"That's pretty impressive. It was just a big red ball of dirt a year ago."
Shallow Shallow exclaimed in surprise as she leaned against the window and watched the Martian land that was getting closer and closer.
Due to the sheer size of the fleet, landing on Mars would probably damage the ecosystem that had been painstakingly established here. That was why we had parked all the large battleships in the orbit of Mars. Only the twenty-two transport ships, our own shuttle, and a few lightweight frigates were allowed to land directly on Mars. Since we were already "inland" of the Empire, the entire world was within the Macro World's surveillance network and military defenses, so there was no need to worry about anything happening here. It was only customary for the frigates to follow the fleet.
The twenty-two transport shuttles didn't land at the same location. Instead, they followed the original plan and headed to twenty-two locations in the northern hemisphere. After all, we were going to resettle 450 million refugees, not a thousand or eight hundred people who had been relocated. This was the largest housing project in history, and we couldn't just follow the old city reconstruction process. How to distribute 450 million people to the new colony planet was a complicated mathematical problem. Of course, I left this matter to the experts to handle.
Apart from the twenty-two transport shuttles, there were also some refugees — hmm, they shouldn't be called refugees anymore, they should be called immigrants. There was another group of immigrants that landed with the Empire's fleet. They were the residents of the original cities and selected residents from other places. There were about a hundred thousand of them, and a tenth of them were high-ranking monks. I planned to resettle them near the Martian sanctuary. They would build a city near the sanctuary, and the city would be the first official city between the ruins and the Martian tribes. This would be very beneficial for the two races to integrate smoothly in this world.
The shuttle and the other spaceships had already entered the Martian atmosphere. The sanctuary and ancillary facilities were not far ahead, and they could be seen clearly with the naked eye. Shallow Shallow had taken a short nap in the lounge, and she was now very energetic. She was excitedly leaning on the porthole to observe the base outside. Chestnut was also smiling brightly beside her. The two girls were very excited. One was because she saw something new and interesting, and the other was because she was about to meet an old friend. They pointed at the large forest below and the facilities hidden in the forest, and they chattered about their functions. Truth be told, it was normal for Shallow Shallow to be so happy, but it was surprising that Chestnut, who was usually calm and composed, had such a lively side to her.
While Chestnut and Shallow Shallow were studying the facilities, I took the time to browse through the information about the ecology of New Mars. I wouldn't have known if I didn't read it, but I realized that I had neglected this inconspicuous little colony. Although the things that happened on this planet were not earth-shattering, they were shocking enough. And from a certain point of view, the construction of New Mars was very significant!
The planet was registered as one of the Empire's colonies, but the Empire's construction on it was very limited. It was limited to a planet colonization sphere and a few environmental expansion machines, which meant that the residents of the sanctuary were only provided with a city and an enclosed ecological dome. Liliana then provided the planet with some super plant seeds under her own name, and that was the last aid the Empire could provide. After that, we did not provide any direct assistance to New Mars, and the remaining ecological construction was actually done by several other worlds and factions.
That was after the carnival. The Martian sanctuary was one of the transportation hubs and venues for the carnival, and it had interacted with countless civilizations in the Macro World, including powerful vassal races like the New Eden Confederation. The latter had more or less been threatened by the power of the Abyss, and when they saw the survivors whose homes had been destroyed by the Gate of the Abyss, some of the leaders decided to help the humans in the sanctuary. After all, they were all civilizations that had been threatened by the power of the Abyss, and the former were lucky enough to survive, and became stronger, while the latter could not resist, and even their home planet was reduced to ashes. It was normal for the former to help the latter, who had suffered the same fate.
However, there was only one sanctuary, and there were many civilizations that had the ability to help them rebuild the planet, and no one dared to take the lead in such a matter. Therefore, the leaders of the various races discussed and finally decided to provide their own forces to help the residents of the sanctuary rebuild New Mars.
The few civilizations that participated in the aid had submitted relevant applications to the Space Administration, and since it was only the reconstruction of a planet, it was considered a small custom-built project in the daily affairs of the Empire, so these applications did not even need to be approved by the royal family, and it was only now that I took the initiative to look up the information that I learned of such a memorable event: several civilizations under the rule of the Empire had spontaneously joined forces to help their brother civilization.
Hmm, in my opinion, this was of great significance, and should even be celebrated. After all, in the complicated multiverse, it was not easy for several civilizations to be so harmonious. However, in the eyes of the Shiring Apostles, this was not something to boast about, and anyway, Sandora did not think that this was special at all, and she commented, "Under the rule of the Empire, shouldn't all civilizations be united?"
I admit that this statement was correct. Under the rule of the Empire, there was indeed no conflict of interest between civilizations, because their greatest interests were all under the control of the Empire, and the distribution was determined by the overall situation of the Empire, and it was not up to them to fight for it. Even so, it was still quite a happy thing to see the worlds under the rule of the Empire helping each other.
"That, that hexagonal tower with a small white corner poking out of the forest, is actually the size of two football fields," Chestnut pointed out of the porthole and said happily, "It is one of the atmospheric circulation factories of the entire Mars, and there are more than a dozen of such things in other places on Mars. This one was built after the carnival by President Roland Gale of the Pan-Galactic Civilization Community. In less than a year, they have already increased the oxygen content of the Martian atmosphere to a level where it can be directly breathable, and they are constantly reorganizing the atmospheric structure. A while ago, Teacher Shizuka sent me an email saying that people can now move around outside the shelter without carrying breathing equipment."
"The large sinkhole in front of us is an entrance, that was built with the help of the Earth Shamans from the World of Azeroth. I don't really understand, but I heard that the Shamans want to use this to build a set of 'network' inside the Martian interior that can directly communicate with the planet's core. They intend to use this network to reshape the magnetic environment of Mars, and it seems that they are almost successful. I heard that there is even a magma lake under this large cavern, and the Shamans are summoning elements in the magma cave! Just the thought of it is unbelievable. "
"Wait," I suddenly interrupted the young girl's excited narration, "Chestnut, you said that the Shamans of Azeroth are currently replenishing the elemental energy of Mars?"
This is an incredible piece of news, if the Shamans of Azeroth can even do this, then aren't they using magic to reshape a planet?
Chestnut thought for a moment, and revealed an apologetic smile, "Big brother, I don't understand this either."
At this time, Sandora suddenly remembered something, and suddenly said, "Oh, it should be the advanced class of the Imperial Army Military Academy. Some Ravens have opened classes in the academy, and recruited many potential apprentices from various worlds to learn their mysterious knowledge. Other than mages, there are also Shamans that Azeroth sends to learn. I remember that one of the Ravens' abilities is to use their mysterious power to change the energy frequency of a planet, reshape the celestial body, and even cause a purely technological planet to have high activity energy such as magic or spiritual energy. These Ravens are called Star Sculptors, planet sculptors. In the Old Empire, other than sending a Schilling Host, another popular method to reshape a planet was to send a Raven over. Compared to the Schilling Host, although the Ravens' ability to reshape a planet is slightly lower, they can transform a planet into a 'custom-made product' that meets our requirements in the shortest amount of time. From this point, even the Schilling Host can't compare to them. However, the number of Ravens in the New Empire is too small, and they are still not enough to replenish the military. Naturally, there are not many Ravens who have the time to study star sculpting, which is a very time-consuming and complicated subject. So, they began to pass this knowledge to the ordinary races from the Macro World. Anyway, it's not a secret. Letting the ordinary races use their population advantage to help the Empire create new colonies is also a principle of not wasting resources. "
I gaped in shock.
"Don't be so surprised," Sandora smiled and rubbed her head against my chest. "I can only say that the Secret power of the New Empire is too weak, but don't think that the Secret power of the Old Empire is the same as it is now. The Ravens are a special unit that can directly control all kinds of energy. Their bodies look like they have a physical body, but in reality, that physical body is just a ball of energy with a special way of describing information. By changing the way of describing information and their own 'wavelength', the Ravens can have an unlimited amount of magic. A planet's physical state and energy state are inextricably linked. Since they can control the entire planet's energy without a limit, they can also indirectly change the planet's physical parameters, such as geomagnetism, rotation, atmospheric distribution, and ocean currents. The same work can be given to ordinary races as long as they understand how to use the planet's complex energy system. Of course, this requires a lot of manpower — the Macro World has no shortage of people. "
Sandora patiently explained to me how the Ravens modified a planet. I was very surprised by this novel knowledge. I didn't think that the usually noisy mole-producing moles had such great potential. I didn't think that they had already trained a large number of apprentices in the Macro World. In the past year, it was no doubt that the Ravens had trained Azeroth Shaman apprentices to help the Sanctuary modify Mars' environment. Perhaps the Ravens used this planet as their training base …
At this moment, I remembered a saying: Regardless of whether it is magic or science, in the end, it is only a means to explore or modify the world. Magic is not mysterious, it can also be explained by science. Conversely, what science can achieve can also be achieved with magic. Just like modifying a planet, the atmospheric control system can, of course, reshape the atmosphere, but I feel that ten thousand Shamans with Breezy Totems should be able to do it. It would be even easier if it was the Ravens, any one of them could easily stir up the entire atmosphere. With just a global lightning storm, they could even create a brand new ozone layer in forty-eight hours.
The fleet landed on a plain dozens of kilometers away from the Sanctuary. It was a wide plain, and its unbelievably flat terrain and the clear dividing line between the vegetation zone and the plains indicated that the plain was man-made. Similar plains could be seen everywhere on New Mars. They were the product of the Martian soil layer remodeling project. The contractor of this project might not stand out among the vassal races, but it had the same potential: a campus city. Hmm, the scientific side.
Academy City provided a kind of civilian nanotechnology that was different from the space-suspension loop and used it to modify the Martian soil. These nanobots were originally a kind of experimental product, developed by Academy City for the purpose of modifying planets. Of course, before the rise of the Empire, this project was close to science fiction. Even though the scientists developed highly efficient nanobots, they could not safely launch them to Mars, nor could they mass-produce them to a stable and minimum number. Later, with the help of the New Eden Federation scientists, Academy City truly grasped the two aforementioned technologies and developed the "Planet Modification Nanomachines" into a super product that could complete the mission within a year. It could be said that this technology itself was also a product of mutual help between the vassal civilizations of the Empire. Reality proved that the military headquarters was indeed a very useful thing, the vassal civilizations of the old Empire had never developed in such a way.
Let me say something else, I always thought that Academy City's technology tree was actually a little crooked. They had not even flown out of the solar system, yet they were able to come up with space-suspension loops and artificial celestial planes. Aresta, don't you need to reconfirm your talent?
"Your Majesty, the mayor of the sanctuary is waiting for you."
Just as I was thinking about how a low-end civilization like Academy City, which did not have much outstanding strength in any aspect, could actually accomplish such a huge project, and how the vassal civilizations of the Empire developed rapidly under the military headquarters, Sives's reminder suddenly made me come back to my senses. I looked up, and it turned out that the person in charge of the sanctuary who had received the news was already waiting by the edge of the landing area. Because the area around the royal shuttle was under lockdown by the Empire soldiers, they could not simply come over.
After receiving permission, the Empire soldiers brought the dozen or so people in front of us. The one leading them was a middle-aged man who was not tall and had pale skin, but looked very spirited. I knew that he was the person in charge of the sanctuary. Back then, after we had moved the hundreds of thousands of survivors from Earth to the sanctuary on Mars, we chose this middle-aged man from among them. I did not remember much about him, but according to the reports, this man had done his job very well. At the very least, to be able to lead hundreds of thousands of survivors to build the sanctuary to this stage after the end of the world, he had done a pretty good job.
"Your Majesty, it is our honor to have you personally come to this planet." The mayor of the sanctuary was obviously excited by the lineup of almost all the royalty of the Empire. He looked at me and Sandora, a little bewildered, but his behavior was still very appropriate. "According to your orders, we did not organize a grand welcoming ceremony. Everything is simple, and we did not have the time to prepare a residence for our new neighbors. However, the facilities there should not be a problem. Now that the environment on Mars is close to living conditions, living in a simple residence for a short period of time should not be a problem."
"Very good, very good." I nodded while gesturing for him to not be too serious. "That, relax, relax, don't be so serious — you are making me nervous. I have just fought a huge battle, and I can't stand another diplomatic battle. The Empire will make arrangements for the new immigrants, so you don't have to let it affect your lives. Actually, we just wanted to give you a notice — the sanctuary is still in a difficult situation, I know that. "
When the mayor heard that, he revealed a helpless smile. In the end, he shrugged to express his acknowledgment.
Indeed, although the Mars sanctuary was already on the right track, it was still a city with a population of only a few hundred thousand. On the other hand, the other parts of the planet were about to welcome 450 million new immigrants. For such a large-scale project, the sanctuary was basically unable to provide any help. They could only receive a notice and observe the entire process. Furthermore, as this was the direct arrangement of the upper echelons of the Empire, there was no need for them to take action on their own. However, the mayor of the sanctuary before us had little direct contact with the Empire, so there was no need for him to be nervous when he spoke to us. Actually, he could just relax a little. Look at Jaina, look at Sal, look at Laura? Look at Red, White, and Mother Purple who come to our house every few days for food and drinks. How many of those fellows maintain their manners in front of us …
I don't know why, but as I thought about it, I suddenly felt a deep sorrow in my heart.
This plain was only a landing area prepared for the fleet. This kind of place that was far away from water and energy sources wasn't suitable for hundreds of thousands of immigrants to build a temporary city. They were heading to a huge complex on the other side of the forest. That complex had decent living conditions and basic buildings, as well as an extremely large food plantation. I heard that it was originally designed as a satellite city for the sanctuary, but for some unknown reason, the plan was terminated prematurely. Now, it was in a half-abandoned state. Now, the immigrants from the ruined world were about to take over it.
It was just that there wasn't a suitable platform for large aircrafts to land near the facility, and we didn't intend to destroy the vegetation that had been painstakingly built here. That was why we chose to let the transport ship land a few kilometers away.
The immigrants from the ruined world boarded the transport ship to a transport plane that could fly through the forest's atmosphere. The transport plane from the sanctuary brought them to their new home. We went with them as well. Although we could theoretically leave this matter to our subordinates to handle, we still wanted to personally witness the first batch of immigrants successfully arrive at their new home. From the reports of the transport pilot, we learned that the immigrants were abnormally in high spirits, or perhaps we should say excited. This world that they had never seen or heard of before had a huge impact on them. Having grown up in the steel ruins, they had never seen living plants or such a clean sky. They were even excitedly guessing if the forest below them was some kind of special deck camouflage net. It seemed that it would take some time for them to get used to a real planet with an ecosystem.
Soon, the first batch of aircrafts arrived at our destination. The new home for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants appeared in front of us. It was a building complex hidden in the dense forest. The building complex was circular in shape, and the interior was a large functional complex that didn't seem suitable for living. As the entire Martian ecosystem was currently in a state of accelerated growth, this facility that had been abandoned for less than a year was crawling with vines and moss. It looked like an ancient ruin that had been abandoned for hundreds of years. However, despite this atmosphere, the building complex still had traces of advanced technology. A large number of giant machines were still slowly operating in the key areas of the building complex. The lighting system and ventilation system were also operating normally. In fact, I suspected that they couldn't be turned off because it was broad daylight, and the surrounding oxygen level obviously didn't need ventilation. Surrounding the building complex was a large circle of magnificent walls that were more than ten meters tall. The wall's texture seemed to be interstellar alloy, indicating that this abandoned facility used to be a closed research facility. At the top of the circular wall, I also found traces of equipment being dismantled. It seemed that there used to be a lid-like thing covering the facility, but it had now been removed.
Such a strange facility was puzzling. I didn't know who started such a grand project here and why they suddenly abandoned the project here. However, this mystery was easily solved when we landed and arrived at the entrance of the facility. The answer instantly made me feel crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. There was a huge holographic screen in front of the entrance of the huge circular enclosed facility, and there was a line of words scrolling on it.
Central Military Academy of the Empire, Ecological Hobby Group Experimental Base — Osaka Ecological Dome, Phase One Project.
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