"The war begins! The war begins! The alliance and AI'H' begin the war!"
In the colonial satellite city-state "Hittite" near Mars, due to H's cyber attack, all traffic lights and driverless vehicles at the street intersection were paralyzed, causing traffic jams. At this time, some people's personal terminals were still connected to the Internet, and when they saw the news of the war between the Alliance and H, they immediately started shouting loudly in the chaotic streets.
"What!? There's a war again? Get out of the way! I don't want to die here!"
"Asshole, Hittite is far away from the Earth's circle. When can H come? Look at how many cars are behind me. You have to give in!"
The street became noisier. On the second floor of a nearby cafe, a man wearing sunglasses looked downstairs and said to the people inside: "We have nothing to do with the chaos here, but we should leave here immediately. "
A man sitting in the room nodded and said: "Okay, although there are still more than ten hours left before the scheduled time to go to the colonial satellite 'New Constantinople', it will be troublesome to be trapped here. Let's leave now." .”
The man turned to the girl next to him and said, "Queen Mary, let's go."
"Tagris, this is a moment of life and death for mankind. Do we still need to hide? We still have troops. We should join this war and atone for my father's sins."
The group of people in the house were Mary, Tagris and others who had been missing for a long time. After hearing what Mary said, Taglis was silent for a while, and then said earnestly: "Your Majesty the Queen, now that the alliance has accepted the new empire established by the ambitious Zhuge Daozi, once we show up, not only will we not be able to help others, Instead, you will be unable to move. There are many war criminals who have joined the New Empire, and they are all waiting for a chance to avoid being liquidated after the war. If you show up now, you will only be used by them and forced to become their scapegoat."
Mary sighed and said: "Okay... Let's go to New Constantinople first. I hope the people there are as loyal to the empire as you said and are willing to accept refugees from New Rome."
Taglis said: "New Rome was the first force to open up the Mars area, and the people here are still willing to help us. Just like our trip to the Hittites this time, although they were unwilling to accept us, they also provided enough Food for the hundreds of thousands of refugees we brought with us."
"Okay...I'll listen to you."
Mary stood up to leave, but suddenly stopped.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
"I suddenly thought of Lin Ao. Although I have only met him once, he is my brother-in-law after all. He will also participate in the battle against H, right? If he sacrifices..."
"We don't have the energy to protect other people right now."
"He is not someone else. He is one of the few relatives I have in the world. If I fail to protect him, I'm afraid my sister will blame me..."
…
Colonial Satellite City-State-Mycenae-Capital "Lion Gate" First Universe Port-Osiris
Li Youde checked his military uniform one last time and clicked on the video call with Major General Shepard:
"Teacher, are you feeling better?"
"Ahem...that's it."
"You look worse than before. It's time to rest more."
"Well, thank you for your concern. Friendly, the alliance's order has come down, asking us Mycenae to join the Third Alliance Fleet. We have half a month to prepare."
"Want the Osiris and Agamemnon to join us?"
"No, Amity. Mycenae needs to evacuate its people to the moon or 'New Earth' in 10 days."
"What? I've never heard of it before!" Li Youde said in surprise.
"The Alliance has been suppressing the news of the evacuation of the colonial satellites in order to keep it secret. Now the first batch of colonial satellites have begun to evacuate their residents, and we are considered the second batch."
Li Youde suddenly felt a headache, rubbed his forehead with his hands and said, "But...Mycenae has a population of over 100 million, and they only rely on our ships..."
"The Covenant will send a large number of ships to help us transport residents in 5 days, but I'm afraid it won't be too late. Therefore, I want the Agamemnon and Achilles to assist in the evacuation first, and let the Osiris join alone. Alliance Third Fleet. After the evacuation is completed, let the Agamemnon go to the Third Fleet and the Achilles return to Mycenae to guard the colonial satellite."
"Okay, I'll follow the teacher's instructions."
"Friends, how is the painting work of the Osiris's plutonium-42 going?"
"It went very smoothly. All the humanoid weapons and fighter jets have been painted according to the plan, and 60% of the overall battleship has been painted."
"Okay, there's still time..."
Before Shepard finished speaking, the communication was suddenly cut off, and the lights in the captain's cabin began to flicker. Li Youde was stunned for a moment, then secretly yelled: "H has made a move!"
He immediately dialed the intercom to inform the people on the bridge to turn on the internal power supply of the Osiris, and soon the lights in the captain's room stabilized. Li Youde got up and ran to the hangar, meeting technician Armstrong halfway.
"Old man, I'm just looking for you! H's cyber attack has started again. You have to lead your people to speed up the progress of painting the hull with plutonium 42!"
Armstrong said with a look of embarrassment: "I know, but I have to speak up. Not only did the Osiris have a power outage, but many areas of the port also had a power outage. Without stable and sufficient lighting, the painting speed cannot be guaranteed."
"I know...but you have to find a way. I just lost the call with Major General Shepard. I have to take a car to the city to see him to check the situation. Are there any idle vehicles in the hangar?"
"Yes, but I advise you to line up a soldier to go for you. At this time, no matter how worried you are about Major General Shepard, you can't leave your post. Besides, the city will definitely be affected, and there will be traffic jams."
Li Youde scratched his head and said: "You're right... I'm too panicked. Boss, the alliance requires the colonial satellite to evacuate all residents as soon as possible. Do you have any family members in the city?"
"Huh? Is the situation so serious? Mycenae has a population of 100 million... Yes, my wife and daughter are in the city. I will try to contact them right now. Thank you, captain."
"Nothing, I'm going to the bridge to inform the entire crew."
Li Youde turned around to go to the bridge, but Armstrong stopped him and asked, "Wait a minute, captain! You haven't said where you want to evacuate yet."
"Ah, Major General Shepard said it was the moon or 'New Earth'."
"Moon? There are only a dozen cities on the moon. How many refugees from colonial satellites can they accommodate?"
"I don't know about that. If the moon and the 'New Earth' are filled, others will definitely be allowed to go to the earth."
Li Youde bid farewell to Armstrong and thought to himself on the way: "It took 200 years for the Moore Chamber of Commerce to build the 'New Earth', but it's only 60% complete. It's a semi-finished product at most. The Alliance actually asked the colonial satellite to evacuate the residents there? That thing is finished." It’s not as big as the moon, how many people can it accommodate? Forget it…this is not something I should consider.”
…
Inside the "New Earth".
A luxurious small spaceship arrived at the first port of the "New Earth", and the reception staff of the Moore Chamber of Commerce had been waiting respectfully for a long time. After a moment, the spacecraft docked safely, the elevator with the escalator was lowered, and a group of people surrounded an old man as he got off the spacecraft.
Among the reception staff of the More Chamber of Commerce, a blonde beauty wearing glasses took the initiative to greet you: "Hello, Sir Cumming, I am Helena, the chief secretary of President Thomas More. I will receive you this time. For a visit, please follow me to the reception hall."
The old man waved his hand and said: "No, I came here this time to see how far your Moore Chamber of Commerce's 'New Earth' has been and whether it can accommodate enough refugees. Take me directly to visit the area where you accommodate refugees." That’s good!”
Helena pushed up her glasses and asked: "Oh, are you here as a consultant to the Alliance this time? Then you should know that the Alliance has already assessed our accommodation capacity. Otherwise, we wouldn't have so many colonial satellites that would destroy the residents. Evacuate to us."
"Of course I know! But I don't believe your boast that Haikou can accommodate 4 billion people? Are you kidding me? Just made this toy ball with your own efforts? It took your Moore Chamber of Commerce 200 years to make it This steel earth is only 60% complete, right? Since it's not finished, don't say it can't be done! I have family members living in colonial satellites. They will be evacuated here. You ask them to live with 4 billion people? Where? Do you have any idea? Are they all crowded together? If the war lasts for a long time, will you be able to supply 4 billion mouths? Can each person only be given a piece of bread a day!?"
Helena thought to herself that it turned out that this old guy came here to inspect under the guise of an alliance consultant because he was worried about his relatives being wronged. She thought he was really worried about how civilians would fare if they took refuge here... Although she despised this old guy in her heart, But Helena still responded with her usual sincere and polite attitude: "I understand, then please come with me to take the sightseeing elevator. This elevator can intuitively see the conditions of each floor inside the 'New Earth', and you can also Ask to stop and take a closer look at any time.”
"Just what I wanted!"
Helena and the old man each brought some followers into the sightseeing elevator. This elevator did not have common floor buttons, only a touch-screen numeric keyboard. Helena clicked a number on the keyboard: 145890.
The old man asked doubtfully: "Are there hundreds of thousands of floors here?"
"This is only the floor currently shared by the living area and business area. There are also floors that need to be kept secret in the innermost part, which are responsible for maintaining the operation of this 'New Earth'."
"How come it's of this scale and I haven't seen you publicize it?"
Helena smiled and replied: "Because we haven't finished yet!"
During the conversation, the elevator had already descended hundreds of floors. Only then did the old man realize that the scenery in front of him had changed rapidly. In front of him, the interior of the new earth was displayed to him layer by layer like an anatomy diagram. He had thought that each floor was only a few meters high and filled with rooms. The result was far beyond his expectation. Almost every floor is one thousand meters high, and there is a large residential area and commercial area under construction or idle inside, and it is even equipped with various parks, schools, hospitals, and pastures. and landmark buildings of different cultural styles…
The old man was stunned by what he saw and asked Helena: "Is each floor the size of a colonial satellite?! How many people did you hire to build it!"
"A lot, but manpower alone is not enough. Most of the construction of the internal living areas is completed by engineering robots. Of course, this kind of robot is currently only used by our own Moore Chamber of Commerce, and the information is confidential. If you want to visit which floor , you can say a number, or shout stop."
"stop!"
The sightseeing elevator stopped quickly. The old man stepped out of the elevator with the help of an attendant, got on the scooter, and began to carefully visit the interior under Helena's guidance. He would call a stop at any time, and then personally enter a random building on the roadside to check the situation inside, and every time the result was that he could not fault it. He then asked for random inspections of other floors to randomly check the buildings and supplies inside. After several hours, he finally surrendered.
"It's amazing...I originally thought that for such a big steel planet, a large proportion of the interior should be energy supply areas, which can't accommodate too many people. But today my eyes are really opened. You have actually opened up so much. Almost every floor of the residential area is self-sufficient... I have never seen a man-made thing of this scale, in 200 years... Did you create a miracle of this scale on your own?!"
Helena nodded with a smile and said: "'New Earth' is the dream of Jack Mohr, the founder of the Mohr Chamber of Commerce. He hopes that in the future when the earth is polluted and resources are exhausted and cannot accommodate more people, this 'New Earth' It can become an ark for mankind to continue its future. Perhaps in the eyes of the world, our Mohr Chamber of Commerce is just a cold consortium. In fact, the presidents of the Mohr Chamber of Commerce in the past generations have inherited Jack Mohr’s legacy and ambition, which considers the future of mankind. Our original intention has never changed. To tell you the truth, although the completion rate of 'New Earth' is only 60% now, we have laid a solid foundation in the past 200 years. If resources and funds are sufficient, it is estimated that we can complete 100% in about 10 years. %! By then this man-made planet will be able to accommodate 10 billion people, or even more."
The old man excitedly held Helena's hand and said, "I believe it! I believe everything after seeing it with my own eyes! Are you, the Moore Chamber of Commerce, willing to accept help from my family? You can have as much mining satellites and assets in my name as you want. , as long as you give me equity and a piece of land in this 'new earth'!"
Helena smiled and said: "We have not yet opened the New Earth's real estate and industrial purchasers to receive sponsorship. The Moore Chamber of Commerce prefers to raise funds in its own way. Of course, I will take your intentions seriously. Communicated to President Thomas.”
After seeing the old man off, one of Helena's followers asked curiously: "Ms. Helena, you said that as long as there are enough resources and money, the 'New Earth' can be completed in 10 years. Is it true?"
Helena watched the old man's spaceship leave the port. Her expression was not as cordial as before, but she replied in a cold tone: "In terms of money, our Chamber of Commerce does not need funding. All we lack now are resources. If the resources are enough, we only need 5 90% can be completed within a year.”
"5 years?! From 60% to 90%!? Then... what if it's not enough?"
Helena sighed and said: "The slowest, I'm afraid it will take another 200 years."
"Is there such a big difference?! Are you kidding me?"
Helena turned back to look at the follower who asked the question, and smiled again: "Of course I lied to you."
At this time, inside the colonial satellite "Businessman", President Thomas was smoking a cigar in his office with a real-time projection of the universe and watching every move of Helena and her group on the monitor. He blew out a smoke ring and said to himself: "She is such a talkative woman, but she has always been like this..."
