Honolulu, SpaceX's new headquarters, where Musk is finalizing data with Tom Mueller.

Thanks to the black velvet thruster, it has become possible for a single satellite to be launched directly by electric propulsion, completely changing the technology of deep space exploration that humanity had previously used.

Under Aurora's arrangement, SpaceX has completely halted all rocket launch services and is now focusing all its efforts on satellite production, aiming to achieve full global Starlink coverage and long-term lunar development.

This directly led to the elimination of the need for the large rocket launches of the past. SpaceX simply closed its previous launch site and moved its headquarters to Honolulu.

After more than a year of planning, Starlink is finally going to bare its fangs and show its full strength today.

Musk smiled and told Tom Mueller, "There won't be any problems. Today, Aurora can take over the global Internet, and we even have thousands of satellites as a redundancy."

Tom Muller wiped the sweat from his brow and said hesitantly, "How about we speed things up a bit? There are a few hundred more units that are almost ready to be shipped from the factory. Should we have them work overtime? A few hundred more units would give us more time to prepare."

Musk quickly shook his head: "No way, do you think robots can work overtime as they please? They'll think you're disrespecting them, and it'll be really annoying if they secretly try to disgust you in Oasis."

That's settled then. Have confidence in our current deployment. Look at our satellite data, look at the number of our satellites—there's no problem.

Musk's confidence is not without reason; for nearly a year, Aurora has been launching Starlink satellites at a frenzy. Especially after no longer needing large rocket launches, Aurora simply stopped disclosing launch numbers and quietly launched them in large numbers.

There are now nearly 15000 of the latest V3 satellites in low Earth orbit.

This is the culmination of Aurora Technology's capabilities. The V3 satellite is an unprecedentedly large satellite, weighing a full 5 tons. A single satellite can provide 2Tbps of downlink data and 320Gbps of uplink data.

Data is transmitted between satellites using lasers, with 12 laser transmissions at 800Gbps.

From the very beginning, Aurora never intended to merely replace intercontinental data; its initial strategy was to become a global internet hub.

Therefore, the benchmark is the global data volume of 12.4 ZB/year, or 34 EB per day.

These 15,000 satellites represent a deployment several times greater than the required amount, and their data carrying capacity can reach several times the global peak of 7.9 Pbps.

Musk has been hoping to promote Starlink as soon as possible since last year, but he has been put behind by Chen Yiran and has been taking a slow approach.

He had never understood why, but now he does. Before, if Aurora wanted to promote itself, it had to compete with various network providers. Now, they no longer need any promotion. Aurora will act as a savior, rescuing the global internet.

Just then, his phone vibrated; it was Chen Yiran calling. He quickly answered, "Boss, we're all ready. Shall we move in now? We can start helping to establish effective channels globally right away."

To his surprise, Chen Yiran directly rejected the idea: "Don't give it to them. Just maintain the oasis. We need them to come to us. We can't be too proactive."

Musk paused for a moment, then he finally understood. Chen Yiran's desires seemed to be even more extravagant than he had imagined. It seemed that he not only wanted to provide global internet services, but he also wanted to directly reshape the global internet landscape.

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In a large refuge in the Swiss Alps, a group of former world-class elites are gathered together drinking and chatting.

If we consider the world as a whole, then the core government city is definitely not Washington, D.C., nor Beijing or London, but Geneva.

If the world is viewed as a single entity, then Switzerland must be the seat of the world government.

Geneva is indeed the seat of the world government, and the international institutions here manage the world's diseases, money, radio waves, trade, refugees, labor, intellectual property rights, weather, sports, and so on.

When Switzerland began its self-imposed lockdown, more than 3 employees of 48 international organizations were caught off guard and were all taken to shelters.

The cautious Swiss were even afraid that these people would unite and seize power, so they deliberately scattered them among different refuges.

Of course, officials such as the Director-General or Secretary-General were concentrated in a relatively well-equipped shelter.

But no matter how good the conditions were, they were still living in darkness. On the first day, they thought it was temporary. On the second day, they started to make a fuss, wanting to know the truth. On the third day, the Swiss told them the truth, but they still did not despair, thinking that the chaos would only be temporary.

However, when news of the Holy Alliance of Humanity came out in the past few days, and when news of species warfare was handed to them, these international organization elites were a little taken aback.

Many people were immediately stunned. This should be their words! How could they have created such an exaggerated organization? How are these international organizations supposed to survive in the future?

Some people immediately negotiated with the Swiss, hoping they would quickly contact the United States to see if they could be taken over.

This huge international organization has just been established, and it's precisely the time when they are needed.

However, Switzerland rejected the idea outright. Of course, they also hoped that humanity could reclaim the lost territory, but the Swiss were rather timid. They were afraid that if they formed an alliance, they would be targeted by the wet tribes of Europe, who would attack them at any cost.

They've turned themselves into hedgehogs, that's true, but that only guarantees that when the opponent takes them down, they'll get covered in blood. To think they can actually defend successfully is a joke.

The Swiss response left these international elites somewhat disheartened. The group, who had been training every day and discussing the future of their countries, now lay on the ground against the wall like zombies.

ITU Secretary-General Zhao Houlin lay on the ground, looking dejected.

The Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization, Liu Fang, kicked him and said, "Get up, get up."

"Leave me alone, let me wallow in despair."

United Nations Industrial Development Organization Director-General Li Yong also kicked him: "If I don't care about you, how are the two of us supposed to play Dou Dizhu (a card game)?"

Zhao Houlin rubbed his face and sat up. He skillfully picked up the cards that had already been dealt, glanced at them, and whispered, "Hey, when do you think we can get out of here? What if we don't end up losing?"

"Robbing the landlord."

Li Yong looked at the bad hand in his hand and sighed: "I don't think we're going to lose, but we don't know when we'll be able to get out, or what the world will be like after we get out."

I don't know if the UN will still exist after the alliance is formed. I feel like I've definitely lost my job; I just don't know if I'll get paid for these last few months.

Not strong.

Liu Fang looked at the two kings and four twos in her hand, decisively snatched the landlord card, and then encouraged them, "Don't be discouraged. I've been thinking about it these past two days. Look at Aurora and Dongda, they have a pretty high status. As long as the battle situation stabilizes, they should come to pick us up."

We'll just look back three times, and let's not drag our own people into this mess.

The three are the highest-ranking Chinese in various international organizations in Geneva, with Zhao Houlin and Liu Fang being the only currently serving heads of international organizations.

Li Yong is the first mainland Chinese official to serve as the head of a UN specialized agency, and he has done an excellent job. He was elected in 2013 and served until 2017, after which he was selected by the Vienna Council as the sole candidate for the position, extending his term to 2021.

In such a critical moment, it is inevitable that they will band together. All three of them clearly knew that they were the leaders of the Chinese employees in Switzerland, and they had been keeping track of the situation of their own people for the past two days.

Zhao Houlin and Li Yong looked depressed, not only because they were worried about their future, but also because Liu Fang on the other side had played all her cards so easily.

"Haha, two bombs! Springtime!"

Li Yong snatched the cards from Zhao Houlin's hand and said, "What the hell? You can't even close a single one. And you still want to be the landlord?"

「我抢一下怎幺了,我三张3三张4三张5三张6两张7,底下要是有张7,我不是直接一把就把手上20张牌出光了。」

Just as the group was arguing, the door to the shelter rang.

The three of them quickly stood up, and Zhao Houlin said excitedly, "Lunch is served! Lunch is served! Hurry up!"

Li Yong put his shoes on and said, "I wonder if they'll still have chicken drumsticks today. The chicken drumsticks from yesterday were pretty good."

"Sigh, I don't know how many more days these fresh ingredients will last. I guess we'll have to start eating canned food in a few days once they're all gone."

The two of them were about to walk towards the door without a care in the world when Liu Fang grabbed them from behind.

"Look at my watch! It's only 4 o'clock. We just had afternoon snacks at 3 o'clock. It's not lunchtime now."

Zhao Houlin and Li Yong were startled and immediately became alert.

Most of the people around weren't fools; they had already sensed that something was wrong with the timing.

Since there weren't any weapons at hand, he simply grabbed a flashlight, a chair, and even a pencil.

If the territory is truly captured, these employees of international organizations are not going to surrender to a few fish!

The door finally opened, and a tall Swiss man walked in, looked around, and asked, "Which one of you is Zhao Houlin?"

Zhao Houlin silently took a step back, while Li Yong and Liu Fang silently took a few steps forward, blocking him from behind.

The people around him also took small, quick steps, tacitly keeping Zhao Houlin at the very back.

The three people on the beds by the door stood up in unison; they were the unsung leaders of this shelter.

The highest-ranking official among them was Michael Müller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva; Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (an Ethiopian), who enjoys the highest international prestige; and Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who could have gone to a Swiss-owned refuge but chose to stay here with his colleagues.

The three men exchanged glances, and it was Peter Maurer, the Swiss national, who stepped forward and asked, "Could you tell me what happened?"

Peter Maurer was also a little panicked. As a Swiss man, he knew very well what the Swiss would do for the sake of so-called peace and to avoid being attacked.

They will be ruthless enough, ruthless to themselves, to make the country so bad and difficult to govern that local areas lose their appetite.

But they can also be smooth enough to serve you even if you're a devil, as long as you don't hit them.

He is now very afraid that the Swiss government has negotiated some terms with those orcas and dolphins, and is starting to send these international organization officials over as hostages one by one.

The person who came smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, it's a good thing. Aurora has specially sent someone to pick up Zhao Houlin."

A short, bald old man, with a nimbleness completely out of character for 68, emerged from the crowd and asked, "I'm Zhao Houlin. You're not lying to me, are you? You're not going to trick me into going out here and then send me to Iceland to have my brain removed, are you?"

The person who arrived quickly waved his hand: "No, it's not that. People from Aurora came to pick you up in person. They're already outside."

Peter Maurer pulled Zhao Houlin back, who had already started to walk away, and questioned, "Why him? And aren't you afraid of retaliation from that Wet Clan? I don't believe our government would let him go so easily. What exactly is your purpose?"

The man scratched his head and said, "We really don't want to let him go, but we can't help it. Wait a moment, let me take a look."

He took out his tablet, communicated with someone, and then the tablet displayed the scene outside the shelter.

The skies above the Alps are filled with thousands of flying objects.

They had strange appearances, but they still recognized those cannon barrels.

Zhao Houlin raised his head and said with his chest out, "I can't go alone. All the World Organization employees here have to come with me!"

His first thought was to evacuate with all the Chinese nationals, but then he remembered the other employees of different nationalities who had silently shielded him earlier. He decided to try and take them all with him, just in case.

Just as the person who arrived was about to retort, his tablet made a sound.

"Hello, this is Jasmine. I have already hacked into your system. I hope the Swiss government can agree to Secretary-General Zhao Houlin's request. I'm giving you half an hour to notify and assemble your personnel."

Half an hour later, Aurora will send someone to pick them up.

This is not a request, this is a notification.

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