Nearly a Hundred Million Terrifying People, An Unprecedented Grand Celebration

Because Ye Chen planned to establish the new imperial capital in Chang'an City on the other side of Blue Star, the officials below immediately set to work.

The establishment of a new capital represented a new beginning, and no one had any objections.

However, the original Imperial Citizens were deeply reluctant. After all, with the capital moving to the other side of the ocean, the empire's center would be over there from now on.

Still, they understood the reasoning. Now that the world was unified, aside from themselves, the remaining population of Blue Star was all on the other side of the ocean. Those people had yet to pledge their loyalty, and with the vast distance and inconvenient transportation, prolonged separation could lead to trouble.

Thus, moving the capital to govern from that side was necessary. If anyone stirred up trouble, they could be swiftly suppressed.

One could say this relocation was a move made out of necessity.

With the three major transport routes—land, sea, and air—working in full force, the relocation proceeded step by step without any incidents.

Over in Huaxia's Chang'an City, upon receiving the news from Xuanhuang City, excitement surged through the people.

They had never expected Ye Chen to choose Chang'an as the capital.

In an instant, the winds of change swept through Chang'an. People from all over the globe began gathering here.

Everyone knew that Chang'an would become the future center of the world, and countless sought to settle there.

Blue Star, outer space.

After issuing his orders, Ye Chen soon received a transmission from A Zhui.

Seeing the angels A Zhui and Angel Yan in the distance, Ye Chen flew before them and said with a smile, "Not staying another year?"

Hearing this, A Zhui shook her head. "Now that I've seen you unify the entire planet, I can rest easy. It's time for me to leave. After all, I'm still on active duty and can't stay here forever."

At that, Ye Chen did not press further.

After bidding farewell, A Zhui and Angel Yan transformed into two streaks of light and flew out of the Solar System.

Watching their disappearing figures against the dark, deep starry sky, Ye Chen took a long look, etched the scene into his memory, and then turned back.

Now that the world was unified, his next goal was to lead the Yanhuang Empire beyond Blue Star and bring the entire Solar System into its territory.

When that time came, he would begin making contact with the interstellar civilizations of the universe.

For instance, the Taotie Civilization, which was rapidly approaching Blue Star, and the Lieyang Civilization, which had never stopped coveting it.

Time flowed on, and a year passed in the blink of an eye.

Chang'an City.

As time went by, Chang'an grew livelier by the day.

The Thirteen-Dynasty Ancient Capital, after being renovated once more, had expanded nearly a hundred times in size.

Within Chang'an's streets and alleys, crowds moved briskly past rows of ancient-style buildings standing in close array.

A dazzling variety of local delicacies filled the stalls. The city had become a global hub for culture, cuisine, technology, and commerce.

At the very center of Chang'an lay the new Imperial Palace of the Yanhuang Empire.

After its renovation, the palace appeared extraordinarily grand and magnificent, its footprint alone several times larger than the original.

At this moment, Ye Chen stood at the highest point of the palace, overlooking the entire city, taking in Chang'an's nightscape in one sweeping view.

As the evening lights came on, the city glowed with flowing colors, neon lights twinkling like a beautiful painting.

The streets and alleys buzzed with the clamor of voices and the endless flow of traffic, a scene of vibrant activity.

Gazing at this prosperous sight, a trace of nostalgia flickered in Ye Chen's eyes.

In his past life, his hometown had been here in Chang'an. But the Chang'an of today was no longer the one he remembered.

"Boom! Boom!!"

With a series of thunderous roars, countless fireworks shot up from within Chang'an, bursting high in the sky.

The brilliant fireworks bathed the entire city in a dreamlike glow, and the people of Chang'an began to celebrate wildly.

Ye Chen watched the dazzling display in the sky for a while, then returned to the Star Hall to handle the remaining matters.

Though the world was now unified and the Yanhuang Empire had become the most powerful nation on Blue Star, Ye Chen dared not slack off for a moment. He knew full well how pitifully weak the Yanhuang Empire still was—so weak that it hadn't even reached the level of a Level 1 Interstellar Civilization.

Sometimes, he truly wished he could seal away his memories. If he didn't know the plot, if he didn't understand just how vast the heavens and earth truly were, Then he could content himself like a frog at the bottom of a well, easily satisfied.

But unfortunately, knowing the plot meant he understood the vastness of the future universe, the splendor of civilizations, the harshness of the situation, and above all, his own weakness. This weighed heavily on his shoulders.

He never dared to relax, afraid that a moment's negligence would squander the hard-won foundation he had built.

In the following period, Ye Chen issued the newly revised laws and regulations of the Yanhuang Empire, unifying them across the globe.

All standards of measurement were also set to a single global standard.

In a way, he was doing what the First Emperor of Qin had done long ago—well, it felt a bit like copying homework from a model answer.

Meanwhile, as the grand celebration drew nearer, the flood of people pouring into Chang'an grew more and more overwhelming.

By the day before the celebration, the crowds outside Chang'an stretched for countless kilometers, gathering nearly a hundred million people. As far as the eye could see, it was a sea of humanity with no end in sight.

Standing in the air, looking down at the terrifying crowd below, Ye Chen felt a bit creeped out—he hadn't expected so many people to show up for this grand celebration.

At this moment, he somewhat regretted it, regretted why he had announced the grand celebration a full year in advance.

Originally, he thought that as the first grand celebration after global unification, it definitely needed to be lively, with the scene scaled up big.

Plus, with how difficult it was to travel all over the world these days, he announced it a year early to let everyone prepare.

He figured, with such a long time, by the time the grand celebration arrived, it could gather around ten million people, which would surely be lively, with an absolutely shocking and grand scene.

However, he forgot that he had several hundred million subjects and followers over in North America, especially the young ones who were crazy—after learning he had set his capital in Chang'an, they started finding ways to come over here.

Now, among the nearly hundred million people below, over 60% had come from North America.

Yanhuang Calendar, year 240.

On this day, the sky was cloudless, the sun bright, and the entire city of Chang'an bathed in golden sunlight.

On the city walls, countless Star banners stood erect, fluttering in the wind like waves.

On the streets, red streamers floated everywhere, crowds surged, and countless soldiers struggled to maintain order.

And in the center of Chang'an, a towering altar stood in a vast square.

The altar was 99 meters high, made entirely of obsidian, engraved with mysterious patterns, intricate, solemn, and lifelike.

Around the altar, teams of soldiers stood maintaining order. As time slowly passed, under countless gazes, the Imperial Palace gates swung wide open.

Ye Chen, clad in a black Imperial Star Robe, wearing a twelve-bead crown, with the Chixiao Sword at his waist, followed by all the civil and military officials and a long procession of attendants, slowly made his way toward the altar.

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