In the silent universe, on the planned route to Mercury.

The Gonggong, which carried the landing personnel, and the Cangjie, which was responsible for the escort mission, shuttled forward quickly, approaching in the direction of Mercury.

In the main cabin of the Gonggong, the news that Chen Yao City was completed was heard in real time through the quantum communication equipment, and soft cheers and applause also sounded throughout the cabin.

The landing personnel inside the cabin were equally excited.

…

Qiming Branch, front side of temporary command room,

After Zhang Zhai looked at the data related to the Gonggong that was gradually approaching Mercury on the holographic screen in front of him, he withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the people in the temporary command room.

He glanced at the excited crowd, without interrupting their cheers, and turned around to communicate with Academician Gan beside him.

"Academician Gan, the construction of Chenyao City has been completed, and the spacecraft carrying the Mercury landing personnel is not far from Mercury. Future plans should also be put on the agenda..."

In front of the temporary command room, Zhang Zhai and Academician Gan were communicating on various matters.

At the same time, the entire network on the ground continued to boil.

…

The moment Zhang Zhai announced the completion of the construction of Chenyao City, countless media following the live broadcast sent out the press release they had prepared.

Almost instantly, the entire Internet was flooded with related news.

"Another interstellar city is born, and the construction of Chenyao City is completed!"

"Human cities stand on Mercury, and human civilization once again advances towards the distant stars!"

"Zhai City Aerospace Chenyao City construction plan was a complete success. The second city with an ecological cycle system was born on Mercury."

With the help of relevant news that flooded the entire Internet, the entire Internet became increasingly noisy and lively, with countless people cheering, getting excited, and discussing it.

On the Internet and in various media live broadcast rooms,

It's like an exploding oil pan that keeps boiling,

"I just want to say one thing, the great God Zhai, the great Zhaicheng Space Center, and the great human civilization!"

"Ah ah ah, I just want to howl twice excitedly to express my excitement at this moment."

"Another interstellar city for mankind, I witnessed its birth with my own eyes, so excited!!"

"I'm a little moved and want to cry. You see, this is human civilization, a human civilization that lives in infancy and continues to move toward more distant stars."

In the live broadcast rooms of various media, countless viewers vented their excitement, and countless barrages washed through the live broadcast rooms like torrents of waterfalls.

…

As time passes, the entire network continues to be noisy,

After a brief celebration, various branches of Zhaicheng Aerospace continued to perform their respective responsibilities in an orderly manner, and continued to move forward in an orderly manner with various plans, including the Mercury manned landing plan.

After the construction of Chenyao City was completed, the temporary command room of the Qiming Branch began to play a supporting and coordinating role and continued to participate in the Mercury manned landing plan.

The Mercury manned landing plan has also entered the countdown stage.

On the holographic screen in front of the temporary command room of each branch, the estimated arrival time of the Gonggong and Cangjie at Mercury is clearly displayed - three days later.

…

That night.

Qiming Branch, in the lounge on the top floor.

In front of the desk under the window, Zhang Zhai was half leaning on his seat, staring at the system interface that he had called up directly in front of him.

"Host: Zhang Zhai

Wisdom:270(280)

Popularity:912,341,571

Unlockable technologies: None

The technology that can be unlocked in the next stage: Warp Engine

Technologies that have been mastered: interactive holographic images, artificial intelligence, new energy reserves, three new materials, anti-gravity boxes, quantum supercomputers, short-distance space transmission technology, quantum communications, controllable nuclear fusion (residual), grand unified theory

A little inspiration, genetic optimization, ecological simulation."

Zhang Zhai's eyes swept from top to bottom, pausing slightly on the popularity value.

Under the influence of various recent plans and the influence of previous events that have not yet dissipated, the popularity value has once again increased greatly.

After lingering slightly on the nine-digit value, Zhang Zhai continued to move his eyes downwards. In the next stage, the technology column can be unlocked and paused again.

"Warp engine..." Zhang Zhai murmured to himself in a low voice and repeated it over and over again, his eyes slightly drowsy.

Zhang Zhai has been continuously trying to conduct preliminary theoretical research on the curvature engine, but due to limitations in his understanding of space and time, progress has been slow.

Weiwei stared at the ‘curvature engine’ with empty eyes

After a while, Zhang Zhai looked away again.

"I hope there will be a little surprise..." Zhang Zhai muttered to himself, then moved his eyes upward again and looked at the famous column.

Looking at the nine-digit value that was still rising, a slight smile appeared on Zhang Zhai's face.

"Nine hundred million...although it may not be enough, it is not far from what is needed in the next stage." Zhang Zhai muttered to himself silently,

He plans to start upgrading his wisdom value from now on.

Without any hesitation, Zhang Zhai looked at the wisdom value column and quickly clicked on the '+' sign five times.

"The wisdom value is increased by one, and the popularity is reduced by 100 million."

"The wisdom value increases by one, and the popularity decreases..."

"Wisdom value..."

In an instant, with the improvement of the system, the wisdom value climbed to 275 points, and the remaining popularity also dropped sharply to only 300 million.

The next moment!

The best state comes after upgrading the wisdom value.

A cool and refreshing feeling instantly surged into the brain, and the whole person instantly reached the ultimate level of clarity and calmness. The fog that blocked thinking in the mind suddenly dissipated, countless ideas emerged, and countless ideas became unobstructed.

No time was wasted.

Zhang Zhai grabbed the paper and pen that had been prepared on the desk and quickly began to use the best state brought by the wisdom value upgrade to once again try to conduct preliminary theoretical research on the curvature engine technology.

Countless ideas burst out in Zhang Zhai's mind, and countless data emerged in his mind.

"Shuashuashua..."

In the lounge, the sound of the pen tip scratching the page began to resound continuously.

After a while,

The best state brought about by the upgrade of wisdom value disappeared, but Zhang Zhai did not stop the extreme deduction in his mind. With the inertia of his thinking, Zhang Zhai continued to conduct preliminary research on the theory related to the curvature engine.

…

Outside the window, under the influence of weather and environmental systems, the night is getting darker.

Time passes quickly,

It is constantly approaching the time when the Mercury manned landing spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at Mercury.

In the next three days,

Except for the necessary attention to the Mercury manned landing plan, Zhang Zhai rarely left the rooftop lounge and continued to conduct preliminary theoretical research on the curvature engine.

On the floor of the lounge, a large number of discarded manuscript papers were piled up, and on both sides of the desk, there were also a lot of temporarily reserved manuscript papers.

finally,

On the eve of the estimated arrival time of Gonggong,

In the lounge on the top floor,

"Shuashuashua..."

The sound of the pen tip scratching across the page continued to resound, and Zhang Zhai continued to perform extreme deductions in his mind.

The previous derivation research on the optimal state after upgrading the wisdom value did not bring results, but it brought several new ideas to Zhang Zhai.

After three days of extreme deduction research, most of them have failed.

However, the research direction that Zhang Zhai deliberately left at the end gradually became clear as Zhang Zhai continued to conduct research.

"Pap...pap."

Sweat dripped continuously on the manuscript paper and the table.

Zhang Zhai's brain was working to the limit, and the movements of his hands continued with the extreme deductions in his mind.

Countless data theory formulas and infinite correlations are constantly emerging in Zhang Zhai's mind, and they continue to extend to the details as Zhang Zhai's deductions become more complex and complicated.

The increasingly long and complicated chain of deductions challenges the limits of Zhang Zhai's thinking.
To be continued...