Chapter 796

Chapter 796: Meteorite

In the year 7420 of the Blue Star Xia calendar, Huaxia

The preparations for immigration to Jiang Star were still underway and received enthusiastic support, especially from the middle class, who were very eager.

The middle class is the most anxious group in society. They have broadened their horizons and seen the splendor of the upper class, desperately trying to climb up, but there are limited positions in the upper class, and it is not so easy to get there.

Especially in Huaxia, even with Lin Jiang’s constant efforts, the rigidity of class still exists, and social mobility is very poor, making it even harder for the middle class in Huaxia to rise.

The immigration to Jiang Star gave them hope, because many laws already announced by Huaxia were about Jiang Star. For example, when you go to Jiang Star, you can get a house for free, with an area of one hundred square meters for each person.

Next, the benefits will increase. In the same job position in Jiang Star, the income can be more than three times higher than in Huaxia. They also promised to bring in elite teachers to ensure good education resources in Jiang Star.

At the same time, running a business in Jiang Star has tax-free policies, and many policies like this made the middle class in Huaxia very excited.

These policies were also issued by Lin Jiang based on suggestions from experts and professors, to ensure that the immigrants to Jiang Star have a certain level of quality, belonging to a high-end population. If they were just thugs or troublemakers, it would not make sense for them to immigrate to Jiang Star, as they would be too low quality and not help in its development.

For the second batch of one million immigration spots, Huaxia’s top officials reserved one hundred thousand spots, and the remaining nine hundred thousand require applications and reviews. Even so, there were still over ten million applications sent out.

"Pay attention to the family structure of immigrants. No elderly people are allowed, regardless of their background. Those who are elderly must be removed or asked to withdraw themselves…"

"Pay attention to the gender ratio; the number of women must not be less than one-third, especially single women. Keep good records…"

"Keep track of all kinds of talents, including engineers, doctors, teachers, and talents in Pill, Talisman, Item, and Formation…"

Cao Wang kept reminding his subordinates. The Jiang Star project depended on him, so he took a large portion of the authority to review the immigration applications, truly holding a high position of power.

"The other countries also want to visit Jiang Star. What do you think?"

At the same time, in Haigang City, Cao Ying said to Lin Jiang, ‘The Jiang Star event is so popular; other countries are very eager and have proposed to send envoys to Jiang Star.’

"Give Qingyun and Zhou Liao fifty places for them and their family to go as an observation team, the other countries will be refused."

"What does it matter if the observation team goes?"

"Give them a hope; they can share the benefits that the universe brings. We are a community with a shared future for humanity."

Lin Jiang said, ‘The total population of Blue Star is over forty billion, while Huaxia has only ten billion. The other three billion people hold a lot of wealth. Lin Jiang is still counting on drawing from them.’

"What about the demon race? The Demon Queen has wanted to go to Jiang Star every time we met; her avatar at Jiang Star should have disappeared."

"Does she dare to show her teeth anymore?"

"She doesn’t dare. The Demon Queen is a smart person; she already knows how big the gap is between the demon race and Huaxia. Now her attitude is very low. I think we should give her a bit more hope and not let her think of destructive ideas."

"Then let her create another self and share some information about the universe with her, to give her some hope."

Lin Jiang said that even though the main focus of the space program is at Jiang Star, the exploration of the universe has never stopped. They have discovered many places like Jiang Star that could become life planets, but Jiang Star is the closest one right now.

Once the technology makes a breakthrough or Jiang Star reaches a certain level, they will search for more life planets. It is very likely they will find more planets like Jiang Star, which can be used to keep the demon race in check.

"I know what to do. To be honest, I feel a bit sorry for the Demon Queen. Like Li Qing, she yearns to surpass us, but in the end, she finds that we are mountains that cannot be climbed. That feeling of despair is very painful."

"If you say so, I sympathize with them too. They are also remarkable people, but it’s unfortunate they were born into the wrong circumstances or chose the wrong side. So sympathy is one thing, but we still have to do what needs to be done."

Lin Jiang said he understood Cao Ying’s words; this kind of despair is very painful, much worse than physical pain, and it can drive a person mad.

But sympathy aside, when it’s time to act, they must not hold back because Lin Jiang and the others do not act alone; they represent the interests of Huaxia’s billions of people and must protect those interests.

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Cape III Planet.

Cape III Planet was once the farthest planet that humans from Blue Star explored, but that was hundreds of years ago. Now, the planet is called Cape IX, and the latest teleportation array will be built on an even farther planet, which might be called Cape X.

Today, Cape III Planet is not as glorious as it once was, but it is still an important point in the space program. Cape III Planet is not only a node of the Interstellar Teleportation Array, but it also has many useful resources. Because of this, there is a survival base here, several fully automated factories, and over one thousand two hundred humans.

The over one thousand two hundred people are mainly engineers. After all, both the automated factories and the Interstellar Teleportation Array need maintenance from people.

One day, Shi Rong came to the command center of the Cape III Planet base as usual to take his shift. As one of the best among the new generation of cultivators, he already had early-stage Soul Changing skills. Plus, since he is the grandson of Shiyi, being at Cape III Planet was like getting a golden opportunity.

He sat down at his workstation, made himself a cup of tea, and then opened his computer to play a small game. As the commander, he didn’t need to do much work; most tasks were handled by robots. So, he mostly spent his time doing nothing and left work when his shift was over.

"Alarm, satellite data transmission in progress…"

"Meteor shower incoming, according to the detection, a wave of meteorites will arrive soon…"

"Alert level three…"

"Should we shoot down the meteors…"

Not long after, the computer in the command center sounded an alarm. It detected a meteor shower approaching outside Cape III Planet. However, this meteor shower was not very large; it wasn’t made up of meteors weighing hundreds of tons. The falling area might not even be within the base, so the alarm level was not high, just level three.

"Artificial intelligence, start danger assessment. All meteors within the base’s safety range must be intercepted and destroyed."

Seeing that everyone else was not worried, Shi Rong felt there was no reason for him to worry either. Cape III often faced meteor showers, dozens of times every year. They were already used to it, and even if a large meteor were to fall, they could intercept it.

The artificial intelligence continuously monitored and updated data, causing the alarm level to drop, as they calculated that the meteors’ landing area was very far from them.

A day later, the meteors fell on the opposite side of Cape III Planet. Other than causing a slight earthquake, there was no other impact.

"Send out spacecraft and robots to bring back the meteors."

Shi Rong quickly ordered the deployment of spacecraft and robots to collect the meteors.

The composition of the meteors was very complex. Some meteors were of little use, just ordinary iron ore, but others contained extremely rare metals. These were treasures and could even be used to create high-quality magical items.

Collecting these meteors would also benefit him personally; if there were valuable items, it would be some extra income. That’s why Shi Rong sent out the spacecraft and robots to gather them.

After half a day, the spacecraft returned. Shi Rong controlled the robot to take the meteorite they collected to the quarantine room for thorough disinfection, to avoid bringing back any unknown viruses.

Once the quarantine is over, it will be sent to the laboratory for analysis of the meteorite’s structure. If there are valuable items, they will be kept; if not, they will simply be thrown away.

Shi Rong didn’t think much of this matter because meteorites appear too often; not every time can something valuable be found, and the chances are very low.

But three days later, Cape III Planet suddenly sounded the alarm, and it was the highest level alarm, leaving Shi Rong stunned in place.