dognovel Chapter 367 Taming the Last Frontier
Chapter 367 Taming the Last Frontier
De la Leyé, South International Airport.
As the most advanced and largest airport in the history of Amelansi, the South City International Airport was known in the previous revolutionary movement as the headquarters of the General Headquarters of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolution in De la Leyé. It was here that the current Deputy Cardinal Salvador Allenya Gerson of Amelansi officially announced the establishment of the De la Leyé United Commune.
The damage and impact left by the revolution are still visible everywhere. For the vast majority of workers, work continues after the victory, but what they see before them is beyond their imagination.
The Rhodes Island spaceship, designed and modified by the first automated ship production complex of the "Earth Harbor" of the Universal Star System, is the first spaceship to partially utilize aerospace technology, including large-scale laying of heat insulation materials, enhanced airtightness, and the addition of rocket propulsion engines and modifications to the computer structure.
Covering an area of fifty square kilometers, this airport integrates several runways, hangars, two large terminals, two 400m x 50m dry docks capable of accommodating several anti-gravity ships for repair/construction at a time, and a trench that can accommodate 10 200m-class anti-gravity ships.
This massive airship production complex has always been the solid foundation of Amerlane's anti-gravity ship technology. With the advancement of core anti-gravity manufacturing technology, the cost of manufacturing large anti-gravity aircraft is getting lower and lower. The anti-gravity technology promoted since the Alice era has been applied on a large scale to today's aviation industry.
Unlike airplanes, today's anti-gravity ships are more like ships that fly in the sky. They are not as fast as jet-powered airplanes, but they have advantages such as large cargo capacity, robustness and reliability, and no need for high take-off and landing conditions.
The Rhodes Island was originally an anti-gravity warship, but unlike the one we know today, after undergoing modifications, it was fitted with several rocket propulsion engines and uses pulse thrusters.
Time is running out for everyone—two moons have risen in the sky, Aiwei I and Aiwei II, which have hung over the heads of the Ai people since ancient times—and now, the Ai civilization has the courage and motivation to explore them.
Alice remained silent, standing on a steel-structured bridge, looking at the breathing industrial facilities before her. The sounds of metal parts colliding, magical equipment humming, pneumatic equipment hissing, workers talking, and various construction vehicles passing through the port area all mingled together.
Who would have thought that just over a decade ago, this place was a wasteland? The workers who now operate complex machinery were probably just farmers toiling in the soil a decade ago.
Raffarin Lowe explained to Alice that the new humans on Amelanxi were superior to the original humans in every way. They were more efficient at learning, more physically robust, and had clearer logic. This was the culmination of the old humans' technology, and Alice deeply understood this conclusion—the magnificent building rising from the ground before her eyes was proof of it.
The airport area was brightly lit. Her white hair fell onto the railing, contrasting sharply with the rough, painted iron fence. Alice stood there like a ruby placed in an electrician's toolbox, looking so out of place.
"Comrade Cardinal, all preparations for the ship are complete, and it is ready for takeoff."
"Allianz, we haven't had a proper talk yet."
Allianz was an undisputed Amerlansi revolutionary and the de facto leader of the Amerlansi National Progressive Alliance after Alice's departure, as well as the later reorganized Amerlansi Revolutionary Alliance.
The travel-worn man nodded: "Of course, of course, Comrade Alice, I trust you just like everyone else, just like before, there's no need to worry."
Allenya nodded, his eyes behind his black-rimmed glasses fixed on Alice—more than a decade had passed, and Alice was very different from before—she was no longer as energetic as she used to be. He understood; in today's situation, Amelia, Colombia, and even this civilization, there were too many things waiting for her.
A few days ago, he opened the information that Alice had made public. Every word and every paragraph had immense power. This was not something that any one person could solve, nor was it something that only a few people could handle.
Two worlds, universe, future, invasion, crisis—the plot of a science fiction novel unfolds before them: the giant vortex in the North, the source of the wasteland ring, their origins, the portal to Columbia... the ancestors of the United Nations of Earth...
He didn't quite understand Alice at first, but now he understood—what they were facing was not just "this land," but an entire universe.
"Before we come back, keep an eye on America. If we want to survive and thrive, every country and every region is indispensable."
"I will restore this country before you return, by our own means."
Farsightedness is no longer a baseless rumor, nor is it the questionable doctrine he held when he first joined the Farsighted Alliance—it is a real and existing threat—and all they have to do now is one thing: move forward! Move forward by any means necessary!
Alice nodded. Those who were now in charge of Amelansi included veterans who had joined during the Scarlet Empire era and newcomers who had grown up under the banner of the Republic. All eyes converged on Alice.
This gaze carried a weight of a thousand pounds, and Alice knew it. Alice bore it—because she was the light for these people, and therefore she had to bear it.
She asked herself more than once, "Was it all worth it?" She remembered every late night, every moment of exhaustion, every face, until her memories filled her thoughts, until she could no longer think.
She was no longer herself. Alice, Alice, a name remembered by many, she began to think more and more about how she could take on all of this.
"Alice."
Alice's reverie was interrupted as Vera approached, taking her hand and her fragrance lingering on Alice's tongue: "It will take four hours for the spaceship to reach Saint Yekaterburg. Please rest in your room for those four hours, Alice."
Alice sighed. She wanted to refuse—there were still many details to be finalized—but thinking about the potential heated debate that awaited her, she nodded slightly.
"Hey, Vera, you ran away again?"
"Oh, it's Sister Raphis! Of course, isn't Sister Raphis supposed to be on guard duty? Let me take care of that~ Sister Raphis, please protect Sister Alice well~"
"Tsk, you watch out, no one is allowed to approach the lounge without my permission."
"Yes."
"Huh? Wait a minute..."
Alice spoke up, but Vera and Rafis had already moved closer, and Alice could almost see the clash of their eyes.
"Hey, don't..."
"Ok?"
The two women looked over at the same time, their expressions conveying almost the same message: "Shut up."
"Well, it seems like it won't be clear who wins or loses anytime soon."
"Hmph, I won't let you, you little vixen, sneak away."
“You are the one who came here first, Raphis. Alice was with Vera first.”
"Ha~ Who disappeared after that? Kids should stay out of the way!"
"you......."
"Alright, alright, I think we're evenly matched. We might as well fight it out!"
"Hmph, I accept."
"Wait! We're just taking a nap, we don't need that~"
"Oh dear, Alice really doesn't understand girls' hearts~"
The two men pushed Alice into the room and pinned her down on the bed—Alice wasn't the type to obediently sleep or give in.
"I even got my nails done, Alice. Vera's wanted to do this for ages back in the library, I've been dreaming about it day and night!"
Alice wanted to say something more, but the girl's fragrance already enveloped her, and before she could react, only a series of gasps remained. (Ten thousand words omitted.)