As humankind's understanding of time, space, mass and speed gradually deepens, theories such as string theory and super-unified field theory continue to develop and improve. Eventually, a series of space folding theories surfaced. The breakthrough in controllable nuclear fusion technology has given mankind nearly unlimited energy for the first time.
Generations of scientists continue to challenge the speed of light. In their hands, objects that can accelerate to the speed of light have gradually grown larger from elementary particles, to atoms, to molecules, and then to macromolecules and polymers. In the end, they have been able to accelerate a spacecraft to sublight speed.
The theory of space folding has also matured, and humans have finally found a way to cross distant spaces.
When the Pioneer, the first deep space exploration spacecraft capable of space jumping, was built, warriors dedicated to conquering deep space set foot on the spacecraft with the determination to never return, uncovering the story of mankind's journey out of the solar system and into the deep space. An empty new chapter.
The target of the Pioneer is a newly discovered planet that has a similar celestial environment to its parent star and is about 10 light-years away from the parent star.
Now, thousands of years later, 10 light years cannot be classified as a long distance by any standard, but for the Pioneer at that time, it was a one-way journey.
After a long period of acceleration, the Pioneer entered a space jump, and then sailed across a long galaxy to the target planet. When the members on the spacecraft were awakened from the cryopod by an automatic program, they saw a completely unfamiliar starry sky.
With trembling hands, they sent the news of successful jump to their home planet.
This moment, captured by a photographer, became the most classic moment in human history.
When the people on the home planet received the message, it was already ten years later.
The successful expedition of the Pioneer completely inspired mankind's desire to explore deep space. Deep space exploration and colonization spacecraft are being built one after another and sailing to other galaxies one after another.
Since then, mankind has officially entered the deep space era.
Most of these colonial spacecraft had different destinations. Only a few spacecraft followed the path of the Pioneer and headed for the planet named Eden.
Eden has been proven to be a habitable planet. In the deep space era, the standards for habitable planets are completely different from those before leaving the parent star. As long as there is atmosphere, water, energy and resources that can be exploited and used, and can independently support the survival of human bases, it can be classified as a habitable planet.
The atmosphere of Eden cannot be breathed directly, and the temperature is too low. Most of the water on the planet's surface exists in the form of ice. However, humans have long accumulated rich experience in colonizing other planets in the solar system and are not afraid of this.
The first batch of immigrants directly landed the Pioneer on the surface of the planet, dismantled the hull, and built the first large-scale permanent settlement base based on it.
Decades later, the first generation of pioneers are getting older, the second and third generation of pioneers have become the backbone, and the fourth generation of pioneers have also appeared one after another. In the Garden of Eden, the number of permanent residence bases has increased from one to a dozen, and construction of a new space base has begun.
In the blink of an eye, another few decades have passed, and a new generation of colonial spacecraft has been built in the outer space of the Garden of Eden. For the first time, humans have a springboard deep in the stars.
In this way, human beings use primitive space jumping technology and rely on generations of pioneers to move towards the depths of the universe with difficulty but tenacity.
From the perspective of the river system, the so-called arduous efforts of mankind are really not worth mentioning. The universe is too big, and space-time is constantly expanding. The star field that humans have occupied for hundreds of years is difficult to escape the infinitesimal category in a mathematical sense.
It was not known how long this process would last, but the discovery of natural wormholes has completely changed the process of human exploration of deep space.
With the existing technology of mankind, it is not difficult to pass through natural wormholes.
These natural wormholes are like natural highways in the universe, often connecting two extremely distant galaxies. The distance is so far that it is difficult for humans to cross it with today's technological level.
As more natural wormholes are discovered, the speed of human exploration of deep space has increased exponentially, and more and more planets have human footprints.
The number of inhabited planets is increasing day by day. Based on experience, humans have begun to classify planets into four categories: habitable planets, resource planets, strategic planets and desolate planets.
However, in the era of star sea expansion, human communication methods gradually failed to keep up with the pace of expansion of the leading stars. It often takes years or even decades for a message from the edge star field to be sent back to the home star. Since their birth, the descendants of the original pioneers have seen either the internal structure of the space base or the alien scenery. For them, their mother planet is already too far away, so far away that it is simply a legend.
Due to the natural differences in resources between different planets, the gap between rich and poor began to appear. There are some abandoned resource stars, and the people on them have to struggle for daily survival. Other planets have developed to the point where they even far exceed their parent stars. With the help of massive wealth, they established their own interstellar fleet, and their combat power even began to approach that of their home star fleet.
In 2710, the first wave of interstellar separation occurred in human history. The mother star's control over each star field completely collapsed, and each colonial star declared independence one after another.
In 2715, the home star fleet began its first expedition. The enemy was not aliens, but other humans living in the outer stars.
In 2730, the home star fleet and the Outland Alliance launched a decisive battle in the outer space of Wuxu Planet. In the end, both sides suffered losses, and the home star government was forced to recognize the Outland Alliance as a legitimate political power equal to itself.
In the next hundred years, the United Government of the Home Star and the Outland Alliance, unwilling to fail, fought repeatedly, and the war spread to countless star regions. The heavy burden of war finally pushed both sides to the extreme. The United Government of the Home Star and the Outland Alliance disintegrated one after another. Humanity entered an era of division. In the vast star field, there were at most hundreds of governments coexisting. In many cases, an inhabited planet was just one government. .
After great chaos comes great peace.
After the suffering of endless wars, people finally discovered the value of tradition and belief. As a result, the tide of retrospection and roots-seeking swept across the entire human race, and the mother planet once again became the common holy place for all human beings.
The value of the culture and religion that emerged before mankind emerged from the planetary age was rediscovered and reinterpreted in the context of the Star Sea Age. It was then discovered that even with the advancement of science and technology to this day, these ancient wisdoms can still guide human thinking. and bring inner peace.
In this way, people gathered under the most appealing culture and belief, and gradually formed two major countries: the Tang Dynasty based on the traditional wisdom of the East, and the Anglo-Saxon-Saxon Dynasty based on Protestantism and Eastern Christianity in the old industrial era. The Commonwealth of America, referred to as the Commonwealth of America.
Faced with the two rising behemoths, many small forces located in the edge star fields had to unite to form a pan-star field community. The community is a loose alliance, and its loose access conditions have attracted many independent forces. Basically, you can become a member of the community by issuing a declaration of joining.
Because of the large number of members, the strength of the community is also growing. At least on paper, its strength is not much different from that of the dynasty and the federation.
In the cracks between the three major forces, there are still many small forces struggling to survive.
In the vast star field, star thieves are naturally inevitable.
In this way, human beings continue to develop amidst wars and disputes, and their footprints continue to extend into the distance, bringing one planet after another into their sphere of influence.
The strange thing is that to this day, humans have still not encountered a highly intelligent alien race, or even a species that can be called an intelligent race.
In the vast sea of stars, is it true that human beings are the darlings of the universe and have reached the forefront of all intelligent races? Or maybe the universe is too huge, and the places humans set foot on are only a negligible small part of the entire universe. We haven't encountered an alien race simply because we haven't gone far enough.
The two views are incompatible with each other, each has countless supporters, and has been arguing for seven hundred years.
The Kingdom of Xinzheng is also based on Chinese civilization as its foundation. It is located on the edge of human territory. It currently only has five inhabited planets, two of which are frontier planets that can barely maintain limited survival.
Xinzheng was one of the many vassal states of the Tang Dynasty. It was actually responsible for guarding the border, firstly against unknown races outside the territory, secondly against the Insa Federation and the Pan-Star Community, and thirdly against star thieves and various roving forces.
As a small force on the frontier, Xinzheng lags far behind the dynasty's core star region in terms of technology, economic and military strength. For vassal forces, the Tang Dynasty would allocate a certain amount of subsidies every few years to enhance the strength of its subordinates. For a small country like Xinzheng, subsidies from the dynasty are the key to maintaining survival and prosperity.
The prosperous Tang Dynasty favored martial arts and used military force to build a country. The annual small performance at the end of the year and the grand martial arts performance every five years were important basis for determining the amount of subsidies to be paid in the next five-year cycle. Because of this, Xinzheng attaches great importance to the opportunity to participate in the big show and looks forward to a good performance.
It's just that Xinzheng's national power has declined recently and its talents have withered. It has been unable to participate in large and small military exercises for eight consecutive years.
Seeing this, Chu Jungui finally understood why there were casualties in the survival battle, but Qin Yi and ordinary students were all in high spirits. Meng Jianghu turned a blind eye to such major events as opening a private bar on a transport ship and gathering people to drink. After all, regaining the qualification to participate in the big show is more important than anything else.
As Meng Jianghu said, Canshang College is indeed the top university in Xinzheng, unrivaled. This college has a long history, even longer than that of Xinzheng. When the academy was first founded, human star-sea navigation technology had not yet been perfected, and the curvature engine only had a concept, not even a drawing.
The original founder of the college came to Xinzheng, which was just discovered at that time, after a long cryonic voyage. He knew that there was no hope of returning to his home planet in this life. He occasionally read the poem "We don't meet each other in life, but moving is like participating in business." When he felt something in his heart, he took it. Therefore, the college was named the Business College.
Today, the Shanshang College has become a behemoth in Xinzheng, with all disciplines from individual planetary combat to space fleet warfare. It also offers a number of courses from small arms to space battleship design, and has two research institutes of various types. There are more than ten, and there are two affiliated bases and one outer space base.
Shanshang College is not so much a military school as it is a military-industrial, scientific and educational complex.
