Galaxy Domination Guide

It can be said that this land of five million square kilometers became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Perhaps due to the historical characteristics of an agrarian civilization, and the humiliations of the past century still fresh in memory, the people of our country have a somewhat perplexing obsession with land.

The various technological gifts offered by Bai Zhongqi were tangible and promised significant benefits for the future of the nation and its people, but their impact still paled in comparison to the emotional resonance of these five million square kilometers of mountains and rivers.

These five million square kilometers of land made Country C relinquish all other thoughts, losing even the desire to bargain, focused solely on implementing the integration agreement and planting their red flag on this territory.

Just a few days after Xiang Fei and Du Peng's negotiations, a ripple boat carrying heavyweight individuals from the Imperial Capital arrived in Ruyi City. Accompanying them were journalists from various media in Country C and representatives from all sectors, who would bear witness at the upcoming integration ceremony.

The leading lady of the national television channel, despite having witnessed countless grand occasions, could hardly conceal her excitement as a reporter on this assignment.

"Dear viewers, we are currently on a transport boat operated by Iridium Star Express Airline. To my left, through the porthole, if you look down, there is our home, Earth!" The female anchor clearly had excellent professional composure, managing to work efficiently even though she was trembling with excitement.

At this moment, billions of viewers nationwide saw the scene through the camera lens. Many of them had seen photographs of Earth from space before, but few had seen such video footage, let alone footage where the host and cameraman were firmly on the ground and not floating in the microgravity of space.

"We are headed to Ruyi City, a space city built by the people of Iridium Star. The city is divided into three levels and has a total urban area slightly larger than Shen City in our country. After the formal establishment of the Star Alliance, this city, along with the newly built Lunar Palace City on the moon, will be directly administered as Star Alliance cities.

Ruyi City will also become the seat of the Star Alliance Parliament and various administrative agencies."

From being part of the United Empire, the city nominally switched to being under Star Alliance jurisdiction, but in truth, there was no difference, as all of Ruyi City's administrative bodies were still in the hands of the Iridium Star people.

Bai Zhongqi made such arrangements mainly to comply with the Star Alliance charter, which stipulated that the administrative capital of the Star Alliance should not be located on the territory of any member state. Thus, Bai Zhongqi effectively "rented" Ruyi City and Lunar Palace City to the Star Alliance at no cost, practically shifting it from one hand to the other.

The female anchor also had obtained a wealth of information from Iridium Star, each item she reported on was of great value. She continued to inform the audience: "As future citizens of the Star Alliance, our country's citizens can apply to settle, work, and study in Ruyi City.

Currently, the only route to Ruyi City available is from the Imperial Capital's second capital spaceport, operated by the previously mentioned Iridium Star Express Airline. Following this, our country plans to open more spaceports and have domestic airlines join the operations. A round-trip ticket from the Imperial Capital to Ruyi City is now priced at just 1666 yuan.

I believe that before long, our citizens will be able to sign up with major travel agencies to join travel groups to Ruyi City or Lunar Palace City and experience the joys of space travel."

To Bai Zhongqi, this price was actually a bit expensive. But even Country C did not want Bai Zhongqi to run the space route for free or at a low cost. Country C hoped that prices for everything could be adjusted slowly and in an orderly fashion.

However, Bai Zhongqi was not optimistic about this, as the technologies he provided were disruptive; Country C would inevitably experience a period of price turbulence.

After filming for a while, the scene cut back to the studio. The female anchor let out a sigh of relief, and the cameraman encouraged her, "Zhang Jie, you did great today."

The female anchor responded, "I was so nervous, just as nervous as when I had just graduated from school and started at the station. I didn't expect to feel this way again."

The cameraman chuckled, "Different occasion, after all. It's not easy to do a show in space for the first time. Not only our country but also countless media around the world are rebroadcasting our signal—half the world is watching you."

The female anchor playfully slapped the cameraman, laughing bitterly, "Aren't you making me even more nervous?"

The entire world had been paying attention to Country C's integration into the Star Alliance. Many political analysts believed that the integration process would be fraught with difficulties and take a long time.

But unexpectedly, in just one month, Country C had already hammered out the details of the integration with Iridium Star, and the Star Alliance had transitioned from a concept into a real supra-national sovereign entity.

Many media outlets, even using sensational headlines to attract attention, ran titles like "The Strongest Nation in the Solar System Is About to Be Born"!

Under the influence of the United Heart Society, many mainstream Western media had taken a detached approach to Iridium Star and Star Alliance issues. But the matter of Country C's integration into the Star Alliance could not be cooled down at this crucial moment.

People were discussing everything related to it: what Country C would gain from the Star Alliance, whether Country C had made significant concessions, what impact the emergence of the Star Alliance would have on the global situation, whether humankind's entry into the era of interstellar space travel had arrived, and whether other countries would have the opportunity to join the Star Alliance.

All such topics were endless and of concern to nearly everyone on Earth at the time.
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Even the mouthy President-elect of Lighthouse Country, who tweeted ten times a day, could not divert effective attention to himself.

After entering Ruyi City, the leading lady of the national television resumed her live broadcast to the nation.

"Dear viewers, I'm now in Ruyi City, the capital of the Star Alliance, a marvelous and dreamlike space city. As you can see behind me, there's blue sky and white clouds, as if I were on Earth. In fact, these sceneries are all simulated to make the residents feel no different from living on a planet."

"I'm currently riding in a magnetic levitation floating car. A mode of transportation that does not occupy ground space and is under unified municipal traffic management, able to achieve a completely zero-accident rate. This not only greatly facilitates the residents but also reduces travel risks. All vehicles use autonomous driving, and the travel time to the destination is fixed.

It is understood that after joining the Star Alliance, our country will also introduce related systems to improve the traffic congestion in several major cities..."

The female anchor had not expected that by simply reading the news as scripted, this statement would trigger a dramatic stock market plunge for several major automotive manufacturers at home and abroad.

It was only after news spread that domestic car manufacturers could undertake the production of their own brand of floating vehicles using Iridium Star Technology that their stocks saw a rebound and rise.