The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

4. Break through the universe

A burst of soothing music awakened Tang Xiao from his sleep. He opened his eyes, looked at the surrounding environment as usual, scratched his head, it seemed that he couldn't go back.

[Manager, I'm sorry to disturb you, but there are very important things that need your decision. 】Qi Jian's voice came from the communicator on the side.

Tang Xiao didn't pay attention, just stood up from the bed, went to the bathroom, asked the mastermind to turn the water temperature to freezing again, and then washed his face vigorously.

He supported the sink with both hands, looked up at himself who was pale because of the cold, and clenched his teeth. After a while, he stood up abruptly, put on his clothes, Master! Lead the way, to the bridge!

Manager, I'm sorry to disturb you. When he came to the bridge command center, Qi Jian saluted Tang Xiao respectfully.

Say it.

The engineering team has established two mining stations near the gaseous planet, and sent back two ships of helium-3 and refined them while you were resting. Now we can take off more ships, especially those that need A transport ship that goes back and forth between Planet Dawn and the mothership, Qi Jian said.

continue.

Then...the reconnaissance team has sent back a report and initially selected 17 landing points. We can choose one of them to start the landing. Qi Jian's tone trembled a little at this point, and he opened up an interface for Tang Xiao.

Landing point? Is it necessary to come to me specifically for this matter? Tang Xiao was a little surprised.

Qi Jian replied solemnly, Manager, this first colony is likely to be our capital in the future. I...I dare not make decisions on my own...

Tang Xiao nodded, he raised his finger and was about to click, but saw Qi Jian's complicated eyes.

There was expectation, pride, and a little uneasiness in his eyes. He clenched his fists and trembled slightly, trying his best to control his excitement. Not only him, but everyone else on the bridge.

Tang Xiao's heart trembled slightly, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, 600,000 people...maybe 5 billion more...with a single finger, he will determine their starting point.

He looked at the screen again, and this time he carefully compared the landing points, and the knowledge crammed into his mind gushed out like a floodgate.

Combining the knowledge he had learned, he chose an area surrounded by mountains and rivers and a large grassland, pointing to this place and said to Qi Jian: Just here, the latitude here is moderate, and there are water sources around. There is also an area with a high altitude. The hilly area of ​​more than 1,000 meters is used as the commanding height of defense. First send 20 marines to land, and immediately start the construction of the residential area after deploying the defense line.”

Yes! Manager! This is our first colony! This is our first step towards this universe!! Qi Jian was a little excited, and immediately arranged the work.

After determining the landing point, all aspects of work began immediately. The people in the hibernation warehouse are all experts in various fields, and those clerks have also started to perform their respective functions. Tang Xiao doesn't need to give detailed guidance.

Soon, a transport ship loaded with 20 marines and 50 construction workers took off from the mothership and landed on the Dawn Planet. Marines spread out, fending off wildlife and dropping locator beacons, while construction workers put together their engineering mechanized exoskeletons.

The signal from the beacon is normal. Manager, you can put the mothership into a synchronous orbit. Qi Jian said to Tang Xiao after confirming the signal from the beacon.

Tang Xiao nodded, and said to the operator on the bridge console: Enter the synchronous orbit of the dawn star, and keep the mothership above the beacon at all times. Mastermind, you are here to assist.

【OK. 】

The engine of the mother ship Kushen, which is more than 41,300 meters high, started up again, and the extremely powerful driving force pushed this 370 billion-ton behemoth to start moving forward, continuously descending into the outer gravitational circle of the Dawn star, and then began to maintain the same rotation speed as the planet. speed.

When approaching the orbit of the dawn star, because of the huge mass of the mothership, it even caused several magnitude 3-5 earthquakes and groundwater jets on the surface of the planet.

After entering the predetermined orbit, under the action of the centripetal force and inertia of the planet's rotation, the mothership only needs very little power to maintain navigation. To keep running synchronously with the ground beacon, a hatch in the center of the mothership opens, and then an orbital airborne capsule is launched.

Due to friction in the atmosphere, the disposable orbital airborne capsule began to burn the surrounding air. From the ground, it looked like a meteor falling towards the ground. When it was about to land, the reverse engine of the airborne cabin started, and a raging flame was sprayed towards the ground, helping the airborne cabin to land smoothly.

The construction workers who were already ready went over immediately, opened the airborne cabin, and assembled the modular housing made of ultra-light materials inside. The outer shell of the airborne cabin is the outer wall of the building. In less than 20 minutes, a small two-story building was built.

The mothership continuously airdrops buildings at a rate of one launch every 10 minutes, including housing, solar and wind power generation facilities, and water purification facilities.

Tang Xiao also successively selected some farmers and maintenance workers to wake up among the 600,000 frozen hibernating residents, and then let them land on the Dawn Star in a transport ship. village head. The current small colony with a total of less than one hundred people is indeed a small village.

Once it's started, everything moves in an orderly rhythm. Tang Xiao stretched and stood up, looking at the busy people, his heart was still heavy.

Looking at the vast universe outside the porthole on the other side, Tang Xiao walked over involuntarily, saw the stars that were light-years away, and thought of the inexplicable dream that probably caused him to travel through. He caressed the cold porthole, as if stroking the distant stars, a flame gradually began to burn in his heart.

Returning to his seat, Tang Xiao ordered, Boss, call up the information I need, I have a lot of things to do.

[Okay, manager. 】

He is a little resigned to his fate now, and he also faintly feels that he really seems to be unable to go back. If this is the case, if he continues to be so muddled, then maybe one day when the Star Destroyer arrives, his family will still be poor and empty.

Moreover, after seeing Qi Jian and the others' fanatical and expectant eyes just now, Tang Xiao also understood that he could not let them down, and...if this mothership is really the reward given by the so-called fate...then... …

Tang Xiao sat back on the main seat of the bridge, opened the entry of the colonization plan and began to check. He needed to understand what difficulties he would face and how to solve them. The most important thing he should understand now was how to establish a colony.

In the case of an unknown environment, it is always the best choice to develop rapidly and establish one's own stable power.

Pressing the confusion and uneasiness in his heart, Tang Xiao clicked on an entry of Guidelines for the Construction of Interstellar Colonies, opened the files and looked through them.

His eyes gradually became warmer!

It's mine...it's all mine! That countless technologies! That countless talents! With a foundation like this, I should...

That's right...

I should break through this universe! !

[Attachment 1 of Easter Egg Chapter: Mothership of Homeland]