107: Nantianmen Space City?!

In the office, the air suddenly became terrifyingly still.

Li Jianguo stared at Lin Chen, his fingers unconsciously rubbing the tabletop.

"I understand that there is a shortage of manpower."

"I can also understand the Moon Base."

"But this South Heaven Gate you mentioned..."

His Adam's apple bobbed, and his voice was trembling.

"What the hell is South Heaven Gate?!"

"Is it another one of those real Space Cities from science fiction movies?"

He had finally managed to accept the outrageous parameter information of the kunpeng space plane. He could also slightly understand the Moon Base. Now, a South Heaven Gate Space City had popped up. Was this meant to be heaven-defying?

Great Xia Country also had its own independently built space station. However, it was all pieced together from individual space modules. Moreover, it could only accommodate a few people for long-term residence. Even so, it was already at the top level on Blue Planet. But it had nothing to do with a so-called 'Space City'.

Lin Chen smiled and opened a folder. Then he clicked on a design drawing. It depicted a ring-shaped structure, looking like a giant ship floating in the universe.

"This... did you plan this?"

Li Jianguo's breathing quickened, and his chest heaved violently. His eyes were full of shock, as if he had seen a ghost.

The Moon Base was already subversive enough to his understanding. Now a "South Heaven Gate" had popped up. Just how many things was this kid, Lin Chen, hiding?

Lin Chen watched Li Jianguo's reaction. A faint smile curled the corners of his mouth. He stood up and walked to the screen. His fingertip tapped on the draft.

"Old Li, calm down."

"South Heaven Gate didn't just pop out of thin air."

"It is the next step for the kunpeng space plane."

Li Jianguo took a deep breath to calm his excited mood. He stared at the screen, waiting for Lin Chen to explain. But his heart was pounding, proving he was still excited.

Lin Chen brought up a more detailed design drawing. The internal structure of the ring-shaped building appeared clearly. There were living areas, experimental areas, an Energy Core, and even production areas and cultivation areas.

"South Heaven Gate Space City."

"It will be built in low Earth orbit."

"Connecting Blue Planet on one side and the Moon on the other."

"It is a transit station and also an outpost."

"It is also a super fortress to defend Blue Planet!"

These were all simple 3D schematic diagrams. They were not yet the real technical blueprints. They were just conceptualized and planned by Lin Chen in advance. He had not yet received the inheritance for the actual Space City construction technology. It was not yet time! He had to wait until the Moon was developed before there would be an opportunity to build a Space City. Otherwise, with Blue Planet's current resources, it would be difficult to build a Space City. Especially the energy system, which could not be satisfied at all. Bringing it up now was just to let Li Jianguo have some mental preparation! But the time would not be too long.

It was just that Li Jianguo seemed not to have recovered from this massive amount of information; he opened his mouth but didn't know where to start asking. A moment later, he recovered and asked with a complex look in his eyes: "Little Lin, do you have even further plans?"

"Yes." Lin Chen nodded. "In the future, whether it's going to the Moon or to even farther planets." "This will be our landing point." "The Space City will be responsible for growing food and building equipment." "Subsequently, using South Heaven Gate as a foundation, we will build space factories." "Then we will build the spaceships and interstellar warships needed for deep space travel!" "..."

These were not empty words. They were all technologies that would be realized in the near future.

After listening, Li Jianguo suddenly let out a long sigh. He leaned back in his chair, his eyes a little red.

"I have lived for nearly seventy years." "When I was young, I thought it would be good enough if we could just build satellites." "Later, I saw high-speed railways and aircraft carriers." "I thought that was the peak." "But now..."

He pointed to the Space City on the screen. "Moon Base, Space City." "These things that I only saw in science fiction movies before." "Are actually going to be realized in our hands."

He raised his hand to wipe the corner of his eye. His voice was choked with emotion. "If those old comrades were still here." "Seeing these, they would surely wake up laughing."

Lin Chen looked at Li Jianguo, feeling a little moved in his heart.

"Old Li." "We will build all of these." "Let the whole world know." "Great Xia Country can not only stand at the top of Blue Planet." "But also stand at the top of the universe."

Li Jianguo nodded. He suddenly sat up straight, his eyes becoming firm.

"Little Lin, I support the expansion plan you mentioned." "I will report it to the higher-ups." "Not only do we need to expand the recruitment of Engineers." "But we must also build specialized schools to cultivate space technology talent!"

Lin Chen nodded, "That works! I believe the higher-ups will agree."

"Good, I will go report to the higher-ups right now. Wait for my good news!"

After speaking, Li Jianguo left first to go back. Lin Chen watched Li Jianguo's retreating figure. He walked to the window and looked at the sky outside. The sun was just right, with blue skies and white clouds. He knew that it wouldn't be long. Above this sky, there would be a Space City belonging to Great Xia Country. There would be a sea of stars belonging to humanity.

Now, Great Xia Country already had the ability to protect itself. While building the Moon Base, it was also time to vigorously develop livelihood technology. Anti-gravity flying cars could accelerate mass production and popularization.

Next, Lin Chen continued to plan future technological developments. The space plane project would be initiated soon. Next, preparations for building the Moon Base might need to begin.

"The most important issue for the Moon Base is energy." "Current solar energy can be used, but it's not enough." "It seems that we need to develop Controlled Nuclear Fusion first!"

Lin Chen made a decision in his heart. A few laboratories could be built on the Moon Base first. Once Controlled Nuclear Fusion was successfully developed and the energy supply problem was solved, then they would develop lunar resources on a large scale. Then use lunar resources to build the Space City! The plan was set like this for now.

Just when Lin Chen made the decision, Li Jianguo walked into the office with an excited look on his face.

"Little Lin, the higher-ups have agreed to your suggestion." "They have made major adjustments to the education sector and have also allowed major research institutes to expand recruitment."

Lin Chen nodded slightly: "That's fine, let's recruit more talent first. We can slowly discuss the education sector and think of corresponding measures before making changes."

Li Jianguo nodded heavily and continued: "Good, I will go let the Xia Academy of Sciences start expanding recruitment first."

"There were university talents who submitted resumes before, but because we were already full, we didn't interview them." "We can take this opportunity to properly screen them and absorb truly talented and passionate people."

After speaking, he left first. Soon, the staff of the human resources department of the Xia Academy of Sciences were required to come back early to work overtime.

...Guangxi Province. In a room in a certain unit of a residential complex in a certain city. Fatty Wang was lying on the bed, watching international news.

"Japanese devils, you have today too! Hehe!"

Watching the miserable state of Sakura Country, Fatty Wang laughed until his face almost cramped. He turned over and changed to a more comfortable position to continue watching.

"Sigh! I wonder how that guy Old Lin is doing?" "Old Lin, could the aerospace fighter jet have something to do with you?"

Fatty Wang secretly guessed in his heart. Originally, he wanted to follow in Old Lin's footsteps. As a result, the resume he sent to the Xia Academy of Sciences sank like a stone in the ocean. At first, he even thought about contacting Lin Chen to pull strings. Finally, he thought about it and decided against it. Perhaps his ability did not meet the requirements of the Xia Academy of Sciences.

Just then, his mobile phone suddenly received a text message.

"Who is texting at this hour?"

Fatty Wang curiously clicked it open to see. The text message displayed: Student Wang, your resume has passed the initial screening, please come to the Xia Academy of Sciences for an interview when you have time!

"What?!"

Fatty Wang sat up from the bed with a jerk, the whole bed shaking.

"Real? Fake?"

He immediately called the Xia Academy of Sciences to check. After confirming it was true, he was completely excited.

"Haha, Old Lin, Xia Academy of Sciences, I, Fatty Wang, am coming!"

After speaking, he immediately booked a plane ticket, packed his luggage, and flew to the capital!