Chapter 280: Rule Breaker_1

After confirming the failure of the escape incident, Jiang Yu immediately announced, "The Solar System State will commit to clamping down on escapism and will not allow any escape incidents to happen again."

Many people were infuriated by his shamelessness, as the industrial systems of all interstellar spacecraft, as well as the space docks, had been destroyed.

Now saying, "will not allow any escape incidents to happen again," isn't this insanity!

During this time, strategic research institutions carefully studied Jiang Yu's way of dealing with things and his political behavior, and finally came to a conclusion:

The reason Jiang Yu's behavior was so bizarre and out of place was entirely because he was a Common Era person, which made his values noticeably different from those of modern politicians.

In the political circles of the PDC and Fleet International, many politicians jokingly referred to Jiang Yu as "outdated" or "primitive."

Having suffered so much at Jiang Yu's hands and being unable to do anything about it, they hoped to gain some verbal advantage.

However, the image of Jiang Yu in the eyes of the public had once again undergone a slight change.

Besides the original image of a ruthless dictator and a puppet of the Trisolarans, now he had the added identity of an anti-escapism activist.

This new identity somewhat neutralized his overall image.

Number Two The Waterdrop did not go after Jiang Yu, as some had expected.

Because the spacecraft Jiang Yu was aboard was indeed a planetary-class spaceship.

Bai Pingjun and Ai Wei, who had since perished in space, had been closely watching the twenty spacecraft that the bigwigs were supposed to board, but merely glanced over the five that Jiang Yu himself was going to use.

Neither of these two was an expert in spacecraft, naturally failing to see the intricacies involved.

Bai Pingjun and his team confirmed Number Two The Waterdrop was chasing the starship fleet Jiang Yu had dispatched, but since Jiang Yu never disclosed the fleet's course, the course of Number Two The Waterdrop could be dictated by Jiang Yu's words.

The bigwigs escaping had never trusted Jiang Yu, expressing many suspicions, all easily dispelled by Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu indeed had provided them with twenty sturdy spacecraft, and the supplies they carried were sufficient for a journey of fifteen light-years.

All this was checked and calculated by the bigwigs' own people; on the surface, it seemed like a well-prepared escape operation.

Jiang Yu's escape plan was impeccable; the only thing he concealed was the course of Number Two The Waterdrop.

First, among the courses of those twenty interstellar spacecraft, there was indeed a star about 12 light-years from the Solar System that might have planets around it following observational data.

Secondly, Jiang Yu simulated a conjectural trajectory of "The Waterdrop's" pathway. Since the seven "Waterdrops" that had not entered the Solar System were accelerating continuously, their traces could occasionally be observed.

"The Waterdrop's" movement trajectory was very similar to Jiang Yu's simulated results.

Therefore, the bigwigs all believed that the course pointed out by Jiang Yu was the one that would lead to a successful escape.

Thus, the bigwigs cheerfully headed straight towards Number Two The Waterdrop, and barely had they left Jupiter Orbit when they ran into Number Two The Waterdrop coming back.

Why would Number Two The Waterdrop let go of these twenty genuine interstellar warships?

For Jiang Yu, having a dozen fleets get away was enough.

As for those bigwigs from the Solar System, there was no need for them to go out and cause trouble in other planetary systems.

Jiang Yu had previously said that the 17th and 18th fleets were covering for the bigwigs; in reality, it was the exact opposite—the 17th and 18th fleets had already passed Saturn Orbit, and it was the bigwigs who were covering for these two fleets!

Now that Number Two The Waterdrop had made a trip to the Jupiter Civilization Circle, it would take another two or three years to catch up with these two fleets.

Jiang Yu had also left Jupiter, fearing that Number Two The Waterdrop might conveniently take him out as well.

Although four light-years away from the Trisolaran World, Jiang Yu seemed to feel the Trisolarans' rage.

The Trisolarans guessed correctly about humanity's nature; even when "The Waterdrop" came knocking, they had no idea about running away!

Even without destroying humanity's industrial system, they could still trap humans within the Solar System.

Yet, Jiang Yu just wouldn't play by the book. He kept running as if it were nothing, causing chaos in the human world with his lone efforts.

Now everyone has almost forgotten the fear of "The Waterdrop," with all attention focused on Jiang Yu's cunning maneuvers.

Jiang Yu felt that if he were a Trisolaran, he would definitely want to get rid of a troublemaker like himself as soon as possible!

But now, "The Waterdrops" were too exhausted running after Jiang Yu to spare any effort to kill him.

Since the Solar System no longer had the capacity to produce interstellar ships, Number Two could safely go after people.

By the time Number Three arrived in the Solar System, humanity would be completely controlled by the Trisolarans, like a round of applause.

The spaceship Jiang Yu was on, along with the four ships accompanying him, resembled interstellar warships in appearance.

However, since they only needed to function as planetary ships, huge space was saved in fuel, nuclear engines, ecological recycling systems, system redundancy, and supplies storage.

This space allowed such a behemoth to have a full capacity of over eighteen thousand people, nine times that of a normal passenger ship.

Jiang Yu's fleet transported more than thirty thousand people to Saturn in one go. These people were the second batch of pioneers for the Saturn Orbit, mainly from the "Dongguo Clan."

There were also some robot experts and engineers who, during the month-long voyage, trained everyone in the use and maintenance of robots.

Apart from the pioneers, there were a lot of supplies, industrial equipment, and various types of robots on the ship, all desperately needed by the "Saturn Civilization Circle."

After one month and three days, Jiang Yu's fleet reached Saturn.

Many people saw from the news that Jiang Yu had landed on the Titan colony and began to believe that Jiang Yu truly had not fled.

Some Solar System State citizens who had been skeptical about Jiang Yu even started to support him.

The massive supplies and thirty thousand pioneers needed to be received by the colony on Titan, and the spaceport there was rather small, requiring three days to complete the receiving process.

Jiang Yu, guided by the work staff, visited the colony and the pioneering work there.

The colony wasn't large, and in Jiang Yu's impression, it was similar to what he felt when he first visited Guanghan City.

The sudden influx of thirty thousand people would immediately make the place crowded.

However, at first, "Dongguo Clan" members wouldn't be allocated much living space until the new area was constructed, after which their living conditions would improve.

In just a few hours, Jiang Yu finished visiting the colony, and then it was time to wait.

During the wait, Jiang Yu met with the colony's highest administrative officer to discuss the focus of the colony's future work.

Jiang Yu also met with Gu Cheng.

Gu Cheng was among the first batch of pioneers to Jupiter, and now he wore a work uniform and a duckbill cap, looking much more agreeable than his previously insufferable demeanor.

To prevent Gu Cheng's influence from rising again, Tao Yue specially appointed a trusted associate as the highest administrative officer of the Titan colony.

Meanwhile, Gu Cheng was sent to Saturn, and his confidants were dispatched to Uranus, completely severing their connection.

Jiang Yu had a casual chat with Gu Cheng, who suddenly said, "Recently I've come to understand a lot. I always felt that I was leading the Solar System State down the right path.

"But when I saw your reforms, I realized that the Solar System State had gone astray ever since Tao Jingxing's time, and I was just fixing some minor mistakes.

"Economic monopolies, administrative decline, and the increasing laziness of the people are the fundamental issues, none of which I managed to change."