Earth, Shanghai Shelter No. 3, 00:00:00.
Looking down from the air, a wall tens of meters high suddenly appears out of nowhere in the shelter, with huge mechanical arms rising and falling tirelessly as they continue to raise the wall.
Every hundred meters along the wall is an automatic targeting system, with hundreds of drones on standby, checking the identity of every person entering.
[Transport vehicle YT has entered the monitored area. Identity verification has been successful. Proceedings are now permitted.]
"Boom boom boom..."
Mechanical and electronic sounds rang out as trucks loaded with ultra-light building materials drove into the high wall. Construction engineers methodically controlled robots to move the materials. Fighter jets sped through the sky and entered the wall, leaving only a white trail in the air.
"Run—go! One, two, one, one, two, one!"
Soldiers from the coalition government forces, clad in protective suits and wearing leather boots, quickly entered their posts, while reconnaissance aircraft hovered overhead, constantly monitoring the surrounding area and ready to engage in combat at any moment.
The abandoned residential building has been requisitioned by the authorities. The coalition government not only renovated the entire building, but also designated a five-kilometer radius around it as a military restricted area. Representatives from various countries have also applied to the Chinese side to build embassies within the shelter.
China quickly constructed an energy pipeline to the building, and with the cooperation of all parties, the dilapidated building, which had long been covered by wind, was restored to its former vitality.
As the Earth gradually stops rotating, the surface temperature is getting lower and lower. Any liquid exposed to the low temperature will freeze rapidly within thirty seconds, including tears.
Therefore, Liu Peiqiang tries to close his eyes when he yawns to prevent his tears from freezing into a string of icicles on his face.
The robots used for security checks diligently verify each visitor, only allowing them to pass once their verification code turns green.
[Beep! Colonel Liu Peiqiang, authorization confirmed, passage permitted.]
[Beep! Major Qi Jiang, authorization confirmed, passage permitted.]
"It's so cold every day. I wish I could have a bowl of hot mutton soup."
Qi Jiang stamped his foot, glanced at the time on his watch, and couldn't help but breathe hot air into his palm:
"Captain, are we too early? Everything is already prepared here. How is Miss Xu going to bring all that cargo over from the 'door'?"
"Tsk, why ask so many questions? Just follow orders. Why do you care how they bring the supplies over? We'll pay for it, and Miss Xu will provide the supplies. Isn't that a win-win situation?"
Liu Peiqiang was wearing camouflage uniform representing the United Government Army, with a full set of tactical gear clipped to his waist. The epaulettes bearing the insignia of "Colonel" on his shoulder were particularly eye-catching.
"Trust the government, trust the country. There's a saying, 'There will be bread, and there will be mutton soup.' Once our fully automated planting base in the Southern Hemisphere is completed, we'll have plenty of rice, let alone mutton soup!"
You could tell from his expression that his living conditions had improved, and his smile showed more hope for the future.
Qi Jiang swallowed hard, seemingly already imagining the aroma of mutton: "No way, I'm not greedy. I'll be grateful if you don't eat any more cockroach energy bars."
As the two were talking, a group of United Government troops walked towards them, and the man in the lead saluted them.
"Colonel Liu Peiqiang, Major Qi Jiang. Colonel, I am Wang Lei, a member of the 'Shanhai Group' garrison of the United Government Army. My mission is to assist you in completing your mission at all costs. The 'Shanhai Group' garrison consists of twelve people. Command authority is now open to you. You can issue orders at any time."
Liu Peiqiang glanced at his watch, then at the building protected by layers of security, and couldn't help but nod.
"Then we'd better hurry up, Lieutenant Wang Lei."
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Before entering the Wandering Earth for the third time, Xu Milu and Xiao Qi devised a rather "meticulous" plan.
"Xiao Qi, before we know the origin of this AI and its stance, don't rush to beat it up. Ask around first. If it turns out to be a trump card cultivated by the Earth government, we'll really offend people."
Before Xu Milu opened the door, she repeatedly gave instructions to her system.
[Okay, host. I will remain silent until I understand its motives and stance in monitoring you. Given its computing power, it won't detect my presence—so, in your opinion, could this be a good new project for observation? Should I allocate a separate storage space for this?]
"If you like, you can make this your new observation project, and I will submit my thoughts on your observation report tomorrow night."
Xu Milu had mixed feelings, much like a parent seeing their child ask for more homework.
Although her own child doesn't need anyone to help with "homework," she still has to read those observation reports that are over ten megabytes in size!
Before even entering the Wandering Earth dimension, she was already feeling mentally exhausted.
Xu Milu sighed, stepped forward and pushed the wooden shop door. A faint halo of light rose up like ripples on water, and the wind chimes hanging on the door swayed gently. The next second, they froze in mid-air in an extremely eerie manner.
As her figure disappeared into the halo of light, the entire space seemed to freeze like a painting:
Mo Xuan, who was dozing off in the store, had his eyes half-closed, and his eyes instantly lost their luster. His flying hair also stopped moving in mid-air.
Chenxiang, who was sitting in the shop eating a cookie, had her mouth half open, and the cookie was floating in the air. Her clothes were also frozen in place as if they had been frozen in place.
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