852. M42
In the profound depths of the boundless universe, 50 long years had passed since Lin Yu's arrival in this world. These 50 years, for the Federation, were like a magnificent and epic masterpiece, rapidly rising in the long river of time.
The expansion of the Federation's territory was like a towering tree, growing robustly and flourishing with branches and leaves, with the Terra System as its stable core foundation, deeply embedding its tenacious roots into the vast expanse of the universe.
Now, it had successfully incorporated nearly 30 adjacent star systems into its colonial territory, and its influence spread like ripples throughout the Ghoul Star Region.
The planetary transformation technology, derived from the ingenious modification of the Old Ones' weather control devices, was like a magical key, greatly accelerating the ecological transformation of barren planets into life-sustaining planets.
All key technologies for planetary transformation projects were highly concentrated within a colossal interstellar vessel, approximately 30 kilometers long. Lin Yu, filled with anticipation, named it the Star-Forging Dragon King, and the entire series of ecological transformation ships were also named the Star-Forging Dragon King-class Ecological Transformation Ships.
In the vast universe, this colossal vessel was like the universe's messenger of life; as long as it found a planet located in the habitable zone, it could directly transform it into a life-sustaining planet suitable for human habitation.
In a barren star system 34 light-years away from the Terra System, the Star-Forging Dragon King hung silently in orbit above the target planet like a shining star.
Inside the bridge, soft and bright lights illuminated the control panels, reflecting the focused faces of the crew. The captain's gaze was sharp, fixed on the barren, cold planet ahead, his expression solemn and grave. He then firmly ordered, "All departments, prepare to launch the mass bomb!"
With this command, a special "mass bomb" with a diameter of 500 meters, like a wild beast breaking free from its restraints, roared out of the ship's launch port, tearing through the silent planetary orbit with thunderous force, and plummeting rapidly towards the interior of the target planet.
The moment the mass bomb struck the planet's surface, it was as if the end of the world had arrived, and a catastrophe that shook the entire planet began. The violent impact caused landslides and fissures on the planet's surface; the ground was torn apart, as if letting out a painful roar. Volcanoes erupted violently like enraged beasts, and scorching magma gushed out like a surging torrent, instantly engulfing everything around it. Smoke and dust obscured the sky, as if covering the planet with a thick, black curtain.
The mass bomb shattered the crust and sank directly into the core, where it began to exert its miraculous effect of changing the planet's destiny, like a magical seed.
Under the powerful influence of the strong magnetic field and gravity emanating from within the mass bomb, the once dormant planetary core, previously as lifeless as Mars, slowly began to awaken, gradually activating its long-slumbering geological activity, allowing the planet to gradually radiate new vitality, and its own magnetic field also began to gradually form under this magical power.
The mass bomb's built-in gravity and magnetic field balancing device, like a pair of delicate hands, meticulously and precisely adjusted the planet's surface gravity and magnetic field environment through exquisite control, either subtly increasing gravity and magnetism or precisely utilizing anti-gravity to counteract some of the planet's gravity, steadily transforming it towards the perfect state most suitable for human habitation.
As long as the volume of the transformed planet was not extremely large or extremely small, it could, under this miraculous transformation, gradually move from barrenness to prosperity, becoming a life-sustaining planet suitable for human reproduction.
Of course, this mass bomb also had a very Warhammer-esque style; it was not only a seed of life, but its power was also incredibly astonishing. If used for destruction, it would be enough to instantly revert an entire planet to the unstable state of intense geological upheaval from its initial formation in the star system, becoming a truly terrifying and chilling planet-destroying weapon.
In the subsequent ecological transformation process, the mass bomb continued to play a crucial and stable role within the planet.
The scientists on board watched the various monitoring data intently, their eyes revealing excitement and anticipation. One young scientist, his eyes fixed on the screen, excitedly pointed to the fluctuating data and exclaimed, "Look, the life-sustaining planet's simulated magnetic field is starting to work!"
The mass bomb, by precisely adjusting the frequency and intensity of the magnetic field changes, caused atmospheric components harmful to human survival to undergo strange and complex physical and chemical reactions with the magnetic field. As if pulled by a mysterious force, they gradually settled onto the planet's surface, and were then slowly carried into the planet's interior by continuous geological activity.
At the same time, atmospheric components suitable for human survival were continuously generated in this miraculous process. In just 3 months, a stable planet with a suitable magnetic field, gravity, and atmospheric composition began to take shape, much to everyone's anticipation.
Immediately after, the Star-Forging Dragon King slowly opened its hatch, like a gentle mother sowing seeds of hope, scattering the life seeds of various organisms, modified with biotechnology and psionic technology, onto this nascent planet. Simultaneously, the Star-Forging Dragon King activated an amplified psionic energy field that covered the entire planet. Under the coverage of this psionic energy field, the genetic sequences within these seeds were endowed with the magical ability to accelerate reproduction and iteration, as if infused with the vitality of life.
One year later, a vibrant and energetic life-sustaining planet was miraculously born. It shone like a brilliant pearl in the universe, radiating the brilliance of life, as if proclaiming the great victory of Federation technology to the entire cosmos.
The vigorous development of Federation technology was like a dazzling fireworks display, illuminating every inch of the Federation's starry sky, immersing the entire Federation in the brilliant light of technological progress.
Through in-depth research and analysis of Space Undead and Old Ones technology, as well as the relentless exploration and excavation of numerous Forge World ruins and a large number of SPCs and forge factories from the Dark Age of Technology in the Ghoul Star Region, the Federation's technological level achieved a qualitative leap. Breakthroughs were made in many fields, like hoisting the sails of progress in the ocean of technology.
In this surging wave of technological progress, the widespread application of artificial intelligence became an extremely dazzling new star.
However, at the beginning of AI application, many people harbored deep fears of artificial intelligence, a fear stemming from the chilling and much-dreaded Iron Men Rebellion in history.
They worried that artificial intelligence would be like a hidden bomb, ready to explode at any moment, bringing catastrophic disaster to the Federation. At a crucial technology symposium, the atmosphere in the conference room was heavy. A middle-aged scientist with disheveled hair and a serious face, frowning deeply and with his arms tightly crossed, said worriedly:
"Artificial intelligence is developing so rapidly, are we really capable of controlling it? Once it gets out of control, the consequences are simply unimaginable. This is no small matter; it concerns the future of our Federation!"
His words were like a heavy hammer, stirring ripples in everyone's hearts and eliciting a chorus of low murmurs. Many people's faces showed worry and anxiety.
But as artificial intelligence gradually came into practical use, its demonstrated efficiency and convenience, like sunlight piercing through dark clouds, led to a change of heart among many. Even those who had previously opposed it now had to fall silent.
However, Lin Yu and the Federal Government were also well aware of the immense potential risks of artificial intelligence and dared not be complacent in the slightest.
Lin Yu, through the Great Clock, utilizing its incredibly powerful computational capabilities, silently added a layer of strict and robust remote insurance and program protection to all computing centers and artificial intelligence, like an invisible and loyal guardian, ensuring the safe operation of artificial intelligence.
At the same time, within the Federation, anti-psionic energy fields of various sizes were widely applied, with countless application scenarios, the most common being their deployment in data computing centers.
In addition to small, localized anti-psionic energy fields, giant anti-psionic energy fields were meticulously set up in large buildings, important military bases, forge factories, and interstellar warships, and there were even planet- and star-system-level anti-psionic energy fields.
These anti-psionic energy fields were like indestructible shields; as long as they operated continuously and stably, they could suppress all psionic reactions, rendering them powerless and unable to pose any threat to the Federation.
Not only that, multiple sets of Reality Stabilizer Anchor devices, modified from the Space Undead's Spirit-Binding Necropolis, were also systematically deployed in all inhabited star systems.
This Reality Stabilizer Anchor enhanced its ability to suppress Warp energy and strengthen the physical rules of the real universe, but it also removed its inverse effect of strengthening Warp energy, making it a pure anchor point for strengthening the rules of the real universe.
Once the anti-psionic energy field was unfortunately destroyed by enemies, the Reality Stabilizer Anchor would quickly activate like a knight hidden in the darkness, suppressing all Warp chaos corruption with overwhelming force, completely expelling all Chaos Daemons, gaining precious time for the anti-psionic energy field to restart, and guarding the peace and stability of the Federation.
The process of acquiring the Blackstone ore needed to build the Reality Stabilizer Anchor was legendary. The Great Clock's cosmic star system tree model, its calculated Milky Way star map, like an omniscient and mysterious galactic guide, successfully deduced the locations of Blackstone planets in some uninhabited star regions.
The Federal Government, using the Infinite Engine's small clock astronomical computer, precisely calculated the entire planet's atomic structure. Subsequently, under the effect of wormhole transportation technology and the power of cosmic spacetime, the Blackstone planet was transported back intact.
Lin Yu now had a grasp of Blackstone's microscopic structure. He could, with a mere wave of his hands, as if performing a magical spell, easily transform an ordinary planet into a pure Blackstone planet. This powerful ability provided the Federation with a more solid foundation in the field of technology, laying a stable cornerstone for the Federation's technological edifice.
Another revolutionary technological breakthrough was the commissioning of the Warp energy extraction device—the Warp Energy Reactor—which can be described as an immortal monument in the Federation's technological development history.
This technology was personally overseen and developed by Lin Yu, embodying the wisdom and efforts of countless top scientists, and was a concentrated manifestation of the Federation's technological strength.
In the laboratory, huge and complex experimental equipment glowed with strange and mysterious light, as if speaking of the mysteries of technology. Lin Yu stood in front of the equipment, his fingers sliding rapidly and precisely across the control panel, explaining in detail to the surrounding scientists as he operated it:
"We have modified it based on the Old Ones' Warp energy extraction technology. Its principle is to first open a small chaotic rift leading to the Warp, just like carefully tearing a small opening in the real veil of the universe, thereby directly extracting the mysterious and powerful energy of the Warp."
As he operated it, the equipment emitted a low, deep hum, and a strange light flickered, as if opening a door to a mysterious world, that light containing endless energy and the unknown.
"Then, using the chaotic energy purification device arranged around the rift, the extracted Warp energy is purified, initially filtering out impurities from the Warp. This step is crucial, like a gold prospector sifting gold from gravel; we need to remove the harmful components from this energy to make it pure and harmless."
Lin Yu stared intently at the equipment, his expression focused. The light of the Warp energy gradually became pure, as if washed by clear spring water. Impurities were removed one by one under the magical effect of the purification device, leaving only pure and powerful psionic energy.
"Next, through mass-energy conversion technology, these initially purified Warp energies are converted into elemental hydrogen. This is a complex and subtle process that requires us to precisely control every parameter to ensure perfect energy conversion."
"Finally, all these elemental hydrogen are thrown into a heavy nuclear fusion reactor. In this high-temperature and high-pressure environment of over a billion degrees Celsius, even if these substances converted from Warp energy still have any hidden tricks from Chaos Daemons or Chaos Gods, they will be completely reduced to ashes in this temperature higher than the sun's core, thoroughly converted into energy, and simultaneously generate a large amount of elemental iron.
Every Warp energy extraction device built is equivalent to owning an inexhaustible mine, providing an endless supply of minerals and energy, adding bricks and mortar to the Federation's various large-scale construction activities.
This not only provides us with powerful energy but also injects new vitality into the Federation's development."
Lin Yu's voice firmly and powerfully depicted the magnificent blueprint for the Federation's future.
To ensure safety, all Warp energy extraction devices were enveloped in layers of anti-psionic energy fields, like precious treasures protected by multiple layers. Each layer of anti-psionic energy field acted as a sturdy defense line, guarding this core device.
Not only that, a space city with a diameter of fifty kilometers was specially built as its carrying base, deployed in space within the star system.
The area near the space city was also one of the Federal Government Navy's largest homeports, equipped with a corresponding naval base. This was to ensure that in case of an accident, the fleet could quickly sortie and reduce the entire space city to ruins, preventing greater harm to the interior of the star system.
This space city, housing the Warp energy extraction device, was like a sturdy fortress floating in the universe, constantly vigilant against potential dangers.
In this massive Warp energy extraction device, the energy generated through heavy nuclear fusion reactions would all be converted into a solid pure energy crystal, which some enthusiastic individuals within the Federation vividly called "Energy Coins."
Although currency was rarely used within the Federation, Energy Coins, by virtue of their stable value, were widely positioned as a stable currency with inherent value.
An Energy Coin the size of a fingernail contained fifty million kilowatt-hours of electrical energy, almost equivalent to the energy contained in the same mass of antimatter. Moreover, Energy Coins were extremely stable; ordinary high temperatures, high pressures, and collisions would not cause them to change, as if they were a perfect energy carrier bestowed by nature.
This unimaginable energy storage technology was created by Lin Yu, combining some super-material technologies from the Shenhe Civilization database in the Great Clock with some technologies from humanity's Dark Age of Technology, forming a solid-state energy editing technology based on a pure physical technology system.
Only through a special frequency and extremely complex quantum dynamic key hidden information could its stable energy structure be unlocked, causing it to violently erupt like antimatter.
And due to the Energy Coin's powerful energy storage properties and its ability to be perfectly and conveniently converted into energy with 100% stability, Energy Coins thus became the Divine River Federation's most important energy mineral and currency.
This large Warp energy extraction device space city, with a diameter of fifty kilometers, could annually provide the Federation with the equivalent amount of Energy Coins that a perfect Dyson Sphere could produce in a year, and its heavy nuclear fusion also generated 133 trillion tons of elemental iron.
Currently, the entire Divine River Federation has only built one large Warp energy extraction device, located in the Terra System where Lin Yu resides, providing a continuous impetus for the Federation's development.
In the Federation's technological development history, this marvel of the Warp energy extraction device, and the Energy Coins and mineral resources it produced, shone like brilliant stars, illuminating the Federation's path forward and laying a solid energy foundation for the Federation's prosperity.