Chapter 411: "Gold" Cicada Shedding its Shell_1

In the Solar System State, no one paid attention to PDC's curses. The more than five hundred million who chose to stay willingly joined the Sentinel Program to find a warm and suitable home for Earth.

However, the preparations for the Sentinel Program were still not fully in place, so the plan was likely to start in about twenty years.

By that time, Earth should have accelerated to about one-sixth of the speed of light.

It took only three years, which means by the June of the 30th year of the broadcast, Earth reached the orbit of Jupiter.

Utilizing Jupiter as a springboard, a new round of acceleration was performed.

At the same time, Jiang Yu was awakened, and after a period of weakness, he immediately began to negotiate with Venus, "The aluminum and water I promised you are already on the way to Venus' orbit and should arrive within a month.

"Before that, I hope to make a few deals with you."

Venus: Until I receive your payment, I will not answer any more questions.

Jiang Yu chuckled, "Don't be so stubborn! We are about to leave the Solar System aboard Earth and spaceships; afterwards, the Solar System will be under your dominion.

"After being neighbors for so many years and now that we are about to depart, don't you want to offer any advice to us, who are embarking on a long journey?"

Venus, however, asked an unrelated question: Why has the population of humans on Mercury been declining over the past decade?

Jiang Yu stroked his chin, smiling intriguingly, "You answer my question, and I will answer yours.

"Did you come to the Solar System by choice, or were you forced to come here?"

Venus: At the time, the Solar System was a very good choice.

Jiang Yu immediately said, "Please answer in more detail!"

Venus: The answer to the question you asked is worth that much.

"Fine," Jiang Yu, folding his arms, said, "Not only the people of Mercury, but those from Mars as well, are rallying to the Jupiter Civilization Circle. We will begin massive interstellar immigration from Jupiter in ten years, with Jupiter and Neptune serving as two huge hubs for population distribution."

Venus: Why the Jupiter Civilization Circle?

Jiang Yu replied, "Of course, because Jupiter has the largest population, which makes it convenient for rallying! We can make another deal!"

A few seconds passed before Venus repeated, Until I receive your payment, I will not answer any more questions or make any deals with you.

Jiang Yu: "Very well, please be ready. In a month, I will have many questions about Mars and the Solar System for you!

"I look forward to our second transaction!"

Venus: As long as the price is right, it will be pleasant.

After ending the communication with Venus, Jiang Yu immediately attended a military meeting.

Of the three legions of the Solar System State that did not follow Earth, other than the Third Legion rotating in the Kuiper Belt, the other two took advantage of the convergence of Earth and Jupiter to quietly converge on the far side of Jupiter under the guise of a change of guard.

PDC was extremely nervous for a time, thinking their insults had invited a military strike from the Solar System State.

The meeting Jiang Yu attended was a pre-war mobilization.

At the meeting, Jiang Yu spoke, "You ask me if I'm confident about winning this war? I must tell you, I still don't have any!

"However, I believe that over these years, Venus has been doing its utmost to recover its strength. As long as there's a chance to bring substantial trouble to humanity, it will not hesitate to act.

"Even though I am still not sure, I know that in this situation, the longer we wait, the worse it gets.

"Since Venus is very likely to make a move before the Dark Forest Strike arrives, we might as well seize the initiative,"

"Now that Earth is already far from Venus and the people of Mars are retreating to the main asteroid belt just in case, we can afford to go all out!"

The target of the Solar System State was not PDC, but Venus, which had been peacefully coexisting with humanity for over twenty years.

This battle had been set to happen after previous negotiations with Venus, and the reason for the wait was simply to allow Earth and the Moon to move away from the battlefield.

The preparations for this war had begun long ago. Over the past decade, the deterrence Monster Cannon aimed at Venus had gradually decreased, as if people had become complacent.

At the same time, the Solar System State's shipping lanes to Mercury were no longer kept as far from Venus as before, and some captains would even greet Venus when approaching it, as if they truly considered Venus an ally.

Jiang Yu then ordered, "The cargo ships carrying large quantities of aluminum and water will continue to head toward Venus.

"We don't know if Venus can 'see' that far, so just to be safe, we have to act out the part thoroughly!"

Two days later, the Solar System State completed its final deployment, and the battle began!

Wu Xinghai took command of the operation once again, with more than three hundred Monster Cannons suddenly firing at Venus!

Like the last battle, Jiang Yu was also in Wu Xinghai's command center, only this time the command center was set up on Jupiter.

Facing the attack from the Solar System State, Venus once again revealed its white shell.

Then something completely unexpected happened that stunned Jiang Yu and everyone else: according to radar data, the mass of Venus had abruptly dropped by half.

Jiang Yu's heart instantly sunk—interstellar wars were most feared for surprises or unknown situations.

The latter meant that the opponent's means had entirely surpassed human knowledge.

After a few tense seconds, the communications staff reported, "A large mass has suddenly appeared three astronomical units on the other side of the Sun, with a mass exactly half that of Venus."

Before Wu Xinghai and the others could react, the massive body disappeared again.

A few seconds later, the communications staff reported again, "The large mass has reappeared more than twenty astronomical units away!"

The people in the command center looked at each other in disbelief. What method could allow a massive body to appear more than twenty astronomical units away in just a few seconds?

At that moment, Milky Way 2 synthesized various intelligence reports and basically determined that the suddenly appearing mass was the half of Venus that had vanished.

Jiang Yu had not expected Venus to pull a disappearing act!

He was sure that this was a capability Venus only reclaimed in recent years; otherwise, Venus would have fled during their last battle.

Jiang Yu's earlier deceptive communications with Venus and the sudden onslaught had clearly caught Venus off guard, causing a hasty and tattered escape.

One could almost imagine that Venus paid a tremendous price for this escape.

Meanwhile, the Solar System State's radars did not receive any signals from the position of Venus.

Perhaps it was so concerned with fleeing that it couldn't even attend to the matter of exposing the Solar System State's targets that it had threatened Jiang Yu with before.

After the bombardment ceased, the body remaining in Venus's orbit didn't make any counterattack. The investigation by J135 squadron confirmed that Venus no longer exhibited any signs of life.

Venus, with its white-armored shell, became a special trophy of the Solar System State.

Furthermore, the scientists at the academy concluded that in addition to the curvature engine, there must be other highly efficient methods of interstellar travel.

At least the method Venus used was not acceleration by curvature, because there were no trails left anywhere within the Solar System or the several locations where Venus appeared on its journey.