Daming 1805

Chapter 626 Starry Sky (End)

After Zhu Jingyuan made his decision, all aspects of Ming Dynasty took action.

On the one hand, they immediately began to build an unprecedented fleet of spacecraft and built a large-scale mobile residential station above Ganymede.

On the one hand, directly in the name of Zhu Jingyuan, he informed the world that there were still elderly people over [-] years old alive.

Ask them if they are willing to transform into a mechanical body and follow His Majesty the Grand Duke and Emperor into space life to explore the unknown star sea and galaxy.

At the same time, he began to make special bodies for Zhu Jingyuan and the people around him, who were determined to be transformed into mechanical bodies.

Zhu Jingyuan has been dormant these years, and most of his original concubines are also dormant.

The purpose of Zhu Jingyuan's dormancy was to see the future situation of the Ming Dynasty.

But in the eyes of outsiders, this is obviously just waiting for technological progress and looking forward to the opportunity to obtain immortality.

Zhu Jianyan also said at the beginning that when Zhu Jingyuan is old, the situation may change, and there may be a chance to truly live forever.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't care much at the time, but he didn't expect that he would actually get such an opportunity now.

The concubines in Zhu Jingyuan's harem did not want to die early.

If the royal family can provide dormant resources and choices, they are also willing to accept this "welfare" and look forward to rejuvenating in the future.

Subsequent medical and cell surgery technologies have also been continuously updated, allowing them to survive to this day.

This situation is also very common among the people. A large number of aristocratic old people are hanging on to death, waiting for the continued advancement of technology to allow them to continue to live.

Now these people are awakened and ready to replace their mechanical bodies and gain true mechanical immortality.

It's just that as long as you change your body, you have to leave the earth with the Grand Duke and Emperor.

After listening to her father's arrangement, Judy Lan no longer wanted to stay on Earth and decided to go to space with her father.

Zhu Xianzhan also wanted to follow his father and grandfather, but was stopped by Zhu Xianzhan.

Let him continue to sit on the earth for a while and wait until he is at least 120 years old before changing his mechanical body.

Then he led the next generation to replace the old man with a mechanical body and chased Zhu Jingyuan's first exploration fleet.

It was early March in the year [-] of the Imperial Calendar.

Preparations for the large-scale consciousness transfer project in Yingzhou Laboratory are completed.

The mechanical bodies of Zhu Jingyuan and other important personnel have also been formally constructed and inspected.

After Zhu Jingyuan received the news, he first arranged his "future affairs" before officially leaving for the Yingzhou Laboratory.

After his consciousness is transferred, he should be regarded as dead in the clan and the court.

Your tablet should go directly to the ancestral temple.

He will no longer interfere in any form with the affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

Judy Lan and his own descendants, as well as all other people whose consciousness has been transferred, will be treated according to the same standards.

The remaining body after the transfer of consciousness continues to be stored in a dormant state, but cannot be awakened again.

Until his body officially died and was frozen, he was sent to his imperial mausoleum for burial.

The preservation of other people's bodies is up to them.

May [-], [-] in the imperial calendar.

Yingzhou Laboratory.

Zhu Jingyuan was lying in a specially prepared sleep chamber.

The body is connected with dense special cables.

At the other end of the cable is a body that is very similar to the middle-aged Zhu Jingyuan, and he looks exactly like a real person.

But Zhu Jingyuan knew that it was a completely mechanical structure.

All parts of the body will be directly removed and replaced, and can be directly connected to various mechanical equipment of the Ming Dynasty.

Computers or military equipment or even spacecraft can be operated directly through the consciousness field.

After Zhu Jingyuan expressed that he was ready, the prepared medicine was pushed into his body.

As the medicinal liquid spread in the body, Zhu Jingyuan felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, as if he was feeling sleepy as he was about to enter sleep.

If it is hibernation, after the drowsiness hits, you will want to sleep, your consciousness will quickly blur, and you will eventually lose feeling.

But this time the consciousness was not blurry, but became clearer and clearer.

It seems that I was already very tired and wanted to sleep, but there was something very important that prevented me from sleeping.

There seemed to be some special power surging inside his body.

My body seemed to be bound by something invisible, so my will instinctively wanted to break free.

Zhu Jingyuan remembered the precautions mentioned by the craftsmen, which in this case was to concentrate on willpower.

Then, there seemed to be a slight electric current flowing quickly throughout his body.

The cables on my body seemed to come alive.

Even if I don't need to see with my eyes or use the skin on the surface of my body to sense, I can still feel their presence.

The energy in the body seemed to have found an outlet.

Rush towards those cables.

And his own perception ability also entered the cable with the energy, and flew towards the unknown front.

But energy and perception soon entered a void.

A void where there is nothing.

I can't sense anything here.

But the energy continued to pour outward, toward the void, and then dissipated into the boundless void.

Zhu Jingyuan's consciousness, which was already feeling sleepy, became even more exhausted as the energy passed by, as if he was about to faint.

The craftsmen and doctors waiting nearby looked at the state of Zhu Jingyuan's consciousness field and pressed the button on the device.

Zhu Jingyuan had auditory hallucinations in his ears, as if countless big bells were ringing crazily.

His consciousness slowly became clearer with the sound.

The feeling of wanting to faint is gone.

But my spirit and consciousness felt even more exhausted at the same time.

It seemed as if he had not slept for three days and three nights in a row and had been training in the military camp for three days and nights in a row.

The energy in the body also expanded again, pouring into the void that seemed to have no boundaries at an even faster speed.

But this feeling is unreal.

As time and energy continued to pass, Zhu Jingyuan slowly sensed the boundary of that space.

It’s not like there’s really nothing in the space.

His own consciousness discovered various mechanical structures and discovered a large number of quantum computing nodes.

It seems that I can control them, but they are cold, as if the body is frozen, and there is no response at all.

That space was gradually filled with the energy in his body.

The space of my body and that huge space seemed to be connected together.

The energy flow in the body also began to slow down.

Zhu Jingyuan now fully understood that the empty space was his mechanical body.

I will go there to live in the future.

If Zhu Jingyuan was completely awake, he would have thought of this a long time ago.

But in his current state, Zhu Jingyuan is not thinking with his brain, but using his consciousness field to sense and explore things on his body.

Just like a child confirming what his limbs and facial features are.

Zhu Jingyuan's consciousness field completely covered the mechanical body, and his own consciousness finally realized what it was.

When you realize this, the first stage of consciousness transfer is completed.

Sure enough, Zhu Jingyuan heard the craftsman's voice:

"Your Majesty, your consciousness field has completely covered the mechanical body, and the dormancy auxiliary drug will be injected next. Your Majesty, please prepare to enter hibernation."

Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously moved his mouth to speak, but found that this action seemed extremely difficult.

His lips and tongue seemed to have become unusually heavy, as if they were no longer on his body and were no longer under his control.

Zhu Jingyuan immediately realized that this was also what the craftsmen had said. When the size of the body covered by the consciousness field doubled, the unit energy field naturally became thinner and the control over the original body weakened.

Zhu Jingyuan worked hard for a full minute before he said one word:

"it is good--"

The craftsmen waited for Zhu Jingyuan's personal answer to confirm that Zhu Jingyuan's consciousness was still awake and there was still no obvious damage.

In fact, the medicine has already been prepared.

Now receiving Zhu Jingyuan's response, the craftsmen pressed the button on the operating table, and the machine automatically injected the medicine into Zhu Jingyuan's body.

Zhu Jingyuan once again felt sleepy as never before.

Then consciousness quickly became blurred.

"Finally free..."

Zhu Jingyuan sighed instinctively in his heart, and then completely lost consciousness.

When Zhu Jingyuan woke up again, his consciousness became unusually clear.

Perceptions that had become increasingly blurry became unusually clear.

Although he didn't open his eyes immediately, the general scene around him already appeared in his mind.

These scenes are blurry and gray, but the outlines of various equipment and people can also be seen clearly, as well as relatively obvious details.

Zhu Jingyuan immediately realized that this was the function of the detection equipment on the mechanical body.

When Zhu Jingyuan opened his eyes, what appeared in his mind was an extremely clear but somewhat distorted picture.

Zhu Jingyuan felt an inexplicable spinning feeling, and subconsciously exchanged words:
"come..."

Seeing Zhu Jingyuan's reaction, Emperor Zhu Xianzhan of the Ming Dynasty immediately came over with two young craftsmen to help Zhu Jingyuan:

"Grandpa, be careful..."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, dizziness is normal at this time..."

Zhu Xianzhan and a craftsman helped Zhu Jingyuan sit up on the bed, and another craftsman raised the backrest of the bed so that Zhu Jingyuan could rest on it.

Then the two craftsmen continued to explain the current situation to Zhu Jingyuan:

"Your Majesty, the human visual system is unreal. It is a picture rendered by the brain that makes humans feel natural." Now that the mechanical body has been replaced, a truly real picture can be observed.

“The consciousness still instinctively adapts to the original rendered picture, but instead feels that the current real picture is unreal or even distorted.

“However, this is the result of the transfer just completed and not yet fully adapted.

"Have a short rest and look at pictures from various angles, and you should be able to get used to it."

Zhu Jingyuan indeed felt much better. After regaining consciousness, the distorted and unreal feeling was quickly fading away.

Then Zhu Jingyuan observed the world with a new body with some curiosity.

Sure enough, I soon discovered that the colors and details of what I could see were much richer than before.

Then he soon discovered that his body was obviously full of power and his thinking speed reached an incredible level.

However, I still feel tired, my body feels particularly heavy, and I feel like I want to lie down and continue sleeping.

The craftsman next to him looked at Zhu Jingyuan's reaction and continued to explain and comfort:
"Your Majesty, please relax. After changing your body, your consciousness needs to adapt to the new body, just like a child learning to walk.

“However, adults are much more resilient than children, and the process usually only takes a few days.

“The more important issue is to continue to recuperate mentally in the coming period, mainly through slow exercise and strengthening the consciousness field.

"With a stronger consciousness field, match and control a mechanical body that is far more complex and powerful than the human body."

After all, Zhu Jingyuan is an old man over 100 years old, and he is still the emperor who unified the world. He has seen many situations.

Even without these explanations, I can calm down quickly:

"I understand, don't worry, I will adapt..."

Then Zhu Jingyuan turned his face and looked at the other side of his body.

In the translucent sleeping cabin, a body that could still be considered alive lay quietly inside.

That was my former body, where I had lived for more than 150 years.

Now he is like a cicada without a soul.

Zhu Xianzhan noticed Zhu Jingyuan's gaze and said with an uncertain tone:
"Grandpa...we..."

Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand:
"Follow my arrangements in the capital..."

Zhu Xianzhan could only agree:

"My grandson understands..."

Zhu Jingyuan is conditioning his body in Yingzhou Laboratory and receiving comprehensive testing and maintenance every day.

Observation confirmed that the consciousness field can remain stable and slowly enhance the consciousness field to adapt to the new body.

The mechanical body imitates the human body structure as closely as possible.

At the same time, complex intelligent machines themselves are also designed to imitate living organisms.

There are complete whole-body sensors, as well as systems for maintaining internal and external body temperature.

It also uses many specialized structural designs to achieve some meaningless human actions.

The breathing movement is a warming signal, which will slightly increase the body temperature.

Breathing faster is a cooling signal and causes the body's cooling system to operate more frequently.

But after all, it is a device made of machinery, and its functions are much greater than that of the human body.

Various electronic devices used in human society are completely integrated into such a body.

If you want to take pictures and videos, use your eyes. If you want to record, use your ears. If you want to analyze the smell and air components, you can also use your nose.

If you want to make a call or connect to the Internet, just close your eyes and perform virtual operations through the consciousness field.

Many living habits of the human era will become meaningless after they become machines.

Maybe it has become more convenient, maybe it has no effect.

The more important thing is to accept that you are no longer a human being, but an existence using a mechanical structure to live.

Even if you are still alive, and whether your identity in human society has become a dead person, these are all things that need to be considered and understood.

People around Zhu Jingyuan are also completing body replacements one after another.

Elderly people over 100 years old from all over the world are constantly being sent to Yingzhou Laboratory.

Receive physical examination and conditioning, then prepare to replace the mechanical body.

A month later, on the morning of April [-], Zhu Jingyuan, his concubines and children were walking outside the laboratory.

Chatting with the new rejuvenated body, restoring the family affection that seemed to have been absent for decades.

At the same time, I also enjoy the scenery with a new body and new vision.

At this time, a ship slowly approached from far away and slowly docked at the dock.

After the gangway was set up, one automatic stretcher after another was guided off the ship and then sent into the laboratory behind.

Zhu Jingyuan walked over to take a look, and immediately heard a wave of greetings.

Then suddenly I heard a voice that was particularly old and weak, but also very determined:
"Your Majesty - is it your Majesty -"

Zhu Jingyuan followed the sound and saw an old man with almost only skin and bones shouting in the life-sustaining warehouse on an automatic stretcher.

Zhu Jingyuan walked over and asked:
"Are you... my former subject..."

The old man trembled all over and said:
"Old minister...I am Lin...Lin Zexu..."

Zhu Jingyuan was shocked:
"Old Lin... you are still alive..."

Lin Zexu confirmed Zhu Jingyuan's identity, and became obviously a little excited. He muttered intermittently:

"Thanks to His Majesty's great blessing, I am still alive, and the court will not let me die, haha——

"Your Majesty...for more than a hundred years...has always treated me well. In fact, I...actually died long ago with no regrets...

"However, since His Majesty has a bigger plan, I also hope to do my best for His Majesty.

"I also want to... I also want to go to the sky to see..."

Zhu Jingyuan saw that Lin Zexu was almost dying, so he grabbed his hand and comforted him with a few words:

"Okay, okay...Old Lin Qian is also a good person. He has dedicated his life to the Ming Dynasty and the world for more than a hundred years, haha...

"I will take you with me, I will definitely take you with me, as well as Lao Guan and Lao Niu. Let's go to heaven and fight for another 500 years.

"So stop talking now. If you suddenly die suddenly here, you won't have the chance to leave with me.

"After changing your body, you have plenty of time to talk, so hurry in."

Lin Zexu nodded excitedly:
"I understand...understand..."

Zhu Jingyuan also ordered the people next to him:
"Send him to the intensive care unit quickly, make sure to ensure Lao Lin's safety..."

The people around him immediately agreed and sent Lin Zexu, who was still in high spirits, into the ward.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at Lin Zexu's shadow and subconsciously wanted to sigh.

Then he actually completed the action of sighing.

The sighing action of this mechanical body is designed as a signal to actively cool down the gas.

In the following days, Zhu Jingyuan often walked on the island where the laboratory was located to see the old people who were sent here.

Speak to people who have had an impression and let them feel at ease to get tested.

I made an appointment to live in space in the future.

Zhu Jingyuan actually wanted to visit other areas of the earth.

But considering my own identity and considering that I have completed the physical transformation.

In order to stick to his own ideas, he continued to stay on the island where the laboratory was located.

This life lasted for nearly seven years.

At the end of 1970 in the year [-] of the Emperor's Gregorian calendar, the large spacecraft and the Ganymede residential station were basically completed.

Zhu Jingyuan took his wife, concubines, and children, as well as his old ministers, friends, and relatives who were still alive, and took a space plane into space.

Zhu Jingyuan's current mechanical body was designed with the need for direct movement in space in mind.

In theory, there is no need to wear protective clothing and it can be directly exposed to space.

However, in order to facilitate activities and avoid unnecessary problems, the simplest protective equipment will still be worn.

It just doesn't need to be as complicated as humans, it looks like ordinary training uniforms.

Coupled with a small-scale external propulsion device, it can move freely in space within a certain range.

After Zhu Jingyuan entered space, he left the spacecraft with a large group of family members and subordinates and auxiliary thrusters controlled by his consciousness.

Everyone was floating in space, circling the earth.

For the first and last time, the shape of this mother planet that gave birth to life was observed and recorded "with my own eyes" from space.

From now on, everyone will continue to stay away from this home.

After drifting around the earth, everyone returned to the spacecraft again and joined the large spaceship that was ready.

I spent the New Year of 1970 on February [-], [-], on a spaceship close to the earth.

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month of 1970, the first working day, the spacecraft's engine was officially started and headed for the orbit of Jupiter hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

In the next few decades, the mechanical Ming Dynasties headed by Zhu Jingyuan will live around Jupiter.

The mechanically constructed body no longer needs human food at all. As long as there is enough energy, it can survive forever.

Before technology enters a state of extreme mass consumption, the energy of human society is temporarily almost unlimited.

The maintenance materials required for the mechanical body are mainly several metals and some polymer materials.

Jupiter's moons are rich in hydrocarbons, which can be used as raw materials for synthesizing polymer materials and supplementing the maintenance materials of the mechanical Ming Dynasty.

The required metal raw materials can be obtained from the asteroid belt.

In this way, the mechanical body of the residential station in Jupiter's orbit basically does not need any supplies from the earth and can basically operate independently.

However, the Jupiter resident station will continue to keep scientific research information synchronized with the Earth.

The common scientific research goals of both parties have been focused on continuing to increase the speed of spacecraft and looking for technologies that can span long time and space.

No need to get those super sci-fi natured hyperdrives.

As long as the speed of the spacecraft can reach one-tenth the speed of light, Zhu Jingyuan will officially set sail.

Embark on a journey to the distant sea of ​​stars.

"Complete Book"

(End of this chapter)