Start a Subspace

The current government is a government with unlimited responsibility, not a government elected by the people. Therefore, the prices of basic living resources must be stable, money cannot be issued indiscriminately, and the fiscal deficit cannot be too large, which means that sufficient fiscal revenue is needed.

According to the current real estate policy, everyone has a room of 5 square meters. This is a free welfare housing, and there is no money.

The people vividly call it "cage house", which means pigeon cage.

In fact, after living for a long time, the pigeon cage is not unacceptable. After all, most of the civilians lived in this kind of cages in the earth shelters. I've lived here for 10 years, and I'm almost used to it. It's okay to live for a lifetime.

But people are always eager for big rooms, especially those who have the ability and job skills.

In order to meet the needs of the general public, large rooms of several grades such as 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, and 50 square meters have been introduced. Those larger than or equal to 15 square meters have independent toilets.

But if you live in such a big room, you have to pay property tax. The bigger the house, the more tax you need to pay.

Property tax is a long-term stable income. In the future, it can even account for 30% of fiscal revenue, which is actually quite impressive.

In addition, houses are not allowed to be sold or rented privately.

According to the total amount of tax paid, you can get free nursing homes after retirement.

People who have made outstanding contributions to civilization can also be rewarded with extra large rooms.

As soon as these policies came out, they were widely praised. Even the wise and mighty Daxia Crown Prince only lives in a room of 50 square meters. What is unacceptable? Which of the chaebols in the past was not hundreds of square meters? Even a park is owned by chaebols.

Living in a cage room of 5 square meters for a lifetime is because you are not capable enough!

...

In this way, at twelve o'clock at noon, Zhao Weichao of the Royal Second Corps came to "Yuyan No. 1".

"Report! Everything is normal on Yuyan-1. It is currently 2.5 million kilometers away from Earth!"

"Thank you, I will take over from now on." Zhao Weichao saluted another astronaut.

Since the last time he was successful in suppressing mobs and won the second-class group merit, Zhao Weichao has returned to the army. He has transformed from a truck driver to a professional soldier.

And receive professional space training.

Since human beings have entered the space age ahead of schedule, the demand for ordinary soldiers in Kunlun Mountain society will be greatly reduced, and the number of soldiers who should be demobilized will be controlled at about 150,000.

More importantly, it is the Space Engineer Corps, a new branch that requires proficiency in the use of various space instruments, familiarity with movement in a zero-gravity environment, and proficiency in the maintenance of various machinery.

In other words, the requirements for soldiers have reached the level of astronauts.

Zhao Weichao is a smart man with a high degree of education and ingenuity. After three months of practice, he obtained the qualification of the first batch of space engineers.

He turned around and asked the squad leader next to him in a low voice: "Squad leader, hasn't the location of Ark One been thoroughly checked yet?"

Ark One, the renegade elite spaceship.

The two sides are currently...not hostile, but definitely not friendly either.

"Not yet." The old squad leader looked at the starry sky and shook his head, "Without the sun's light, we can't find each other's position."

"But what is certain is that they must also be waiting for the arrival of that meteorite!"

"We're going to be in direct competition."

The only laser telescope on Yuyan-1 has been aimed at the 12,000-ton asteroid.

Without the sun, the starry sky is too dim, and the traces of meteorites can only be barely captured through the diffuse reflection of the laser.

Once the field of view is lost, this meteorite will be difficult to find back.

Another captain asked next to him: "What is the way to capture asteroids?"

Zhao Weichao said: "The mass of the asteroid is as high as 1.2 trillion tons. Our spacecraft is less than 10,000 tons. The difference is 100 million times. It is impossible to capture it directly with brute force."

"So, we have two plans here. The first plan is to synchronize the speed of the spacecraft with the meteorite, land directly on the meteorite, and then be equivalent to stationing on the meteorite, and slowly exploit the resources in it."

"We will follow wherever the meteorite flies. Even if it flies out of the solar system, it doesn't matter."

"The second plan is to let His Highness open a super-large space door and send this meteorite directly into the subspace, and then we will slowly figure out a way."

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, he was amazed: "The second plan is good, but the bigger the space door, the more His Highness's ability is needed..."

"He...isn't he going to reach the limit?"

"Maybe it's a little bit worse..."

Speaking of Zhang Ran's ability to create, everyone was excited, but at the same time a little annoyed.

In fact, everyone doesn't want to rely too much on His Highness's ability.

Because every time Zhang Ran creates something in the void, he will show a very painful expression, as if he has cancer, which makes the bystanders tremble with fear, for fear that Zhang Ran will suddenly die suddenly.

His Highness is the ballast stone that maintains the stability of Kunlun Mountain. If he dies suddenly, there will be great chaos among the people, and no one wants to go back to the past.

but……

It's so delicious!

"Well, one last time, one last time. With that meteorite, we can do a lot of things."

Suddenly a soldier screamed, as if thinking of something: "Wait, it's not right, everyone!"

"The dignitaries on Ark One can only choose the first option. They don't have a subspace, so they have to land on the meteorite to mine."

"Our side wants to put it into the subspace..."

Zhao Weichao's mood also became tense. This is the fundamental conflict between the two sides. There is only one meteorite, and everyone wants it all!

What is said about "putting aside disputes and joint development" is simply a dream!

Matter is limited, 1.2 trillion tons sounds like a lot, but it may be the only thing that can be captured in the next hundred or thousand years!

Who doesn't want to have it all to themselves?

The attacking side has an absolute advantage, and an ordinary nuclear bomb can blow up the opponent's spaceship.

No matter how an agreement is signed or a treaty is signed, it is impossible to reduce this risk.

There is no third-party witness here at all!

The Yuyan spacecraft is the only medium between the subspace and the real universe. If Yuyan is smashed, everyone will be trapped in the subspace and cannot come out.

Without a real medium, Zhang Ran couldn't open the subspace for nothing.

Zhao Weichao quickly said: "It's okay, as long as we don't take the initiative to expose it, they won't be able to find us."

"The most important thing now is to observe."

"Earth should disappear shortly, with a few seconds of vacuum decay and bright light."

...

As time passed bit by bit, Zhang Ran brought Ling and a few cosmologists to Yuyan No. 1 cabin.

"Your Highness!" Several soldiers quickly saluted.

"Hello." Zhang Ran replied, "Has the other party's spaceship not been found yet?"

"Not yet, but theoretically it won't be too far away from our spaceship, and it's impossible for them to miss the meteorite a month later. A conflict between our two sides is likely to break out."

Zhang Ran was silent, looking at the starry sky in the distance.

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