CHAPTER 289: CHAPTER 288: THE TRUE WEALTH

The Star-making Factory is divided into three parts.

The first part is the Space Manufacturing Warehouse, and the second part is the Space Assembly Warehouse. All production steps within these two warehouses are fully automated, with impressively high work efficiency.

The third part is the Bare Planet Creation Area, mainly using equipment to provide the initial impetus for the formation of planets, allowing them to gradually grow to the desired mass. Then, the planets are extracted, the atmosphere is injected at a certain proportion to form an atmospheric layer, and various basic facilities and equipment are built and installed to transform them into Battle Stars.

While Lu Xing was visiting with the delegation from the Eternal Life Civilization and Mushroom Civilization, they happened to encounter the launch of a Science and Martial Battle Star. They decided to personally observe the operational test process of the Science and Martial Battle Star.

This was the first time the Mushroom Civilization had ever witnessed the creation of an artificial planet. They had thought about it before but had no idea where to start. Now that they have joined the Wandering Alliance, they could finally have a feast for their eyes. The media personnel who accompanied them decided to record the entire grand process of star-making to show the people on Mushroom Star, which would definitely vastly enhance the thinking and imagination of the Mushroom people, playing a key role in advancing civilization.

"Check all components of Science and Martial No. 10, report the condition of the components, and prepare for the first startup!"

Following the order of a Light Synthesis People chief engineer, a robot using ten thousand micro-manipulator arms conducted a thorough inspection of every component on the Science and Martial Battle Star.

Moments later, after all checks were completed and all components were found to be normal, the chief engineer issued the startup command. Following the activation of the energy supply master control system by personnel on the Science and Martial Battle Star, the once pitch-dark Battle Star in space suddenly lit up.

From the perspective of Lu Xing and others, they saw one equipment unit light up and then, like the spread of light, the subsequent devices lit up one after another, spreading across the planet’s surface in all directions, until the entire Battle Star was illuminated.

At that moment, even the onlookers from a distance felt a fearsome aura, as if a gigantic cosmic beast had awakened!

"Yay..."

When they saw the Battle Star launch successfully, everyone who had participated in constructing the Battle Star couldn’t help but let out a cheer, excited about their tremendous accomplishment.

Although Lu Xing and others did not participate, witnessing the launch of a Battle Star was like the birth of a life, showcasing the Wandering Alliance’s powerful technological strength. Each person was involuntarily swept up in the excitement, their hearts filled with pride for the Wandering Alliance and their home.

After the visit and testing of the Battle Star, the group reluctantly returned to the visiting ship and headed for the next destination.

On the spaceship, a Mushroom person excitedly asked, "After the successful launch of the Battle Star, can it be put to use right away?"

Lu Xing replied, "It’s not that simple. The Battle Star project is of great significance and must be handled with utmost caution. Therefore, the Battle Star has to undergo thousands of tests before it can officially be used. Moreover, in addition to the main startup test, all the special equipment on the Battle Star also requires numerous trial runs."

"I really admire you all, bold in imagination, yet careful in execution. This is indeed something we should learn!" expressed the Mushroom Civilization.

An Eternal Life person asked, "What are we going to visit next? This trip is the experience of a lifetime, each project more impressive than the last. The impact on me is too great; my heart and mind are full of shock and excitement, and I can’t remember anything else!"

"The next point of interest we’ll visit is Earth, which is also the last stop of our tour. There aren’t as many grand projects on Earth as there are in space, so I believe you can calm down a bit."

The relaxed voice of Mrs. Lu sounded in the visiting ship, eliciting joyful laughter from everyone.

After a period of light-speed travel, the visiting ship finally landed smoothly on the azure Earth.

The delegations from the Eternal Life and Mushroom Civilizations finally set foot on the core land of the Wandering Alliance, the birthplace of the communal system.

They gazed at the distant green mountains and the high-rise buildings further away, finding this planet full of legend and mysteriously desirable.

After disembarking the visiting ship, Lu Xing and Mrs. Lu took the representatives of the two civilizations to visit the Wandering Base.

The Wandering Base is now the largest research base within the Wandering Alliance, much larger than the Kunpeng Space Station. With over fifty million resident scientists alone, the Wandering Base, after several expansions, could theoretically accommodate at least one hundred million research personnel in terms of area and housing, equivalent to a supercity.

Hearing this astronomical figure, the Eternal Life and Mushroom Civilizations were immediately stupefied!

They doubted if they had heard correctly and couldn’t imagine the existence of such a massive research base in the universe.

When the two civilizations joined the alliance, although some had been to the Wandering Base, they did not have such a detailed understanding, and what they saw was just the tip of the iceberg of the Wandering Base.

Now, they were utterly overwhelmed by the true magnitude of the Wandering Base.

After all, the Wandering Base is a research base, not a city. If it were a city, they might not be so surprised since on Eternal Life Battle Star and Mushroom Star, there are supercities with populations exceeding fifty million. However, the Wandering Base is solely a research establishment.

That is to say, nearly everyone in the base is a scientist.

Have you ever seen a research base like a supercity?

It is known that Tokyo on ancient Earth had the highest population for a city, reaching just over forty million, which is still about ten million less than the Wandering Base. Cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen were around twenty to thirty million.

Moreover, even if one had the financial resources to build such a huge research base, the problem is that you also need that many scientists. Every scientist is a one-in-a-million talent. In terms of the total population of the Mushroom Civilization, the number of scientists is only about five million, and Eternal Life Civilization, with its biological advantage of reincarnation and longevity, had only forty million at its peak.

But now, the Wandering Base before them has fifty million resident scientists, and if including those from other places, it is simply unimaginable!

This is what the Eternal Life and Mushroom Civilizations find most incredible.

However, although they don’t yet understand why such a prosperous situation exists, they vaguely realize the reason behind the Wandering Alliance’s rapid scientific and technological advancement.

After all, scientific and technological advancements ultimately rely on talented individuals to gradually summarize through scientific methods; therefore, in scientific research, investment leads to returns, and the more you invest, the greater the returns will be. With such a large base of scientists in the Wandering Alliance, the rapid advancement in science and technology is not surprising at all.

But what Eternal Life and Mushroom Civilizations wonder is how the Wandering Alliance has so many scientists? And how were they cultivated? This is the greatest wealth and the most valuable experience to learn from.