Chapter 456: A New World Subordinate to the Solar System State_1

Cheng Xin listened with longing, "It's such a pity that I won't have the chance to see it."

"You really haven't noticed?" Ai AA asked out of the blue.

"Noticed what?"

"This spaceship is a lightspeed spaceship!" Ai AA said, "This means you can spend millions of years traveling at the speed of light, by which time your exile should have ended, right?"

Cheng Xin was startled, this was something she hadn't considered.

Just then, Galaxy III said, "The Solar System State has strict requirements for lightspeed travel to prevent time escape, and has specially established the 'Time Law'."

"It explicitly states that a criminal's sentence is based on the universe's time and space.

"When a criminal enters lightspeed travel, their sentence is temporarily frozen until they leave lightspeed travel, at which point the sentence continues.

"Based on this, the Solar System State has exiled Cheng Xin herself, she will never have the chance to return to the human community in her lifetime!"

"Blabbermouth!" Ai AA exclaimed angrily!

Having lived in Space City of the Solar System State for so long, she naturally knew about the 'Time Law'. She had only intended to momentarily comfort Cheng Xin, but this creature had blown her cover.

Cheng Xin shook her head with a wry smile, "You don't need to comfort me; I deserve this punishment."

Ai AA continued, "There's still another chance. For example, after we meet up with Yun Tianming, we could ask him to take you back to the human world. The Solar System State won't turn away someone like him who has made such great contributions to humanity.

"The Solar System State may seem conservative and closed-off, but in fact, it's very inclusive.

"Now I somewhat regret it; I should have moved Star Ring Company to the Solar System State earlier. In that nation, you wouldn't have had the chance to make decisions that impact all of humanity, which was never something you should have had to shoulder."

Cheng Xin shook her head again, "A wrong choice is still a wrong choice, and I have no complaints about this punishment."

Ai AA let out a long sigh, "Now I don't know whether to hate Jiang Yu or to thank him.

"In the Solar System State, they take responsibility and duty very seriously. A mistake like yours could have easily led to a death sentence.

"Yet Jiang Yu went out of his way to bypass the judicial system and directly sentenced you to exile, for which I am grateful.

"But exile is still too hard to accept."

Cheng Xin said with a bitter smile, "Let's not talk about that. Tell me about the new world that the Solar System State is building."

"Alright, according to the news reports, the war on the new homeworld still hasn't ended." Ai AA then spoke about the battle in the New Continent Star System:

"So many people sacrificed heroically back then. It looks like Jiang Yu was determined to drive the Silicon Star People to extinction.

"But space is so vast, and the maneuverability of Silicon Star People's ships is very strong, so it's been an ongoing chase and search.

"Over twenty years ago, after a large force from the Solar System arrived, Fleet Admiral Cao Yang began to implement his 'pocket tactics'.

"He arranged forces around several star systems near the New Continent Star System to prevent the Silicon Star People from quietly obtaining resources for development and essentially trapped the enemy within a ten-light-year range."

Cheng Xin was very averse to war. She opened her mouth to speak but ultimately couldn't utter a single word.

The Dimensional Reduction Strike had made her realize that her own thoughts were completely unsuited for this brutal Dark Forest.

Ai AA continued, "Do you remember? About two centuries ago, after the battle at Uranus ended, Jiang Yu sent out many interstellar fleets.

"Eventually, four fleets chose to continue with their interstellar voyages, while two fleets were tasked with realizing Jiang Yu's mission to build new worlds."

"In the past half-century, they had successively reached their destination planetary systems and begun constructing their new worlds."

"The conditions on these six worlds were far inferior to those in the New Continent Star System, but they were the seeds dispersed by humanity in its early years. As Jiang Yu put it, they were the Solar System State's leverage in its fearless gambles with other civilizations!"

"Even if humanity's main world suffered a heavy blow, with these six embers still alight, humanity would still have a chance to turn the tables."

"There's also Starship Earth, which has taken root and sprouted in another new world."

"Perhaps because they represent the New Humans, they hold a high status in the hearts of the people of the Solar System, and Jiang Yu even sent an ambassador there early on."

"It amounts to recognizing them as the third human force, beyond the Solar System State and the Solar System Federation."

Cheng Xin sighed deeply, "I never imagined humanity had already established so many worlds; suddenly, we seem like a very powerful civilization."

Ai AA laughed, "We have always been powerful!"

Unfortunately, it was impossible to visit those worlds. In the six worlds under the Solar System State's control, Jiang Yu's orders were followed as well.

Ai AA also found out in despair that the interstellar Earth had signed an agreement not to accept Cheng Xin's decrees.

At that moment, in the video displaying the two-dimensional foil, a crackling sound suddenly erupted.

Ai AA was startled, "Huh, can you watch the Solar System State's experiment on the two-dimensional foil?"

Cheng Xin nodded, "It seems the experiment has started, let's hope it's successful."

If so, she could feel a little more at ease internally.

...

The enclosed experiment had indeed commenced; the experimental spaceship Kent was on, along with eleven others, was linked for energy.

Next, they would concentrate the energy of twelve spacecraft to create a huge, yet delicate gravitational field, hoping to trap the two-dimensional fragment within it.

In front of Kent, Bai Ice, and others, the entire laboratory became extremely bright as light bent around the gravitational field-forming device, generating the field and beginning the adjustment phase.

The two-dimensional foil slowly moved, tugged by the adjusting gravitational field, and everyone's hearts raced. Any major errors during the adjustment could have the opposite effect, consuming the already thin "original gravitational field," and prematurely releasing the two-dimensional fragment.

Bai Ice and Vasily suddenly felt the gravity from the direction of the laboratory pulling them, causing them to drift involuntarily forward.

They waved their hands trying to grab onto something, but there were no handrails to grasp in the cabin.

The two experienced a sense of helplessness, and at the same time, this feeling was peculiar, as if they completely lost control over themselves, unable to break free from the gravitational pull.

Kent quickly grabbed them, "Forgot to secure you in advance."

He then sighed, "Now you should have a more direct understanding that the gravitational field of the Solar System State is still not precise enough."

"The field enveloping the two-dimensional foil wouldn't have such a large effect on the surroundings."

As he spoke, he had Galaxy III bring up a direct view of the gravitational structure on the screen, where gravity appeared as visible white clusters.

Bai Ice saw these clusters constantly changing, the gravitational field adjusting towards greater uniformity.

In the middle was a fine white line, which was the gravitational field wrapped around the two-dimensional fragment.

That fine line suddenly fluctuated, followed by an alarm ringing out in the laboratory.

Kent's shoulders slumped suddenly, "As expected, it failed!"