In the time that followed.
The entire world was swept up in a frenzy.
The world's leading powers jointly developed the strongest spacefaring vessel in history.
—The Great Starry Sky Era was about to begin.
Although humanity had suffered attacks from outer space, this blue planet also contained unimaginable technology. Earth's civilization had to extend outward, explore the universe, begin by understanding it, and perhaps even conquer it.
Unyielding will and the resolve to face death without fear would scatter seeds of hope throughout the universe!
The Wang Kong 1, a spacecraft 1.5 kilometers long with a total mass of 4,300 tons, had entered its final testing stage.
Yet its appearance had not been revealed to Earth's residents.
People only knew that in seven days, the Wang Kong 1 would slowly rise from the Kuzuo Desert in China.
The whole world awaited it eagerly.
A total of 230 members of the first group of space pioneers had been selected from the elites of various nations.
They included astronauts who had gone into space many times, mechanical experts, botanists, geneticists, and even super-intelligent geniuses from different countries.
They had a chance to remain on other planets and become humanity's first batch of high-quality seeds.
The spacecraft also carried 350 human DNA samples from people of different skin colors and races, nearly three thousand varieties of plant seeds, and fifty of Earth's hardiest animals.
They were not merely going to explore. They also bore responsibility for an outer-space "adaptability" testing program.
Of course.
Old habits died hard.
Before even reaching space, quite a few astronauts had already begun "reproducing" back on Earth.
During the final three days.
The 230 astronauts were granted three days of leave.
The future of this journey was uncertain, and there was a very real chance they would