"yes, there's nothing wrong with that, right? Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the origin of these magic weapons, as a weapon used by a god, their power is too small, but it is just right for the war queen at that time......"

"There is a way to explain it," Lin Youde interrupted his wife's words, "For example, the technology of making magic guides in ancient times was very low, and it took hundreds or thousands of them to be made before a divine weapon could be born by chance. You see, the age of those imitations can only be roughly estimated, and they appeared at the same time as the real thing, but no one can prove that what is called an imitation or mass production must have been born after the real thing was born. It is likely that it was the other way around, and after countless failed products were made, a genuine product was born, and the manufacturing work was stopped. ”

Viola frowned, and after thinking for a moment, she muttered softly, "That makes sense, so by the way, it can explain why there are some divine soldiers who have stored imitations of Zài, but they have never found any trace of the real thing." ”

"It makes sense, not to mention those legendary weapons that are too old, such as our Chinese Xuanyuan sword or something, among the weapons that have appeared in Europe in the last two thousand years, the Roland Holy Sword, the Indestructible Huguang, etc. are all actual examples that can be verified, and the Roland Holy Sword was also fished out of the lake and stored in the Spanish treasury, and the indestructible Huguang has an exact record of being destroyed, which is the masterpiece of the French god Joan of Arc. The only thing that ever proved that the Sword of Contract Victory existed was that it existed, and even on the battlefield of King Arthur's final battle, the Battle of Kamran, there was no trace of the use of powerful magic weapons. Wizard historians believe that the main reason for its existence is that there are mass-produced imitations. ”

Lin Youde licked his tongue: "So, it is very likely that researchers in the history of the development of magic guides all over the world have made a mistake, Zhan Ji did not exist before modern times, or the number of people relative to the population was smaller than now, and he could not form an army." Warrior Ji gradually appeared with the growth of human understanding and acceptance of magic guides. ”

"What do you mean, don't you mean ......?"

"That's what I mean, the Spartans now show a tendency, they could only fight in a small area around Nia, but now they can stay about ten kilometers away from Nya and still maintain their combat effectiveness, Bohr They are very strange about this, because although Nia's strength is gradually increasing, getting closer and closer to the adult goddess, but when she is real, her infiltration into the imaginary space dù and the induced embodiment effect have not improved much. There was only one explanation, then, that the Spartans had become accustomed to operating the Magic Armor, or to put it more radically: they had begun to germinate the ability to drive the Magic Channel. After I came up with the idea a few days ago, I had Bol and them test the effects of all Spartans on the Magic Guide without the embodiment of imaginary space. ”

"The result?" Viola asked eagerly.

"Just like the average person."

Viola sighed, and glared at Lin Youde complainingly, as if to express the meaning of "Then you say so much nonsense".

"But," Lin Youde paused, "I asked them to improve the test method, that is, to have Nia present, and deceived the Spartans that the imaginary space embodiment had begun, but in fact, Nia did not carry out any infiltration operations, nor did the imaginary space materialize, and then, among the 24 Spartans in the second phase, three of them successfully let the magic armor enter the first link of activation, but after that, they could not continue." ”

That is to say...... Their ability to use the power of magic has indeed been strengthened? Viola's expression was stern, "This is a huge discovery. ”

"That's right. So more and more often I think of some science fiction works about the cosmic age of our plane. For example, a Japanese anime depicts a new human called NEWTYPE, which is a human being who has adapted to the age of the universe. In fact, this concept was not created by the Japanese, long before the Japanese, this kind of people have been described in the Western science fiction community. ”

For example, James Gunn, in his "Space Station" series novella, mentioned the discomfort of human beings after entering the universe, the astronauts in the first two stories have all kinds of psychological problems because of the confinement of space, ubiquitous darkness, etc., but newborns born in the universe do not have those problems, they are natural astronauts, and have natural adaptability to loneliness, darkness and other cosmic environments.

Twenty years before the Gundam anime, this story was published in Western science fiction magazines.

Arthur C. C. Clarke, one of the three giants of science fiction, wrote a more famous work: "The End of Childhood", at the end of the story, human beings with "superpowers" were born,

Lin Youde told Viola all of the above, and his wife listened attentively, asking some questions from time to time.

Eventually, Viola said, "I don't know what your original plane was like, and maybe what you said would have been a fantasy forever in that plane." ”

"No, on that plane, a new humanity was born. It's just that it's not a new human being who has adapted to the universe, but a new human being who has adapted to computers and a highly information-based society. But this new human is so different from the old human that no one realizes it. But I am now a time-traveler, and after seeing the qiē of this time and space, it is clear to me that a new human has been born. Let me give you a simple example, how many people in this time and space are proficient in using a typewriter? ”

"Most of them, right?"

"What about typing speed?"

"Well, fifty or sixty words a minute?"

"This is already a top typist, but in our time, any kid can have an output of 80 to 100 a minute when he is typing with all his might."

"It can't be!"

But that's just the way it is. Looking further back, in the 19th century, when the typewriter was first invented, how many people could type? And how fast is typing? ”

Viola didn't answer, but pondered Lin Youde's words.

"Evolution has happened, albeit slowly, but it's really taking effect. In the same way, the magic technology is the same, human beings will become more and more accustomed to the magic guide, for example, in this war, many people are fighting side by side with the magic guide weapon, they have been in the high-intensity magic guide fluctuation for a long time, this kind of person's body, may have changed, and Sparta just selected the person with the biggest change, and then strengthened this change. ”

"Wait a minute, if you say that, those guys at the Institute of Theoretical Physics should have adapted to the magic wave and made changes a long time ago."

"Do you think there isn't? Recall that when they first introduced us to the concept of a magic guide device that can be used by ordinary people, who was in charge of the demonstration? ”

Viola was stunned for a moment, then smacked her lips: "You don't say, I really can't notice this, so these super scientists are actually probably the most suitable Spartan candidates?" No, wait, according to what you just said, you should be the one with the highest adaptability to magic waves! Not only have you been in the middle of a super magic wave all day, but you have also been burned by your daughter's fire, blown up by assassins with magic weapons, and whenever you are assassinated, you will be protected by a super powerful magic shield......"

"Theoretically, yes, but this thing also has a probability, isn't it, if everyone is in a super magic wave and will adapt and mutate, then the path of evolution is too simple, right? Among the people in the Institute of Theoretical Physics, there are also people who can't make the magic device react at all, and there are quite a few of them. ”

Before Lin Youde's words fell, Viola lifted her skirt and pulled out the magic weapon she was carrying from her thigh, and threw it in front of Lin Youde.

"Try it honey and just let it shine."

Lin Youde picked up the weapon and shrugged his shoulders: "What should I do?" ”

"Imagine it glowing."

So Lin Youde thought about it.

No response.

"You have to think intently," Viola said, "concentrate your mental power, if we can drive the magic weapon just by thinking casually, we won't consume so much in battle." ”

Lin Youde tried to concentrate his mental strength, but the thing still didn't respond.

"Otherwise, you'll imagine you're sticking this thing in me."

"Hey, it's suddenly become a yellow joke!"

"Imagine it!"

So Lin Youde closed his eyes and began to imagine Viola's perfect body except for her chest and height, and then he stuffed the club-shaped magic guide weapon in his hand into Viola's body......

Lin Youde was immersed in imagination for many seconds before realizing that Viola was calling him.

"Open your eyes and see!"

Lin Youde opened his eyes and saw the rune on the outside of the magic guide weapon in his hand, emitting a dim light green light.

"It's a green light for Mao!"

"Are you green for me?" Viola obviously also knew the meaning of green, "No, no, you've been green me from beginning to end, so many harems!" ”

"Is it time to complain about this? This thing shines! ”

"Oh yes, glow!"

"Can I launch it?"

"It's no fun, the energy is too weak." Viola shook her head, "However, this shows that you are right, it is possible for humanity to evolve into a race where all members have the power to use magical energy. ”

Viola stared at Lin Youde: "What should we do?" What can be done about this possibility? ”

"I don't know." Lin Youde shrugged.

"If this world is created by the gods who are familiar with the literary and artistic works of your world, then in those works there is an answer, sue sù me, how to deal with it? What was the development of the book called "The End of Childhood"? ”

"It's a pity that the book ended with the birth of a superhuman." Lin Youde shook his head, "Let's tell the others about this idea first." ”

Of course, Lin Youde is referring to his harem.

**

Meanwhile, outside the window, Oh-chan was sitting in the treetops, watching the conversation between Lin Youde and Viola with a telescope.

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"Well done, Prophet."

She smiled slightly.

"Keep it up, the 200th seat of the Galactic Council is waiting for you." R1148