The last human in the universe

Chapter 90 Depletion
Zhao Changxing knows very well that the so-called "catch up with the technological level of the old human civilization" at this moment is actually just digesting and assimilating the knowledge recorded in Xiaoxi's database.

People have been able to manufacture anything that the old human civilization can make according to the records of the data. If the time and resources are sufficient, they can also complete any project that the old human civilization can complete. up.

Even, if you count the scientific and technological materials seized from the deep space civilization, such as the electromagnetic rail gun, and some other detailed technologies, the new human civilization can even be said to have surpassed it.

But when it comes to technological research and development capabilities, the gap is too large to measure.After all, the old human civilization that lived on the earth back then probably had tens of millions of full-time scientific researchers, dozens of times the population of the current new human civilization.

There is absolutely no comparison between the two.

Zhao Changxing clearly realized that these "children" had to explore the future by themselves.The legacy of the predecessors has been consumed by now.

"In a well-run society, it is impossible for all of them to be scientific researchers. There will always be people engaged in all walks of life. A sufficient scientific research population requires a sufficient population base."

Looking at the number 144 million indicated in the census form, Zhao Changxing looked solemn.

The population is 144 million, including a considerable number of minors.And this number, even if the emphasis is on scientific research, the number of scientific research population will hardly exceed 10.

"We still need to expand the population base."

but……

Zhao Changxing looked at another form.

It shows the data related to the production quantity and mining cost of the resources of the two planets, Sedna Star and Deep Space Star.

From these data, he vaguely sensed a hidden crisis.

The resources on the two dwarf planets, Sedna Star and Deep Space Star, are about to be exhausted again...

With the rapid increase of the population, the rapid improvement of the industrial level, and the launching of various major projects, the demand for various resources of human civilization is also skyrocketing.

This surge is not only reflected in the total amount, but also above the individual average.

Just like, people in the slave era or even the feudal era lived well and satisfied with a catty of wheat and a few rags a day, but in modern society, people eat a piece of meat casually, and the energy consumed to produce it In conversion, it exceeds the resources that ancient people needed for a day.

Modern humans need spaceships, exquisite clothes, various electronic products, big houses, and many, many things to travel.And all of this can be converted into various resources.

The average resource consumed by a modern person is even more than a hundred times that of an ancient person.

Moreover, this is an easy process from frugality to extravagance, but difficult from extravagance to frugality.Not to mention that the sudden reduction in the supply of materials and energy can greatly reduce the sense of well-being and even lead to social unrest. Just talking about the development of science and technology requires a stable society with sufficient energy and resource supply.

Therefore, reducing the supply of resources is absolutely unworkable.That is asking for death.

The only way is to increase supply.But now, the resource extraction costs of these two dwarf planets are rising all the way.

To this end, Zhao Changxing has called human government officials and relevant scientists to hold several meetings and discussed for a long time.But a good solution was never found.

In the end, people reached a consensus.

Now that science and technology cannot be improved rapidly, and the resources of the two dwarf planets have shown signs of depletion, it is necessary to look for new planets not far from Sedna and obtain resource supplies on the new planets to support the huge consumption of human civilization. Civilization's only way out.

only.

"But……"

Zhao Changxing looked at the empty star map and sighed softly.

In this vast deep space more than 100 billion kilometers away from the sun, it is really not easy to find a macroscopic star.

Port No. [-] Space City.

"The passenger ship bound for No. 24 Space City 'Ocean City' is about to depart. Passengers who are going to No. 24 Space City, please go to ticket gate 12A to check in and board the ship. When checking in, please show your ID chip. After checking in Please pass quickly..."

The old couple Wang Luoyi and Zhao Ying took their 5-year-old granddaughter to the back of the queue without haste.The little granddaughter was obviously very excited about the upcoming trip to Ocean City, she kept laughing and dancing, while the old couple had kind smiles on their faces.

The son and daughter-in-law are busy with work and have no time to take the children out to play.My old couple had a little more time, so this matter fell on me.

"Ninny, let's go, the ticket is checked."

Passed through the ticket gate, sat on the passenger ship, fastened the seat belt, and after a while, accompanied by a vibration, the bus spaceship set off.

At this moment, the bus spaceship is fully loaded, and the 100 seats are full.There are mostly families and couples in the cabin, and obviously most of them are going to Ocean City for fun.

Space City No. 24 and Space City No. 600 are orbiting at different altitudes, and the distance at this moment is about [-] kilometers.

During the flight of the bus spacecraft, except for the acceleration and deceleration stages, there is no gravity.So Nannan's body was suspended, but fortunately she was fixed by the seat belt, so she didn't fly away.

She seemed very interested in the situation, giggling constantly.The same goes for the rest of the kids.The cabin was filled with cheerful laughter.

After flying for less than an hour, the bus spacecraft sailed into No. 1 Space City, the port of Ocean City.

"Dear passengers and friends, our destination has arrived. Please take your belongings and leave the spaceship in an orderly manner. Passengers with children, please pay attention, take care of your children, and don't chase and fight in the cabin..."

When the peculiar, slightly damp and salty air in Ocean City poured into his lungs, Wang Luoyi couldn't help but take a deep breath.The girl jumped up excitedly.

Taking the internal shuttle bus, the three of them headed straight to the beach.

But when he reached the beach, Wang Luoyi was dumbfounded.

This, this is different from what I remember...

The last time I came here by myself, the beach was only tens of meters wide. After getting off the road, you can walk across the beach to reach the seaside in a few steps.But now, why is the beach at least a few hundred meters wide?
Even people with poor eyesight can no longer see the shadow of the sea standing on the road.

"I want the sea, I want the sea!"

The girl immediately started crying.

"Be good, baby, don't cry, don't cry, we can see the sea when we walk over."

Wang Luoyi had no choice but to take his wife Zhao Ying and walk forward with her daughter on foot.

It took more than ten minutes to walk to the beach.When I went to the beach, I saw that the sea was at least five or six meters deep in my memory, but now the depth is only two meters at most, and there are even large sandbars not far away, making the sea look like small ponds .

In the past, those sandbars were all submerged in water.

"Where's the water? Where's the water? You call this the sea? Liar!"

Wang Luo became angry.He looked around, found an administrator and questioned him angrily.

The manager looked helpless.

"If you want to see the sea, hurry to see it. Later, you won't even be able to see these small ponds."

"what happened?"

"You don't know yet? The government said that there was a resource crisis recently, and the water was not enough, so they pumped out all the water here. Didn't you see those boats over there? They were all fishing, and they caught all the fish. There is no water at all..."

"How did that happen?"

Wang Luoyi murmured, trying to comfort her daughter, barely getting through what should have been a happy day.

When he got home, he went into the bathroom to take a shower, but only halfway through, the water ran out.

"My wife, what's the matter?"

"Old Wang, I just received the notice that the water supply will be intermittent in the future..."

Feeling full of displeasure, Wang Luoyi could only hastily wipe himself off.

The next day, Wang Luoyi saw the unhappy face of her daughter who came home from school.After asking, Nannan said full of grievances: "The teacher said that he would take us to space for an experiment class today, but he canceled it again."

Wang Luo was furious.

Everything else can be tolerated, but can the child's education be tolerated?This is a good experimental class, so it will be canceled if it is cancelled?

He grabbed the phone.During the phone call, the teacher's voice was full of apology: "I'm sorry, Professor Wang, I just received a notice from my superiors today that courses like space optics experiments consume too much material and energy, and I will cancel them all in the future and watch educational films instead. There is nothing we can do. I'm really sorry, sorry..."

Wang Luo hung up the phone angrily.

"Resource crisis, hum, resource crisis..."

Zhao Ying also sighed.

"Old Wang, bear with it in the future. I heard that the resources of Sedna Star and Deep Space Star are about to be exhausted. The leader has formed a star search team. After searching for several years, they have not found a new planet. After that, the resources will not be enough. You have to save some money."

Space City No. 31, Deep Space City.

Deep Space City is a city inhabited by people from deep space, including Xiong Guda.They have lived here since they were released from prison a few years ago and obtained human status.

Deep Space City was built according to the physiological characteristics of people in deep space, and it is quite exotic.Over the years, this place has become a relatively popular tourist attraction. I don’t know how many people come here to experience the life of people in deep space.

There are also some people with more active brains, represented by Niu Jingang and Niu Dali, who even start a business of entertaining tourists, earn a lot of contribution points, and live happily.

Originally, life was so peaceful and beautiful, but with the deepening of resource depletion, there were not many tourists here in Deep Space City, and the living standard began to plummet.

On this day, Xiong Guda gathered all the people from deep space who had been the leaders of these years, and began to discuss something worriedly.

(End of this chapter)