"Commander!" Fang Hong, a rookie in the Interstellar Construction Department, is only thirty years old this year, which is considered a child in the department where the average age is a hundred.
Yet his proposal for the Artificial Star Core project has caught the attention of He Xingzhou, making everyone envious.
Upon hearing that He Xingzhou wanted to meet him, Fang Hong was so excited that he couldn’t sleep all night, and even now, he remains in high spirits.
"You’re called Fang Hong?" He Xingzhou noticed his nervousness, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "I’ve seen your proposal for the ’Artificial Star Core project,’ and it’s very good."
Fang Hong quickly said, "Dean, I was inspired by you! I’ve studied your previous masterpieces, all of which are world-class works!"
"Initially, they wanted to abandon Venus. I feel this is too wasteful. We currently can’t harvest stellar materials. If Venus’s materials fall into the Sun, we’re essentially losing an entire planet, which is too great a loss!"
"Exactly!" He Xingzhou praised, "As a second-level civilization, our resources are indeed very limited."
"Regarding this Artificial Star Core plan, I have some other thoughts."
"Please tell me!" Fang Hong looked at him curiously.
He Xingzhou said, "Since it’s an Artificial Star Core aimed at recreating a planet, why don’t we reshape this planet according to our own ideas? For instance, the Artificial Star Core could have propulsion, control devices, and we could completely redesign the planet’s structure as we wish."
"Perhaps in a few years, it won’t merely be an ordinary rocky planet but instead a fully artificial planet that can serve as a large living base, or even a superweapon!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Hong’s eyes gleamed. He clapped his hands together and exclaimed, "Yes, why didn’t I think of that? If we have an Artificial Star Core, why not create an artificial planet?"
"Indeed, it could entirely become a superweapon, a new space megastructure! My goodness, if it could be built, wouldn’t it be a Constant Star Level destructive weapon?"
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, his mind flooded with ideas that he expressed one by one.
He Xingzhou smiled and said, "We have plenty of time. Now that there’s no Zerg threat, military resources can be greatly directed to interstellar construction. You haven’t eaten yet, right? Let’s talk while we eat."
"Commander, here’s what I’m thinking..." Fang Hong continued to brainstorm excitedly.
Just a month later, He Xingzhou approved the "Mars, Mercury Planet Cooling Plan" and the "Venus Artificial Planet Plan."
The cooling plan is expected to take about a hundred years, returning both planets to their rocky surface states and relocating them to suitable orbits, transforming them into human-habitable planets. Original content can be found at Novᴇl_Fire(.)net
As for the artificial planet plan, there is no precise timeline yet.
Even He Xingzhou cannot currently determine when this feat might be completed, overcoming all technological constraints involved.
Additionally, cleanup operations against the Zerg fleeing the Solar System on Jupiter, Saturn, and beyond are ongoing.
In outer space around Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, numerous space cities are being constructed for habitation, as well as for the extraction of planetary resources.
The Blue Star Civilization is expanding rapidly.
At this time, He Xingzhou received a message from Wei Chen, the envoy of Galaxy Light, that the Blue Star Civilization had passed the assessment of Galaxy Light, and they would be formally invited to join the organization.
For this, the envoy invited him and several Level 1 commanders of the Blue Star Civilization to go to the Virtual Universe to attend the ceremony for new members joining.
"The formal invitation from Galaxy Light!" Upon receiving this news, the Blue Star Alliance commanders’ spirits soared. Honestly, after vanquishing the Zerg, they’ve been somewhat bewildered, as if they lost their life goals.
Now, with the invitation from Galaxy Light, it signifies that the Blue Star Civilization has officially stepped onto the Milky Way’s grand stage, and their opportunity to debut has finally arrived!
PS: This volume ends here, the next volume is "Galaxy Struggle."