I will make Qin Shi Huang immortal in the Great Qin Dynasty.

Time flows like a tireless river, silently moving forward, and ten years have passed.

The Zelos Empire's fleet did not arrive.

The void beyond Jupiter's orbit remained as quiet as ever, with no sign of any fleet.

Qin Tian and his two companions would periodically sense the deep space surrounding the solar system to confirm that no new threats were approaching.

However, the main fleet of the Zelos Empire never appeared.

Perhaps they are gathering greater strength, perhaps they changed their strategy after assessing the reasons for the destruction of the Ramos fleet, or perhaps they encountered some changes within their home planet.

Whatever the reason, these ten years have been a precious respite for China.

Everyone in the Dragon Kingdom knows that this peace will not last forever. The Zelos Empire will come sooner or later, and when it does, it will be even more ferocious than the last time.

Therefore, no one dared to slack off during these ten years.

The changes in China within ten years have been almost earth-shattering.

With global resource support and free from international competition and geopolitical friction, China can devote all its energy to development and defense.

Mineral resources, energy resources, land resources, and marine resources that originally belonged to other countries are now all open to the Dragon Kingdom.

The industrial system is expanding at an unprecedented rate, extending from the Earth's surface to near-Earth orbit, and then from the asteroid belt to even deeper space.

But what truly brought about a qualitative change in the Dragon Kingdom was the widespread adoption of the Yuanli Guiding Technique.

The Dragon Kingdom is promoting the Yuanli Guiding Technique nationwide, and anyone who passes a rigorous review can learn it at the Qiyuan Hall.

The review is mainly to ensure that practitioners have no criminal record, no extremist tendencies, and are willing to contribute to society.

After passing the review, everyone can obtain the first stage of cultivation techniques for free.

This is the fairest competitive opportunity in the history of the Dragon Kingdom.

Regardless of background, wealth, or social status, anyone with talent and a willingness to work hard can change their destiny through cultivation.

The speed of cultivation and the level of breakthrough depend entirely on one's own efforts and comprehension.

Countless people in the Dragon Kingdom attach great importance to this opportunity because they know it can truly change everything.

In the beginning, the concentration of primal energy on Earth was extremely low.

The cultivators sat in the cultivation hall of the Qiyuan Palace branch, closed their eyes and circulated their energy, often taking several hours to catch a faint trace of the flow of Yuan energy.

However, as more and more people cultivate, the Yuan energy itself begins to gather in the Earth's environment.

A cultivator's body absorbs and circulates Yuan energy, eventually resonating with it. This process leaves "traces" of Yuan energy in Earth's space.

Over the course of ten years, the concentration of primal energy on Earth has increased several times over compared to its initial state.

Although it is far from being comparable to the environment of the Qin Empire where everyone cultivated for five hundred years, it is still enough to allow new cultivators to get started more quickly.

This is a positive feedback loop.

The more people cultivate, the higher the concentration of Yuan energy, the easier it is for newcomers to enter the field, and the more people break through to the Yuan Apprentice realm.

Over the past decade, a very small number of people from the Dragon Kingdom have broken through to the Yuan Tu realm.

This "very small number" is still a considerable number among a population of 1.4 billion, with approximately a few thousand people successfully crossing the threshold into the Yuan Tu (a type of disciple).

Most of them are concentrated in the cultivation system of Qiyuan Hall, and they have obtained the qualification to break through after layers of selection and strict examination.

These Dragon Kingdom people who broke through to the Yuan level far surpassed ordinary people in terms of physical fitness, lifespan, and cognitive abilities.

They are highly valued by the Chinese government and hold important positions in research teams and the military.

Some of them became commanders of the Dragon Kingdom's space fleet, some became heads of cutting-edge technology projects, and others were assigned to mining in the asteroid belt and building deep space defense systems.

They are the seeds of the future of the Dragon Kingdom, the first sparks igniting the Dragon Kingdom's journey towards interstellar civilization.

The vast majority of people in the Dragon Kingdom have not yet broken through to the Yuan Tu realm.

The cultivation threshold for Yuanli Guiding Technique is not low; most people have limited talent and need a longer period of accumulation.

Even without breaking through to the Yuan Apprentice level, the benefits of cultivation itself are still enormous.

The practitioner's physical fitness will gradually improve, minor illnesses and pains will disappear, their mental state will become more energetic, and their thinking speed will also improve.

The most obvious change is lifespan. Ordinary people who cultivate Yuanli Guiding Technique may not live for a thousand years, but they can still live for several hundred years.

Scientists who were originally in their eighties or nineties regained their sharp minds and abundant energy after practicing the Yuanli Guiding Technique, as if they had returned to the state of being forty years old.

They returned to their research positions, bringing with them decades of academic accumulation and rich experience, and made new breakthroughs in their respective fields.

The young students are the biggest beneficiaries. They begin practicing Yuanli Guiding Techniques in their teens, developing their thinking earlier than adults and learning with far greater efficiency than their peers.

After joining the research team, these students quickly became a vital force in China's scientific research system.

Their thinking speed and memory enable them to process large amounts of information simultaneously and maintain clear judgment in the face of complex problems.

This cognitive advantage is fully demonstrated in research work.

Chinese netizens are joking about their own and their country's future online.

Some people say, "I used to think that being a corporate slave for life was the limit, but now that I've cultivated the Yuan Power Guiding Technique, I can be a corporate slave for hundreds or thousands of years. Just thinking about it is exciting."

The post quickly garnered thousands of replies.

Someone said, "You don't want to be a corporate slave? Give me the opportunity, and I promise I'll be a dutiful and hardworking one."

Some people went even further: "I'll be a nuclear-powered ox or horse from now on, able to see the future hundreds or thousands of years from now. I'm determined to be that ox or horse."

The comments section erupted in laughter, but after the laughter subsided, everyone realized they weren't joking.

An ordinary college student, after practicing the Yuanli Guiding Technique, experienced improved physical fitness, enhanced thinking, extended lifespan, and increased learning efficiency. He achieved unimaginable results in scientific research or the military field, changing the fate of his entire family.

Such stories have happened many times in the past decade.

The Yuanli Guiding Technique gives everyone a fair starting point, but how far one can go depends on individual effort and talent.

Without a background, without resources, without shortcuts, only day after day of practice and research.

This is precisely the fair competition mechanism that Chinese society needs most.

Over the past decade, the Dragon Kingdom's technology has achieved leapfrog development with the support of Yuanli.

In terms of aerospace technology, China established its first mining bases in the asteroid belt, obtaining large quantities of industrial raw materials from asteroids rich in metals and rare elements.

These raw materials were continuously sent back to Earth, supporting the expansion of the Dragon Kingdom's industrial system.

A space defense system is also under construction, ranging from defense platforms in low Earth orbit to reconnaissance networks in Mars orbit, and from kinetic interceptor missiles to high-energy particle beam weapons. China is building a complete space defense system in its own way.

These weapon systems are far inferior to those of the Qin Empire, but their very existence is a signal.

The Dragon Kingdom will not sit idly by and wait for the arrival of the Zelos fleet; they will use their own hands and wisdom to fight for every chance of victory.

In terms of scientific research, the technical information provided by Qin Tian and his two colleagues is being gradually digested and absorbed.

Numerous breakthroughs have been achieved in the field of materials science, and significant progress has also been made in the energy field. Controlled nuclear fusion technology is moving from experiments to engineering applications, and antimatter research has also taken its first steps in the laboratory.

Quantum communication technology has been deployed throughout the Dragon Kingdom. Even if the satellite system is destroyed again, the Dragon Kingdom can still maintain the smooth operation of its command system by relying on quantum communication.

The three of them lived comfortably for the next ten years. Ying Zheng spent most of his time in his residence in Xi'an reading, drinking tea, and occasionally going live to chat with netizens.

His live stream has become the most popular knowledge-sharing platform on the Chinese internet. From history to philosophy, from military affairs to governance, viewers love to listen to whatever he talks about.

Qin Tian frequently traveled between the Qiyuan Hall branch and various research institutions to answer cultivators' questions and guide scientists in understanding the core principles in the Qin Dynasty's technical data.

Meng Tian and Wang Lin moved to a larger house in the south of the city. Sometimes Meng Tian would go to Qiyuan Hall to instruct practitioners in martial arts, and sometimes he would accompany Wang Lin to go shopping for groceries. They lived a fulfilling life.

Over the past decade, the streets of the Dragon Kingdom have seen an increase in young cultivators.

They wore ordinary clothes, carried schoolbags or shopping baskets, and were no different from other pedestrians.

But their steps were lighter, their eyes brighter, and their tone of voice carried a confidence rarely seen before.

On campus, students no longer discuss celebrity gossip or game strategies during breaks, but rather their cultivation progress, Yuanli perception skills, and various scientific questions derived from Yuanli.

In the military camp, in addition to daily training, soldiers practice Yuan Power cultivation every day. Yuan Power Guiding Technique has become a compulsory course for soldiers of the Dragon Kingdom.

In research institutes, researchers use Yuanli cultivation as a tool to improve work efficiency. Many people have found that after cultivating, topics that they once found difficult have become less daunting.

Society as a whole is becoming increasingly accepting of and involved in cultivation, and Yuanli (vital energy) has become an integral part of the daily lives of the people of the Dragon Kingdom.

The Dragon Kingdom is also closely monitoring the movements of the Zelos Empire.

A dedicated team monitors deep space at all times, and Qin Tian and his two companions regularly conduct elemental energy sensing covering the entire solar system to confirm that no new alien fleets are approaching.

The Zelos Empire didn't come, but no one believed they wouldn't.

All the preparations that the Dragon Kingdom has made over the past ten years have been for that day to come.