Era future

Chapter 4

At this time, Luo Ting finally calmed down and took a rough look around.

"Wait for me? What are you waiting for me to do?"

This is a separate room.It is rectangular in shape and the room is very clean and tidy. The only furniture that can be seen is a single bed under Luo Ting. It is guessed that it is made of one-piece metal.

There were no bedside tables, no rugs, no overhead lights, and there seemed to be nothing but the bed.

Not even... not even a door.

At the end of the room on the left is a huge transparent section, which should be floor-to-ceiling glass. There is another space outside the section, covered with green plants.There is light shining through the green leaves.

There are no light fixtures in the room, but this does not create shadow areas.The wall surface of the room evenly emits warm white weak light, and the light intensity is between bright but not dazzling.

Luo Ting's body senses have recovered their ability to perceive, and her skin can evenly feel the warmth that penetrates her body.The temperature in the room was very comfortable. If she hadn't just rested and was now full of energy, she would have wanted to have another good sleep.It's so comfortable.

The two people's attention has been focused on Luo Ting. This room may be unfamiliar to Luo Ting, which makes her feel novel.It seems that they have become accustomed to it, and it can be seen through their unbiased eyes that these scenes are not as interesting to them as Luo Ting.

"The celebration is about to begin, and the citizens have gathered in the square. They all want you to see them."

Luo Ting couldn't help but smile, "Are they very special?"

The woman in white shook her head, "It's not special."

"Tell me your name first, okay? It makes communication easier. I can't just call you girl."

The woman in white replied calmly: "Zhao Xiaoqian, actually you don't need to know my name, because you won't stay here long."

She has long straight white hair, long eyebrows like willows, starry eyes, straight bridge of nose, and small cherry mouth.The lower jaw is very sharp and the head is a little long.Wearing a white lab coat, what cannot be concealed is her proud chest which is wider than her back.He is very tall, measured at 190cm, and is 25 years old.

She has a cold personality, is she... a cold girl?

On the other side, the young woman in pink clothes was obviously not so cold.

"My name is Yu Yangfen, you can call me Xiao Fenfen."

Without waiting for Luo Ting to ask, she stretched out a fleshy palm and wanted to shake her hand.

This young woman in pink clothes has a loli face that is half cute and half playful. She is very cute.

Compared with the woman in white, her personality is much more cheerful and lively.

The woman in pink clothes has a small and cute appearance. Her short and medium-length black shoulder-length hair is parted to both sides, revealing her full forehead. There is also a large pure pink bow tied on top of her head.

Her face is a bit chubby, her big round eyes are blinking, her nose is slightly pink, her plump mouth is playful, and her round ears are cute.

The arm that extends out is also fleshy and should be very soft when pinched...

Luo Ting naturally lowered her eyes.

What she wore on her feet was actually a pair of black high-heeled shoes. The straps of the high-heeled shoes encircled her ankles above the ankles, highlighting the snow-white skin that extended to the top of her thighs.

Taking another look, I visually measured my height at 183cm, and with the height of my heels included, I was shorter than myself...

Luo Ting is 187cm tall, which makes her considered one of the taller women in the 28th century.

From the sound of the voice, the young woman in pink is under 20 years old. It seems that she will be taller than she is now.

I saw the slightly curly hair swaying back and forth on the shoulder collar of the woman in pink clothes as she turned her head, which was full of spirituality.

She is wearing a knee-length light pink women's gown.The long gown is slightly different. Two arcs are drawn outwards from the chest down, and naturally open, exposing the front of the waist.

In the long gown, the upper body is covered with a short white lining, which just covers the round chest and covers all the way to the navel.Right next to her belly button, there was a dark brown silk skirt with side slits at the waist. The corners of the skirt did not cover her pink knees.

Yu Yangfen and Luo Ting's apprentice looked somewhat similar. Luo Ting was very happy to reach out her right hand and gently hold the plump and delicate hand.

After shaking hands, Yu Yangfen looked cheerful, as if the person who shook hands with her just now was not Luo Ting, but a top celebrity.

"Since there's nothing special about them, why do I have to go see them?"

"I still don't know why I just woke up from hibernation now. There must be many things I don't know about it. Since you can't tell me, I think I'd better figure out my situation first."

Luo Ting made a move to get up and leave. When she looked down, she found that she was naked and had no clothes on. She was only wrapped in this white sheet.

So he raised his head and asked a little embarrassedly, "Can you lend me some clothes first?"

When Yu Yangfen saw this, he covered his mouth with his little hand and said with a smile:
"The clothes are on you, you can have as many sets as you want."

Luo Ting lowered her head and checked again. It was clear that there was only a beige and white sheet!

Luo Ting couldn't help but feel a little confused...

"Senior, I know you are in a hurry, but please don't be anxious yet."

Seeing this, Luo Ting had no choice but to lean back on the bed and wait for an explanation.

Yu Yangfen glanced at Zhao Xiaoqian to one side, then turned back to Luo Ting, winked slightly, stuck out her tongue playfully, and continued: "Today is New Year's Day, and it is also the 2000th anniversary of the founding of the Interstellar Alliance! It is also the [-]th anniversary of the founding of the Interstellar Alliance! It is also the [-]th anniversary of the founding of the Interstellar Alliance in human history. A grand celebration for the debut of the first lightspeed spaceship, the Far Star!!”

Yu Yangfen was talking happily and excitedly, and his voice was almost fanatical.

Luo Ting's childhood fantasy of traveling across the sea of ​​stars and traveling between different planets in the future suddenly appeared in her mind. Could it be a dream?She murmured, "Far Star..." The most landmark light-speed spaceship in the history of human civilization was built just like this?She couldn't believe it.

Originally, I felt that Yu Yangfen's almost crazy excitement was a bit exaggerated, but now just listening to this piece of breaking news, my heart was beating faster unknowingly, and it seemed to be non-stop.If this continues, Luo Ting is worried that she will die of madness, but the excitement in her heart never dissipates.

Just listening to it made me secrete a lot of adrenaline. If I saw this, why would I kneel down tremblingly on the spot?

But I wonder how ordinary people can easily see with their own eyes the most important and cutting-edge technological invention that has attracted worldwide attention in human history.

I am so exhausted that I look at the images...

"Are you lying to me?" Luo Ting asked with a solemn expression. After all, if such news was told in a commonplace way, anyone would be suspicious.

Hearing this, Yu Yangfen was out of breath and looked like he was out of breath. He smiled bitterly and said, "How could I lie to you?"

Zhao Xiaoqian, who was standing with her arms folded, also interjected at this time: "She didn't lie to you. The light speed spacecraft has really been invented. There is no doubt about it."

When Zhao Xiaoqian said this, her expression was still neither cold nor indifferent, but it was more solemn.After hearing these pertinent words, Luo Ting chose to believe it.

But she still insisted that seeing is believing, not because she wanted to see it with her own eyes, but only for the sake of their credibility.

Luo Ting thought seriously, and agreed seriously with her own thoughts in her heart: Just one word, great...

After thinking about it, Luo Ting asked kindly:

"So, how much does this have to do with my problem?"

Zhao Xiaoqian thought about it carefully and said solemnly: "It doesn't matter, it does matter."

"Of course it does matter!" Yu Yangfen quickly corrected loudly,

Then he looked mysterious and asked, "Senior, do you want to know how the Interstellar Alliance came about?"

Luo Ting smiled crookedly and continued: "I don't want to!"

"Don't be such a spoiler. Let me tell you, the answer to your question is hidden in the origin of the Star Alliance."

The Interstellar Alliance, referred to as the Star Alliance, was founded in AD 2736.At that time, Luo Ting happened to be working on an experimental project and was in hibernation, so she didn't know.

The establishment of the Star Alliance can also be called the fragmentation of human society...

In 2735 AD, hibernation technology officially appeared. This was a major scientific and historical event that no one knew about.

But just about a year and a half later, another less dramatic thing quietly happened...

As we all know, energy is the number one issue in the world of material civilization, and it is also a difficult problem faced by human society as it continues to develop and grow.

From firewood in the early days, to coal in the ancient Middle Ages, to oil in the last century, and finally to light energy, hydrogen energy, new energy and fission nuclear thermal energy in the early modern period, the energy methods of human society are constantly changing and developing. .

The only reason for the change is insufficient energy. Low-yield energy and limited energy sources are not enough to adapt to the rapid development of early modern times.

Whether in terms of life, production, scientific research, literary research, or the most basic level of survival, sufficient energy has always been a luxury that human society is endlessly exploring and searching for.

However, there is one thing that can change the entire energy shortage situation. This technology has been around since before humans were born and the beginning of the universe.

That is - nuclear fusion!

Nuclear fusion is also an important way for all stars to convert matter in the universe into energy, and of course it is also the main way our sun emits light and heat.

Fusion of light nuclei can release four times the energy of fission of heavy nuclei and produces almost no harmful radiation.Compared with fossil energy, the energy produced by 4 kilogram of fusion fuel is equivalent to the energy released by the combustion of 1 kilograms of standard coal, which is approximately 3200 trillion joules.

The reaction substrate for fusion is deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen. Each liter of seawater contains approximately 30 milligrams of deuterium.

The deuterium contained in the seawater on the earth alone is enough for a society with stable development for tens of billions of years, and for a society with rapid development, it is also enough for hundreds of millions of years.

And the solar system is more than just the earth, there are oceans...

As long as nuclear fusion technology is unlocked, the biggest shackles of human society will be broken, and the shackles that restricted people in early society will also be removed.

Creating the "sun" has become a Long March-level marathon in the field of scientific research and even in the entire society.

And the people who were gradually exhausted in this top-notch long-distance race seemed to have seen the end in June 2736...

In June 2736 AD, the deep space laboratory nuclear fusion reactor located in the near-fire space of Mars operated for more than 6 minutes, and the operation process was stable.

At this point, a duel between the two planets broke out.

A war broke out between the "Mars Chief Engineer", the actual force leading the Martian society, and the Earth International, which led the development of the Earth.

The space war lasted for four years before both sides called it quits.

After that, with Mars as its core territory, the Interstellar Alliance was established!
"Two thousand years later, today's Star Alliance has developed a light-speed spacecraft, and nuclear fusion has become history. Now we are about to set foot in the wider starry sky and deep sea, and the original competition for resources has become history."

Yu Yangfen and Zhao Xiaoqian intertwined their narratives.Yu Yangfen held his hands behind his back and said with a look of sadness on his face:
"The people of the Star Alliance today are eager to be forgiven! In return, they will lead the entire human society into a deeper realm..."

The surroundings returned to tranquility, and Luo Ting could not calm down for a long time...

(End of this chapter)