Before Human Majesty Forever Solid tore through reality barriers and opened the space gate, on the Dead Space universe's Solar System side—
This place could be called proof of Dead Space humanity's technological prowess reaching its zenith.
Through generations of relentless pioneering and colonization, those barren planets once deemed "life-prohibited zones" by early astronomers had all succumbed to human will, transformed and conquered, ultimately woven into a massive interstellar civilization network centered on the Solar System radiating to the Orion Arm's edges.
Within this territory, humanity undoubtedly occupied the dominant position.
Throughout the entire star system, human footprints and transformation projects were almost everywhere.
Every terrestrial planet, even their moons, bore deep civilization's marks.
Among them, Mars's transformation was particularly remarkable.
This formerly red wasteland, through unprecedented planetary-scale engineering—
From core reignition generating artificial magnetic fields to introducing comet ice cores constructing water circulation systems—had transformed into a vibrant green planet.
Its activated magnetic field acted like an invisible giant shield, effectively deflecting lethal solar winds, while newly formed atmosphere nurtured mild, pleasant climate.
Current Mars surface featured mirror-like lakes and lush gardens, indistinguishable from Earth landscapes, becoming the star system's premier vacation paradise and habitable location.
Mars's urban landscape was a visual manifestation of its prosperity.
Skyscrapers weren't densely packed but harmoniously integrated with vast natural parks and purified water bodies, distributed evenly across the globe.
Here air was fresh, environment beautiful, cutting-edge technology cleverly integrated into daily life without appearing jarring.
Naturally, it attracted numerous social elites and wealthy classes to settle, becoming the Dead Space universe's human civilization's economic and power hub.
However, beneath this glamorous surface, Mars clearly reflected this universe's human society's deeply rooted inequality.
Those heavy industrial zones, energy hubs, and lower labor areas essential for maintaining the entire planet's luxurious operation formed stark contrast with resort areas' affluent tranquility.
In these regions, scenes were completely different—environments might still be strictly controlled without pollution, but life's hardships and class solidification were everywhere, constituting unavoidable shadow parts in this "human miracle" picture.
Nevertheless, Mars remained far more "habitable" than Earth, with almost all resources receiving most reasonable distribution and use.
Meanwhile, other moons like Titan and Europa had established multiple long-term colonies.
Human footprints had spread throughout the Solar System—from Jupiter's moons to Saturn's ring belts—human living space expanded, completely occupying dominant positions.
These colonies' establishment not only greatly promoted human scientific research and industrial development but also gave humanity more choices and survival opportunities in the cosmos.
However, Earth's situation was far more complex than Mars.
As humanity's birthplace, Earth possessed the most massive and complex social structure.
Superficially, Earth's technological level far exceeded all colonies, but here, wealth disparity was directly presented before everyone.
Prosperity and poverty coexisted in cities, modern technological facilities and backward slum districts interwoven, forming stark contrasts.
Many of Earth's major cities, like Coruscant in Star Wars, had almost no exposed land—all buildings wrapped in metal and glass.
Above cities, busy routes shuttled countless hovercrafts and flyers, aerial rail trains traversing major building districts, all transportation relying on highly developed magnetic levitation systems.
This human mother planet's surface appeared prosperous yet was actually filled with deep contradictions.
Urban wealthy districts and slum districts formed even starker contrasts.
Elites in skyscrapers lived carefree lives with most advanced technology and comfortable living environments.
In slum districts, hundreds of billions of ordinary people still struggled desperately for basic survival.
Factories, schools, and commercial districts here still bore most people's hard labor, yet their living conditions were heartbreakingly poor.
Daily, they wore down time in mechanical repetitive labor, their only goal being to survive.
Completely different from wealthy districts, slum district streets were filled with violence and crime, slum living environments were terrible, public security worrying—conversely, areas where wealthy lived, moved, and played were peaceful, even security personnel's weapons and equipment far exceeded local police.
Even so, Earth remained human civilization's center, bearing massive historical relics, cultural heritage, and wisdom crystallizations.
Its never-extinguishing vitality still attracted countless gazes.
Dead Space human technology continued progressing in Earth scientists' hands, space exploration technology and interstellar navigation technology constantly breaking through, Earth's space stations, research bases, and military facilities also continuously expanding.
Though technology remained the driving force of societal development, wealth disparity, unfair resource distribution, and excessive exploitation of Earth's environment made this planet increasingly heavy.
In urban high altitudes, flyers shuttled between massive metal buildings, transporting goods and people, yet everything on ground level was no longer beautiful.
Poverty, corruption, greed seemed deeply rooted in Dead Space Earth civilization's soil, difficult to eradicate.
Wanderer silhouettes moved through city dark corners, slum district violent incidents endless, but these were merely "social diseases" elites turned blind eyes to.
Earth's future seemed facing unprecedented challenges.
This once brilliant planet was now surrounded by layered social structures and increasingly severe class divisions, middle class rapidly disappearing, the chasm between rich and poor growing ever wider.
And this land once considered paradise by humans was heading toward destruction.
No wonder Unitology's development was "endless"—facing such circumstances, Unitology would never lack new converts and desperate martyrs.
But just then, above Earth, sudden massive changes occurred.
A dazzling light screen tore through blue skies in mid-air, then massive energy fluctuations began shocking the entire city.
High-suspended routes suddenly stalled numerous vessels, citizens on streets also stopped, looking up at the sky.
City building glass began trembling, in the distance, dazzling radiance continuously flickered as if cosmic gates were being opened.
This light screen grew stronger until a massive rift appeared in the "sky"—a space gate over two hundred kilometers in diameter fully unfolded as if all reality's rules collapsed in this instant.
Citizens' gazes were tense and panicked, obviously never having seen such strange phenomena, people's heartbeats accelerated rapidly, the entire city's atmosphere becoming abnormally heavy.
Earth Federation's military satellites and cosmic monitoring systems began high-frequency signal collection and analysis.
Alarm sounds continuously rang, air defense systems and security measures accordingly activated, yet facing this "supernatural" phenomenon, all technology and preparations seemed so powerless.
Whether slum districts or wealthy districts, all fell into unprecedented panic.
Earth's sunward side's near-earth orbit—the rift had completed expansion, emanating endless "threat" toward Federation, elites, and capital.
People had never seen such massive, mysterious force—that giant space gate was like "nightmare" from another universe, rapidly opening, devouring everything around...
When Human Majesty Forever Solid crossed light screens, slowly emerging from transmission gates, all gazes were firmly captured by this behemoth.
As it appeared in Dead Space Earth's near-earth orbit, hundreds of billions of Earth residents instantly stopped their work, looking up at that palace-like moving giant vessel.
Its length exceeded forty kilometers, reflecting starry sky radiance, emanating mysterious, majestic auras.
For humans on Earth, such scenes were simply unprecedented, shocking hearts.
Following closely were Imperial Martial 1st through 14th Companies' vessels—these vessels were equally massive in scale and numerous in quantity, almost occupying the entire sunward near-earth orbit.
The fleet's arrival was like a silent giant hand, quietly controlling entire skies, overlooking Earth.
On the ground, people's gazes turned "excited"—even Unitology followers began boiling.
Some among them had already lowered their heads, beginning to kneel on streets, mouths continuously muttering:
"The divine has finally descended!"
"Lead us to convergence, transcendence, escape worldly suffering," etc.
Their voices trembled yet carried extreme excitement and fervor.
Facing this suddenly appearing powerful fleet, they naturally believed these were sacred races dispatched by long-revered "deities"—their moment of chosen transcendence.
In these followers' eyes, their world had always been filled with injustice and suffering, while Unitology's promised ultimate "convergence" and "transcendence" seemed the only path to salvation.
Long having lived under poverty and oppression, facing this massive fleet, they saw savior's descent, inner fear and despair instantly replaced by hope and mad joy.
However, unlike these followers' wild joy, Earth Federation officials and Earth Defense Force (EDF) members fell completely into shock and confusion.
As the military force dominating the Solar System, EDF possessed world-class fleets and technology, yet they had never seen such massive and strange fleets.
Though EDF's main vessels often exceeded five hundred meters in hull length, compared to Imperial Martial Legion vessels, whether in quantity or specifications, they appeared insignificant.
EDF commanders fell into silence—they couldn't comprehend everything before them.
To respond to any threats, EDF fleets had already taken positions, but facing this completely unforewarned "invasion," they seemed to lose response capability.
No one knew where these vessels came from—did they represent friendliness or hostility?
Most confusing was that these fleets' formation and scale simply couldn't be explained by conventional thinking.
Meanwhile, Earth's media organizations immediately began reporting—almost all news channels and social platforms immediately began discussing this suddenly appearing fleet.
Some major news stations even dispatched filming crews, piloting space shuttles rushing to near-earth orbit, preparing to closely film these mysterious fleets' movements.
Earth's entire network traffic almost reached limits, discussion voices rising and falling, public panic emotions spreading.
"What are those?"
"Are they aliens?"
"What should we do?" etc.—these questions emerged in countless minds.
More and more people began asking neighbors, friends and family, even constantly emerging analyses and speculations on internet.
Most nervous on Earth were Unitology followers.
Their voices grew louder, believing these were messengers dispatched by deities, Marker creators finally descending.
Even though others felt confused and fearful, for these followers, everything before them symbolized ultimate redemption they anticipated.
Just as global networks nearly collapsed, suddenly, all communication screens flickered, then Sui Meng's figure appeared on every screen.
Through Imperial Martial fleet network systems, Sui Meng's face appeared calm and majestically in every corner of the globe.
"I am the Imperial Martial Legion Primarch of the Human Empire, the Emperor's twentieth son, Sui Meng."
The Primarch's voice was clear and powerful, not dragging, carrying overwhelming momentum.
"Coming here represents the Human Empire of the prime universe. We shall bring new futures for human compatriots across all universes, bring true salvation.
Earth Federation, Earth Defense Force—within forty-eight hours, immediately submit to the Empire, accept the rule and prosperity we bring."
Before screens, everyone held their breath.
Sui Meng's voice was full of authority, concise and clear, carrying unshakeable confidence and determination.
The Primarch's words contained not one bit of waste, appearing extraordinarily calm and rational, without any lengthy preaching but directly issuing summons to Earth's residents in resolute tones.
This wasn't merely a "threat" but an unrelenting declaration.
"Earth Federation's corruption and darkness have reached doomsday. All forces still stubbornly clinging will be spared none.
The Empire's radiance will soon illuminate this starry sky, and all you must do is join our future, enjoy this brand new world."
Sui Meng's voice rang out again, carrying undeniable power.
"No more poverty, no more oppression—we shall rebuild everything for you."
His voice was like thunder, echoing globally.
In countless ears, Sui Meng's declaration was irresistible like divine revelation. With each word's fall, human destiny seemed destined to move toward new directions.
Meanwhile, EDF commanders remained silent on bridges.
They knew that facing such unprecedented force, any resistance appeared insignificant.
Though their warships were well-equipped, compared to the powerful fleet before them, their military strength was almost meaningless.
As Sui Meng's figure gradually disappeared from screens, on Earth—even throughout the Solar System—everyone entered unprecedented silence.
This was a turning point, a watershed of destiny.
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