How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 723

The Great Finale: Choosing a Day to Ascend

Yang Chen was extremely busy, juggling his time between his close female friends who weren’t pregnant and trying to spend more time with his sons. He was only able to keep up thanks to his body’s rapid recovery.

Yang Chen now dedicated almost all of his time to his family, avoiding work-related matters as much as possible.

After being busy for so many years, it was time to enjoy family happiness.

The first batch of eight customers to visit the space station had been confirmed, including Max, Yang Chen’s competitor in the robot girlfriend business.

The first group of guests was particularly important, with the whole world watching. No mistakes could be allowed. So, Yang Chen had a video call with Max and the others to ensure they didn’t have any hidden health issues before letting them go to space.

Max and his group’s trip to the space station was broadcast live to people all over the world on platforms like Douyin in China and TikTok internationally.

Hundreds of millions of viewers in China and abroad watched the live broadcast and shared their opinions in the comments.

Chinese viewers commented:

“I never thought Max would be among the first tourists to go to the space station. Boss Yang is really generous, not afraid of leaking technical secrets at all.”

“Tch, how does this affect my 3,000 yuan monthly salary?”

“We missed the ocean, and we absolutely cannot miss space now.”

“Now, no one will object to us saying that our aerospace field is number one in the world, right?”

“Our ancestors missed the ocean, which is a permanent pain for us. If we have the ability now but don’t explore space, our descendants will blame us for not exploring space, just like we blame our ancestors for not exploring the ocean. Just focus on your 3,000 yuan monthly salary. These aren’t things you should worry about. You don’t have to support or praise, but don’t hold us back or sing a different tune. And don’t start praising Max excessively when he launches his rocket. Don’t make yourself an outsider. Foreigners don’t recognize those types of people, and Chinese people don’t respect them.”

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Foreign viewers:

“Oh my God, how come they launch rockets every day? Didn’t they just launch Chang’e 6 [China’s lunar exploration program] and the space station a while ago? Why are they launching again?”

“Has Max been won over by Yang? He’s actually becoming the first tourist to do experiments. Is he really not afraid of death, or does he really trust Yang’s technology?”

“Are the Chinese going to abandon Earth and move to the moon? The thought of looking up at the moon and seeing many Chinese people enjoying themselves makes me very jealous.”

“Thank goodness technology is in the hands of a civilized country. If it were in the hands of some other countries, it would definitely be used to start wars. Can you believe that the first thing the Chinese did after digging up lunar soil was to study whether it could be used to grow vegetables?”

“The Chinese call themselves the ‘farming nation.’ They must be obsessed with farming. Even on the moon, they’re still thinking about farming instead of showing off or using it to bully others.”

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Facts prove that humans have a tendency to admire the strong. Many Chinese people used to blindly admire foreigners, but now it’s the foreigners’ turn to admire the Chinese.

International relations are all about strength. Respect is earned through power, and influence is determined by capabilities.

Six hours later, Starcraft-2 successfully docked with Starcraft-1.

Starcraft-1, serving as a research lab, would not be accessible from Starcraft-2. Two doors blocked the passage between the two modules. These doors would only open when a signal was sent from the ground or when the researchers in Starcraft-1 actively opened them. Max and his group could only experience things inside Starcraft-2.

The money from these eight customers covered the launch costs, with some left over. This service really had potential.

Starcraft-2 activated its sightseeing mode, and the outermost alloy layer slowly retracted, revealing several glass windows for tourists to view the outside.

Max was selected as the tourist representative to speak and share his feelings. Naturally, this was also broadcast live to a global audience.

Max said with a smile, “Cool… This feeling is really great, a very exciting trip. To those friends who believe in the flat-Earth theory, I can now clearly tell you that the Earth is indeed a sphere, not flat. I can show you now.” Max picked up a camera and filmed the Earth through the glass, clearly showing a huge sphere suspended in the dark abyss.

Actually, what Max said didn’t matter so much. What mattered was that he proved that all of this was real, to prevent some foreign media from spreading misinformation. Recently, when Chang’e 6 was launched, some foreign media claimed that the Chinese were torturing aliens on the moon, which was truly absurd.

This group of customers stayed at the space station for three days, experiencing basically everything they could. Then, they took the return capsule back to Earth, along with the lunar soil samples they had brought up for experiments.

After safely landing, reporters swarmed to interview Max and the other tourists, asking them to share their experiences on this space trip.

Meanwhile, the researchers quickly took the lunar soil samples away from the scene and transported them on the fastest flight to the Starcraft Research Base and the Dragon Aerospace Research Base for analysis.

At this time, Yang Chen was outside the delivery room at the hospital, awaiting the arrival of his third child.

Xue Yinong was an older mother, so everyone was very worried. The hospital also had the best doctors from relevant departments on standby. In case of any major bleeding, the best doctors would immediately rush in to provide emergency treatment. Enough B-type blood was also prepared to replace Xue Yinong’s entire body’s blood twenty times over. In short, they were fully prepared.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and Xue Yinong successfully gave birth to a healthy baby after some hard work.

After Xue Yinong and the child returned to the ward, Chen Yujuan presented a large gift package.

Although Xue Yinong’s family was wealthy, and she was the only heir, the meaning of what her mother-in-law gave was different from her own family’s gifts.

This gift package included gold bracelets, property deeds, wealth management products, company shares, etc., with a total value of about 500 million yuan [approximately $70 million USD].

After resting for a week, Yang Chen took Xue Yinong and the child back to the Prince Gong Mansion [a historical residence in Beijing, now a museum].

The remodeled Prince Gong Mansion was large enough for their entire family to live in.

Yang Chen now dedicated almost all of his time to his family. He didn’t even pay attention to Starcraft Technology’s manned lunar landing in order to teach his eldest and second sons how to walk.

According to Yang Chen’s usual practice, this manned lunar landing was still broadcast live.

Moreover, this time, it wasn’t just about sending astronauts and lunar rovers to the moon. Robots for building houses would also be sent up, and these eight astronauts would operate them to construct habitats and other buildings on the moon.

Every three days, a rocket would fly up to deliver supplies to them, including building and decoration materials, experimental equipment, nutrients to improve the lunar soil, and so on.

Since they were going to live on it, they definitely had to transform the lunar soil into soil that could grow food and vegetables. Otherwise, living supplies would have to be sent up from the ground, which would be too troublesome.

The buildings on the moon would be connected by corridors, and every certain distance, there would be a simulated ecological park. This ecological park could produce oxygen and water, attempting to achieve self-sufficiency.

Starcraft Technology launched rockets to the moon every few days, and people all over the world became desensitized to it. It seemed that landing on the moon was no longer a high-tech feat, but just an ordinary occurrence. But in reality, no other research institutions besides Starcraft Technology possessed this technology.

After a year of construction, the lunar base had taken initial shape, and the ecosystem had also been established.

Controlled nuclear fusion generated electricity, which was used to heat the lunar soil. The hydrogen and oxides in the lunar soil reacted to produce elemental iron and water, and then electrolysis of water could produce hydrogen and oxygen again, which could ensure the normal life of the personnel in the lunar base.

All the preparations had been completed, and Yang Chen’s family could choose a day to ascend to the moon.

On this day.

A familiar figure wearing a black dragon robe [a traditional Chinese garment symbolizing imperial power] appeared at the Prince Gong Mansion…

The End!

(Thank you for your support. This is the first time I’ve written a book with so many words, and it completely got out of control in the later stages. Although I still had stories in my head, I couldn’t connect them reasonably due to my ability, and writing became very painful, so I stopped for a long time. But I had to finish what I started, no matter what, and give it an ending.)

(According to my idea, I would introduce science fiction elements starting from controlled nuclear fusion, and the country would promote the discovery of extraterrestrial life. I thought about having a wave of alien life colliding with Earth, with the protagonist leading all of humanity to resist the invasion. Then, the space-time door could also be used to write a lot of content, not only to travel back to the past, but also to travel to the future. But my ability was limited, and I couldn’t think of how to fill in these plots. The content of the urban part was also almost written, and it would be too impolite to add more content after that. Turning to cultivating immortality and cultivating truth like other urban novels was not what I wanted. So, I could only add about 100,000 words intermittently and end it.)

(Finally, thank you again for your support! I wish you all a happy life and all the best.)