A fat man who was reborn from the dead? He transforms into a perfect male god in a week.

"What is a stargate? I looked it up, it's an interstellar gate. Jiang Shen has brought something out of a science fiction movie to life."

"It's not just created, it's built into the solar system."

"From Earth to Mars, you can go through a stargate and arrive instantly. It takes me forty minutes to get from home to the office by subway."

"Yours is commuting, theirs is interplanetary travel, they're not even in the same league."

"Jiang Shen is turning the solar system into Dongda University's backyard."

"It's not the back garden, it's the front yard."

"The front yard is the moon, the back garden is Mars, and the living room is Jupiter."

"What is Saturn?"

"attic."

"What about Mercury?"

"Entrance hall".

"Where's Venus?"

"Next-door neighbor".

"Hilarious!"

"Do you guys think Jiang Shen has ever considered that if Dongda students go to work on Mars, it will be like commuting across cities?"

"It might be even faster than crossing a city."

"You have to take a maglev train to cross cities, but you can be teleported directly through a stargate."

"Isn't this just a magic door?"

"Jiang Shen has created Doraemon's gadgets."

"Will the next thing to build is a time machine?"

"Don't rush me, Jiang Shen is painting."

"I'm speechless."

"My roommate built the stargate, and I'm eating instant noodles in the Lingxiao Palace."

"Is it Chen Xiaopang upstairs again?"

"No, I said it for him."

"Where's Chen Xiaopang?"

"Eating instant noodles in the Lingxiao Palace."

Chen Xiaopang was indeed eating instant noodles.

He sat on a folding chair in the cafeteria, holding a bowl, scrolling through trending topics.

When he saw the post about "the stargate my roommate built," he smiled and continued eating his noodles.

The noodles had soggy again, but he ate them with relish.

After finishing his noodles, he sent Jiang Chen a message: "Jiang Shen, after the Star Gate is built, can I be the first to leave?"

Jiang Chen replied after a while: "Where are you going?"

"Mars."

"Where are you going?"

"Let's go take a look."

"What are you looking at?"

"Look at what Jiang Shen made."

Jiang Chen did not reply.

A few minutes later, I received two words: "Queue up."

Chen Xiaopang smiled when he saw those two words.

He replied with an "okay," then put his phone in his pocket and went to the warehouse area to check today's inbound and outbound records.

As he left, he muttered, "So what if I have to wait in line? I'll be first in line anyway."

……

Six months later.

On the east side of the Heavenly Court, there is a circular platform with a star gate.

Liu Jianguo squatted next to the anchoring node, holding a vernier caliper in his hand, his reading glasses hanging around his neck.

He measured the last node, then stood up and tucked the calipers back into his waistband.

He took out his phone and sent Jiang Chen a message: "The final node of the stargate anchoring system has met the accuracy requirements."

Jiang Chen replied with a single word: "Okay."

Liu Jianguo put away his phone and walked to the center of the circular platform.

He looked up at the enormous ring.

Six months have passed, and this ring has gone from blueprints to a physical object, from nothing to something.

The ring has a diameter of 300 meters and a thickness of 50 meters.

The inner ring glows with a pale blue light, which is the faint light emitted by the energy focusing array in standby mode.

He stared at it for a long time, then turned and walked toward the control room.

As I passed by Mr. Chen, he was unscrewing the lid of a thermos.

He twisted it three times and it was on.

He glanced at Liu Jianguo: "Is it finished?"

"It's finished."

"Can you teleport?"

"able."

"Where will I be teleported to?"

"Anywhere in the solar system."

Engineer Chen put down the thermos.

He looked at the ring and paused for a moment:

"I've worked in materials science for thirty years, and I never imagined I'd be involved in building a portal."

"I never thought about it either," Liu Jianguo said.

"But with Academician Jiang, we can do anything."

Liu Jianguo nodded.

He went into the control room and sent a message to Jiang Chen: "Stargate debugging complete, ready to start."

Jiang Chen replied, "Tomorrow."

Liu Jianguo was taken aback: "Tomorrow?"

"Um."

"Not waiting for testing?"

"Need not."

"Start directly?"

"Um."

Liu Jianguo didn't ask any more questions.

He understands Jiang Chen; if he says there's no need for testing, then there's no need for testing.

He turned to the people in the control room and said, "It will officially start tomorrow."

There was a moment of silence in the control room, then it exploded.

Some people clapped, some slammed their fists on the table, and some took out their phones to send messages.

Liu Jianguo did not participate in their celebration.

He walked to the window, looked at the ring, but was thinking about something else: he needed to call his wife.

He took out his phone and dialed the number.

"Wife."

"Is it finished?"

"It's finished."

"Start tomorrow?"

"Um."

"When are you coming back?"

"I'll be back once it's running."

"You've been saying this for half a year."

"This time it's for real."

"You were serious last time too."

This time it's for real.

My wife was silent for two seconds on the other end of the phone, then said, "Okay, I'll wait for you."

Liu Jianguo hung up the phone and stood by the window for a while longer, looking at the ring.

He then turned and walked back to the control room to begin final preparations.

……

the next day.

The Heavenly Court, the Star Gate Circular Platform.

The viewing platform was packed with people.

Old Ye has arrived, Zhou Mingyuan has arrived, Hua Yunfeng has arrived, Wang Yuan has arrived, and Cai Wenpei has arrived.

On the military side, Major General Zhang, Minister Chen, Senior Colonel Qian, and Senior Colonel Sun all arrived.

At the research institute, Engineer Liu, Engineer Chen, Engineer Zhang, Director Cao, Qin Mo, Zhou Cheng, Su Baibai, Zhao Rui, and Liu Ping arrived safely.

Chen Xiaopang came down from the Lingxiao Palace and stood in the last row of the viewing platform.

Hao Yingjun came from the South China Sea and stood next to him.

Chen Xiaopang glanced at him: "When did you arrive?"

"last night."

"How did you get here?"

"Space elevator".

"Didn't you say you were bored riding the elevator?"

"This is the last time I'll ride it today. From now on, I'll be using the Star Gate."

Chen Xiaopang smiled.

Jiang Chen stood in front of the stargate control panel.

He wasn't wearing armor, just a gray work uniform, and he was holding a cold cup of tea.

The voice of the Tang Dynasty echoed in my mind.

[Boss, the Stargate system self-check is complete.]

The energy system consists of four fusion reactors connected in parallel, providing stable output.

[Anchoring system coordinates locked. Target points include Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Venus, and the Moon.]

[Protection system normal. Stargate status ready.]

Jiang Chen put down his teacup and glanced at the people on the viewing platform.

Then he spoke: "Start it."

Liu Jianguo pressed the start button in front of the control panel.

The inner ring of that ring lit up.

The pale blue light turned dark blue, and then white.

The space inside the ring began to distort, as if someone had thrown a stone onto the water.

The ripples spread, then came to a standstill.

A scene appeared inside the ring.

The scene depicts a red landscape with an orange sky and a massive volcano in the distance.

Mars.

There was a three-second silence on the viewing platform.

Then Colonel Qian was the first to stand up: "Is that Mars?"

"Mars," Director Cao said.

"That volcano is Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system."

"So that really is Mars?"

"right."

Colonel Qian sat down, but his hands were still trembling.

Major General Zhang stood at the very front of the reviewing stand, watching the footage within the ring. He turned to Minister Chen: "Did you see it?"

"I saw it."

That's Mars.

"right."

"From Earth to Mars, in an instant."

"right."

Major General Zhang took a deep breath.

He recalled his time in the army, when scientists said it would take seven months to travel from Earth to Mars.

Jiang Chen has now built a door in half a year, turning seven months into zero.

He turned to look at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen stood in front of the control panel, his expression unchanged.

Major General Zhang walked over: "Academician Jiang."

"Um."

"The stargate is complete."

"Um."

"Can it be teleported to anywhere in the solar system?"

"Anywhere".

Major General Zhang paused for a moment: "Including Saturn?"

"include."

"So, the University of Tokyo's spaceships won't need to fly anymore?"

"You can fly, or you can use stargates."

Major General Zhang did not ask any further questions.

He turned and walked back to the reviewing stand, saying to Minister Chen, "This war is unwinnable."

Minister Chen glanced at him: "How many times is this?"

"I can't count them all."

"Then we won't count them."

"Um."

Wang Yuan, leaning on a cane, stood in the front row of the viewing platform.

He looked at the Martian image in the ring for a while, then turned to Hua Yunfeng beside him and said:

"Old Hua, in my life I've seen atomic bomb explosions, satellite launches, manned spaceflight, the construction of the Moon Palace, and the Heavenly Court..."

"I thought I was used to it, but then Jiang Chen set up a star gate for me."

Hua Yunfeng was holding a teacup when half of the tea spilled.

He ignored him: "Old Wang, do you remember how we calculated data back in the 1960s?"

"abacus."

"Yes, the abacus. Back then, it would take forever to calculate an orbit. Now, Jiang Chen has built a door that can take you from Earth to Mars in an instant."

"This leap is even greater than the transition from the abacus to the quantum computer."

"That's why I say, my life has been worthwhile."

Hua Yunfeng put down his teacup: "It was worth it."

Zhou Mingyuan stood behind them without saying a word.

He took out his phone, snapped a picture of the star gate ring, and saved it to his album.

Then he sent a message to the editor of the Yanbei University school newspaper: "Tomorrow's front page, just write four characters in the headline."

The editor replied instantly: "Which four words?"

"Stargate completed."

"Just four words?"

That's enough.

The editor replied with an "OK".

Cai Wenpei stood in the corner, holding a copy of "Journey to the West" in his hand.

He flipped to the first chapter and looked at the sentence, "The spiritual root nurtures and gives birth to the source, and the mind and nature are cultivated to give birth to the Great Dao."

He glanced at it for a few seconds, then closed the book and muttered to himself:

"Sun Wukong can travel 108,000 li in one somersault, while Jiang Chen can travel 400 million li in one star gate. The monkey lost."

Su Baibai stood in the middle of the viewing platform, her eyes red.

Ye Wanwan glanced at her from the side and asked, "Why are you crying?"

"I didn't cry."

Your eyes are red.

"It was blown by the wind."

"There's no wind today."

"That's sand."

There's no sand today either.

Su Baibai wiped her eyes: "I was just thinking about when Jiang Shen was explaining problems to us at the training camp in the provincial capital. At that time, I thought he was good at math."

"Later he worked on lithography machines, and I thought he had reached his peak."

"Then he worked on nuclear fusion, and I thought he had reached his peak."

"Later on, he worked on battle armor, mechs, celestial courts, and star gates."

"Every time I thought he had reached his limit, he would pull out a new one."

Ye Wanwan paused for a moment, then said, "So don't cry, he'll just give you a new one."

"I know, I just feel like I've chosen the right person to be with."

Qin Mo stood in the back row, his dark circles were even more pronounced than usual.

He stayed up all night monitoring the helium-3 production at the Guanghan Palace, only getting to sleep at 3 a.m., and was woken up by Zhou Cheng at 5 a.m. to check on the stargate activation.

He yawned, then asked Zhou Cheng beside him:

"After the stargate is activated, will the Helium-3 from the Moon Palace be transported back to Earth?"

Zhou Cheng glanced at him: "No need to transport it."

Why?

"Star Gate".

"Then what am I supposed to transport?"

"You can change careers."

Qin Mo paused for a moment, then laughed: "That's true. Once the Star Gate is open, the logistics industry will simply disappear."

"It's not disappearing, it's upgrading."

"Upgrade to what?"

"Upgrade to... just press a button, and the goods will arrive."

Qin Mo was silent for two seconds: "Then what should I do in the future?"

"You can go to Mars and build a base."

"I?"

"Yes, Jiang Shen said that the next step is to develop Mars, and we need people from the energy team."

Qin Mo glanced at the Martian image in the ring, then nodded: "Okay, I'll go to Mars."

Engineer Liu stood at the edge of the viewing platform, turning a hex wrench in his hand.

He glanced at the star gate ring, then at the wrench in his hand, and said to Engineer Chen beside him, "Old Chen, do you think this wrench will still be useful to me in the future?"

"Why isn't it working?"

"With the stargate open, the spaceships won't need to fly anymore, so what's the point of me repairing them?"

"Cultivation Star Sect".

"The Star Gate was designed by Jiang Shen, so it won't break."

"What if it breaks?"

"That would also require Jiang Shenxiu."

Engineer Chen screwed the lid of the thermos onto the glass: "Engineer Liu, you're overthinking it. Once the stargate is open, there will only be more work."

Why?

"Because there are six bases to be built in the solar system, each base needs equipment, and each piece of equipment needs people to maintain it. You'll have to go to Mars to repair equipment with that wrench."

Engineer Liu gripped the wrench tightly: "Fine, then I'll go to Mars."

Engineer Zhang stood next to the data screen, his glasses completely fogged up.

He wiped it, put it back on, and wiped it again.

Then he said to the screen: "The anchoring system is operating stably, and the error of all nodes is within 0.001 millimeters."

Liu Jianguo stood next to him, his reading glasses hanging around his neck and his calipers clipped to his waist.

He glanced at the data and said, "That's enough."

Engineer Zhang turned to look at him: "Master Liu, have you said enough?"

"Um."

"You haven't said enough before."

"I learned it from Academician Jiang."

Engineer Zhang laughed: "Then I'll learn too. That's enough."

Old Zhao stood behind the viewing platform, holding a cup of dried sea buckthorn fruit in his hand.

He glanced at the Star Gate Ring, then at the trending topics on his phone.

The top trending topic was "Stargate completed", followed by "A day trip to Mars", and then "Jiang Shen has put the solar system in his pocket".

He took a sip of the herbal tea, but his voice was still hoarse.

But he didn't care.

He sent a message to the finance department: "After the Stargate is activated, inform all countries that cooperation applications will not be accepted for the time being."

The finance department replied, "Why?"

"Because Jiang Shen said, we have to queue."

"When will the queue end?"

"Wait until they shrink the application to less than one page."

The finance department replied with an "okay".

Chen Xiaopang stood in the last row of the viewing platform, holding a bowl of instant noodles.

He stared at the image of Mars in the ring for a long time, then lowered his head and ate a bite of noodles.

The noodles were still lumpy, but he ate them with relish.

Hao Yingjun stood next to him: "Did you see that?"

"I saw it."

That's Mars.

"right."

"The stargate created by Jiang Shen can teleport you to Mars."

"right."

How do you feel?

Chen Xiaopang thought for a moment and said, "It feels like my roommate shrunk the solar system."

"It's gotten smaller?"

"I used to think Mars was very far away, but now I feel like it's right next door."

Hao Yingjun paused for a moment, then said, "You're right."

"Going to Mars will be as easy as visiting someone's house in the future."

"Visiting other people's rooms requires taking an elevator, but with a stargate, you can teleport directly."

"Faster than visiting someone's home."

"Jiang Shen has turned the entire solar system into a small community."

Chen Xiaopang laughed: "Right, it's like a residential complex. Blue Star is the main building, the Moon is the front yard, Mars is the back garden, Jupiter is the living room, and Saturn is the attic."

"And what about the sun?"

"The sun is like the central air conditioning for our community."

Hao Yingjun smiled.

Chen Xiaopang took a bite of noodles, then suddenly said, "Handsome, what do you think Jiang Shen will do next?"

Hao Yingjun thought for a moment and said, "He just told Old Ye that it's alright."

"I'm asking about the next step."

He said to draw a diagram first.

"What kind of drawing?"

"Milky Way."

Hao Yingjun was taken aback: "The Milky Way?"

"Yes, he said the next step is the Milky Way."

"Putting the Milky Way in your pocket?"

"Draw a diagram first."

Hao Yingjun was silent for two seconds: "I'm not surprised at all."

Why?

"Because he is the River God."

Chen Xiaopang finished the last bite of noodles and put the bowl down.

He looked at the Mars in the stargate ring and suddenly realized that things that he used to think were out of reach were now right in front of him.

He took out his phone and sent Jiang Chen a message: "Jiang Shen, did you put the solar system in your pocket?"

Jiang Chen replied after a while, "Mm."

"What's next?"

"Milky Way."

"Putting the Milky Way in your pocket?"

"Draw a diagram first."

……