165: Chapter 165 Martian Wormhole

After arriving on the surface of Ruang Island via the subterranean shuttle, Lin Fang stepped out of the factory building that concealed the shuttle.

A magnificent, pristine white building appeared before his eyes. This was the branch office constructed by Third-Party Biotechnology on Ruang Island, standing imposingly at the heart of the island.

The building was not a traditional vertical structure. Instead, five enormous, spiraling, silver-white wing-like arms encircled the core edifice, soaring upwards until they disappeared into the clouds.

The entire structure stood 680 meters tall, visible clearly even from the surface of the distant Indo-Pacific Ocean. This design was not merely a visual spectacle; the five wing-arms served a transport function, and the buildings at their bases housed the company's core functional areas.

Administration, research, strategy... it could fulfill all the company's needs.

The overall construction progress of the 'Civilization Spire' had reached 95%. In a few days, this building would become operational.

Lin Fang planned to establish this location as the global headquarters for Third-Party Technology upon completion. The company's nominal headquarters was still the Third-Party Technology Park in Tiangang City on the Central Continent.

Now, that place seemed far too small.

Li Chengjian was already waiting at the entrance. 'Boss, would you like to take a look? You haven't been there yet.'

'Boss, I guarantee you, this will absolutely be the most impressive headquarters in the world.'

In truth, it was more than that. Although all were Lin Fang's assets, there were most places on the island that Lin Fang had never visited.

'No need. Let's go take a look at the Aerospace Center,'

Lin Fang said casually. Although the Civilization Spire was spectacular, compared to the Black Watch Base underground, it was truly insignificant.

Soon, the car left the construction site of the building and headed towards another site.

'Chengjian, if you're usually too busy, delegate tasks to others. You don't need to handle everything personally.'

'When you have time, you can contact Zhou Hui to take you into the company's Inner World underground base. There, you'll be able to see the complete other side of the company.'

In the car, Lin Fang dropped a bombshell.

Li Chengjian exerted his utmost effort to keep the steering wheel from slipping. As someone who had also followed Lin Fang for a long time, Li Chengjian knew the boss harbored deeper secrets. Otherwise, he wouldn't have created the Inner World, an organization detached from the company's surface operations.

But this still shocked him.

Li Chengjian sought confirmation, 'Boss, the company has an underground base?'

'Under the sea near another island. It's very large.'

Seeing that Li Chengjian's capacity to absorb this wasn't very strong, Lin Fang gave a warning to prevent any potential mishaps later.

Li Chengjian took a deep breath, striving to calm the tempest in his heart, which ultimately condensed into a brief response: 'Understood, Boss!'

'By the way, it's a bit dangerous inside. Be careful.'

Dangerous? This sentence made Li Chengjian's heart, which had just settled somewhat, skip a beat.

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The car traveled along the wide road to the Aerospace Center under construction. The site foreman, having received the news, was already waiting at the entrance with a team.

Seeing Lin Fang get out of the car, the foreman quickly stepped forward, proactively extending both hands. 'Mr. Lin, a pleasure, a real pleasure. I've long heard of your great reputation.'

Lin Fang did not refuse. Since the other party was amiable, he naturally had no reason to be dismissive.

'May I know your surname?'

'Mr. Lin, I'm Xu Sanqiang. Xu as in wish, San as in the number three, Qiang as in... well, Bald Qiang...'

'Come on, everyone, give Mr. Lin a warm welcome with applause.' Xu Sanqiang called out to those behind him, and the workers immediately erupted into enthusiastic applause.

Li Chengjian spoke up with a smile, 'Manager Xu, you're familiar with this place. Could you trouble you to give our boss a tour of the construction site?'

'Of course, of course!' Xu Sanqiang promptly stepped aside to guide the way. 'Mr. Lin, this way, please. Let's go to the observation deck first. From there, you can see the entire construction panorama of the Aerospace Center.'

Following Xu Sanqiang's guidance, Lin Fang toured various areas of the Aerospace Center, including the launch building and the launch pad.

To Lin Fang's pleasant surprise, apart from some painting and exterior beautification, the main structures were essentially complete.

In other words, as long as equipment was brought in, it could support rocket launch missions. There was no need to wait any longer.

Looking at all this, Lin Fang nodded in satisfaction. 'Very good. Thank you for your hard work, Manager Xu. For future projects, I will prioritize the China Construction Group.'

Hearing this, Xu Sanqiang was overjoyed and repeatedly expressed his gratitude.

After Xu Sanqiang left, Li Chengjian said, 'Boss, is the company planning some action?'

Lin Fang countered, 'You noticed?'

'Hehe,' Li Chengjian chuckled ingratiatingly. 'Boss, you've always been one to plan carefully before acting. Being in such a hurry to activate the Aerospace Center this time definitely means there's a move afoot.'

'Correct. I plan to launch several commercial satellites... and a probe to Mars in the company's name within a month.' Lin Fang stated his objective.

So soon?! Li Chengjian was astounded: 'Boss, but our company doesn't have any of those! Should we purchase them from other companies?'

'Especially the Mars probe. They would definitely restrict exports and wouldn't sell it to us.'

'No, we have them. And quite a few, including probes for Mars...' Lin Fang looked at him with a mysterious expression. The Black Watch Base indeed had a stockpile of such things, all painstakingly collected after others discarded them.

Thinking about it felt a bit bittersweet.

After a moment's thought, Lin Fang continued, 'The personnel in charge and the equipment will arrive successively in the coming days. All we lack is the rocket to send them up.'

If it weren't for attracting too much attention, Lin Fang even considered moving a ready-made base from another dimension. It's the 21st century; wouldn't an aerospace base appearing out of thin air be quite reasonable?

'Understood, Boss.'

The company's waters ran too deep. Li Chengjian felt inexplicably excited: 'Boss, regarding the launch vehicle, should we procure from domestic or international launch service providers?'

'What's your suggestion?'

Li Chengjian fell into thought. Since the company began constructing the Aerospace Center, he had also crammed knowledge in this area, so he wasn't a complete layman.

'Boss, I believe the most suitable for us is still Musk's SpaceX,' Li Chengjian analyzed methodically. 'Their Falcon Heavy rocket has sufficient payload capacity to send a probe to Mars. They also had a successful Mars exploration launch mission this past January.'

'Moreover, their launch quotes are relatively transparent, and the technology is quite mature...'

Lin Fang had naturally heard of this company. After all, SpaceX was the world's largest rocket launch company, accounting for 53% of the global launch total last year, ranking first worldwide.

What Li Chengjian said was correct. Cooperating with them would be more than sufficient to achieve Third-Party Technology's goals.

'Find someone to contact their company and place an order. The sooner, the better.'

Lin Fang instructed. Going to such great lengths naturally wasn't just about launching a few satellites and a probe. His true purpose was to use this opportunity to send a Kamirax individual to Mars.

In order for the company to establish a Wormhole leading to Mars.