I, transformed into a vampire girl, sparked the Industrial Revolution.

Chapter 229 Under the Starry Night Sky (2)

Alice held up the photograph. Amelia had long since entered the era of recording images, and could even record sounds and movements. At this moment, the power of technology gave people the ability to look back on the past in color.

The photo wasn't very clear, but the lovely girl in it was impossible to ignore. Alice nodded, and Alicia called out to Alice from the side.

As the sun sank below the horizon outside the window, Alice suddenly realized that Raffarin and Rafis were nowhere to be found. She called out to them, but instead, Angela appeared beside her.

“Miss, Ms. Raffarin and Ms. Raffis are currently handling some matters. Would you like to wait a moment?”

Ange was as elegant as ever. She had been a maid for who knows how long. Alice looked at her curtsy and asked, "And what about Mother?"

"The master is downstairs..."

Jingle Bell--

The phone rang, and Ange picked up the receiver. Alice looked at the maid nodding, a little puzzled. Soon, the maid put down the receiver and said to Alice, "Miss, please come to the courtyard. The master is waiting for you."

Alice nodded and stepped down the stairs. Her little leather shoes made a crisp sound on the tiled floor. Alice held onto the stairs and slowly walked down step by step. The dress that Alicia had changed her into was only knee-length, so she didn't need to lift it up.

To be fair, modern popular culture is still good; at least this time Alicia didn't try to dress her in one of those almost floor-length gowns.

Alice stepped outside and discovered a car parked in the yard. She immediately recognized the car's prototype. Surprised, she walked over. The car stood out from its surroundings, with a rear-mounted engine and gull-wing doors. Alice could tell at a glance that it was a DeLorean DMC-12.

Alicia sat in the driver's seat, waving to Alice. The gull-wing doors opened upwards, exuding a unique atmosphere, a retro-futuristic feel.

Alice jogged quickly, gently stroking the stainless steel body of the car. Then, she noticed a small Amelia NASA emblem on the body. She sat in the passenger seat, fastened her seatbelt, and pressed a button. The electric door closed immediately.

"Alice, don't you want to know where it came from?"

After Alicia placed her sunglasses on the center console, she could see that Alice was overwhelmed with excitement. Alice was greedily touching every detail of the car. She smiled. Raffarin Lo was right; Alice really liked this kind of car.

"The Amelan West Academy of Sciences you founded has established a company called the Joint Advanced Manufacturing Lab at its headquarters in Trian. They are focused on turning dreams into reality. Of course, Raffarin Low placed orders with them without your knowledge."

Even Alicia marveled at the genius of those minds. She took a small box from her side and handed it to Alice.

This vehicle is no cheap product; it uses advanced technology that is among the most advanced in the entire Imellane region. It was designed and produced jointly by the Joint Advanced Manufacturing Lab, Imellane National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Imellane General Dynamics.

Inside the box was a TPS-L2 Walkman, commonly known as a WALKMAN. In Alice and Raffarin Law's time, it was an antique, but in this era, this Walkman was undoubtedly cutting-edge technology!

"This is the first Walkman in our civilization."

Alicia's words carried significant weight. Alice stroked it, feeling the acceleration from the sports car, and Alicia turned the car's cassette player.

"Alice, there are cassette tapes in the cabinet."

Alice then realized that the country had entered the era of magnetic tape storage.

Of course, there weren't many new songs on these cassettes; many were Earth songs that Raffarin Lo had transcribed himself. Alice didn't recognize most of them, but she still found some familiar ones. She pushed the cassette into her car player, and the synthesizer music burst forth.

"3emлr в nллюmnhatope, 3emлr в nллюmnhatope."

(Oh, Earth outside the porthole, oh, Earth outside the porthole.)

“3emлr в nллюmnhatope вnдha~”

(The Earth outside the porthole seemed almost within reach)

Alice looked up and saw that the car had somehow driven up the hillside. Alice saw the observatory, far away from the city, and she saw the starry sky shining brightly.

For most people, gazing at these points of light beyond the sky was meaningless; these points of light were too far, too far away from them.

Alicia wasn't unable to understand these languages; the language of the song now belonged to the dwarves, and in Trian, which wasn't far from the dwarves, there was certainly an opportunity to learn them.

“kak cыh гpyctnt o matepn, kak cыh гpyctnt o matepn.”

(We are like wandering travelers, we are like wandering travelers.)

“Гpyctnm mы o 3emлe oha oдha”

(Longing for our one and only Mother Earth)

The car stopped in front of a terrace, and Alice was surprised to find a large number of people gathered there, most of them wearing pale yellow or white lab coats. She heard them talking about the future.

"Alice!"

"teacher!"

"Miss Alice!"

The three women were dressed up. Raffarin Lowe wore an old uniform, Vera wore a light gold uniform, and Alice looked to the side. This was NASA's uniform.

"Happy birthday!"

Everyone congratulated Alice, who was momentarily stunned.

This was the first time so many friends had celebrated with her, and Alice was almost moved to tears. Raffarin Loe took her hand and led her to the railing on the terrace.

The stars had taken over the sky, and two moons hung high in the heavens. Alice looked in the direction Raffarin Low was gesturing, and she could hardly believe her eyes.

In a pitch-black valley, a dazzling light shines, piercing the boundless darkness and allowing one to clearly see the man-made object.

"Welcome to Trian Observatory! Welcome, everyone! From this day forward, human history will be divided into two parts, and we will step into a brand new era!"

"We thank all our supporters; our brightest minds have accomplished this unprecedented task."

Raffarin Law began to address the crowd, while Alice stared blankly at the object in the light.

She hadn't expected this moment to come so quickly.

"Ladies and gentlemen! The first project of the Star Project is about to be unveiled—the Vostok carrier rocket, and our first object sent beyond our celestial sphere—the Qingcao-1 satellite!"

"Today we will set foot on our last frontier for the first time!"

Applause erupted, and Raffarin Low stood beside Alice, who looked at her and asked, "Do we already have that kind of power?"

“Well—they don’t have any, but Alice, I designed this rocket.”

"I personally designed and participated in the design of the RD-107 engine, and I moved almost all the computers to the NASA facility. All the components needed for the rocket were manufactured by me using my power."

Alice looked at Raffarin Low, who sighed, "Actually, I really want to go home, Alice. What about you?"

"What if the Earth has already been destroyed?"

"Then I will rebuild the Earth shovel by shovel and hammer by hammer, even if the sun is nearing the end of its life, even if the Oort Cloud no longer exists."

Raffarin Lo said earnestly, and Alice looked into her eyes. This world's Earth was no longer the same as the Earth she knew, but she still agreed with her.

"Then, let's do it together."

Raffarin Loe nodded, looking into the distance. They could hear the countdown, and Alice felt as if she were witnessing a historic moment.

Alicia looked at the rocket and pointed her camera at it.

Vera was writing something in her notebook by the dim light. As a member of the team, Vera was responsible for building most of the energy circuits.

Vera thought that there was one major shortcoming about this rocket. She had suggested to Raffarin Low that rockets should never be launched from the ground, as this would consume too much fuel, especially since this rocket used liquid oxygen and kerosene fuel. The theoretical vacuum specific impulse was close to 360s, and the sea-level specific impulse was only 300s, which was much lower than the specific impulse of other fuels during the demonstration period.

According to the Tsiolkovsky formula, this rocket is only suitable for low Earth orbit; its payload capacity decreases rapidly at higher orbits.

Vera's suggestion was to use an anti-gravity engine to design and build a reusable launch platform to carry the rocket to a high altitude for launch.

However, no one can guarantee that there won't be any problems. Although Raffarin Low was very optimistic about this prospect, Earth's civilization had never launched a carrier rocket like this before, and in her time, space elevators were used as a cheap means of taking off.

With her hands in her pockets, Sainz never imagined that one day she would be involved in such an project when she met Alice on that afternoon a few years ago. The things she designed and manufactured would fly away from the "world" she knew, using unprecedented abilities, to a place described only in myths and legends.

The rockets roared, and a second sun rose over the dark valley.