Technological Hegemony

Shua~

Hei Jian took off the holographic glasses and returned to the real world from the secret net. The deep space outside the huge floor-to-ceiling portholes was dark and silent, with countless large and small gravels floating, boundless, like an insurmountable moat, blocking the darkness. Sword and his fleet.

With his chest straightened out, Hei Jian came to the landing window, his expression was full of excitement, his eyes were faintly glowing with fire, with the help of the navigator, he was no longer confused and afraid, Luo Jia's innate uprightness convinced Hei Jian , as long as he follows the guidance of the navigator, he will definitely be able to get out of here.

"Report, an urgent call from the western region!" Just as he was about to lead the fleet to set sail, the deputy suddenly reported to Hei Jian.

"Read!" Hei Jian said with a slight frown.

bang~

A few minutes later, the deputy finished reading the telegram from the headquarters, while Hei Jian's face was gloomy, and he punched the table heavily, making a loud noise, which made the deputy tremble suddenly.

"Go out and leave me alone." Hei Jian said in a deep voice.

When the deputy left, Hei Jian took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, "Don't worry, you are still very young. As the youngest graduate in the history of the Command Academy, your talent is impeccable, and everything is only temporary."

Similar to Ah Q's spiritual victory method, it helped Hei Jian to calm down. He walked out of his office and when he passed by the tea room, he happened to hear someone talking inside.

"Have you heard? The West Region sent another urgent call, asking us to arrive at the Forgotten Galaxy next week. If we can't arrive on time, the lieutenant colonel may have to go to a court-martial."

"Forgotten galaxy? The forgotten galaxy located between the two star counties of Stranglethorn Vale and Venal? Why go there? Open up a new route? Or explore something?"

"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the root cause is General Rafaty's suppression of our lieutenant colonel. After all, Lafaty is the biological son of the Guardian of the West Region, and the Lieutenant Colonel is the illegitimate son of the Guardian. The biological son and the illegitimate son do not like each other. One is the superior and the other is the subordinate, serving in the same theater, if nothing else happens, it would be a strange thing."

"So that's how it is... No wonder Hei Jian is so talented. He is the youngest graduate of the command academy. He is only a lieutenant colonel until now, and he still leads us defeated soldiers to carry out dangerous missions that may kill us at any time."

"This is probably fate. Who made the lieutenant colonel's mother come from a humble background, just a maid, and she is also the son of the guardian of the western district. The difference in fate is too great."

"you say,

Can we get past the rubble field of the full moon galaxy? "

"It depends on luck. I just hope that the lieutenant colonel will not rely on force to charge. After all, the gravel belt is a danger that can be seen, but the real danger is always hidden in an invisible corner."

"If I go back, I will go to the court-martial. If I don't go back, I will take the risk of rushing to the gravel belt. If I were a lieutenant colonel, I would take the risk. At worst, I will die."

Hearing this, Hei Jian made a noise on purpose, and the two soldiers in the tea room immediately shut up. After Hei Jian passed by, they were thankful that they were not discovered when they gossip about the lieutenant colonel.

Obviously, he could severely punish those two gossipers and kill them as an example, but in the end, Hei Jian chose to forgive. This is his nature, the softness hidden under the hard exterior.

"They were also excluded in the West Region, so they were sent to my fleet. Even if these soldiers died with me, the headquarters would not feel distressed, but would feel lucky, thinking that a big burden had been thrown away. Forget it. Forgive others, please forgive others," Hei Jian thought to himself, the care he gave to his subordinates came from the sighs of fellow fallen people in the world.

"commander!"

"captain!"

Heijian walked into the command center, and hundreds of crew members greeted him immediately, and then he walked onto the two-storey bridge, his eyes swept over everyone.

After the annihilation of civilization, artificial intelligence no longer exists. Ships or fleets cannot be helped by artificial intelligence. They must rely on a large number of professionals to navigate the dangerous galaxy. This also brings new opportunities to humans living in the stars. Professionals are constantly emerging. As long as they learn and master professional skills, anyone has the possibility to make a fortune.

However, Hei Jian looked around and saw that his command center was full of youths with young faces, young students who had been eliminated from various professional colleges, and some old men in the Western Fleet who were just waiting to die, forming this fleet. subject.

What's even more frightening is that the most crippled fleet in the history of the Western District has to carry out dangerous exploration missions, which makes Black Sword's situation even worse.

Hei Jian ordered the position mark obtained from Luo Jia, and a few hours later, the fleet arrived at the predetermined location, and saw a gap in the middle of the gravel belt that was originally like a city wall, and the width could only accommodate three standard ships. cargo ship.

"It's a passage!"

"Advancing along the passage, can we pass through the gravel belt smoothly?"

"The lieutenant colonel is amazing. How did he find this passage?"

Hei Jian knew in his heart that it wasn't him who was miraculous, but the respected navigator. He really didn't lie to himself. The rubble belt of the full moon galaxy is not an insurmountable obstacle!

"The fleet conducts a comprehensive self-inspection and releases the reconnaissance drone!" Heijian ordered in a deep voice.

Shua~

Three hummingbird-type reconnaissance drones flew up, arranged in a triangular formation, and entered the center of the gravel belt. Through visual sensors, deep-space radar, magnetic detectors and other airborne equipment, the situation of the internal route of the gravel belt was transmitted back to the Fleet Command Center.

At the same time, this fleet composed of old, weak, sick and disabled began to make final inspections, testing the power of the energy shield, warming up the large-caliber laser cannon, checking whether the energy transmission between the propeller and the reactor is smooth, and so on.

The flagship of the Exploration Fleet, the Raven, has been in service for more than 80 years. This old heavy-duty destroyer has double 720-caliber laser rapid-fire guns with fierce firepower, plus the fifth-generation fire control system of the Crossstar Military Industry Group. A good hand in close combat.

"Departure! All ships follow the flagship!"

"The Hunter and the Boomerang are on the left and right!"

"Earth is broken!"

With Hei Jian's order, the Raven took the lead, emitting a beautiful blue flame from the stern, the ship shook slightly, accelerated, and continued to accelerate until the 65% of the normal cruising speed, the chief engineer stabilized the engine power , to allocate more energy to defense systems, digital analysis systems, firepower systems.

The imposing manner is extremely imposing, but this cannot conceal the embarrassing fact that the average fleet is over a hundred years old. Leading such a grandfather-class fleet to embark on a dangerous and unknown waterway, anyone with normal nerves will feel worried.

Hei Jian's heart hung up, and he put his left hand into the pocket of his uniform, tightly holding the amulet with his mother's photo, his palm was covered with sweat, but he still pretended to be nonchalant on the surface.

"Fifteen degrees to starboard, turn on the afterburner!"

"Release the entanglement beam and move the gravel in front of me!"

"Can't retreat! The engine is turned off, all the energy is concentrated on the front energy shield, and the whole ship is alerted, ready for impact!"

Following Heijian's order, the red warning lights in the cabin blazed, and the electronic broadcast sounded again and again.

"Warning, the impact is thirty seconds away!"

"Warning, the impact is 20 seconds away! All crew members, please get ready!"

rumbling~

Facing the group of broken rocks that suddenly appeared in the channel, the Raven turned on its energy shield to the maximum, the hull vibrated violently, the power supply entered overload protection, and after it was turned off, the yellow emergency light turned on, making the world in the cabin strange and bizarre. The crew clung to the fixtures, praying to the stars in their hearts.

One second, two seconds, the old Raven withstood the storm-like surprise attack, withstood severe tests again and again, and finally passed through the gravel belt and reached the peaceful starry sky on the other side.

"Bless the stars, we actually went through the rubble and electromagnetic turbulence!"

"Long live the commander! Long live the lieutenant colonel!"

The crew celebrated wildly and shed tears of excitement for the rest of their lives. At the same time, their admiration for Hei Jian also reached an unprecedented height. Judgment and adaptability are definitely the best among the stars.

"Thank you to the leader, thank you Mr. Luo Jia!"

However, at this moment, Hei Jian had completely different thoughts in his heart. He could not restrain his admiration for Luo Jia, because he knew very well that this dangerous crossing all came from the guidance of the great navigator, and it was Luo Jia who rescued Luo Jia on the brink of crisis. Own.

"To help Zhun Luo Jia collect the history and information he wants as soon as possible, I don't know how many navigators are left among the stars, but I can be sure that with the annihilation of civilization, this ancient and noble The number of top professionals should be very small, any navigator who is still alive is worthy of admiration, let alone Luo Jia is still so young."

After washing his face in the bathroom and regaining his spirits, Hei Jian made up his mind and decided to repay Luo Jia's help with all his strength and carefully maintain the hard-won friendship between himself and the navigator.

"General Rafaty is on communication channel No. 4." After returning to the command room, the deputy said to Heijian in a low voice: "When passing through the gravel belt, the radio was interfered, and the general seems to have been contacting us, but without success. "

Heijian was slightly taken aback, and returned to the commander's exclusive position on the bridge. He pressed the button, opened the holographic light curtain, and connected to General Rafaty who was far away in the Western Region Command. He saw that this was three points similar to Heijian. The man's face was very gloomy, as if he was owed money by someone.

"Why keep the radio silent? You'd better give me a reasonable reason." Rafaty said in a deep voice, with a hint of chill in his voice.

The fleet cannot enter radio silence at will. If the headquarters or friendly forces need support, but the fleet cannot be contacted for a while, the commander will bear a huge responsibility for this.

However, Black Sword's fleet is not a standard military unit. It is a small fleet for exploration missions. It consists of two destroyers, six frigates, and one supply ship. Special starships such as electronic attack ships, interceptor ships, and interceptor ships can only deliver food when they really go on combat missions. Rafaty questioned them so harshly, and they are suspected of giving black sword a big hat by pretending to be self-serving.

Hei Jian ignored this, he raised his head, and said frankly: "Report to the general, when we passed the gravel belt just now, we encountered electromagnetic interference, and it was not active radio silence."

what! ?

Rafaty's eyebrows twitched, and he couldn't recover for a while. He couldn't believe his ears. The black sword passed through the gravel belt?

"Yes." Black Sword explained, "We have passed through the rubble belt of the full moon galaxy, and are heading towards the forgotten galaxy as required, and we are expected to arrive in two days."

"You said, you have passed through the rubble belt in the full moon galaxy?" Rafaty asked in astonishment, "How did you pass? Could it be that you opened the dimensional wall and forcibly opened a space crack?"

Hei Jian smiled slightly and said, "Of course we don't have the legendary existence of a space starter, but we have found a path that can pass through the gravel belt."

You have found the way! ?

This is too shit luck! ?

Lafaty had a strange expression and didn't speak for a long time. Seeing that the illegitimate son who ruined the family's reputation was in high spirits, Lafaty couldn't be happy no matter what. Black Sword found a path through the gravel belt, which is of great significance to the entire energy civilization , I am afraid that I will be forced to reward Hei Jian and give him a promotion.

"Go ahead." Rafaty raised his head and said in a deep voice, "Call me when you reach the outskirts of the Forgotten Galaxy, and I will tell you what to do."

"Obey! Your Excellency, General!" Hei Jian saluted General Rafaty.

Shua~

The light curtain was closed, and Hei Jian suddenly felt a hearty feeling in his heart.

"Thanks to the great navigator! You are the brightest star that guides me!" Hei Jian thought excitedly in his heart, "We must hurry up and prepare the reward for Luo Jia. The history of energy civilization and nuclear fusion technology are okay. , These are not core technologies, and it is not difficult to obtain them with my current authority."

"In addition, we must continue to pay attention to Lafaty's movements. He sent me out this time to such a remote place and led another broken fleet. He probably didn't intend to let me go back."

"According to the legend, the Forgotten Galaxy is one of the battlefields in the era of civilization annihilation. The mobile space station Starlock, whose energy shield has a total power of 170 billion standard units, was sunk by the mechanical civilization in the Forgotten Galaxy, and thus fell. In that tragic war where all the civilizations besieged the mechanical civilization, our losses were really heavy, even the Star Lock equipped with a super shield sank."

"The machinery department is indeed the most rogue and unreasonable civilization in history. Luo Jia actually claimed that he is from the machinery department? He must be joking, right? Because if he is really the machinery department, he would be declaring himself a public enemy to the stars. Come and kill me!"

"Yes, it must be a joke. Now that all civilizations have mastered mechanical technology, there is no so-called mechanical system in the world. Luo Jia must have come from a mysterious, even unknown, secret civilization!"

Luo Jia's guess from a hidden civilization made Hei Jian excited quickly. After all, the top profession of navigator has almost disappeared in today's stars. Coupled with Luo Jia's detached hooded sweater and jeans, this retro The style is incompatible with the stars. People who live among the stars have never seen such cool and fashionable clothing as a pure cotton hooded sweater.

"In any case, the Forgotten Galaxy is waiting for me, the ancient battlefield that led to the fall of the Starlock is waiting for me, the front is full of unknowns, and Luo Jia, the magical leader, may point out the way forward for me at a critical moment !"

Thinking of this, Hei Jian suddenly felt more confident and full of strength.

...

After a whole night of rest, Luo Jia felt much more energetic. The robot made breakfast and prepared clean clothes for Luo Jia.

Today is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the day when the company officially opened. Luo Jia distributed electronic red envelopes to all employees as usual, and then came to the management office to attend the first regular meeting after the year.

After the Spring Festival, everything changed. Luo Jia found a new direction, and the management bureau also ushered in the largest personnel resignation in history. Hong Tao, Di Wuchang, Ling Feng, the three company veterans did not appear in their positions today In the end, although Luo Jia persuaded them to stay, they still decided not to participate in the company's management affairs.

Luo Jia tapped lightly on the table with his fingers. For more than ten seconds, no one spoke, staring at the three vacant boss chairs in a daze.

Luo Jia looked up and looked around.

Group Vice President and Head of the Hardware Department An Ran, Group Vice President and Head of the Software Department Li Moran, Heads of the Life Science Department Wen Chengling and Wen Chengfeng, Head of the Entertainment and Cleaning Department Shen Lang, Head of the Institute of Materials Science Cao Originally, including myself, the total number of people in the administration dropped from ten to seven in one fell swoop.

"How is the Chinese New Year everyone?"

Li Moran spoke first, breaking the silence in the conference room. If An Ran and Luo Jia are passionate entrepreneurs, then Li Moran is a typical conservative, doing his work silently, observing everyone in the team needs, and then help.

Following Li Moran's words, the atmosphere in the conference room quickly became lively. Although everyone spent the Spring Festival in Jiuquan and only went home to have a look on the fourth and fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the changes visible to the naked eye in their hometown still surprised everyone.

This is not just a material and economic change. The more and more confident Chinese people are welcoming the strong return of the ancient Chinese civilization.

"All the past is a prologue!" Luo Jia said in a deep voice: "New year and new atmosphere, only forward is our only direction. From now on, the Particle and Nuclear Physics Laboratory will be officially renamed as the Department of Fusion Energy, and the level will be upgraded. Reaching the second level of the group, everyone, please be prepared, we are about to attack the king mountain of controllable fusion."

This year!

Controlled Fusion! ?

After hearing this, everyone was startled.