Time went by.
The Moon Rabbit Space Station gradually expanded under everyone's watchful eyes. In the beginning, it could only be seen with telescopes, but after a year, it had become visible to the naked eye. At night, people in the southern hemisphere could see a fingernail-sized star in the sky, reflecting the sun's rays, shining brightly.
"05, you've gone too far."
In the Lilith Conference, the illusory figure of 01 rose from his seat and slammed the table angrily. His body trembled with rage. "The Moon Rabbit Space Station is no longer just a space station. I'd believe it if you said it was a space fortress. Also, what's with the warships docked on the Moon Rabbit Space Station that haven't been registered with the Earth Federation? We only granted Blackwatch the right to colonize, but we didn't give you the right to form an army! "
"01's right, I can't stand on your side this time."
03's voice remained calm, but his tone was full of dissatisfaction. "You've seriously threatened the status of the Earth Federation. What's the difference between this and gathering troops? We've agreed to your establishment of the Blacklight Foundation. We've accepted your exploitation of space resources and impact on the Earth's market. You even built the first permanent colony on Mars. Now, are you going to form an interstellar fleet? Don't forget, you're not a country, you're just a corporation. "
"That's right..."
"Yes, yes, yes..."
02 and 03 also echoed and expressed their dissatisfaction with Chen Chen.
As the target of their criticism, Chen Chen sat in his seat with his arms crossed and asked calmly, "So? Humans will leave Earth and the solar system sooner or later. The discovery of life on Mars is a wake-up call for us humans. If you don't establish a space army now, when will you? "
"That's something the Earth Federation should be worried about!"
01 continued angrily. "Your actions have seriously exceeded the responsibility of a corporation. Are you really going to stand against the Earth Federation?"
Chen Chen could not help but chuckle when he heard this. He clapped his hands. "I've said before, I have no interest in power. Not now, not in the future. As for the establishment of a space fleet, it's just to prevent us from crossing the solar system and encountering other civilizations."
"What?"
Hearing the last sentence, everyone suddenly lost their composure. Number 02 asked anxiously, "Out of the solar system? Do you have the technology to cross the solar system now? "
"Wormhole jump? Warp travel? "
03 asked in a deep voice, "You didn't mention this back then."
"This technology was not left to me by the previous one."
Chen Chen nodded and confirmed the matter. "I came up with this technology on my own after entering space. It's just that there are some side effects."
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.
Although that was what Chen Chen had said, it was up to them to decide how much they would believe him. Still, Chen Chen was not lying. He had indeed obtained this technology by "borrowing" from others.
"Can … can you tell us?"
No.03's voice changed from a tough one to a slightly awkward one. After all, he was questioning the other party just a second ago, and the next second, he was fawning over him and begging him. Even an old and tough politician like him couldn't help but blush.
"This technology is related to subspace."
Chen Chen did not try to hide it since this technology would be made known to the Earth Federation in the near future anyway. "Traveling in the subspace can shorten the distance between the real universe. This is the new method we've developed. The speed of travel remains the same, but the distance between two places in the subspace will be reduced by one to ten thousand. This means that traveling in the subspace for a year is equivalent to traveling in the real world for ten thousand years."
"Does subspace really exist in this world? Isn't this a definition given by Einstein? "
01 asked in a deep voice, "Even if the subspace does exist, how did you break through the real universe and enter the subspace?"
"Of course, by using the subspace warp engine."
Chen Chen spread his hands. "Don't ask for more details. I won't tell you even if you ask. If you're not willing to, you can develop it on your own, but I have one thing to advise you..."
With that, Chen Chen lowered his voice. "There are more terrifying threats in the subspace than the real world. If you manage to develop it in the future, I hope you'll treat it with caution. That's all."
With that, Chen Chen stood up and prepared to disconnect from the Lilith Conference.
"Wait!"
Everyone suddenly became anxious. They were like ants on a hot pan, unable to sit still any longer. "This technology, is there any possibility of handing it over to us? No, we can exchange it with other technology, such as our nuclear fusion engine optimization technology. How about that? "
"We can negotiate the price, just now..."
At once, the four of them hurriedly stood up, trying to persuade Chen Chen to stay.
After all, they knew that there was a certain gap between their aerospace technology and Blacklight Biotechnology. Now that Blacklight Biotechnology was able to conduct interstellar travel, they were still going around in circles on Earth. This immediately made the four of them anxious.
"Let's not talk about this."
Chen Chen shook his head and finally said, "Ask yourselves, if you had this technology, would you sell it for money?"
With that, Chen Chen's figure disappeared without a trace!
Seeing that Chen Chen's seat number 05 had become empty again, everyone looked at each other and sat down dejectedly...
No wonder, no wonder Blackwatch did not care about the power on Earth. It turned out that he had long since set his sights on Earth and humanity!
Everyone's heart sank. Everyone was filled with endless reluctance. If Chen Chen was not bragging, then it could be said that Chen Chen did not need to compete with the Earth Federation for power at all. He only needed to keep plotting in outer space and invade star regions. Sooner or later, the Earth Federation would only exist in name...
This was because the first force to step out of the solar system represented humanity and Earth.
"No one can stop him."
At this moment, 01 suddenly murmured, his voice seemed to have aged more than a decade in an instant. "Unless the entire Earth Federation is unified, then there's barely the strength to fight him on Earth."
"But if we do that, it'll be World War III."
03 said gravely, "Can any of you guarantee that he doesn't have other trump cards up his sleeve?"
Everyone looked at each other and saw hesitation in each other's eyes.
Seeing this, 03 shook his head. Seeing this, he already understood that the current Earth Federation had become a puppet of this company. Twenty years ago, Blackwatch was just a small private company that had just risen, even Namibia could destroy it with a flick of a finger.
Fifteen years ago, Blackwatch rose day by day, showing its brilliance. At that time, if any of the continents took action, they could easily crush this company.
Ten years ago, Blackwatch had become an existence that could stand on equal footing with any of the four major continents. At first, everyone wanted to take action, but this company suddenly came up with all kinds of advanced technology, and instead, reached an offensive and defensive alliance with the four major continents.
Five years ago, Blackwatch had completely reached the status of being on equal footing with the Earth Federation.
Now, although they did not want to admit it, even if the entire Earth Federation gathered together to start a war, the result would be that both sides would suffer losses. The Earth Federation had completely lost the ability to contain Blackwatch.
After leaving the Lilith Conference, Chen Chen thought for a while and then said, "X, in the future before these people hold a meeting, first see what they want to discuss. If it's not something important, there's no need to inform me."
"Understood."
Little X expressed understanding. Recently, there had been more and more Lilith Conference. From the beginning, it was only discussing some important matters of the Earth Federation, but now it was almost all about wrangling over Blacklight Biotechnology. Chen Chen was gradually running out of patience.
"But then again, seeing that their power is slowly slipping away, it's normal for them to be restless."
Little X smiled. "Time will let them get used to it."
Chen Chen did not reply, instead, he changed the topic and asked, "How far has the spaceship construction progressed?"
"It's about four-fifths completed."
Little X waved her hand and a holographic projection appeared in front of Chen Chen. He saw that most of this three-dimensional spaceship model had turned green, only a few parts were still displayed in red. "It'll be completed in about three months. When that time comes, who do you plan to let go on the first expedition outside the solar system?"
Chen Chen paused and thought for a while. "If the test flight is successful, I'd like to see it for myself."
"Sir Godfather..."
Little X opened her mouth and seemed to hesitate, but in the end, she said, "Earth and humanity still need you."
"That's true."
Chen Chen nodded. "Don't worry, I won't go to the outer planets myself for the time being. My real purpose is to go to the subspace."
"What's there to see?"
Little X pouted. Over the past year, Chen Chen had tried to miniaturize the subspace warp engine as much as possible, creating several experimental spaceships of the same size as the Courage Voyager. The passengers on these spaceships were sometimes Delta-level researchers, sometimes psionicists, and sometimes there was no one at all.
The results were very surprising. The unmanned spaceships without living people but only the intelligent brain had the highest survival rate, followed by the spaceships carrying ordinary people. The spaceships with the psionicists had the highest number of accidents.
The subspace seemed to have a strong natural influence on psionicists. Occasionally, experimental spaceships carrying psionicists were lucky enough to return to reality, but by the time Chen Chen checked, all the psionicists had died. Even the spaceships themselves were contaminated with a large amount of subspace energy, which had to be removed using the Civilization Monolith (Black Slate).
If not removed, the fate of mankind would be similar to the movie Event Horizon.
"The subspace energy, it's a force that can corrupt the human body and mind."
Chen Chen said in a low voice, "Most of the people who were contaminated by the subspace died in the spaceships. The few who survived were corroded beyond recognition, their minds twisted into evil spirits... This is a strange and powerful force. Only one of us can see the truth of the subspace."
Little X knew that this was referring to Shaw.
The mutation of psionic power made Shaw a unique existence. Not only could he see the truth of the subspace, but he could also see countless times further and see into the depths of the subspace.
"I heard that there are four continents in the subspace."
Chen Chen turned to look at Little X, his eyes gradually filled with anticipation. "I'd like to know what this means. Do the four continents hide the true secrets of the subspace..."
Following Chen Chen's words, Little X suddenly widened her eyes because she saw that while Chen Chen was speaking these words, faint ripples appeared behind him. These ripples seemed to distort the space around him. At the same time, the steel walls around Chen Chen and under his feet also made a low creaking sound...
"But not now."
Little X quickly interrupted Chen Chen's thoughts and said loudly, "Have you forgotten that there's an existence in the subspace that can easily destroy mankind? It's an existence that's hundreds and thousands of times stronger than the Consciousness Stealer!"
Chen Chen nodded and his eyes became clear again. "You're right, not now."
With that, he turned around and walked forward again. At the same time, he ordered, "Speed up the construction. I hope to see the first interstellar spaceship in human history as soon as possible."
As Chen Chen walked away, Little X looked around with lingering fear. Just now, the power in Chen Chen's body showed signs of instability. Only a trace of this power had spilled out, but it was enough to distort the passage here. The metal walls and floor had completely turned into a wave-like shape, as if they had been crushed by a hydraulic press...
"Ever since Sir Godfather started absorbing the power of the dead psionicists, his psionic power has become more and more terrifying..."
Little X's eyes were filled with worry, but she quickly composed herself and followed Chen Chen. Not long after they left, androids arrived with tools to replace the damaged floor.
...
Three months later, the first interstellar spaceship in human history was finally completed.
This spaceship was built on the Moon Rabbit Space Station. It was docked at the dock of the Moon Rabbit Space Station. Even compared to the mountainous Moon Rabbit Space Station, it did not seem small.
"1121 meters in length, 245 meters in width, 360 meters in height."
Little X looked at the image on the screen and said excitedly, "Sir Godfather, you can name this spaceship."
Chen Chen blurted out, "Let's call it the Blacklight." He turned to the side and asked, "How's the preparation going with Shaw?"
"After more than a year of recuperation, Shaw has been trained to be a qualified navigator."
Little X replied. She waved her hand again and another image appeared next to her. In the image, Shaw was wearing a tight-fitting spacesuit and was walking toward the Blacklight through the exclusive passage of the Moon Rabbit Space Station. Although there was a hint of unease in his eyes, he was far more determined than the average person.
"Shaw will be the subspace navigator for this trip. Together with him will be two thousand bionic engineers, a thousand Black Knight guards, and two thousand prisoners who have been convicted of various crimes. The ratio of men to women is one to one.
Little X continued, "In addition, we have the latest 'construction template' and 'agriculture template'. Once we reach the destination, the two thousand prisoners can build a permanent colony and start farming."
Chen Chen nodded with satisfaction when he heard this. This spaceship had everything that could be said to be prepared, whether it was the subspace warp engine or the large reality anchor installed inside it. Even Shaw was personally involved. It was all for the sake of successfully colonizing the planet that Chen Chen had selected.
The planet that Blacklight Biotechnology found after taking over the Kepler project was a planet that was very similar to Earth — Kepler-642b.
After some calculations, this terrestrial planet had a ninety-eight percent resemblance to Earth. It was 60% larger than Earth, had an orbital period of 385 days, and was about 1115 light-years away from Earth.
It was confirmed that there was liquid water and an atmosphere on the planet. However, because the planet's rotation axis was not deflected, there were no seasonal changes.
The star that Kepler-642b orbited was a G-type star like the Sun. The only difference was that the star was about 1.5 billion years older than the Sun, but it was still in its prime.
This was the planet that was the closest to Earth discovered by Blacklight Biotechnology after taking over the Kepler project. Everyone was looking forward to the environment on this planet...
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