754: The mission of inheriting the flame, the enthusiastic fellow villagers

"This is the kindergarten; children over three years old are sent here."

"Heh, we've actually solved the issue of low domestic birth rates."

"Since entering the Xinhuo Base these past few years, the young people have basically all gotten married. Some have had two children, others as many as four, and the oldest are almost five years old."

The timeline of the Xinhuo Base is different from Earth's.

Because the time between sunrise and sunset on Earth has lengthened, a single day there is now longer than three days used to be.

However, the timeline inside the Xinhuo Base has remained consistent with Earth before the Qi Revival.

Therefore, the electronic clocks in the base are running years ahead of those on Earth.

"This is the plantation, responsible for the base's vegetable, fruit, and grain cultivation tasks."

"This is the breeding room, where we raise ordinary chickens, ducks, fish, and pigs; it is one of the sources of meat in the base."

"This is the exotic beast breeding room, though, of course, we only raise Mutated Cockroach now."

"It's just that without a Spiritual Qi environment, the Mutated Cockroach are showing signs of regression."

"Even though we ensure they have plenty of food, their size continues to shrink, and their protein content per unit is constantly decreasing."

"It is estimated that after another 11,323 generations, they will regress to a state no different from before their mutation."

Speaking of this, Yu Yangping added:

"Little Li says that Earth probably had a Spiritual Qi era, but later the Spiritual Qi dissipated, and various animals and plants regressed."

"Now with the Qi Revival, animal and plant Bloodline are beginning to revert to the Spirit Beast and Immortal Beast of that era under the influence of Spiritual Qi."

"By the way, Little Li is our base's biologist and also the biology teacher for our base city."

As they spoke, the two had already arrived outside a brightly lit laboratory.

Through the transparent observation window, Yang Dian could see a bald young man in a white lab coat inside the laboratory, leading three young men and women, also in white lab coats, in conducting experiments.

Not long after passing the laboratory, Yang Dian heard a series of 'hu hu ha ha' sounds.

"This is the Cultivate room, where Martial Artist practice."

"Although there is no Spiritual Qi in the Xinhuo Base, resources are currently sufficient."

"The young men and women have never stopped their Cultivate."

"Although their Cultivate speed cannot compare to when they were on Earth, they have been working very hard."

Passing by the Cultivate room, Yang Dian then saw row after row of cradles.

Medical personnel wearing pink nurse uniforms were leaning against the cradles, teasing the infants inside who were reaching out with chubby little hands:

"This is the nursery; newborns from 0-3 months old are arranged to be here and are cared for collectively by medical staff..."

"This is the cafeteria; soldiers can choose to eat in the cafeteria, or they can go to the kitchen to get ingredients and cook at home..."

"This is the library, but compared to reading, the soldiers prefer practicing martial arts; usually, only a few young girls are here reading..."

"This is the energy room; controlled nuclear fusion is inside here..."

"That is the residential area..."

"Material storage room..."

"Mechanical research laboratory..."

"Intelligent computing center..."

"Armory..."

After taking Yang Dian on a tour of the Xinhuo Base, which was small but fully equipped.

Returning to the commander's office, Yu Yangping turned around and looked at Yang Dian, saying:

"The Xinhuo Base is developing very well now."

"Supplies are self-sufficient, the residents live in peace and contentment without infighting, and everything is on the right track."

"Give us some more time, and we can even walk out of the Xinhuo Base and attempt to build a forward base on Pluto."

"And it's not just limited to Pluto."

"As long as we aren't sent to a planet with an extremely harsh environment, we can build a forward base, or even a city, from scratch."

"I'm not saying this because I want any credit."

"Rather, I want to say that the reason the Xinhuo Base is the Xinhuo Base is because we bear the responsibility of carrying on the Spark Legacy."

"Yes, if we return to Earth, we would have a brighter future."

"We might even receive special training from the organization because of our experience as the 'Spark'."

"But this is not what we want."

"When we initially decided to participate in the Spark project, we were already prepared for the best or the worst."

He reached out and touched a stone placed on the desk, and finally said:

"So, let's wait a little longer."

"When China no longer needs the Spark, we will return."

Yang Dian rubbed his temples:

"Is this your idea?"

Yu Yangping smiled:

"It is everyone's idea."

Yang Dian pondered for a moment and then said:

"What if I could let you teleport back to the Xinhuo Base immediately when you encounter danger on Earth?"

Yu Yangping's eyes lit up:

"Even if you are not there, you can allow us to perform ultra-long-distance teleportation?"

Yang Dian nodded:

"Even if I am not there, I can allow you to perform ultra-long-distance teleportation when you encounter danger."

"Then can you arrange a few more Xinhuo Base?"

Yu Yangping appeared somewhat excited:

"To be honest, those of us who are alone out here have more or less developed paranoia."

"In the dead of night, I also think about what we should do if the Xinhuo Base encounters an irresistible invasion."

"If there were a teleportation device that could transport us to a new, safe Xinhuo Base when we encounter danger, that would be even better."

Yang Dian was stunned for a moment:

"Do you mean you are still not planning to return to Earth?"

Yu Yangping nodded slightly:

"Compared to returning to Earth, I prefer to stay in the Xinhuo Base."

Speaking of this, he changed the subject and said:

"Of course, the fact that our motherland is now powerful and capable of providing us with more complete security guarantees is undeniable."

"So I will initiate a vote; I will not stop those who are willing to return to Earth..."

In the end, Yang Dian could not take a single person away from the Xinhuo Base.

Whether it was the No. 5 Xinhuo Base located on Neptune, the No. 7 Xinhuo Base on Jupiter 18, or the No. 9 Xinhuo Base located in the asteroid belt, or the No. 1 Xinhuo Base wandering in the Universe.

The 'Spark' of the four bases all held votes.

But not a single person voted for the [Return to Earth] option.

Under the condition that Earth cannot guarantee 100% safety, they are faithfully fulfilling their mission as the Spark.

Even knowing that the Solar System would face danger, they only asked Yang Dian to relocate them to another star system; they had no intention of returning to Earth.

Even though Yang Dian promised that the teleportation device could send them to a safe area before danger arrived.

Therefore, after relocating the four Xinhuo Base located in the Solar System to the Tiannan Star system, Yang Dian did not delay any longer and directly let the Dimension Butterfly take him to the region with abnormal spacetime distortion values.

All worries stem from a lack of one's own strength.

If you want to bring the 'Spark' back to Earth, the best way is to let the flames of China ignite the Universe.

Then, the Yang Dian who came from afar was met with a warm welcome from his fellow countrymen...