vrcanaries Chapter 185 False Alarm Incident
Chapter 185 False Alarm Incident
Wade leaned back in his chair, looking at a document his subordinate had brought him.
The warp drive has been developed, and humanity is about to possess its first light-speed spaceship.
"It's finally here."
Even someone as stern as Wade couldn't help but smile upon hearing this good news.
He had waited too long for this moment, and now it was finally about to come true.
"Immediately relay this message to the Earth Federation, and tell them that in one year we will build humanity's first light-speed spaceship, which I will name—the Star Ring!"
"Yes!"
With the departure of his subordinates, this message was pushed to the top management of the Earth Alliance in the most urgent manner.
In an instant, the entire Earth Alliance was shocked.
Although the development of the warp drive was a natural progression, the officials of the Earth Federation had known about it for a long time.
However, when they actually received the project proposal for the Star Ring, they were still incredibly excited.
"StarRing Group has made outstanding contributions to the technological development of mankind, which is a great achievement worthy of being recorded in history."
Byron, the 63rd Minister of Science of the Earth Federation, rose and said that he was one of the few Earth Federation officials who never participated in the partisan struggles. He was a fanatical fan of Dr. Ding Yi and always wanted to become a madman like Ding Yi who could dedicate everything to physics.
"I propose that the Earth Federation should devote all its resources to advancing the construction of the Star Ring."
As Byron finished speaking, representatives of both the doves and hawks raised their hands in approval.
This is one of the few times since the establishment of the Earth Alliance that the two major parties have reached a consensus. The last time... well, let's not let that person be dragged out and whipped again.
With the technological support of the Earth Alliance, the construction of the Star Ring was completed about six months ahead of schedule.
In just three months, humanity's first light-speed spaceship, the Star Ring, made its dazzling debut.
The early completion of the Star Ring made the Star Ring Group incredibly famous. Almost all of humanity's news media were reporting on everything about the Star Ring Group, even overshadowing the news that Luo Congmin was about to run for the Swordholder.
Various marketing accounts have lauded the Star Ring as the most revolutionary spacecraft in human history and a new benchmark for human technological progress.
This was true at least before the false alarm incidents occurred.
On the first day of the Star Ring's completion and test flight, everyone was stunned as they watched the warp drive disappear from sight at the speed of light in the blink of an eye.
It wasn't the Star Ring's incredible speed that was astonishing, but rather the long white trail it left behind as it passed, thanks to the warp drive.
Just like an oil stain spilled on white clothes, it stands out so clearly.
At that moment, humanity finally understood.
No wonder the Trisolaran fleet didn't dare to accelerate to its maximum speed directly in its home star system when it arrived on Earth; they knew that doing so would be no different from broadcasting their location coordinates.
Once upon a time, humanity was a child holding a torch, but ever since he understood the Dark Forest Theory, this child holding the torch has quickly extinguished it, not daring to even let out a single spark.
In the early days of the Deterrence Era, many people didn't even dare to use electronic communication devices. Although they knew it was useless, humanity still huddled together in fear in the dark forest.
Now, the warp drive spaceship has reignited this fire, which almost instantly ignited the already fragile hearts of humanity.
The discovery was quickly reported by the observation station at an alarm level.
The Earth Alliance's defense system mistakenly interpreted the message as an alarm about a broadcast location leak, which instantly drove the entire human society into a frenzy.
The spaceship docking area instantly descended into chaos.
Even in the current era of Earth-to-Earth, only a small number of wealthy people can afford spaceships. Therefore, in such a critical moment of life and death, conflict is bound to break out.
"Ignition! Ignition! Get off Earth!"
"Damn it, there are only three seats on the spaceship, one of the two children has to stay!"
"Shoot! Those civilians have spotted us! Kill them!"
There was a burst of gunfire.
To prevent civilians from seizing the spaceship, some people used the machine guns on board the spaceship to indiscriminately fire at the crowd below.
Some people abandon their children in place in order to save up for the next spot.
In an attempt to escape, some people started the spaceship's engine right in the crowd, and instantly, thousands of people were burned to ashes in the small blue sun.
Seeing that escape was hopeless, some civilians began their own counterattack.
Various kinetic and laser weapons emerged one after another, bombarding the spaceships that had not yet taken off.
"If I can't survive, then none of you can survive either!"
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The false alarm incident lasted for about an hour and a half, ending with the shooting deaths of nearly 50 million innocent people.
In the aftermath, the Local Federation purged criminals, including 3142 Local Federation officials, in order to quell public anger.