Chapter 632

Year 6055 in the Xia calendar, June

In that year, there were two major breakthroughs in technology. Twelve astronauts who had lived in a lunar survival base for three years safely returned to Earth after thorough medical checks showed their bodies were normal, indicating the success of the lunar survival base.

The next goal was to expand the lunar survival base to accommodate a hundred people for more than ten years. While most supplies would still come from Earth, this was a significant advancement, making lunar development feasible.

The second breakthrough was a space shuttle named Explorer, which spent a year traveling in space before safely returning. Launch and reception technologies for space shuttles had made significant progress.

These two breakthroughs were groundbreaking, marking the era of interstellar travel and development entering a practical stage, not just remaining in the realm of science fiction.

"Old Wu, oh no, I’m feeling restless, wanting to fly a spaceship into space myself."

Lin Jiang watched a news report on TV, it was about Explorer astronauts being interviewed, telling their stories in space.

"Sir, please be patient for a few more years, the current spaceship technology is not that reliable yet."

Wu Jiang said, he had been by Lin Jiang’s side for many years, knowing Lin Jiang’s impulsive nature, absolutely cannot support Lin Jiang, otherwise he might really go and fly a spaceship.

"Days are hard to bear, there’s nothing I pursue in this world."

Lin Jiang said, it’s been nearly two hundred years since he woke up this time, can’t practice cultivation, no need to train martial arts, don’t know what to do.

"Sir, if you have nothing to do, you can go travel. In the north, there’s a popular barbecue festival, in the south, there’s a water-splashing festival, and there’s also a flower festival. If Huaxia doesn’t satisfy you, go abroad."

If you can’t enjoy the refined things, then indulge in some pleasures. We have the means, just wave a hand and I’ll arrange a hundred or so beautiful women for you.

If the sir still wants to play role-playing games, he can. The sir hasn’t tried chasing campus beauties in university yet, or maybe try live streaming, become an internet celebrity?"

"Listening to your words is like listening to nonsense."

Lin Jiang gave him a direct look and said. I’m tired of all this, I’d rather go to the factory to work. Maybe I can deceive some naive factory girls.

"Sir, I have no other ideas. I can’t think of anything else."

"Forget it, go and rest."

Lin Jiang waved his hand, letting Wu Jiang play by himself.

Lin Jiang picked up the files on the desk and saw that there were not many things that needed his attention.

It has been more than ten years since the attack on Qingyun, and the infiltration plan of Qingyun and Zhou Liao has been progressing well. His influence in both countries is growing deeper. Perhaps in another few decades, he will have control over the economic lifelines of both countries. By then, there will be no one who can threaten him, after all, the three countries are already the most powerful in the world.

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Endless Sea

A big boat is floating on the sea with some young men and women on board. Some of them are singing and laughing on the deck, while others are fishing.

The Endless Sea has over ten thousand types of fish, some of which are very valuable and considered rare delicacies. Catching one of these fish could make someone rich overnight.

These people are not fishing for money, but for show-off. Catching a rare fish is enough for them to boast on social media for weeks.

"Pull quickly, pull quickly!"

Before long, one person’s fishing rod started shaking, the thick fishing line was pulled taut, but the person couldn’t reel in the big fish no matter how hard they tried.

"This fish is so strong, what kind of fish is it?"

"Who knows, Brother Tian, pull harder, use your inner strength."

"Brother Tian, give it your all, use your inner strength."

The people around started cheering for Brother Tian, his face turning red with effort. His inner strength was like a thin thread, almost insignificant.

In this world, most rich kids practice martial arts, but training in martial arts is really boring and tiring. Not many people can handle this hardship, especially training in extreme heat in summer and extreme cold in winter is not as comfortable as eating, drinking, and having fun.

This Brother Tian is the same. He claims to have developed internal strength and even won a provincial-level martial arts competition. But that’s all just for show, his actual skills aren’t that great.

"*Bang*"

After struggling with the big fish for over ten minutes, Brother Tian was exhausted and felt embarrassed to cut the fishing line. He had to pretend that it was a mistake, and even the fishing rod was dragged away by the big fish.

Several employees on the cruise ship felt extremely sorry watching this. The fishing rod set was worth tens of thousands of dollars, equivalent to their several years’ worth of wages. Seeing it vanish like that was really thoughtless of Brother Tian.

"Brother Tian, I have an extra fishing rod. Do you want to play some more?"

"It’s okay, take a break. You guys go ahead and play."

Brother Tian shook his head feeling a bit drained. He couldn’t play anymore, so he went back to the cabin, grabbed a drink, and started sipping it.

After a while, a wealthy young man walked in and said, "Brother Tian, do you want to try diving? I have the latest diving equipment with me."

"Okay, how’s your diving gear?"

"Don’t worry, my dad’s company’s latest product is top-notch, can dive up to a kilometer."

"That’s impressive, can you handle it?"

"Definitely, will Brother Tian join?"

"Sure, not much fun anyways, just killing time."

Brother Tian nodded, they were a group of rich kids from Huaxia, not the main heirs of the family business, so they couldn’t control the family wealth, they had endless money to spend, just having fun and passing time.

The young master took out his diving gear, with the help of others, put it on, and also brought a fish spear, ready to hunt some big fish underwater.

"Bang"

"Bang"

The two friends took turns diving into the water and quickly went deep underwater. Both of them were experienced with this activity and felt confident in their skills.

"Brother Tian, Brother Tian, try the communication."

"The communication is working well, and the communication with the boat is good too. Shall we continue diving?"

"Let’s dive, big fish can be found in the deep water."

"Okay, let’s go down together."

Brother Tian nodded, and then they pressurized their diving suits to continue their descent. They reached the depths of the sea, hundreds of meters below, where it felt like a whole new world.

Both of them turned on their cameras, ready to capture the underwater world. Even though humans have ventured into space, their knowledge of the deep sea, like Yu Hai’s Abyss, is still limited, and there are many new discoveries every year.

"Brother Tian, what are these fish doing? Why are they all swimming towards a particular place?"

Soon, they noticed something interesting – almost all the fish were heading towards a deep underwater valley.

"Don’t keep asking me, I don’t know either."

Brother Tian felt a bit helpless. Everyone was not very smart, asking him questions, who could he ask? And now he couldn’t even search on Baidu.

"Okay, should we go take a look?"

"Look, let’s go."

Brother Tian nodded, and the two followed the trail of the fish all the way.

Soon, they arrived at the edge of the deep-sea valley. Then they saw a shocking sight. Countless fish were killing each other here. Not only were different schools of fish killing, but even the same types of fish were also killing each other. The entire seabed was dyed red with blood.

"Oh my, what’s going on here?"

"How come the fish are killing each other? Aren’t those fish supposed to be meat-eaters? How is this possible?"

"Quick, let’s make a record of this. Wow, when we post this online later, we might become internet famous in no time."

Both of them were shocked by the scene in front of them and immediately started shooting at the schools of fish.

They were hiding on the edge, watching the fish fighting each other. Some fish died and floated to the surface, while others sank to the bottom of the sea. Seeing countless fish corpses floating up was a very shocking scene.

However, they didn’t notice that some carnivorous fish had joined in, only killing but not eating other fish. This was a very unusual behavior.

"Wow, that’s a huge fish!"

"The crabs are huge too, did you see that? There are crabs bigger than us coming out too!"

"And the octopus, oh my, it’s bigger than our cruise ship, they are fighting, they are fighting again!"

"Brother Tian, why do you think they are fighting each other?"

After a while, as the killings continued, the two of them finally remembered to ask why.

"How would I know? Do you have any long-range filming equipment on you?"

"Yes, Fish Drone 2.0, an underwater drone."

"Hurry, release it!"

"Oh, oh, I’ll release it now."

Soon, the young master quickly released a fish-shaped ornament from his body. It was a filming device with a fish’s eye as a camera.

The young master also opened the screen on his arm to see the scenes filmed by the fish drone.

"Brother Tian, wow, it’s a spectacle! I saw a glowing tree in the middle of the underwater canyon, with fruits on it. They are competing for that fruit!"

Before long, the young master’s amazed voice came through Brother Tian’s earpiece, but Brother Tian didn’t react because he saw that the colossal creature’s eyes were fixed on him.