90: Chapter 90 The Martian Explosion

The fleet composed of 60 kunpeng no. 2 spaceships set off once again, and soon, after three days, they arrived beside Ceres in the Asteroid Belt.

Su Fan stood in the captain's quarters, looking at the giant planet suspended in space.

It was hard to imagine that this was merely a dwarf planet.

"Xiaoxiao, tell me, what would happen if Ceres were to collide with Mars?" Su Fan casually asked Zhou Xiaoxiao.

Zhou Xiaoxiao tilted her cute head, puffed out her cheeks, and said, "Su Fan, aren't you making things difficult for me? I'm a liberal arts student; how would I know about these things?"

"Red Queen, give Xiaoxiao a quick lesson!" Su Fan said with a laugh.

"Certainly, Captain!"

"Given Ceres's mass, if it were to collide with Mars, Mars would be cracked open directly, and countless amounts of matter would be thrown out beyond Mars's atmosphere."

"However, Mars would not shatter into pieces; instead, it would merge with Ceres to eventually become a new planet," Red Queen explained simply.

Zhou Xiaoxiao looked as if she had just seen the light; she had been bad at science since she was a child and knew nothing about physics.

"Red Queen, the position is about right, start capturing Ceres," Su Fan ordered.

"Yes! Captain!"

"Beginning to adjust the fleet's orientation!"

"Adjustment complete!"

"Releasing star-capture cables!"

"star-capture cables have been secured!"

"Beginning guidance!"

Under Red Queen's calculations, Ceres was pulled by a group of 'ants' and slowly began to accelerate.

Indeed, compared to the volume of Ceres, these kunpeng no. 2 spaceships were truly like ants—too minuscule.

But after all, they were e-class spaceships of a Level 2 Civilization; with the help of the sun's gravity, it was still easily achievable to guide the orbital change of Ceres.

The process of guiding Ceres to change its orbit this time was the same as the previous guidance of that 80-kilometer asteroid, only it took much longer.

"Ceres's speed has reached the critical value; orbital maneuver can proceed!"

"Beginning orbital maneuver!"

"Orbital maneuver complete!"

"Adjusting angle, the new orbit coincides with Mars's orbit!"

"Warning! The impact point is too close to Blue Star; readjusting orbit and speed!"

"New orbital adjustment complete! Estimated time: 4 days!"

Red Queen's voice rang out from time to time in the captain's quarters, but Su Fan and Zhou Xiaoxiao had long since left, because a whole week had passed since they first launched the star-capture cables until the new orbit was finally adjusted!

At the Xia Clan's Nanshan Base, Su Fan had Red Queen issue a notice.

The notice read: The Mars Terraforming Project is underway; Ceres and Mars are about to collide, and a synchronized live stream will begin in two days.

Once this notice was released, the entire human population of Blue Star was in an uproar!

The people of the Xia Clan were excited and happy, while foreigners were driven mad with jealousy!

Two days later, Su Fan used a Virtual cabin to stand in the captain's quarters of the lead ship of the kunpeng no. 2 fleet.

"Xiaoxiao, watch me set off a massive firework for you in a moment!" Su Fan's lips curled slightly.

"How big?" Zhou Xiaoxiao said playfully.

"As big as Mars!" Su Fan pointed to the Mars directly ahead.

"Red Queen, open the live stream. Such a spectacular scene must be shared with our fellow Xia Clan members!"

"Yes! Captain!"

"Live stream has been started!" Red Queen's sweet voice came through.

Meanwhile, countless Xia Clan netizens had already been waiting in front of their screens for a long time. When they saw the Super God Group's multi-platform live stream suddenly jump to a space scene, they immediately became excited.

"Holy crap, this is awesome! Do you guys see that? That's Mars!"

"Look! The camera just cut to the rear of the fleet; a group of ships is dragging a super massive planet, now that's what I call shocking!"

"It's so beautiful! So soul-stirring! Compared to this real scene, Hollywood's special effects are just a pile of crap!"

Foreign Netizen A: "The Xia Clan can already capture planets, while we are still struggling on the poverty line! I've been unemployed for several months!"

Foreign Netizen B: "I want to ask, how can I obtain Xia Clan citizenship? The Xia Clan is so wonderful; I feel like even the air over there is sweet!"

Foreign Netizen C: "My father is from the Eagle Nation, and my mother used to be from the Xia Clan. Now, I want to renounce my Eagle Nation citizenship and transfer to Xia Clan citizenship. Please give me a reply, Xia Clan officials!"

Foreign Netizen D: "Transfer to what Xia Clan citizenship! I used to be from the Xia Clan, and now I'm living very happily in the Eagle Nation. The free air of the Eagle Nation is the sweetest!"

A certain foreign leader: "May I ask the Xia Clan officials how we can merge our country into the Xia Clan? Our whole nation wants to become Xia Clan people!"

...

Su Fan had been watching the comments from the Blue Star netizens. When he saw a national leader speak up about wanting to merge into the Xia Clan, his eyes suddenly lit up.

This issue could be discussed with the Great Elder—specifically, that skin color; white or yellow are both fine, but black ones cannot be accepted.

It wasn't that he was being discriminatory, but there were precedents.

The former white nation, the Gaulish Rooster, because it accepted black people, the entire country has now been dyed into the Black-Lujī!

Genetic pollution is too terrifying; this must be handled with caution.

"We'll talk about it later!" Su Fan thought for a moment; the current Xia Clan was actually already very good, and there was no real need to accept foreigners.

"Approaching the edge of the safety distance!" Red Queen's voice suddenly rang out.

"Recalculating Ceres's orbit and impact point!"

"Calculation complete, no errors!"

"Retracting star-capture cables!"

"star-capture cables retracted!"

"The fleet is beginning to move away from the danger zone!"

"Countdown to Ceres's impact on Mars beginning!"

"10-minute countdown!"

"5-minute countdown!"

"1-minute countdown!"

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1."

"Impact beginning; angle and impact point are correct!"

At this moment, the whole world went silent!

Ceres's massive volume and mass collided directly with Mars.

BOOM—

Mars was struck and began to glow red starting from the impact point!

Countless amounts of matter were ejected into space, only to be captured again by the gravity of Mars and Ceres.

Countless glowing red cracks appeared across the entire Mars; Ceres was like a small tadpole diving headfirst into an egg.

The entire Mars turned red, and the whole surface was covered in magma!

Ceres disappeared!

It had completely merged with Mars, which had already become a magma planet!

In the space around Mars, countless ejected materials were captured by the gravity of the now-more-massive Mars. Most returned to Mars, while a small portion, due to their higher velocity, began to rotate around the new Mars!

The entire process lasted for many days, and the rich visual feast was immensely satisfying for the Xia Clan netizens watching the show.

Su Fan also enjoyed it immensely, because after the impact ended, he flew the kunpeng no. 2 closer to the new Mars; watching it personally from a short distance was even more shocking than watching it through a screen!

"Have Red Queen turn these scenes into virtual reality footage so netizens can experience it for themselves in the star wars world," Su Fan thought to himself, rubbing his chin.

Following the impact of Ceres, the new Mars's revolution and rotation underwent changes.

First was the revolution; Mars's original orbital period was over 600 days, but now, after being hit from behind by Ceres, its speed increased, changing it to over 500 days.

The rotation speed and axial tilt, however, didn't change much.

These changes were all beneficial; it was a good thing.

And to be able to achieve this result, the spaceships were merely tools; everything else was thanks to Red Queen's meticulous calculations.

"Red Queen, divert the fleet and continue toward the asteroids; there are other large asteroids that can be captured," Su Fan ordered.

Next, they just needed to follow the plan step by step: if the magnetic field was weak, get some iron-rich asteroids; if there was no water, get some ice-rich asteroids...

Su Fan returned to Nanshan Base; he didn't plan to participate in the subsequent asteroid capturing and transporting. Whether he was there or not made no difference, as it was all controlled by Red Queen anyway.

He had something more important to do now!

On the Moon, that f-class spaceship from a Level 1 Civilization was still quietly parked there!

It was time to explore it!

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