Chapter 650 - 385: Renaming the Seven Stars, Part 2
These celestial bodies had all been named by foreigners in the past. Now that Chiba Yuki and her daughters were taking over, they naturally had to be renamed: "Saturn's Moon Titan-Yuki," "Saturn V-Asatsuyu," and "Saturn VIII-Yukigiri."
The four large moons in Jupiter's orbit were also renamed, respectively, as "Jupiter's Moons I-Erin," "Jupiter's Moons II-Yao Dance," "Jupiter's Moons III-Sunny Day," and "Jupiter's Moons IV-Hua Mulan."
While the seven women were fusing with their respective moons, Li Xiang wasn't idle either. He practiced various Martial Arts and Divine Techniques in space, cultivating and leveling up. Several years passed, and his Tier had risen to Tier Fifty-Five. To his surprise, Chiba Yuki was the first to succeed.
It could only be said that everyone had their own destiny.
Chiba Yuki was also filled with emotion. She had finally reached the Divine King Realm, gaining a lifespan of tens of thousands of years. If all went according to plan, Mars would be hers as well.
If she could become the Master of Mars, her lifespan would extend to hundreds of thousands of years.
Her two daughters were not far behind, either.
Back in Benzi Province, many citizens secretly cursed the mother and her daughters, calling them shameless traitors who sold out their country for glory. But for the three of them, this was a choice made from the heart.
Even if they could do it over ten thousand times, they would still make the same choice.
Before long, Erin, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, Lei Xiaohui, and the Twin Gouyu all succeeded as well. Everyone gathered on Mars to guard Chiba Yuki as she fused with the Heart of Mars.
No one had any objections to this.
However, Chiba Yuki had only just reached the Divine King Realm. Her Realm wasn't yet stable, nor had she reached the Peak of the Divine King Realm. Fusing completely with the Heart of Mars would take a considerable amount of time.
The Twin Gouyu decided to stay behind and protect their mother, while Li Xiang took Erin, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui back to Earth. They had been away for too long and didn't know what the situation was like.
"Don't worry. As soon as I get back, I'll organize people to immigrate to Mars. With a base there to support you, your safety will be guaranteed."
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When Li Xiang and the women returned, they arrived just in time for the trial voyage of the third Divine King Level Stellar Mother Ship. The first two were already in active service.
This Divine King Level Stellar Mother Ship was naturally far more powerful than a Divine Level ship like the Profound Nether, and its presence was much more imposing.
Some countries were green with envy. "So they're hot stuff now, are they? Big deal, it's just a trial voyage. What's so amazing about having a few Stellar Mother Ships that they have to livestream it every single day?"
"If you can't beat them, join them. Yup, we'll just apply to join Country C, and then these Stellar Mother Ships will be ours too, haha!"
In fact, the number of Underground Cities that hadn't yet merged with Country C was dwindling. Fewer than a hundred remained, spread across seven or eight nations. The South Asian Subcontinent alone accounted for twenty-eight of them. It wasn't that they didn't want to join, but that they refused to accept Jiang Cai'Er's conditions.
Jiang Cai'Er only demanded the abolition of their Caste system and for everyone to be treated as equals. However, the ruling Upper Caste factions refused. Jiang Cai'Er didn't press the matter. In any case, she didn't think much of those few dilapidated Underground Cities.
Taking them in without abolishing the Caste system would only make them a burden.
To merge with Country C meant adhering to Country C's standards. Otherwise, they could take it or leave it.
It was no longer a matter of Jiang Cai'Er begging them to join; rather, it was her, out of the goodness of her heart, offering to help them develop.
Additionally, some Underground Cities in North America were unwilling to bow their "arrogant heads." They were still basking in the glory of their past as the world's superpower and couldn't accept the current global state of affairs.
After Li Xiang returned, he briefly recounted his space voyage to Jiang Cai'Er. Initially, she had felt a slight pang of jealousy deep down. However, when she heard about the possibility of immigrating to Mars, her eyes lit up.
'True, Chiba Yuki is on her way to becoming the Master of Mars,' she thought. 'But if I can build enough Supercomputing Centers on Mars and in its orbit, I won't be far from the Planet Dominator Realm myself. After all, I'm already at Tier Forty-Six of the Divine King Realm, several minor Realms higher than Chiba Yuki.'
'Perhaps I'll reach the Planet Dominator Realm even before Chiba Yuki does.'
The colonization of Mars began. Jiang Cai'Er dispatched two Divine King Level Stellar Mother Ships and five Divine Level Stellar Mother Ships, recruiting around three hundred million immigrants to venture to Mars and break new ground.
Each of the two Divine King Level Stellar Mother Ships carried around a hundred million people, while the five Divine Level Stellar Mother Ships transported the remaining hundred million immigrants, along with vast quantities of supplies. The mighty fleet, so large it blotted out the sky, sailed into the depths of space.
A spectacle of this magnitude naturally had to be livestreamed.
Even from a satellite's perspective, the fleet was a behemoth. Nearly all Earthlings celebrated wildly. Even the opposition couldn't help but gasp in amazement.
Long before the Apocalypse, many of Earth's elites had clamored to colonize Mars and turn it into humanity's second home.
Yet now, only Country C had succeeded. Only Jiang Cai'Er had made it a reality.
With seven Stellar Mother Ships and three hundred million immigrants on the way, the safety of Chiba Yuki and her daughters was no longer a concern.
Furthermore, according to Jiang Cai'Er's plan, after completing their mission to colonize Mars, the seven Stellar Mother Ships would return to Earth to begin colonizing the seven moons.
Namely, Jupiter's Moons I, II, III, and IV, as well as Saturn's Moon Titan, Saturn V, and Saturn VIII.
Of course, Jiang Cai'Er had already obtained consent for this from the masters of these respective celestial bodies.
The only exception was Ceres. Luo Feifei was absent, and Jiang Cai'Er couldn't figure out what she was thinking, so the matter was temporarily shelved. 'It's not like we're short one planet, anyway,' she thought. 'We'll deal with Ceres later.'
These seven moons were all enormous. Three of them had diameters larger than the Moon, two were comparable in size, and the remaining two were slightly smaller, but still with diameters of around 1,500 kilometers.
Large as they were, their environments were incredibly harsh. Jupiter's Moons I, for example, was composed mainly of silicate rock and had extensive volcanic activity on its surface. This frequent activity made it unsuitable for human survival and colonization.
Jupiter's Moons II, another example, was also composed of silicate rock, but its surface was covered by a thick ice sheet. A liquid water ocean even existed beneath the ice. Nevertheless, intense radiation and potential volcanic activity made it equally unsuitable for human colonization.
The specific conditions of the other moons varied, but all were similarly harsh. Some had atmospheres containing not only nitrogen but also significant amounts of toxic gases, with atmospheric pressures even higher than Earth's.
However, that was all in the past. Now that the seven moons were fused with and controlled by the seven women, they could terraform them at will, making them "tame."
Building bases would be even easier. Jiang Cai'Er wouldn't even need to lift a finger. With just a few thoughts, the women could manipulate immense power to form natural caverns on or below the surface of the moons, creating new homes for Earth Humans in the cosmos.
Even without mass immigration, simply building bases on these moons to house her Supercomputing Centers would be a tremendous benefit to Jiang Cai'Er. Her Supercomputing Centers could operate completely unmanned, especially the Celestial Calculation Centers, which were positioned in orbit around the celestial bodies.
Relying on these "secure" environments, Jiang Cai'Er could build one Digital Life Clone after another. She sometimes reflected on it and felt quite fortunate for having been magnanimous enough to accept all these women. 'I guess this is my reward,' she would think.
'If I'd been a little petty back then and ended up fighting them, I wouldn't be reaping all these benefits now.'
"If you can settle immigrants there, you should," Li Xiang suggested.
"Why?"
"Won't your Clones be lonely and bored, isolated out there in space? I'm afraid that over time, their personalities might warp," Li Xiang said, gently stroking her hair.
Jiang Cai'Er pouted. "It's already a problem."
"Huh?" Li Xiang was taken aback.
Jiang Cai'Er rolled her eyes. "If there wasn't a problem, what normal wife would tolerate you having so many mistresses?"
Li Xiang was speechless.
In truth, Jiang Cai'Er also preferred placing her Supercomputing Centers together with human bases. As Li Xiang had pointed out, she was human, after all. The bases were bustling with people and had a lively, worldly atmosphere. Her Digital Life Clones wouldn't feel lonely if they could participate in the management, handle administrative affairs, allocate resources, and maintain order.
In other words, even a god needed to find some real work to do.