Chapter 19: Pioneering the Footprint

With the gradual deepening of human understanding of time, space, mass and velocity, the theories of string theory and super-unified field theory have been continuously developed and improved, and finally, a series of spatial folding theories have surfaced. For the first time, the breakthrough of controlled nuclear fusion technology has allowed mankind to have almost unlimited energy.

Generations of scientists have challenged the speed of light, and in their hands, objects that can accelerate to the speed of light go from elementary particles, to atoms, to molecules, and then to macropolymers, gradually growing larger, and finally, capable of accelerating a spacecraft to sub-light speeds.

The theory of spatial folding has also matured, and mankind has finally found a way to cross distant spaces.

When the first deep space exploration spacecraft with space jumping ability was completed, the warriors who were committed to conquering deep space stepped on the spacecraft with the determination to never return, opening a new chapter for mankind to step out of the solar system and into deep space.

The Trailblazer's target is a newly discovered planet with a similar celestial environment to its parent star, about 10 light-years away.

Now, a thousand years later, 10 light-years cannot be classified as a long-distance journey by any standard, but for the Pioneer at the time, it was a one-way journey.

After a long period of acceleration, the Trailblazer entered space and jumped, and then entered the long galaxy to sail to the target planet. When the members of the spacecraft are automatically programmed to wake up from the cryophory, they see a completely unfamiliar starry sky.

With trembling hands, they sent a message to the home star that the jump had been successful.

This moment, captured by a photographer, has become the most classic moment in human history.

When people on the home planet received the message, it was already ten years later.

The successful expedition of the Pioneer has completely stimulated the desire of mankind to explore deep space. Deep space exploration colony ships are being built one after another, sailing to other galaxies one after another.

Since then, mankind has officially stepped into the age of deep space.

Most of these colony ships had different destinations, with only a few following the trail of the Pioneer to the planet named Eden.

The Garden of Eden has proven to be a habitable planet. In the deep space age, the standards for habitable planets are completely different from when they were not outside their home planet. As long as there is an atmosphere, water, and energy and resources that can be exploited and used, and can independently support the survival of the human base, it can be classified as a habitable planet.

The atmosphere of Eden cannot breathe directly, the temperature is too low, and the water on the planet's surface is mostly in the form of ice. However, human beings have long accumulated rich experience in colonizing other planets in the solar system, and they are not afraid of this.

The first settlers landed the Trailblazer directly on the planet's surface, dismantled the hull, and built the first large-scale permanent settlement base based on it.

Decades later, the first generation of pioneers is getting older, the second and third generations of pioneers have become the backbone, and the fourth generation of pioneers has also emerged. On the Garden of Eden, the number of permanent residence bases has changed from one to a dozen, and new space bases have begun.

In the blink of an eye, decades have passed, and a whole new generation of colonial spaceships has been built in the outer space of Eden. For the first time, humanity has a springboard in the depths of the starry sky.

In this way, human beings have relied on generations of pioneers to advance to the depths of the universe with difficulty but tenacity with primitive space jumping technology.

From the perspective of the river system, the so-called arduous efforts of human beings are really not worth mentioning. The universe is so big, time and space are constantly expanding, and the star fields that humans have spent hundreds of years occupying are mathematically difficult to get rid of the infinitesimal category.

It is not known how long this process will last, but the discovery of natural wormholes has completely changed the course of human exploration of deep space.

With the technology that humans have, it is not difficult to pass through natural wormholes.

These natural wormholes, like natural highways in the universe, often connect two galaxies that are extremely far apart. The distance is so far that it is difficult to cross it with the current level of human technology.

With the discovery of more natural wormholes, the speed of human exploration of deep space has increased exponentially, and more and more planets have human footprints.

The number of manned planets is increasing day by day, and human beings have begun to divide planets into four categories: habitable planets, resource planets, strategic planets, and barren planets.

However, in the era of the development of the Star Sea, the means of communication of human beings gradually could not keep up with the pace of the expansion of the star. It often takes years or even decades for a message from a fringe field to be transmitted back to the home planet. Since birth, the descendants of the original pioneers have seen either the internal structure of the space base or the alien landscape, and the home planet is too far away for them, so far away that it is simply a legend.

Between different planets, because of the natural differences in resources, there is a gap between the rich and the poor. There are some abandoned resource stars, and the people on them have to struggle for daily survival. Others, on the other hand, have developed far beyond their parent planet. With the help of massive wealth, they have built their own starfleet, and their combat power has even begun to approach that of their home fleet.

In 2710, the first wave of interstellar separation in human history appeared, and the control of the parent star over each star field completely collapsed, and each colony star declared independence one after another.

In 2715, the first expedition of the home fleet began, and the enemy was not an alien race, but other humans living in the alien realm.

In 2730, the home fleet and the Alien Alliance fought a decisive battle in the outer space of Wuxu Star, and in the end, both sides were defeated, and the mother planet government was forced to recognize the Alien Alliance as a legitimate regime equal to itself.

In the following hundred years, the unwilling to defeat the coalition government of the home planet and the foreign alliance fought repeatedly, and the war spread to countless star fields. The heavy burden of war finally pushed both sides to the extreme, the union government of the home planet and the alliance of the outer regions disintegrated one after another, and mankind entered the era of division, in the vast star field, at most hundreds of governments coexisted, and many times, a planet with people is a government.

After the great chaos, there is great governance.

After the endless suffering of war, people finally discovered the value of tradition and faith. As a result, the tide of retro and root-seeking swept the entire human race, and the home planet once again became a common holy place for all mankind.

The values of cultures and religions that emerged before the planetary period were rediscovered and reinterpreted in the context of the Star Ocean Age, and it was discovered that even with the advancement of science and technology to the point where it is today, these ancient wisdoms can still guide human thinking and bring inner peace.

In this way, people gathered under the most appealing cultures and beliefs, and gradually formed two great kingdoms: the Tang Dynasty, which was based on the traditional wisdom of the East, and the Anglo-Saxon-American Commonwealth, which relied on the Protestantism and Orientalism of the old industrial era, or Anglo-Saxon for short.

In the face of the two behemoths rising side by side, many small forces located in the fringe star fields had to unite to form a pan-star domain community. The Community is a loose union, and the loose conditions of entry attract a large number of independent powers. Basically, you can become a member of the community by sending a declaration of membership.

Because of the large number of members, the strength of the community is also growing, at least on paper, not much different from that of dynasties and federations.

In the gap between the three major forces, there are still many small forces struggling to survive.

In the vast star field, it is natural that star thieves are wreaking havoc.

In this way, humanity continues to develop in the midst of war and strife, and its footprints continue to extend far and wide, bringing one star after another into its sphere of influence.

Strangely, to this day, humans have not encountered a highly intelligent alien race, not even a species that can be called an intelligent race.

In the vast sea of stars, is it true that human beings are really the darlings of the universe and have come to the forefront of all intelligent races? Or is the universe too large, and the place where human beings set foot is only a small part of the entire universe that can be ignored. We didn't encounter an alien race, simply because we didn't go far enough.

The two views are at odds with each other, each with countless supporters, and have been arguing for seven hundred years.

The Xinzheng Kingdom is also based on the Chinese civilization as the cornerstone of the country, located on the edge of human territory, and currently has only five manned planets, two of which are frontier planets that can only barely maintain a limited existence.

Xinzheng was one of the many vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, and was actually responsible for guarding the border, one to defend against unknown races outside the territory, the second to defend against the Anglo-Saxon Federation and the Pan-Star Domain Community, and the third to defend against star thieves and various wandering forces.

As a small force in the frontier, Xinzheng is far behind the core star field of the dynasty in terms of technology, economy and military strength. For vassal forces, the Tang Dynasty would allocate a certain amount of subsidies every few years to strengthen the strength of its subordinates. For a small country like Xinzheng, subsidies from the dynasty are the key to survival and prosperity.

The Tang Dynasty was still martial, and the country was established by martial arts, and the annual year-end small performance, and the big martial arts every five years were an important basis for determining the amount of subsidies to be issued in the next five-year cycle. Because of this, Xinzheng attaches great importance to the opportunity to participate in the big performance and looks forward to a good performance.

It's just that Xinzheng has recently declined in national power, and its talents have withered, and it has not been qualified to participate in military exercises for eight consecutive years.

Seeing this, Chu Jungui finally understood why there were casualties in the survival battle, but up to Qin Yi and down to the ordinary students, they were all elated. Even when it comes to opening a bar privately on a transport ship and gathering people to drink, Meng Jianghu turns a blind eye. After all, regaining the qualification to participate in the big show is more important than anything else.

As Meng Jianghu said, the School of Business is indeed the top university in Xinzheng, and it is unsurpassed. This college has a long history, even longer than the history of Xinzheng. When the academy was first established, the technology of human star sea navigation had not yet been perfected, and the curvature engine was only a concept, and even drawings did not appear.

After a long cryogenic voyage, the original founder of the college came to Xinzheng, which had just been discovered at that time, and knew that there was no hope of returning to his home planet in this life.

Today, the School of Business has become a behemoth in Xinzheng, with all disciplines from individual intraplanetary combat to space fleet warfare, and at the same time has opened a number of courses from light weapons to space warship design, with more than 20 research institutes of various kinds, and two affiliated bases and an outer space base.

The School of Business is not so much a military school as a military-industrial science and education complex.