Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Villa on the outskirts of Jinling, in the study of the Ark family.

A unique space station is suspended in a light blue holographic beam. Unlike the shape of the Skyboat and Atlantis station, which is like a spindle pointing to the center of the Earth, it extends four thick cantilevered arms to the outside side, and the outside of the cantilevered arms are connected by an arcuate structure.

If the void between the arcuate structures is ignored, the entire outermost structure looks like a closed loop.

And at this moment, the ark sitting in the study is staring meticulously at the three-dimensional composition that is suspended in the holographic beam, calculating what, and carefully adjusting the parameters of the components.

He walked into the study with his coffee and looked at the owner who was concentrating on his work. Little Ai approached the past and asked curiously.

“Master, what is this? (• ̀ ∀ • ́) ”

Upon hearing the inquiry from Little Eckey, the Ark responded casually.

“The station, or, to be precise, the head of the space elevator. ”

Earlier in Shanghai, he understood that the progress of the entire space elevator project was not as optimistic as Li Guangya said, and everything was under control.

After leaving the Orbital Design Institute of the Pan-Asian Academy of Sciences, he went to the East Asian Institute of Heavy Industries and Aeronautics to learn about the work of the relevant units of the entire space elevator project and finally came to a conclusion:

The problems encountered by East Asian electricity are also reflected in large enterprises and institutions such as East Asian Heavy Industries and the Pan-Asian Academy of Sciences, although there is probably less external interference, and the latter is far less wealthy than the former, to a lesser extent.

It seems that when society develops to a certain extent, the trap of prosperity is almost inevitable.

At the dawn of this era, the Ark also questioned plans to reinforce the future, why send the industry elites from the depression of the 1950s to a distant future and expect them to glow with heat as “antiques", but now it does not seem to be so useless.

While it has indeed proved impossible to expect the future to be governed by the ancients, with power, knowledge and assets likely to shrink under the baptism of time, in a sense, those who reinforced themselves from that era did mitigate to some extent the effects of the prosperity trap.

Of course, while the situation is more serious than expected, there is nothing to be optimistic about.

At least East Asian Heavy Industries' strong industrial capability really opened his eyes to scholars from the 21st century, as well as the accumulation of engineering research in the Institute of Orbital Design and the Institute of Space Research, laid a considerable foundation for the technological realization of space elevators.

In relative terms, he had to give up the idea of "being a handshake, handing over the whole project to someone else”.

Otherwise, for 10 or 20 years, the space elevator will not necessarily see a shadow.

Just as the ship refocused its attention on the model in the holographic beam, it suddenly sneezed without warning.

“Who's thinking about me...”

Rubbing his nose with an extended hand, the ark whispered and was heard by Ai, who was standing next to him and had not yet left, immediately and enthusiastically interjected.

“Of course it's Em! Only Em thinks of her master all the time! (ω)”

“Yes, yes. ”

Egg's teasing has become commonplace. The ark flashed back and glanced at the inbox. He actually saw an unread email in it, so he lit his index finger up and down.

Soon, a light blue photoparticle change followed by a greeting card-like email appeared in front of him.

[Thank you for your trust in me and reward, this huge sum… it took me awhile to decide how to use it until recently. I intend to travel around the world with my apprentice and it will take about two months for me to come back and if you need any modifications during this time, I will entrust my friend with the modification service.

The attachment is a selfie by the beach, although the ark is not interested in men's selfies.

Around the beginning of the year, he asked the guy named Han Ming to do himself a favor. Although he was overpaid by Little Egg Trench himself, he promised that the Ark would not regret anything.

Anyway, money is just a number that doesn't surprise him.

After reading the mail, the Ark threw it into the trash and threw it behind its head and refocused its attention on the model at hand.

Yet Em, standing beside her, revealed her envious eyes.

“That's great, Em wants to travel around the world with her master. (´ ◔ ‸ ◔ `) ”

Ark: “I prefer to be alone in a quiet place, drilling on issues of interest to me, rather than going on a trip. ”

Em: “Eh, but research can always be done. (๑ ° ⌓ ° ๑)”

“Theoretically, yes… well, I just don't quite understand what it means to go somewhere just to see. ”

“But the master is going to leave, aren't you going to leave some memories? (´ ◔ ‸ ◔ `) ”

The index finger on the holographic screen suddenly paused and the ark, which stopped the motion on its hand, was silent for a while, then looked at Em unexpectedly.

“How do you know? ”

Frankly, he did come up with this idea more than once, and even in a sense, the last time he went back to Princeton was for a similar reason.

With the completion of second-generation controllable fusion and closer proximity to the all-discipline LV10, he felt a growing sense of alienation between himself and the real world.

Not because of the generational trenches, but because of what.

Instead, a premonition in the middle of nowhere tells him that he, with endless time, will be led by destiny to a very distant place where he will eventually return.

Xiao Ei: “Xiao Ei can't make it clear, but the master said it a long time ago, you want to go to Tiankura 5 to see it? And... second-generation controllable fusion is what this is all about. ”

Perhaps you don't know what kind of emoticon to use to make it more appropriate. In Em's pupil, there is rarely a floating string this time.

Faced with the holographic image in his hand, the ark silenced for a long time and suddenly said.

“… would you go with me if I were going somewhere far away? ”

Em: “Of course! Whether the owner is going to the center of the galaxy or the edge of the universe, Em will be with him! (๑ • ㅂ •)✧"

Though it was an unexpected answer, hearing the subsequent ark made me feel slightly warm.

With a smile on his face, the ark extended its hand and rubbed it over his head.

“Always with me, you can't get advanced artificial intelligence. ”

Em: “Humph, that's hard to say. (ω)”

It is true that the future is unpredictable.

All he can do is grasp it now.

Finished calculating the last parameter, looking at the holographic blueprint of the formed space station suspended in the palm of his hand, the corner of the ark held a smile.

It's done!