Thus, the JD3's Third Planet was called Earth Two. Compared to Earth, everything here was no different, except for the feeling of belonging to one's roots. Hu Yu also put a lot of effort into building Earth Two to be even more perfect. After hundreds of years, Hu Yu finally fulfilled his promise to everyone.
With a stable homeland secured, the next step is to quickly increase the population. The fleet has devised a simple and direct reward system: for every child born in JD3, a 100-square-meter house will be awarded, and fleet contribution points will be discounted by 10% when purchasing any items in the fleet. This continues until three children are born, at which point the contribution points are discounted by 30%. In addition, a small spaceship will be awarded as a bonus. This small spaceship is only about ten meters long, fully automated, and can travel freely between stars. Its performance is comparable to the Stealth Killer. Previously, only personnel in special professions could enjoy this spaceship, but now the conditions have been relaxed. Anyone who has three children can obtain it for free, and those who have five children can upgrade to a larger spaceship for free. These spaceships can only be obtained through having children; no other means or amount of fleet contribution points can obtain them. Moreover, the spaceship reward is only valid for the first two hundred years of JD3; after 200 years, it will be impossible to obtain the small spaceship.
Stimulated by these rewards, the fleet's population surged from less than 1 billion to 3 billion in 100 years, 4.5 billion in 150 years, and then experienced a population explosion in the final decade before reaching 200 years, soaring from 6 billion to 8 billion. These initial two- or three-person households, after 200 years of effort, have grown to more than two hundred people. Since human lifespan has greatly increased, a population explosion should have been expected, but it was delayed, and the fleet never enjoyed the benefits of this demographic boom.
The more than 8 billion people living on the surface of Planet Three do not feel crowded. On the contrary, Planet Three Planet Three seems very spacious because its land area is more than twice that of Earth. The designed population capacity is 50 billion without affecting the living experience. The large proportion of land area does not affect the environment of Planet Three at all. In fact, its environment is better than that of Earth. Land and water crisscross and intersect with each other, and bridges and highways each account for almost half of the length.
Nowhere here is more than two kilometers from the water. However, there are no mighty rivers like the Yangtze River Yellow River that can make your blood boil, nor are there towering waves tens of meters high in the ocean that can make your heart tremble. Everything here is more like a neighbor's courtyard, quiet, peaceful, and refreshing.
The rapid population growth in the early stages did put considerable pressure on the entire fleet. The number of educators alone needed to increase several times in a short period of time. Although the fleet is now Star System-Level Civilization, the training of future generations still relies on the traditional method of school-based collective education. So-called electronic teaching and home tutors cannot replace the ancient and respected profession of teacher.
Children's growth requires not only knowledge, but also the companionship of a real person, and that person is the teacher. Teachers not only teach, but more importantly, they nurture character. They need to watch over these mischievous children at all times, teaching them little by little through words and deeds how to be a good person, to understand love, to share and to give. These are things that cold machines cannot do.
As the first batch of babies grew up, they quickly became the new backbone of the fleet. While the older generation worked for the fleet with more responsibility and commitment, these newcomers were driven by enthusiasm and interest. With their addition, the fleet's overall work efficiency improved by several levels. Now, the number of people working for the fleet has reached more than 3 billion. They are like hardworking Bee, busy on the surfaces of more than 20 planets.
The biggest benefit of population growth is the significant increase in the number of scientists. Young people's understanding and knowledge of new things truly surpasses that of the elderly. In the past two hundred years, more than 100,000 people have been promoted to academicians. Including other scientists, the entire fleet has more than one million scientific and technological personnel. Even the number of academicians on the biological ships has increased from a dozen to more than thirty. With the injection of this fresh blood, the fleet's technology is changing every day. In the past, apart from the advanced development of military technology, other technologies had not kept up. Now, in JD3, all these technologies will reach the same level as military technology.
The development of non-military technologies is equally important. These technologies can also enhance the fleet's combat effectiveness. The entire technology tree is interconnected, and progress in any branch can drive the growth of the entire technology tree. In the past, due to insufficient fleet resources and time constraints, the development of these non-military technologies had to be slowed down. Now is the perfect opportunity to vigorously develop them.
JD3 has grown from the initial 6 planets to 23. The extra 17 planets were all transported by Wen Zhonghua from surrounding planetary systems, a process that took a full 200 years to complete. Now, the number of planets is basically sufficient, and the fleet will not reside here permanently. The sole purpose of these planets is to provide enough metal elements for the construction of 50 million warships.
After two hundred years of hard work, ten million Wind Master warships have been docked in space. These massive warships have eliminated the complex survival systems and instead rely on holographic control and AI assistance. Like the Stealth Killer, the Wind Master can be controlled by only one person, with all other specific events handled by AI.
The Wind Master ' travel speed reached a thousand times the speed of light, comparable to the warships of the Wind Star Civilization. This was all thanks to Academician Zeng and his team of scientists who, within a few short months of returning to the insect planet using the Wind Star transport fleet, analyzed the warships without dismantling them. Combined with the advancements in technology over the past two hundred years, this increased their travel speed several times over. This also relieved Hu Yu of a major worry. If his fleet couldn't match the Wind Star Civilization in both numbers and speed, the war would be very difficult to fight. Fortunately, the scientists' hard work paid off. Not only did their warp drive speed reach the level of the Wind Star Civilization's warships, but their conventional propulsion speed was also slightly Wind Star.
Don't underestimate the extra 10% speed of conventional flight. With this advantage, you can gain a greater initiative in the chaotic battlefield, chasing or fleeing at will. While it may not make you invincible, your survivability is at least doubled.
Just as Hu Yu had controlled the Si Luo clone to leave the Wind Star Civilization's defensive perimeter and was about to hand over control to his assistant, an unfamiliar voice rang in his mind.
" Si Luo."
Hu Yu was puzzled. The source of this sound was definitely not Planet Three, because the sound was not something he could hear, but rather seemed to come from deep within his brain.
" Si Luo." The voice rang out again, and this time Hu Yu sensed it. The voice came from the Wind Star Fleet, 4,000 light-years away, and was sensed by the clone named Si Luo.