Chapter 38
On Earth in another time and space, the boundless mountains are covered with ice and snow, like dancing silver snakes. In a valley surrounded by mountains, a tall circular building made of special translucent materials rises from the ground, surrounded by several similar buildings arranged in a regular pattern, as if they were dedicated soldiers guarding the throne.
The structures of these circular buildings are very similar, made up of countless overlapping shiny silver metal grids, which together support the outer walls of the entire building. In other words, they are like giant yurts magnified hundreds and tens of thousands of times.
The largest building was empty in the middle, with only two pillars standing upright in the middle. It was a space-time gate of the same type as the one in the misty world. At this time, the gate had also been activated, and the water-like screen was spreading towards the edge.
In front of the screen are dozens of armed portal robots and drones parked on the ground.
There was no one in the building, but countless cameras were relaying everything here to the screen in the nearby mountaintop command room. Dozens of scientists and staff speaking different languages were standing at their respective posts, nervously looking up at the scene on the big screen, with some expectations in their hearts, but also prepared to respond to emergencies at any time.
The Earth United Government also attaches great importance to the first launch of the Arrow Project. Representatives of the five Council member countries are watching from afar. If there is a situation beyond the plan, they will stop the space-time gate at any time.
Under the eager gaze of the crowd, the gate of time and space was finally opened completely. On the other side of the gate, there were no green trees and blue sky that everyone had been looking forward to, nor was there the terrifying or catastrophic beginning in some plans, but a dim world appeared. Just by looking with the naked eye, you can see that the dust content in the air on the other side is far above the standard, and the land is also barren, with only weeds and few plants to be seen.
A lively young boy's voice echoed in the room.
"Connection channel 1 has been established. No abnormalities have been found so far, and no intelligent life has been found. Please implement plan 1."
"Qimingxing, execute plan one as well." A middle-aged man in uniform gave the order right in front of the screen.
"Execute plan number one. Reconnaissance drone team 1 will set off!" There was a hint of excitement in the boy's voice.
As the order was given, a group of drones parked next to the space-time gate started up immediately, forming a V-shape in the air, and then flew quietly and smoothly between the goalposts.
"Reconnaissance drone team 2 is on its way!"
"Reconnaissance drone team 3 is on its way!"
"Reconnaissance drone team 4 is on the move!"
Every few seconds, a team of drones enters the alien world. They move forward in four directions, front, back, left, and right, constantly expanding their search range and transmitting the collected data and images back to the original world.
【Mountain range discovered.】
【Discover the river.】
【Discovered a star similar to our sun.】
【Discover XX...】
At the end of the message, a bold text caused people to cheer softly.
【Man-made structures discovered! 】
Along with this news, a color picture appeared on the big screen. In the dim background, a half-collapsed cabin appeared on a hillside, surrounded by a rotten wooden fence.
"Ah!" A cry of surprise rang out in the command room.
Then, more buildings were photographed by the drone. They looked very similar to buildings on Earth, and there were metal machines that were presumed to be agricultural machinery next to some larger wooden houses, but all of them looked like they had been abandoned for many years.
The alien world never responded to the drone's invasion. As time passed, the 3D map in the center of the screen, which was a compilation of the transmitted data and images, continued to expand in a circular shape, and everyone felt both excited and confused.
The person in charge who had just given the order looked serious and said, "Enter the building and search for text information with all your strength."
The drones near the building then flew into the hut through the broken doors and windows. Several camera images were fed back. When the first shot appeared on the big screen, everyone could hardly suppress their surprise.
It was a yellowed newspaper pasted on the wall. The other words had been eroded by time and were no longer clear, but the bold headline at the top of the newspaper was still barely legible.
But the content of the words is not important; what is important is that even the most ignorant people present can recognize the type of words they are.
That's one line of English!
Then, countless pictures carrying text information were revealed on the screen. Pictures of all sizes overlapped, occupying almost two-thirds of the screen. The other third was extracted text, which was screened and arranged by the celebrity using high-frequency computing power.
Finally, only a few words were left on the screen.
【Fusarium wilt disease】
【Food Crisis】
【War】
【Famine】
【Population decline】
In the office building of the Earth United Government, the oldest French representative among the five representatives suddenly stood up and said, "Star, use these keywords to match the movie information of this time and space, with science fiction movies given priority."
People at the scene and in the command room looked at each other, but a few older people seemed to be thinking about something.
"Okay." Qimingxing accepted this priority order in a relaxed tone.
All other pictures and information on the screen were removed, leaving only those keywords. Then, dense information flashed across the screen so quickly that it made people dizzy. Fortunately, this calculation that only super AI could handle ended after a few minutes, and a huge movie poster remained in the center of the screen.
In the picture, the galactic light band pouring down and the tiny silhouette of the human family are mixed together, and a row of letters are marked in the middle of the light band, which seems to be a bridge rising up to the sky, connecting the sky and the earth, the universe and human beings, the vast and the tiny. Below the poster is the movie information marked in French.
[Science fiction movie "Interstellar", key information matching degree 99%! ]
"They had already completed their immigration plan more than a decade ago!"
As more and more information came together, the French representative sighed.
"Their technology may not be superior to ours. It seems that the spaceship plan is not unfeasible." The American representative's eyes sparkled.
"After a world war, the population is less than one-tenth left, so of course we can run away." The Russian representative looked disdainful. "We chose the Wandering Earth Project, didn't we just want to save more people?"
"And we haven't upgraded to a higher-dimensional future generation to send us black holes." The British representative thought he was just making a cold joke, but no one was buying it.
"It's just right that they're gone. This Earth is ours now," said the Russian representative. "It's just blight, dust storms, and excessive nitrogen in the air. We can even move the Earth, so why should we worry about these little problems?"
Indeed, with the technology of The Wandering Earth, it is able to support billions of people with underground cities on a planet without an atmosphere, so it is not difficult to deal with these problems of interstellar travel.
"Wait a minute," Hao Xiaoxi, who had been concentrating on the data in her hand, raised her head, "something is wrong. The immigration plan was implemented earlier than in the movie." She projected the picture in her hand onto the screen in the conference room and marked a line of text with a red line.
That was a news report about an immigration plan from another world.
[When the first batch of immigrants of the Lazarus Project officially set out on their journey, the person in charge, Professor Brand, was already old, and the project was mostly carried out by the young Professor Murphy Cooper. If nothing unexpected happens, she will be the second person in charge of the Lazarus Project.]
In the movie, Professor Brand died before the Lazarus Project was realized, and Murphy only calculated the most important black hole data in his middle age under the guidance of his father who was trapped in a black hole.
"What happened?" Hao Xiaoxi frowned.
"Professor Miller, we have thrown your beacon back into the sea." George said gently to a well-mannered middle-aged woman.
The woman breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you. I hope the people over there can receive my signal and not waste time on this dangerous planet."
Professor Miller was still a little frightened when she recalled the overwhelming waves. She was measuring data in the sea water at that time. When she found the waves in the distance, she was already hundreds of meters away from her landing craft. Although she had received some survival training before setting out, she had been immersed in research in the laboratory for decades. Facing the horrific killing situation of nature and the unobstructed surroundings, she almost closed her eyes and waited for death.
The next moment, a tall gate appeared on her side, and behind the gate were fully armed soldiers. They looked at each other in shock.
But unlike her stupidity, the soldiers reacted quickly. When they saw the huge waves, they immediately crossed the gate, stepped on the seawater and ran towards her, pulling her to the other side of the gate. All she could do was shout and ask them to bring her heavy measuring equipment. When the gate slowly closed, the last thing she saw was the huge waves smashing her landing craft.
At that time, she thought she had finally met "them" - those great beings who placed the black hole near Saturn. But after the communication, she was disappointed. Although there was incomprehensible black technology such as the Arrow Project, the human technology here was not more advanced than her original world, and even lagged behind in many aspects.
This is the Earth in another time and space. But here there is no blight, and everything is thriving.
"We have done what we promised," George said. They risked being hit by huge waves to throw the beacon back, not just to say thank you. The new alien world was too dangerous, so they could only temporarily seal the coordinates, and their only gain was this female scientist from the future era of the alien world Earth.
Professor Miller nodded, obviously prepared mentally.
"Well, Professor Miller, welcome to join our research team." Following behind George, a Mediterranean-haired scientist who perfectly fits the world's stereotype extended his hand to her.
"It's my honor." Miller also extended his hand.
Wandering Earth Time and Space.
"Yuan Bar..."
"That bar..."
In the meeting room of the coalition government, everyone blurted out.
But Fang Shao had no idea what was happening in the distant alien world, and he never expected that the two worlds of The Wandering Earth and The Mist were actually connected to the same Earth.
He was now listening in surprise to the continuous explosions coming from outside the door, and then a figure was knocked into the bar door. The person fell heavily to the ground, then jumped up and looked at Fang Shao behind the bar with sharp eyes.