Tens of Thousands of Stars

99 learned from Wei Lanshan about the boundless expanse of the world she was currently in.

Each star system had a main star, and beneath the main star were countless administrative stars.

There were thousands of known star systems in this world, and the Alliance had a total of six.

Each Alliance had dozens of main star systems, and even more scattered star systems.

The Jingsu Alliance, where 99 and the others were currently located, had a total of 20 main star systems, including some subordinate star systems, totaling several hundred star systems.

The administrative stars of the 20 star systems combined numbered 16,801, a figure that once again shattered 99's preconceived notions.

She now knew that there were over ten thousand administrative stars in the universe where humans could survive. This number did not include the administrative stars belonging to the five enemy star systems, nor did it include the other five Alliances.

The five star systems hostile to the Jingsu Alliance had relatively backward technology, but they would always research weapons with extreme lethality and would unite to launch attacks on the Alliance's star systems.

The Alliance had won many times, but there were also times when subordinate stars were occupied.

On that occasion, the Alliance paid with the lives of billions, and it was only under the leadership of Li Zhengfeng, five star years later, that they recaptured the star system that originally belonged to the Alliance—Tianwei.

After this battle, the Alliance reformed its education system, and its conscription system implemented universal military service.

All Alliance citizens who reached the age of 16, regardless of gender, if their physical examination met the Alliance's requirements, would have to attend a military academy for seven years before being assigned to various fortresses for fifteen years of service.

Those who did not meet the testing requirements also had to learn various combat techniques and weapon operations. If they encountered war again, they had to ensure they could protect themselves, rather than just waiting for rescue.

The Alliance's largest star system, Gaia, possessed over 1,000 administrative stars.

Hearing this number, 99 was no longer surprised. Even if Wei Lanshan told her later that there were all sorts of exotic beasts and strange biological forms here, she might not be very surprised anymore...

The subordinate star she was born on, Q68, was merely a dead star subordinate to the Tianning Star System.

The main star of the Tianning Star System was Tianning Star, which had 5 moons. The entire Tianning Star System had over 200 administrative stars, making it a relatively small star system within the Alliance.

99 felt that what she was hearing sounded like a fairy tale.

But at this moment, she was in space. The celestial bodies that occasionally passed by outside the airship, the flickering starlight from the depths of space, and the robot Wu Yuan and Wei Lanshan in front of her all told her that she was truly in space, in an incredibly real interstellar world.

This world was too vast. What Wei Lanshan had told her was likely just the tip of the iceberg.

She had a lot to learn. After spending a full three days memorizing these star systems and the various humans and creatures within them, 99 began a new round of exploration.

Wei Lanshan continued to tell 99 fragmented pieces of basic Alliance common knowledge. Fresh out of the laboratory, 99 was a blank slate, and Wei Lanshan left a rich, indelible mark on this slate.

Through Wei Lanshan, 99 developed curiosity and longing for this world, and she also understood the survival challenges she would face in the future.

Wei Lanshan, the Alliance Chief, left behind a breathtaking landscape for the Jingsu Alliance and other Alliances.

Her explanation allowed this child, who was currently only a little over four years old in body, to achieve her own legend in her later life.

After accepting this knowledge, 99 compared it with the knowledge she had previously accumulated and realized how truly insignificant she was.

In her previous life, until her death, she had only known of one planet where humans could live—Earth.

Her planet had just begun to explore outer space. They had not yet discovered other space civilizations. Perhaps her planet's civilization level was too low, and higher civilizations disdained contact with lower civilizations.