30: Reopening Day Celebration (Part 1)

"Puff-pop—!"

Giant magnetically confined plasma fireworks bloomed in the starry sky, dazzling deep blue sparks covering the sky and sun—the celebration had already begun to warm up.

"After a hundred years of wasted time,"

"Humanity has once again survived the critical moments of civilization's crisis,"

"And created a new miracle."

"The eight hundred years of peace were hard-won,"

"Today..."

Since midnight, the entire public channel had been continuously broadcasting content singing the praises of the Order Alliance.

At this moment, the entire galaxy was revolving around "Restart Day," and the Enterprise Registry was no exception—

Along with the black and gold "Order Alliance Inter-Regime Enterprise Business License" handed to Xi Hai, there was also an invitation.

"What is this?"

"An invitation to the viewing platform for the 800th Anniversary Restart Day Celebration."

The young man sitting opposite Xi Hai explained, "When we conducted your qualification review,"

"And verified your registered capital,"

"We determined that you are qualified to participate in the viewing of this celebration,"

"As well as the enterprise exchange meeting."

Seeing the trace of confusion that Xi Hai initially displayed, the young man was a bit unsure—was the person in front of him genuinely unaware, or just pretending to be?

Twenty starships are indeed insignificant for an interstellar enterprise, but what about twenty self-developed, self-produced destroyers that appear ready for mature mass production?

That warrants full attention.

In this era where a massive amount of technology has been lost, shipbuilding is not a simple matter; material strength, engine heat dissipation, energy conversion...

In short, most registered large enterprises can only mass-produce destroyers.

Only the five giants can produce cruisers (those regimes are not included), and only three have reached the level of stable mass production.

"Very well,"

"Thank you for the invitation."

Xi Hai took the invitation and turned to leave.

He was indeed quite interested in this celebration.

According to White Shark, there would be a fleet review at the celebration, where various regimes would parade their main fleets around, which could be considered a way to display their deterrent power to each other.

For Xi Hai, who knows nothing about other aspects except for certain common knowledge (related to the night lamp cult), this was a good opportunity to collect intelligence.

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The shared Shuttle in "Singularity" City was very fast, taking only twenty minutes to reach the entrance of the viewing platform.

The security at the door let him through after checking the invitation.

There was no plot twist like in novels where they questioned the authenticity of the invitation to act cool and get slapped in the face; it was just that because security personnel were not allowed inside, several accompanying Marines had to wait outside.

The viewing platform was set up with dozens of rows of seats, with an arc-shaped hemispherical skylight in front.

Quite a few people had already entered, but most were scattered in small groups, either engaging in commercial flattery or soliciting investments.

Xi Hai had no desire to join the conversation; after all, he had no vested interests in the people present, nor did he expect to expand his connections in such an environment.

Therefore, Xi Hai took White Shark and walked straight to the seat listed on the invitation, sitting down directly.

The warming engines and the shining fireworks all added a touch of grandeur to the upcoming celebration.

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Ursa Major V12.22, Planet Three, that familiar tractor station.

Another day of slacking off, Station Master Hector (who appeared in Chapter 2) thought, looking at the pristine radar screen.

"Report!"

"An object is approaching Planet Three at high speed!"

Suddenly, the cry of the on-duty Radar Operator rang out, interrupting his leisure.

A light spot suddenly appeared on the screen, rushing toward Planet Three at an absurdly fast speed.

"Oh no!!!"

"Attack!!!"