272: Chapter 272 Acceptance of the Dark Matter Dual Shields: The Third Phase of the Three Major Projects Begins!
Su Che stopped in front of a massive reserved weapon array base.
"How is the progress on Soren Kesh's side?" he asked.
"The antimatter energy core, dark matter detector, and dark matter defense shield system are basically complete," Zhou Dehai replied quickly. "We are just waiting for the hull to be finished on our end, and we can proceed with the hoisting at any time."
Su Che looked at the reserved main power core layer and weapon bay interfaces.
"Have the interfaces for the dark matter-antimatter dual annihilation propulsion core, the Penrose energy extraction device, and the directional gravitational wave weapon system all been verified?"
"Everything has been verified without errors," Talia Knox said, pulling up the detailed interface parameter table.
"We followed your highest-spec blueprints exactly, reserving space for all modules in the engine room, energy bay, and weapon bay. Where space was insufficient, Academician Zhang Weide and his team re-optimized the layout, so there are no module conflicts."
Su Che finished reading the data table and closed the projection with satisfaction.
"Well done," he said, looking around at the three people in front of him. "You have brought this ultimate fleet blueprint into reality without a single error."
He walked to the massive armored porthole and looked at the desolate lunar surface outside.
"When this ship leaves the Dry Dock, it will be equipped with the top-tier systems of a peak Level 2 civilization: the White Emperor III command drone swarm, the Xuan Nu III for global coverage, the Mingdi Interceptor III for deep space interception, and the Mecha III for orbital drops."
Su Che turned around and walked toward the lifting platform.
"Prepare yourselves; we will hold the Phase Three working meeting tomorrow morning. We need to integrate all these scattered top-tier systems into the body of this behemoth."
Talia Knox stood at attention. "Understood."
Zhou Dehai and Academician Chen Shian also nodded heavily at the same time.
Su Che stepped onto the lifting platform and took one last look at the massive ship, into which countless people had poured their hearts and souls.
The moment it truly ignites and lifts off, human civilization on Earth will finally have firmly established itself in this sea of stars.
Half an hour later, Su Che piloted the planetary landing craft back to Genesis.
The mothership hovered quietly in its predetermined orbit. He changed out of his spacesuit and picked up the communicator.
"Yingxue."
"Notify Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang to prepare the various materials for the Phase Three working meeting."
"I will fly to Su Family Village tomorrow morning for the meeting."
Jiang Yingxue, who was just walking out of the simulation cockpit, answered the communication and replied.
"Yes, I will notify Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang immediately."
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The next morning.
Above the Su Family Village Interstellar Development Zone, a silver-gray shuttle craft silently pierced through the clouds.
The landing gear touched down smoothly, kicking up a ring of dust.
Su Che walked down the boarding ramp.
Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang was waiting early at the edge of the tarmac, his military uniform crisp and straight. He stepped forward and saluted.
"Chief Engineer Su, the heads of each project team are standing by in the conference room."
"We aren't going to the conference room yet," Su Che waved his hand. "Go to the Nantianmen Fleet R&D group; I'm going to inspect the goods first."
The two walked side by side toward the massive special laboratory in the South Zone.
The laboratory door slid open, and a low-frequency hum of energy filled the entire space.
Soren Kesh stood in front of a massive cylindrical device, checking data with Academician Li Zhengyang.
Inside the device, countless deep purple crystal arrays were blinking rhythmically.
"Chief," Soren Kesh said, turning around and bowing slightly.
Su Che walked straight to the console, his gaze falling on the holographic screen.
"How are the actual test data for the dark matter detector?"
Soren Kesh pulled up several intertwined wave curves on the screen.
"Very stable. We have successfully captured the dark matter background fluctuations at the edge of the Solar System."
His slender fingers swiped across the screen, enlarging a peak.
"The sensitivity has fully met expectations. It can penetrate nebulae and gravitational field interference, and the unknown cosmic situation awareness module has also been successfully tested."
Academician Li Zhengyang added from the side,
"Once this thing is installed on the deep space early warning radar, any enemy stealth units will have nowhere to hide."
Su Che nodded and turned his gaze to the other side of the laboratory.
Wen Bo and Academician Zhang Weide were performing final inspections on a disc-shaped device with a diameter of over fifty meters.
The surface of the device was covered with a layer of pitch-black material, so deep that even the intense light from above was completely swallowed upon contact.
"Dark matter defense shield system," Su Che said, stepping closer.
Wen Bo tapped on the keyboard a few times, and the energy indicator light in the center of the disc device turned from red to green.
"Energy field conversion module startup successful; deep space adaptive protection technology has also been integrated into the network."
Academician Zhang Weide patted the superconducting energy transmission line at the edge of the device.
"With physical armor as a fallback, this defense shield couples with the global shield force field, enabling dual protection against both energy and physical attacks."
Su Che walked halfway around the device, confirming that all parameters met the blueprint standards.
"Well done," he said, tapping the table. "Let's go to the conference room."
Ten minutes later, in the large conference room of the Development Zone headquarters.
All core members of the three major project teams were present.
The venue, holding over a hundred people, was silent.
Zhao Mingyuan, Academician Sun Qiwen, Academician Qian Zhenhua, and others sat in the front row, with encrypted data tablets placed in front of each person.
Su Che pulled out the chair at the head of the table and sat down, crossing his hands on the tabletop.
"I have seen the results of the second phase. Everyone's progress is very tight, and you've done a great job."
He went straight to the point.
"Today's meeting is to assign tasks for the third phase."
Su Che pulled up the holographic star map and switched the view to the Dyson Cloud construction area in the asteroid belt.
"Eric Weir."
Eric Weir stood up, his sapphire-like skin shimmering under the lights.
"Phase Three of the Dyson Cloud project: deploy the first batch of emergency satellite clusters."
Su Che traced an inner orbital belt around the sun on the star map.
"Eject all the standardized collection satellites built by the orbital atomic reconstruction factory into the preset inner orbit."
"The satellites must autonomously complete orbital braking, attitude calibration, and sail deployment."
"Each satellite must independently complete light energy capture and photoelectric conversion, while simultaneously establishing a Quantum Communication network between the stars."
Academician Qian Zhenhua pushed up his glasses and quickly recorded the key points.
Su Che looked at Zhao Mingyuan and Academician Li Zhengyang.
"Coordinate with Eric Weir to deploy laser receiving base stations on planets and space industrial bases."
"You must complete the grid-connected power transmission for the first batch of satellites and form a temporary small energy ring. The project timeline is only these few months, so we must speed up."
Eric Weir's expression was solemn.
"Understood, we will implement the ejection plan immediately."
Su Che switched the holographic projection, and a set of extremely complex energy extraction device blueprints appeared on the screen.
"Soren Kesh."
Soren Kesh straightened his back.
"The Phase Three task for the Nantianmen Fleet R&D group is to tackle Penrose energy technology and the core technology for global dark matter application."
A very faint gasp of air came from the audience.
Academician Sun Qiwen stared at the blueprints on the screen, his eyes wide.
"Penrose energy technology, which is the technology for precise capture and magnetic confinement of micro black holes."
Su Che's voice was steady and powerful.
"By extracting black hole rotational energy and converting spacetime distortion field energy, a single device's output power is equivalent to one hundred Controlled Nuclear Fusion power plants."
"This is the ultimate energy source for the mothership's navigation within the galaxy and for the full-load operation of the Deep Space Main God AI."
He swept his gaze over everyone in the fleet R&D group.
"At the same time, relying on the newly completed dark matter detector and defense shield, we will realize the implementation of dark matter from detection and defense to global energy supply."
"These two technologies are the lifeblood of the fleet's advancement; they must be completed in about half a year."
Soren Kesh's tone was firm.
"The technical path is clear; we will push forward with all our might."
Su Che finally looked at Talia Knox, Zhou Dehai, and Academician Chen Shian sitting on the right.
"Talia Knox, at the lunar Dry Dock, the construction of the main body of the million-ton luan bird hull is nearing completion."
"I will give you another half a month to finish all the remaining shell segment welding and internal cabin framing."
Talia Knox responded decisively.
"Half a month is enough; we guarantee to hand it over on time."
"After the handover, the final assembly work of the luan bird will be fully transferred to the Nantianmen Fleet R&D group."
Su Che paused, his tone becoming extremely serious.
"I want to emphasize one point here: the final assembly of the luan bird covers all systems of the entire ship, and it is by no means limited to the core technologies newly developed at present."
"The existing conventional systems, life support systems, and basic armaments must all be integrated into place."
Soren Kesh and Academician Zhang Weide nodded simultaneously and noted it down.
Su Che turned his gaze back to the three of them. "After the handover is complete, the lunar base Dry Dock project team will be officially renamed the 'All-Scientific Field Breakthrough Project Team'."
Academician Chen Shian was stunned for a moment, then straightened his body.
"Your next main offensive direction will be the iconic fields of a peak Level 2 civilization."
Su Che listed the six core areas on the screen.
"Life Science and Consciousness Engineering, Stellar System Celestial Engineering and Global Resource Development, Grand Unification of Basic Physics, Stellar System-level Information and Computational Science, Advanced Material Global Upgrades, and Ecological and Environmental Systems Engineering."
"The top priority of the third phase is Life Science and Consciousness Engineering."
Academician Chen Shian's breathing grew a bit heavier.
As the director of the Life Sciences Department, he knew all too well the weight of those words.
"Whole-genome precision editing, stem cell pluripotency activation, and consciousness analysis and digital backup."
Su Che pulled up the technical proposal.
"I want you to build a medical system capable of supporting a 300-year healthy lifespan for the core research group of all humanity."
"There is no limit on the total project duration, but you must go all out."
Talia Knox, Zhou Dehai, and Academician Chen Shian responded in unison.
"Guarantee to complete the mission!"
Su Che stood up and sent three encrypted technical documents to the three team leaders via system permissions.
He braced his hands on the tabletop, his gaze piercing as he scanned the group that represented Earth's highest wisdom and top-tier alien technology.
"The documents have been distributed."
"Everyone, whether human civilization can truly firmly stand at the peak of Level 2 depends on this final push."
Su Che waved his hand sharply.
"Phase Three work, officially and fully begins!"