Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 566 - 563: The Great Population Migration!

Chapter 566: Chapter 563: The Great Population Migration!

Why do men like women with flat stomachs and smooth skin? Because flat stomachs mean no pregnancy, and smooth skin indicates good health!

Why do women like strong men? Because it signifies their ability to better protect their offspring.

These aesthetic preferences evolved from ancient harsh environments and cannot be arbitrarily altered by interstellar civilizations. Indeed, a third-level civilization like humanity can alter appearances, but it can’t change its fundamental aesthetic preferences.

If human civilization were altered to resemble frogs, human civilization would collapse in minutes. Aesthetics are a kind of philosophy contained within our genes!

Besides appearance being an important identifier for civilizations, other factors like survival environments, gravity, atmospheric pressure, air composition, and so on, are also critical identifiers.

The difficulty of altering such aspects is immense, and the probability of repetition among different civilizations is low.

Only civilizations that have reached Level 5, who have climbed the Philosophy Tree, are able to randomly modify their genes, because even if they modify themselves to look like monkeys or brown bears, they still feel very beautiful.

But why would a Level 5 Civilization bother to bully lower-level interstellar civilizations? Unless it has such a unique fetish!

In any case, the reputation of a civilization is extremely important. No one must engage in corrupt activities like defrauding the interstellar trading market with their spaceships.

Amidst a wave of discussions, the Captain along with several senior officials, boarded one of the large Flying Discs and signed a so-called "supplementary contract."

Subsequently, the rights to use these few large Flying Discs were temporarily handed over to humans; however, their flight paths were fixed, only to travel back and forth between the neutron star region and the Constant Star 1 light year away, as stipulated in the original contract.

Humans could only decide when to take off and when to stop, but the contract did not specify what exactly to transport. Anything that could fit inside the cabin was allowed, even antimatter weapons were no problem!

Of course, one must ensure that antimatter does not explode during transportation. If these Flying Discs were to be blown up, humans would face astronomical compensation and be blacklisted from the interstellar trading market.

"We’ve already had fifty million people heading to that Constant Star 1 light year away... If you think about it, they have already been there for a hundred years," said Li Zhendong all of a sudden.

Zhang Yuan sighed, "Indeed. We just don’t know what their society has evolved into. Anyway, it’s likely that the two sides can’t blend with each other; best to live separately."

"Our people don’t trust them much either. And when they initially moved there, they had to leave behind most machinery, which was when we were most vulnerable. We need to develop slowly until we have the strength to protect ourselves before we can seek contact or dialogue."

Li Zhendong fell silent. The current mainstream social thought was dominated by the "Forward" ideology advocated by the New Civilization School, also known as the Blue Wave. Whether deep or light, it was all blue.

On the other side, however, there were ideologies symbolized by "Light Green" or "Deep Green," hence due to ideological conflicts, life together was out of the question.

"Ah, let’s talk about it later. Thankfully, there are so many planets there, and there aren’t any conflicts of interest, so it’s unlikely that a war would break out. At the very least, we’re all humans at the core," Li Zhendong could only comfort himself that way.

After all security checks were completed, the first cargo to be loaded consisted of various types of machinery and tools, weapons, small spaceships, military soldiers, and a few scientists.

A portion of the military personnel was also set to return on the same trip.

First and foremost, these tools had to be transported as they are indispensable for the development of a civilization. Hence, this part of the weight in the Transport Ships had to be reserved for machinery.

Secondly, people were still uncertain about the safety of these large Flying Discs.

The first voyage would serve as a test, using soldiers and machinery.

Isn’t the purpose of soldiers to carry out more complex and slightly risky missions?

"Mission guarantee!" This time, a high-ranking general was dispatched, as he might encounter humans from the Radiant Galaxy faction that had been surviving on that Planet for a hundred years.

If that were really the case, there would definitely be some diplomatic pressure between the two parties, and even a hierarchy might emerge.

"So, it’s still best not to be discovered by the other side. We need to pass by stealthily and then find a suitable planet to use as cover," the Captain instructed.

"Understood." The general nodded seriously. With the vastness of space, completing this mission was not impossible.

On the other hand, the government departments had already made this information public to the people.

The public couldn’t manage so many safety concerns; they clearly knew that since the spaceships from the interstellar trading market had arrived on schedule, the entire grand project had reached its final phase...

Once everyone evacuated this place, they could truly trigger the neutron star collision!

"...Ladies and gentlemen, according to the transportation capacity of these large Flying Discs, each spaceship can carry approximately 4 to 4.5 million people at a speed of about 10 times the speed of light... The round trip takes about 0.2 years, and adding the time to load goods, it all adds up to roughly three months."

"Transporting forty million people will require five round trips, totaling 15 months!"

"However, we have rented these spaceships for 19 months. If we push a bit, we have six opportunities in total. The first batch consists of mechanical tools, a small number of soldiers, and scientists, so not many people are being transported... They will come back in two months!"

"We hope everyone acts quickly and prepares what you’re allowed to bring aboard the spaceship, no more than 20 kilograms, during the waiting time..."

"After it’s nearly your batch’s turn, start fasting in advance, clear your stomach, and get ready for hibernation."

"After arriving at the designated planet, because the infrastructure is incomplete and there is a shortage of doctors, everyone will hibernate for a while and then be thawed in sequence... The entire thawing process will last several years."

Television experts were broadcasting specific guidelines, and almost everyone was focused on this news as soon as it aired. All games and other entertainment programs also switched to the same channel.

After all, this was a matter of life and death, and it was the last step of the entire grand project, with every day’s actions being incredibly urgent!

Humans, indeed, lacked enough Amoeba Points to rent more Flying Discs. These Fourth-level Civilization Flying Discs rushed over from the trading market, taking over a hundred years, and this part of time cost money.

On the other hand, running back and forth between two locations also cost money, and this rental fee was even higher.

Because these Flying Discs could land directly on the ground. Arriving on a desolate Alien Planet, there wouldn’t be a Space Elevator, but since landing on the ground required huge amounts of fuel, after landing six times, the Flying Discs would run out of fuel, and humans couldn’t refuel them...

In short, the execution power of New Human Civilization was incredibly high, so even if the timeline was a bit tight, it wouldn’t pose too much of a problem.

After all, everyone was used to working hard; a little more strain for another year or so really didn’t count for much.

...

The first batch of spaceships took off, carrying various mechanical tools, a small contingent of soldiers, and scientists.

After three agonizing months of waiting, these spaceships indeed returned on time!

Seeing these soldiers appear, everyone sighed with relief, and even Zhang Yuan couldn’t help feeling joy.

"... We have selected a peripheral terrestrial planet as our landing base. All the mechanical equipment has been loaded and unloaded without any issues!"

"We have also located the Radiant Galaxy, but... we have not yet communicated with them. They also didn’t discover us!"

During this emergency meeting, the general reported in great detail about the landing.