Chapter 462: Ark Project_1

Born in the Broadcasting Era, Kent felt a sense of helplessness with technology for the first time.

Theoretically, using a powerful repulsion field could block the expansion of lower-dimensional space.

However, just like the application of gravitational fields in Space City years ago, there was always a disconnect between theory and reality.

Controlling lower-dimensional space required a high precision of the force field; compared to the civilizations that continuously launched Dark Forest Strikes, humanity's current technology was still vastly inferior.

Thus, the Solar System State's research on the Two-Dimensional Fragment came to a halt, and the Governing Council began to deploy all available resources to rescue the inhabitants of the shelter worlds.

Because there was no one in the shelter worlds to decelerate the autobiographies of Space City or to prepare for weightlessness.

This made the rescue mission much more difficult. Robots, which had long been infiltrated into these space habitats, had to enter the control systems of Space City and, after making the necessary preparations, begin to decelerate them.

Soon, the public noticed that Space City was becoming weightless.

Everyone thought the end of the world had come; many screamed and howled, many committed suicide by drinking bullets, and many turned into devils, taking pleasure in violence everywhere.

Jiang Yu and other senior officials of the Solar System State frowned at these images and lamented how poor the people's ability to withstand stress was!

For now, they did not have an adequate armed force to intervene in the situations of each shelter world and could only let them continue to spiral out of control.

Jiang Yu did hope that the public of the Solar System State Federation would learn from this disaster, but then he felt that the possibility was slim.

It was up to the Wallfacers to help everyone remember, after all. For the average person, a century was too long; the peace and prosperity of the present would completely overshadow the hardships encountered before.

Meanwhile, from the previously closed space docks, a large number of "Octopus Spaceships" flew out, their tentacle-like mechanical arms firmly grasping the now inoperative space habitats.

It took more than two days to finally complete the capture of all shelter worlds in the orbits of the major planets.

As the Two-Dimensional Fragment broke through the leaky repulsion field once again, the curvature acceleration of these "Octopus Spaceships" also began.

Inside the shelter worlds, more and more people learned that they truly had been rescued by the Solar System State, and many were moved to tears with gratitude.

But there were also complaints about the slow response of the Solar System State's rescue efforts.

Those politicians who had previously boarded spaceships to chase after the Solar System State's Space City were somewhat stunned: "What do we do now? Continue to chase down? Or return to the shelter worlds?"

"I told you to trust the Wallfacers, and now you see, we're caught in a dilemma."

"When we were about to chase the Solar System State's Space City, you were quite proactive too!"

Another person quickly interjected: "Enough, stop arguing! Is this really the time to fight?"

"You have some nerve to say that, considering you were the one who kept pushing for us to leave Space City!"

The person trying to break up the fight hadn't expected to be bitten back: "I was dragged here by you guys against my will! You've ruined me!"

The group argued loudly and in mutual blame hurried to seek help from the Solar System State.

But no one responded to them.

That's when they began to panic! The Solar System State wasn't going to abandon them, was it?

At this moment, the copilot suddenly pointed at the computer: "Look!"

On the computer-generated simulation, the distance between their spaceship and Space City was gradually increasing.

A passenger panicked, pointing at the pilot and demanding, "What are you doing? Accelerate!"

The driver stretched languidly and said, "Even if we accelerate further, it won't help. We've reached a point where space is flowing backward. Lightspeed spaceships aren't affected, and ours is moving forward quickly, but we're almost immobile now."

Instantly, some passengers cried and begged heaven and earth, while others quickly contacted the Solar System State, saying they were willing to transfer all their rights and properties to the Solar System State Governing Council if only they would come back to save their lives.

But the Solar System State still offered no response.

As they watched the distance between them and the Solar System State's ships grow further, everyone fell into deep fear and despair.

At that time, Logic's ship was preparing to enter lightspeed. When he learned that those people were left behind in the Solar System, he sighed deeply:

"Someone always has to clean up humanity's carcinogen; someone has to bear the infamy."

After speaking, he took a long look back. He was on the edge of the Solar System and couldn't see the situation inside clearly.

Yet he still felt a deep attachment to this space, as humanity's home was about to be destroyed.

However, he wasn't overly sad because his next journey was to Earth, the home he had not seen for so long.

At that moment, the stars of the Milky Way in front of the ship started to turn a pure blue, and Logic's lightspeed journey began.

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In the various sheltered worlds, as more and more people became aware that they were undergoing curvature acceleration, order in the cities gradually restored.

At the same time, the Solar System State's Intelligent Enforcement Robots began to land in the cities, and public safety quickly improved.

On the fifth day of navigation, the Law Enforcement Robots set up large holographic screens, and everyone was notified to listen to Jiang Yu's speech.

Many resented such activities, thinking that they infringed on their freedom and were a sign of disrespect.

Despite their grievances, they would still choose to show up on the streets on time, watching the mid-air speech.

After all, under someone's roof, one has to bow one's head.

What truly frustrated them was that Jiang Yu began by saying, "Starting today, stop talking to me about human rights and freedom.

"Your human rights have no bottom line; your freedom has no sense of responsibility.

"You have been chasing laziness and a lack of ambition, not freedom.

"The Federal Government lets you be because it suits their rule and exploitation.

"You all talk about freedom, so when they have the freedom to exploit and oppress you, you can't argue, because many ideas in your heads serve as the legal rationale for them to invade your interests."

Most people began to lament that they would have to live in a country without freedom in the future.

Only a few pondered over Jiang Yu's words carefully.

Jiang Yu continued, "But in the Solar System State, no one can afford to be lazy.

"Because the environment of the universe is incredibly hostile, we need every human being to contribute their strength so that we can survive and become powerful.

"Prepare yourselves mentally. After arriving at humanity's new home, being lazy, numb, and careless might not be a crime, but if you keep living in such a daze, your days will certainly not be good."

He raised his voice and continued, "I also announce that all former inhabitants of the Solar System Federation are second-class citizens of the Solar System State.

"You need to accumulate 30 years of pioneering at the frontier before you can have the normal citizen status of the Solar System State and all corresponding rights!"