Chapter 1579

In the villa in the suburbs of Jinling, in the study of Lu Zhou's home.

A space station with a unique shape is floating in a light blue holographic light beam. Different from the Tianzhou and Atlantis space stations, the shape of this space station is like a spinning top whose tip is aligned with the center of the earth, with four thick and long cantilevers extending outwards. The outer side of the cantilever is connected with an arc structure.

If the gaps between the arc-shaped structures are ignored, the entire outermost structure looks like a closed ring.

At this moment, Lu Zhou, who was sitting in the study, was meticulously staring at the three-dimensional composition suspended in the holographic beam, calculating something, and carefully adjusting the parameters of each component.

Walking into the study with a cup of coffee, looking at the master who was concentrating on his work, Xiao Ai approached and asked curiously.

"Master, what is this? ()"

Hearing Xiao Ai's curious inquiry, Lu Zhou replied casually.

"The space station, or more precisely, the head of the space elevator."

When he was in Shangjing before, 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 East Asia Heavy Industry and Aviation Science Research Institute 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 Asia Electric Power are also reflected in giant enterprises and institutions such as East Asia Heavy Industries and Pan Asia Academy of Sciences, but probably due to the lack of external interference, and the latter is far less wealthy than the former, to a slightly greater extent Lighten up.

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

When he first came to this era, Lu Zhou also had doubts about the plan to reinforce the future. Why did he send the elites of various industries in the depression period of the 1950s to the distant future, and count on them as "old antiques" Shining and glowing, but now it seems that this plan is not so useless.

Although the facts have indeed proved that it is impossible to expect people in the future to accept the management of the ancients, whether it is power, knowledge or assets may shrink under the baptism of time, but in a sense, the people who came from that era , and indeed alleviated the impact of the prosperity trap to a certain extent.

Of course, although the situation is more serious than imagined, there is still room for optimism.

At least the strong industrial capabilities of East Asia Heavy Industries have really opened his eyes as a scholar from the 21st century, and the accumulation of engineering research by the Orbital Design Institute and the Aerospace Institute has laid a solid foundation for the technical realization of space elevators. big base.

It's just relative, his original idea of ​​"being a hands-off shopkeeper and handing over the whole project to others" probably has to be given up.

Otherwise, if you wait ten or twenty years, the space elevator may not even see its shadow.

Just when Lu Zhou returned his attention to the model in the holographic beam, he suddenly sneezed without warning.

"Who is thinking about me..."

Stretching out his hand and rubbing his nose, Lu Zhou muttered something in a low voice, which was heard by Xiao Ai, who was standing beside him and hadn't left yet, and immediately interjected with great interest.

"Of course it's Xiao Ai! Only Xiao Ai misses her master all the time! (///ω///)"

"Yes Yes Yes."

Being used to teasing Xiao Ai, Lu Zhou replied perfunctorily, took a look at the inbox, and saw an unread email in it, so he clicked on it with his index finger.

Soon, the light blue particles of light changed, and then an email like a greeting card appeared in front of him.

[Thank you for your trust in me and the reward, this huge sum of money... I have been at a loss for a long time, and it was only recently that I made up my mind how to use it. I plan to travel around the world with my apprentice, and it will take about two months to come back. If you have any modification needs during this period, I will entrust my friend to provide you with modification services. 】

Attached is a selfie on the beach, although Lu Zhou is not interested in men's selfies.

Around the beginning of the year, he asked the young man named Han Ming to do him a favor. Although Xiao Ai complained that his salary was too high, Lu Zhou did not intend to go back on his promise.

Anyway, money is just a number that can't bring any surprises to him.

After reading the mail, Lu Zhou threw it into the recycle bin, put this matter behind him, and refocused on the model at hand.

However, Xiao Ai, who was standing aside, showed envious eyes.

"That's great, Xiao Ai also wants to travel around the world with his master. (`)"

Lu Zhou: "Compared to traveling, I prefer to stay alone in a quiet place and delve into issues that interest me."

Xiao Ai: "Oh, but research can be done at any time. (°°)"

"In theory it does...well, I just don't quite see what the point is of going to a place just to see."

"But the master is planning to leave here, isn't he planning to leave some memories? (`)"

The index finger pointing on the holographic screen suddenly paused. Lu Zhou, who stopped his hand movements, was silent for a while, and then looked at Xiao Ai with some surprise.

"How did you know?"

Frankly speaking, he did have such an idea more than once, and even in a sense, the last revisit to Princeton was for similar reasons.

With the completion of the second-generation controllable fusion, he is getting closer and closer to the full subject level LV10, and he feels that the alienation between himself and the real world seems to be getting stronger and stronger.

Not because of the generation gap but what.

It was a kind of premonition that told him that with endless time, he would be brought to a very distant place by fate, and that was his final destination.

Xiao Ai: "Xiao Ai can't tell clearly, but the master said a long time ago that he wants to go to Tiancang Wu to take a look? And... the second generation of controllable fusion is prepared for this."

Perhaps because she didn't know what kaomoji to use, there was a rare string of characters floating in Xiao Ai's pupils this time.

Facing the holographic image in his hand, Lu Zhou was silent for a long time, then suddenly spoke.

"...If I plan to go to a far away place, will you go with me?"

Xiao Ai: "Of course! Whether the master is going to the center of the galaxy or the edge of the universe, Xiao Ai will always be by his side! ()"

Although it was an expected answer, Lu Zhou still felt a little warm in his heart after hearing it.

With a smile on his face, Lu Zhou stretched out his hand and rubbed it on top of its head.

"Always follow me, you can't advance to advanced artificial intelligence like this."

Xiao Ai: "Hmph, that's not good. (///ω///)"

That said, the future is unpredictable.

All he can do is grasp the present.

After completing the calculation of the last parameter, Lu Zhou smiled as he looked at the holographic blueprint of the completed space station suspended in his palm.

Done!