Chapter 639: Rereading the Dossier

Qin Ge looked toward Hai Lun Na beside him and said, "Hai Lun Na, which outpost's dossier is this?"

Hai Lun Na replied, "Reporting Commander, this dossier was brought back by North Carolina's team, and besides this one there is another dossier."

"Oh, switch it." Qin Ge said to Hai Lun Na.

"Yes." Hai Lun Na quickly switched the projection on the table to the next dossier.

"News Record: Re-investigation." Zhenhai read, "Not long ago, a research paper by domestic scholars rekindled global discussion on the Tunguska explosion topic. For a while, the usually unvisited Tunguska region in Siberia suddenly became popular."

"Hehe, it seems the Commander was right; perhaps because of this scholar's paper in the dossier, the whole world's attention shifted to the Tunguska region."

Qin Ge nodded and said, "Then this point is confirmed; indeed, the Tunguska explosion occurred in 1908, and only during the Cold War did research on the Tunguska explosion focus people's attention there."

"Hai Lun Na, continue switching to the next report." Since this dossier confirmed the earlier speculation, there was no need to discuss further, so Qin Ge continued to say to Hai Lun Na.

"Yes, Commander." Hai Lun Na quickly switched to another dossier and explained to Qin Ge, "This dossier was found in the fourth Sirens outpost."

Qin Ge nodded and then looked at the dossier together with the ship girls.

"Media Record: Cube and Nuclear Energy I." King George V read, "The application of the energy cube differs greatly from the currently prevalent nuclear energy. To those unfamiliar, the energy cube and nuclear reactors appear similar, both being energy-generating devices capable of almost unlimited energy release."

"But the operation of a nuclear reactor requires fuel, requires…… while the energy cube, first in volume, is far smaller than the currently developed smallest nuclear reactor, needs no fuel, operation simple and safe, and can achieve direct conversion of the electrical energy required to drive equipment powered by cube energy."

"Having the volume of a storage battery and the endurance of a nuclear reactor are the energy cube's most important features. Although the output power of a single energy cube is limited and cannot be compared with a small nuclear reactor, energy cubes can be freely combined in multiples, increasing total output power by increasing their number."

"That's why King George V had to read this entire dossier aloud, because this dossier contains almost no filler; everything inside is key points."

"I remember the Commander previously telling us about nuclear energy, which was one of the most advanced energy acquisition methods in his era." Enterprise looked at Qin Ge and said.

Qin Ge nodded and said, "Yes, whether in military or civilian fields, nuclear energy is a highly efficient means of obtaining energy, whether used by the military for aircraft carriers, submarines, nuclear warheads, etc., or used privately for nuclear power plants, X-rays, gamma rays, etc."

"Commander, if, as the data above says, such an energy cube truly existed in your world, what impact would it have?" King George V asked curiously.

Qin Ge pondered a moment and said, "In my world we have discussed this: if a new energy source emerged, replacing nuclear energy's position, being inexhaustible and limitless, and causing no pollution, then society would develop toward what?"

"First, it is beyond doubt that technology would see greater development, since the only two factors currently limiting technological development are materials and energy."

"Accompanying technological development, industry would undergo a complete overhaul. Low electricity prices would enable artificial intelligence to quickly cover industrial production lines, greatly boosting manufacturing power and also improving quality."

"In agriculture, super farms would no longer be a dream; at that time things would become very cheap, and humanity would no longer need to worry about food."

"Earth can no longer limit humanity's exploratory steps; to seek better materials, under such powerful energy, humanity can develop toward space, beyond the solar system."

"Hehe, all those the Commander mentioned are the good side; but is there a bad side?" Zhenhai smiled and said, "For example, after factories become intelligent, what becomes of the original workers? After agriculture becomes intelligent, what becomes of the original farmers?"

"Eliminated." Qin Ge said without emotion, "As technology develops, the need for human positions keeps decreasing, and the threshold keeps getting higher. If the country lacks corresponding welfare systems, then only a small portion of people will live in heaven while a large mass of people will live in hell."

"The world's transformation is not something everyone can enjoy, just as you won the war but did not receive the corresponding treatment; a country does not need scrap iron, likewise it does not need discarded people, and I believe this is also our consensus."

"The Commander's remarks are really sharp." Weineito looked at Qin Ge and said.

"So I rarely discuss these; I value reality more." Qin Ge smiled and said, "I am now very interested in what direction the world described in this dossier will develop."

"A dossier that can appear in a Sirens outpost and is related to the Cube—I estimate there's an eighty to ninety percent chance it is the world where the Sirens reside, or perhaps the world we originally appeared in?" Weineito smiled and said.

"Hai Lun Na, is this the only dossier you searched for in the fourth outpost?" Enterprise asked.

"Yes, but Bisimai brought back two copies." Hai Lun Na said, and immediately switched out a new dossier, projecting it onto the table.

"Societal Data: Conduct More Procurement." This time it was Enterprise's turn: "After experimentally modifying several factories with e-cube drive, the final product's production cost dropped by a full thirty percent! This new energy's performance is stable and reliable; over several months there has been not a single energy leak accident, making our earlier worries unnecessary……"

"……Now many factories are still hesitating whether to use this seemingly unreliable new energy; as long as we first complete the production line modification, we can use e-cube to compress costs and crush them! A beautiful future is beckoning us, brothers……"

"Hehe, what the Commander previously said is indeed reality. Once humanity masters new energy, the first thought is to leverage first-mover advantage, defeat competitors, and ultimately achieve industry monopoly." King George V said with some disdain.

Qin Ge chuckled and said, "This is human nature; unless we evolve to a higher moral level, this nature will never change."

"Compared to things like defeating competitors, the e-cube mentioned above is the commercial version of the energy cube, right?" Guanghui smiled and said.

"Combining the previous dossiers, yes."