Super Island Tycoon-Chapter 849 - 848: Departure

People say if Mars really develops in the future, it could become a planet with a large immigrant population.

At that time, the first batch of immigrants to Mars will be considered pioneers on the planet.

Those who go to Mars first will have more influence than those who come later.

This opportunity is something many people seek to seize; they believe that with a time advantage, they would do better than the ones going to Mars later.

If there's a place far better than Earth's environment and it provides opportunities for development, then leaving Earth becomes acceptable.

As a result, elite talents from various fields began to flock to register, preparing to participate in this Mars immigration plan.

These elites come from different countries and regions around the world; their skin color and languages may vary, but they share one common trait.

That is, they are all talents in their respective fields, and certainly possess remarkable skills.

With the addition of these people, Jiang Cheng's future Mars development plan will surely benefit greatly.

These talents in various fields will definitely help Jiang Cheng develop Mars even better.

With the influx of elite talents, ordinary people suddenly lost the opportunity to go to Mars.

Because registration for this plan requires submitting materials, and then the Cosmic Umbrella Group will select outstanding individuals based on the materials for further assessment.

If ordinary people don't have any skills, they might not even pass the first selection.

Not to mention the subsequent round of cruel assessment that will eliminate all the unskilled individuals.

This selection mode prevents mediocre people from joining, ensuring that everyone going to Mars is the talent Jiang Cheng needs.

However, many ordinary people still registered, thinking registering costs nothing anyway.

If by luck they were selected, it would be a huge gain.

As the number of registrations kept rising, preliminary screening also began simultaneously.

The first batch of immigrants planned by Jiang Cheng is about ten thousand people, and these ten thousand will be the earliest settlers on Mars.

Ten thousand seemed quite few considering the size of the Mars City designed by Jiang Cheng, which can accommodate more than one hundred thousand residents.

These people can't even fill the first Mars City, let alone Jiang Cheng plans to build several more Mars cities afterward.

Jiang Cheng himself knows these ten thousand are far from enough; to fully develop Mars, ten thousand people are simply insufficient.

So Jiang Cheng designed a huge immigrant area, capable of housing ten thousand people.

However, for now, it's just the first batch of immigrants, essentially Jiang Cheng's trial run.

Sending first immigrants to Mars warrants caution, hence the final decision on the number being ten thousand.

If this batch of immigrants lives and works well on Mars, the number of immigrants in subsequent batches can be increased.

Jiang Cheng plans to send ten thousand people to Mars in several batches.

With so many people working on Mars, the expected mining operations can begin, and there'll be enough manpower for the construction of subsequent Mars cities.

Once the immigrant population on Mars increases, there won't be a need as now, for Jiang Cheng's astronauts to temporarily serve as workers.

In the future, astronauts can focus on missions in space, handling more difficult tasks, rather than building cities on Mars.

Future astronauts might transform into crew members, navigating cosmic voyages in space.

Shi Su has plans to establish a large space fleet, and currently, these astronauts are all candidates for the upcoming space pilots.

After half a month of registration, there were millions who signed up for the Mars immigration project.

Of course, most of them were Leitong People, with relatively fewer elite talents.

At all times, the ordinary people make up the majority, while talented individuals are always comparatively rare.

However, these Leitong People couldn't pass the first selection, unable to even participate in the subsequent assessment.

Finally, Jiang Cheng selected several thousand promising individuals for the final assessment phase.

These thousands were mainly talented individuals, involving outstanding people from various fields.

Next, Jiang Cheng needs to choose true elites among them to become the first batch of Mars immigrants.

The assessment phase, though brutal, has gathered highly skilled individuals, yet only a thousand can ultimately stay.

After a meticulous selection process, Jiang Cheng extracted the talents he wanted, choosing the one thousand Mars immigrants, and then arranged for their training.

Living on Mars isn't easy; it's totally different from life on Earth.

At the very least, astronauts skills are necessary for working on Mars.

Jiang Cheng doesn't require these immigrants to undertake astronaut-level rigorous training, but some basic knowledge is essential, otherwise, how would they survive on Mars?

Soon, the first batch of Mars immigrants started their training; they are Jiang Cheng's seed plan for sending them to Mars.

When these seeds blossom and bear fruit, it will be Jiang Cheng's finest harvest.

Once enough Mars immigrants are recruited, Jiang Cheng's preparatory work will be complete, ready for grand ventures on Mars.

The initial batch of Mars immigrants' training was placed at the astronaut training base.

This group of Mars immigrants doesn't have to undergo full astronaut training, but some basic training is necessary.

Like learning to use spacesuits and equipment in space, these trainings are essential.

And these training courses are all available at the astronaut training center, making it the most suitable location for them.

With Mars immigrants' training arranged, preparations to transport materials and equipment to Mars were underway.

After such long preparations, essential items for building Mars City are all ready.

All required materials and equipment have been loaded onto the Pioneer, ready to be transported to Mars with Jiang Cheng and his team.

All related personnel are in position; newly trained astronauts and assigned veteran astronauts are all on standby, ready to depart.

These astronauts are fully aware of their tasks and know clearly what needs to be done on Mars.

Each astronaut is eager for their upcoming assignments, eager to start the mission soon.

To be involved in such a grand endeavor as Mars City, every astronaut feels honored and proud.