Global Racing Competition
The controversy surrounding the opening of Life Elixir gradually subsided after the expanded meeting concluded and relevant regulations were formulated. In the coming period, various management agencies will also strive to popularize the new regulations to all sectors of society.
As mentioned before, the new regulations do indeed undermine the principle of equality for all beings to some extent. However, even though the Buddha said all beings are equal, there has never truly been equality among all beings. In terms of humanistic and moral concepts, I'm afraid of censorship, so I dare not discuss this topic any further.
In short, after experiencing this incident and with the new government's vigorous promotion of spiritual civilization, the entire Wandering Civilization society soon showed a thriving scene.
Countless people who were originally indulging in pleasure due to the emergence of Strong Artificial Intelligence and the arrival of an era of material abundance are gradually restraining themselves, setting goals for themselves, and striving to become a cog in the machine of the entire group's development.
Several years later...
It was an ordinary day when Yue Yuan's office welcomed an ordinary person. She had long, jet-black hair. As soon as she entered, she opened her sexy red lips and said, "Commander Yue, this is information from the Crimson Flame Civilization Database. You should have seen it before. Everyone was discussing whether or not to try their luck."
"What is the Armed Forces Department's suggestion?" Yue Yuan looked at the visitor and waved to the service robot in the office, giving it a command to make tea.
Yue Yuan has more than one office. Besides a zero-gravity office in the Lyra Command Center, he also has one in the living quarters. Obviously, the one where he can make tea is the office in the living quarters, which is in a simulated Gravity Environment.
This office is only about 20 square meters, not very big, and the environment is also quite ordinary, similar to the offices of some company chairmen. Obviously, this is not a specially decorated place, but the result of a unified plan when the spaceship was being produced.
After being used as Yue Yuan's office, it underwent no special renovations, which to some extent suggests that Yue Yuan lacks talent in interior design. Of course, it is, after all, a Level 3 Civilization, and many of its facilities are still incomparable to those of Earth Era.
It is more automated, with objects based on simple nanodeformation technology everywhere, and there are also highly intelligent humanoid service robots.
"What other opinions could there be? Everyone's been idle for so long, of course they want to try their luck. Hey, they've probably gotten used to wandering around. They've been in this Star System for less than a century, and they're already getting a bit bored. A while ago, some captains even organized a round-the-world race, and many soldiers and mechanical enthusiasts participated!" The newcomer said slowly in a mature, sophisticated voice.
With her mature and sophisticated voice, and her casual demeanor in Yue Yuan's office, her identity was obvious: she was Man Yuemei, the Commander of the Second Fleet. During this period, the fleet had not had any major incidents, so she often came to the Lyra to stroll around.
As she spoke, she sat down at the coffee table, her eyes fixed on the humanoid service robot that was diligently making tea.
Tea was originally used for space plant research during the Callisto Base era. It is the only surviving type of green tea for humankind. After several generations of cultivation, it is now the only tea beverage in human society.
"A global racing competition?" Yue Yuan asked curiously as he sat down, as he rarely paid attention to such matters.
"Just a few days ago, some captains and amateur mechanics, under the guise of mechanical hobbies, developed some Land Vehicle and held a Global Racing Competition on this Rocky Planet. The first prize was a Lake-class starship." Man Yuemei picked up the tea she had poured, smelled it, took a deep breath of the aroma, and then continued to explain to Yue Yuan, "There were about three thousand participants. They designed and modified all the vehicles themselves. It was an all-ground race, entirely manual off-road. Watching them crash was quite interesting. Hmm, they all wore Tactical Armor to participate, so there wasn't much danger."
Yue Yuan: Wearing Tactical Armor's over ten meters long, and then riding in a vehicle at high speed, you can imagine how big the so-called vehicle is. Judging from what Man Yuemei said, it seems to be a mechanically controlled vehicle.
The gravity on this planet is about 0.81g. It's a global off-road race, and judging from the speed, there must be quite a few crashes.
Who won in the end?
"Mechanical Association President Xu Yanxia".
"Oh, is there any footage of the match?"
"It's been sent."
A vehicle that can carry Tactical Armor is over ten meters long must be at least several tens of meters long. Yue Yuan was really curious about what it would be like to see a group of vehicles that are several tens of meters long racing around a planet.
His curiosity was quickly satisfied. In the scene, Yue Yuan first saw a wide, flat area, a desolate landscape. More than three thousand uniquely designed vehicles were lined up on this plain. After the order to start the race was given, they rushed out like wild donkeys and mad dogs.
These vehicles include two-wheeled motorcycles, four-wheeled, six-wheeled, eight-wheeled, and even tracked vehicles. The competition data provided in the footage shows that all the vehicles are powered by Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor. When they begin to accelerate, jets of flame can be clearly seen shooting from their exhaust pipes, demonstrating their truly powerful performance.
After crossing the starting plain, the terrain becomes a variety of different types. Since there are no roads on this planet, there are all sorts of potholes, ravines, cliffs, and towering mountains. The off-road race truly lives up to its name.
The contestants traversed various terrains in different ways depending on the characteristics of their vehicles. When faced with High Mountain, some contestants chose to take detours, while others, relying on the large tires and ample power of their vehicles, chose to accelerate and rush up the mountain. As a result, they made it to the top, but most of them landed in a dog-biting manner, crashing and falling for unknown distances.
Yue Yuan saw an even funnier two-wheeled motorcycle-like vehicle that had flown over the mountains, leaving the driver stranded on the summit. The ridiculous part was that after finding his vehicle again and discovering it was damaged, this guy chose to use the powerful thrust of his Tactical Armor to carry it and continue the race, naturally resulting in his elimination by the rules.
In such competitions, it's not just about the driver's skills, but also the design level of the vehicle, since these competitors know the Gravity Environment and terrain map of the competition venue before the competition starts.
Although it was a spontaneous competition, it was still very meaningful. At least it added entertainment options for people and, to some extent, enhanced the technical accumulation in the field of mechanical structure design.
After watching a short video of the global racing competition, Yue Yuan brought the topic back to the matter of Man Yuemei coming to find him. "Then let's go, it's good to try our luck. After all, wasn't this the original purpose of the Crimson Flame Civilization coming to this star system? Besides, there aren't many Rocky Planet in this Star System, so it's not suitable for us to stay and develop for a long time."
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