CHAPTER 366: CHAPTER 223: ABLE TO LIVE COMFORTABLY_2

If in the end, Shen Shi’s project is still opposed, then it can only mean that the entire human civilization is opposing Shen Shi.

If it really comes to that, whether Shen Shi accepts the result with peace of mind or flips the table to become a dictator using force and resources, the choice remains in his hands.

It’s clear that despite some opposition to the project this time, it’s nowhere near reaching such a degree.

Finally, the project was approved.

"I will board the Grotto Heaven along with a fleet, carrying over one billion humans, requiring that this team must reach the level of the top C-level civilization in terms of equipment, technology, and vision, with an estimated preparation time of ten years and a journey of thirty years,"

said Shen Shi at the end.

This is indeed an extremely large project.

Even though the human civilization now has a population of seventy billion, its actual strength is only around the upper D-level. Creating a team of one billion people reaching the top C-level is still not easy.

Even for the current future timeline of humanity, it is not so effortless.

To say nothing else, just the number of Masters of Primordial Energy shouldn’t be limited to just Shen Shi.

The Daike civilization of the number one future timeline is a benchmark, with over a hundred Masters of Primordial Energy. Sending four or five masters from such a team isn’t excessive, and at the very least, there should be two.

Thus, on the day the project was officially established, Chen Feng and a bunch of personnel who had reached the apex of Master of Primordial Energy went into retreat, and Shen Shi used high prices to bring some valuable resources for breakthrough from the number two future timeline, including some devices exchanged from Gus Land.

At this time, the future began to show some subtle changes.

The present situation hasn’t changed much, but history mentions that in the Starry Era year 165, Sage Saint Shen Shi led humanity’s strongest team to search for Gus Land, and then rushed back just before the Daike War officially started. Although the historical records highly evaluate this action, stating that Sage Saint Shen Shi successfully found and completed part of the resource transaction in Gus Land, marking humanity’s first contact with an advanced civilization.

However, from Shen Shi’s perspective, this action has almost no impact on the development of human civilization.

The resources traded for cannot match the Star Sea resources that Shen Shi had already brought to human civilization previously.

Nevertheless, it is unavoidable.

Because this project was led by Sage Saint Shen Shi, without Time Crystal and the future timeline, all Shen Shi could do was, like other "luckily" discoverers of Gus Land, only complete part of the transactions and have to leave, not daring to take more risks.

"It still depends on myself."

This sentence is Shen Shi’s conclusion to the changes in this future.

Subsequently, Shen Shi used Sage Saint Shen Shi’s identity to order the Collector of the number two future timeline to gather detailed intelligence within Gus Land, especially trying to collect all detailed information from three thousand years ago. The Collector of the number two future timeline has now established a significant reputation and position within Gus Land, and his understanding and information-gathering ability about Gus Land far surpasses that of the Collector of the number one future timeline.

It can only be said that after the number one future timeline became independent due to changes in the timeline, the help it brought to modern humanity is indeed far inferior to that of the number two future timeline.

This is also an inevitable trend.

In this way, whether Shen Shi or human civilization, both began to make ample preparations for Gus Land.

It is worth mentioning.

At this moment in the Starry Era year 153, Shen Shi’s little family is no longer just the few people it used to be.

At this moment, facing a man who looks about thirty or forty years old standing in front of him, he is also quite troubled.

But Shen Shi still had to say with a stern face:

"I do not allow you to go along."

"Father, please explain the reasoning that can convince me," the man in front was quite respectful, but his words did not retreat half a step, "I am already married and have become independent from the clan. You only have advisory rights over me, not command rights, even if using councillor rights, I am under Councillor Ji’s jurisdiction. Perhaps you can have Councillor Ji find a reason to reject my project application; as long as you can convince me, I will never cause chaos for humanity’s great mission."

Yes, this man is Shen Shi’s eldest son.

Born in the Starry Era year 106.

His name is not Shen Li as appeared in the number one future timeline, nor any person from the number two future timeline; in fact, Shen Shi did not intend to follow the future timeline to have children, so he gave him a completely new name, Shen Anyi.

Just by looking at this name, you can see Shen Shi’s hope for him.

That is to live his life peacefully and comfortably.

It can be said that Anyi’s birth added pressure to Shen Shi himself, and also serves as proof of his belief that he can take on greater responsibility.

But what disappointed Shen Shi was the fact that time seemed to pass too quickly for him at this moment.

He hadn’t had a good experience of father-son bonding, and his son had grown so big.

He even specially maintained a more mature appearance; it should be noted that Shen Shi at this moment also only looks about thirty years old.

Is this considered a family crisis?

Shen Shi thought quite troubled, then glared at Ai Xin’Er, who was giggling nearby.

"You’re not going to say a few words?" He used Primordial Energy to transmit to Ai Xin’Er.

"Do you really want me to speak?" Ai Xin’Er’s joyful consciousness transmitted, "But I’m on the son’s side."

"..." Shen Shi was speechless.

"I know your thoughts, you are worried that Anyi joining the team will bring you pressure, causing some of your judgments to be biased," Ai Xin’Er continued.

"Since you know, why say you’re on his side." Shen Shi felt even more helpless.

"Because I want you to talk to your son yourself," Ai Xin’Er completely didn’t hide.

"..." Shen Shi was speechless again.

He finally understood Ai Xin’Er’s thoughts.

Then he looked at the young man in front of him who resembled him by seven or eight points, yet was more handsome and looked more mature.

The relationship of blood kinship was more indifferent, which was actually not just a problem in Shen Shi’s family, but an issue throughout human civilization.

After all, now children are much smarter than those in the Earth Star period.

They begin to learn to speak within a month of birth, can start systematic learning by the age of one, begin internships by age six, and by age twelve, their personalities have already been shaped, allowing them to be employed formally in various fields of human civilization and even enter the Primordial Energy World for continued growth.

In such circumstances.

The growth of children and the family, in fact, has little relationship.

If not for the continuous emphasis on the cultural heritage of human civilization, fearfully this relationship would have long entered another extreme.

Even now, it has begun to move closer towards the "clan system" of the Future World.

That is, binding through interests from birth, and then establishing their sense of identification with the clan over the long years.

However, Shen Anyi, as the first direct descendant of the Shen Clan, chose to become independent.

Just this point already shows that Shen Shi’s family relationship is indeed quite a failure.

This can also be said to be a kind of price he pays as the highest leader of human civilization.

Nonetheless...

Looking again at Ai Xin’Er, Shen Shi sighed in his heart.

"The reason is actually simple." He looked at his son, his expression ultimately softened a little, "If you join this project, you might distract me due to worrying about you, focusing on you might lead to decision-making mistakes, or at least make it difficult to fully concentrate to accomplish the mission... You and your mother are different; early on when she accompanied me on my first expedition, I’ve already accepted our shared life and death, but, I hope that even if we are no longer here, you can still live peacefully."