Chapter 1140 - Shipyard Completion! (1/2)

The shipyard would accommodate 10,000 workers, 20,000 construction robots, and thousands of small shuttles. With the support of giant robotic arms on both sides of the shipyard, they would produce ships with a size of more than 500,000 tons.

The completion of the shipyard marked the starting point for Earth’s first million-ton battleship.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the first battleship of the Earth Fleet would be held simultaneously with the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the shipyard.

At this moment, in the middle section of the shipyard, the invited members of the Earth Defense Alliance states formed into a semi-arc. In the middle of the crowd, an old man in a fancy suit stood in front of a giant steel plate.

“…may God bless us with His glory and give us a victory…”

The bishop holding the cross, in a sad, sorrowful voice with his poetic tone, mourned unknown verses. He made a cross with his finger on the cold steel.

This piece of steel that was “blessed” would be loaded with the ship that is about to begin construction.

When the blessing ended, there was applause.

The steel plate was then carried away. Another old man in a robe came forward holding a cross with three horizontal crossbeams and repeated the previous ceremony…

Religious people were invited to participate in the shipyard ribbon cutting and to give their blessings to the battleship of the Earth Fleet, mainly to meet the requirements of certain countries. Frankberg first proposed the idea in the name of its people and asked the Catholic pastor to bless the battleship.

Russia was a bit unhappy when they heard the proposal. Why do Catholics get to bless the Earth Fleet and not the Eastern Orthodox Church! Without the Eastern Orthodox Church, how would history be written? The Earth Fleet defeated the powerful extraterrestrial civilization under the blessing of God from the West?

This will become gloating material for the next hundred years!

Hua respected their opinions and just expressed their concern to avoid extravagance…

When Jiang Chen saw the conflicting opinions between the two major member states, he quickly mediated, saying that with so many steel plates on the battleship, there was no point fighting over a single one! Since everyone expressed their desire, why don’t we do it together!

Fortunately, with the secularization of the world, all the religions agreed to send their blessings together.

The Earth Defense Alliance Committee then voted to pass a regulation that, as long as the member states apply, all member states were permitted to send blessings with the religion of their choice on the first battleship. As for how history would be written, it would be based on their preference.

Precisely because of this, the religious ceremony took place as part of the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Jiang Chen didn’t mind the presence of the religious leaders that sent their blessings as long as they didn’t leave engravings that stated their visit at his shipyard. Xin advocates for atheism and allows for the freedom of religion. Jiang Chen himself is a complete atheist that is neither a sincere heart nor in awe of a spiritual figure.

Jiang Chen half-heartily applauded and thought in his mind.

God can’t save the Earth civilization, but I can. You should worship me rather than God…

The ribbon-cutting ceremony soon came to an end.

As the executive director of the Earth Defense Alliance, Jiang Chen stood in front of everyone, read the remarks from the executive and the goals of the Earth before concluding the entire ceremony.

In the middle of thunderous applause, Jiang Chen nodded to the camera with a smile, walked down the temporary stage, and let out a long sigh in his mind.

This is finally done!

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“TS Seagull will enter the Moon orbit in five minutes. Please return to your seats as soon as possible…”

Jiang Chen opened his eyes, slightly turned his face, and his eyes met with a pair of bright eyes.

“You’re awake?”

Looking at Jiang Chen, who has just woken up, Xia Shiyu’s aloof state melted into a blooming smile. Xia Shiyu was already up half an hour ago. Because she had nothing to do, she stared at Jiang Chen out of boredom, and half an hour quickly passed.

With sleepy eyes, Jiang Chen yawned, sat up, and stretched, then he looked out the window.