At the end of the ceremony, one hundred thousand Profound Bird-7 fighters streaked across the sky in a formation that spelled "HEROES LIVE ON." On the ground, hundreds of millions of soldiers and civilians fired their weapons in a simultaneous salute, the gunshots mingling with the tolling bells echoing through the mountains.
Li Xiang raised his hand and summoned the Star Pillar-Breaking Stick. He tapped the ground lightly with its tip, and in that instant, the Earth Veins trembled. Countless shimmering white motes of light rose from the monument, transforming into a Star River that flowed toward space—this was him using the authority of the Heart of the Earth to permanently brand the names of the fallen heroes onto the satellite constellations in low-earth orbit, ensuring their names would be seen twinkling among the stars every night.
Those satellites were used for surveillance, navigation, weather forecasting, scientific research, and more...
