Up until the moment Asteroid 73259 disintegrated into cosmic dust in a violent explosion, at least a hundred people in the hall still thought Ren Zhong was just joking.
There were many small settlements on planets, in space, and on asteroids throughout the Source Star System.
The farthest from Source Star, with the harshest conditions, was the settlement on Asteroid 73259.
73259 was eighty-seven kilometers long, not spherical, but shaped like an elongated bar.
The purpose of this settlement's existence was not mining, nor was it responsible for producing resources.
The nearly ten thousand people living here served as observers on the outer rim of the Star System, forming, together with several hundred other asteroid settlements in different sectors, the outermost "eyes" of the Source Star System, guarding against potential enemies from deep space.
