vncnus Chapter 142 Imperial Magical Research Institute
Chapter 142 Imperial Magical Research Institute
After establishing a series of lolita research institutes, Lu Chen found that doing scientific research had become easy. As long as he explained the technology he wanted to develop to these little lolis, they would immediately start relevant research. Brie took care of the actual operation, and the lolis only needed to focus on theoretical research and design drawings.
As a result, the entire scientific research process formed a virtuous cycle: Lu Chen issued scientific research tasks → the lolis conducted theoretical research → Brie carried out production.
"Lu Chen, what should our departments focus on next?" Early in the morning, Chishou Natsuyo came to Lu Chen's office, placed a document on the table, and waited for his instructions.
"Haha, you really look like a little scientist!" Lu Chen said as he rubbed her head affectionately.
"Oh, I'm already working! According to you, I'm an adult, Onii-chan!" Chizu Natsuyo raised her head and protested with a pout. Her serious and cute look made the surrounding ship girls and heroic spirits couldn't help but smile.
Lu Chen quickly glanced through the report given to him by Qian Shou Xia Shi, thought for a while, and then said: "In terms of engineering, we must first complete the design of this star base. After all, we are a space civilization, and we cannot do without a star base and a space dock.
Physics continues to study faster-than-light technology, whether it is hyperspace or curvature drive, the key is to achieve the jump.
As for biology, we will continue to study genetic technology and improve crops so that they can grow in space."
It felt like when he was playing the game "Stellaris", he chose scientific research projects, assigned tasks, and then after a while the scientists would naturally complete them.
And this is a super scientific research team composed of top-level scientists, so the efficiency is naturally astonishingly high.
"Okay, the design of the star base is not difficult for us. We have sufficient technical reserves and the construction is not difficult. We expect to come up with a design plan in one or two months.
But for research on superluminal speeds, some experiments may be needed, and then I will need your personal help."
Chishou Natsuyo rolled her eyes and responded.
"a piece of cake."
Then, Lu Chen remembered something else: "There is another task for you - we need to research and develop technologies related to extraterrestrial planets as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this proposal, Chishou Natsuyo and the others present were stunned.
"Extraterrestrial planet? You mean..."
Lu Chen pointed to the moon, Mars, Venus, and Europa on the star map and said, "That's right. Let's start with these planets in the solar system. The development difficulty of these planets is relatively low, and they were listed as targets before the space age."
"But... our Earth has not yet been fully developed..."
Richelieu seemed a little confused. She opened the map to check the current situation. The permanent population of the capital has reached about 7 million. Another 1 million people, Brie, are mining resources around the world with countless little yellow chickens. Although the important mining areas and oil fields on various continents have been built, there is still a certain gap to fully control the earth.
"This matter needs to be planned early, because the Universal Angel and Bree are expanding very quickly. Look, even the capital city is already crowded. The starship base and agricultural area are almost full."
Lu Chen spread out the city map. As the population grew, the required supporting facilities were also increasing, and the city had expanded outward by several circles.
"Awesome, do you think we can consider moving the industrial areas to Europe or Asia, and the agricultural areas to South America?"
Kewei suggested while fiddling with her hair.
"This is also one of our next plans, but our ultimate goal is to move other industries off Earth and build specialized planets. For example, Mars can be used as an industrial base, the Moon can be used for scientific research, and as for Venus...it can be used as a magic laboratory."
Concentrating the development of various industries on one planet is one of the concepts of the Star Age. It can not only make efficient use of resources, but also facilitate management and coordination.
"So, what will become of the Earth?"
The ship girls all looked at Lu Chen and asked curiously.
"Earth? Of course we need to make Earth an ideal place to live or a garden planet for us to live, vacation, and even do some fun things."
Lu Chen answered without hesitation.
"Eh?!"
"You're exposed!"
At this moment, Gudako slammed the table.
"If you're not satisfied, you can send me to Mars to mine?"
Lu Chen raised his eyebrows.
Gudako was silent for a moment, then said: "Then I'd better stay on Earth and help you push your butts. Remember to save a bed for me."
After giving tasks to the lolis in charge of scientific research, Lu Chen went to take a look at another research institute outside the capital.
This institute is slightly farther away from the Lolita Academy and slightly smaller in size. Its appearance resembles the castle building of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There are several golden characters engraved on the gate:
【Imperial Magic Research Institute】
Here, there are not only a group of scientist lolita who are proficient in mathematics, physics and chemistry, but also a group of magic lolita who focus on learning and researching magic. The fields they are involved in include magic, magic and related theoretical knowledge in various worlds.
However, since magic research involves certain risks and is prone to accidents, the person in charge of the Magic Research Institute is not a loli, but the original elf - Mio.
When Mio saw Lu Chen, she happily ran over and hugged his arm and said coquettishly: "Husband, are you here to inspect the work?"
Lu Chen pinched the girl's cheek and said with a smile: "You are now the dean of the Magic Academy."
Thor was in charge of the maid affairs, while Lukoya often stayed in the library to slack off. Therefore, the position of the dean of the magic academy naturally fell to Mio.
During the creative process, the little Lolita from the engineering department was surprisingly efficient.
A month has passed.
There was good news from the scientific research department where Loli worked.
"Commander, we have completed the design of the star base!"
In the meeting room of the scientific research department, Lu Chen met Chishou Natsuyo and the 300 little lolita girls in charge of engineering research. They gathered together and chattered, just like a group of elementary school students having a class meeting. However, if you listen carefully to what they talk about, "anti-gravity device", "stellar energy development", "cosmic microwave radiation protection" and so on, you will realize that these are high-level scientific research topics, which are in sharp contrast to their cute appearance.
Seeing Lu Chen coming in, the little girls immediately rushed forward, shouting "Onii-chan". Chishou Natsuyo signaled everyone to be quiet. A space fortress-like architectural design was projected on the holographic screen.
It is extremely complex, with thousands of pages of external design drawings and countless internal structure drawings. If it were replaced with paper documents, it would probably fill up half the city. Fortunately, technology has advanced and now all electronic calculations are used, eliminating the trouble of hand-drawn drawings.
"Commander, this is the star base we designed - Skyfort.
"This base is about 1600 kilometers in diameter and is built above a star using anti-gravity technology. It extracts energy from the star to maintain its daily operations."
Chishou Natsuyo briefly and clearly introduced the basic situation to Lu Chen.
"The base is protected by a shield to block the heat from the sun. The interior is divided into living areas, experimental areas, and the most important starship assembly plant and starship berths. In the gravity-free environment of space, the starship assembly plant can assemble and transform larger-scale starships, just like the Titan or Colossus you mentioned earlier."
In addition, the star base can also carry out space science research, because many projects can only be carried out in space.
Hearing about the scale of such a huge and complex building, everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes. Buildings in space are three-dimensional and are not restricted by the surface of the earth. A base with a diameter of 1600 kilometers, with various additional facilities stacked on top of each other, may have a surface area larger than that of the earth!
"Hiss, they came up with a top-notch star base design in just one step?"
Lu Chen was a little surprised by this. Normally, people would upgrade from outposts, star ports, star forts, and star castles step by step, but now they have directly designed the ultimate form of Skyfort.
"Our engineering theory is already quite advanced. I think it would be easier to do it in one go, Onii-chan."
Chishou Natsuyo's face was filled with pride.
“They are growing up too fast…”
Yixian and Haitian were talking in a low voice, thinking of the little girls who were still running noses and hungry a year ago, but now have become top scientists, and they couldn't help but sigh. Even the ship girls will benefit from their research results.
"These are all geniuses among geniuses. They have learned so much knowledge, so there must be a place for them to display their talents, right?"
Haitian and Zhenhai replied with a smile. As the ship girls in charge of education, they knew how amazingly fast these children were progressing.
“In fact, before we started the research, the base already had a wealth of theoretical knowledge. All we did was integrate these theories and build a complete architectural plan.”
Chishou Natsuyo said modestly.
"With the help of the Universal Angel, the design of the star base is progressing smoothly. Even without us, I believe Akashi should be able to design it if he spends more time."
"No! If it weren't for you, it would probably take me several years, or even more than ten years!"
The maintenance lady shook her head and affirmed the work achievements of the little girls.
Lu Chen looked at the dazzling design and felt a little dizzy. As a former civil engineer, he felt that this design was completely beyond his professional scope.
"Is this thing... too complicated? Can we really build it?"
Richelieu asked one last question.
For a civilization with no experience in space construction, building a Skyfort directly is as difficult as asking a table tennis beginner to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships.
"Call Bree over here."
Lu Chen waved his hand.
A few minutes later, a group of colorful Bries filed in with Meowth Hammers in their hands.
"Come and see, can we make this thing?"
Bri and the others came forward with curiosity on their faces. More than a dozen pairs of eyes stared at the screen, flipping through the design drawings quickly, and even afterimages appeared when turning the pages.
After a while, the colorful Brie in the lead raised her head.
"This construction requires a lot of resources and a lot of Brie to complete it! And only I can do it, not my two stupid sisters!"
One of the Bri said that he was the most elite.
"Does that mean it can be made?"
The ship girls asked again.
"Brie thinks it can be built!"
Caiburi nodded confidently and patted her chest.
"Great! That's all right."
Lu Chen nodded with satisfaction and decisively issued an order: "Collect the supplies, pack up the equipment, and take Buri to space!"
A few days later, in the space base, more than 30,000 special-purpose Brie, which had been transformed into starships, boarded the Wannian Fengxue and several other ships with full supplies. With the advanced loading method of the ship's tactics, a ship can carry enough resources to build a small city.
"Don't show your ship gear on board, or you'll be overweight."
Lu Chen specifically reminded Bri and the others.
"Brie knows!"
The colored cloths answered in unison.
Looking at the Briles standing neatly in the cabin, wearing the same clothes and hairstyle, each holding a cat in their hands