Chapter 579: This is the Solar System State_1

Just when Jiang Yanqi was utterly anxious, the AI customs officer said, "This is a legal pass, I wish you a pleasant journey."

Jiang Yanqi was stunned as he looked at Avenger, who said, "The AI system of the Solar System State has much in common with Avenger No.2; evidently, it has borrowed a lot from the surrendered Avenger No.2.

"This made it very easy for me to infiltrate the AI customs and forge the pass."

Jiang Yanqi said with a smile, "Lucky to have you."

Otherwise, his great revenge would have ended even before beginning, getting him arrested by the AI customs.

"Be cautious!" Jiang Yanqi said, "We must be cautious with every step from now on."

He had thought that thirty astronomical units would be a sufficiently vast distance to evade the Solar System State's surveillance and give him a chance to stow away.

If Jiang Yanqi knew that the radar exploration range of the Solar System State was now around two thousand one hundred astronomical units, he would have felt despair.

On the journey to the Blue Maiden Star, Avenger had enough time to fake Jiang Yanqi's identity, acquiring a vast amount of life information from the Solar System State, to ensure that Jiang Yanqi did not blow his cover by appearance.

First, Avenger redesigned Jiang Yanqi's clothing and hairstyle, then provided him with some Solar System State's accents and habitual phrases.

Jiang Yanqi was astounded by the colossal entity before him as he reviewed the basic knowledge about the Solar System State.

Even ten thousand Kindling Star Systems combined might not be a match for the Solar System State.

The Solar System now had sixteen hub star systems, over two hundred provinces, one Earth Special Zone, and five metropolitan provinces, with a population nearing thirty billion!

It was technologically far ahead of the Kindling Star System in every respect except artificial intelligence, where the Kindling Star System could still claim it was not outdated.

However, to Jiang Yanqi's surprise, ordinary residents still needed to work.

Having a job meant not only a salary but the government also provided free housing, dining, access to any form of transportation, and entry to any public entertainment facilities.

If one did not participate in work, all these benefit programs were charged.

The policies and systems of the Solar System State opened a new world to Jiang Yanqi.

It was a society that had been thriving for centuries, infinitely more interesting than the stagnant Kindling Star System.

After more than two months of space travel, Jiang Yanqi saw the magnificent ring-shaped Spaceport of Blue Maiden Star.

It looked like a delicate ring worn on the Blue Maiden Star or like its planetary ring, with the force of Humanity's achievements hitting straight in the face.

Jiang Yanqi's spacecraft was small and equipped with high-power boosters, which allowed landing on the surface of Blue Maiden Star.

Meanwhile, warships and large freighters could only dock at the Spaceport.

When he stepped out of the spacecraft, Jiang Yanqi was already a "Solar System State expert"; he deftly called for a shared airship and then applied for a job at a smart design company.

He held a doctorate in smart design and had prepared in advance. Excelling in the interviewer's assessment, he secured the job.

With a job, even without getting paid yet, the welfare projects of the Solar System State were enough to provide for his living.

The next day Jiang Yanqi went to work with his chest out and head high. Right away, the company assigned him to assist a senior designer. He felt that was beneath his capabilities; with his own skills, he was sure he surpassed any senior designer's level.

But after interacting with the senior designer, Jiang Yanqi couldn't remain haughty any longer.

The designer's casual ideas alone left Jiang Yanqi in awe. At this moment, he realized that even though he was full of theories, he wasn't quite adept at using them creatively.

The senior designer, seeing that he had already intimidated the young assistant, smiled and said, "How to put this into practice is exactly what you should learn from me. In a few years, you will have grasped the tricks of the trade."

Jiang Yanqi was so bewildered by the carrot-and-stick approach that he served the senior designer diligently as an assistant.

He worked for six hours a day, with the rest of the time for rest.

The fulfilling work and a variety of entertainment activities made Jiang Yanqi so happy that he forgot all his troubles.

It wasn't until half a month later that he came to his senses. I'm here for revenge, he thought. Work is just a cover; how did I start to take myself so seriously!

With that realization, he began to use his rest time to investigate the survivors of the Kindling Star System.

Soon he found many public records on the Kindling Star System and noticed some discrepancies with the modern history he had studied.

First, more than seventy thousand people were arrested from the Kindling Star System, but only three were executed, all charged with the destruction of the human world.

In the Constitution of the Solar System State, only the destruction of the human world was considered a crime, while destroying other intelligent life or lifeless star systems was regarded as legitimate defense, free from any legal responsibility.

Apart from the three masterminds, the rest were sentenced to labor re-education for periods ranging from 30 to 100 years.

Then, Jiang Yanqi looked into the labor re-education conditions in the Solar System State, not believing what the records claimed to be so positive.

Throughout his upbringing, Jiang Yanqi had been taught that the Solar System State tortured his people to death, and he found it hard to accept the content of the records he found.

Jiang Yanqi asked Avenger, "The modern history I've studied, which parts have been altered?"

Avenger replied, "I don't know; you need to judge that for yourself."

Jiang Yanqi smiled helplessly; the world was nothing like he had imagined, and it left him somewhat disappointed.

If the Solar System State had been as terribly wicked as he had imagined, he might not have felt so despondent.

In the following period, his boss Old Zheng, who was the senior designer, noticed a change in Jiang Yanqi. Previously enthusiastic at work, he had suddenly become deflated.

To address this, Old Zheng organized a small dinner party, introducing Jiang Yanqi to everyone and even inquiring about his recent situation during the meal.

Jiang Yanqi felt the concern of his superior and was somewhat embarrassed to continue working carelessly.

Before he knew it, more than half a year had passed, and Jiang Yanqi had completely integrated into the life of the Solar System State.

That day, as he was drinking milk and joking with colleagues, he arrived at the design department.

Upon entering, Old Zheng smiled and said, "Today I'm taking you to meet an important person."

Jiang Yanqi asked with a smile, "An important person? How important?"

It was not until he followed Old Zheng to the conference room that Jiang Yanqi realized just how important this person was!

The head of the Artificial Intelligence Department of the Solar System State Academy of Sciences: Jiang Yan!

This was a big name in the field of artificial intelligence, and colleagues even joked that Jiang Yanqi and Jiang Yan had such similar names and looked somewhat alike, working in the same field, there must be a family connection.

Previously, Jiang Yanqi had taken it as a joke, but now even he began to wonder whether Jiang Yan could be a descendant of his grand-uncle's family.

Because Jiang Yan's appearance and manners resembled those of Jiang Yanqi's father, Jiang Yang, the only distinction between the two was that Jiang Yang had a beard and a habit of stroking it, while Jiang Yan did not.