mtl008 Chapter 3353 Starship Sets Sail (Part )
Chapter 3353 Starship Sets Sail (Part )
Chapter 3353 Starship Sets Sail (Part )
Strange flew down from the bookshelf and said with some pride, "How is it? The design style is pretty good, right? I still can't accept the oriental style interior, but their decoration is still good. The designer combined them and I am very satisfied with the result."
Schiller looked around for something to throw at him.
Strange, floating in the air, dodged a book thrown by Schiller. He landed lightly and said, "Don't get me wrong, I didn't embezzle the funds of the magic academy. These are all given by the Chinese engineering team. I just add 50 admission places every year."
Schiller rolled his eyes vigorously and said, "You are corrupt!"
"No, no, no, this is the standard American admissions process." Strange spread his hands and said, "If there weren't so few people with magical talent, it would be embarrassing to come here. I would definitely allow admission by donation. You don't know how rich they are!"
"How is the cultivation of magic herbs going? What about the cultivated mushrooms?"
"They're all pretty good." Strange waved his hand and a book flew over. He handed it to Schiller and said, "The Ganoderma, saffron, snow lotus and other plants we planted were all booked as soon as the seeds were planted. As for that special mushroom, the effect is pretty good, but the yield has not increased. The agricultural experts they sent are trying to improve it."
"Oh, right." Strange seemed to have just remembered, "There is an aerial railway line that goes directly to Sichuan. Their engineering team brought a few Sichuan cooks. After the project was completed, I kept them. Do you want to try it?"
Schiller loves spicy food, and his mouth watered at the thought of Sichuan cuisine. He casually put the book aside and said, "How do you know I haven't eaten? Let's go."
The two came to the cafeteria. After the school was further expanded, the cafeteria became larger and was divided into a student cafeteria and a faculty cafeteria. However, the menus were the same.
The Chinese on the menu seemed to be machine translated, which Schiller was not familiar with but could understand. The Sichuan dialect coming from the kitchen was familiar to Schiller but he could not understand it.
There were no pictures on the menu, so Schiller was afraid of ordering the wrong dishes, so he went straight to the window and ordered in Chinese. When he saw the familiar Asian faces in the window looking at him with shocked eyes, Schiller was a little secretly happy, because no one had ever praised him for his good Chinese in his previous life.
After interacting with the Chinese more, Strange could speak a few words, but they were very unstandard. Schiller took this opportunity to mock his accent. Although Strange was indignant, he really couldn't refute it.
After many years, Schiller was really touched to finally eat authentic Sichuan cuisine again, but Strange seemed even more touched because he couldn't eat spicy food and was crying because of it.
The two chatted about the Atrium again, but this time the focus was on the previous construction.
"There were two plans at the time." Strange wiped his nose with paper and said, "Use Asgard's jump core, or simply give up the jump capability and use the portal for transportation."
"Has the magician's single portal been expanded to transport starships?"
"Yes, and it can be launched and arrived instantly. The starship can also maintain combat capability at all times without any weak period. Most people agreed with this plan at the time."
“Then why wasn’t it adopted?”
"First, magicians are human after all, and manually operated things are unlikely to be as precise and reliable as machines. If something goes wrong, it will be a big trouble. Second, other civilizations also have countermeasures against portals. After all, we suffered too much at the Rainbow Bridge that year, so we should learn our lesson."
Schiller nodded and said, "If I'm not mistaken, China should go against all odds and adopt the plan of leap core, right?"
"Yes, they are so conservative that it's a headache." Strange sighed and said, "They believe that in the early stages of interstellar exploration, humans should not show any difference from other lower-level civilizations. It is best to be as popular as possible. We should use whatever others use and do whatever others do."
"But the US side thinks that they should use a punch to build their reputation and deter those who want to make trouble for us. The two sides have been arguing for a long time and have not yet reached a complete agreement."
"So which side do you support?"
"To be honest, as a super civilization that has just entered the interstellar space, the reputation of mankind is already loud enough. We even just mediated the war between the three major empires. Asgard was not so arrogant when it first debuted, right?"
"So you're in favor of keeping a low profile?"
Strange nodded, shook his head, and then said, "I agree that we should be low-key in the development of basic science and technology. We should not do anything crooked or make big news in the interstellar space. But we should be radical in the overall behavior of human beings. Whoever dares to come will die."
Schiller touched his chin and said, "I guess Eastern countries will extend the timeline for the development of basic science because it is good for ordinary people. If they develop in leaps and bounds, only a few people will be able to reap the job dividends of scientific and technological development. But if they build a discipline system related to the universe from scratch, most people will benefit. That's probably what they think."
Strange shook his head, indicating that he did not understand. Schiller did not explain further, saying that this was the fundamental difference between Eastern and Western thinking.
"Until now, Western countries generally believe that not everyone can enter the universe, and it is meaningless to allow all humans to enter the universe. The correct choice is to allow those who can enter the universe to explore the universe first, obtain a large amount of resources in a short period of time, and expand the living space for humans living on Earth."
"But China obviously doesn't think so. They want to spend several generations to establish a complete education and construction system for the universe, so that everyone has the basic qualities to enter the universe, and then talk about space colonization and development."
"In the final analysis, the West agrees that 'the competent should take the throne' and still has a strong style of meritocracy, while the East is still pursuing 'universal peace', where the competent should help the world and show their heroic qualities."
"They have great self-control," Strange said. "It's as if they are not excited at all about the arrival of the interstellar age. Maybe it's because they haven't been away from that era of rapid development for too long."
Schiller nodded. He actually agreed with this point. The main reason why Europe and the United States reacted so violently was that their society had indeed been stagnant for a long time.
They develop early and stop early. A new development opportunity is something they haven’t seen for a long time. Of course they will be very excited when they encounter it.
However, Schiller believes that the main reason why the United States makes more radical decisions is because the country is younger. To be more precise, the culture is too young, and the years of basking in the sun are too short, so it does not understand that there is nothing new under the sun.
"Isn't the development of the New World equivalent to space colonization in another sense? Most of the old countries are not surprised by such opportunities. Only the United States, which was founded later, has never seen such a grand scene and is eager to rush forward."
"But sometimes it's useless to be impatient." In Schiller's view, "in the end, if things keep dragging on, the people in Congress will definitely get restless first, and then the opponent will take over."
After the meal, Schiller gave Strange the star map he got from Loki. The main reason was that this thing might be shown to ordinary people later, so it was not suitable to be shown in this magical form. It would be better to copy it into written form.
Strange spread out the star map and took a look at it, then said, "They are all old acquaintances. None of them have not been deceived by Loki. No wonder he knows so much about it."
"The question now is whether to invite neighboring civilizations to the inauguration ceremony," Schiller said. "If it's done well, we can win without fighting."
"It's no use." Strange said, "They won't hand over the territories around the galaxy just because they see the fleet. In the end, it all depends on who has the bigger fist."
"Then let's not invite them." Schiller nodded, obviously agreeing with this result. He said, "It's mainly because the congressmen want to show their faces and show that they have done some useful work during this period."
"I don't have time to act with them now," Strange said disdainfully.
Schiller left Kamar-Taj after finalizing some details of the inauguration ceremony and the opening of the route with Strange. But as soon as he returned to the sanatorium, he saw Molecule Man Owen.
"Why are you here?" Schiller asked curiously.
"Battle Realm has been in public beta for a long time, and we are planning to launch the first wave of activities. This is the plan, take a look at it."
Schiller took the information from him and was attracted by the title at the first glance - "Two People Traveling"?
"That's right. The theme of the event is duo-queuing. Two people form a group, and there are five groups in one game. They will have a mixed battle of PVE and PVP to determine the champion and runner-up groups, and they will receive different rewards."
"How to balance intensity?" Schiller asked the key question.
“You can choose between restricted games or unrestricted games. The former focuses on PVE, while the latter allows you to directly start PVP. In addition, we also plan to hold a two-person arena where two people fight in a group.”
"We haven't even started the singles arena yet, but we're going to start with the doubles arena?"
"It's not easy to handle a single-player arena." The molecular man said, "The main reason is that some people can't be stopped when they start fighting. If there is no one involved, the arena will be torn down by them."
Schiller didn't even have to think about it, a list of names popped up in his mind, so he nodded and said, "I think the plan is good. When will it start?"
"The system has basically been built. An announcement will be made tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and it should be online within this week. Do you plan to try it out?"
Schiller thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I just haven't decided who to duo with yet, but I'll definitely participate."
After Owen left, Schiller dealt with matters related to the starship while thinking about who to find for a duo. He planned to participate in both a restricted and an unrestricted game. For the restricted game, he would definitely find someone who was good at playing games, and for the unrestricted game, he would naturally find someone who was good at fighting.
Soon, a shortlist appeared in Schiller's mind, but how to get them to accept the invitation was also a science. Schiller decided to take some time and let them come to him on their own initiative.
It’s a double!