Chapter 98 Surprised or unexpected?

Shengxia returned to her office and glanced at the time. Fu Qianshen followed in and said that he had checked with Ji Zhuifeng and that every step of the operation was flawless. Therefore, the rescue of the illegal workers and Wei Jie's mission to the Federation would be successful.

"I hope the other side's leaders won't suddenly grow wise." Shengxia said this with a visibly troubled expression. Planet Arka also sent the corresponding black gold ore transportation agreement. After carefully reading the agreement, Shengxia signed her name.

Suddenly, Ji Zhuifeng sent a contact request. When Shengxia was worried, she heard Ji Zhuifeng excitedly report: the operation was a complete success.

All the illegal workers who were detained on the planets in the surrounding star field due to the severe winter on the planet Volk have been rescued by the members of the Federal Special Operations Team. He personally went to check on the relevant personnel, and now these personnel have secretly left the planet Arka and gone to the Federal Headquarters.

"That's really good news." Fu Qianshen had just finished speaking when Wei Jie contacted him, saying he had safely arrived at the core planet of the Federation. Professor Mask organized a welcome ceremony and also invited students currently studying there to attend.

"Everyone's in good shape, and they seem to have gained some weight. They're all full of confidence when they talk. Well, none of them have stopped pursuing knowledge because of the war." Wei Jie sighed unconsciously at this point, turned around and looked at the international students who all lowered their heads. Suddenly, he felt a little lost.

Fortunately, Shengxia assigned him another task at this time, asking him to go and see the illegal workers from the planet Volker who were about to come to the Federation, so Wei Jie's lie was temporarily concealed.

After the banquet was over and everyone else had left, Wei Jie walked up to his eldest daughter and asked her, "Tell me, what's wrong with you all looking so weird?"

Wei Jie's eldest daughter: ...

After an indeterminately long silence, someone finally summoned the courage to speak. "We...we can't keep up with what's being taught in the Federation classrooms. You know what it feels like, coming here from Volk is like entering another world."

On the planet Volk, the icebreaker police car should be considered the most advanced vehicle. On the core planet of the Federation, there are eight completely different transportation routes and vehicles from underground to the sky.

When the international students arrived at the core planet of the Federation on the first day, they had no idea how to get to their college and just had to sleep in the starship port for the night.

Later, even after being led by the professor to the college they were admitted to, this country bumpkin-like predicament did not improve. They simply could not understand the basic knowledge in the classroom and the "jargon" that the professor often used to communicate with the students.

The professors didn't discriminate against them, but the same thing happened with their classmates. They would often ridicule them in words they couldn't understand. What was even worse was that once they got high scores, these students would bully them like flies that had found a crack, and threaten them to drop out immediately.

"Although we fought back against some of the violent bullies, the situation of being isolated has not improved."

"What's even scarier is that some of them try to get close to us by pretending to be our good friends, but in reality they just want to laugh at our jokes."

"The professor also said that we are a group of amazing people. He couldn't understand why we didn't even have basic scientific knowledge, but could understand more complex and professional content. So he suggested that we start with the basics, but this would take a lot longer to learn."

"While Planet Volk is mired in war, we are still wasting time in the Federation learning some basic knowledge. Is this... really a good thing?"

Wei Jie: ...

He didn't expect that everyone would face so many difficulties and concerns, but in fact, he could empathize with what they said, including the feeling at the welcome ceremony today. Obviously, no one discriminated against them and even welcomed their arrival. Everyone was very sincere, but they just couldn't talk to each other. There was a kind of... slight feeling of isolation.

As expected of the Federation's core planet, it was truly bustling, whether it was the towering buildings, the diverse modes of transportation, or the bustling crowds of people. Here, he could clearly feel his own insignificance and insignificance, standing out among the crowd like an ancient man from another century.

Moreover, everyone here has their own style of dressing and even speaks with different accents and interjections. If you don't pay attention, you will often misunderstand the corresponding meaning, and you will need additional explanations from multiple parties... This complicated way of communication makes it very difficult for both parties to communicate.

Although Wei Jie held on today, no matter how much the other party wanted to taunt him behind his back or even in front of him, he always remembered that he was the diplomat sent here by the official of Volk Planet, and he was also the chief of the diplomats. He had to maintain the whole situation without showing any fear.

But he will feel broken after a long time.

So, thinking of this, Wei Jie didn't blame the international students. Instead, he gently comforted them, "You've worked hard. Honestly, this place is not like Volk Planet. Volk Planet is indeed very backward. This is a fact we must admit. Remember what our planet's commander taught us in the melting cave: Only by respecting reality can we make progress."

As Wei Jie finished speaking, one of the international students burst into tears: "Will we really see Planet Volk catch up with the Federation's current technological level before we die?"

"The gap between us is really too big...too big."

"I want to go home. I don't want to stay here anymore!"

"Please take us home. We can continue our studies on Planet Volk. We really can't hold on any longer."

"Yeah, yeah, the professors back home are no worse than the ones here. Let's not waste our money here anymore."

…

Listening to the requests of the international students around him, Wei Jie realized how strong their desire to return home was. Especially when he saw that even his eldest daughter couldn't help crying, the heartache and discomfort in his heart almost reached its peak.

But after everyone had vented their emotions, he still gave a hardened answer: "No."

"Every one of you here has come so hard from Planet Volk. Do you know how much effort our planetary commander put in to get you to school? The reason he didn't allow you to continue studying on Planet Volk is because he knew the huge gap between us."

Wei Jie couldn't help but get excited when he said this. "Shengxia often said that the future of Volk Planet requires a talent pool across all industries. I didn't understand what that meant at the time."

"Now I understand. These are the basics. You need to build on them, starting from the fundamentals and working your way up. This is a gap that cannot be filled in the current education system on Planet Volk. Our professors are all leaders in their respective fields, so they must have used some tricks when teaching you. This is like building castles in the air. If you want to understand the underlying principles, you must delve deeper into the subject."

The international students who listened quietly to Wei Jie's speech: ...

Professor Musk and his supporters who returned: ...

"I told you that the people on the planet Volk have strong resistance and vitality. Do you believe it now?" Professor Mask looked very proud.

"I really don't know what their planetary commander told them. Being able to hold out this long is already impressive, and now it seems they're still unwilling to give up."

"Isn't this a good idea? If Planet Volk rises, our position within the Federation, as old acquaintances who helped them, will only become more secure than it is now."

"Then it seems there's nothing to worry about. The illegal workers from Planet Volker should be arriving soon. Let's not have any problems like no one to pick them up this time."

"Really? I staged this just to test whether these people were worth helping. Looks like you, Mask, still win."

Professor Mask ignored the compliment and snorted coldly.

The next day, when the G18 nations were all focused on denouncing the betrayal of Planet Arka, a piece of news that "the Federation acted swiftly and had rescued all the illegal workers on Planet Volker" suddenly appeared on the front pages of the current affairs news in various star regions.

Interestingly, Shengxia also announced some of the achievements made by the Volk planet since the war between the two sides broke out at the same time as this news was revealed, including but not limited to:

"Using random bombs, scatter bombs, drone swarms, smoke bombs, flares, and earth bombs, we repelled 232 attacks by the G18 battleships, penetrated one main battleship, three escort warships, and two guard warships, and captured 34,628 drone swarms."

"In addition, we have not suffered any casualties since the start of the war. The damage to equipment such as launch silos and launch vehicles is within an acceptable range. Important projects such as the hydropower energy grid and communication facilities are still operating normally."

"Finally, we will continue to attack Newberland's multiple military facilities and bases in the outer space, and will continue to intensify our attacks on Newberland's battleship fleet. At the same time, we have opened channels for aid in the form of supplies and equipment. In the next three days, we will organize forces to launch a new round of attacks on Newberland. Thank you for your continued attention."

Wow, putting these two pieces of news together felt like they had completely exposed the G18's true colors. The internet users who had been worried about Planet Volker were now speechless.

[At first I was worried about Planet Volker, but now it seems the G18 should be the one I'm more worried about?!]

I thought the G18 was a big deal, but it turned out to be a big mess.

"What a disgrace! You're still so aggressive as to declare war on Planet Volk? Just get some sleep!"

[I am from the planet Arka. I can testify that the planet Volk really penetrated so many warships, because! These warships are being repaired on our planet. I am dying of laughter.]

So the G18 warships rushed over and bombed for a long time... Did they just bomb the air?

The authenticity of these two news reports is unquestionable. If the G18 had the upper hand in this war, they would have jumped out to confront us long ago.

[Two weeks of trepidation, and this is the result? This is it!!!]

[I'm curious about what the next attack from Planet Volk on Planet Newberan will be?]

[Oh, now that the above person mentioned that, I also think that Volk Planet’s previous forbearance was because they were only concerned about their own illegal workers.]

[New ideas, I'm starting to think so too]

…

"hateful."

In the high-level meeting office of the planet Newberan, the military general who had been completely forced into a desperate situation and looked at his own debts piled up slammed the table and said angrily that he didn't care about the black gold veins. It was better to lose both sides than to win alone. He wanted Shengxia to go to hell now!