Chapter 153

The founding ceremony of the Human Federal was held in Guanghan City on the Moon, and this choice itself was full of symbolic meaning.

Once unreachable, the Moon has now become the second decision‑making center of human civilization.

In the vast Federal hall, representatives from over a hundred countries gathered together.

Everyone wore a brand‑new Federal badge on their chest—a blue planet encircled by stars.

"According to Article One of the Human Federal Charter."

Rote Commissioner held the charter and solemnly proclaimed, "The Human Federal is the supreme decision‑making organ of Earth civilization when facing interstellar threats, possessing absolute authority to coordinate all human resources."

The representatives below all rose to their feet, raising their right hands to take the oath.

Nations that had once been hostile to each other now stood united in the face of a common danger.

"The Federal Supreme Council is composed of the former senior officials of each country and is responsible for setting policy direction."

Luo Lao continued reading, "The Federal Executive Committee handles concrete implementation, while the Federal Military Committee is responsible for unified command of operations."

Harris stood at the front of the Yingjiang Guo delegation, watching all this with mixed feelings.

A few months ago, he had been racking his brains to curb the rise of Yanhuang Guo; now he had to admit that this might be humanity's only way out.

"Now announcing the appointees for Federal administrators."

Luo Lao's voice echoed in the hall: "I will serve as the Federal Administrator, and Comrade Zhang Xianzhong will serve as the Federal Supreme Military Commander."

This arrangement met with no disagreement.

Yanhuang Guo's strength speaks for itself, and Qin Hao's presence is an indisputable stabilizing force.

"Everyone."

Luo Lao lowered the charter, scanned the crowd, and said, "From today onward, we no longer have national boundaries; there is only the distinction between humanity and non‑humanity."

"Our enemy is not each other, but that terrifying empire from the depths of the starry sky."

Thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

After the ceremony ended, the real work had just begun to open.

In the Federal Military Committee meeting room, military leaders from all countries formed a circle, before them a holographic sand table showing the military deployment of the entire Solar System.

"According to the latest statistics."

Zhang Xianzhong pointed at the data report and said, "The total strength of the Federal forces has reached 230 million, distributed across Earth, the Moon, Mars, and various space bases."

"But this is far from enough."

A general from the Bear Country frowned and said, "The enemy is an empire spanning hundreds of star systems; our meager forces..."

"Manpower is not the problem."

Qin Hao interrupted him, saying, "The problem is how to use these forces effectively. What we need is not numerical superiority but qualitative superiority."

He called up another set of data:

"Based on information obtained from the pioneers, the enemy's tactical approach is mental control and technological suppression. They are accustomed to crushing low‑level civilizations with high‑tech weapons, then imposing mental enslavement."

"But we now have a countermeasure."

Academician Qian Bowen took up the topic, saying, "Based on our study of the pioneers' remains, we have developed a mental‑protection device. Every warship will be equipped with it to ensure our personnel are not subject to mental control."

……

The meeting lasted a full sixteen hours.

From troop reorganization to weapon distribution, from tactic formulation to logistical support, every detail was repeatedly discussed.

Meanwhile, the Federal Political Affairs Committee was also working intensively.

"Resource integration is the urgent priority."

Cheng Haitang looked at the statistical report before her and said, "All countries must open up all strategic resources, including rare earths, nuclear materials, high‑precision equipment, and so on."

"This..."

The representative of the OZ Alliance hesitated a bit, saying, "Our core technical secrets..."

"What secrets?" Zhang Yunfeng sneered,

"In the face of an absolute survival crisis, why still talk about technical secrecy? Besides, what is your so‑called core technology worth before Yanhuang Guo?"

These words were blunt, but they were true.

Everyone present knew full well that Yanhuang Guo's technological level was already decades ahead of the world.

"I understand everyone's concerns."

Luo Lao spoke in a gentle tone that allowed no doubt, saying, "But now is not the time to consider national interests. Either we unite and survive together, or we each fight alone and perish together. There is no third way."

In the following days, a series of major decisions were swiftly issued.

All nuclear weapons worldwide were collected uniformly and reprocessed into ship‑borne armaments.

All aircraft carriers and advanced fighter jets were refitted into space combat platforms.

Top scientists from all countries were gathered at the lunar and Martian research bases, tasked exclusively with developing new weapons.

Most importantly, all global industrial capacity was redirected to military production.

From automobile plants to electronics factories, from steel mills to chemical plants, everything was geared toward war.

"We need more warp‑drive warships," Qin Hao proposed at a meeting, "According to intelligence analysis, the enemy's main fleet numbers at least hundreds of thousands of warships; our current amount is nowhere near enough."

"Production capacity is the bottleneck," Zhang Yunfeng pointed to the production report, "Even at full output we can build at most ten per month."

"Then we must find a way to break through the bottleneck."

Luo Lao stated the above demand: "Mobilize all available resources; I want to see at least three thousand warp‑drive warships within a year, while also building more production lines."

This goal sounds impossible, but everyone knows it must be done.

One month later, the first batch of retrofitted Federal troops began conducting live‑fire drills on Mars.

On the vast training ground, soldiers from different nations wore uniform Federal uniforms and operated the latest weaponry.

Language barriers are no longer a problem, because everyone has been implanted with a universal translation crystal.

"Target appears! Distance thirty thousand kilometers!" the observer shouted.

Laser cannon array ready!

Particle beam weapons in position!

Fire!

Thousands of beams simultaneously fired at the target, instantly vaporizing a ten-kilometer-diameter asteroid.

"Excellent!" Zhang Xianzhong nodded satisfied, "Continue the next round of training!"

Watching this gradually forming Federal army, everyone felt more confident.

But Qin Hao's expression remained solemn, because the real test had not yet begun.

He checked his energy reserves: 2547 energy units.

That is far from enough.

In the third month after the Federal was established, the entire human society was shrouded in an unprecedented sense of urgency.

This is the largest military mobilization in human history.

Luo Luo looked at the daily summarized production report, his face showing both relief and worry, "Global military production capacity has increased twentyfold in three months."

In the central command room of Yanhuang Guo's capital, a huge holographic screen displayed the real-time production status of Earth, Moon, and Mars.

Countless light points represented the operating factories, dense as a starry sky.

The Mars base's warp engine production line has been expanded to twelve lines.

Zhang Yunfeng reported the latest data, "We expect to complete production of thirty-six engines this month, ahead of the original schedule by one week."

"The Moon's shield generator factory is also operating at overload." a technical officer added, "Helium-3 mining has reached its limit; we need to develop new mining sites."

Qin Hao stood before the holographic map, carefully observing each production node: "How is the automated mining fleet in the asteroid belt?"

Three thousand ships have already been deployed, but the mineral mining speed still can't keep up with consumption.

The logistics officer wiped his sweat, "Especially the superheavy elements needed for warp engine production, reserves are severely insufficient."

This is indeed a major problem.

The core components of the warp engine require some superheavy elements extremely rare in the Solar System, and these elements hardly exist in nature; they can only be produced via high-energy particle collisions.

"Is there a solution?" Luo Luo asked.

Qin Hao pondered for a moment: "I can directly replicate these rare elements, but the energy consumption will be large."

"How much energy is needed?"

"Replicating one ton of superheavy elements requires about five hundred energy units."

Qin Hao quickly calculated,

"According to the current production plan, at least fifty tons need to be replicated, which is twenty-five thousand energy units."

That number made everyone gasp. Qin Hao's energy reserves are far insufficient.

"I need more time to recharge." Qin Hao decided, "Turn the tokamak device's power to maximum; I will perform continuous charging."