374: Cleaning up low-altitude orbit

A few minutes later, Tian Ming landed inside the base. He saw that Material Warehouse No. 6 in the South District was already prepared, and some staff wearing radiation suits were waiting for his return.

Tian Ming gently placed the material sphere in his hand on the ground, then deactivated his energy field. The material sphere instantly dispersed, turning into piles of shimmering fragments.

These people began to use instruments to detect and, after confirming that there were no issues, notified the machinery transport vehicle to take the materials away for refining. Tian Ming collected them alone, and the time spent in the sky was short, but the time spent coming down was longer. It seemed that he needed to get some space robots to clear the low-altitude orbit.

Currently, launch bases around the world were useless. Building a launch base within Donghai City was also unrealistic; the launch cycle was long, and time simply did not allow for it.

Tian Ming pondered for a moment and said, "No. 3, are there any relatively mature orbital robots? I'll send a thousand or eight hundred of them up to clear the orbit, have them collect the star ring fragments together, and then I'll go up and bring them back, or let the mech army go up and bring them back."

There was a reason Tian Ming asked this. It was very difficult to bring back eighty or ninety tons at once. The total mass of the star ring material exceeded thirty million tons, and it was so dispersed that collecting it would definitely take time. His current method of collecting it trip by trip was too inefficient.

If he sent orbital robots up to collect, and installed communication systems on the orbital robots, wouldn't that allow for both communication and orbit clearing?

No. 3 did not answer immediately, apparently thinking for a moment before replying, "There are too many fragments in space, and micrometeorites have enormous kinetic energy. If robots are sent up directly, according to my simulation, about eighty percent will be scrapped within twenty-four hours."

Tian Ming was stunned, his brows furrowing slightly, and he said, "So, according to what you're saying, satellites can't be sent into space until the low-altitude orbit is cleared?"

"Yes, theoretically that's the case," No. 3 replied.

This made Tian Ming laugh wryly. If he had to collect them himself, the large pieces were easy to collect, but the small pieces, especially micrometeorites a few millimeters in diameter, or even as large as grains of sand, how long would it take to clear the orbit?

"No. 3, continue the simulation and see if there's a good solution," Tian Ming instructed.

"Understood, Master. No. 3 understands," No. 3's voice echoed in Tian Ming's ear.

A few minutes later, No. 3 provided the simulation results: "Master, we can try a different approach."

"What approach?" Tian Ming asked.

"Use high-strength materials like Graphene to create a giant interception net, similar to placing a giant sponge in orbit. Small micrometeorite particles in low-altitude orbit will become embedded and adsorbed into this structure due to impact. As long as enough sponges are deployed, the debris in orbit can be cleared in a short time."

No. 3's suggestion made Tian Ming's eyes light up. Within his control range, Tian Ming could create such a cleaning sponge with a diameter of over twenty kilometers. The efficiency would be incredibly high.

After collecting these scattered fragments, when bringing them back to the ground, they could be filled with helium gas, using buoyancy for a slow descent. This way, a large amount of material could be brought back at once. Although the descent speed would be slower, the efficiency would be doubled.

Tian Ming looked at the sky; it was completely dark now. Let's stop here for today. He would go back to rest and discuss his plan with his wife. Tomorrow, he would officially begin work.

After clearing the low orbit, satellites could be deployed for global surveillance. And once the star ring was cleared, the amount of solar radiation reaching the ground would also return to normal, and winter wouldn't be so cold. Everything was beneficial. More importantly, when dealing with Jiang Chen's zombie army, the reconnaissance provided by eyes in the sky would be much more reliable than drones.

Tian Ming returned home and found that Shen Yuan had already prepared dinner. His daughter, Xiao Xiao, immediately opened her arms, calling out "Baobao."

Tian Ming walked forward with a smile and scooped his daughter into his arms. Xiao Xiao leaned in and sniffed her father, seemingly noticing something different.

After being transformed by gravity weng, Tian Ming already possessed the body of a god. Yet, Xiao Xiao could clearly sense Tian Ming's change.

"Daddy, stinky..."

Tian Ming chuckled, saying, "Where is it stinky? Is my baby ready to eat?"

Xiao Xiao pointed her finger, and a powerful electric current appeared out of nowhere. However, Tian Ming showed no reaction; a large amount of electric current was directly absorbed and converted into pure energy.

"Why are you shocking Daddy again?" Shen Yuan said with a blaming look.

"It's alright, Xiao Xiao is just playing with me!" Tian Ming sat down. During dinner, Tian Ming talked about gravity weng and also informed Shen Yuan about his body being assimilated.

This substance was like a key, unlocking Tian Ming's control over energy, allowing him to freely convert matter and energy.

Shen Yuan listened, finding it somewhat unbelievable, and asked, "Husband, so, are you going to become a god?"

Tian Ming smiled and shook his head, saying, "My control range has changed from one kilometer to over ten kilometers. The boundary for manipulating matter has begun to blur; the control range is flexible. A true god can control the entire universe. My current range is nothing compared to the scale of the universe."

"Then at least you can dominate on Blue Star. I wonder if you can deal with Jiang Chen now?" Shen Yuan asked with a smile.

"Hmm, it's just an increase in strength and an added control over energy. Essentially, nothing has changed. I still can't deal with Jiang Chen. He also has an immortal body, so let's stick to the agreement," Tian Ming shook his head. He now possessed the nascent abilities of a god.

When an consciousness begins to detach from its species, it also starts to think about problems from a higher dimension. Tian Ming now had no worries about the continuation of humanity, because he alone could completely provide a safety net.

Even if the war with the zombies failed, Tian Ming could transform humanity into an interstellar species. At worst, they could engage in interstellar colonization.

But the growth of a species still required the strength of the species itself. Therefore, the outcome of this war was no longer the key. The key was whether the pressure brought by the threat could lead to a great explosion in the technological development of the entire group, thereby prompting the entire civilization to advance to a higher dimension.

Tian Ming somewhat understood the Yuanchu God's thoughts. Indeed, at that level, civilization became a game, and individuals were almost ignored. Even as he gradually approached godhood, Tian Ming's thinking was undergoing a significant transformation.

"You said, what if you became immortal?" Shen Yuan suddenly asked.

"Then I can also make you and Xiao Xiao immortal beings," Tian Ming said seriously.

"Is immortality really good? Living long enough, the memories accumulated over the years will become overwhelming," Shen Yuan said.