CHAPTER 290: CHAPTER 289: TECHNOLOGY CITY

The Wandering Base, after countless renovations, has become extremely vast, covering about 10,000 square kilometers, comparable to a super metropolis of the communist era.

In fact, the Wandering Base is also a city, being the scientific research center on Earth, it is also known as Technology City. About seventy percent of the scientific research achievements are spread from the Wandering Base every year.

In this Technology City, the Wandering Base, innovative scientific research results can be seen everywhere, each one is the latest achievement of a scientific team. After being experimentally verified in the Technology City, mature technologies originate and are disseminated to the outside world. Thus, the Wandering Base is also an extremely cutting-edge and creative city. If you walk within the Wandering Base, you’ll see all sorts of novel inventions that are not yet available outside.

For example, a prototype of an Atomic Computer that is computing river flow speeds.

This was invented by scientists based on scientific conjectures from Entropy Beasts. If finally successful, it would set off a long-awaited computer revolution in the electron world.

Because ever since computers were created in the mid-20th century, despite countless upgrades and the change into Quantum Computers, the fundamental essence of computers has not changed – their structure and principle still follow the scientific basics of the past, which is why scientists are yearning for a real computer revolution.

Or take, for example, the Space Chargers hovering in various public rest areas.

This is the scientists’ whimsical idea of converting solar energy into electrical energy and storing it directly at the spatial level, making charging very convenient. Even though nowadays electronic devices basically have solar direct charging technology, this invention still has its own value.

Or, for instance, at night, the Artificial Moon floating high in the sky.

This is a celestial life currently being researched by a science team, codenamed Moon, designed based on the common Celestial Civilization in the Universe. Because three types of life have been confirmed in the Universe today: one is evolved cellular composite life, two is mechanical/manufactured life (robots), and third is the largest and most unique Celestial Life. The Wandering Alliance has basically grasped the first two types and certainly also wishes to understand the third, in order to unravel the mysteries of Celestial Civilization.

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Having completed their visit to the Wandering Base, and seen many cutting-edge inventions and scientific research projects, delegates from both the Eternal Life Civilization and the Mushroom Civilization were thoroughly impressed, their respect for the Wandering Alliance growing immensely.

On the way back to the visiting ship, the delegations of the two civilizations summarized this visit.

Among them, Yong Hui, the leader of the Eternal Life Civilization, asked, "Mr. Lu Xing, I still have a big doubt in my mind, and I would appreciate your guidance. I would like to know how you manage to cultivate so many scientific talents?"

Lu Xing said, "This is indeed something I need to tell you, as you will need to implement the same system in the future. Speaking of talent cultivation, I need to correct a number first. Actually, the number of scientists in the Wandering Alliance isn’t just the fifty million within the Wandering Base. Whether it’s these fifty million or the five hundred thousand at the Kunpeng Space Station, these are just the number of scientists currently employed. Our reserve of scientific talent is close to fifty billion."

"How is that possible? Isn’t your population only one hundred billion?" The delegates of the Eternal Life Civilization were extremely shocked.

The leader of the Mushroom Civilization incredulously added, "Does that mean that one in every two people in your population is a scientist? That’s just too unbelievable."

Lu Xing smiled faintly and said, "More or less. I know it’s puzzling for you, but that’s the fact. The reason for this has to do with our system. You have heard along the way that the Wandering Alliance is now implementing the Communist System. This is the most advanced method of wealth distribution currently available and is the most suitable social system for our Wandering Alliance. To discuss the Communist System in detail could take a long time, so I will have someone send you detailed information later. Now, I will mainly talk about the comprehensive elite education policy we implement under Communism, which is why we have such a large number of talents."

"Comprehensive elite education policy?" the leaders of both civilizations exclaimed in unison.

Lu Xing nodded and said, "Exactly. As its name implies, it means shaping every individual into elite talents. Under the unprecedented productive forces of the Communist System, we have achieved equal and fair education. Using the powerful computational abilities of robots and intelligent AIs, we have designed different educational plans for children with different personalities, tailoring education to accentuate their strengths. When these children grow up, they have a high likelihood of becoming elite talents."

"Of course, even with a comprehensive elite education policy, having nearly half the population as scientific talents is generally not possible. This is mainly because the Wandering Alliance has been wandering in the Universe, urgently needing technological advancement and understanding of the Universe’s truths. This environment has stimulated many children to aspire to become scientists exploring the Universe from a young age."

"So, our scientific talent is the inevitable outcome developed under the three major factors of policy, environment, and history!" Lu Xing concluded at last.

The leader of the Eternal Life Civilization said, "Well, I can understand the environmental and historical factors, and I also understand your comprehensive elite education, but what I don’t understand is, just the investment in each elite’s education is a huge amount. To implement a comprehensive elite education policy, wouldn’t that require an immense amount of capital investment? Won’t such an education scheme drag down the entire civilized society?"

Lu Xing replied, "Not at all. The productive forces of a third-level civilization are already incredibly high, and under the implementation of the Communist System, people are more passionately and joyfully invested in their interests, which further enhances the productive forces. Moreover, the Communist System is a new type of collective societal system. In this era and under this system, the influence of money on human nature is minimal. Therefore, our society has achieved demonetization; there’s no such thing as the monetary figure you mentioned. In addition, our society has also stopped blindly pursuing so-called economic growth, thereby avoiding falling into an economic trap. Our only goal now is to find ways to make life happier and more convenient for the people!"

"I still don’t quite understand," both civilization’s delegations shook their heads.

Lu Xing smiled helplessly and said, "The Communist System is based on the unique history of Earth Civilization; it is normal that you are unable to fully understand without knowing our history just yet. After you go back, study the material we provide carefully, and I believe you will gain something."

"Alright, after we return, we will thoroughly study it and also try to implement your comprehensive elite education."

The leader of the Eternal Life Civilization said, "Nevertheless, Mr. Lu Xing, you are truly wise to come up with such a formidable policy and social system. I’m convinced that under your leadership, Earth Civilization will become more and more prosperous, and the cooperation between us will make the Wandering Alliance ever stronger."

Lu Xing said, "I need to correct two misconceptions in your statement..."