Chapter 867: Brilliant Stars (12)_1

""There are only three mother module cores that we've built, hence, there is absolutely no room for error during the launch..."

General Ross looked at the old general standing on the stage, who spoke in a resounding tone, "In these five years, we have exhausted countless human and material resources, eventually manufactured the mother module core, and the launch device capable of delivering it to the vicinity of the Sun..."

As he listened, Ross noticed a change of expression on two other generals seated in the front row.

Ross knew exactly what was going on.

The Red Door Lan project might say it aims for extinction, in reality, it's all about using the super weapon as a negotiation chip with the mutants.

At the time, Professor X and Magneto were overwhelmingly dominant in terms of force. The military was envious of this power, but couldn't extract any benefit from them. To change this situation, they planned to create a chip of their own.

However, five years ago, even launching a probe to Mars was strenuous for the human race. The ambition of developing a device to launch directly near the Sun seemed like a pipe dream.

The Red Door Lan project was proposed under these technological circumstances. Back then, the military's imagination reached the upper limit, which was the Solar System.

They thought, if they could place a superweapon near the Sun, it would definitely solve the problem of mutants once and for all.

In the first three years of five, they exhausted countless resources, combining the military expenditure of all three armed forces, and finally managed to build this impossibly expensive equipment.

To understand its price, we must discuss the so-called mother module core.

The "Mother Module" is a super artificial intelligence developed by the military. Using various means, the military forced several technology-possessing scientists to hand over their technologies, and used these technologies to develop a super artificial intelligence.

But even combined, the artificial intelligence researchers they could find were no match for Stark alone. Therefore, this super intelligence was not as good as Jarvis. Its fatal flaw was that it needed a particular core to host its powerful computing core.

This special core, though not big in design, still needs to consider the size of the entire Red Door Lan base.

In the design, the Red Door Lan base should stably hover near the Sun, roughly being 0.01% the size of Earth.

The core installed inside the base is about as tall as a twenty-story building, with most components requiring Vibranium.

At that time, Vibranium was outrageously costly. The military reluctantly expended all their resources, only to be able to manufacture three cores, two of which were simplified versions.

What happened later is well-known. Approximately three years ago, Shiller arrived in this world, and since then, the Earth has been racing down an unknown path like a runaway horse.

With Shiller's push, the human race accelerated into the cosmic era. With another push from the Iron Demon God, the entire Solar System became an exploration within reach of the human race.

The military could never have imagined that their ambitious plan would appear clownish in retrospect.

Back then, they were forward-thinking, considering the pace of human development, it would take at least several centuries to reach the Sun. Assuming they could construct a base near the Sun with leading technology, they could not only threaten mutants but also fulfill more ambitions.

Under such motivation, the American military unleashed infinite potential, especially the Tartu faction, whose philosophy has always been "The military, not just for military purposes".

This project ran smoothly in the first three years. Despite being a financial black hole, progress was relatively smooth. The core was built; the launcher was successfully completed. Then Iron Demon God landed.

From then on, Stark, severely suffering from paranoia, began generously throwing technologies as if they were free.

No problem if the rocket could not take off, it could get a series of design graphics gifted by nature the next day. No problem if the satellite orbits were unstable, you were only responsible for sending it up, others would maintain it for you.

In the subsequent period, Stark transformed into a subsidy benefactor, not just solving technical problems on behalf of anyone who wished to explore space but also enabling those without the ability.

While Shiller's maneuver brought prosperity, many other countries also clearly saw that if they didn't rush forward for their share of the cake, they could only feed on leftovers. Under global space exploration enthusiasm's explosive outbreak, one month to land on the moon, three months for Mars exploration, half-year for Solar Energy exploitation...

In just over a year's time, the human civilization's attitude towards the Solar System underwent a major shift. Previously, humans belonged to the solar system; now, the solar system belongs to humans.

Under these circumstances, throwing something in the vicinity of the Sun might have been novel, judging by the nations on Earth, either they've already done it, or they're planning to. Even if you managed to fix it there, everyone would achieve it sooner or later. If you dared fire anything, it would lead to mutual destruction.

Even more heartbroken, the military remembered that when they built those cores, the price of Vibranium was at its peak. To combat inflation, they had even hoarded a lot.

But now, due to the widespread use of molten steel, the cost of creating the same thing is only a ten-thousandth of the original cost.