Star Engineer
Getting on the space station isn't something you can explain in a few words, so the Night Watch Center is packed with people. Even Taoduoduo's customer service is overwhelmed, and most of their replies are just copy-pastes.
"The space station is under construction. Please be patient, all Hungry Hungry residents. The territory will help all residents relocate to the space station in batches. As the space station's functions are not yet complete, we will respond to specific questions one by one once they are completed."
Or "Because the space station's functions are not yet complete, the Hungry Hungry Space Station will not accept foreign residents for the time being."
Zhang Dahai asked around, but mostly got these answers, which could not answer most of the questions at all.
He thought about it and found the simplest, most effective method.
Wasn't the space station hiring for laborers right now? He simply signed up, thinking it would be better for him to go and see for himself while he was working.
Work was to start tomorrow, so Zhang Dahai packed up his things. He had an inexplicable fear of space, so he put his valuables by the door and left a message for his brother: if he couldn't come back, he should sell his things and distribute them to the former residents of Little Yellow Dog Village.
He had done his best. Zhang Dahai sighed and looked up at the sky. He felt that the air was inexplicably depressing.
In fact, when the residents received these replies, it was not because Henghehe deliberately did not answer them. It was because not long ago, Ye Miaomiao was really worried about this stupid problem and could not answer it herself.
A territory can only accommodate a limited number of residents. A single space can only hold so many things. Adding one more resident means more than just a bed. More importantly, it means more necessities. Where do they come from? Each functional building needs to add workstations, taking up more space. And every additional space requires more resources to maintain.
This is also the reason why Hungry Hungry began to limit the number of residents it accepted two disasters ago - insufficient resources.
The problem wasn't a shortage of resources, but a shortage of space. While the ground could be expanded at will, the space station couldn't. Even removing unnecessary buildings like the school, the entire station could only accommodate around 2,000 residents, leaving 1,600 people homeless.
Further expansion? Current technology cannot support the construction of larger buildings, and the entire space station will be dismembered and collapsed.
No matter what the situation was, Ye Miaomiao could not accept it. She even considered building another space station.
Fortunately, customer service responded to the message in time.
Previously, Ye Miaomiao had sent a stinky sac to customer service, asking how many Energy Stones it could sell for. Unexpectedly, the customer service representative righteously rejected her "dirty" trade request, as if the same customer service representative who had accepted Energy Stones and sold her Light Screen Technology was not the same one. So unfamiliar!
Customer service explained that due to various restrictions, she could enter the Energy Stone but could not leave it. Although all the stinky sacs could be converted into points, it was undoubtedly a huge amount of points that would make one's heart stop, but -
Ye Miaomiao felt quite resentful: "What's the point of getting points now? I might as well develop technology quickly and contact races that can buy and sell energy stones."
The customer service representative immediately said, "Don't worry, dear! I can give you something else."
She was always a helpful customer service representative. "I can definitely recommend your territory to the Balsam Star race as a tourist destination. They'll be ecstatic to see the Stink Sacs in your territory. They're a wealthy race, and you'll definitely earn a satisfactory amount of Energy Stones."
Ye Miaomiao looked at the customer service with a half-smile: "How much do you need?"
"The energy stones will be split 70% and 30% later."
Ye Miaomiao: "82 points."
"Don't go too far. You know, pushing ads requires a lot of resources."
"Ninety-one points. I can research an interstellar radio station any time and sell it myself when the time comes."
"Okay...okay." The customer service wanted to cry.
"I need some more stuff, I'll buy with Energy Stones." Ye Miaomiao wanted to laugh, but she held it in. Granted, she could develop technology and buy and sell anything herself, but customer service was always just a quick fix. In the face of disaster, the only thing she needed most was time.
"You say." The customer service representative cheered up again.
"I need some basic space weapons and a training chamber for soldiers..." Ye Miaomiao said, observing the dog face of the customer service representative who had taken advantage of the dog's owner. She easily saw a hint of relief on the dog's face. "I also need guidance on the design of a space station. Interstellar people would be more skilled in building space stations."
"What's so difficult about this?" the customer service representative even wanted to complain that it was too easy and wouldn't cost many Energy Stones. "It'll cost you a total of 300 Energy Stones. I'll send you the actual product and drawings for the first two, and I'll find an engineer for you for the last..."
"Find a better one."
The customer service staff assured her that there was nothing difficult about the space station's technology. She would find it hard to find an expensive one, and as she spoke, she looked towards the invisible screen in the sky. "The fastest... it will come here in its own spacecraft tonight, and the round-trip fare will be two energy stones." As she spoke, she looked at Ye Miaomiao.
Ye Miaomiao is rich and generous: "I gave it to you."
"Okay, the appointment is complete!"
After asking again and finding nothing wrong, the customer service representative left with a smile. She still had to busy herself with the promotion of tourist attractions. "Remember to give me a five-star rating, dear."
Ye Miaomiao quickly gave a positive review and happily went to sign for her weapon.
The feeling of quickly achieving results without any research was incredibly satisfying, but unfortunately, it could only be a temporary solution because it was expensive. Every energy stone was non-renewable, so unless it was a crucial moment, buying technology would be a waste.
After the weapons arrived, they were only used by the team members to familiarize themselves with them. The drawings, actual objects and training chambers were quickly delivered to the Aerospace Weapons Research Institute for basic research on high-level weapons.
In the evening, Ye Miaomiao finally waited for the engineer.
It stopped on the distant sea, and I don't know what kind of decoration it had done. When it stood on the shore, it looked like a human.
However, he was clearly unfamiliar with his limbs, and his legs nearly gave way when he walked. He simply crawled on the ground and scrambled forward. Fortunately, the team members quickly recognized him as an alien. Unable to bear the sight of him, they drove to pick him up, and he finally arrived before the appointed time.
"Thank you for making a special trip." According to Ye Miaomiao's instructions, the receiving team member handed over five energy stones.
"Only two, no extras." It looked at the team members curiously, speaking in a gibberish alien language. Universal Chinese came out of the translator, "Let's get to work."
It arrived at the space station under the leadership of the team members. After waiting for a long time, Ye Miaomiao finally met the legendary engineer——
At this moment, it was lying on the cart, with its arms and legs swinging freely, like a drowning jellyfish.
"You're here!" How could Ye Miaomiao complain about this cheap engineer? She quickly went over, pushed the jellyfish into the studio, and without saying a word, handed over the space station blueprint and explained her needs.
The jellyfish seemed to be disgusted with their design and mumbled a lot of complaints, but probably because the words were not pleasant to the ear, most of them were cut out and not translated through the simultaneous interpretation.
"The greatest space station - Cone." The jellyfish sang praises to the Cone Gate loudly, and a tentacle emerged from its brain. It picked up a pen and started drawing quickly - its tentacle seemed to be an extremely precise ruler. It explained as it drew.
“Although your circular design is ingenious, it is limited by the experience of parallel buildings on the ground and does not take into account the image of a three-dimensional building.”
"The core energy station takes up the least space, while your race's settlement takes up the most. Why not set the center as the settlement and the top of the cone as the energy station? This way, the energy transmission efficiency will be the highest."
"Since the space at the bottom is large enough, you can create artificial land and sunlight according to the needs of your race... Oh, I mean, I understand your race, but please don't be angry. I'm just an ordinary person who likes to read comics. I have absolutely no intentions towards your race."
Ye Miaomiao: “…” How popular is this comic!
"Following this blueprint, you can increase efficiency by 50%." Jellyfish began to measure the specific design of each floor. "This space station building can accommodate a total of 4,000 people. If you need more living space, you can design a cone at the back. However, I strongly recommend adding a military base."
"You know, a weak race like yours can only survive in the universe with a strong military force." It added an inverted cone-shaped space at the bottom of the cone. Different from the cone with smooth lines above, this cone has many more platforms on the side, which seem to be used to park various aircraft.
"I certainly don't want your race to perish any time soon. You know, I'm a passionate fan."
After the enthusiastic fan finished drawing a rough outline of the inverted cone, he stopped going deeper. It's a jellyfish that clearly separates work from hobby: "The specific content belongs to the military field, I can't draw it anymore."
"Additional money?" Ye Miaomiao asked.
Jellyfish sighed. "You belong to a developing civilization. Even though I'm a fan, I can't violate the treaty. Feel free to ask any questions you have about the space station's design. If you have any other needs, please contact your customer service."
No wonder they didn’t even collect the extra energy stones. Ye Miaomiao also sighed, wishing she could sing a duet with the jellyfish’s unskilled sigh.
She simply asked all the questions about the space station. Before sending the jellyfish away, the two of them took a photo together in front of the existing space station. At the jellyfish's strong request, Ye Miaomiao also signed it with "Master Craftsmanship, Save My Brain-dead Space Station" -
Now, Ye Miaomiao believed that it was a passionate fan. It even knew the idiots in Huawen, how much it loved these paper people.
Soon, the blueprints were delivered to Fang Yan, and soon the entire space station was built according to the blueprints based on the existing foundation. The first thing to be built was the first floor settlement.
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Zhang Dahai reported for work after breakfast. When he saw his coworkers and some acquaintances, all of whom were clever people who took the opportunity of work to get information, his originally depressed mood inexplicably improved.
At least he is not alone. Many people have left behind "legacies". With them accompanying him on the road, he is not lonely.
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