Voyage of the Stars

Chapter 1 Vast Sea
Clouds are sold out in the rain, and the color is bright in the district.

The setting sun on the horizon reflects the colors of the clouds, and the blue lake reflects the outline of the snow-capped mountains.

The waves caused by the ship brought the tourists who were addicted to the scenery of water and sky back to reality, but the tourists who returned to reality fell into the enjoyment of the rippling blue waves and the gentle breeze.

Sunset, clouds, snow-capped mountains, blue waves, breeze, cruise ship.

Although there are some missing bird decorations, it is still very beautiful. If there were a poet here, he would probably become famous for his poetry. However, there was no such great talent as Li Du among the tourists, so they only started to say "fuck".

So much so that Yue Yuan, who couldn't stand it anymore, had to say a sentence himself to express his inner feelings.

"The lonely smoke in the desert is straight, and the sun is setting in the long river."

The poem is recited, and the scene described in the poem is also very artistic, but it has nothing to do with the scenery in front of me.

No, this immediately attracted countless pairs of surprised glances, as if to say, what kind of bullshit are you moaning about, it's not as good as our shit.

Disgusting.

Many men and women on the ship deck shook their heads secretly. They didn't seem to be particularly shameless enough to come forward to talk to him. After some secret disdain, they continued to appreciate the scenery in front of them.

On cruise ships, most of them are tourists on group tours, so this kind of reaction is normal.

However, there are always surprises in everything. Just as Yue Yuan retracted his distant gaze and turned back to the cabin, a singing voice stopped him in his tracks.

"Good poetry, good poetry. It may seem strange to use Wang Wei's poems to describe the scenery in front of you, but it also evokes the nostalgia of the past. It seems that the handsome guy understands history."

Borrow the past and cherish the past.
It's a strange thing to say, but it hits Yue Yuan's heart. That's exactly what he means.

Looking for the sound, he saw a pretty woman with a delicate expression and a beautiful face standing on the guardrail of the bow of the cruise ship, looking directly at him.

"I understand a little bit, I understand a little bit." Yue Yuan turned around and walked towards the woman, and asked in a greeting manner: "Are you traveling with a group?"

"No, I came here with my classmates. It happened to be a holiday. I thought it would be good to see the famous vast sea, so I came." The woman showed her teeth and smiled sweetly.

It seems that she has an extroverted personality, which may of course be because of Yue Yuan's handsome appearance.

Seeing Yue Yuan, a stranger approaching her, she didn't look shy. Instead, she waved with her little hand as a greeting, and then asked, "Handsome guy with the group?"

"No, I'm going to the snow area. I rarely have a chance to take a look at this vast sea." Seeing the woman's honesty, Yue Yuan also told where he was going, but he didn't say what he was going to do.

After saying that, he walked to the bow side of the ship naturally, put his hands on the railing in the empty space on the right side of the woman, and looked into the distance.During this period, he glanced to the left and made a visual inspection. The woman was a head shorter than him, estimated to be about 1.6 meters.

"What's the girl's name?"

The woman turned around, put her hands on the guardrail, looked at Yue Yuan, blinked and said, "Shouldn't you introduce yourself before asking others?"

"Uh." Yue Yuan paused, looked at those playful eyes, and pretended to cough: "Yue Yuan, the mountain's mountain, the abyss of the abyss."

"Xu Yan's poem, Xu Yan's poem, Xu Yan's poem, Xu Yan's poem, haha!"

The girl named Xu Yanshi showed a smile as if she had succeeded in teasing the handsome guy.Only then did Yue Yuan realize that the girl actually had two shallow dimples on her cheeks.

Xu Yanshi stopped explaining her name. She then stared into the distance and brought the topic back to the vast sea: "I can't believe that this place used to be a desert."

Yes, this place turned out to be a desert, called the Taklimakan Desert, located in the Tarim Basin. It was once the largest desert in the interior.

Hanhai was originally a name for a desert, but now it is used to describe the existence of a large lake, but it is also very suitable.

This great project was also named Hanhai Project.

Fifty years ago, in 50, the country whose industrial strength was once again taking off finally turned its imaginary blueprint into reality and began to implement the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, a version of the Great Western Development, that is, to transfer Tibetan water to Xinjiang.

Divert water from the Brahmaputra River to irrigate the Taklimakan.To this end, the country used absolutely the world's top engineering technology to build a dam on the Brahmaputra River, and then dug multiple sections from south to north, which took more than 30 years to open an ultra-long tunnel that runs through the dam.

The tunnel is more than 1000 kilometers long and 30 meters wide, running from north to south.

Since then, Tibetan water has entered Xinjiang.

This project cost more than 100 trillion yuan, which is more than a thousand times that of the Three Gorges Project in the last century and four hundred times more than the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.However, with the addition of project supporting facilities, the relocation of residents, and the conversion of the original highway in the desert area into a lakebed tunnel, the cost will be higher, but the benefits will be obvious.

The Taklimakan Desert is located in the Tarim Basin. It is surrounded by the Tianshan Mountains, the Kunlun Mountains, and the Altyn Mountains on its north, west, and south sides respectively. The terrain is higher in the west and lower in the east.

Therefore, after Taklimakan became the vast sea, its north, west, and south sides had tall mountains that blocked water vapor and moisture from melting snow. Over the years, a C-shaped oasis was gradually formed at the junction of these three sides with the vast sea.

To the east, due to the prevailing northwest wind, the water vapor is blown eastward, and part of the water vapor is blocked by the Qilian Mountains, causing the Hexi Corridor to receive more precipitation. It has once again turned into the historical Hexi with abundant water and grass that nurtured the people of the Pre-Qin Dynasty. corridor.

The water vapor crossing the Qilian Mountains continues eastward and is blocked again by the Yinshan Mountains and the Helan Mountains, and to the north by the Altai Mountains, thus bringing abundant rainfall to this area.The climate of the Badain Jaran Desert and Tengger Desert located in this area has undergone tremendous changes as a result, and a vast oasis has been formed over time.

In addition, some of the overflowing water vapor also moistened the Loess Plateau, and the water volume of the Yellow River also increased.

Not only that, because the water in the Brahmaputra River has been effectively controlled, Southwest Bengal and other places have been protected from floods during the rainy season, and the Ganges River water has no longer ravaged the third brother. The completion of such a great project is simply a light for mankind.

Of course, it also turned the original desert into a tourist attraction, giving Yue Yuan the opportunity to experience the taste of desert boating.

"This is a great era." Faced with Xu Yanshi's emotion, Yue Yuan replied.

Xu Yanshi's eyes were full of longing, "Yes, I want to work here after graduation."

"Are you a tour guide?"

"How is that possible? I am a graduate student studying biodiversity. I want to start my great career here!"

As climate changes, life will change. This is indeed a good place to study biodiversity and climate issues.

"Just kidding, I wish you success." Yue Yuan blessed, then turned around and said: "Night has fallen, the evening breeze is slightly cool, it is time to go back to the cabin to rest, I am very happy to meet you on this pleasant journey Beautiful Miss Xu, see you later."

Unconsciously, the sky had turned completely dark, the long shawl hair beside him that was blowing in the breeze gradually became blurred, and some neon lights lit up on the ship's plywood.

"Um, see you later." Xu Yanshi said the old farewell somewhat unaccustomedly.

We met by chance, and although the conversation was quite cheerful, there wasn't much interaction right away.

Yue Yuan didn't think too much. He sincerely wished this girl could complete her great career in the future.

Moreover, biodiversity research is a great undertaking, or any research that is useful to society is a great undertaking.

Yue Yuan returned to his own room in the cabin. He did not rush to change clothes and wash up. Instead, he lay down on the soft bed and quietly closed his eyes to rest.

It is now 2108. With diligence and wisdom, the flower-growing people have created the engineering miracle of Hanhai. The completion of this project has made the infrastructure madman a well-known name among women and children around the world.

Yue Yuan was very proud to be born in such a country.

The trip to the vast sea is the first stop on his return trip to Beijing, and his final destination, which he does not disclose casually, is Callisto.

That's where he works, and what he experienced there before is the main reason why he appears on Earth now.

Of course, it was also the place that changed his destiny.

Although humans today have still not mastered controllable nuclear fusion, they have made great achievements in fission technology. Fission rocket propulsion has become fully mature, allowing humans to begin to leave footprints in the solar system.

As a result, the astronaut who planted flowers finally got the long-awaited title of astronaut.

(End of this chapter)