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245: Chapter 245 Yes, it is indeed me.
"Praise the Fool? Iron Pillar, what have you been reading lately? I feel like both your software and hardware might need to go back to the repair shop for maintenance."
Jiang Chen turned his head, looking at Iron Pillar with a half-smile.
It was Iron Pillar who had shouted to open the hatch and let Jiang Chen in earlier.
Now that he saw himself back, it was actually sucking up to him, spouting nonsense about praising the Fool.
Iron Pillar leaned in and whispered, "My Girlfriend's Master."
"Huh?" Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow. Just hearing the name, he knew it was a good book. He asked, "Who wrote it?"
"The Flower That Loves to Dive. She has millions of book fans online!"
"Ah? Cuihua can write books too?"
Jiang Chen was greatly surprised. After fifty years of evolution, he hadn't managed to write a work comparable to the Four Great Classical Novels, yet Cuihua, a mech, could perform AI writing. It was incredible.
"Of course, she can easily write various books based on her own evolution. I think if I keep evolving, maybe I can compete with Li and Du," Iron Pillar said confidently.
"...Forget it. I have a task for you! You are responsible for sending the mechs on the Starship to the repair shop at the Lunar Base. Their underlying protocols might have been tampered with; help them correct it."
Jiang Chen didn't have much confidence in Iron Pillar's evolution in poetry, so he ordered it to handle the mechs on the Starship.
These mechs were numerous, and after repairing their tampered underlying protocols, they could still be used.
"Okay."
Iron Pillar walked away to handle the Starship mechs.
"Little Jiang, how do you plan to deal with the Mars Base next?"
Xia Zhongxun walked up and asked.
The Starship had now been captured.
The Tudigong Starship had also issued a letter of surrender.
The Starship had been blocked by Jiang Haipeng's Avian Flight Formation. Although it hadn't issued a letter of surrender yet, it was estimated that it would lay down its arms after a stalemate.
As long as these three major interstellar warships were captured, the Mars Base would naturally lose its greatest reliance.
Jiang Chen pondered for a moment, then replied, "If it were before, I would think that after capturing the three major warships, we could send people to directly take over the Mars Base. However, judging from the appeal of the Mars declaration of war, too many people have been brainwashed by Mai Guyao and Mai Gurong."
"If we directly send people to take over the Mars Base, I'm afraid we will fall into a security war; it's a quagmire."
After hearing Jiang Chen's analysis, Xia Zhongxun nodded and said, "Indeed! Because the Mars Base has developed better than Earth and the Lunar Base over the past few decades, they have always regarded themselves as the future of humanity. Now that their faith has collapsed, I'm afraid they will frantically counterattack any force that takes over the Mars Base."
Theoretically, Jiang Chen could use his powerful Level 3 Lifeform status to forcibly take over the Mars Base and wipe out those millions of people, but this obviously did not conform to Jiang Chen's code of conduct.
"Yes, so I plan to adopt a strategy of isolating and dividing the Mars Base for now."
Jiang Chen roughly explained his strategy.
Isolation means kicking all the Xinhuo Faction members of the Mars Base out of the Earth United Fleet.
Then unite the Lunar Base, Earth, and the Earth United Fleet to develop together.
Regarding this point, with Jiang Chen's strength, it was enough to achieve it without letting any force fall into a security war in the Mars Base.
Division means letting those who are not so firm in their faith in Mai Gurong be split off and then recruited.
Over time, as one grows and the other wanes, the resistance of the Mars Base will naturally weaken.
Once it weakens to a certain extent, it can be taken over at a low cost.
"Isolation should be easy to achieve, but division is a bit difficult. Currently, the high-level lifeforms and scarce technologies of the Mars Base are quite good. I'm afraid it will be difficult to get them to abandon their faith and follow us," Xia Zhongxun said hesitantly.
The reason Mai Gurong could become a god-like existence in the Mars Base was largely because the Mars Base did indeed develop better than Earth and the Lunar Base.
This was also the source of their sense of superiority, feeling that they were the future of humanity.
Therefore, even if isolation is successful, division is still very difficult.
"The Mars Base has many high-level lifeforms simply because they are leeching off Earth. Now that they can't leech off anymore, they naturally won't be able to sustain themselves. Relying solely on Mars, their resources are limited."
"As for the scarce technologies, you are talking about the lightsaber casting technology and magnetic field shifting technology, right?"
"You might not believe it, but I know a thing or two about these two technologies."
"After I finish dealing with the matters here, I will construct these two technologies for you."
Jiang Chen said.
The gathering immortal flag had already been thrown into the center of the Dragon Kingdom, and the birth of high-level lifeforms would only accelerate.
After that, they would no longer be leached off by the Mars Base, and the proportion of high-level lifeforms would naturally increase.
As for technology, those two technologies were not very profound. After he signed in, he had already successfully digested them.
According to his calculations, those two technologies would only consume more than two thousand pages of design and construction.
Once he wrote them out, the Earth and Lunar Base would be able to use these two technologies.
There would be no need to envy the Mars Base.
"I don't quite believe it, but I am looking forward to it."
Xia Zhongxun could no longer understand what level of wisdom a Level 3 Lifeform had evolved to, but he knew that Little Jiang had never let him down.
Jiang Chen smiled slightly and continued, "By the way, can you contact Zhao Yinhu? I have something to tell him."
Before Xia Zhongxun could answer, the commander of the Dragon Emblem had already stepped forward and projected Zhao Yinhu's figure.
"Lord Dragon Emblem, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Zhao Yinhu had been waiting for Jiang Chen. Seeing the projection, he clasped his fists with the ten great elders of the Dragon Emblem and said, "Lord Jiang!"
"Lord?"
Xia Zhongxun and Xue Yao were both surprised, but felt it was reasonable.
Apart from the top three on the lifeform rankings, the only ones who could be called Lord were Lord Dragon Emblem and Lord Xinhuo.
Now that Mai Gurong was dead, Jiang Chen had become Lord Jiang.
However, Jiang Chen did not like this title very much. He felt it had a feudal flavor.
So he smiled slightly at Zhao Yinhu and said, "What Lord or not, it doesn't sound very good. We are all part of humanity, all yearning for the stars and the sea, and all struggling to lead all of humanity towards Level 1 Life Form. Now that the goal has not been realized, you and I are both people of common ideals."
"So, we are comrades. Call me Comrade Jiang Chen."
Jiang Chen's words left Zhao Yinhu completely stunned.
After a long while, he smiled and said, "Still Jiang Chen... Comrade, your ambitions are lofty. You actually want to lead all of humanity towards Level 1 Life Form. This is a huge project! Are our current resources enough?"
As the symbol of the Lunar Base, Zhao Yinhu had always supported the Dragon Kingdom people, but he also upheld elite education; only the best batch was willing to be helped with extra resources.
Now that Jiang Chen said he wanted to lead all of humanity towards Level 1 Life Form, this made him feel that it was not very practical.
"If resources are not enough, we can develop them, but this is not a reason to concentrate a large amount of resources on a few people."
"The overthrow of dynasties throughout history has proven that once a large amount of resources are concentrated on a few people, it will inevitably cause division, and eventually the water will capsize the boat."
"Comrade Zhao Yinhu, I believe you have no selfish motives. You want to concentrate resources on the elite for better development, but have you thought about where the elite come from? They are not born out of thin air. Without the foundation of the vast number of ordinary people, humanity will have no diversity."
"Human elites who have lost their diversity, after continuous cycles, will eventually become theocracy, just like Mai Gurong."
"After all, for Mai Gurong, you, Zhao Yinhu, are not an elite either, so all resources should be given to him."
"But do you think this is reasonable?"
"It is unreasonable."
"We must ensure that there are enough resources allocated to the foundation of humanity. In the short term, it may waste some resources, but in the long term, human elites will emerge in an endless stream."
"What do you think, Comrade Zhao Yinhu?"
Jiang Chen looked at Zhao Yinhu with a smile. At this moment, he frowned and pondered, seemingly weighing the pros and cons.
"In the end, it is Comrade Jiang Chen who is not very satisfied with the current allocation system."
"But the Great Wall Scientific Research Station system was established fifty years ago under the leadership of the Dragon Kingdom people. Now that you say it is bad, isn't it..."
Zhao Yinhu brought up the Great Wall Scientific Research Station system established back then.
In this system, the result of global integration was survival of the fittest and elite supremacy.
This system did indeed allow humanity to walk out of Earth, enter space, and develop two major bases and one major fleet.
But now, the drawbacks were starting to appear.
The Mars Base ruled by theocracy.
The Lunar Base with elite supremacy.
And the cradle of humanity, Earth, was lagging behind in the competition. If this continues, it will only become an abandoned planet.
Humanity has not yet left the Solar System, and Earth has fallen to such a state.
If they walk out of the Solar System, the fate of Earth will be even more terrible.
"No matter how far humanity goes, it must remember where it came from. Once it forgets, it is no longer humanity, but a kind of wandering cosmic creature."
"What kind of future can wandering creatures have?"
"The Great Wall Scientific Research Station system of that year had its historical limitations, and I will not comment on it. But now, it is time for some changes."
"Besides, was the Great Wall Scientific Research Station system of that year fully inherited? You promised the RMB system, but who pushed the current space currency?"
Jiang Chen asked.
"The space currency was indeed pushed by Mai Gurong... So, how do you plan to rebuild a new order?"
Zhao Yinhu asked. In the Great Wall Scientific Research Station system, although the Lunar Base did not occupy a dominant position, it also benefited greatly. Now that Jiang Chen wants to rebuild human order, his own Lunar Base will likely have to bleed.
Jiang Chen said, "This is also one of the reasons I am looking for you, because I plan to hold a discussion on the future order of humanity on the Starship. The time is about a week later. In addition, there are three other people. Please, Comrade Zhao Yinhu, notify them."
Mai Gurong is number four on the lifeform rankings.
Zhao Yinhu is number five.
But until Jiang Chen captured the Starship, there was no movement from the top three on the lifeform rankings.
Jiang Chen did not know their specific strength, but if human order is to be rebuilt, they must be brought in for discussion.
"You are talking about Lord Hua, Lord Li, and Lord He, right?"
Zhao Yinhu quickly understood who the three people Jiang Chen mentioned were.
It's just that the top three on the lifeform rankings are too mysterious. To this day, he hasn't even seen their faces. He only knows that the three of them are powerful.
Jiang Chen frowned after hearing Zhao Yinhu's words, "What, you haven't even seen their faces, and you dare to let them be listed in the Earth United Fleet?"
"This... there is no other way. They have the strongest strength. Let alone not knowing their faces, even if they were monkeys, we could only treat them as our own kind."
Zhao Yinhu smiled bitterly.
The Earth United Fleet is the result of a game between various forces.
He could only insert a Moon Rabbit Starship on the Luan Bird, as for the others, it was not something he could influence.
"Then, you should at least know their names," Jiang Chen asked.
"Marquis Huaguo."
"Li Boyang."
"He Shiqi."
"Where are they now?" Jiang Chen asked again.
"I don't know, but the commander-in-chief of the Luan Bird, General Wei, can probably contact them."
"Then I will trouble you. If they are too far away and cannot make it in time, you can let them participate in the online discussion. Regardless of whether they participate or not, the new order of humanity must be rebuilt."
Jiang Chen said.
"Okay."
The holographic projection disappeared.
Xue Yao looked at Jiang Chen with admiration from the side.
She said.
"Xinhuo went astray after Mai Gurong gained power."
Jiang Chen did not participate in the Great Wall Scientific Research Station system back then, but Xue Yao did.
But after participating in that system at the time, she vaguely saw the long-term drawbacks.
It was just that because Xinhuo had the strongest momentum at the time and coincided with the Dragon Kingdom's ninth fortune, 'Nine Purple Li Fire Fortune', Xinhuo became dominant.
It's just a pity.
The later development of Xinhuo went astray.
"Mai Gurong's attribute is earth qi, which is different from the Mars attribute. Going astray was almost inevitable."
For Xue Yao's words, Jiang Chen pondered for a while and replied like this.
The Nine Purple Li Fire Fortune must be continued by someone with the fire attribute, otherwise it will definitely go out.
Because earth and fire conflict, it does not conform to the movement of celestial bodies.
"So, the future Mars Base needs someone with fire in their destiny to guide it."
"So that Xinhuo will not turn into black fire and go out."
Jiang Chen said so.
The movement of celestial bodies will affect the fate of a person, a country, and a planet.
Now that the qi element has appeared, this sign is even more obvious.
Because the content of qi in the universe has reached 80%, enough to affect the operation of celestial bodies.
And different attributes correspond to different celestial bodies, which are naturally different.
Once the attributes conflict, it is easy to trigger contradictions.
"The Mars Base needs someone with fire in their destiny... Who has fire in their destiny?"
Xia Zhongxun looked at each other.
On the scene, many were from the Lunar Base. Most of them were water attribute and earth attribute. There wasn't a single fire attribute.
"The fire attribute of the Mars Base is the most abundant."
Xia Zhongxun said.
"Not necessarily!"
Jiang Chen shook his head. If that person with fire in their destiny was really on Mars, he should have suppressed Mai Gurong and it would be impossible for someone with an earth qi attribute to take the position.
Therefore.
That person with fire in their destiny is likely not on Mars.
Just as Jiang Chen and others were discussing the future Mars Xinhuo, inside the Tudigong Starship near Venus.
Ye Shencai stood up with a bruised nose and swollen face. She covered her small plane and cursed angrily, "Which bitch took my bellyband?!"
Commander Jiang Qiuzhi held a small piece of cloth and smiled triumphantly.
"Yes, it is I."