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Chapter 775

Chapter 775

Orion cantilever, solar system, Mars.

The Mars in front of me is no longer the deserted and lonely appearance it was more than ten years ago.

In planetary orbit, 3 space elevators run straight through the sky and the earth, and 3 space ports of different sizes are all under construction or expansion.

Tens of millions of small robots are tirelessly executing construction instructions one by one, turning countless materials into buildings and facilities.

Hundreds of spacecraft continuously unload various construction equipment to the space port, and then transport them to the colonial city below through the space elevator to support the construction. Everything on Mars is changing with each passing day.

The star-studded, amber-like colonial urban agglomerations expanded outward with the space elevator as the center, igniting the fire of civilization on Mars.

So far, nearly 3000 million Earthlings have completed space immigration in the first three large metropolitan areas of Mars, and hundreds of millions of humans have lived or worked here through virtual reality technology.

The existence of the ghost captain has opened up a stable and safe development environment for the solar system, and the virtual reality technology has strongly promoted the global scientific and technological research and development.

Coupled with the explosion of foreign technology and industry, the current earth civilization has gradually developed into a colonial system centered on the two regions of the earth-moon system and Mars, with footprints all over the entire solar system.

As another important colonial core for the development of Earth civilization, Mars has been favored by key resources in recent years. Various merchant ships travel between the Earth-Moon system and Mars, transporting raw materials back to the moon, and then supporting them with various finished products and equipment. Mars construction.

In the outer space orbit of Mars, you can not only see three busy space ports and a space elevator with a length of thousands of kilometers, but also a huge beam of light that runs through the sky and the earth!

Through the "Prometheus Energy Project", the huge solar energy received from the central star was released to the back of Mars away from the urban agglomeration without hesitation, injecting a large amount of energy into the entire planet, and accelerating the "heating" of Mars.

According to the Mars transformation plan formulated by scientists, as the temperature rises, greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide inside Mars will increase rapidly, which is conducive to the further formation of a water cycle system.

In about a year or two, the surface of Mars will be able to scatter some improved plant seeds, and through methods such as spawning, Mars will quickly give birth to the initial planetary environment for life.

The next step is to adjust the environment bit by bit, so that Mars will gradually become the second planet suitable for human survival.

……

"Jerry, I'm homesick."

Tom was wearing an outer spacewalking suit, sitting on the edge of Spaceport 3 with his legs drooping, looking at the busy scene around him with a look of melancholy.

"Shit! You were playing mahjong at 'home' half an hour ago!"

Jerry was checking the data with a terminal, and he couldn't help but give Tom a blank look.

Behind the two of them, a large number of small robots are working. The army of fully automated robots has overwhelmed the traditional construction team with engineering efficiency. The nearby facilities are changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Today, when modularization and automation are fully popularized, building an airport facility is no more difficult than building a base with a click of the mouse in Red Alert.

As experienced and veteran astronauts, Tom and Jerry are one of the few staff who need to work in various space environments.

Because the No. 3 space port is a new generation of "technical verification port", the two of them were sent here for acceptance work and "survival environment test" during this period.

"It's all virtual, virtual! Do you understand? It's completely different from the real feeling!" Tom shouted at Jerry dissatisfied.

"Really? I remember that the fidelity of the virtual world is close to 99.9%. Let me ask you, is it your visual nerves that detect the picture distortion, or your pain nerves that can't feel the iron fist of love?"

"Uh...not really."

"So?"

"No! Jerry, that's not the problem! Although the picture is beautiful and the feeling is very real, don't you think the virtual hug is not warm, and even the kiss has a smell of data, it's almost like I'm licking the screen, Can you understand me?" Tom explained with gestures.

Jerry finally put down the data panel in his hand, and looked Tom up and down seriously for a while, "In love? I remember you just went back to the moon for vacation last month?"

"Oh Jerry! You really...understand me!" Tom scratched his helmet heck.

"I met Mela on the moon, you don't know, she is so charming, she just took my heart away, I feel like I can't do without her, I've decided! Next time I go back, I will ask She proposes!"

"Seriously this time?" Jerry looked at him suspiciously.

"I swear in the name of Pancake Fruit!"

Jerry immediately believed it.

"Oh! Boogie retired, I didn't expect that even you would get married..." Jerry sighed, with a little helplessness in his eyes.

From the International Space Station, to the "New World" moon development, and then to the Mars colonization project, the three have been partners for many years, and have been fighting on the front line of human external expansion. They did not expect that one by one they would leave themselves. go……

Although we can often meet each other through virtual reality technology, I still feel a little empty in my heart.

Human beings who have just stepped into space are still learning to adapt to the long space interval of the universe.

"Okay! I respect your decision and wish you happiness! So, when do you plan to submit your resignation report?"

"Resign? No, no, no! Jerry, you misunderstood. I said I was going home to get married, but I didn't say I was leaving! You are still here, why would I abandon you and wander alone in the endless starry sky? We are golden partner!"

While being moved by these words, Jerry was also very surprised, "Aren't you leaving?"

"Of course! Our goal is the stars and the ocean. I am planning to apply to become the first real-life astronaut to leave the solar system next year. How can I leave now?

I said so much, just want you to approve more marriage leave for me. "

Jerry: "..."

Although he was a little speechless about this incomprehensible companion, Jerry was still in a good mood after being lost and found again.

"Approved! Apply for marriage leave now, is one month enough?"

Now Jerry is already a senior pioneering astronaut at Lv8 level, and in terms of position, he is already Tom's immediate boss.

"I'm afraid not enough."

"Then... two months?" Although manpower was short, Jerry, who had been friends for many years, thought about it and gave in.

These days, earth civilization with a population explosion still lacks people everywhere, and the population growth rate has never kept up with the rapid development of civilization. High-end talents like Tom and Jerry are even more scarce.

"This... I'm afraid it's not enough." Tom scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

Jerry stared, "You're going back to get married, not to have a baby. Do you still want me to grant you half a year's maternity leave?"

"Ahem! If two months are used to get married and have a honeymoon, then of course it is enough, but I still have to spend some time cultivating relationships with Meera's three children..."

three kids...

Jerry looked at Tom speechlessly.

Because all countries have implemented extremely extreme birth-encouraging policies, the earth has experienced a continuous baby boom in recent years, coupled with the popularization of test-tube babies, artificial wombs, and nanny robot technology, it is not uncommon for a woman to bring several babies things.

It is also because of policy reasons that the legal age of marriage for women has been lowered again and again. Unmarried adult women are really scarce on the earth now, and it is difficult for Tom...

Considering the work problem, Jerry deliberately refused, but he still couldn't help feeling soft when he thought that his old friend for many years had finally found his own happiness.

But just as he was about to extend his leave for a few more days, Tom spoke again.

"Of course, in addition to the three children, I still need to persuade Meera to get a divorce certificate before I get married. This will also take a lot of work. I calculated it. Holidays... oops!"

Before the words were finished, the person had already been kicked and kicked directly from the edge of the space station 1200 kilometers from the surface of Mars.

"Why do not you go to hell!"

In the headset, Jerry's roar was long overdue...

(End of this chapter)