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Li Yichen left the group of physics luminaries, who had gone mad with madness, in the control room of the underground base, and turned to walk out of the tunnel. The mountain breeze brushed against his face, bringing a touch of coolness. He opened the door of the matte black Great Wall Cannon pickup truck and got into the driver's seat.

As soon as I turned the car key all the way, the engine roared, and Ling'er's excited voice echoed in my mind.

"Brother! A message came from the Moonlit Second District Shipyard: the first 'Star Shield-class' frigate has completed full system integration testing and has officially rolled off the production line!"

Li Yichen paused on the steering wheel and chuckled.

"The efficiency is quite high. Have all the parameters met the standards?"

"All green, passed." Ling'er's holographic figure popped up directly on the car's central control screen. The little girl put her hands on her hips, her face full of pride.

"The ship is 520 meters long, 85 meters wide, and 68 meters high. It is equipped with two large cold fusion arrays, and its core power source is a sub-light speed engine that has just completed testing, which can push the ship to a maximum speed of one-tenth the speed of light. The ship's gravity simulation system is operating smoothly and can fully support subsequent solar system cruises and Mars landing plans."

Li Yichen tapped his fingers on the edge of the steering wheel, pondering for a moment. The lunar base was currently building massive structures, and although this frigate was only the smallest unit in the fleet, it was still a behemoth capable of overwhelming Earth at present.

Its armor uses a newly refined superconducting tungsten-gold fusion alloy, hard enough to withstand a frontal hit from a nuclear bomb. Its shipborne weaponry is even more outrageous, equipped with twelve high-frequency plasma main guns and a dense laser air defense array.

"Send it back to Earth." Li Yichen shifted gears, and the pickup truck sped off the dirt road and onto the paved main road. "Head straight to Shanghai."

"Where are you stopping, bro? There are already two space carriers docked in the shipyard of our future space base, it's already full."

The heavy industrial park is also full of ore; there simply isn't enough open space for it to land. If you tried to land it at any civilian airport, its weight would collapse the entire runway.

"To the military region." Li Yichen turned the steering wheel and steered the car around. "Old He and his group have a big place there. Let's borrow it for a bit."

Shanghai Military Region Command.

In the spacious operations conference room, He Zhenchuan, Liu Guoliang, and Xiao Jingshan were gathered around a huge holographic electronic sand table. The sand table displayed military developments around the world.

Xiao Jingshan picked up his purple clay teacup, took a sip, and pointed to the outer edge of the sand table: "Recently, the United States has become much more obedient. After Trump stepped down, the new acting president has been busy dealing with their domestic post-war affairs and has no time to send reconnaissance planes to our side."

"What are they going to send?" Liu Guoliang pulled up a chair and sat down. "The Pacific Fleet has been fed fish, and now they can't even gather a single advanced fighter jet that can take off."

Our two space carriers in the stratosphere are hovering overhead every day; they wouldn't dare to do anything reckless even if they had ten times the courage. And those people from the European Union are calling our Ministry of Foreign Affairs every day, begging to sign an asylum agreement.

He Zhenchuan didn't reply, but just stared at the lunar coordinates on the sand table and rubbed his chin.

"I have a feeling that Li has been unusually quiet lately. Last month, he extorted eight million tons of ore from the US and used it all to build interstellar warships. He hasn't even shown his face this past month, and I wonder what he's up to. What kind of magic has that money-devouring beast on the far side of the moon come up with?"

The conference room door was pushed open, and Li Yichen strode in.

"Chief He, talking about people behind their backs is not a good habit." Li Yichen pulled out an empty chair, sat down casually, and poured himself a cup of tea.

The three big shots turned around. He Zhenchuan walked over cheerfully and patted Li Yichen on the shoulder: "You're like Cao Cao, aren't you? You just show up whenever you want. What brings you here today? Running out of materials?"

"There's plenty of material." Li Yichen blew on the foam in his teacup, took a sip, and said, "I came here today to ask if I could borrow a place from you."

"Borrow some space?" He Zhenchuan waved his hand generously. "The Shanghai Military Region is so big, just tell me which piece of land you'd like. How many warehouses do you need to store equipment?"

Li Yichen put down his teacup and shook his head: "It's not for installing equipment. We made a little gadget on the moon, and it just came offline. I'm having it fly back to Earth to do an atmospheric hovering test. My base there is full, so I was wondering if I could borrow a place here to park it for a bit."

After listening, Liu Guoliang laughed and replied, "I thought it was no big deal. Testing a spacecraft, right? Lao He, didn't we just clear out a helicopter landing pad behind Building No. 3? It's over 30 meters long and wide, more than enough to park a small spacecraft."

He Zhenchuan nodded in agreement and picked up the walkie-talkie on the table, ready to give the order.

Li Yichen raised his hand, pressed down on He Zhenchuan's wrist, and looked at the helicopter landing pad outside the window with a look of disgust.

"Commander He, your vision is too limited." Li Yichen sighed, pointing to the open space in the distance outside the window. "That helipad isn't even big enough for it to stand on. My spaceship is taking up too much space."

He Zhenchuan froze, putting down the walkie-talkie: "How much space do you need? You can't expect me to give you the entire playground, can you?"

"We really need to clear out the playground." Li Yichen stood up, walked to the window, and gestured. "You'd better clear out playgrounds one through three and remove all the people training there."

"Also, move the surrounding air defense missile positions back about two kilometers. Otherwise, I'm afraid the turbulence from the landing might overturn your missile launchers."

The command center fell silent.

Xiao Jingshan's hand, holding the teacup, froze in mid-air, while Liu Guoliang and He Zhenchuan exchanged bewildered glances.

The three playgrounds, numbered one to three, are connected and cover an area equivalent to two standard football fields. What kind of aircraft would need such a large landing area? Even a space carrier wouldn't need such an exaggerated space for a vertical landing.

"You're not kidding, are you?" He Zhenchuan stared into Li Yichen's eyes, making sure he wasn't joking, and could only pick up the walkie-talkie again, completely bewildered.

"Pass on my order! All personnel in parade grounds one through three must evacuate immediately! All surrounding air defense positions must be moved back two kilometers! Clear the area within ten minutes!"

The military region demonstrated exceptional execution capabilities. Soldiers conducting tactical drills on the parade ground quickly assembled and withdrew, while heavy missile launchers roared as they reversed, departing from their designated positions.

In less than ten minutes, the once bustling playground was transformed into a huge open space.

"Alright, the space is cleared." He Zhenchuan walked back to the table. "When is your 'little gadget' arriving? Do you need me to arrange a guide vehicle?"

The words had barely left his mouth when the air raid siren in the command center went off. Red lights flashed wildly throughout the room, and the piercing alarm shattered the previously relaxed atmosphere.

A radar operator scrambled in, pushing open the door. His cap was askew, his face was deathly pale, and he even forgot to salute.

"Sir! Something terrible has happened!" The radar operator gasped for breath, his voice trembling uncontrollably. "The near-Earth orbit defense network has issued a red alert of the highest level! An unidentified flying object is approaching from the direction of the moon!"

He Zhenchuan's expression changed drastically, and he grabbed the radar operator by the collar: "What kind of flying object is that? Have aliens attacked? How big is it? How fast is it?!"

"The radar measures a volume of over 500 meters! That's too fast! The fire control radar can't lock onto it at all!" The radar operator swallowed hard, his eyes practically popping out of their sockets.

"Its speed reached one-tenth the speed of light! It completely ignored the atmosphere's slowing effect, and the atmosphere was about to burn through!"

Liu Guoliang and Xiao Jingshan jumped up from their chairs, cold sweat beading on their foreheads.

One-tenth the speed of light! What does that mean? Humanity's current weapons can't even catch its exhaust fumes. If it were an enemy attack, this thing would crash directly into Earth, generating enough kinetic energy to sink the entire Eurasian continent.

"Sound the highest level combat alert for the entire army! Notify the stratospheric space carrier to prepare for interception!" He Zhenchuan roared at the top of his lungs, frantically grabbing the red secure telephone on the table.

Li Yichen sat in the chair, crossed his legs, picked up his teacup, and slowly took a sip.

"Don't panic." Li Yichen slammed his teacup on the table, making a crisp sound that interrupted the chaos in the command center.

The three big shots turned around in unison, staring at him as if he were a monster.

"My Didi driver has arrived." Li Yichen pointed out the window. "Let's go out and greet him."

Outside, a strong wind suddenly arose.

The once clear sky was suddenly ripped apart by a terrifying, invisible force, creating a huge hole.

In the military compound, tens of thousands of soldiers looked up, staring blankly at the sky.

The air was filled with a pungent ozone smell, the odor produced by high-energy ions rubbing against the atmosphere. There was no deafening roar, only an extremely low-frequency hum that could penetrate to the very marrow.

The pebbles on the ground began to bounce erratically, and the flagpole at the edge of the playground was bent into an arc shape by the invisible air pressure.

A dark, steel behemoth slowly emerged from a hole in the clouds.

It was enormous. Over 500 meters long, its hull resembled an inverted steel mountain suspended in the sky. Its massive body, over 80 meters wide and 60 meters high, completely blocked out the sun's rays.

A huge shadow was cast down, completely shrouding the entire military region command post and the three parade grounds in darkness.

The ship's surface was covered with dark blue energy patterns, and its futuristic streamlined armor reflected a cold, hard luster at the edges of the sunlight.

The anti-gravity engine at the bottom emitted a pale blue glow, steadily supporting this monster weighing hundreds of thousands of tons.

On both sides of the ship, the barrels of twelve high-frequency plasma main guns pointed diagonally at the ground, exuding a chilling aura of destruction.

It was like a colossal celestial being that had stepped out of mythology, giving those below an absolute sense of physical oppression, hovering in mid-air less than a hundred meters above the ground.

At the edge of the parade ground, tens of thousands of fully armed soldiers could barely hold their guns steady.

An old soldier holding an automatic rifle opened his mouth wide, not even noticing the butt of the rifle hitting the instep of his foot.

He stared at the streamlined metal bow, his mind completely blank. The recruit next to him collapsed to the ground, head tilted back, uttering meaningless syllables.

"Good heavens... what is this... have aliens really attacked?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! Didn't you see the red star emblem of our Great Xia painted on the side of the ship?"

A company commander swallowed hard, his voice trembling, "When did our country... build those interstellar warships from the movies? This size... ten aircraft carriers tied together wouldn't be as big as it!"

No one could answer that question. This creation, which exceeded the limits of human cognition, shattered the worldviews of everyone present.

In front of the command post building.

He Zhenchuan, Liu Guoliang, and Xiao Jingshan stood rooted to the spot on the steps like wooden stakes. The violent air currents made their military uniforms flutter, but they couldn't dispel the utter shock in their eyes.

Xiao Jingshan tilted his head back, his neck aching, but he dared not lower it. He stared at the giant spaceship, large enough to fit several aircraft carriers, his mind blank.

Liu Guoliang gripped the railing of the steps tightly with both hands, his knuckles turning blue. He wanted to speak, but the air pressure made it difficult for him to breathe, and he could only gasp for air.

Li Yichen stood in front of them, his hands in the pockets of his casual pants, looking up at the first interstellar warship he had built himself, and nodded with great satisfaction.

"How is it, Chief He?" Li Yichen turned his head, looking at He Zhenchuan who was still in a daze, and said in a relaxed tone, "My 'little thing,' the design is passable, right?"

A little gadget?

When He Zhenchuan heard those four words, he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

He turned his head and stared intently at Li Yichen. A monster over 500 meters long, capable of traveling at one-tenth the speed of light, and able to block out the sun when hovering overhead—and you call this a little thing?!

He Zhenchuan swallowed hard, his hand trembling as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his top-secret cell phone. He pressed the button three times before unlocking the screen and dialing the dedicated line to Kyoto.

As soon as the call connected, He Zhenchuan's voice trembled uncontrollably, revealing a fanatical belief in its reshaping.

"Old Lu...something terrible has happened...I can't cover this up anymore." He Zhenchuan looked up at the dark blue steel behemoth overhead. "That kid Li Yichen...he didn't just build a spaceship...he brought down the Southern Heavenly Gate!"