260: Chapter 260: The second phase of construction, lasting nine months, brings the penalty of death!

Su Che clicked on the first group.

"Dyson Cloud Phase Two: Constructing the Space Raw Material Processing Hub."

"Deploy automated dismantling platforms in the asteroid belt. Use gravitational confinement to crush celestial raw materials and separate metals, silicon, and superconducting elements."

"Orbital atomic reconstruction factories will mass-produce satellite core components. Simultaneously, build electromagnetic catapult launch ports to prepare the hardware for the next phase of satellite orbital insertion."

Eric Weir spoke up beside the holographic screen.

"I know the gravitational confinement technology for the dismantling platforms; it can be transplanted directly."

Su Che switched to the second group.

"Third-generation Nantianmen Fleet Phase Two, three cores."

He held up three fingers.

"Antimatter energy core and safety monitoring system—the lifeline of the million-ton luan bird."

"Dark matter detector—an over-limit deep space exploration piece of equipment for the mothership."

"Dark matter defense shield system—the mothership's ultimate defense."

Soren Kesh stood up from his seat.

"The antimatter energy core has no prerequisite reliance and can be launched directly. The two dark matter items require the antimatter energy core as a supplement, so move them to the back."

"Understood, let's go with that order."

Su Che lowered his finger and switched to the third group.

"Lunar Dry Dock Phase Two: Construction of the million-ton luan bird's main hull."

"The framework is up. Next, we lay the equipment and build the hull. Aside from systems still in R&D, we will prioritize everything we can, including the hull structure, outer shell, and skeleton."

Talia Knox pulled up the internal structural diagram of the Dry Dock.

"For a million-ton class hull, the structure is completely different from the hundred-thousand-ton class. The keel truss scale is several times larger; the construction robot swarm needs to be expanded."

"Zhou Dehai, how many robot components can the Zhulong Production Line spare?"

Zhou Dehai sprang from his seat. "With one hundred production lines running at full capacity, there's plenty of surplus. We can expand at any time."

"Then expand." Su Che withdrew his hand from the projection table. "The second phase has a total duration of nine months. Each of the three project groups will work on their own tasks; coordinate cross-requirements with Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang."

"Meeting adjourned."

Everyone stood up and left.

Su Che walked over to Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang to discuss subsequent matters.

"I'm leaving this to you to keep an eye on. I'm going up to the mothership; I've used up the data drives and need to replenish them."

Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang made a reassuring gesture.

"Go ahead, I have things handled here."

...

Twenty minutes later, the shuttle docked at the side hatch of the Genesis.

Kaila was already waiting in the corridor.

"Chief, we unlocked six doors in two months—the 37th through the 42nd. All completed."

"The progress has slowed down." Su Che said as he walked. "It used to be one door a week, what about now?"

"The last two doors took nearly two weeks each." Kaila followed behind. "The further we go, the deeper the interdisciplinary knowledge required for the problems. All five groups are feeling the strain."

Ye Zhiqiu, Su Wanxing, Friedman, Patrick, and Academician Zhong were waiting at the corridor junction.

"Let's go, we'll look at them one by one."

Behind the 37th door was a temperature- and humidity-controlled storage space.

Shelves extended from the floor to the ceiling, with each layer separated by a pale blue force field barrier.

"This is the dedicated storage area for ship-borne professional equipment and consumables," Kaila introduced. "Shockproof, anti-magnetic, temperature and humidity controlled, radiation isolation—fully equipped."

Su Che glanced at the shelf labels.

High-precision spectrometer probes, quantum state calibrators, sub-nanometer probes—all consumables and spare parts for laboratories and weapon systems.

"How does this compare to the previous general supply storage?"

"The general storage holds daily necessities and conventional supplies; this area is specifically for high-precision, advanced equipment."

Kaila walked to a shelf and reached through the force field barrier to take out a fingernail-sized chip. "This quantum state calibrator cannot be stored in the environment of the general storage; it must be kept here."

Su Che didn't stay long and walked to the next door.

Behind the 38th door was a row of vehicles.

Tracked planetary rovers, short-range landing modules, lightweight spacesuits, and some detection equipment.

"This is the storage area for ship-borne planetary landing and scientific research equipment." Kaila pointed to a workstation in the corner. "Equipment commissioning, maintenance, repair, and environmental sterilization are all fully equipped."

Su Che walked to a planetary rover and opened the cockpit door to take a look inside.

The labels on the control panel had all been translated into Chinese, and the seatbelts were still brand new.

"We'll be able to use these for planetary landings in the future." He closed the cabin door and continued forward.

As soon as the 39th door slid open, a middle-aged man's voice came from inside.

"Signal gain is stable at 372%! Latency has been compressed from 800 milliseconds to 400!"

Engineer Yang Wanli stood in front of the console.

Both hands were pressed against the countertop, his eyes fixed on the waveform chart on the screen.

He was the Chief Engineer of the Dragon Kingdom's Deep Space Communication Station, having spent his life working on signal transmission and remote data interaction.

"Engineer Yang, is this the relay system?"

Engineer Yang Wanli straightened his back. "Chief Engineer Su! Look at this!"

He pointed to a set of jumping data on the screen. "This interstellar communication relay and signal amplification system can push the transmission distance of quantum signals several times further."

"How does it compare to the basic communication system?"

"The basic communication system handles ship-internal and short-range tasks; this system is specifically for relaying cross-interstellar communications."

Engineer Yang Wanli pulled up the network topology diagram on the panel.

"Ultra-long-distance quantum signals undergo relay amplification and error correction, reducing latency by 50%. It supports parallel relaying of tens of thousands of encrypted signals. When the two systems are used together, communication stability is maximized."

Su Che glanced at it. "This system is under your full responsibility."

Engineer Yang Wanli's voice raised. "No problem!"

The 40th door.

Before Su Che even entered, he heard Patrick and Albert Shawn arguing inside.

"The priority queue for computing power scheduling algorithms should be changed to dynamic weighting!"

"Static weighting is more stable under extreme operating conditions. If you change it to dynamic, once resource contention occurs, the core system might be starved!"

Su Che coughed.

Both men looked over simultaneously.

"Chief Engineer Su! You've come at just the right time, help us settle this." Patrick walked over quickly.

Su Che waved his hand to interrupt. "Show me the level of this thing first."

Shawn pulled up comparative data on the console.

"Ship-borne Quantum Computer cluster and computing power scheduling system, a distributed quantum computing architecture of Level 3 Civilization standards." Shawn's voice couldn't hide his excitement. "The computing power of a single node exceeds the sum of all human civilization."

Su Che's gaze fell on that line of data. "The sum of all human civilization?"

"All computers on Earth added together, including all supercomputing centers, server clusters, and terminals—even if you count them all, they don't equal one node of this machine."

Patrick added.

"And it can handle trillion-level parallel tasks simultaneously. Superluminal navigation calculations, interstellar combat simulations, high-level scientific research simulations, AI training, virtual universe operations—it can run them all."

"How does this system integrate with the mothership's existing operational system?"

"It is the computing heart of the mothership and can seamlessly take over the data flow of all unlocked areas."

Patrick typed a few lines of code on the keyboard and pulled up the computing power scheduling interface.

"It can dynamically schedule the ship's total computing resources, prioritizing the operation of core systems, while the remaining computing power can be freely allocated to scientific research and simulation modules."

"Demonstrate it."

Shawn entered a string of commands.

Three parallel task windows popped up on the holographic screen.

Stellar evolution simulation, real-time fire control calculation for the ship's weapon systems, and ultra-long-range global radar data concurrent processing—all three tasks started simultaneously.

The computing power usage rate in the bottom right corner of the screen jumped from 0.3% to 0.7%.

"Three tasks running at the same time, and the computing power usage is less than 1%." Shawn tapped the screen a few times. "I haven't reached the upper limit of this thing's computing power yet."

Su Che stared at that 0.7% figure, thinking about the second-generation luan bird he had developed earlier.

"The Deep Space Main God AI can only stand at its feet and look up."

He dropped a sentence, "Regarding the scheduling algorithm you two were just arguing about, use static weighting for the core system to ensure stability, and use dynamic weighting for non-core systems to improve efficiency. Run them by zone. This system is under your joint responsibility."

The two men hadn't reacted yet, and both responded.

After leaving the cabin, Kaila whispered, "Chief, when I first saw that computing power usage rate, I was also stunned for a long time."

"How does Kairos's Quantum Computer compare to this?"

"The Genesis is a late-stage Level 3 Civilization flagship, and this set is the original standard configuration. The Quantum Computer on Kairos's active main warships is probably about 60% of this."

Su Che didn't respond and kept walking.

Behind the 41st door was a huge storage space, with a ceiling height of at least fifteen meters.

The cabin door was wide enough for two heavy trucks to drive side-by-side, and a ten-thousand-ton hoisting system was suspended from the top.

"Dedicated storage area for ship-borne large materials and equipment."

Kaila pointed to the large components on the shelves.

"Colonial construction modules, planetary transformation equipment, ultra-large engineering equipment—all kept here. The difference between this and the professional equipment storage behind the 37th door is that one stores precision instrument consumables, and the other stores large, heavy equipment."

Su Che glanced at it; several huge metal components were labeled with tags like "Ecological Dome Frame" and "Atmospheric Transformation Tower Base."

He didn't stay long and walked toward the last door.

The lights behind the 42nd door were softer than in the other cabins, the walls were in warm tones, and there was a faint smell of lavender in the air.

"What's the situation here?" Su Che stood at the door.

"Ship-borne crew psychological counseling and rehabilitation center." Kaila walked in front. "Full-sensory relaxation system, consciousness soothing device, AI psychologist."

A blonde woman walked out from the inner room.

Evelyn Hall, a professor at the American Aerospace Psychological Intervention Center, specializing in psychological counseling in high-pressure environments and the prevention and treatment of mental illnesses in enclosed spaces.

"Chief Engineer Su."

Hall's voice was very soft. "This center is different from the medical bay. The medical bay manages the body, while this place manages the mind."

"What exactly can it do?"

"Psychological intervention for long-term voyages, mental counseling, and post-traumatic rehabilitation."

Hall pointed to the full-sensory relaxation pod in the inner room.

"After crew members stay in enclosed spaces for a long time, anxiety, depression, and claustrophobia can all occur. This center can provide a full set of psychological intervention and rehabilitation."

Su Che looked inside; low-frequency white noise came from the relaxation pod.

"Are the people playing hopscotch the ones who need to come here the most?"

Hall laughed. "Mr. Monsoon came to see it, and he said he would have to come here often in the future."

Su Che also laughed.

"This center is under your full responsibility."

Hall accepted the task.

After viewing the six doors, Su Che walked back along the corridor.

Ye Zhiqiu and Su Wanxing were discussing something in low voices behind him, and Friedman and Academician Zhong had already returned to their respective groups.

At the end of the corridor, the door panel of the 43rd door stood there quietly.

Su Che took ten physical storage drives out of his pocket and handed them to Kaila.

"Ten data drives, enough for a while."

Kaila took them and inserted the data drives into the data reading panel on the door.

Su Che was about to leave when Kaila's voice came from behind.

"Chief."

Su Che turned his head and looked at her.

"The penalty mechanism for not seeing you for a few months has arrived. This time, I'm afraid we really are going to have people die."