Chapter 522: Earth Battle_1
Jiang Yu had sought Hao Ying to give her instructions regarding the treatment of the former Solar System Federation residents.
In eight years, those billion-plus people would arrive at the New Continent Star System, and plans were already in place for their work assignments.
However, Jiang Yu specifically instructed Hao Ying to refrain from disclosing the exact location of the New Continent Star System, or the star system where they would be labouring in the future.
Among these people, there were certainly many remnants and offspring of the Solar System Federation, whose privileges Jiang Yu had taken away. No doubt, among these, many harboured deep hatred toward both Jiang Yu and the Solar System State.
If they learned the exact location of the star system, they might go to great lengths to broadcast it across the universe.
If someone succeeded, the Solar System State would lose a province!
Hao Ying knew that Jiang Yu was entrusting her with precautions to take after his departure; she also shared some of her thoughts.
As they spoke, the meeting ran past the scheduled time.
After Hao Ying left, Jiang Yu used the external surveillance to watch Qin Hai, who was sitting on the bench looking somewhat nervous.
No wonder his daughter had set her sights on him; the young man did have commendable spirit.
Nowadays, except for Common Era people, everyone in the Solar System State had undergone genetic modification, generally resulting in pleasant appearances.
However, different growing environments led to a variety of demeanours, and Qin Hai had a certain spirit about him that was very appealing.
Once Qin Hai entered the office, Jiang Yu gestured to the seat opposite him, "Sit."
Qin Hai replied, "I'm not thirsty, no, I mean, not tired. I'll just stand."
At that moment, Jiang Yu suddenly understood the pleasure Logic had felt, and he chuckled, "Tell me about your project!"
"Yes!" Qin Hai started his report.
Zheng Hua's project team was working on improving the Climate Air Conditioning system. If successful, even the moons of gas giant planets far from stars might sustain life conditions similar to Earth's.
Although slightly tense, Qin Hai presented a clear outline of the project's prospects, the difficulties they faced, and viable solutions.
Jiang Yu had only a rudimentary understanding of this project but gained a comprehensive grasp of the proposal through Qin Hai's report.
Most of the moons around gas giant planets lacked thick atmospheres, so the new planetary transformation plan included firstly providing these moons with a thick atmosphere capable of retaining warmth.
Only then would the new Climate Air Conditioning system come into play, not only replenishing basic substances and gases like water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen but also continuously providing warmth to the globe.
In an era of increasingly affordable nuclear fuel, nuclear engines could power the Climate Air Conditioning.
Furthermore, these moons are usually quite far from their stars, so sunlight reaching them is quite faint, rendering their surfaces frozen at tens or even hundreds of degrees below zero.
The main problem Zheng Hua's project team was encountering involved the technology to replicate Earth-like gravity on the moon.
As Qin Hai spoke, his nervousness faded away, and his tone and expressions became more natural.
After discussing work, Jiang Yu chatted with Qin Hai about family matters, future aspirations, and the like.
Qin Hai was incredulously honoured, having not expected the formidable Wallfacer to be so amiable.
After talking for over two hours, Qin Hai finally left the Wallfacer Office Building. He excitedly jogged back to the academy, eager to share his extraordinary encounter with everyone.
So, a little over an hour later, Jiang Que called on a video call to ask, "So, how was it? My daughter has good taste, doesn't she?"
Jiang Yu smiled and replied, "His character isn't bad."
With a chuckle, Jiang Que knew that Qin Hai's performance had sufficiently met her father's standard of approval.
Despite this, Jiang Yu still didn't feel at ease and kept Little Q behind, also asking Number Three to pay extra attention to Jiang Que.
Little Q's systems and software had always been personally designed by Jiang Shiliu. Although its hardware was somewhat outdated, its intelligence system had always been cutting-edge.
And to Jiang Que, Number Three had always been like an uncle, so naturally, Jiang Que did not mind being disciplined by his 'uncle'.
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In January of Milky Way Year 21, Jiang Yu set off on his scheduled journey aboard Starship Earth, as planned.
The trip's initial leg, about a year and a month long, involved traveling by spaceship to the Interstellar Frontier Base, over six thousand astronomical units away.
After a brief period of repairs there, he would then begin traveling at light speed.
During standard velocity travel, Jiang Yu and other accompanying personnel continuously monitored the situation back on Earth.
For the past six months, Earth had been in a state of high alert, frequently changing its orbit to avoid detection by first-generation life forms.
The darkness between star systems provided the best cover for Earth, and with its nimble orbit, unless it encountered other civilizations or Cleaners face to face, it was almost impossible for it to be struck by a Dark Forest Strike.
By July, the spaceship carrying Jiang Yu was in continuous, around-the-clock, real-time communication with Earth.
On the 12th, the Second Group Army reached the designated battlefield, and the Earth campaign officially began.
The detectors that had arrived at the battlefield earlier were constantly sending back information about Star System Three.
Two minutes after the Second Group Army deployed its combat radar, it synthesized a wartime sandbox from intelligence gathered from all sides.
Jiang Yu's spaceship, Qingnu Star Command, and Earth Command were all connected in communication, so there was also a wartime sandbox in front of Jiang Yu.
The backdrop of the sandbox displayed the stars of Star System Three and several planets.
Previous detectors had discovered mining equipment belonging to the Trisolarans on the second planet of Star System Three, and there was also a simple Space City in the planet's low orbit.
After photography from different angles and infiltration by tiny detectors and other methods, they had a rough understanding of this Space City's function: it was a simple industrial base.
However, the Trisolarans had been continuously modifying the base, and what functionalities had been added after the modifications were still unclear.
Jiang Yu saw that Galaxy III had marked the directions of two enemy fleets.
After humanity's detectors reached Star System Three, the enemy fleets had already started moving in two different directions.
The two fleets had a total of six hundred and forty-two vessels, which were likely the old warships from the First Fleet's invasion of the Solar System because their acceleration was extremely slow, reaching only about 8% of the speed of light to date.
The Second Group Army's combat objective was to intercept and destroy the fleet moving in the opposite direction to Earth, a fleet that was likely attempting to escape.
The other fleet seemed to be making a final struggle, charging towards Earth as if to cover the escape of their compatriots.
The Second Group Army, consisting of more than five thousand modern warships, naturally could not let the enemy leave easily. Their departure from lightspeed was near the escaping fleet.
Once Zhuang Yue gave the attack order, the Second Group Army immediately launched its offensive!
The modern warships could accelerate to 15% of light speed in just three days, and soon the escaping fleet was within firing range.
Zhuang Yue spoke to the whole army from the command center, "This battle is surely one for the history books. Our ancestors lived under the shadow of the Three-body for centuries; they fought, they resisted.
"In the end, they achieved the glory we enjoy today. Pay homage to our forebears!
"With this battle, the tables have turned!"