The last human in the universe

Chapter 36 Withering
The task of upgrading and transforming the industrial zone is still in progress.However, under Zhao Changxing's arrangement, except for the dead Wang Feng, the nine humans of the first generation have completely escaped the heavy physical labor on the front line.But they were not idle.Zhao Changxing assigned some mental work to them, asking them to think about and verify how to improve efficiency and quality as quickly as possible, and do some simple chores by the way.

Regarding Zhao Changxing's arrangements, no matter the old or the young, they have never complained. It seems that obeying Zhao Changxing's arrangements has become an instinct.Even if Zhao Changxing still looks like a young man, even if he has gray hair.

The atmosphere here in the human base is always harmonious, and the interpersonal relationship is also very simple.There are almost no such things as stealing, adultery, and intrigue.

In this case, as early as the Earth era when the Pyro spacecraft had not yet set off, experts had already made predictions.The main reason is that the population of human civilization is too small, the social structure is too simple, and there are too few things people can do.It is this special environment that makes these special people.

When the human population recovers to the order of tens of thousands, and the environment it faces is sufficiently complicated, such things as stealing, cheating, cheating, and intrigue will probably be inevitable.By then, the difficulty of social management will also skyrocket.

But that's all for the future, so let's find a way to solve it later.

It took more than ten years to upgrade and transform the industrial area, and it took several years to repair and transform the Tinder spacecraft.During this period of time, the children of the sixth generation have grown up, the children of the seventh generation can already run around, the children of the eighth generation have just learned to crawl on the ground, and the children of the ninth generation have just learned to crawl. Conceived in an artificial womb.

The number of human populations is about to break through one thousand, reaching 954 people.

Originally, this number would have been higher, but three more people from the first generation died, and the number was finally reduced to this level.

Facing the children he raised with his own hands turning from prime to old age and finally dying, Zhao Changxing felt mixed feelings.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws that no one can resist.Even if it is me, although due to some unknown reasons, I have maintained the state of my youth until now, but I can't say when I will die directly.Besides, this kind of thing is not replicable.

He has been doing psychological construction for the children to age and die one by one, and he also realizes that this kind of thing will happen sooner or later, but when it really happens, he is still full of sadness in his heart.

Every time someone died, he would stand in front of the tombstone in the cemetery, look at the photos on the tombstone, and remember for a long time.

Thinking back to when they just fell to the ground, thinking back to when they crawled towards themselves on the ground, thinking back to when they called their father...

"Ugh……"

In the end, all memories dissolve into one long sigh.After that, it's time to go to work, or to work.

The current situation does not allow anyone to waste energy and time on grief for a long time.Zhao Changxing was even worse.Because he is the example of all and the leader of all.

At this moment, except for the first, second, and third generations of humans who still habitually call Zhao Changxing "Father", the rest of the human race has changed their address and called Zhao Changxing "Leader".

The title of leader dilutes the feelings and strengthens the identity attributes of the leader and the led.For this change, Zhao Changxing was still a little uncomfortable at the beginning, but reason told him that he had to get used to this change.

Because the human population expands and the population increases, it is extremely inefficient to rely on emotions to maintain the operation of society.Only by relying on the difference in identity attributes between the leader and the led can the efficiency of social operation be better improved.In the current human civilization, Zhao Changxing is the only one who is qualified to be the leader.

So, after thinking about it, he acquiesced in this matter.

At this moment, the repair and transformation tasks of the Pylon spacecraft have all been completed.Its five circles have all been transformed into living areas, with a total capacity of up to 3700 people.Of course, this is for minors, it is too crowded for adults.

Excluding the necessary number of people on duty in the Tinder spacecraft and the floating population, the total number of minors that can be accommodated is 3600.

Every six months, 100 children will grow up and leave the Tinder spacecraft to arrive at the human base.Similarly, every six months, people will count the number of naturally conceived babies, and some babies will be conceived through artificial wombs to make up the number of 100.Of course, that was after the carrying capacity of the Tinder spacecraft reached its limit.

At this stage, there are only children of the seventh, eighth, and ninth generations in the Tinder spacecraft, a total of 300 people. The 100 artificial wombs are now fully loaded, and for every 100 babies produced, 100 new embryos will be transplanted into them immediately to start growing and developing.

The number of adults has already exceeded 600.The rooms of No. 300 and No. [-] comprehensive bases can only accommodate more than [-] people, and the rest of them are living in various places at the moment.

But it doesn't matter, with so many people around, building a comprehensive base is just a very simple matter.

that's the truth.In just a few months, with an area of ​​3000 square meters, if two people live in one room, the No. [-] comprehensive base that can accommodate more than [-] people has been completed.So No. [-] and No. [-] comprehensive bases were directly abandoned, and everyone moved to live in No. [-] comprehensive base.

After the completion of the No. [-] comprehensive base, Zhao Changxing led the people to build the No. [-] planting base with the same area of ​​[-] square meters, and the No. [-] animal husbandry and aquatic product base, which completely solved the current food problem.During this process, the production areas of Lithium Mine No. [-], Water Mine No. [-], [-], [-], and [-], Dry Ice Mine No. [-], copper, tin, titanium and other mineral deposits have also established their own mining factories.

The population has entered a period of steady growth, the food production is highly surplus, and the living places can fully meet the needs. Under such circumstances, Zhao Changxing has almost one task left.

Develop industrialization.Regardless of cost, promote industrialization regardless of cost.No matter the quality or scale, it cannot be left behind.

In the planning area of ​​the industrial zone with an area of ​​up to one million square meters, hundreds of human beings are busy all day long, gradually innovating the production technology and production level of each factory, and after the new production line has higher technology and precision , Immediately use these capabilities to further build more advanced production equipment.

Even if all the technical and technological materials are in place, and are carefully organized into books by many experts in the Earth Age, to make it easier for people to absorb and use as much as possible, the progress of industrialization can only be done step by step, and it cannot be achieved overnight.

Just like, no matter how much knowledge a person has mastered, it is impossible to directly carve out the CPU with a carving knife.

In this way, more than ten years have passed, and the 100 children of the seventh generation finally became adults and added to the construction team. The 100 babies of the new generation were born and came to this universe shortly after the children of the seventh generation left. among.

The population of human civilization has now reached 3654 people.It's just that most of them are minors and still live in the Tinder spacecraft.

Among the old people, six more died.Up to now, the first generation of humans who followed Zhao Changxing to create the initial situation for human civilization, only Qian Yue is left alive.

At this moment, she is very old and has lost most of her teeth, and she can only eat liquid food when she eats.Because human civilization does not have the ability to install dentures at this moment.

Anyone can see that Qian Yue can't live for too long.

She finally closed her eyes on a hospital bed one morning months later.Zhao Changxing and some people from the second and third generations, as well as her and Chen Feng's two children, accompanied her through the last journey of her life.

Before dying, Qian Yue endured the pain in her body, held Zhao Changxing's hand, and refused to let go for a long time.Her mouth squirmed, as if she wanted to say something, but she couldn't utter a word.

But Zhao Changxing knew exactly what she wanted to say. .

"Unfortunately, I can't see the day when human beings will become stronger again. Unfortunately, I will never have the opportunity to return to Earth and experience the feeling of the sea breeze like you, Dad."

Her two children lay beside their mother's body and wept sadly. Zhao Changxing and others also had serious expressions.

"Bury her body with Chen Feng." Zhao Changxing said slowly, "Qian Yue, I promise you, one day, I will bring all the people who have devoted their lives to the prosperity and prosperity of human civilization." , including you, return to Earth, and return to the original home of our civilization."

This sentence is not only for the first generation of humans like Qian Yue, but also for everyone at this moment.

Everyone knows very well that at this moment, all the people who are still alive - except for Zhao Changxing, who has not aged until now due to unknown reasons, everyone, even if it is a newborn baby, is absolutely impossible Live until the day you return to Earth.

It is only their remains that can return to Earth.However, there is no need to worry about the body rotting when buried in the Sedna Star Cemetery.

This goal can only be achieved if one generation after another continuously struggles and burns their own lives. The descendants after countless generations, those who have the same blood lineage as the people at this moment, can achieve this goal.

In a sad mood, Qian Yue's body was also buried in the cemetery.After that, Zhao Changxing didn't waste too much time in grief, and immediately devoted himself to the next construction task.

At this moment, the traffic problem between different strongholds has become the biggest obstacle to further improving the level of industrialization.It's time for a massive road repair project.

(End of this chapter)