In the world of Elysium, in the Mars-1 base built with the participation of all countries on earth, a young man holding a helmet suddenly shouted: "Juarez! I'm here!"
Seeing that his dull colleague heard the sound but was still looking around in the crowd, Nicholas Elliott, the pilot of the exploration boat, stepped forward helplessly and said hello to the people who were queuing up to receive equipment next to his colleague. He was a little annoyed. He patted Juarez on the shoulder and motioned for him to follow him.
"Marseille Juarez! My God, it seems that the commander is right. You French people's reaction speed is naturally half a beat slower than others!"
Seeing that the eyes of his colleagues who were following him were still a little confused, Elliot raised his hands to cover his forehead, pretending to be disappointed and said to himself: "I really don't understand why the boss asked you to be my co-pilot. They Don’t you know that I am the best exploration boat pilot in Base No. 1?”
Inserting the tablet recording detailed mission information in his hand into the data interface outside the exploration boat, he glanced at the French recruit beside him who was hesitating and didn't know what to do. He sighed and asked why he came to the Mars base. This is currently the furthest advance base for mankind from the earth and the most difficult conditions.
After Qunxing Group shared its relatively crude sublight speed technology with major national alliances around the world, in addition to the African, South American and Australian alliances with relatively weak economic strength, the other four national alliances have established their own space exploration agencies and vigorously Develop aerospace technology, try to break the star system hanging over their heads, and regain their right to speak.
However, when the small exploration spacecraft independently built by the North American Alliance and the Pan-Asian Alliance slowly left the earth and successively arrived at the foothold prepared for them by the Star Group on the moon, the astronauts of the two major alliances looked out the window at the astonishing scale of the The industrial base was lost in thought.
"You call this a place to stay?!"
This is what the leaders of the two major alliances exclaimed in unison after receiving the relevant information.
They originally thought that even if there was a temporary gap between their own technological strength and the Qunxing Group, they could overtake the group through acquired efforts and resource and population advantages. No matter what happens, can two superpowers that once controlled half of the world still not be able to keep pace with one company?
It wasn't until they saw the industrial base that was no less massive than a prosperous city on Earth that the leaders of various countries realized that the gap between them and the Star Group in the field of science and technology was almost as big as the sky and the other on the ground.
While humans on the earth were still fighting to the death for petty profits, the Star Group had already looked into the universe and declared their ownership of the moon with lightning speed.
With the help of the astonishing helium-3 resources on the moon, the Stars Group has established a microwave power supply system covering most of the moon. Dozens of nuclear fusion power plants using helium-3 as raw material are constantly providing power to those who need large amounts of electricity. The factories and automated production lines deliver extremely abundant electricity.
And after that, thousands of robots were often connected to the microwave power supply system as soon as they came off the production line, joined their mechanical colleagues, and began to work day and night in various lunar mines and industrial bases. Contribute to the group's terrifying production capacity that is booming every day.
According to Xingshu statistics, the group currently has twelve large-scale mines on the moon, seven integrated industrial bases integrating refining, processing, and production functions, and more than two million Z-1 robots with different functions on the moon. Tens of thousands of group employees are assigned to perform their duties, and the number of robots is increasing at an alarming rate every day.
Faced with this unprecedented and huge pressure, the leader of the North American Alliance, who has always been unwilling to suffer losses, still bit the bullet and made a speech. The original words are as follows.
"The moon is the common wealth of all mankind, and the Star Group should not monopolize all resources on it. Moreover, the group's representatives in the World Parliament have also issued a similar declaration. Even if you do not give us basic minerals, you must open up some of the helium-3 Mining rights are given to all countries on earth.”
Faced with this fallacy that made people laugh, Yang Tianyi also gave his own answer.
"Just like many years ago, a certain country tried to occupy the entire moon with one flag. Isn't our group's power on the moon much stronger than the few people who just barely landed on the moon? If you have to do it in the name of all mankind. If it obstructs the reasonable and legitimate development of the group, can I think that the North American Alliance voluntarily gives up its legal seat in the World Parliament?"
The leader of the North American Alliance, who was so refuted by Yang Tianyi that he did not dare to speak, finally chose to give in and, together with the other countries in the World Parliament, recognized the group's privileges on the moon.
Considering the role that he and the group play in the star system, he promised that when the time comes, the group will never be stingy with the mineral resources of a mere moon. It's just that everyone's wings are not full now, and it is not easy to provide a safe foothold for the exploration fleet. Therefore, we hope that governments will not be aggressive.
Looking at the transportation spacecraft coming and going in the projection, the leaders of various countries participating in the lunar development conference could only smile and clapped their hands, expressing their sincere gratitude to the Star Group for squeezing a little resource from their fingers. .
But facts have proven that Yang Tianyi will not really let the group monopolize the resources of the solar system in the entire Elysium world. After all, the countries on the earth currently only have the most rudimentary sub-light speed navigation technology.
To put it simply, the countries on Earth are novice players who have just joined the game, and the solar system is equivalent to their novice village. As an old player, Qunxing Group not only has a higher level, but also has stronger strength.
Facing the influx of new players, the group can become a bloody butcher who kills the novices, or it can serve as a guide for the novices, providing countries that do not yet know the rules of the game and lack various resources with everything they need to get out of the novice stage. The unification of Novice Village was completed in a subtle way.
The former has huge short-term benefits, but the latter is the long-term solution. Yang Tianyi believed that he had no shortage of time, so he didn't mind leaving some bones and soup while eating and drinking.
A completely open Mars was the answer sheet he handed to the World Parliament.
With the help of the group's transport fleet, it took only a few months for various countries to establish more than a dozen forward bases of varying sizes on Mars.
However, except for the No. 1 main base, which is jointly invested by various countries, the rest of the bases are pitifully small in scale. It can be said that they have no practical function except for taking off and landing exploration spacecraft and accommodating a small number of immigrants, let alone developing resources on Mars.
In order to solve the problem of only entering but not exiting the forward base as soon as possible, think tanks of various governments have thought of many ways. Among them, the one with the most investment and the most obvious results is to organize a fleet of exploration boats to conduct systematic and scientific exploration of various resources on Mars in preparation for the expansion of the base's scale.
In short, although countries have still not been able to get any oil or water from Mars, at least they have seen that there is something good in the pot. And because the Star Group promised never to interfere with the development of the World Parliament on Mars, the leaders also increased their investment in Base No. 1 with great confidence.
If nothing unexpected happens, in less than a month, the first batch of immigrants belonging to various countries rather than the Star Group will be able to move into the residential area that is rapidly taking shape in Base No. 1. As a reward for pioneers, miners in future mines and staff needed by the base will also be given priority in selecting from immigrants.
Judging from the per capita salary, which is much higher than on earth, this is indeed a good reward for them.
Take Nicholas Elliott, who is currently debugging the function of the exploration boat in Base No. 1, and his newly appointed co-pilot Marseille Juarez.
Both of them are citizens of the European Union on Earth. Elliot flew a commercial airliner before serving as an exploration boat pilot, while Juarez was an instructor at a helicopter driving school.
It is precisely because they have richer experience and knowledge than ordinary people that the Mars Immigration Service, an official space development agency led by the Star Group and participated by governments of various countries, is responsible for recruiting personnel for the forward base. They received months of targeted training before they actually got to sail the exploration craft.
But what attracts the two more than high salary is actually the romanticism that has existed in the bones of human beings since ancient times. Otherwise, with their professional skills, they can live a good life even on earth, and there is no need to come to this desolate distant planet to make a living.
"Juarez, is this your first time on a mission that requires you to go out?"
Swiping the resume information about the co-pilot on his hand, Elliot joked: "I saw that you looked so anxious, but I didn't expect you were not married yet. Let me tell you, there are many beautiful girls from the North American Alliance in our exploration team. Everyone is so enthusiastic! Especially on this ungrateful planet, gorgeous plants need to be watered regularly! Do you understand what I mean?"
Elliot, who casually made a dirty joke, didn't wait for Juarez's response, so he raised his head and looked in the direction of the other person's line of sight. He found that his taciturn new co-pilot was just staring blankly out of the window. Any surprising discoveries.
The scenery outside the window is not beautiful, but only endless desolation.
The weathered boulders that can be seen everywhere, the vast tracts of red and yellow dry land, and the gray sky, with the sun smaller than the one seen from the earth, all make people who have lived in this environment for a long time feel extremely depressed.
"It's a magnificent scenery, right? You can watch it for several months like I did. No matter how beautiful the scenery is, it can't compare to the tulip I raised on Earth. You ask me why I don't take her with me? The Planning Department won't let her. It is said that there is radiation in space, and no one is allowed to bring living creatures other than themselves on board, which is really disappointing..."
Slowly coming to Juarez's side, Elliot crossed his arms and sighed: "Who would have thought a few decades ago that conquering Mars would become the task of our generation. Even I feel that I have been It’s like living in a dream. Especially before the Age of Stars, if I told my family that I would go to Mars to fly a spaceship in the future, they would definitely send me to a psychiatrist.”
Just as the distance between the two people quickly narrowed due to chatting, an emergency order was issued to all exploration boat pilots in Base No. 1.
All original exploration plans were canceled due to emergency orders. The exploration boats that had taken off for the mission immediately returned to Base No. 1. All the exploration boats still in the base were put into combat readiness, preparing to board the Immigration Administration transport mothership to go to new missions. Place.
"We have received reliable news that there is a space city built by an unknown force in the orbit of Uranus. The fleet of the Star Group is unable to get away due to some things, so the task of investigating the Uranus space city now falls into the hands of our Mars Immigration Agency."
Seeing the superior's lips opening and closing on the screen, Elliot and Juarez couldn't help but look at each other, and both saw unprecedented surprise in each other's eyes.
"There are space cities in the orbit of Uranus? Did I hear that correctly?"
Juarez couldn't believe his ears. He came to Mars just to experience the novel and exciting alien life and make a little money.
On the way to Mars on the immigrant spacecraft, he guessed that he might find many new targets in the coming days, but driving an unarmed exploration boat to fight aliens was not one of them. .
At this time, Elliot, who had served as the captain of a passenger aircraft, seemed much calmer. He was seen stroking the orange-red flight helmet in his hand, and his quiet thinking seemed out of place among the crowd that suddenly became noisy due to the emergency.
After a moment, he patted Juarez on the shoulder, handed the co-pilot's helmet to him and comforted him: "Although I didn't expect your first field mission to be so difficult, as my co-pilot, you have to fight hard. In terms of spirit, I don’t want to have a deputy around me who is worthy of my support.”
"You're right, Elliot, I'll try not to let you down."
After confirming that the other party's fighting spirit was ignited by him, Elliot nodded with satisfaction and took the other party on the road to board the transport carrier. When the mothership reaches a safe distance, they will take off their own exploration boat from inside the spacecraft, and perform investigation missions outside the space city together with dozens of friendly exploration boats.
In addition to the civilian exploration boats at Base No. 1, there were also more than a dozen naval boats produced by various countries on Earth. After the reconnaissance force confirms the danger level, they will decide whether to attack or land on the space city according to the situation. If necessary, they will also be prepared to sacrifice themselves to buy time for the mother ship to evacuate.
Although these backward naval boats are as weak as small sampans compared to the Javelin-class frigates of the group in terms of armor and firepower, they are one of the few that they can use for the countries that are just starting out on earth. Interstellar armed forces.
As the Second Fleet is accelerating its return to the solar system, Yang Tianyi can actually mobilize a navy several times larger than the Second Fleet from the star world to escort this mission.
But he always firmly believes that no matter how strong a captive eagle is, it is essentially the same as a chicken or duck. Even if it finally learns to fly, it will not be able to survive independently in the cruel nature.
If they want to stand side by side with the Star Group, humans in the Paradise World must show corresponding strength and determination! This emergency mission is Yang Tianyi's test for them.
Even if their entire army is annihilated in the orbit of Uranus in the end, the group will make up for the losses for the countries on earth and give them more power and resources.
This is just a test. If you pass, you will get rewards. If you fail, you will get some experience. As for those weak people who are timid and unwilling to take the lead despite having empty resources, Yang Tianyi will be disappointed with them.
And history has proven that those who disappoint him often do not end well.
