114: Chapter 114 The Ultimate Form of "Guanghan Palace": Interplanetary Port
The cold terms deciphered from the ancient wreckage—such as "Cradle Region," "Overseer Protocol," and "Purification"—acted like the most bone-chilling alarm, causing the Dragon Nation's highest decision-making body to completely abandon its last shred of wishful thinking.
The only way to survive was no longer silence or hiding, but the necessity of possessing enough power to contend with or even repel the "Overseers"!
Under this consensus, the positioning of the "Guanghan Palace" base was elevated once again, and its expansion plan was endowed with unprecedented strategic significance and urgency.
It was no longer just a lunar scientific research outpost or resource extraction station; it had to grow as quickly as possible into an interstellar port and bridgehead for the Dragon Nation to head into deep space and face formidable enemies!
The highest directive, accompanied by massive resources, arrived on the moon with unprecedented intensity.
The "Nuwa" platform and the "pangu industrial zone" printers, which had undergone several upgrades, were once again running at full capacity, but this time, their task was no longer to build residential domes or laboratories, but facilities with greater strategic value:
Large-scale spaceship maintenance and construction docks: Within a naturally formed giant crater next to the base, several massive enclosed dry docks exceeding a kilometer in length were built, relying on the mountain structure.
The interior was equipped with super-heavy lifting equipment based on "Jinwu" energy, vacuum welding robot clusters, and high-precision assembly platforms directly controlled by "system."
In the future, this place would be used to maintain, upgrade, and even directly build large-scale aerospace warships and interstellar spaceships.
The keel of the first "Kunpeng"-class aerospace carrier designed in the "North Heaven Gate" plan was already scheduled to be laid here.
Super fuel storage and refueling center: Adjacent to the Helium-3 enrichment zone, a massive underground fuel refining and storage depot was established.
Tens of thousands of tons of high-purity Helium-3 were extracted, liquefied, and stored in deep adiabatic containers.
At the same time, automated refueling pipelines and interfaces were built to provide rapid and safe fuel replenishment for different types of spaceships docked at the port.
This place would become the veritable "Energy Heart" of the Dragon Nation's deep space fleet.
Reinforced landing and takeoff platforms and navigation array: The original landing and takeoff platforms were widened several times over, and the foundation and surface materials were replaced with new composite materials capable of withstanding the repeated impact of ten-thousand-ton class spaceships.
Tall quantum navigation beacons and energy guidance towers were erected around them, deeply integrated with the "Thousand-Mile Eye Plan" observation network and the Earth-Moon quantum link, ensuring that even in the most complex combat situations, the port could provide precise landing guidance and airspace management for the fleet.
Planetary defense array base: On the high ground surrounding the port, the bases and power supply lines for large-scale energy weapons began to be embedded and installed.
Based on the early energy weapon theories provided by Lin Mo, these bases were designed to deploy large plasma turrets and directed-energy interception systems in the future, providing area denial capabilities for the port and even the entire far side of the moon.
The entire expansion process, under the unified scheduling of the "fuxi - moon palace model" and the real-time interconnection of the "network," demonstrated astonishing efficiency.
Countless engineering robots and intelligent devices worked in coordination like worker ants, and massive structures grew, connected, and took shape on the lunar surface at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Standing in front of the observation window of the base's main control room, Zhao Xiaopeng gazed at the outline of the port that had already begun to take shape outside the window: the giant dock domes reflected a cold luster under the starlight, the towering fuel tanks stood like silent giants, and the indicator lights on the distant landing and takeoff platforms blinked rhythmically, guiding a cargo spaceship carrying key components to a smooth landing...
An emotion mixed with pride and a heavy sense of responsibility surged in his heart.
This place was no longer just a symbol of humanity exploring the unknown, but the key fulcrum for whether civilization could continue.
He reported to Earth via quantum communication, his voice steady and powerful:
"Reporting to Command Center, the first phase of the 'Guanghan Palace' interstellar port project, the core facilities have been initially built and possess basic operational capabilities.
We have prepared the first solid springboard to welcome the fleet and head into the deeper, more distant starry sky!"
Inside the "Zhulong" safe house, Lin Mo watched the real-time footage of the port construction and the various system online reports, and the system interface updated quietly:
【Civilization infrastructure "Interstellar Port" has been initially established. Related technology tree 【Interstellar Navigation】 unlock progress +15%.】
【Hidden mission "Deep Space Fulcrum" completion rate: 30%. Reward points: +8000.】
This port, rising from the ground on the far side of the moon, was the first step for the Dragon Nation to cast its gaze from the planet to the interstellar, and it was also the source of confidence to deal with the "reaper" and even the "Overseers" who might exist behind it.
The ultimate form of Guanghan Palace had already manifested.