Cars are completely obsolete. Even for short-distance travel within Earth Two, various small and efficient vehicles can completely replace cars. A small, single-person flying vehicle that can be folded and put into a backpack can circle Earth Two in two hours. The small spaceships are mainly used for working trips to other planets or flying in rainy weather.
Now these small spaceships have arrived next to Luo Zhigao 'Luo Zhigao fleet, tightly surrounding it. These small spaceships are going to bring the 10 billion compatriots in the fleet back to Earth Two.
In one of the best locations on Earth Two, countless temporary houses have been erected. In the fleet era, steel is never in short supply. Steel plates are used to directly build houses, as quickly as building with blocks. These houses will provide housing for 10 billion people. Although time is tight, there are many people. Each family is responsible for one house, and everyone works together to decorate the houses to make them warm and comfortable.
When the fleet's hatch opened, even the most worldly-wise people couldn't help but be taken aback. This was hardly a civilian ship; it was practically a cage. The people in Luo Zhigao's fleet were crammed into a box less than 5 square meters in size. The messy space, the crowded passageways, and the strange smells emanating from it all contributed to the shock.
It was initially thought that these hundreds of billions of people would be evenly distributed among these 40 million warships, resulting in only about two hundred people per warship. For warships with an average length of over two thousand meters, two hundred people would be a very spacious number. However, this was not the case. There was no significant difference between civilian ships and warships. They were not built to be particularly large, but they could accommodate a large number of people.
Perhaps this is the unavoidable consequence of constantly facing war. The fewer and less conspicuous the civilian ships, the greater the chance of survival. When Hu Yu started building giant ships like the Deep Blue, which were 30 kilometers long, he suffered a lot because the sailing speed was too slow, constantly holding back the entire fleet. Later, when Earth Two was built, the same thing happened; its speed was only half that of the Wind Master. It wasn't until recently, with the advancement of technology, that the issue of civilian housing stopped becoming a factor hindering the fleet.
Luo Zhigao cannot be like Hu Yu. Hu Yu is more emotional and does not want to see people suffer. For this reason, he spent time building various entertainment facilities in Tau Ceti to help people relieve stress. Luo Zhigao, on the other hand, focuses more on results. To achieve his goals, he is willing to make appropriate sacrifices. Moreover, Hu Yu has only clashed with three or four civilizations in recent years, while Luo Zhigao has fought more than ten times as many battles as Hu Yu. Between comfort and survival, Luo Zhigao can only choose survival.
Those who came to greet them noticed that almost everyone in Luo Zhigao's fleet had a pair of glasses. Could it be that their eyesight had been damaged from living in such a confined space for so long? But that didn't seem to be the case either. Luo Zhigao's fleet had reached the Mid Star System-Level in terms of biotechnology, so it was impossible that they couldn't even cure their eyes. Besides, the proportion of people with glasses was too high.
A curious person picked up a pair of glasses and put them on, only then realizing the mystery. It turned out that after putting on these glasses, everything around them changed. The cold steel walls transformed into forests, oceans, beaches, streams, and other breathtaking scenery, with the four seasons changing as well. If that wasn't enough, there were also exotic landscapes from other planets.
Birds, butterflies, and even wild animals in the deep forest; beautiful fish of all kinds in the sea; snow-covered grasslands; autumn maple forests—it has everything.
Not only that, the glasses transmit sound directly to the brain through contact, simulating the babbling brook, the chirping of birds, the howling of a cold winter night, and the thunder and lightning of a summer rainy day—all with remarkable realism.
News of these magical glasses quickly spread throughout the community. Everyone politely asked to borrow them to try them out. Some people who particularly liked the glasses even offered to exchange their own belongings for them. To everyone's surprise, the owner chuckled and simply took out a whole bunch of glasses, giving one to each person.
It turned out that this thing wasn't valuable at all; it was just a creative little gadget, practically like a toy. But faced with the enthusiastic compatriots who came to greet them, they were willing to give it away, no matter how cheap it was. No matter how expensive the item was, it couldn't compare to the preciousness of their enthusiasm. So, in just one day, almost everyone on Earth Two, young and old, had one. Whenever they had a spare moment, they would take it out and wear it, their excitement as if they had found a precious gem.
Because of the sheer number of small spaceships, transportation wasn't a problem; the real issue was loading them onto the ships, which took a considerable amount of time. Two days later, the small spaceships finally emptied Luo Zhigao's fleet, and all 10 billion compatriots were housed in temporary housing. Although these were temporary, the conditions were vastly different from those in the fleet.
A soft, clean bed, a spacious and bright room, huge floor-to-ceiling windows—standing by the window, you can see the rivers, lakes, and various green plants outside. These things were never seen in Luo Zhigao's fleet; everyone could only experience them through those magical glasses.
Countless people left their houses. They walked to the stream, barefoot, feeling the gentle flow of the water. They swam in the lake, feeling the embrace of the water. They went to the woods, gently inhaling the fragrance of the plants. Everything here was so real, so beautiful. Many people simply lay down on the grass and fell asleep, smiles on their lips, content.
Grand welcoming and National Day celebrations were held in every corner of Earth Two. Singing, laughter, delicious food, and fine wine filled the air. Just as the moon waxes and wanes, so too do people experience joy and sorrow. This was a time of revelry under the full moon. People sang and danced, lanterns were hung, and toasts were exchanged. The night was intoxicating.
In the Science City, all the scientists from the two fleets were gathered together according to their categories. Hu Yu's fleet had more than 1.6 million scientists who had been awarded academic titles, and Luo Zhigao's fleet also had a lot, nearly one million. The number of academicians awarded academic titles accounted for about one percent of the total number of scientists in their respective fleets. It seems that everyone is very cautious about the top talents, and only the most dazzling scientific stars will be awarded the title of academician.
As the space technology division, which is of paramount importance to the fleet, dozens of top academicians have gathered together. All technologies will be shared with each other. These technologies are not alien technologies that need to be analyzed. Although the two fleets are developing their own technologies, they are both human and many things are common to each other. At least the language is the same. Unlike after obtaining the technology tree of the Wind Star Civilization, it took hundreds of years just to translate it.
Even though we've been apart for a long time and gone down different paths, and there are many things we don't understand, it's okay. We explain things on the spot immediately if we don't understand them; it's almost to the point where we can use them right away.
Academician Zeng shared the fleet's most cutting-edge technologies, such as four-dimensional communication networks, spatial density, Basic Energy, and Basic Space, without reservation with a group of space physics academicians represented by Gao Zhengyang.