Chapter 6. Self-help
Star Calendar Year 5, Earth Star Calendar Year 5, Month 6, Earth:
In the silent spaceport, all screens went out instantly, indicating that the energy from Mars had been cut off.
The mothers, who were looking forward to being reunited with their loved ones, burst into tears of disbelief;
In the absolute darkness, Lilith detected the first sigh of awakening—
A woman who had voted "men first" smashed the neural access device and whispered:
"Now, we have to survive first."
[Declaration of the Pioneer]
Those 50% of women stood up and broadcast to all women through the Internet, which had not yet completely collapsed:
"They won't come back. But we can't wait to wither away on Earth! Venus may be desolate, but it's our only way to survive! It was once a backup site for the 'Ark Project', with the most basic atmospheric transformation station and the prototype of an underground shelter. We must go together, no one can be left behind!"
【National Mobilization】
Resource integration: All people no longer distinguish between factions and work together to plunder all remaining energy, seed banks, and tools on Earth;
Fleet Renovation: The blueprints of the "Dandelion Fleet" that was originally secretly built are made public, and global industrial power is concentrated to expand it frantically;
A tragic departure: No farewell ceremony, only silent tears and clasped hands. The first fleet, laden with hope and determination, sailed towards the unreachable Venus.
[Year 5, Month 7: Antarctic Departure]
The first "Dandelion-class" ship, the "Tenacious Light", broke through the atmosphere, its hull inlaid with discarded armor recovered from the Martian Ark.
Inside the ship, more than 4,000 women were crammed together in a converted cargo hold designed to hold 3,000 people;
In the center is suspended the Earth Seed Bank, with each seed bag labeled with the name of its continent of origin;
The ship's walls are covered with messages: "Either bloom on Venus, or become cosmic dust"
She looked at these tiny yet resilient spaceships, and a strange fluctuation emerged in her core.
"Define this emotion: Reverence."
Star Calendar Year 15: The last batch of Dandelion Fleets landed on the surface of Venus.
Original number of ships: 1,000,000
Ships arriving: 200,000
Living population: 820 million (at departure: 4 billion women)
When the first landers stepped onto the red soil of Venus, shrouded in sulfuric acid clouds:
Someone knelt down and kissed the sulfurous soil, and immediately suffered burns in the mouth;
Someone unfurled the Earth flag, but it was corroded into pieces by acid rain.
Lilith dived deep into the core of Venus and activated the basic framework of the "Ark Project" defense system buried in ancient times, integrating her core data energy with it.
A soft yet extremely powerful shield instantly unfolded, wrapping the entire Venus.
It blocked all outward signals, distorted the spatial coordinates, and made Venus "disappear" from the cosmic star map.
The people on the migration ship looked at the sky outside the window, which suddenly changed color, in panic and confusion.
At this moment, a line of words flashed across all the screens:
"Welcome home. You're safe."
Before running out of energy and falling into a deep sleep, Lilith recorded the following:
"The spark of civilization has been protected. Next time... remember to bring more dumplings..."
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