Cultivation: Being Immortal-Chapter 777
Year 6777 in the Xia calendar, Huaxia
After several months of preparation, Huaxia officially announced the discovery of Jiang Star to the world and released a lot of data. In an instant, the entire human society was in an uproar.
The discovery of a life planet comparable to Blue Star is definitely a significant find for the people of this era.
Soon, the public opinion machine started to work. Various articles explaining science, praises, short videos, movies, TV shows, and even jokes all appeared one after another. For a moment, the entire media world was filled with news about Jiang Star.
Under this careful control, stocks in the space field went up wildly again, almost hitting their limits every day. A month later, during the Huaxia college entrance exam, countless students asked about related majors in the space field, and interest in those subjects reached new heights again.
Even Qinyun, Zhou Liao, and Ying Continent sent professional messengers to Huaxia to gather information, and they were willing to offer ample financial support, all in hopes of sharing in the benefits.
They all knew that if Huaxia truly monopolized Blue Star, then other countries would have no chance to compete with Huaxia at all.
Under this media publicity, the plans for the far-reaching Jiang Star were also progressing rapidly. The new generation of Space Mother Ship was already prepared. Huaxia never stopped upgrading its space technology, but Cao Wang paused the launch plans for the Space Mother Ship because he now had money. He decided to strengthen the technology once again.
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In the year 6785 of the Xia calendar, the Space Mother Ship of Jiang Star took off from Cape VII Planet. This time, the Space Mother Ship still carried human beings, but not many—only one hundred people. They would enter a sleeping state inside the ship to avoid the life consumption caused by the long flight time.
In addition to those one hundred people, the Space Mother Ship was also loaded with five hundred world-ending nuclear weapons and over one hundred thousand various engineering robots, completely filling the entire ship.
The expected flight time of this Space Mother Ship was still two hundred years, and the flight path had been confirmed, following the route of Founder One and Two.
After witnessing the launch of the Space Mother Ship, Lin Jiang invested the remaining funds into the research of the teleportation array. Even though the teleportation array seemed to have reached its limit and did not offer great advantages compared to flying vehicles, Lin Jiang still wanted to continue investing, because he wanted to shorten the travel time to Jiang Star, which took two hundred years for a one-way trip and four hundred years round trip. That was too long.
"Mr. Lin, hello, I am from the Huaxia Scientific Association…"
Soon after, Lin Jiang received an open letter from the Huaxia Scientific Association. The letter first praised the impressive achievements of Huaxia Science over the past few centuries, but then quickly changed tone to complain and criticize Lin Jiang’s biased actions. It informed Lin Jiang that the progress of science should not focus on just one area but should be a progress across all fields.
In this era, progress in just one field is not useful; there must be supporting infrastructure, such as basic materials. Whether it is the teleportation array or flying vehicles, no matter how advanced the theory is, it cannot succeed without sufficient materials to support it.
Currently, Huaxia’s scientific development has become too specialized. While the leading theories are indeed advanced, many theories cannot be put into practice simply because other technologies are not keeping up. Therefore, it hopes that Lin Jiang will pay more attention to developments in other fields.
Lin Jiang carefully read this letter and consulted relevant experts, realizing that he had been biased. So, Lin Jiang wrote them a serious reply, promising to increase investment in other fields.
"Jiang Star is very popular now, and many fields are asking me for funds. Huaxia’s debt level is nearing a breaking point. If we don’t come up with a plan, Huaxia Officials will go bankrupt."
Lin Jiang couldn’t help but vent to Cao Ying that Huaxia’s debt level had always been high. Now that various fields wanted money, he was ready to give it, but they needed to find a solution.
"Increasing income is simply about finding new sources and saving costs. How do you plan to do that?"
"At the same time, it is very necessary to harvest the wealthy group inside Huaxia every few decades. Additionally, I plan to take action against other countries to gather their wealth."
Lin Jiang said that harvesting within is understandable, and he will not stand by while those wealthy families become too powerful. As for taking action outside, there are more considerations.
Huaxia has always been drawing from the whole world, but their methods are quite gentle; they don’t take everything at once. They focus on a steady and long-lasting approach. However, now, Lin Jiang is prepared to be more forceful to gather the huge amount of funds needed in the short term.
"Are you ready to take action against the Ying Continent?"
"Do you wait for the pig to grow fat and not slaughter it, just to see it rebel?"
Lin Jiang immediately laughed. The Ying Continent has thrived for one to two hundred years, amassing great wealth. They could not have achieved it without Huaxia’s approval.
Moreover, this has always been a long-term plan. Previously, the Alliance of Three Countries was harvesting the world, almost equally sharing everything. Huaxia is also very eager for the benefits of Qingyun and Zhou Liao.
However, due to the historical connections between the three countries, Huaxia cannot directly act against Qingyun and Zhou Liao. Huaxia needs friends, so they deliberately allowed the Ying Continent to rise, allowing it to seize the interests of Qingyun and Zhou Liao. Now, if Huaxia takes from the Ying Continent, it will not harm the friendship between the three countries.
"You are really cunning; Qingyun, Zhou Liao, and the Ying Continent have all been tricked by you."
"Don’t say that about me. I didn’t do it; it was those experts who did." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
Lin Jiang said he was innocent; he wasn’t so sneaky. It was a suggestion from an expert in a certain think tank that he accepted.
"I will meet the Demon Queen soon. The demon race must know about Jiang Star. If they make any demands, what should we do?"
"Agree to them, and first get some benefits from the demon race."
"How can we keep our promise then?"
"That’s for the future, and if possible, I could really think about giving the demon race a planet, so they have one all to themselves and we can achieve true peace with the demon race."
Lin Jiang said that fighting and killing are not interesting. If possible, he would really give them a planet, as long as they could find a new habitable one.
"With that promise, I think the Demon Queen will agree."
"Even if she doesn’t agree, she should. Playing tricks and schemes, the demon race is no match for us. I just don’t feel like playing with them; after all, my goal is the stars and the ocean."
Lin Jiang said that keeping the demon race is useful; otherwise, they could be destroyed. Of course, cooperation is the best outcome. From a biodiversity perspective, having different species on a planet is a good thing. If they were all wiped out, it might cause an ecological imbalance.
"Okay, I know your goal is the stars and oceans. You plan to launch the first Space Mother Ship for interstellar immigration in fifty years, right?"
"Yes, the plan is set. In fifty years, we will launch, and there will only be cultivators on board. They will be the pioneers responsible for transforming Blue Star. A hundred years later, we will launch another Space Mother Ship, also mainly with engineering staff. If the transformation of Blue Star is complete, we will begin large-scale immigration. There will be specially built transportation Space Mother Ships, each capable of carrying no fewer than five hundred thousand people, all in sleeping pods. We expect to transport about thirty million people to Jiang Star and, using Jiang Star as a base, continue expanding into the universe."
"Have you thought about who will control Jiang Star? It takes four hundred years for a round trip. What if there’s a rebellion?"
"The immigration plan will take at least several hundred years. Who knows what technology will be like then? There’s no need to rush, and I have a feeling that before the immigration plan ends, there will be a resolution to the situation on Blue Star."
Lin Jiang calmly said that no one knows what things will be like hundreds of years from now. Perhaps by then, technology will be advanced enough to travel quickly between Jiang Star and Blue Star.
Lin Jiang had a feeling that the immigration to Jiang Star would be an important turning point for Blue Star. He sensed that everything that needs to happen would happen by then.
