nashuaworldcup Chapter 379 Our Legacy
Chapter 379 Our Legacy
Antarctica—the most mysterious continent even to the Victorian Empire in the Southern Hemisphere, where storms rage, complex ocean currents, glaciers, and waves and low temperatures constantly warn humanity of its dangers.
However, there are already traces of human activity here. After the Amerinsil explorer Olina Kristoff led the Amerinsil National Expedition to Antarctica, this place began to come into the world's view. However, after Olina Kristoff's accidental death during the "Deep Freeze Operation" to explore the Antarctic interior, the peak of exploration in the entire Antarctic continent disappeared.
During the subsequent world war, Antarctica, due to its complex weather conditions, low temperatures, and harsh sea conditions, was once a peaceful place far from war. After Victoria disintegrated the Federation of Afrikaans and made it a colony of the Victorian Empire, the Antarctic continent became even more dangerous and rarely visited.
However, what the world doesn't know is that deep within the storm, in the Antarctic continent, lies the world's most naked secret and origin. Those documents and materials left over for tens of thousands of years all testify to their origin and a terrifying past.
Several tracked vehicles were driving through the ice and snow. In all respects, the predecessor of this tracked vehicle was actually a tank, but now it is a tracked vehicle.
"The wind speeds on the surface are very high... Is this normal in Antarctica?"
"Of course, everyone, this is just the normal state of the Ice and Snow Continent. Trust me, you will adapt quickly."
"So how did you adapt?"
The vehicle's interior was cramped and narrow, barely maintaining its temperature thanks to insulation and heating. Several people wearing heavy fur coats had the newly established United Nations Office for Scientific Research, Development and Heritage Technology Development embroidered on their arms. According to the new UN Charter, the Universal Stars Organization, as "the de facto operator of the United Nations agencies, has the obligation and authority to hand over most of the science, history, culture, and heritage in its possession to the United Nations Office for Scientific Research, Development and Heritage Technology Development."
Under the new UN Charter, the Cosmic Stars Organization was a core component of the United Nations, and a large number of Cosmic Stars heritage sites became known during this period, including the Wasteland Ring, the Control Islands, the Northern Louisiana Heritage Site, and the Antarctic Space Dock Ruins.
These legacies collectively constitute the publicly available sources of pre-civilizational heritage technology that the current new human civilization can access. After clarifying that the current civilization is a new civilization left behind by the United Nations on Earth, and with the unanimous consent of all member states, the legacy of the new civilization will be made public to all member states under a classified summary by the United Nations Office for Research, Development and Heritage Technology Development. However, all research results must comply with the Code of Conduct for Member States of the United Nations, and most importantly, the use of research for large-scale planned massacres, endangering the security of civilizations, and violating international law is prohibited.
Following the establishment of the new UN Charter, the United Nations was formally established. However, based on their own national security concerns, countries almost immediately sought the technologies researched and developed by the United Nations and requested that the United Nations Research, Development and Heritage Technology Development Agency send its own researchers and scientists—a considerable number of whom were spies.
However, what they didn't know was that the technology possessed by the Universal Star Organization was beyond their imagination. Moreover, the Universal Star Group, under Alice's instructions, actually hoped that countries could gradually gain the ability to reclaim the universe through the improvement of productivity.
Therefore, the current multinational joint heritage preservation plan was established, and the Antarctic archaeological site convoy was organized, with each country sending its top scientists to Antarctica for research.
After the convoy passed through the stormy weather on the outskirts of Antarctica, the inland areas were surprisingly mild. A colossal tower stood before them, its entire body silver-white. Outside the tower, several large industrial machines and figures could be vaguely seen.
Research on the Tower began in the early days of the Cosmic Star Organization. After Operation Deep Freeze ended, the structure of the Tower and most of the explorable space inside were gradually discovered by mankind. Today, the Tower is 3000 meters high and consists of an underground structure, a base, a transport layer, and the remains of the Skyhook. Its ground tower is 3,000 meters high, with some parts buried deep underground.
Whoever crosses the storm and reaches the interior of the Antarctic continent will be immediately awestruck by its grandeur. Just like the myths passed down in various countries, in the ancient times when the gods were watching, mankind worked together to build a towering tower that reached the sky. However, the gods did not want to see mankind as equals with them. At first, some gods made mankind grow animal ears, some gods made mankind grow animal tails, and some gods gave mankind demonic horns and tails. But it was not until a god deliberately molded some people back to their original form that the towering tower was finally unable to be completed.
However, myths and legends are one thing, but things are quite another now. People have awakened from myths and legends, from the stories woven by religions. The ancient civilizations of ten thousand years ago, and all the humans on earth today, have been proven to be human beings. This towering tower was not destroyed by the will of the gods, but by an unprovoked natural disaster.
The convoy drove onto the roads, which had been formed by the comings and goings of construction vehicles over the years. Orange lampposts marked the edges of the roads, and a huge warehouse gate stood not far away.
This building is embedded deep into the rock strata of the Antarctic continent. However, due to the ice layer that is several kilometers deep on the surface and the snow layer that is hundreds of meters thick on top, if a traditional structure were used, the movement of snow or ice would make it difficult to enter and exit the building. Therefore, the builders of the Antarctic space dock tens of thousands of years ago adopted the "adaptive building structure" technology. The tower on the surface can be adjusted up and down according to the thickness of the snow. The whole system consists of the hydraulic lifting structure at the bottom of the building and several locking structures on the space elevator. The outer tower on the surface is like a protective sleeve that can move up and down around the stick.
The initial explorers of the new civilization spent two whole years just finding this towering structure, and ten years researching how to enter the main tower. The first entrance was a 51-meter-high pit dug by manpower into the snow. There were several tightly closed entrances at this height, and the expedition team tried various methods, including explosives and hammering, but they could not break through these entrances. It was not until 53 meters that an open mechanical entrance finally allowed the expedition team to continue deeper.
Subsequently, "Operation Deep Freeze" began. After the sacrifice of 48 people, including the operation leader, expedition captain, and president of the Amelansi National Exploration Association, Olina Kristoff, and more importantly, after the operation was taken over by the Universal Star Group at the end, the expedition team finally figured out the purpose and condition of the tower and its internal equipment, and was able to begin a systematic study of these heritages.
Now, as the multinational heritage research team has moved in, the Antarctic space dock site research team has completed the most crucial step. They have restarted the cold fusion reactor, which was deliberately shut down but completely preserved, buried deep at the bottom of the giant tower. Using the Earth United Nations key left by Raffarin Lau, they obtained control of the tower and raised the main entrance to the ground through adaptive building modules. This is the ground the convoy entered.
After a detailed study of the remaining scientific data and technological artifacts inside the tower, the original research team submitted a report to the Huanyu Qunxing Group. Under the current conditions, it is feasible to repair the Antarctic shipyard. Data extracted from the surviving server group inside the tower contains the design drawings of the entire shipyard, and high-altitude construction can be carried out through the "Qingcao-1" platform.
However, this plan will require enormous human and material resources, and will need the cooperation of at least several top industrial nations. The space facility itself is a marvel. Even if they cannot completely restore it to its original design, based on their current level, they can certainly build a space dock that meets their current technological standards, relying on this tower.
However, this is contingent on the project being approved by the newly established United Nations General Assembly. It is foreseeable that the returns will be quite limited in the early stages after the space dock is completed. Furthermore, according to the United Nations Convention on Armed Forces in Space, any paramilitary force above the Kármán line, including armed spacecraft and space warships, must be under the command of the United Nations Space Operations Command. In other words, this project is a sure-fire loss for each member state.