The filming team had just finished the ocean-style filming of Blue Star. After taking a short rest and staying at Blue Star's Qinglong Base for one night, they set off directly to Panshi Station early the next morning."We will be staying at the Panshi Station for a week. The Panshi Station is located in low-Earth orbit, similar to the International Space Station on Earth, but on a much larger scale."
Chen Lin smiled and introduced to Qian Wei and the people behind him: "We are going to take the space elevator up later. Have you made the corresponding preparations?"
Qian Wei nodded quickly. He had actually gone through several training sessions. Of course, he had never ridden in a space elevator. All he had experienced were things like weightlessness training.
This kid really loves the underwater base of Blue Sea Star. In his description, the Qinglong base has become a fairy-like residence, similar to the caves in ancient legends. He has been very excited during the past few days living in the Qinglong base.
Of course Chen Lin noticed Qian Wei's condition, and smiled as he told him that he could apply to work here after he finished his work for this period.
Of course, Chen Lin was not in charge of the work at the Blue Star Azure Dragon Base. The most he could do was provide a way to contact them, but he couldn't actually help Qian Wei.
But this was enough to make Qian Wei smile from ear to ear with joy.
A group of people followed Chen Lin and used the elevator to directly reach the sea surface from the underwater Qinglong base. The sea surface base station and official entrance of the space elevator also appeared in front of them.
At this time, the base of the space elevator has been transformed into a huge building, with a large number of people and equipment going in and out. The entire base inside and outside is now filled with busy people.
"There are quite a few people on Blue Star now. In order to ensure the normal operation of the interstellar space station in space, the association has sent more than 20,000 people here."
Lin Yun seemed to have known some information about the Rock Station before. She said to Chen Lin, "The department I worked in before had several people assigned to come here to be responsible for the assembly and design of starship weapons. At that time, those colleagues thought they were going to go to war with aliens and created so many warships."
Chen Lin smiled and continued, "The Rock Station may have been upgraded now. It was a small station before, only slightly larger than the International Space Station. During my subsequent visits, the Rock Station has been expanding and has begun to use mineral resources from other planets in the galaxy on a large scale. When I came for the third time, the entire Rock Station had expanded more than twice its size."
The photography team on the side couldn't respond at all, and Qian Wei listened the whole time without saying a word. The two protagonists in front of him were not like other young people taking wedding photos, both of them had strong personal opinions.
In addition, the two of them have an exclusive status. Chen Lin or Lin Yun can replace them all at any time with just one word. The slightest dissatisfaction will be an unbearable burden on the entire team. This has made them learn one thing - if they can't respond, just don't respond at all and just do what they should do.
The key is to do the job at hand well.
So far, Chen Lin and Lin Yun are still very satisfied with their entire photography team.
The space elevator also requires queuing. Everyone followed Chen Lin through the exclusive passage, walked up a few steps along the stairs, and soon entered the space elevator's cabin.
The elevator at this time was much more luxurious than before. Chen Lin took a look around and noticed that the size of the interior was enough to accommodate hundreds or even thousands of people. They followed the sound and found their seats. The staff came out to check whether everyone's safety protection measures were normal. Ten minutes had passed after the operation was completed.
“It’s a bit like riding a roller coaster…”
Qian Wei whispered to his colleagues, but Chen Lin heard it instead. He smiled and said to the photographer, "You are absolutely right, but this space elevator is much more powerful than a roller coaster. You will know it later."
Qian Wei chuckled. All the staff had already evacuated, the hatch was closed, and the cargo hold, transport bridge and other facilities had been evacuated. The voice of the AI sounded softly at this time.
"Passengers on the space elevator, please hold on to your handrails. The space elevator is about to start."
Everyone's seats were pushed down so that everyone was lying in a reclining position.
Everyone in the cabin was wearing a breathing mask. Some people who were riding this device for the first time were breathing rapidly, and there was a white mist inside the mask.
"The countdown starts in ten seconds."
"Nine,"
"eight,"
"seven,"
……
As the last start sounded, Qian Wei couldn't help but grab the armrest in front of him. Then he felt a rumbling vibration, and then his whole body was pressed down on the seat!
The space elevator is pulling itself up at a very high speed, causing the gravity inside the entire cabin to be accelerated to 8G or more in an instant, and this number is still rising rapidly!
"breathe!"
Chen Lin noticed that Qian Wei beside him was in a trance at this time, and his breathing rhythm through the breathing mask was completely messed up, which forced Chen Lin to speak up to remind this boy.
He had ridden the space elevator many times, and Chen Lin's physical strength was much stronger than that of ordinary people, so he did not feel any discomfort at all. However, everyone on the photography team showed different postures.
Chen Lin couldn't help Qian Wei much. After reminding him, he turned his head and glanced at Lin Yun on his right. He found that although the girl was not in a very good condition at the moment, she was obviously still holding on.
After noticing Chen Lin's gaze, Lin Yun gave him a forced smile - at this moment the cabin they were in had already endured an acceleration of up to , but the corresponding cabin had also partially reduced this, which ensured that they could maintain normalcy in this state, and generally speaking, they could withstand it after simple training.
However, the photography team had only received training related to weightlessness, and had almost no training on space elevators.
The speed was still increasing. Someone from the photography team had fainted. Chen Lin helped to activate the assistance device, which was quickly taken over by AI. This phenomenon had occurred more than once or twice, so it was not a big problem.
When everyone finally arrived at the Rock Station in low-Earth orbit hundreds of thousands of kilometers above the ground, everyone in the photography team was a little unsteady on their feet. Qian Wei was about to faint, but he managed to survive, and his head was still buzzing.
Everyone followed the on-site staff to change out of their anti-gravity suits, while Chen Lin was received as a special guest and taken to their exclusive room at Panshi Station.
At this time, the Panshi Station can no longer be called a "station". It is more like an interstellar transit core. Chen Lin currently has no way of seeing how big the station is now, but from the staff who came to greet them, he still knows a rough idea - compared to its original scale, the Panshi Station has actually expanded twenty-six times.
"Mr. Chen, please follow me."
The staff led Chen Lin, Lin Yun and others to the door of the room where they would be staying for the next week. The photography team also enjoyed the highest reception etiquette. The room they stayed in was also in this area, only slightly worse than Chen Lin's.
Chen Lin brought a lot of things with him this time, mostly clothes and the like. The staff helped them move the things in, and then told them that they could contact them at any time if they needed anything, and that they had already been informed about the space station.
Chen Lin nodded slightly, the staff disappeared, and as soon as the door of the room was closed, Lin Yun immediately walked around the room where they were.
The room they are in may be only 50 square meters in size, but its interior design is like a luxurious five-star hotel. It has everything needed for daily life. The most important thing is that the innermost wall is transparent - they can see the starry sky and the universe directly through the wall!
The blue sea star suddenly appeared in sight. This huge water planet, which was much bluer than the earth, appeared in front of Chen Lin and Lin Yun. From the perspective of Panshi Station, this thing was ridiculously large. Chen Lin knew that this was due to the special position they were in.
Lin Yun stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window and looked at the blue sea stars for a long time before he came to his senses. He turned his head and saw Chen Lin also quietly staring at the planets outside.
"It's so beautiful."
Chen Lin murmured. He noticed that Lin Yun had come back to his senses, and smiled and said, "Blue Starfish is currently our largest marine aquaculture base. The total amount of marine resources it can produce each year is terrifying, and a complete industrial chain has been formed."
"Our association will never miss any place that can be developed..."
Lin Yun sighed, and she remembered the time when she and Chen Lin went to the temporary base on Muling Star to take a set of photos.
Muling Planet is actually not new anymore. The association has been developing room-temperature superconducting minerals on a large scale there. Originally, there was only one portal, but in order to facilitate on-site processing, the association used the characteristics of room-temperature superconducting materials to build a suspended base near the portal.
The suspension base is maintained on a daily basis. Although the air of Muling Star is highly toxic, it still cannot stop humans from developing it.
After discovering the Mu Ling planet, the Red Dragon Association simultaneously excavated room-temperature superconducting materials while conducting a secondary survey of the flora and fauna on the entire planet. In the end, they even re-established a tacit cooperative relationship with the Mu Ling people.
According to the information the two had seen before, the Red Dragon Association could now rely on transporting large quantities of crops to Muling Star in exchange for special meat on the planet Muling Star - the Muling people seemed to have accepted this method of exchange. After all, the creatures on Muling Star that were used as meat supply were actually overrun and they simply could not eat them all.
Due to the association's demand for meat, the Mu Ling people on Mu Ling Star even gave rise to herders and animal husbandry. Their life, which originally relied purely on hunting in the wild, suddenly became a fixed breeding industry. The speed of this transformation was completely unexpected by Chen Lin and the others.
"We'll take a short break in the morning, and after lunch we'll go take a series of pictures here."
Chen Lin said to Lin Yun, "Let's get familiar with the scene first. This set of photos mainly highlights weightlessness and the cosmic background, so the scene is very important."
"You should have chosen a place, right?"
"Of course, the association has selected it for us, and we can go and see it right away."
After a short rest, the two were soon led by the staff to the scheduled filming location. This location is actually in an area where two fields influence each other. The gravity device of the Rock Station itself affects this area. As a result, the subsequent expansion has made the gravity in the area not so stable - this results in that although there is gravity in this area, it is not much, and people can still easily jump very high, just like on the moon.
Chen Lin heard from the staff that this area is generally used for shooting documentaries or short video promotions, and there is no problem using it for shooting wedding photos.
Qian Wei and others began to set up equipment on site to find the angle, while Chen Lin and Lin Yun had already changed into light space suits and began to walk in the space nearby. As their altitude increased, they gradually saw the full picture of the Panshi Station.
The current Panshi Station is indeed called a "station", and it would be more appropriate to call it a certain interstellar center!
The area they were in was less than a few tenths of the entire interstellar center, but when they looked up, they were filled with flashing lights and busy areas. The huge interstellar buildings silently shocked Chen Lin and Lin Yun, as it was the first time they had seen this scene.
"I haven't paid attention to the intranet information for a long time, and I didn't know that the Panshi Station had expanded so much."
"Although I have paid attention to it, I have never actually considered how big this interstellar space station is... Now I see it and I am really shocked."
Lin Yun shook her head slightly. What flashed in her vision were interstellar battleships that were constantly docking and slowly accelerating. Those things were the direct source of the association's mobilization of her colleagues before. The number of these big guys is now very terrifying. There are at least dozens or even hundreds of them at a glance.
"Does the Association intend to take over the entire Chiyang Galaxy?"
Lin Yun asked Chen Lin who was beside him.
"Before, I learned about this news through the publicity of my colleagues. The association did not do much publicity for the work of Blue Starfish. Now that I have come to conduct a field investigation, I found that the progress has been so fast."
Chen Lin had just recovered from his shock. After hearing Lin Yun's words, he smiled and responded, "This is like the back garden of our association."
"Before, there may have been some poisonous snakes in the back garden, and we couldn't do anything about it. Now we have professional tools and methods. We must definitely clear out the poisonous snakes and get rid of the weeds in the entire back garden, so that this place can truly become our backyard."
Chen Lin raised his hand and waved it in a circle: "The biggest threat to Blue Sea Star is only one Kara Zerg. After dealing with these little things, the entire universe where Blue Sea Star is located will be ours. It is normal for the association to invest so much money." (End of this chapter)
