Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 222: Return to Earth

"Stop! Don't move!" Tommy and his two companions, who were overseeing the equipment and the spaceship, pointed their guns at the four people who had just appeared. When the three of them saw their thirteen companions being driven away by guns overhead, they couldn't help but feel a chill.

Mu Ke walked behind Zhou Yuan and the other three, and quickly winked at Tommy and the other two, signaling them not to do anything rash.

While the three were stunned, they felt their hands holding the guns also become uncontrollable. Just like Muko and the others, the guns flew out of their hands and turned to face them.

Pan Na, Chu Xiaolu, and Huo Jing couldn't help but laugh when they saw the bloated and frightened appearance of Tommy and his two companions.

Tommy and the other two exchanged glances, wondering what the three beauties were laughing about.

"Aren't you tired wearing helmets, heavy clothes, and carrying canisters?" Panna pointed.

Tommy and the other two felt embarrassed and started taking off their helmets, protective suits, and oxygen tanks. They immediately felt refreshed and happy. If there hadn't been a threat, they probably would have jumped up to celebrate.

Sixteen special forces soldiers were herded into the spaceship. All sixteen, along with Chu Xiaolu and Huo Jing, sat down and fastened their seatbelts. Looking at the guns hovering above their heads, none dared to make a move. Pan Na piloted the spaceship, with Zhou Yuan accompanying her. The spaceship ignited and lifted off, heading towards the space city above Earth.

The sixteen people stared in astonishment at Zhou Yuan and Pan Na, because they were too special. This was a spaceship flying to geosynchronous orbit above Earth, and they had no protective measures at all. The young beauty was piloting the spaceship as easily as driving a car.

"This is Dragon Boat Space City. Please enter the identification code to confirm."

Pana pointed at the control screen for a while, then said, "Identification code confirmed, welcome home, Explorer II."

Explorer 2 spacecraft began docking with a rotating component of the Dragon Boat Space City.

None of the sixteen dared to move. Suddenly, a flash of light appeared, and the four aliens disappeared. At the same time, the guns above each of their heads floated up at an angle.

Muko immediately reported to Congressman Li Li about their encounter on Earth and the possibility that four aliens might enter the Dragon Boat Space City.

Councilor Li Li sensed something was wrong and informed Speaker Chu Tianxiong and other councilors. No alarm had been sounded from Space City, but those on board clearly saw an increase in the number of military and police personnel, constantly checking everyone's identities. Many more military and police officers, armed with equipment, were searching the space city, but found nothing.

After a day of isolation, screening, and polygraph tests, none of the sixteen individuals showed any signs of lying, and no abnormalities were found in their mental and psychological tests.

In the councilor conference room of Space City, a roundtable meeting was held. When the seven councilors received the test reports of sixteen people and the results of the search of Space City, they couldn't help but feel uneasy and worried.

"Speaker, fellow members, if our sixteen special forces soldiers are not lying, and judging from the test report, they do seem to be telling the truth, if the aliens really have that little bee spaceship and their strange superpowers, with our technology and capabilities, we certainly wouldn't be able to find these four people. A day has passed, and our space city has not shown any danger or anomalies. In other words, these four aliens are not malicious. If they were, our space city would probably have been destroyed by them long ago, and those sixteen special forces soldiers would probably have perished on Earth as well."

"Hmm, that makes sense, but if those four aliens said they were coming to the space city to save us, why don't they show themselves and communicate with us?"

"I'm just guessing, but these four people's goal is just to lead us to Earth and let us know that Earth is safe. If we return to Earth, they will have achieved their goal of saving us."

"According to the special forces soldiers, the alien man said they were messengers sent by God. Does God really exist? Or are these four people from the Western Kingdom..."

"It couldn't possibly be descendants of Western Turks who roamed space. Our special forces saw with their own eyes a spaceship transform into a little bee, which even crawled into the man's pocket and spoke to Muko in human language. This ability, whether high-tech or superpowers, is close to a godlike power, right? If they were remnants of Western Turks, could they have developed to such a level of divine power in 190 years?"

After listening, everyone felt that Li Li's words made sense.

"In any case, the return of Explorer 2 to Earth confirms that Earth is now breathable and safe. We must return to Earth as soon as possible." As the chairman, Chu Tianxiong naturally puts the survival of humanity first, while gods or divine messengers seem to be far beyond his reach.

"Speaker, the calculations are in. We currently have one hundred spaceships, each capable of carrying approximately three hundred people. This means we can only transport thirty thousand people to Earth. The remaining one hundred thousand will have to remain in the space city."

The seven people remained silent for several minutes, because they knew that even if 30,000 people were sent to Earth, the remaining 100,000 would only have enough oxygen for four months in the space city. At most, they could live for another month or so. After five months, these 100,000 people would eventually die. Moreover, transporting 30,000 people in 100 spaceships would consume some oxygen as well.

"Councilor Tang Feng, what is the exact number of teenagers aged ten to eighteen with no criminal record?"

"Speaker, there are a total of 4,252 people."

Chu Tianxiong remained silent, deep in thought. After a long while, he sighed, "Gentlemen, these 30,000 seats to return to Earth cannot be decided arbitrarily. Considering the need for survival, construction, development, and the continuation of our race after returning to Earth, I propose a plan for 30,000 people to return. Of these 30,000, 4,252 teenagers must return; they are the hope and future of our human race. Then, 2,000 people should be selected from the military, police, security, and special forces to board the ship. Important scientists, engineers, pilots, and outstanding personnel in manufacturing, construction, healthcare, education, agriculture, and other fields should also board. That will bring us to approximately 20,000. The remaining 10,000 seats will be filled by drawing lots."

At the round table, the other six members of parliament looked at each other. Four of them raised their hands, while the other two did not. The speaker's proposal was approved in principle.

Dragon Boat Space City has launched its twelfth city-wide broadcast in 190 years. The first city-wide broadcast was 190 years ago when 500,000 humans entered the space city, and King Qin Long of the Eastern Kingdom gave a speech. Later, Qin Long was elected as the first speaker of the space city and made a second city-wide broadcast upon taking office. As a tradition, subsequent speakers also make city-wide broadcasts after taking office. As the tenth speaker, Chu Tianxiong is also making his second city-wide broadcast this time.

"Fellow countrymen, our ancestors, under the leadership of the great King Tang Long, fiercely fought back against the invading enemy. Although over sixty spaceships from the Western Lands escaped into outer space, they have been annihilated in the boundless, cold darkness. The fall of the Western Lands signifies the final victory for our Great Tang Dynasty in the East. However, the all-out nuclear war between the Great Tang Dynasty and the Western Lands nearly destroyed the Earth. The great King Tang Long led our ancestors to build this Dragon Boat Space City, allowing half a million people to survive safely after the nuclear war. The day before yesterday, I believe many of you saw a bee-shaped spaceship flying towards Earth outside our space city. This was divine guidance. Subsequently, our manned spaceships safely arrived on Earth. They discovered that our home planet, Earth, can now breathe freely, and nuclear radiation has vanished. Earth is now safe."

A round of enthusiastic applause erupted in Space City.

"However, we should not be too happy yet. Our current spaceships can only transport 30,000 people to Earth. After the council decides to allocate 20,000 return trips to Earth to important and outstanding personnel such as teenagers, scientists, engineers, architects, pilots, and medical staff, the remaining 10,000 candidates will be selected by drawing lots. I hope you can understand the council's decision. For the glory of the Great Tang Dynasty, for the survival of our Great Tang Dynasty, we pray that God will once again favor us."

In his speech, Chu Tianxiong clearly intended to remind everyone in the Dragon Boat Space City of the glory and indomitable spirit of the Eastern Kingdom, hoping that this spirit would be revived in these people.

These people were unaware that they only had four months' worth of oxygen left, so the parliament's decision to allow 30,000 people to return to Earth was not met with resistance or objection.

After selecting teenagers, young experts, outstanding young personnel, and security guards, approximately 60,000 people drew lots for the 10,000 available spots, and the rest gave up the opportunity.

Two days after the 10,000 slots to return to Earth were decided by drawing lots, the 30,000 people of Dragon Boat Space City boarded spaceships and arrived on Earth one after another.

To the astonishment of the 30,000 people, the landing site of their 100 spaceships was near a cluster of tall buildings, which, from the air, appeared to be a town. This town was situated in the center of a very open plain, with numerous rivers flowing through it. To the northwest were high mountains rich in forest resources, and to the southwest was a river.

Everyone calls the year when 30,000 people arrived on Earth the first year of the new era.

After landing, the 30,000 people walked for half a day and arrived at this town. It was obvious that the town's buildings looked new. The buildings included garden-style residential areas, as well as the tools, food, and daily necessities they needed for survival.

Councilor Tang Feng immediately organized the pilots to modify the electronic equipment of the landed spacecraft and informed the Dragon Boat Space City of this good news.

"Speaker, the divine favor you spoke of has indeed come true! About twenty kilometers from where our spaceship landed, there is a town with a cluster of tall buildings!"

"Impossible. All the towns and buildings on Earth were destroyed more than 190 years ago."

"It's true, all these buildings, furniture, tools, and so on are newly built and newly produced."

"Could it be true, as the man and three women said, that they were there to save us?"

"It's a miracle that they built such a large town in just two or three days."

“Councilor Tang Feng, the most urgent task is for you to organize them to produce and build, to start by planting crops and producing food to store grain.”

"Yes, we've caught a lucky season with great weather. I'll make the arrangements right away. Speaker, how's the dragon boat race going?"

"They are happy and congratulate you on your safe arrival on Earth, but they do not yet know that they only have a little over five months to live."

"Is the plan to land the dragon boat on Earth even possible?"

"Through simulations and calculations, our scientists believe it is possible to land the Dragon Boat Space City on Earth, but only in the sea. Who lives and who dies will depend on fate. I have already ordered the modification and repair of the space city, especially the propulsion system and life support system. This will take a lot of time. The plan is to land in the East China Sea, the closest sea area to where you live now, in five months."

"The East China Sea is over 200 kilometers away from here. I will organize a team with enough food and water to meet up with you. It seems we need to speed up production and construction here."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

"Speaker, take care."

"Yes, let's keep in touch."

Tang Feng, a descendant of Tang Long, the last emperor of the Great Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Land Kingdom, became the leader of 30,000 people in the space city that descended to Earth. He began to organize people to grow crops, cut down trees, make bows and arrows, and build two-wheeled handcarts. The bows and arrows were, of course, weapons, and the two-wheeled handcarts were used to transport goods to the East China Sea.

Thirty thousand people, regardless of gender or age, began to devote themselves to the vigorous large-scale production and construction.