Chapter 187: First Entry into Moon City_1

After boarding the spaceship bound for the Moon, there was a palpable sense of acceleration at first, and once the speed was high enough, it began to glide towards the Moon.

Number Three introduced to Jiang Yu, "The spaceships from the space station to the Moon have been modified twice, with speeds nearly doubling compared to before. Now it only takes a little over thirty hours to reach the Moon.

"Especially after the second modification, which Bil called the 'civilian modification,' the acceleration phase at departure was extended, and the process wasn't as intense as before.

"Even those who haven't undergone astronaut training wouldn't feel too much discomfort."

Jiang Yu nodded. That made sense to him; he hadn't undergone professional astronaut training. With just a brief study of some precautions, he could travel into space.

Thanks to the "Number Zero Plan" eight years ago, which rekindled people's enthusiasm for space, the facilities in space were now highly civilianized.

In the weightless state, Jiang Yu slept.

In his dream, Jiang Yu imagined he had returned to the womb, feeling very comfortable even though he was sitting and sleeping.

Meanwhile, in space there is no distinction between day and night, so a twenty-four-hour system is used to avoid any confusion with specific times.

Bo Xiangdong, who had come along with Jiang Yu, was clearly experiencing less emotional volatility due to the immense pressure he faced before.

His mood had improved considerably after a few days away from the lab.

After waking up, he started talking to Jiang Yu about an old issue that happened before he was arrested in Beijing.

Back then, Bo Xiangdong had unexpectedly found a clue that could affect human dental genes. If it was possible to reshape human dental genes, then dental diseases in humanity would drop by over 90% in the future.

When Bo Xiangdong wanted to conduct the research, he was obstructed by dentists, oral care product merchants, and others. Many even warned him privately that he was cutting off other people's livelihoods!

Some merchants wanted to invest in the research, treating it like hoarding a rare commodity, planning to sell the results of Bo Xiangdong's research for a huge profit in the future.

Bo Xiangdong gave a vivid example, "It's like that anti-cancer injection that costs over a million per shot. Who is that for?"

He sighed, "Now our research has begun to gradually allow the force of money to influence what people see as the most fair aspects of life: birth, aging, sickness, and death.

"Many people would say that the results of such research should be spread across the country, the whole world!

"But does spreading such results come without costs? Who is going to bear the costs? Have they thought about the fact that researchers and research institutions cannot profit from this and instead might suffer significant losses? Who then would be willing to undertake research work?

"Alas, in the end, humanity has been held hostage by self-interest, held hostage by the very economic system it designed."

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "Don't be so pessimistic. If there is a problem, there is always a solution. The economic system still does more good than harm.

"What needs attention is curbing human greed. The issue now is how to find that balance."

Bo Xiangdong laughed, "That's the problem you're going to solve. I've also heard a bit about the internal conflicts of Moon City.

"Wherever there are people, there will be disputes. Now that there are people on the Moon, human conflicts have followed to the Moon."

Jiang Yu smiled, "I'm personally making a trip to Moon City just to resolve these disputes."

Bo Xiangdong leaned back in his seat, "As long as you have a plan."

A few hours later, people on the spaceship could see from the window the Moon, which occupied half of the field of vision.

It was Jiang Yu's first time seeing such a large moon, and it made his hair stand on end. The sense of distance in space was truly terrifying; such a massive object appeared only as big as a plate when viewed from Earth.

After the spaceship entered the Moon's orbit, it docked with a landing module waiting in orbit.

The landing module had just been launched from Moon City, with passengers inside who were going to take the spacecraft back to Earth.

They first entered the spacecraft from the landing module, then Jiang Yu and others began to board the rather cramped large landing module.

It didn't take long before someone recognized Jiang Yu, and immediately people began taking photos and greeting him.

Most of the people living on the Moon were supporters of Jiang Yu, and they were also very grateful to him for providing them with such a comfortable life on the Moon.

Jiang Yu greeted them, said a few words, and then entered the landing module.

Once all the passengers were seated, the spacecraft separated from the landing module, which began its descent, cutting through the Moon's thin atmosphere.

After flying above the Moon for half an hour, the module landed steadily next to the landing field of Moon City.

The doors to Moon City's transition room, measuring over a dozen meters in height and eight or nine meters in width, opened, and the steel ground of the landing field began to move, transporting the entire landing module into the transition room.

Then the doors of the transition room closed, and the airlock valves were opened, followed by oxygenation and heating of the transition room.

Only after the transition room had become a suitable environment for human survival did the doors of the landing module that Jiang Yu and the others were in open.

The staff handed out special shoes to wear in Moon City to Jiang Yu and the others:

"This is a patented technology of Moon City. There's an electromagnetic structure on the bottom of the shoe, which can adhere to the steel ground of Moon City, preventing discomfort while walking due to the Moon's low gravity."

While Jiang Yu and the others were changing shoes, Burton and Bil had already arrived with a group of people waiting outside.

As soon as Jiang Yu stepped out, everyone immediately erupted into warm applause.

Burton and Bil both had short hair and were dressed in tight-fitting suits.

However, the clothing worn by Bil and those behind him tended towards white, while Burton and his group's clothing leaned towards dark colors.

Time had flown, and both Bil and Burton were already in their forties or fifties, in the prime of their lives!

Under the guidance of Burton and Bil, Jiang Yu went through the large doors of the transition room and saw the interior of Moon City.

There wasn't the dome-like ceiling he had imagined but rather a several dozen meters high flat ceiling radiating soft white light.

The orderly steel buildings on either side extended from the bottom all the way to the top, making use of every space.

The wide streets ran straight, with green plants in front of the steel buildings on either side.

Numerous large vehicles laden with goods slowly shuttled through the streets all around.

Burton explained, "This is the storage area and the daily product industrial area, where all of Moon City's cargo throughput occurs."

Parked by the street were several open-top cars without steering wheels, only a screen at the very front.

These were prepared for Jiang Yu and the accompanying personnel.

After seven or eight people, including Jiang Yu, got into the cars, Burton said, "To the city government!"

But Bil said, "Mr. Jiang has just arrived; he should rest for a while. To the hotel."

Jiang Yu laughed and said, "I don't feel particularly tired; just show me around Moon City first."

Burton said, "Then to the city government it is. There's a model of Moon City there, and I would like to introduce to Mr. Jiang the development of Moon City."