At 7:30 in the evening, on the Earth Federation International Channel, a solemn and grand music sounded on time.

With the sound of this sound, millions of viewers in the world fixed the TV station on this channel, only to see the original commercial end, replaced by a dark stage.

The stage remained dark at the beginning, but there was a figure walking slowly in the backstage. This figure was wearing a hidden blue suit and stood upright. As he walked closer to the screen, everyone suddenly watched. To the appearance of this man—

This is a middle-aged black man. His eyes are sharp and unsmiling, which is very different from the original relaxed TV atmosphere.

This program is one of the most watched programs on the Earth Federation International Channel, but its content is very simple, that is, to take out the most important events in the world during this period to interpret, satirize politics, pinpoint current affairs, or substitute for the weak. Voice... This file has been broadcast continuously for 20 years, creating a viewing myth.

"Dear viewers, I am Wilson Richard, and this is the Global Federation of Earth Channel-"Richard's World"."

The black host Richard stared at the screen and said directly without any warm-up, “The former Soviet astronomer Kardashov once used the principles of thermodynamics and the law of energy to develop the evolution of civilization in the universe based on the use of energy. It is divided into three levels..."

"The first level is planet civilization-a civilization that has mastered all the energies on the planet you are in."

"This civilization can already change the climate, develop the ocean, control earthquakes on the planet... In short, this civilization has the ability to move mountains and seas on the planet, and to rationally use and control all the resources and energy on the planet."

"The second level is the constant star civilization-a civilization that can use all the energy of the entire star."

"The second type of civilization has a huge demand for energy and resources. Therefore, they need to use all the light and heat emitted by the stars. The way may be to smash some useless planets to make Dyson spheres, enclose the stars, and enjoy them fully. Every light and heat emitted by stars!"

"Then, it is the third level cosmic civilization-a civilization that can control several star systems and star clusters!"

Richard spread his arms and looked solemnly, "Even a cosmic galaxy with 200 billion stars like the Milky Way can truly change the world! At this time, the power of civilization will become omnipotent and unimaginable..."

As he said, Richard took a deep breath and suddenly said, "Many people may wonder, what am I telling, am I telling a science fiction story? No, it's not!"

"This classification method is the "Kardashov Index" that has been widely circulated in the scientific community. This is a civilization classification method recognized by the Earth Federation. It is often searched for by project researchers, science fiction writers and writers who search for extraterrestrial civilizations. The prophet used it as a theoretical basis."

Having said this, Richard couldn't help but pause. A picture appeared behind him. It was an online announcement. The content of the announcement was the "Blackwatch Dyson Cloud Plan" released early today. .

"For this plan, I believe everyone has received the news. In today's society, a message can be transmitted to any corner of the earth within a few seconds, and it can be transmitted to Mars in 20 minutes. But for Blackwall Everyone has different opinions on the news of Qi Company..."

"As far as I know, one of the most common views of everyone at present is a doubt. It is doubtful that we humans have reached the level of being able to build Dyson Cloud?"

As he spoke, Richard suddenly smiled slightly. This is an extremely rare expression since he appeared on the show. "In fact, we humans are closer to the goal of building Dyson Cloud than we thought..."

"When the Kardashov index classification was born, the earth was once defined as a level 0.73 civilization, which was a level half a century ago... But now after these years of development, we have unknowingly overcome controllable nuclear fusion , To establish scientific research stations on the moon, to establish permanent colonies on Mars, and even... Blackwatch Company has begun to mine the resources of Kuiper belt asteroids!"

"Behind the numerous difficulties that have been overcome, our human civilization index is also rising step by step. According to the latest calculations, our human civilization’s current Kardashov index rating has reached level 1.2 civilization and is fully capable of building the Dyson Cloud. A century-old project!"

Speaking of this, Richard’s words gradually became louder, “After nuclear energy has been thoroughly popularized, we gradually discovered that controllable nuclear fusion is only a stepping stone, which allows us to knock on the door to the interstellar. But at the same time, it is only the most common pass... We humans have reached an intersection and either start looking for new clean energy, or use nuclear energy to eat the sky!"

"Now, Blackwatch is once again in front of the Earth Federation. He is willing to stand up for us humans and explore the path to a higher level. What kind of spirit is this?"

Richard sighed suddenly, and at the same time bent his waist and bowed, "Please allow me Richard, to pay a lofty tribute to this company and the pioneer of mankind!"

"Regardless of whether this plan succeeds or fails, we should not blame him, because he is carrying the burden on our behalf!"

With the last sentence, the deafening orchestra resounded again, drowning everything and the shocking hearts of countless people!

"This is the most important thing that happened in the Earth Federation today. I am Wilson Richard. This is the International Channel of the Earth Federation-"Richard's World". We will see you in the next issue...bye!"

…

"Richard's World" undoubtedly added a fire, making the plan announced by Blacklight Technology burn more violently in public opinion. In just one day, almost everyone in the world learned that Blacklight Technology is preparing to build Dyson Cloud. news.

Regarding this, the officials of the continents of the Earth Federation are in a complicated mood because they see farther than ordinary people. Although the move of Black Light Technology is equivalent to opening a path for the future of mankind, once it succeeds, it also gains. With vested interests, even solar energy may be monopolized by black light technology.

Therefore, unlike the eager expectations of ordinary people, the media on all continents have scorned the matter, and even used the "Dark Forest Law" to argue that this project may cause changes in the brightness of the sun, and this change , It is likely to attract prying eyes from other alien civilizations in the future.

So in the end, the world's public opinion divided into two factions. One faction expressed support for the construction of Dyson Cloud, while the other faction completely opposed it, believing that this was an act that was too easy to get rid of.

After waiting for the next few days, the Earth Federation that felt threatened finally could not sit still. They launched a summit of countries around the world. The four continents led their little brothers to vote against this project and opposed the black light technology project. stop.

In response to the response of the Earth Federation, Chen Chen sent the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the headquarters of the Earth Federation to participate in wrangling, but on the other side, the various departments of Blacklight Technology began to silently implement this plan.

If it were ten years ago, Chen Chen would have to carefully consider the opposition from all over the world, but now and then, after having a Mars colony, Blacklight Technology now has the capital to break away from the Earth Federation, even if the Earth Federation is because of this. The sanctions imposed on Blacklight Technology are just innocent economic sanctions. No one has the courage to raise the sanctions by force.

Therefore, after arguing with each other for three full months, seeing that the Earth Federation could not stop Blacklight Technology’s footsteps, the four continents finally had to reluctantly compromise. They put forward a request to the Blacklight Technology negotiating team, that is, the four continents. Also join this Dyson Cloud project and get a share of it.

Chen Chen has no opinion on this. After all, the four continents account for 40% of the population of the Earth Federation, and they have manpower and material resources far surpassing Blacklight Technology. If the four continents join, the construction period of the Dyson Ring can be reduced by a percentage point. Above fifty, as long as the core technology and leading power are still in the hands of Blacklight Technology, there will be no problem.

Therefore, after three months of negotiating nationality, each of the four continents decided to allocate tens of billions of capital, manpower and material resources to join this most massive project in human history.

As for those small neighboring countries, just like when researching and developing controllable nuclear fusion back then, they can only look at them eagerly.

Soon, the four continents sent thousands of engineers and scientists to the Life Science City, taking it as the command center of the most magnificent plan in human history, where tens of thousands of top talents in the world gather. It also brought a new round of vitality to Life Science City.

"This is an engineering robot designed by our Blacklight Technology."

At this time, in the space base in the southern suburbs of the Life Sciences City, the decision-making delegations of the five parties were discussing in the meeting room. These scientists were full of enthusiasm, and they kept throwing out their opinions and plans as if they were arguing, even when it was time to eat Never stop.

A young engineer proudly threw out a conceptual design drawing, "This kind of robots are divided into forty-three types, and each type has a corresponding division of labor... They have ceramic heat-insulating armor up to ten centimeters thick. , It can completely withstand the high temperature and pressure on the surface of Mercury. At the same time, it is controlled by the super AI designed by our Blackwatch company. The energy is continuously produced by their kind and solar panels, and these panels are launched into space by electromagnetic ejection. in."

"I object!"

However, after looking at the engineer’s design drawings, decision makers in the four continents objected, “Super AI with self-replication authority, this is something we must not tolerate. If you Blackwatch Company don’t want to see wisdom In the case of a mechanical crisis, I still think that this kind of production cannot be delegated to computers."

"We at Blackwatch can guarantee the loyalty of AI!"

"That won't work either, we are firmly opposed to this kind of thing..."

The two sides immediately quarreled again.

"Okay, stop arguing, this matter can be discussed later."

Another scientist who is well-known around the world stopped the meaningless quarrel between the two sides, and then said, “We don’t have any problems with the manufacturing of Dyson Cloud equipment. Now we should talk about the maintenance of such a huge area. , Even man-made objects far beyond the surface of the earth, how do we maintain it?"

"Of course I used robots to maintain..."

Another black light technology scientist exclaimed, “If you can make XTN robots, you can naturally also make maintenance robots that are fully automated and can operate in outer space. These robots only need more than ten centimeters in size to allow them to travel freely in the Dyson Cloud. Surface, repair the malfunctioning Dyson Cloud parts."

"So what about energy transmission? The plan says it is laser transmission, so where are we going to build a device that can receive this huge energy?"

"Of course it is also the universe. We can build several energy receiving devices with an area of ​​more than a few square kilometers in orbit, and then introduce this energy to the ground through a space elevator. This is the best solution. Is it possible that you still want to send the laser directly If it fails to reach the surface, wouldn't it be a solar bombardment?"

"So, what to do when there is a solar storm?"

Someone worried.

"What kind of problem is this? Haven't we designed the Dyson Cloud to use a certain unit as the core and fold each other when a solar storm occurs, so that the device can fully obtain sufficient shock resistance. For such a simple question, don’t you? Can't even think of it?"

"..."

"Who can calculate, if the weight of Mercury changes, what kind of impact will the major planets of our solar system have?"

Another scientist asked.

"Don't worry, this plan has been calculated before the release."

A black light technology scientist immediately waved his hand, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com showed a series of data in front of everyone, "The acceleration of Mercury’s gravitational force on the earth is only about 10-40nm/s^2, which is on an astronomical scale. It is very small, and turning Mercury into a Dyson cloud is just moving the center of mass of Mercury to the vicinity of the sun, and its mass has not disappeared."

"Even if the entire Mercury is removed and removed, about 100 years later, the Earth’s perihelion and aphelion will only be reduced by one ten thousandth without knowing it, and the phenomenon of periodic perturbation will recover in decades, so Just building the Dyson cloud is equivalent to evenly distributing the mass of Mercury in the orbit of the sun. This situation will not affect the orbit of the earth even in a long-term range!"

"Then the next topic, how do we maintain the stability of the Dyson Cloud in the solar orbit?"

"..."

The meeting room was full of voices, and countless words that were unfamiliar to ordinary people popped out from these people. Everyone discussed painfully and happily, breaking up the details of the plan to ensure that every step was carried out smoothly. .

But in any case, the more everyone discusses their hearts, the more they have a hunch-when this global-shocking plan begins to be implemented, it will be the biggest step in human history!