Let you change the Hongqi h9, not the Hongqi missile vehicle

She adapted very quickly, in just a few days.

This is naturally a good thing for Leung Yuen-ting.

With this matter settled, Jiang Chen could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

As for the other two ladies, they harbored resentment towards him.

Jiang Chen has no other choice right now.

We can only try to make up for it later.

"By the way, Li Xintong's birthday is in another month."

"Let's throw her a fancy birthday party then."

Jiang Chen made up his mind.

Girls always need to be coaxed.

Just coax her and she'll be fine.

The main reason is that he is now focusing all his attention on the Northwest region.

The fighting over there has not yet been resolved.

Jiang Chen was really worried.

Liang Zhenshan is under tremendous pressure right now.

To Jiang Chen's surprise, even now...

Liang Zhenshan hadn't even asked the Space City for help yet.

Since that's the case, Jiang Chen can only continue to wait.

After all, they can't help in other aspects.

He can't rashly enter the Northwest region now, lest he become a troublemaker.

It would be terrible to mess things up again.

Therefore, he believed that Liang Zhenshan was capable of handling it on his own.

In the days that followed, Jiang Chen stopped running around.

Instead, he handles daily official business in the space city.

For him, life is currently quite easy and comfortable.

Back when the space city was being built, it encountered so many crises.

It's truly a time of profound reflection, and now...

Everything is gradually getting better as things unfold.

This is something that makes him feel quite gratified.

In particular, Jiang Chen no longer lacks resources in the resource areas.

In addition, there is controlled nuclear fusion energy.

Aside from competing with the United States, the next step is steady development.

In this respect, they are now far ahead.

Jiang Chen's space empire is gradually becoming a reality.

Rather than an unattainable dream.

The so-called space empire is also easy to understand.

It involves building multiple large cities around the space city.

Connect them together and gradually expand into outer space.

Meanwhile, construction is underway inside Earth.

It was time for the space city's routine meeting.

However, there were many attendees today, more than a hundred people.

They were all high-ranking members of the space city.

Xu Liang and Luo Yong were also present.

This is a discussion about the future development plan for the space city.

Therefore, military personnel were not involved.

"Commander, here is the follow-up planning report for the Space Empire City."

"We have completed the preliminary research and planning."

"We have sufficient energy, but not enough materials and other resources."

"The planning and arrangements for the space empire will likely be insufficient in the later stages."

"Therefore, we need to prepare in advance."

After reading the investigation report, Xu Liang reported it to Jiang Chen in front of everyone.

It's also something I'm saying to others.

Next, everyone is welcome to share their opinions.

The meeting discussions lasted for a long time.

It lasted for more than two hours, involving more than a hundred people.

More than 30 people expressed different opinions.

Jiang Chen sat in the main seat, deep in thought.

In terms of resources, they currently have the Kea resource zone and the Mars resource zone.

There is also the resource zone in the southeastern state.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Northwest region will become the fourth resource-rich area.

These resources will be continuously transported to the space city for construction.

On the surface, the space city is a collaborative project between Jiang Chen and the top officials of the Dragon Kingdom.

It aims to make things more convenient for more citizens of China.

So that they can come up here to live.

But in reality, there's not much left for the Dragon Kingdom to do to help Jiang Chen.

Because the construction of the space city consumed a large amount of China's resources.

In addition, there was later competition with the United States.

Even the Dragon Kingdom has reached a point where it is struggling to make ends meet.

Jiang Chen expressed his understanding and consideration for this.

All subsequent developments will depend on Jiang Chen figuring things out himself.

In the past, I wouldn't have dared to even think about it.

How could Jiang Chen build his own space empire on his own?

But now everything is indeed different.

Jiang Chen controls so many resource areas and is able to conduct exploration work in outer space.

Therefore, the next step is the space city plan, and the concept of a space empire.

Jiang Chen is fully capable of building it into a complete system.

Because he can gradually extract resources from these planets.

Even on the surfaces of liquid planets like Saturn and Mercury.

It does indeed appear to lack landing sites, and the area is extremely vast.

It is also accompanied by a strong gravitational force.

Liquid planets like this are beyond the capabilities of ordinary technology.

Let alone mining resources there, they couldn't even successfully land in their core area.

These were all absolutely impossible tasks, but for Jiang Chen...

However, this matter was successfully accomplished.

His hovercraft possesses precisely this capability.

His advanced technology can indeed extract more energy from these liquid planets.

Moreover, in Jiang Chen's view, liquid planets often contain more resources than solid planets.

It possesses more precious and rare resources.

We cannot judge things by their appearance alone.

We must see through the phenomena to understand the essence.

Next, we'll discuss the assistance that China can provide for their space city construction.

The main focus is on personnel support and technical assistance.

In addition, there are some relatively simple basic logistical support.

Jiang Chen will be primarily responsible for the resources.

Therefore, the resource zone is especially important to him.

The existing four resource zones are sufficient to ensure the smooth progress of Jiangchen's first space city construction.

The total capacity is expected to be between 350,000 and 500,000.

This is definitely a very large scale.

After all, Jiang Chen's space city currently has a maximum capacity of only about 200,000 to 250,000 people.

Space cities are equipped with more advanced equipment and technology.

Moreover, it occupies a larger area, which means that more building materials will be needed.

These materials all need to be obtained from Jiang Chen's resource areas.

Therefore, according to everyone's calculations, if most of the reserves in these resource zones are depleted...

It is indeed possible to build the first space city.

But that's all.

It is impossible to achieve long-term sustainable development.

If Jiang Chen intends to continue developing other technologies and resources.

He must find more raw materials.

In other words, the work of resource development cannot be stopped.

This must be continuously and persistently pursued.

"Currently, apart from Mars and the Moon."

"These energy sources on other planets are difficult to extract in the short term."

"However, it won't be long before our technology matures."

“I believe this can be steadily advanced, and from a timeline perspective, it is entirely feasible.”

Jiang Chen earnestly discussed the issues he was currently pondering with everyone.

Nowadays, Jiang Chen no longer needs to be personally involved in scientific research and development.

He wasn't particularly interested in it either.

Because current technology has reached a certain bottleneck stage.

Whether it's the construction using nanotechnology or the controlled nuclear fusion mastered by Jiang Chen.

In fact, they are all products of a certain stage of development. They call it the first stage.

That is, a first-class civilization in the true sense.

At this level of civilization, Jiang Chen and his group have reached their peak.

When will we be able to reach Level 2 civilization?
No one can say for sure about this, not even Jiang Chen could predict it.

The reason is simple: they have not yet established a theoretical framework for a Type II civilization.

The most difficult step is the breakthrough from zero to one.

Once they overcome this hurdle, they can quickly advance to a Level 2 civilization.

But so far, they are still at the starting point of zero.

We haven't even seen a shadow of one yet.

Because there is no readily available technology to support it.

Deep down, Jiang Chen understood how to cross the threshold of a Level Two civilization.

That is achieved through his system.

Looking back, humanity didn't even reach the level of a Type I civilization.

It relies solely on some basic functions of the system.

If one can reach the pinnacle of a first-level civilization, then reaching a second-level civilization will naturally not be too difficult.

As long as we continue to explore the technology and major inventions within the system.

There have also been breakthroughs in theory and technology.

This should be a very promising thing.

But Jiang Chen now feels there's no need to do that.

Because everyone's technological level is still in the process of improvement.

The pinnacle of what is called a Type I civilization is limited to their space cities.

This does not refer to other countries.

We must wait until other countries also reach the basic level of a first-class civilization.

In other words, Jiang Chen will only begin his assault on a Level 2 civilization when things are in a normal state.

There's no need for that right now.

Because everyone's resources have not yet been fully developed.

After listening to Jiang Chen's speech, everyone fell silent again.

A lively discussion ensued.

Ultimately, at Xu Liang's strong suggestion,

Finally, everyone reached a final plan and consensus.

"A desert state is indeed a good location, suitable for resource development zones."

"There we can cultivate the precious metals we need."

"Moreover, that area is vast."

“That’s right. On the one hand, we can assist other countries in the desert state with their development.”

"On the other hand, it also benefits us and the entire space city."

"I think this is a win-win situation." This was the final conclusion reached after thorough discussion.

First of all, the desert state has unique advantages.

That is their climate and natural environment.

Most importantly, this area has long been underdeveloped.

That place does indeed contain abundant resources.

Other countries that come here only plunder the surface resources.

The deeper resources have yet to be exploited.

As is well known, the entire desert state covers a particularly vast area.

Moreover, that area has undergone changes due to crustal movement.

In fact, it has accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years of history.

Although it has never been able to form a decent civilization system.

But their resources are indeed very abundant.

If we could control these resources for the construction of space cities.

For Jiang Chen and his group, this would be like adding wings to a tiger.

By then, building a second or third space city will no longer be a dream.

It is a reality that can be achieved.

Therefore, their focus will now be on the desert states.

Of course, it's impossible to acquire other people's resources without a reason.

That's no different from robbery.

They are not the United States; they wouldn't do such a thing.

So, you want to acquire the other party's resources.

The first priority should definitely be to help desert state countries achieve development through business cooperation.

Moreover, we need to carry out collaborative projects in multiple fields.

At this stage, they can naturally obtain these resources in the desert state.

“Using desert states as resource extraction areas is indeed a better option at present.”

"After all, this place has always been a treasure trove."

"It's just that other countries don't have the capacity to completely exploit the resources there."

"However, we do have that capability."

Jiang Chen smiled and agreed.

There are no powerful countries in the desert states.

Most importantly, their own technological and cultural levels are relatively backward.

In addition, the local environment is not very good.

Naturally, it cannot attract foreign investment to build factories.

In fact, many local business owners simply cannot find a way to develop their businesses.

Foreigners invest in their country.

From a certain perspective, it's really just resource plunder.

Their methods of plundering were simply more sophisticated.

It's just that people can't tell.

Its main focus is on information asymmetry.

That's why it's still so now.

The reason why countries in desert states remain so underdeveloped.

This is the problem caused by the harsh environment.

Of course, not all desert states are backward.

Actually, there are some relatively developed predominantly white neighborhoods, but for Jiang Chen...

None of that matters; his current goal is to acquire the resources in the desert state.

This will be the key and foundation for the construction of space cities in the future.

Whether it's the current Mars resources or the Kate resource region, one of the three major resource regions in the United States.

Or perhaps it is the southeastern prefecture.

In fact, the resource areas in these places were already exploited by others a long time ago.

Jiang Chen can only mine a limited quantity at present.

They simply established bases in these places as transit points.

Only in places like desert states.

Its surface resources have been almost completely plundered.

But it holds something deeper within.

Resources from hundreds of thousands of years ago that were previously untapped are of paramount importance.

Other countries also want to exploit these deep geographical resources.

However, they simply lack the corresponding technological capabilities.

Because these resources are buried at depths of 5,000 to 8,000 meters underground.

"Make the arrangements immediately, and have friendly visits to these countries in the desert states."

"And we conveyed our intention to cooperate with them."

"I hope you can handle this matter as quickly as possible."

"The United States will certainly be on guard after learning of our next move."

"They might even try to stop us."

"Therefore, all departments must work together closely. In short..."

"We must never allow the United States to interfere in our affairs."

Upon hearing this, Xu Liang nodded calmly.

His gaze was exceptionally firm.

"Don't worry, leave this to me."

"Regarding the United States, for the sake of our space empire plan."

"We will definitely take a more resolute attitude and measures."

They have dealt with the United States quite a few times.

I know very well what kind of country the United States is; to put it bluntly, it's a country that bullies the weak and fears the strong.

It may not be entirely accurate, but it definitely reflects a fear of force.

This country isn't afraid of you at all unless you strike it down.

Because it doesn't know what pain is.

Only when you hurt it will it fear you.

"If you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten."

"That desert state is truly a treasure trove; we should have realized that sooner."

Jiang Chen smiled faintly.

He had previously disregarded the desert states.

Because that area is indeed a deserted region.

Back in his own core office in the space city… (End of Chapter)