I Have a Mansion in the Post-apocalyptic World (Web Novel)
chapter-1032

Jiang Chen didn’t know how to react when Lin Lin used the word insurmountable to describe the gap between the two civilizations.

Fortunate? Of course, there was no sign of life activity on the flying object, and it had clearly already been abandoned by its owner for a long time. At least he didn’t need to worry about some higher civilization knocking on his door. A colonization ship from 20.5 lightyears away was already giving him a headache. If another unfriendly neighbor dropped by, he wouldn’t be able to play this game anymore.

Confused? Perhaps a little. He didn’t understand why the flying object was abandoned. If they could create strong interaction force materials, there shouldn’t be anything that could threaten them in this universe, at least in his view.

“Don’t get any crazy ideas. Wait for the one hundred kilograms ball to arrive, and remember to bring it to me.” Lin Lin patted Jiang Chen’s shoulders, but her hand was slapped away by Jiang Chen and she also received an eye roll.

“Arrive? Do you think this is a courier service? We’ll see.”

Jiang Chen poked Lin Lin on the forehead and contently looked at the cocky Lin Lin who squatted down covering her forehead. Jiang Chen ignored her dissatisfied gaze and turned to the mansion…

It took a month for them to arrive at the destination. The return trip would take two month’s time.

Before the ball was brought back, any discussion about it was meaningless. Jiang Chen temporarily set it aside. After the ball was brought back, he would think of a suitable reason to bring it back to the apocalypse for Lin Lin to study.

However, Jiang Chen didn’t understand one point. Since he could discover that unknown flying object, then there was no reason the government or institution wouldn’t be able to identify it. It would be reasonable to say that the discovery of extraterrestrial civilization would shock the world. However, he did not ever hear any news about it in the history of the apocalypse.

Lin Lin gave him an explanation.

“If you discovered this, would you brag about it?”

After hearing Lin Lin’s rebuttal, Jiang Chen suddenly understood.

If it were him, after gaining the knowledge of an extraterrestrial civilization, he would pretend nothing happened and research in secrecy. Even if he couldn’t discover anything, he would not disclose this information to scientific research institutions in other countries, let alone the public.

Without the need to think, If the UA learned about the UFO, it would definitely state that the opportunity to communicate with extraterrestrial civilizations should belong to the whole world. Then they would ask Celestial Trade to send the ball to Area 51. By then, even Xin’s friendly partners Hua and Russia, would certainly euphemistically agree, except for the last point.

There is no real friendship between the countries. When it is necessary, even enemies can become brothers, and brothers may turn into enemies. History has proven this countless times.

Jiang Chen didn’t stay in the apocalypse for long. He only stayed for three days before making his return.

However, he didn’t come back empty-handed. He brought the Red River X1 engine from the Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute in his storage dimension.

This engine was similar to the Sea Dragon 07 transport spacecraft engine designed by East Asia Heavy Industries for the Pan Asia Space Group. Jiang Chen bought the engine from White Beluga Station for 20,000 credits. As for how similar the engines were, it would be left to the imagination.

Since no intellectual property rights existed in the apocalypse, he used it to his advantage.

The Red River X1 engine would be installed on the newly developed Celestial Trade transport spacecraft as the first large-scale “transportation” spacecraft operating between the Earth and the Moon. It would also technically be the first spaceship.

In theory, the performance of the Red River X1 already reached the capability required to sail to Mars, but the technical difficulty of the transport spaceship was not just the engine. The overall design was hindered by the other internal shortcomings. The spaceship was designed a year ago, now this spaceship about to set sail could only be used to carry out missions between the Earth and the Moon.

Celestial Trade still lacked experience in “shipbuilding”, they needed to learn through trial and error.

Even scientists from the apocalypse wouldn’t be able to help them. The scientists from Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institutes primarily focused on engine design. Designing an entire spaceship was not something that could be completed by one research institute, especially given the lack of drawings for reference.

Located in the gravity-free dock of Celestial City, a spaceship about 600 meters was quietly docked under dozens of robotic arms. Under the command of the engineer, the Red River X1 engine was attached to the empty slot at the end of the spaceship, completing the final step before “entering the water.”

Since it was designed according to the specifications of this spaceship, it was a smooth process without any accidents.

“Perfect design… Where did you get this engine?” Looking at the new engine being attached to the spaceship, Kelvin exclaimed in amazement.

However, Jiang Chen did not answer his question. He only smiled.

The new spaceship was designed as a transport ship but could be converted for military use. The orbital airborne brigade that required ten small transport ships to deploy would only require one large transport ship.

Seeing Jiang Chen avoid the question, Kelvin knew he shouldn’t pursue further and changed the topic.

“Speaking of which, our new ship doesn’t have a name yet, do you have any good suggestions?”

“What is the tonnage of this ship?” Jiang Chen asked.

“Fifty thousand tons.”

Jiang Chen closed his eyes as he pondered for a moment. Then he said.

“Fifty thousand tons? Let’s call it Seagull.”

“Seagull? Fine… as long as you like it.”

Kelvin was speechless about Jiang Chen’s naming capability. He gave a spaceship with a defining significance to the world such a common name without any significance; a name that’ll likely end up making history in itself.

However, with the boss’ pleased expression, he couldn’t raise his opinion and defaulted to the name.

With the completion of the Seagull, the capacity of Celestial Trade’s freight capacity increased to more than 500,000 tons between the Earth and the Moon. The increase in capacity brought a monumental change to Celestial Trade’s space resources development capability.

The most intuitive example would be the lunar colony. Five hundred new colonists arrived on the surface of the Moon along with the new habitat unit on the Seagull. With the arrival of new colonists, the outpost of the Celestial Trade colony already exceeded one thousand.

To celebrate this historic moment, Celestial Trade held a press conference to share this good news with the rest of the world.

At the same time, through this rare opportunity, they made two announcements.

The Moon colony will be renamed to Lunar City, now deserving of this name.

As for the second, Lunar City will be open to individuals or institutions around the world for investment.