My Clone Empire

January 1, 2024

At the former Space Launch Center of the Republic of Mali.

Thousands of journalists and media people from all over the world were invited to this launch base that has been opened to the public and has been lifted by Titan Aviation.

This venue, which has become the National Science and Technology Museum of the Republic of Mali, retains its ability to launch spacecraft, and all the main bodies of the venue are built around the launch silo in the middle. Then, after deepening the depth of the launch channel, the launch channel was extended a hundred meters to the sky, becoming a huge chimney-like launch tower.

Because the orbital launch tower is already serving Titan Group's space construction at full power, many countries and companies that want Titan Group to help launch satellites or build space stations can't get a number even if they come to them.

So Tang Shizhe simply remodeled the old launch center and opened it up for business.

Although the launch cost of this old launch tower is much higher than that of the current orbital launch tower, it is also more than half cheaper than the launch costs of all countries now!

Therefore, the business here has been very hot since it opened. Every day, companies line up to launch their own communication satellites or resource satellites.

Even some countries without space launch capabilities have come to join in the fun, wanting the Titan Group to help launch satellites.

But today, all the launch missions of this old launch tower have been postponed for a week, just for the upcoming launch of an extraordinary spacecraft.

Considering that the new launch tower was inconvenient for the media to visit, Tang Shizhe transferred the launch mission to the old launch center, so that it didn't matter what the reporters captured.

When the noon bell rang, a huge hangar-like building 200 meters high to the north of the silo suddenly began to flash red warning lights.

The 180-meter-tall alloy gate on the south side of the building began to divide into dozens of parts and open to both sides.

The originally dim spaceship hangar was instantly illuminated by thousands of searchlights, and a rocket with four auxiliary thrusters was slowly dragged out of the spaceship hangar by a tractor.

The top of the rocket is not a rounded cone like ordinary rockets, but a shuttle-shaped spaceship connected with the cylindrical structure of the rocket.

The tail of the spacecraft also has two pairs of tail fins inclined at an angle of 45 degrees to form an X shape. Obviously, this spacecraft is likely to have the ability to fly in the atmosphere, just like the space shuttle of country M.

"Hello, friends from the press and friends from the media."

"It's a great honor to invite everyone to participate in the topping-out ceremony of our Orbital Light Space City!"

"Before us moving towards the silo is the Ty-X carrying our Orbital Light Space City central computer."

"When this spaceship arrives at Orbital Light Space City, it will be taken into the space city and integrated into the space city. The supercomputer in it will also activate all the modules of the space city and send back a message of success to the ground!"

"When the information is received! All residents in the world who have purchased real estate in Orbital Light can go to our Titan Airlines reception hall in the capital of the Republic of Mali to go through the flight formalities." Standing in a place held by a mechanical arm Tang Ba on the high platform said loudly with a microphone.

"Let's not talk nonsense! Next, we invite our partner, Ms. Fang Qing, the new chairman of Black Mask International, who is responsible for the security work of Orbital Light Space City!" Tang Ba took the lead in applauding after finishing speaking.

There was a loud applause from the audience, and all the reporters were wondering, could it be that Fang Qing, the sister of the former chairman of the Titan Group, was found by Black Mask International?

Depending on the situation, it was indeed as rumored that Black Mask International traded the ownership of Titan Group in exchange for the safety of Tang Shizhe's cousin Fang Qing after secret negotiations with Titan Group, and let her inherit Black Mask International!

Of course, these reporters had no idea that Fang Qing was just a puppet chairman introduced by Tang Shizhe.

The existence of Fang Qing, a distant cousin, made Tang Shizhe very headache. But the other party can be regarded as his only remaining relative, but the other party has so much information about the Blanca Group and the Titan Group, it is not easy to let him run around outside. So Tang Shizhe directly promoted him to the position of chairman. After all, the other party was once the third head of the Blanca Group, and he still has the ability to manage Black Mask International for him.

Amid applause, Fang Qing and the reporters in the audience waved their hands and came to the open space in front of the silo.

And Tang Ba also controlled the mechanical arm to lower slowly, and walked towards the open space with a pair of white scissors.

"I announce that the Light of Orbit Space Station is officially capped!" Tang Ba and Fang Qing each held one side of the scissors and cut off the red ribbon tied on the platform.

At the same time, on the plains around the launch site, hundreds of self-propelled artillery developed by the Titan Group were stripped of their coats, and the barrels were aimed vertically at the sky.

Bang bang bang, a hundred cannons fired together. According to the distance calculated in advance, the size and time of the sound of these cannons were different, and together they formed a short celebration melody.

After all the sound of these guns dissipated, the rocket that had moved to the side of the silo was caught on both sides by the two giant cranes around the silo.

The silo's launch channel protruding 100 meters above the ground is also opened to both sides to facilitate the rocket to be hoisted into the silo.

Just like a cannonball is loaded, when the special cable starts to be lowered, the launcher that fixes the rocket and the track in the launch channel fit together.

The entire rocket sank slowly into the ground, and the launch track at the top of the silo closed again.

Biomonitors on buildings around the numerous journalists began to show images of the rocket in the launch tunnel.

More than ten minutes later, when the missile fell into the bottom of the silo, Tang Ba stood on the platform of the mechanical arm again, cleared his throat and said loudly:

"The first space city in human history will be completed today, let us start the countdown to the launch of the last capped spacecraft!"

"Fives!"

"Four!"

"Three!" The reporters in the audience immediately started to shout loudly because of the atmosphere.

"two!"

"One! Launch!" Tang Ba roared, and pressed the red launch button on the platform in front of him.

Immediately, the rocket at the bottom of the silo began to rise rapidly with the help of the electromagnetic elevator inside the silo and the thrusters at the bottom of the elevator. At the same time, all the air in the silo was evacuated, and the electromagnetic acceleration track began to operate.

Not long after, the bow of the white spaceship pierced the skin on the top of the silo, and a whole rocket flew directly into the sky from the launch channel!

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