99 learned from Wei Lanshan that the world she was now in was vast beyond measure.
Every star system had a primary star, and beneath each primary star were countless Administrative Stars.
There were several thousand known star systems in this world and six Alliances in total.
Each Alliance had dozens of major star systems, with even more scattered systems.
The Jingsu Alliance, where 99 and the others were currently located, had twenty major star systems. Including their subordinate systems, there were several hundred star systems altogether.
The Administrative Stars across those twenty star systems totaled 16,801, a number that once again shattered 99's established understanding.
She now knew that there were more than ten thousand Administrative Stars in this universe where humans could survive. This number did not include the Administrative Stars belonging to the five hostile star systems, nor did it include the other five Alliances.
The five star systems hostile to the Jingsu Alliance were relatively backward technologically, yet they repeatedly developed weapons of immense destructive power and joined forces to attack the star systems under the Alliance's control.
The Alliance had won many times, but there had also been times when its subordinate systems were occupied after defeat.
That time, the Alliance lost billions of lives before, under Li Zhengfeng's leadership, it reclaimed the star system Tianwei, which had originally belonged to the Alliance, five star-years later.
After that war, the Alliance reformed its education system and implemented universal military service.
All Alliance citizens who reached the age of sixteen, regardless of gender, had to attend military academy for seven years if they met the Alliance's physical examination requirements. They would then be sent to serve at various fortresses for fifteen years.
Those who failed to meet the testing requirements still had to learn all kinds of combat techniques and weapon operation. If war came again, they had to ensure their own survival rather than merely wait for rescue.
Gaia, the Alliance's largest star system, had over a thousand Administrative Stars.
99 was no longer surprised by that number. Even if Wei Lanshan told her next that there were all kinds of strange beasts and bizarre life forms here, she probably would not be too surprised...
Her birth planet, Q68, was merely a dead planet subordinate to the Tianning Star System.
The primary star of the Tianning Star System was Tianning Star, which had five satellites. The entire Tianning Star System had a little over two hundred Administrative Stars, making it a relatively small star system within the Alliance.
What 99 had heard felt like a fantastical tale.
But she was currently in the middle of the stars. The celestial bodies that occasionally swept past outside the airship, the flickering starlight that sometimes shone from the depths of space, and Wu Yuan and Wei Lanshan before her all told her that she was truly in the universe, in an incomparably real interstellar world.
This world was far too vast. What Wei Lanshan had told her was likely only the tip of the iceberg.
She had much to learn. After spending three whole days memorizing these star systems and the various humans and creatures within them, 99 began a new round of exploration.
Wei Lanshan intermittently told 99 much more basic knowledge about the Alliance. Having just emerged from the laboratory, 99 had been a blank sheet of paper, and Wei Lanshan left a bold, vivid stroke upon it.
Through her, 99 grew curious about and yearned for this world. She also learned what kind of survival hardships she would face in the future.
As the Alliance Chief, Wei Lanshan left behind a breathtaking sight for the Jingsu Alliance and the other Alliances.
Her explanations allowed this child, whose physical age was only a little over four, to forge her own legend in the years to come.
After absorbing this knowledge and comparing it to what she had known before, 99 realized just how insignificant she truly was.
Until her death in her previous life, she had known of only one planet where humans could live—Blue Star.
Her planet had only just begun exploring outer space. They had yet to discover the existence of another cosmic civilization. Perhaps her planet's civilization was too low-level, and advanced civilizations disdained associating with inferior ones.
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