266: Chapter 266 The mothership opens three doors in succession, and three major projects are simultaneously hindered!
Su Che stood in the storage area, clutching an empty box.
The line of text from the system in his consciousness space had not yet faded.
A real interstellar war was coming.
He did not panic.
The Triangulum Galaxy was 2.9 million light-years away from the Milky Way; even if the Zerg fleet hopped over by laying anchor points all the way, they wouldn't reach the doorstep in a hundred years.
No one could say for sure if the Milky Way was their next target.
If Earth, Kairos, Karel, and Rosenia truly banded together, and with the one hundred pieces of Level 3 Civilization peak technology data in his hand fed to them in batches, the technological levels of all three civilizations would soar.
When the time came to arm-wrestle with the Zerg, it wouldn't be a hopeless fight.
Thinking this through, Su Che put down the empty box.
"System, the charging is complete. Can the subsequent data be accessed directly?"
"Yes, the remaining fifty-seven pieces of Level 3 Civilization peak technology data have all had their access permissions unlocked."
"Alright."
Su Che turned and left the storage area, pulled out his communicator, and dialed General Shen.
"General Shen, the one million tons of rare interstellar ore sent by Karel is already stored in the mothership's storage area. Arrange for the Second Generation Luan Bird to transport it in batches to the Su Family Village Interstellar Development Zone."
There was a pause on General Shen's end.
"One million tons?"
"Yes, it's a welcome gift from the Star Speaker."
"Alright, I will arrange the transport capacity immediately and move it in several batches."
"Does Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang know about this batch of ore?"
"I will notify him."
"Tell him to create an allocation plan based on the needs of the three project teams; don't dump it all there at once."
Su Che hung up the communication and walked toward the rest cabin.
Lin Waner was waiting at the cabin door, holding a glass of water.
"Finished with your work?"
"Yes, it was a false alarm."
Lin Waner handed him the water without asking further questions.
Su Che took it, drank a few sips, and leaned against the cabin wall to rest for a while.
For the next month, Su Che spent his days immersed in the various unlocked cabins, familiarizing himself with the system one by one.
From the control interface of the full-coverage energy shield to the computing power scheduling of the Quantum Computer cluster, and even the signal filtering of the ultra-long-range radar, he got hands-on experience with everything he could.
Kaila followed him the whole time, answering every question.
"Chief, the energy distribution panel for the shield system is at the third console on the left side of the bridge, and it is linked with the basic energy management center."
"Can the linkage mechanism be manually disconnected?"
"Yes, but after disconnection, the shield can only maintain basic intensity and cannot automatically adjust according to the threat level."
Su Che operated the panel several times to memorize the process.
During this period, three doors were unlocked one after another.
The forty-fourth door was the responsibility of Ye Zhiqiu's group.
Su Che called up a data disk from the system and inserted it into the reading panel on the door.
Text appeared on the door panel.
[Unlock Condition: Complete the cross-civilization signal analysis simulation test.]
This time there was no penalty mechanism, but the problem was not simple.
The door panel projected a set of encrypted signal waveforms, requiring analysis and translation within a limited time.
Ye Zhiqiu, along with Cheng Shuo and Ella Ruth, set up a workbench in the cabin and broke down the signal waveforms for analysis.
Cheng Shuo had spent his whole life deciphering ancient codes and ethnic minority languages.
Ella Ruth specialized in intelligence analysis.
One handled semantic structure, the other handled logical deduction, and Ye Zhiqiu was responsible for coordination.
Seven days later, the signal analysis was completed.
The door panel slid open to reveal a massive language database and signal analysis terminal.
"Shipborne Interstellar Civilization Language and Signal Analysis System," Kaila introduced as usual, "It can translate the languages, texts, and communication signals of known interstellar civilizations in real-time, and can even analyze consciousness fluctuations."
Cheng Shuo stood in front of the terminal, called up the interface, and input a Kairos audio sample.
The Chinese translation popped up on the screen almost simultaneously, with even tone particles and pauses clearly marked.
"The previous basic translation function is just an electronic dictionary compared to this."
Cheng Shuo flipped through a few pages on the terminal, "This thing can do real-time simultaneous interpretation and can also decipher encrypted signals."
Ella Ruth added from the side, "For intelligence analysis, this system is a core tool. In the future, intercepted alien communication signals won't need to rely on Kaila's manual translation anymore."
Su Che nodded, "This area will be jointly managed by Cheng Shuo and Ruth."
The forty-fifth door was for Su Wanxing's second group.
The unlocking method was to complete a parameter calibration test for quantum entanglement state excitation.
Su Wanxing, along with Chu Yan and Sun Jingyuan, spent over ten days adjusting parameters at the console.
Chu Yan worked on plasma physics and had a firm grasp of the energy threshold for quantum excited states.
Sun Jingyuan was a directed-energy weapon expert responsible for calibrating the focusing precision of the laser array.
After the door opened, inside was a row of quantum laser cannon array modules arranged along the cabin wall, with each module having an independent quantum entanglement exciter.
"Shipborne Quantum Laser Cannon Array System," Kaila called up the weapon parameters, "Gamma-band laser, precisely destroys enemy small and medium-sized ships and large space debris within 0.5 light-years, ignoring conventional electromagnetic shielding and armor protection."
Sun Jingyuan crouched next to a module and studied the structural diagram for a long time.
"How does it compare to the previous short-range vacuum polarization laser defense system?"
"The close-in defense system is the last line of defense, with a short range, responsible for interception," Kaila called up comparison data on the panel, "This set is a medium-range directed-energy main weapon, with a range of 0.5 light-years, responsible for lethality."
Chu Yan stood up and shook his legs, "So, if we run into a fleet on the scale of Karel in the future, we'll have something to fight back with?"
Kaila didn't answer directly, "At least it won't be like last time, having only shields and no teeth."
Su Che scanned the area, "This system will be jointly managed by Chu Yan and Sun Jingyuan. Coordinate the linkage debugging with the close-in defense system as soon as possible."
The forty-sixth door was for Friedman's third group.
The unlocking method was quite special: complete a practical hull modification.
The requirement on the door panel was straightforward: within a limited time, use the parts provided in the cabin to modify a scrapped service boat into a flight-capable state.
Friedman, along with Thomas Brady, Ma Chongshan, and Automation Expert Jiang Yi, spent all their time in the cabin.
Thomas Brady was a ship manufacturing expert responsible for the overall modification plan.
Ma Chongshan worked on construction machinery and handled structural disassembly and assembly.
Automation Expert Jiang Yi was responsible for automation system debugging.
Ten days later, the service boat, which had originally fallen apart, completed the ignition of its power system on the test bench in the modification workshop.
The door opened.
Inside was a fully automated hull modification and production workshop, with the production line extending from one end of the cabin to the other, complete with robotic arms, welding platforms, and a parts warehouse.
"It can modify, produce, and assemble various types of service boats, landing craft, probe boats, and drones," Kaila walked beside the production line, "Fully automated, twenty-four hours non-stop."
Automation Expert Jiang Yi crouched at the start of the production line, watching the robotic arms automatically grab parts for pre-assembly.
"In the future, if we lack ships, we won't need to bring them in from outside; we can build them ourselves?"
"As long as the raw materials and energy keep up, we can build anything," Thomas Brady called up the production catalog on the console, "Service boats, landing craft, probe boats, drones, we have all the models."
Su Che patted Automation Expert Jiang Yi on the shoulder, "This area will be jointly managed by Brady, Ma Chongshan, and you. First, get the production line running and produce a few service boats to test the waters."
The three doors were unlocked.
Su Che called up ten new data disks from the system and handed them to Kaila.
"Keep these data disks for now. The next door is the turn of Patrick's fourth group; make the arrangements."
Kaila took the data disks, "Understood."
Su Che was about to return to the office cabin when his communicator rang.
It was Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang's channel.
"Chief Engineer Su, the second phase of all three project teams is stuck. You need to come over."
Su Che stopped, "What's the situation?"
"There's a problem with raw material separation and purification at the Dyson Cloud project; there's a disagreement over the design scheme of the antimatter magnetic confinement coil at the Nantianmen Fleet; and the stress test for the keel truss at the Lunar Dry Dock is not up to standard."
"Alright, I'll head over today."
Su Che hung up the communication.
Half an hour later, the shuttle slipped out from the side of the Genesis and cut into the atmosphere.
Su Che sat in his seat, reviewing the situation of the three project teams in his mind.
The second phase of the Dyson Cloud project focused on building a space raw material processing hub.
By deploying an automated dismantling platform in the asteroid belt, using gravitational confinement to crush celestial raw materials and separate metals, silicon, and superconducting elements.
If there was a problem with raw material separation and purification, it was highly likely that the gravitational confinement parameters of the dismantling platform were not properly adjusted, or the asteroid composition was more complex than expected.
The second phase of the Nantianmen Fleet focused on the antimatter energy core.
There was a disagreement over the design scheme of the magnetic confinement coil; both the Kairos experts and the Long Country academicians had their own strengths, and one could not listen to only one side.
At the Lunar Dry Dock, the stress test for the keel truss failed to meet the standard.
The keel of a million-ton-class ship was not at all the same concept as that of a hundred-thousand-ton-class ship; the structural strength requirements had increased several times over.
The shuttle landed on the newly built landing pad in the Su Family Village Interstellar Development Zone.
A month had passed, and Su Family Village had changed quite a bit.
The Interstellar Development Zone delineated on the outskirts of the village had already taken shape, with several new large factory buildings rising from the ground, and robots and engineering vehicles shuttling back and forth on the construction site.
Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang was waiting at the development zone headquarters, with three reports spread out on the table.
Su Che pushed the door open, pulled up a chair, and sat down, "Speak."
Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang pushed the first report over, "The Dyson Cloud project team, Eric Weir's side."
"The automated dismantling platform has been deployed to the asteroid belt, but after actual operation, it was found that the composition of the asteroids is much more complex than expected."
"Metals, silicon, and superconducting elements are highly symbiotic with various impurities. With the existing gravitational confinement crushing parameters, the purity of the separated raw materials does not meet the standard, and the subsequent atomic reconstruction factory cannot use them directly."
Su Che flipped through the report, "What does Eric say?"
"He says it's necessary to adjust the frequency gradient of the gravitational confinement field, but there is no consensus within the team on how to adjust the specific parameters."
Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang looked at Su Che and continued, "Academician Qian Zhenhua suggests increasing the crushing intensity to forcibly break up the symbiotic structure, but Eric feels that doing so would consume too much energy and might destroy the lattice structure of the superconducting elements."
Su Che put down the report, "Let's go to the Dyson Cloud project team's control center."
The Dyson Cloud project team was in a factory building on the easternmost side of the development zone.
Eric Weir and Academician Qian Zhenhua were arguing over the data on the holographic screen.
Zhao Mingyuan and Academician Li Zhengyang were standing nearby, one looking at the code and the other at the parameters.
When Su Che entered the room, Eric was drawing circles on the holographic screen with his hand.
"The problem is here; the bond energy distribution of the symbiotic structure is uneven. Increasing the intensity can indeed break it up, but the lattice of the superconducting elements will be destroyed at the same time."
Academician Qian Zhenhua pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, "Then what do you suggest? The purity separated with the existing parameters is only sixty-something percent, while the minimum requirement for the atomic reconstruction factory is ninety-five percent."
Su Che walked to the holographic screen and looked at the data for a while, "Layered crushing."