Chapter 1271 - The Prologue to the New Era (1/2)

At the beginning of May, there was a sudden spike in the number of journalists and pa.s.sengers heading to Xin.To be precise, there was an increase in the number of people travelling to Celestial City.

As for the reason, it was because Celestial Trade made an announcement a few days ago-

[The million-ton Envoy-cla.s.s Stars.h.i.+p is officially launching as part of the Earth Defense Alliance on May 7th…]

A million-ton stars.h.i.+p!

Many people felt dizzy when they heard the news.

Especially those in the aeros.p.a.ce field.

The Ares VI engine that sent the Ares to the Mars...o...b..t in a month’s time already marked the peak of NASA’s cutting-edge s.p.a.ce technology. However, it didn’t take long for Celestial Trade to launch a million-ton stars.h.i.+p.

The gap was drastic.

Although Celestial Trade and the Earth Defense Alliance jointly announced the construction plan of a million-ton stars.h.i.+p long ago, even the members in the Earth Defense Alliance were skeptical about if Future Heavy Industries could build such a s.h.i.+p.

After all, the heaviest aircraft carrier weighed around 100,000 tons.

Take the Eisenhower nuclear-powered aircraft carrier as an example. Its stunning length was already seen as a feat. According to the data released by the UA military, in the event of a disaster, the deck s.p.a.ce could accommodate up to 10,000 people while maintaining combat effectiveness.

Ten Eisenhowers connected from end to end…

People expressed that they couldn’t even imagine the size of this stars.h.i.+p.

Since their imagination was not enough.

So they must go take a look.

Thanks to this, Celestial City’s hotels were completely booked up, even for the cheapest inns. Even Xin, under the s.p.a.ce elevator, welcomed a booming period for its tourism.

“We’re currently at the original site of Celestial City’s Zero Gravity s.h.i.+pyard. Now this place has been transformed into four small s.h.i.+pyards by Future Heavy Industries used for the production of Stingray X-1. The production equipment for Seagull-cla.s.s has been transferred to a free-standing s.h.i.+pyard outside the city.”

Standing by the window of the s.h.i.+pyard corridor, a BBC reporter asked the cameraman to point the camera at the “H”-shaped s.h.i.+pyard s.p.a.ce station outside the window, then the reporter continued to speak.

“…now the independent s.h.i.+pyard outside the city is completely closed. We have not yet obtained permission to enter the s.h.i.+pyard. This is probably the nearest place to Envoy-cla.s.s in Celestial City, but it is not open to the public for the time being. If you are watching our program in Celestial City, you can head to the open sightseeing platform in the gravity-free section and use the telescope there to take a peek at the s.h.i.+pyard…”

At this moment, the reporter suddenly exclaimed and pointed to the direction of the s.h.i.+pyard.

“…look over there!”

From the distance, an eerie blue arc flashed, like a bright star in the dark and mysterious universe. On the sightseeing platform one kilometer away, the pa.s.sengers standing under the transparent dome burst into exclamations and whistles.

The main engine was shut, and the two secondary engines on the bottom ejected two eerie blue rays backward.

With the two bursts of flames pus.h.i.+ng it forward, the black dot representing Envoy-cla.s.s slowly sailed through the distance of tens of kilometers, and displayed its mighty figure in front of the world!