Chapter 158

Soon, Qin Hao copied a Super Thought Gene and then sent the optimization plan to the Mars Gene Research Base.

Mars 【Zhurong】 Gene Research Institute.

Dr. Liang Zhiyuan looked at the optimization plan on the screen, and suddenly understood.

"The problem was here all along!"

He was so excited his voice trembled, "The molecular structure of the emotional stability factor, the biological circuit of the mental protection mechanism—each optimization breaks our conventional thinking!"

"Remake it immediately according to this plan!"

The new Super Thought Gene Drug emitted a soft golden glow, looking as beautiful as liquid gold.

The first tester was a volunteer officer from Yanhuang Guo.

The injection process was unusually calm, without the painful struggle like Bekman's.

The officer simply lay still on the bed, with no abnormality on his body surface.

A few minutes later, he opened his eyes.

"How do you feel?" Dr. Liang asked nervously.

The officer sat up, carefully sensing the changes within his body:

"It's wonderful; I can feel a completely new power, but it's gentle and easy to control."

He reached out his hand and gave a light wave.

A steel pen at the other end of the room slowly flew over and landed steadily in his palm.

"Success!" The laboratory erupted with cheers like thunder.

Over the next month, after rigorous safety testing and psychological evaluation, the new version of the Super Thought Gene Drug was officially put into mass production.

……

Three years later.

Federal Military Committee meeting room.

"According to the latest statistics, all soldiers have completed the Super Thought Gene modification."

Zhang Xianzhong looked at the report in his hand, unable to hide his excitement.

"This effect exceeds expectations!"

He called up a training video.

On the screen, a reformed unit was conducting drills.

Only saw those soldiers wearing steel armor, yet their movements were more agile than ever before.

Some soldiers directly used superhuman genes to fly, some condensed their psychic power into transparent shields, and some simultaneously controlled over a dozen weapons with their psychic power.

"Individual combat capability has increased at least several hundredfold!"

Zhang Xianzhong continued reporting, "More importantly, when they form a battle array, everyone's psychic shields can link together to form a massive protective net."

Test results show that the strength of this protective net is comparable to a starship's Energy Shield.

"On the consciousness level, it can block most psychic pollution, like the pollution intensity previously emitted by the precursors—no problem at all."

Luo Rui Xiang nodded satisfactorily: "Very good!"

"There's also another piece of good news."

Zhang Yunfeng stood up, "The public demand for the Super Thought Gene Drug is extremely strong; our previously launched contribution-point exchange system has shown significant results."

"The data shows that basically everyone is desperately studying new knowledge, all for the chance to obtain evolution as soon as possible."

"This is indeed an unexpected delight."

"Not only that, geniuses have appeared in every industry."

Zhang Yunfeng added, "A farmer who received the Super Thought Gene modification has developed a new crop adapted to the Martian environment."

……

Qin Hao listened to these reports, feeling quite moved inside.

The Super Thought Gene not only enhanced people's physical fitness, but more importantly developed brain potential.

The increase in intellect has caused the civilization's innovative capacity to undergo explosive growth.

"So how is the overall situation now?" Luo Rui Xiang inquired.

Zhang Yunfeng opened a holographic projection, and a three-dimensional model of the Solar System appeared before everyone.

"Currently, the Federal has established several thousand major bases within the Solar System."

He pointed at the blinking dots on the model, "Near Blue Star's outer space there are the most, basically all used for defense."

There are several hundred industrial bases on the Moon, Mars has twelve large cities and a huge number of mining sites, and resource extraction stations have also been built on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn.

"In terms of population distribution, Blue Star remains the primary residence with 6.8 billion people. The Moon has 130 million inhabitants, Mars has several hundred million, and other bases total eight million."

"In terms of military strength, the Federal fleet now possesses 38,000 warp-capable main battleships, several hundred thousand regular warships, and up to a million various auxiliary vessels. The reformed Federal military totals 570 million personnel."

"Regarding industrial capacity, we can now produce over a thousand warp battleships per month, and the output of various weapons and equipment is a thousand times that of three years ago."

These numbers left everyone present feeling shocked.

Not long ago, human civilization rose from a planetary civilization that had not even fully developed the Moon to an interstellar civilization whose footprint spans the entire Solar System.

"The most important thing is the technological level."

Qian Bowen participated in the meeting via holographic communication,

"Based on research into precursor technology, we have made breakthrough progress in energy, materials, communications, etc. Our technological level has now reached the initial stage of an interstellar civilization."

Just as everyone was immersed in these glorious achievements, a sudden urgent alarm sounded.

"Emergency! Emergency!" came an anxious voice over the communicator, "The Oort Cloud monitoring station has detected an anomaly!"

Everyone's expressions instantly turned solemn.

The Oort Cloud, located at the outermost edge of the Solar System, is about one light-year from the Sun.

Federal deployed the "Heaven's Eye" deep-space monitoring network there, specifically to monitor the threat from that unknown imperial civilization.

"Connect to the monitoring station immediately!" Luo Rui Xiang ordered.

The holographic screen flickered a few times, and a young officer with an anxious face appeared.

"Report! The Heaven's Eye monitoring network detected a large-scale curvature fluctuation thirty minutes ago!"

The officer's voice sounded urgent, "According to analysis of the fluctuation's characteristics, this is a massive fleet sailing toward the Solar System at superluminal speed!"

"How many?" Zhang Xianzhong immediately asked.

"Preliminary estimate… at least 100,000 warships, possibly more!"

The conference room fell silent to the point where a pin drop could be heard.

At least 100,000 warships! That's far more than they had previously estimated.

"What's the estimated arrival time?" Qin Hao asked.

"Based on the attenuation pattern of the curvature fluctuation, it will reach the outskirts of the Solar System in about half a month!"

Half a month!

Everyone's hearts sank to the bottom of the valley.

They had thought they had more time to prepare, but they didn't expect the enemy to come so quickly.

"Activate maximum combat readiness immediately!" Old Luo ordered decisively, "All personnel on leave must report back at once, all production lines switch to wartime mode, and all civilian spacecraft are requisitioned as transport ships!"

"Yes!"

In the following time, all of human civilization sprang into action.

On Blue Star, countless factories began round-the-clock production.

In the shipyards of Mars, intelligent robots raced against time to build interstellar warships.

At the major military bases, soldiers were conducting final intensified training.

"What are our chances of winning?" a general couldn't help but ask at an emergency military meeting.