Homo sapiens.

Total food production in the free world has declined again.

Retail quotas have been initiated in many places, restricting individuals and businesses from purchasing grain and food in large quantities.

On the other hand, sea levels are still slowly falling, and permanent ice sheets continue to develop.

In the Maple Leaf Country and the Nordic region, ice sheets have already covered their northern regions, and it is estimated that they will not recede easily.

Of course, global cooling will also bring about some favorable conditions for some regions, such as the Sanhai Plain, which is gradually emerging from the sea.

In order to cope with the increasingly cold winter, the major forces in the free world also showed their special abilities.

Siam.

Ubon Ratchathani in the east.

The Homo sapiens company in the local branch is facing a small trouble at this time.

Brother Song, the person in charge of the branch's personnel department, looked at the data on migrant workers last month with a look of confusion on his face.

Because the number of migrant workers in February reached a record-breaking 275 million.

You know, this is recruited by one of the sub-branches of the Siam branch.

And there are four such sub-branches within the Siam branch, namely Chiang Mai branch, Ubon Ratchathani branch, Buriram branch, and Carat branch.

Except for the Kela branch, there is no channel for migrant workers. The other three sub-branches have land or sea channels. The monthly inflow of migrant workers in the three regions was around 20 to 30. .

However, in February, it skyrocketed tenfold, which shocked Brother Song very much. He hurriedly called the Field Service Department to inquire about the relevant situation.

After more than ten minutes of communication, Brother Song finally figured out the cause and effect.

It turns out that Annan, Lancang, and Khmer have opened tourist visas, allowing "tourists" from other regions to enter freely, and the inspection near Siam is almost useless.

Many people took advantage of this opportunity to quickly come to the Siam branch to apply.

Chen Jianxiong, who was in Southeast Asia at this time, actually knew about this a long time ago.

In the underground base of Xingdao.

Yang Mengjiao, who was recently transferred to be responsible for the business intelligence work in the entire Southeast Asia region, was discussing this matter with him.

"According to the data of the Siam branch and the Hongsawadi branch, the number of migrant workers reached 2137 million in February, which is a new record high!"

Chen Jianxiong put down the tablet in his hand, smiled and shook his head: "They obviously can't hold it anymore."

Although she has just taken over the business intelligence work here, Yang Mengjiao knows all over Asia like the back of her hand:

"Yes! Although they still have 1.6 million tons of grain reserves, the problem is that the production capacity of open-air agriculture is shrinking. They only produced 3.7 million tons of grain last year. If the production capacity of Central Asia and Annan is added, that is Only 4.8 million tons."

"Central Asia can only barely be self-sufficient in the future. On the contrary, Annan, Lancang, and Khmer have agricultural potential to be tapped. After all, they are all tropical regions."

Yang Mengjiao calmly looked at the holographic projection in front of her eyes: "I estimate that another 3-4 million people will flow out, which is the limit."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, people have their own aspirations, and if you don't want to join the company, we don't force you." Chen Jianxiong spread his hands, and then he mentioned another thing:

"Lucia's Ural nuclear fusion power station has passed the inspection and acceptance. Serris plans to build 5 nuclear fusion power stations in the next five years. Here are the specific locations and information. Please pay attention."

Yang Mengjiao glanced at it, then nodded, "No problem."

Then she asked hesitantly: "They are rapidly advancing the automation industry, nuclear fusion power generation, indoor farming and synthetic starch technology, do we need to do something?"

"It's not necessary, you should be aware of the company's technological development speed." Chen Jianxiong didn't care too much.

His ideas are deeply influenced by Li Qingye, and he believes in the flow of technology. Technology can solve all problems. If it can't solve the problem, it means that technology is not enough.

Under the current situation, Homo sapiens' technical advantages are like a snowball, and as time goes by, it is getting bigger and bigger.

The other party is engaged in automation industry to reduce the demand for human resources in the industrial chain; to engage in nuclear fusion power generation to obtain sufficient energy; to engage in indoor agriculture and starch synthesis to get rid of the impact of natural disasters on production reduction.

The reason why the free travel visas for Annan, Lancang, and Khmer landed quickly this time is very simple, it is reducing pressure.

The production capacity of 4.8 million tons of grain can only guarantee the high-quality food demand of 6 million people.

In order to cope with the extreme weather in the future, it is necessary to reserve 2-3 million tons of grain. As a result, the overall agricultural production capacity is obviously insufficient.

The production capacity is insufficient, and there is no way to increase the production capacity on a large scale in a short period of time, and the huge population is waiting to be shopped, which is caught in a contradiction.

In ancient times, this situation often had only one result, that is, cannibalism, and the population was rapidly reduced in this way.

For example, in the small glacial climate at the end of the Ming Dynasty, more than 80% of the population was reduced, and the remaining population had enough food to survive.

But now, there is definitely no way to use the method of cannibalism, so I can only think of other ways to solve this problem.

There happened to be a flood discharge area next to them, and they had no choice but to discharge flood water to this flood discharge area.

Water resources are a good thing, and they are reluctant to let them out like this. However, there are too many water resources, and the dam is almost unstoppable. If the flood is not released now, when the dam breaks, then they will have tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, wild luxury cars, three wives and four children. All concubines will come to naught.

Unrestricted free travel visa is to open an opening on the embankment facing the flood discharge area to release excess water.

With fewer people, the resources available per capita increase.

Although this is bloodletting to heal the wound, it will hurt the root, but if you don't do bloodletting now, you may have a cerebral hemorrhage.

Do you choose to lose your vitality?

Or choose to die of cerebral hemorrhage?

They have no choice. If there is no Homo sapiens company's pressing step by step, maybe they can slowly recuperate their bodies. Now time is waiting for no one.

After this bloodletting, they can hold on for a while longer.

However, Chen Jianxiong received a lot of insider information. For example, in order to retain talents in science and engineering, they provided such means as free garages, exclusive food, free children's education, and work package arrangements.

Now they only need elites and talents, and there is no need for other ordinary people to win them over.

After all, resources are limited, and it would be too difficult to achieve the level of benefits of Homo sapiens.

It is easier to give high benefits to a small number of elites and talents.

For this bloodletting, Homo Sapiens did not recruit unconditionally, and those with problems would definitely be screened out.

As long as ordinary people have no criminal record and no special purpose, Homo sapiens will directly accept them, and then through rapid training, they can be reborn as temporary employees in three months.

Chapter 557 Journey ([-])

boom!A huge spaceship spewing thrust reversers slowly landed over the Utopia Plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars.

The spacecraft is a Tinder-class spacecraft weighing 6000 tons.

It didn't come to Mars alone, but was combined with four other Pylon spacecraft, and a huge anti-radiation shield was installed behind it, and then it quickly propelled to Mars by using the nuclear explosion of a miniature hydrogen bomb.

At present, it only takes 45 to 127 earth days for Homo Sapien's unmanned spacecraft to go to Mars through nuclear explosion propulsion.

Five fireships are bundled together, one of which is the nuclear bomb warehouse and thruster core, and the remaining four fireships are all here to perform missions.

Two of them will land in the Utopia Plain area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, and set up the first Mars surface scientific research station-Utopia Station there.

The other two Tinder spacecraft will stay in the sun-synchronous orbit of Mars as a Mars space station.

At this time, in the cockpit of the fireship spacecraft that landed on Mars, three robots are manipulating the spacecraft.

"Captain, everything is normal and you can land." The nameplate on the chest of the talking robot read: HX-0075.

"Permission to land." Another robot ordered directly.

"Got it, start landing."

The nozzle of the thrust reverser engine of the Pylon spacecraft was constantly adjusted, and the light blue flame spewed out gradually weakened until the bottom of the spacecraft was less than 5 meters away from the ground.

"Expand the buffer rack."

Twelve mechanical legs popped up from the bottom of the spaceship and were directly inserted into the loose sand on the surface. The hydraulic pumps and shock absorbers of the mechanical legs, as well as the automatic balance and stabilization system of the spaceship itself, allowed the spaceship to stop firmly on the sand.

Immediately, the light blue flame at the engine nozzle was also extinguished.

"Successful landing." Robot No. 0075 made a slightly joyful voice.

Robot No. 0074 looked at the dashboard, and then ordered: "King, check each system."

Robot No. 0076 replied immediately: "Got it."

As for the captain of robot 0074, he immediately contacted the captain of another spaceship. The two sides communicated for a few minutes, and after confirming that there was no problem with each other, he wrote a report and replied to the Earth headquarters.

These robots are not artificial intelligence, but real "human beings".

To be precise, it is the people who control the robots, not the supercomputers and intelligent programs.

Although intelligent programs supported by huge computing power can simulate humans, and can also perform some relatively rigid tasks according to the set programs, they are not as flexible as humans after all.

Especially in the process of performing alien exploration, aliens are often very far away from the earth, and the artificial intelligence of the spacecraft alone is not enough to cover everything.

After research, the Space Division decided to use the previously developed 16-fold magnetic monopole crystal as a communication device.

In an ultra-low temperature environment, the 16-fold magnetic monopole crystal has an extreme service life of 2739 Earth days, and a service life of more than seven years, which is obviously ready for practical application.

And this improved version of the magnetic monopole crystal, as the core of the communication system, can communicate without delay.

At least for now, there is no obvious delay between the Mars landing spacecraft and the Earth headquarters.

This is also the reason why these robots can be controlled by humans. In the communication module of the robot, there is a magnetic monopole crystal communicator, which corresponds to a dedicated control cabin of the earth headquarters.

In this way, the staff of the space business department can directly control the robot to perform tasks on Mars.

Although this new type of magnetic monopole crystal has a service life of only a little over seven years, its delay-free communication effect is really delicious in the eyes of the Space Business Department.

……

The operator of robot 0074 is Dimash, one of the two captains of the Mars landing spacecraft.

He had just reported the situation of the landing mission to the Earth headquarters, and another robot No. 0076, Gene, reported to him the situation of the various systems of the spacecraft:

"Captain, all the systems of the spacecraft are normal, and there is still 62% of the chemical fuel remaining."

"Well, you and Wang get ready, we will start to expand the base later."

"Yes."

The Tinder spacecraft weighed 6000 tons. Except for part of the fuel and the spacecraft structure, it carried a total of 2760 tons of items.

These include two cobalt rod nuclear power cabins, seven experiment cabins, four tool cabins, and four supply cabins.

These cabins are not assembled, but they need to be installed and debugged on site.

Dimash walked out of the cockpit, the sky was gray and hazy, and it happened to be the season of frequent sandstorms in the northern hemisphere of Mars.

Because it uses the robot's sensor to feel various actions, even if the biosensor technology of Homo sapiens is very advanced, Dimash can still feel a little bit of unreality.

When the robot stepped on the sand, there was always a feeling of incoordination, and Dimash was very helpless about it, because he knew the reason clearly.

Because the robot is on Mars at this time, while his body is on the earth, the different gravity coefficient and air density between the two will make the robot operator feel uncoordinated. This is a very normal and unavoidable situation .

Unless Dimash himself comes to Mars, this sense of incongruity cannot be eliminated.

under the influence of dust storms.

Dimash could only see a hazy silhouette more than 100 meters away, which was another landing spacecraft.

He looked up at the sky, and saw a light blue sphere looming in the dust cloud.

That is the sun.

The sun seen on Mars is light blue.

This is because the atmosphere of Mars is dominated by carbon dioxide, so the sun is light blue after passing through the carbon dioxide filter.

He checked the surrounding terrain through the built-in auxiliary system and the spacecraft's own magnetic field detector.

Although the Utopia Plain is very flat, it is relatively flat, and some tens of meters of undulating terrain are actually the norm.

Walking on the surface of Mars is like stepping on cotton candy. Not only is the body light and fluffy, but even the sand can easily leave footprints.

This situation is caused by the relatively low gravity of Mars, and frequent sandstorms, coupled with low gravity, make the sand layer accumulated on the surface very soft.

Through the careful scanning of the magnetic field detector, he quickly identified a lowland 330 meters away on the west side, and there is a stable bedrock layer about 50 meters underground.

Although the various cabins do not have high requirements on the terrain, and there are no frequent major earthquakes on Mars, there is no need to worry too much about the terrain.

But Dimash still chose areas that are relatively low-lying and have hard bedrock.

Although there is no strong geological activity on Mars, it does not mean that you can sit back and relax.

On the contrary, Mars is more dangerous than Earth.

The reason is that the atmosphere of Mars itself is thin, and it is close to the asteroid belt and Jupiter. Those asteroids thrown out by Jupiter's gravity can easily approach the orbit of Mars.

Therefore, Mars is easy to be attacked by asteroids, without the consumption of a dense atmosphere, asteroids are very destructive to the surface of the planet.