155: Chapter 155 Reward Points Arrived! Space Land Claim Plan Launched!

7:20 PM, B2 level of Pangu Laboratory.

On the large screen, blue data streams washed over the 3D wireframe of the Earth like a waterfall.

Liu Huaqiang held a paper cup of water, staring intently at the progress bar.

"The concurrent threads for global scanning are fully maxed out," Liu Huaqiang said. "The core computing power usage has reached its limit; it is expected to complete global coverage in five days."

Su Che leaned back, resting against the chair cushion.

In his mind, a mechanical voice cut in right on time.

[Ding! Main branch mission completed!]

[Mirror World underlying construction engine running! Real-digital real-time mapping logic established; full-element modeling framework for the physical world is complete.]

[Mission Reward: 30,000 Skill Points!]

[Current host has accumulated 127,000 R&D Skill Points.]

Su Che pulled up the main mission panel.

[Low Earth Orbit Space Infrastructure System]

[Unlock requires exchange points: 120,000.]

"Exchange."

[Ding! Consumed 120,000 R&D Skill Points.]

[Current host has accumulated 7,000 R&D Skill Points.]

Data packets for the four core technologies instantly flooded into his consciousness: autonomous space construction, precise orbital docking, in-situ resource utilization, and infrastructure scheduling.

Immediately after, the panel flickered and popped up a brand-new blue notification box.

[System Notification: Detected massive user interaction with Mirror World consumer terminals.]

[User emotional value conversion channel has been opened.]

[Effective immediately, Skill Points obtained from Mirror World users will be automatically assigned to the 'Virtual Ecosystem Independent Point Pool' and settled separately from the main R&D Skill Point pool.]

[Neither the main Skill Points nor the virtual ecosystem independent points will provide cumulative notifications anymore; you will only be notified when you do not have enough for an exchange! The host may access the panel at any time to check.]

This system even knows how to slack off; it's truly something else. Sooner or later, I will uncover your true face!

Su Che's mind wandered for two seconds, then he clicked open the inquiry interface for the independent point pool.

The numbers were still rising.

The sensation caused by the 9.9-yuan Star Sea Glasses globally was transforming into tangible energy.

[Current cumulative virtual ecosystem independent points: 25,500.]

And it was jumping up bit by bit every minute.

Su Che did not hesitate.

"Exchange for the supporting blueprints and plans for the Low Earth Orbit Space Infrastructure System."

[Ding! Consumed 25,000 independent points.]

[Unlocked: Space infrastructure robot blueprints, precise orbital algorithms, space material processing module designs, and infrastructure assembly plans.]

Massive engineering blueprints and algorithm libraries were decompressing in the background.

Su Che pulled over the keyboard, created a new encrypted folder, and dragged the blueprints into it, categorized by type.

He turned to look at Liu Huaqiang.

"Leave the underlying engine to you to monitor," Su Che said, printing out a list. "Have Workshop One send this list of equipment to the Aerospace Science and Industry Group."

Liu Huaqiang took it and scanned it.

Space robotic arms, on-orbit 3D printing equipment, orbital transport spacecraft components.

"Are we building houses in the sky?" Liu Huaqiang asked.

"Building a Dry Dock," Su Che stood up. "A 100,000-ton framework has to be assembled in a 400-kilometer orbit."

Jiang Yingxue walked in from the side door, her military boots clicking.

She threw her tactical tablet onto the console and pulled out a chair to sit.

"Wall Street is panicking," Jiang Yingxue said, picking up a bottle of mineral water from the table and unscrewing it. "The Oasis Consortium's stock price hit the circuit breaker right at the opening; the market value of several tech giants evaporated by 300 billion US dollars within an hour."

She took a sip of water and continued.

"They are lobbying Congress, preparing to introduce emergency legislation to comprehensively blockade the supply chain for Star Sea Glasses components. Especially high-end chips and optical sensors."

Su Che picked up the water cup on the table and walked to the water dispenser to fill it.

"Blockade microcontrollers? Do they dare? Who gave them the nerve!" Su Che said, filling it with warm water. "Besides, the most expensive electronic component in the Star Sea Glasses is that two-yuan Bluetooth communication board. How do they plan to blockade it? Sanction the Yiwu small commodity market?"

Jiang Yingxue laughed. "This is a dimensional strike."

She locked her tablet screen. "They used the logic of building supercomputers to create a virtual world portal, while you used the cost of making toys to flatten the threshold. Now, scalpers around the world are trafficking Star Sea Glasses out of the country, and the black market price has already been hyped up to fifty US dollars a pair."

Su Che walked back with his water cup.

"I'm just playing with them out of boredom," Su Che said, sitting down in his chair. "Let the factories continue to max out production capacity. In a few days, when the Mirror World goes fully online, I want more internet users around the world to wear these glasses."

He turned his gaze to Qin Lan.

"Connect to Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang's dedicated line."

Ten seconds later, Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang's image appeared on the main screen.

Lieutenant General Peng was wearing his daily uniform, sitting in the office of the Military Science Commission.

"Chief Engineer Su, what are your instructions?"

"Has the payload modification for the 10,000-ton luan bird verification ship been completed?" Su Che asked.

"The Anti-gravity payload control module was installed last week, and the takeoff mode has also been changed from autonomous takeoff to launch-based liftoff."

Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang took out a report. "It is currently parked in the special hangar at Jiuquan Launch Base, ready to lift off at any time."

"Clear out the hangar."

Su Che sent over the blueprint package he had just organized. "I've sent over a set of blueprints for space infrastructure robots. Mobilize heavy industry enterprises across the country and get me 500 of them in two days."

Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang looked at the received file.

"500 space robots? In two days?"

"I'll have Zhulong cut the core components; the rest is just assembly. It's a matter of a dozen or so per hour."

Su Che tapped the table. "The day after tomorrow at 3:00 PM, I want these 500 robots and the first batch of 2,000 tons of special sintered rock-soil substrate all loaded into the luan bird's cargo hold."

"Mission guaranteed!" Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang gave a direct salute.

The communication cut off.

Su Che looked at the window that had gone dark on the screen.

The physical shackles of Earth had already been broken. Next, it was time to move humanity's industrial capacity into space in an organized, systematic manner.

Lin Waner pushed a meal cart over and placed a boxed meal on the table.

"Eat first," she said, handing him the chopsticks.

Su Che took the chopsticks and opened the meal box.

Braised pork with potato chunks.

He picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

"I need to go to Jiuquan Launch Base the day after tomorrow," Su Che said, swallowing the food. "This luan bird liftoff is different from the last one; I have to be on-site to monitor it."

"I'll go with you," Lin Waner pulled out the chair next to him and sat down.

...

Two days later.

Fifth day of the alien civilization's voyage timer.

3:00 PM, Jiuquan Launch Base.

The massive special hangar doors were wide open.

The 10,000-ton luan bird verification ship lay quietly on the launch pad.

The massive hull surface was covered with a Full-band Metamaterial Stealth Structure, presenting a deep, dark black color under the sunlight.

Heavy-duty tractors were loading containers into the luan bird's wide belly cargo hold.

Su Che stood in the command tower one kilometer away from the launch pad.

Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang stood beside him, holding a walkie-talkie.

"500 space infrastructure robots loaded, 2,000 tons of rock-soil substrate secured," the dispatcher's voice came from the loudspeaker.

Su Che glanced at the time.

3:50 PM.

"Yiren AI Core, take control of the luan bird command and control system," Su Che issued the command.

The large screen in the command tower was instantly flooded with green self-test data.

[Global situational awareness system online.]

[Anti-gravity payload module power normal.]

[Adaptive variable cycle engine cluster on standby.]

"Clear the area," Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang picked up the walkie-talkie.

Alarms blared throughout the base, and all ground personnel quickly evacuated to the safe zone.

4:00 sharp.

Su Che calmly uttered two words.

"Liftoff."

The Anti-gravity generator on the luan bird's belly instantly erupted with a ghostly blue light.

The massive 10,000-ton giant ship, as if having lost the shackles of gravity, lifted off the ground with ease.

It climbed vertically in a manner that defied common sense.

It accelerated faster and faster.

Piercing through the clouds, it shot straight into the firmament.

Ten minutes later.

The luan bird broke through the Kármán line and entered Low Earth Orbit.

The large screen in the command tower cut to the feed from the luan bird's external cameras.

Against the pitch-black backdrop of the universe, the azure Earth floated quietly below.

"Reached designated orbit, altitude 400 kilometers."

Su Che rested his hands on the console.

"Open the cargo hold doors."

In the footage, the massive cargo doors on the luan bird's belly slowly slid open to both sides.

"Release the infrastructure robots."

500 silver-gray space infrastructure robots, in the microgravity environment, poured out of the cargo hold like a swarm of bees leaving their nest.

They did not fly about chaotically but quickly dispersed according to the predetermined formation.

"Initiate autonomous space construction program," Su Che entered the command.

The plasma thrusters on the robots' backs ignited, pushing them toward the released prefabricated components.

The robotic arms precisely grabbed, docked, and welded.

Sparks flickered silently in the vacuum environment.

A magnificent space Dry Dock was laying its first true foundation pile under the gaze of humanity.

Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang watched the screen, his hands gripping the railing unconsciously.

This was not just a launch; this was the beginning of humanity staking its claim in space.