A is in StarCraft, just disembarked from the Zerg Prince spaceship.

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Soon, it was mid-December.

[Xinhua News Agency, December 11]

Today is a day destined to be recorded in the annals of human civilization.

The first regular civilian air route connecting Earth in the solar system with the distant interstellar civilization—the Liernia Empire—will be officially opened and put into operation at 12:12 Beijing Standard Time on December 12.

This marks humanity's formal integration into the intelligent life community of the vast Milky Way galaxy, opening a new chapter in interstellar communication and cooperation.

The first international airport in human history has been named Pearl Harbor, and the first scheduled passenger spaceship to the Liernia Empire will depart on time at 11:00 AM local time (12:00 PM Beijing time).

The spaceship will traverse the newly stabilized and certified safe human-Lelnia stable wormhole corridor and is expected to arrive at Earth's interstellar hub port (formerly Chili 65) within the Lielnia Empire in about fifteen standard Earth days, where it will complete the Lielnia Empire's entry procedures.

Technological breakthroughs have paved the way to space. The successful opening of the Earth-Lelnia route is a testament to humanity's groundbreaking achievements in hyperspace physics, stable wormhole navigation technology, and interstellar travel.

Through in-depth cooperation between the Earth Federation and the Liernia Imperial Academy of Sciences, the core problem of civilian spacecraft being unable to travel long distances through wormholes has finally been solved, and now human civilian spacecraft can safely pass through wormholes.

Today, we have not only opened a new air route, but also built a bridge connecting the stars.

The opening of the communication route between Earth and extraterrestrial civilizations is a great victory for the wisdom, courage, and spirit of cooperation of all humankind.

It will bring civilizations closer together like never before, paving the way for in-depth exchanges and cooperation in science, culture, economy and other fields, and jointly shaping a prosperous and peaceful future.

This is a brilliant crystallization of friendship and mutual trust between the two sides. As humanity explores the stars and connects civilizations, the future is full of infinite possibilities as this golden sea route extends.

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The Earth-Lelnia route will initially operate with one round trip per day. Currently, only official spacecraft are permitted to travel on this route; private spacecraft are still not allowed.

The Human Federation Space Agency stated that the two sides have only recently made contact and are not yet familiar with each other. For the safety of both human and Lyrnia travelers, the number of people entering the country will be limited to avoid too many people entering at once and causing conflict.

As technology matures further and passenger and freight demand grows, flight frequencies will be gradually increased, and more routes to other major smart civilization clusters are planned to be opened in the next five years.

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The announcement of the opening of the air route caused a huge uproar among both the human and Zerg populations.

—Finally, it's here! That's great!

—Oh, it's good that only official flights are allowed; it's safe.

—No, wait a little longer. What did you say?

—This is serious, brothers and sisters.

—One flight a day, the sky is falling.

How many passengers can a civilian spacecraft carrying on a long-distance journey carry? This isn't just a short trip where you can simply sit down. Long-distance spacecraft often have travel times of several days or even ten days, so it's necessary to ensure that passengers have a relatively high quality of life on board for at least half a month.

So how many people can it accommodate?

A space force voyage ship can accommodate 3,000 people. It is estimated that civilian passenger ships are not as good as voyage ships, with a maximum of 2,000 passengers.

Two thousand! Even if you include all the passenger ships traveling between Earth and Lyrnia, it's only two.

Four thousand people.

Only four thousand people—!!!

Liernia has 10 billion! Humanity has 60 billion! How many tourists do you think there will be each day?! Four thousand?! Four?! Thousand?! People?!

Who can eat all these people?! [bushi]

Who can possibly snag these few tickets?! How can you treat your own people like space pirates?!

Protests were useless; the Legion held the entrance to the human stargate firmly, and no one was allowed to pass except for official ships.

That's outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!

We promise we'll just come over to play and won't disturb humans, is that enough?!

No, they won't let me leave, that's final.

It's too easy to hide people on private spaceships, and their movements are random, chaotic, opaque, and difficult to track. If someone wants to go to the other side to abduct/kidnap/smuggle people, it will cause trouble.

Private spaceships can only be allowed to pass through once humanity has developed basic self-defense capabilities and the order between the two sides is more complete.

There's no need to worry about the problems that occur with private ships when official vessels are allowed to pass through. Tickets are issued in real names, and each ticket is issued with strict transparency.

If any problems arise, we can immediately find out who left and who didn't, and then take action on the spot.

Official ship passage is a good buffer zone for the initial period of communication. There's not much we can do about the limited number of tickets available. As for whether we can get tickets... well, that's up to everyone to see how they do.

Given that there's only one flight per day and only 4,000 tickets available, and the citizens of Liernia (mainly females) have 10 billion, the probability of getting a ticket is...

1/2500000.

Listen to this! Does this even seem like a normal probability?! I can't hold back my tears anymore. Who on earth would want to snatch these tickets?! Have we broken some kind of law?!

The largest public square in the StarNet was completely silent at this moment, like a giant emotional reaction furnace being stewed in an invisible pressure cooker. All the insects held their breath and remained motionless.

The ticket rush is about to begin, and all the female insects are on high alert.

His eyes were fixed on the purchase button for interstellar tickets on the computer screen, ignoring everything else.

On the giant screen that stretches across the sky in the center of the square, there is a concise message:

[Lelnia-Human Stargate Regular Route (Public Transport-001) - 4,000/4,000 Tickets Available Today]

Below, a huge, blinding countdown is ticking away with breathtaking precision, second by second, until it reaches zero.

There are only 30 seconds left before the official ticket sales channel of the Imperial Transportation Administration opens.

House bugs! The moment to witness history has arrived! Are you a fierce female? How fast are your hands? This is all for today!

This is no longer about grabbing tickets; it's a silent war taking place on the Planck timescale!

There are only four thousand tickets.

There are 10 billion insects.

Time stretched out amidst the escalating anxiety of the countdown.

Finally, the countdown on the giant screen jumped to the last ten seconds and turned scarlet.

In the public square, billions of streams of consciousness simultaneously stopped breathing.

Everyone even stretched out their spiritual whiskers.

The invisible pressure caused the space to ripple slightly.

"Countdown, ten, nine, eight, seven..."

The entire Lyrnia Star Network seemed to be muted at this moment; no insects spoke or moved.

Ten billion hearts beat wildly in countless chest cavities of various shapes and sizes.

six!

five!

Four!

three!

two!

One!

Reset to zero!