Chapter 742

Chapter 742: Interstellar Teleportation Array

In the year 6351 of the Xia calendar, on Cape III Planet

The Cape Triangular Base, covering 15,000 acres, has been completely finished. The base has complete defense and living facilities, and over ten satellites have been launched into the orbit of Cape III Planet to monitor the surrounding area.

Although most people do not believe in aliens and think the security measures are unnecessary and a waste of energy, Lin Jiang remains firm in his decision.

"Dear ancestors, this is our Cape III Planet base. It has been completely built. Here, we have the most advanced ecosystem that can last over thirty years without support from the home planet…"

The captain introduced the base to Lin Jiang and Cao Ying. The base covers 15,000 acres, with less than 3,000 acres for buildings. The remaining 12,000 acres will be transformed into a natural environment, where flowers, plants, and trees will be planted.

For energy, nuclear power will be the main source for now. Although nuclear fusion technology has not yet advanced, regular nuclear energy technology is already very advanced. Additionally, solar energy will be used to support daily life, and spirit stones will serve as a reserve energy source for combat. Some cultivators will stay behind and can only be given a small amount of spirit stones to maintain their cultivation level. If they wish to advance, they must bring their own spirit stones.

"How many people will stay this time?"

"One hundred and fifty people, with three golden cores and one Nascent Soul. That Nascent Soul expert suffered a setback during the war and can no longer progress further, so he volunteered to stay."

The captain said, most of those who stay here are not very good at their training. They are fighting for their descendants. The benefits they gain here are more than five times what they would get on Blue Star, and they can give this money to their children and grandchildren as they wish.

"Sure, one hundred and fifty people is about right. Once the Interstellar Teleportation Array is built, they can go home anytime, just like a business trip."

Lin Jiang said that Huaxia has already started planning the Interstellar Teleportation Array, which will not go directly from Cape III to Blue Star but will make many stops along the way.

Based on current technology, it may take nearly a hundred stops, passing through seven planets. Other transfer stations may need to build space stations as platforms for transfer.

However, it might also change, because this plan will take decades or even hundreds of years to complete. The long-distance teleportation array is still being researched. If the technology develops, it may really be possible to create the Interstellar Teleportation Array, allowing direct teleportation from Cape III to Blue Star in one move.

This involves many advanced space technologies, which are far beyond Lin Jiang’s understanding. They are being studied by the scientists he works with.

Huaxia now has many extraordinary scientists, true geniuses, whose research is textbook material.

Lin Jiang gives the best treatment and protection to these extraordinary people. For those with Spiritual Roots, no matter how weak they are, he uses resources to support them. His strict order to his team is that they must raise their cultivation level to at least Golden Core Stage, the higher, the better.

For those without Spiritual Roots, there is a kind of pill called Wisdom Arousing Pill, a sixth-grade pill worth a fortune. Lin Jiang has also ordered Lin Huafei to refine several of them.

Lin Jiang thought this was very meaningful, just like the Blue Star in his memory. If scientists like Einstein could live for hundreds of years, and if their health could remain strong, it would bring great change to the world.

"I hope so. If the Interstellar Teleportation Array can succeed, then humans from our home planet could spread all across the universe."

"Haha, you are thinking too much. Just to leave the Milky Way would take many years."

Lin Jiang laughed heartily. This Milky Way is not the same as that Milky Way. This one is over one hundred thousand light-years wide and has thousands of stars. The human race has only just left one star system and it still takes more than ten years to travel.

After finishing the introduction of the base, Lin Jiang and Cao Ying took a break. In three days, they would leave this place, leaving one hundred and fifty people to guard it while the others returned.

The later batches of the Space Mother Ship will no longer explore further areas; they will focus on consolidation and preparation for the Interstellar Teleportation Array, such as laying down suitable transit platforms.

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After unloading a large amount of supplies, the Space Mother Ship was much lighter on the return journey and moved faster. By the time Lin Jiang and the others reached Lunar Base, it was already the year 6361 in the Xia calendar, taking about twenty years in total, which was longer than the first batch of the Space Mother Ship and they traveled further.

This return was much quieter. Lin Jiang did not arrange any exposure, and the outside world did not even know that Lin Jiang and the others had returned to Shen Continent, thinking they were truly in seclusion.

Over the past twenty years, many events have taken place in Blue Star. When Lin Jiang returned to Haigang City, he immediately asked the artificial intelligence to list the major happenings.

"Has Li Qing gone into seclusion? Is she about to achieve the Tao Achieving level?"

Cao Ying was also watching nearby. The first major event was Li Qing’s seclusion, which she announced very publicly. It was impossible not to know about it.

"It’s about time; she has been awake for two or three hundred years. During the immortal cultivation era, she advanced to Void Achieving several hundred years ago. With the resources from Ying Continent, it would be surprising if she didn’t break through."

"Will Li Qing’s breakthrough affect our plans?"

"It will have some impact, but it’s not a big problem. Even without technology, she is not your match. The difference in cultivation and equipment is too great."

Lin Jiang shook his head and spoke. He had many spiritual treasure weapons from Qing State and other places, some of which he refined and nurtured himself. Yang Luo’s Internal and External Refining Method is still very useful now.

Li Qing lacks this foundation, so it won’t be enough to change the overall situation.

"That’s good. We also have quite a few in the later stage of Void Achieving on our side, including you. That’s eight people."

Cao Ying said that there are more than one hundred sleeping cultivators, and now more than fifty people have reached the Void Achieving Stage, with eight of them already in the later stages of it.

Lin Jiang nodded in agreement while continuing to look at the documents. There aren’t many major events in the cultivation world. The Demon Queen follows strict rules and hasn’t launched any large-scale attacks. They are hiding deep in the Fangzhang Continent, and no one knows exactly what they are doing. Qiu Weidao has tried several times to break in, but all have failed, so now they can only gather some news from the outskirts.

However, Lin Jiang suspects that the Demon Queen might be trying to break through to the Transmigration Stage. He knows she is not willing to accept failure, so he guesses that even though she knows the Transmigration Stage is a trap, she will still step into it because she has no choice. This is her only chance.

There are not many issues within Huaxia either. Some new generation cultivators have already entered the later stages of the Nascent Soul stage. They cannot be compared to the top independent cultivator, but they are stable, with several entering the later stages of Nascent Soul. In a few years, they can plan for their breakthroughs.

There have also been significant breakthroughs in technology. If it is not during a war or a period of technological revolution, technological development is slow, making it hard to see explosive growth.

If looked at over a long period, one might think technology is stagnant, but that is not the case. Ordinary people cannot feel it mainly because technology is developing too quickly. Especially in some cutting-edge technologies, it is impossible to mass-produce them in a short time for civilian use, which makes ordinary people feel like there are no changes.

In fact, technology is advancing rapidly, and there have been breakthroughs in many fields. For example, in robotics, there are tens of thousands of types of robots in Huaxia, ranging from giant engineering robots over a hundred meters tall weighing thousands of tons to tiny robots as small as ants, playing roles in various industries.

Another example is artificial intelligence. The algorithms are becoming more refined, and artificial intelligence is getting smarter and stronger. When paired with robots, they are now demonstrating powerful combat abilities, and under the right conditions, Nascent Soul stage cultivators may not be the top opponents for these robots.

After reviewing all the event records, there aren’t many major events; at least there hasn’t been anything that could impact the bigger picture. Ordinary matters can be fully handled by Lin Jiang’s subordinates.

"The overall situation is stable; now we just need to wait for changes in the times."

Lin Jiang calmed down; since the overall situation was fine, he would wait for the Demon Queen to break through her trial or for more Tao Achieving cultivators to appear, and then see what the so-called scheme was.