Will the out-of-control servitor meet the cosmic cat?

When did she find out?

How much does she know?

Will she know about Xi'er?Will she think I'm biased?

It's okay not to say this, but as soon as he said it, Hong began to think about these things uncontrollably.

Could it be that Bai's mood has already become turbulent under Bai's seemingly calm appearance?Yes, how can a child be happy when his parents love his sister more than himself?

Hong began to think hard, whether she still had any flaws to reveal.

"It's all right now, make trouble for yourself."

Hong vowed never to tell such a lie again—it was really a wrong step, a wrong step.Clarify the matter earlier, at most it will be a little uncomfortable at the beginning, but you don't have to worry about it for so long like now.

Hard to top.

However, apart from this incident, other things have progressed quite smoothly, beyond imagination - the first batch of the fleet was delivered on time, the second batch is under construction, the colony is booming, the initial completion of self-sufficiency is not to mention, the development The best Devo III planets have even begun the initial work on building the orbital skyhook.

At the same time, thanks to the relatively close distance of the inner ring planet, the construction of the giant orbital solar power generation device has also begun. After completion, it will provide massive and extremely cheap power for the future Skyhook and giant orbital shipyard projects, getting rid of the capacity of the parent star. Restrictions, to achieve all independent production except for a very small number of precision equipment.

This will be a milestone. The Catus civilization has finally stepped out of its home planet and settled its bases on other planets. Its anti-risk capabilities and war potential have doubled.

As for the Universal Particle Accelerator, there is no major problem. Originally, Hong thought that the project volume would be three to five times larger than the plan. After all, this is a fine tradition of particle accelerator construction. If the budget does not double, it can be called a big project.

I really thought that the budget reported below was the final budget. I was thinking too much.

Who would have thought that it would only increase by less than 50%—compared with its predecessors, this is too little, so little that it is unexpected. Although it will take at least three to five years before the completion of construction, the cost is basically It has been fixed, and it is difficult to make any major changes.

This is great news, which means that Hong can use the originally reserved production capacity to build some other facilities to further increase her scientific research capabilities.

"The future is in your hands!"

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Volume 16 Cats and Space: Chapter [-] Misunderstandings Cleared

A cargo ship with a length of nearly 1000 meters slowly left the port. Its huge size even blocked the sunlight for a while, covering the entire space station in shadow. The delivery ship from Catus was big.

After all, in the initial stage, there is no way to be simple.

"This planetary system is still too barren."

Red summed it up like this.

This barrenness is not in the sense of life, because there are actually three living planets in the seven planets of the Devo planetary system, and even two of them gave birth to intelligent life, and they entered the universe almost at the same time. According to the judgment of the universe, life is considered to be a fairly common thing—the theory of the great filter caused by this will not be discussed for the time being, but at least it shows that the life in the Devo planetary system is still very rich.

This barren refers to resources, or in other words, the difficulty of resource development.

Needless to say, the outermost planet No. [-] has a revolution period of more than six years, plus a super high orbital inclination, which directly condemns its utility value to death. If you want to develop this planet, it is better to go to No. [-] planet, at least from Get closer.

The revolution period of the innermost planet No. 800 is even more extreme. It is only 2.8 million kilometers away from Devo, and its revolution period is only [-] days. The ground temperature basically cut off Hong's idea of ​​developing it at low cost.

Although No. 1300 is not far away, only 6 million, and the revolution period is only 200 days, but the temperature has dropped rapidly to about [-] degrees, and its planet is small, and the cost of breaking through the gravitational well is much lower. The planet with the lowest cost to enter orbit.

It is even feasible to build the "orbital elevator" that Catus once imagined on this planet. It is only one-third of the radius of Catus and the faster rotation (meaning a lower synchronous orbit), making Its material science requirements have dropped to an acceptable level.

Moreover, because it is very close to the star, although its metal content is not as good as that of the innermost planet No. [-], it can still be called extremely rich.Therefore, this planet is the top priority in Hong's future planning. As long as there is enough time, it has the potential to become the most industrially capable planet in the entire star system—of course, that will be a long time later. the future.

Similarly, there is Planet No. [-], which has a smaller mass, faster rotation, and high metal content, all of which are very suitable for development. However, it has the same problem as Planet No. [-], that is, it is difficult to develop minerals—Planet Geology tells us that many high-quality and high-content minerals need the help of atmospheric, oceanic and biological factors to form minerals.

However, it does not have these two planets, which makes it difficult for Red to mine high-quality minerals quickly and in large quantities in a short period of time. In other words, they need a longer development time.

As for planet No. [-], its metal content is also very high, and it has an atmosphere and primitive life. Except for the lack of liquid water ocean, it seems that the conditions are better than the other planets, but in fact, this planet is the red planet. The most annoying planet.

"Bai, let me tell you why it is difficult to develop planet No. [-]?"

After talking for a long time, Hong suddenly asked a question—after a long investigation and confirmation of its safety, Hong finally gave Bai and a very small number of qualified Jeffreys the right of residence. Although it is not a full citizenship, it also means that They can listen to some unclassified information.

Of course, in theory, Catus people with full citizenship rights would not be able to hear it. For now, only Xier is entitled to obtain all the confidential information—even the artificial intelligence she released does not have this right.

"The surface gravity is 18 meters per second, the escape velocity is 21 kilometers per second, and the rotation period is 7.1 days. In addition, the atmosphere is thick, water vapor and carbon dioxide cause a serious greenhouse effect, high heat, high gravity, and harsh environment, which together lead to the development of the third planet difficulty."

Although Bai always looks pitiful in front of her, when answering such questions related to the knowledge she has learned, Bai's character suddenly becomes confident-this also causes other members of her race to be very confident. I think she is a genius with a strong character and a superior IQ.

Coupled with her superb social skills and beautiful appearance, she is very popular among her partners. Guanghong witnessed no fewer than five confessions, and there could only be more when Hong was not around.

By the way, the adopted Jeffrey cubs on this boat are all female.

"What about the advantage?"

"There are biological and atmospheric mineralization, and high-quality minerals are relatively rich. Two small satellites suitable for building orbital skyhooks can reduce the consumption of entering and leaving the planetary gravity well to a certain extent."

"That's right, students, switch to the exercise book "Planet Development", pages 1927 to 1945, orbital analysis of the Devo-[-] planetary system, this is your homework today."

Hong nodded, and assigned homework logically.

"Hey, I don't have much homework today. Why don't you go and sit in on the biology class?" "That's you. I took the Preliminary Solution of Orbital Mechanics and Introduction to Space Operations at the same time, and I want to analyze the 47th asteroid belt. Come back quickly." Find a video in the room." "Woooooooooooooooo, why don't you just stay with me..."

Soon, within 2 minutes, only Bai was left in the entire classroom.

"Haven't you already learned all this by yourself, why come to listen to it again."

Hong turned off the display, walked over and rubbed Bai's head, and asked.

"I want to listen to Hong's lectures, but you don't give them often." Bai shook his head, and began to straighten his hair with a resentful expression on his face--I combed it neatly before going out, but she messed it up again, "I don't like those iron hairs. Pida's class, the tone is too blunt."

"..." Hong really wanted to say that that was her lesson too, but she deliberately created a mechanically clumsy look so that other Jeffery cubs could focus on her and create a sense of belonging.

But because Jeffery's hearing is still pretty good, Hong, who was worried about being heard by others, just continued to rub the fox's head: "Take more rest at ordinary times. I heard that you stay up late to study every day. Look at you so sleepy."

"I'm not sleepy!" Bai immediately retorted loudly, before lowering his tone before finishing speaking, "I just want to get a travel permit as soon as possible."

"Then you have to combine work and rest." Hong smiled and objected.

"I just wanted to know that you... no, nothing."

Bai said with a sad expression.

"Well, let's go back to your room." Seeing Bai's appearance, Hong finally made up her mind, "It's time to tell you something."

"No, no, I..."

Bai suddenly fell into a panic. Although she really wanted to know whether Hong loved her or not, it was definitely not now!This clarification makes it clear that it is very likely that Hong will never maintain this superficial relationship like she is now—false happiness, at least it is sweet!

Did I screw up myself?

She was just thinking wildly, and was dragged all the way back to her room by Hong.

"First of all, what I want to say is." Hong held up an index finger, "I lied to you."

It’s over.

Bai feebly grabbed the corner of Hong's clothes, she shouldn't be so pressing, she regretted it, she used to think the truth was very important, but at this moment she understood that she couldn't do without Hong at all.

She should continue to live in this woven illusion.

"please..."

Bai's eyes filled with tears, she tried to redeem herself, but Hong, who thought she had just been hit hard, was cruel and continued.

"I'm not an ordinary artificial intelligence. I'm actually... the mechanical intelligence that rules the entire Catus. This body is me, and those iron lumps are also me. Every consciousness you come into contact with is it's me."

Hong quietly looked at Bai, and seeing her stunned expression, her heart felt like a knife.

But, not to mention, the lie will only get bigger and bigger, and the price of breaking it will be bigger and bigger—she is not a fool, she is familiar with psychology, she fully understands that she has deep trust in herself, and even emotion.Although she didn't know if it was pure love for her mother, or if it was mixed with something else like Xier.

Hanging like this all the time is not good.

"The reason why I have to pretend to you is actually because..." Hong struggled for a long time, and finally, as if resigned to his fate, he spit out the word, "Jealous."

"You have someone who is considered a sister. She is a Catus, and she feels a little too dependent on me-so, she is a little jealous of the things that you have taken a lot of attention from."

"I'm sorry, although you are my son, but after all, Jeffrey..." Hong still chose to say these things that must never be said to other Jeffreys, because she really didn't want Bai to be here. She was getting deeper and deeper.

"The priority is not as high as that of Katus."

"sorry."

"So, do you see me as a cub?"

"Yes."

"So you, do you really love me?"

Hong, who didn't know Bai's extremely excited mood at all, thought she had been hit by the truth, hurriedly hugged her when she heard this, and comforted her:

"Why not! I know you think I'm biased, but I really love..."

Before she finished speaking, Hong saw Bai raised her head with tears in her eyes.

"Is that why you didn't sue me because of this crap!" This is the first time Hong has taken care of her for so many years, and it's the first time I've seen Bai speak in such a strong tone, "It's just because of this reason!"

Hong was about to explain, but heard an answer that shocked her.

"Who cares!" Bai's emotions were very agitated. For her with excellent qualities, this was a very unimaginable thing-it proved from the side that Bai was usually afraid of losing popularity, "I thought you Don't love me at all!"

"How is this possible!" Hong also retorted loudly.

"Then just say it straight! It made me so scared, woo woo woo..."

Bai buried his head in Hong's arms, and wiped his tears everywhere.

"I didn't think you would be dissatisfied with my partiality..." Affected by emotions, Hong's voice became smaller and smaller, after all, she just didn't care about this matter.

After crying for a long time, Bai finally managed to stabilize his emotions—the panic accumulated for many years turned out to be nothingness, it was purely because the mechanical intelligence that couldn't get over his head couldn't figure it out, from losing everything a few minutes ago to now With everything, the ups and downs of life are nothing more than that.

eccentric?Maybe others care, but she doesn't.

"From now on, you are not allowed to lie to me like this. I know I am Jeffrey, and I don't want to argue with the Catus people. I understand everything, and I don't care." Bai raised a finger, vaguely Can hear crying, "OK?"

"Okay, okay, I will definitely not lie to you."

Hong agreed.

Things ended satisfactorily, a world where no one got hurt, achieved.

"Red?" Bai suddenly said.

"what happened?"

"If I were from Catus, would you like me more?" Bai gently fiddled with the thread on the red clothes, not knowing what he was thinking, "There is no need to compare with that person, I Just say, if it is, will it be better than now?"

"to be frank."

Lying at such a time is purely asking for trouble, Hong had no choice but to admit: "Yes, but Jeffrey can't become..."

"What if there is such a technology in the future?"

Bai finally said the question he had been thinking about for many years, but never dared to ask.

"If you want, when the time comes, you can."

Hong didn't say anything else. At this time, Bai only needed the most direct answer. It's useless for her to say more about risks—because the facts are true, and she is more inclined to the Catus people.

Hearing a satisfactory answer, Shiro finally smiled.

"Love you."

Volume 17 Cats and Space: Chapter [-] Across the Galaxy

"So, this is your defense?" Xi'er flipped through Bai's file, her ears fell limply, "I knew there would be such a day."

"Then, do you agree?"

"What if you don't agree." She put the portfolio on the table helplessly, "Do you want any machine you control to stay away from her, or can you drive her out of Katus?"

"What's more, I completely understand why she is so obsessed with you, you say yes, Miss Central Air Conditioning."

"Uh, how can you say that, I obviously..."

A rush of sirens interrupted what she wanted to say next, and almost at the same time, all the bases were enveloped in an alert composed of triple beeps—this is the second-level alert only for direct nuclear strikes !

In order to maximize the reaction speed, the triggering of this alarm does not require Red's permission and confirmation, which means that the next moment the alarm sounds, Hong knows what happened.

"Unknown phenomenon, ring card synchronous orbit, the fleet is being mobilized!" Hong activated the emergency measures with lightning speed, and at the same time quickly told Xier the first-hand news, "Enter the nuclear bunker!"

Thousands of kilometers away, the Jeffery Learning Base also received an alarm at the same time. They were awakened from their sleep and rubbed their eyes in confusion - years of stable life had made them lose their previous vigilance. When they first came to Catus, they had already jumped out of bed.

But soon, some people who came to their senses ran to the underground passage. As for those who hadn't reacted, Hong also had a clever plan.

"go!"

The robot originally used to maintain the internal facilities drifted over, picked up the cubs who seemed to be dazed, and drove quickly to the underground bunker.