Dragon Raja 5; Chapter 379: For Your Majesty (194)

Dragon Raja 5

“After all, it’s built in Siberia, so the proportion of Russians is higher, and the common languages ​​​​are English, Russian, and Chinese. The male-to-female ratio is 50/50, and it’s monogamous.” Lu Lincheng lowered his voice here, “Actually, I considered a structure with more women than men, which would be more efficient in terms of reproduction, but your mother led the opposition, saying that monogamy is a great human achievement civilization, and we must preserve humanity and not trample on human civilization at the same time; the Christians also opposed it, arguing that Adam and Eve alone in the Garden of Eden reproduced all of humanity, so a stallion structure of one Adam and ten Eves is not in accordance with God’s will. So, unfortunately, son, you won’t be able to enjoy this blessing.”

“I think the main reason you didn’t persist was that even if the stallion system were established, it wouldn’t be of much use to you.”

“Son, I regret that even family members lack this kind of trust! I won’t give any woman a second glance except for your mother! You must tell your mother this!” Lu Lincheng paused, “As for those legendary old guys, they generally don’t come out much, hiding in their offices and laboratories. Most of them serve as mentors to young people, so this is also a top-quality university.” Lu Lincheng pointed to the small windows on the upper floor of Khrushchev’s building, “This is the experts’ building, and behind every window sits an academic giant.”

“A treasure of an old men?” Lu Mingfei asked. “Those who won the Nobel Prize?”

“There are a few, but winning an award isn’t a prerequisite for coming to this safe haven. We also have a middle school student, who hasn’t received any proper education, but is a genius mathematician. Last month, he defeated the former head of the Cambridge Mathematics Department in a discussion about prime numbers, and the head, enraged, challenged them to a duel. This place doesn’t apply to any country’s laws, and its own rules aren’t fully established, so we can’t determine whether the duel is legal. Therefore, we’ll have to have another legal debate. Hopefully, the loser won’t challenge us to a new duel.” Lu Lincheng sighed.

“Dad, are you the boss around here?”

“Secretary-General, or rather, the logistics director for this group,” Lu Lincheng called out, and the moose quickened their pace to pass through the narrow doorway.

The view suddenly opened up before them. There were no spruce trees planted here, and the garden was much larger than the other buildings. Calling it a garden was not quite right, because the entire ground was made of metal, and countless cooling wells vented large amounts of water vapor into the air, while the hum of turbines turning could be heard underfoot.

“The amount of work underground is comparable to that above-ground construction. We considered putting the entire shelter underground, but that would double the amount of work, and the financial resources and confidentiality would be a big problem.” Lu Lincheng pushed Lu Mingfei toward the center of the garden.

They entered a simple-looking tin shack, which was actually an elevator leading underground. As the elevator doors opened and closed, the scene before them completely changed.

The surface buildings gave the impression of a research institute or university, while the underground was the command center. The ceilings weren’t high, but the space was vast, with winding corridors and colorful signboards. The air was filled with the rumble of machinery, clearly indicating that the various equipment maintaining this haven was just a wall away. Men and women moved about; if the people on the surface were students, those here were teaching assistants, dressed in neat uniforms and high boots, looking quite dashing. The Lu family, father and son, strolled around leisurely, observing as they went, the most idle on this floor.

“This floor is designated for equipment and management. Our fusion reactor, heating, and power equipment are all located here, and the people responsible for those devices are on duty here. They will change shifts with the people on the ground at night.” Lu Lincheng then pushed Lu Mingfei into the elevator.

On the next floor, Lu Mingfei was surprised to see a botanical garden and a zoo, which were enclosed in individual crystal glass cases, like small cubes cut from different ecosystems, or aquariums of different styles.

“We try to preserve some small ecosystems, but it’s impossible for mammals; we don’t have that much space,” Lu Lincheng said. “Human descendants should know what kind of environment their ancestors lived in.”

The next floor was a gigantic server room, with countless computing chips inserted into countless iron racks, forming a matrix of several thousand square meters. “You can think of our computing hub as the EVA here, but its functionality can’t compare to EVA’s,” Lu Lincheng said. “We’re using technology from twenty years ago, while EVA has been upgraded with the most advanced 3-nanometer chips.”

“Because you want it to run for thousands of years, older technologies are more stable and easier to maintain.”

“It seems Anjou really taught you some useful things.” Lu Lincheng smiled. “Everything here is based on practicality. It can’t be the most fashionable or comfortable, and it’s even a bit run-down, like our old home, but it’s enough.”

The space on the next floor consists of a network of passageways and countless functional areas, with a huge, lecture hall-like building in the center. Unlike the floors that take a simple and practical approach, this one even has wooden floors.

“This is an emergency shelter. If the harbor is attacked and the ground defenses are destroyed, the survivors will come here. Of course, its carrying is only one-tenth of the entire harbor. The elevators and all passages will be filled with high-strength resin, and once it solidifies, it will be completely sealed off. Even with the most advanced engineering equipment, it would take months to dig this far. At the same time, we will broadcast the news of the harbor’s fall to the world. Food and water will last capacity for a few months, depending on whether anyone can come to rescue us,” Lu Lincheng said. “We’ll decorate it a bit better to avoid everyone’s mental breakdown over the next few months. Sometimes we also use this space for meetings and dancing.”

“Are you guys still dancing?”

“This safe haven is a closed society. Maintaining this society requires not only providing with enough food, water, and energy, but also maintaining everyone’s mental state and basic social structure,” said Lu Lincheng. “Some scientists specialize in studying how to maintain human social structures in enclosed spaces to prevent self-destructive tendencies or mutual killing. This is crucial for everyone interstellar travel. With current technology, human migration to other planets might take thousands or even tens of thousands of years. At that point, we face two choices: one is to freeze astronauts and thaw them upon arrival, and the other is to build a small human society on the spaceship, where astronauts reproduce, and their descendants arrive at the destination. So, which society, a democratic one or a religious one, can last longer? This is a very good topic; everyone is speculating, and no one knows the answer.”

“Is this a democratic society?”

“It’s like that for now, but if the world really ends and this place is sealed off for a thousand years, it’s hard to say,” Lu Lincheng laughed. “Maybe a thousand years from now, people here will be worshiping the omnipotent flying spaghetti monster.”

He pushed Lu Mingfei back into the elevator. Lu Mingfei noticed that there were several buttons below this floor. The underground works of this safe haven were no less impressive than the massive underground palace of Cassel College.

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