Fluttering

Chapter 47: 2.04 Chapter Display

Pandora Era Year 135, May 1st. Wei Keng completed the handover with the "Desperate" side.

Inside the cabin in the middle of the giant ship, the area originally used for stacking containers was cleared by a forklift, creating a large space for the glowing wormhole to operate. Through the wormhole, people and machinery on the other side could be seen moving slowly.

At the location that had been converted into a conference table, Wei Keng sat quietly. After the review committee from the other side of the wormhole arrived, a brief explanation began.

Wei Keng's demeanor was just right. His tone was calm, and his words conveyed a sense of finally waiting for his superiors. He started by thanking the comrades for coming to open up a new world for xxxx. This left the people on the other side of the wormhole, holding teacups and sitting upright, momentarily stunned. But Wei Keng quickly got to the point, beginning his report on the work he had done since entering this world.

Transferring a dominion was a massive undertaking. Wei Keng handed over the archives he had accumulated over the past year in this region. A full safe of paper documents. (The paper was very rough, still containing wood fibers.)

When these items were being loaded onto the ship, Captain Sun and the crew were already amazed, especially by the recorded points on the topographic contour lines and the daily precipitation plans from the past year, a large number of figures. He muttered, "Intellectuals are indeed different." Now, the impression the crew had of Wei Keng was that of a 'cultured prodigy.'

Over the past year, Wei Keng had meticulously cataloged archives for tens of thousands of square kilometers of land.

Hydrology, humanities, geography, minerals, and species, including the growing areas and conditions of discovered edible herbs.

He also described the intelligence levels of gene colonies of various sizes in different areas during his three conflicts with the native communities. And he relayed information about several major cities along the Yangtze River that he had gathered from Jian City.

These materials were very detailed, specifically prepared for reporting to the upper echelons of bureaucracy.

Sun Xiangyang clearly couldn't handle this. To avoid seeming idle, he was now leading a few people to unload industrial equipment, while also arranging for the second mate to conduct ideological education among the local natives.

In an office building on the Desperate Plane, the lower half of the walls were painted green, and the upper half was white plaster. In several offices, people were working through the night. The leaders and clerks here relied on strong tea to get through their overtime.

Printers were continuously printing the archives transmitted by Wei Keng. These documents allowed the organization to quickly gain a detailed understanding of this plane.

The leadership team of the Desperate Plane also conducted an assessment of Wei Keng. Firstly, they confirmed that Wei Keng was a university graduate. The Second Millennium had not yet passed on the Desperate Plane, so a university degree still made him a prodigy. A postgraduate degree was for specialized advanced study in specific fields, which couldn't be reflected in primary production.

Secondly, they were very interested in the equipment Wei Keng had "picked up" in this plane during his combat operations.

Kevlar helmets and bulletproof vests. Although the production and serial numbers indicated they were manufactured in Shaanxi, they were clearly superior to the technology level of the Desperate Plane's Freedom Eagle. As for how Wei Keng obtained brand-new equipment with identical serial numbers, the leader of the Desperate Plane knew there might be some interesting stories behind it but didn't dwell on the issue.

In the Southwest High-Energy Laboratory, the wormhole was contained within a metal restraint device.

Cheng Shitao, a military expert in High-Energy Physics, was testing the wormhole with particles. This expert was examining some theories by observing the changes in particle properties near the wormhole.

In the tests conducted so far, their side could transmit matter, but it required synchronized energy transmission from both sides. The ratio was 65.6:1, meaning the energy output from the Desperate Plane was 65 times the energy input from the Pandora Plane. During material transmission, both sides needed to prepare matter for conversion. Transmitting one kilogram of steel on the Desperate Plane side required one kilowatt-hour of electricity, but transmitting gasoline consumed very little. This was related to the rule in the Pandora Field where energy information from organic matter conversion was easily transformed.

Of course, this wormhole did not support the transmission of animals. Introducing living beings into the Pandora Plane would turn them into dead matter, with scrambled internal protein structures.

The above were the parameters measured by the scientists of the Desperate Plane. They were trying to find some loopholes in these parameters to further expand this inter-plane traversal channel.

However, in reality, this wormhole was a masterpiece of the Main World.

The Main World had not constructed a channel for conscious life to traverse. The current transmission of material information on both sides of the wormhole was merely an information relay and processing station.

Through the processing station, the forces of the Desperate Plane input sufficient material information to assist in the material construction of the Pandora World. Since the Desperate Plane was in the "research and development, exploration" stage during this process, Luo Hongxing could obtain supplies from the Desperate Plane through operation. However, to some extent, everything in this alternate plane region seemed to have no value to the Desperate Plane.

Year 135 of the Pandora Era, September. This was a year of transformation for the newly established Xin Zhu Jiang Dock.

Wei Keng's previously accumulated small industrial production chain, composed of various small mechanical equipment, underwent a major technological upgrade with the arrival of the Space Gate.

Cargo ships carrying wormholes unloaded a large amount of equipment modernized to the level of the End of the Second Millennium of the Main World, along with bulldozers and excavators. Wei Keng even spotted five round-headed War God Tanks. The military supervisor from the Desperate Plane even sent a batch of biodiesel production equipment upon learning of Wei Keng's situation.

These mechanized equipment directly transformed the area around Wei Keng. The latrine was directly filled in.

With integrated equipment for ammonia production, alkali production, and acid production, there was no need to pile up manure and saltpeter. The organization on the Desperate Plane authorized the cadres on the ship to establish leadership in this area and continue to Liberate the Whole World.

The newly established organization in the Pandora Plane defined Wei Keng as a typical case of "a fine young man building socialism in the wilderness."

Hearing this definition, Wei Keng felt a bit embarrassed.

Wei Keng: "During this period, I was only focused on myself. I didn't really have any great ideals. In fact, I always wanted to go back home. Being held up as a model now is really too much, too much..." He could only say that the people from the wormhole were too simple.

Wei Keng, who was not very cunning, would sometimes work harder when he received collective praise.

Lime kilns, coking furnaces, and new mechanical production centers all saw Wei Keng's busy figure.

Even the natives of this plane noticed that Wei Keng had changed after the arrival of the large ships, becoming more cheerful.

No one gave Wei Keng a bonus. With one task indicator after another placed on Wei Keng's desk, he worked overtime day and night, completely abandoning his previous laid-back attitude.

Now, Wei Keng seemed to have put aside thoughts of returning home and was contributing to the magnificent development that would surely be recorded in history.

When the giant steel behemoth docked at the port, In the original city-states of the Yue Region, some merchants secretly took rolls of photos with their mechanical cameras. The flag on the ship's bow made families with some cultural heritage in the surrounding city-states realize that things were becoming extraordinary.

Before the Pandora Field spread across the entire planet, this symbol represented this vast territory when the ten thousand commanderies were unified.

Now, both of the two new states formed on the East Asia Continent also used this flag.

The northern faction added a horizontal bar to the original flag. The southern faction added a blue horizontal bar to the original flag.

Now, the giant ship appearing at the Xin Zhu Jiang Dock was the original flag! Coupled with the Wei Keng Group's sudden arrival near the mouth of the Pearl River in the Yue Region, everything seemed to connect into a new story.

Story: An unknown human force intervened in the Yue Region. Before arriving in the Yue Region, they dispatched large numbers of people with similar appearances for preliminary exploration. Now, they had driven away most of the Gene Colony in this area and thoroughly understood the strengths and weaknesses of various city-states, including Jian City, and were beginning to project more power and resources.

It had to be said, their guess was already very close.

On June 1st, Pandora Era Year 136, the sun was radiant and the clouds were vibrant.

On the largest settlement square opened by Wei Keng in Xin Zhu Jiang, over two hundred Wei Kengs, all the crew members, and over a thousand native inhabitants stood in formation on the gravel ground according to activity organization standards.

As the announcer's voice came from the speaker, "Raise the flag, everyone salute," uplifting music began to play from the speakers. The flag bearers raised the red flag and slowly raised it with the music.

Ceremonies must be held, and righteousness must be upheld. The great affairs of a nation lie in sacrifices and warfare.

"Sacrifice" is today's flag-raising ceremony, which will be standardized and promoted to all settlements in the future.

As for "warfare," from this moment on, the armed forces here should no longer be a private army fighting for Wei Keng's personal survival. After the flag-raising, the organization announced the name of the only legitimate armed force: the "Unified Punishment Army."

After the Zhong Lian flag fluttered on the metal flagpole, everyone remained on the training ground as required.

Five tanks drove across the training ground, followed by 70mm caliber artillery pieces towed by tractors. By the standards of civilization after the fall of the Pandora Era, such firepower was indeed majestic.

This is Guangfu. Whether tracing history or looking to the future, this name is very fitting. Although most of the armed personnel are still supported by Wei Keng, and Wei Keng will be the backbone of the army for a long time to come, the armed forces ultimately depend on their core.

Of course, from the personal perspective of the Wei Kengs, The music during the parade was a bit... Sun Xiangyang directly used the "March of the Athletes" as background music for the tanks. This made Wei Keng feel like he was in elementary school. Even as the rumbling and grinding sounds of the tanks passed by his ears, it didn't overshadow his feeling of "standing on the grid points with a red scarf, slacking off."

The "March of the Athletes" had been heard since childhood for both lifetimes, and it was so ingrained that hearing the melody made him want to follow the rhythm. He couldn't mentally replace it with the "March of the Steel Torrent."

The matter of "Unified Punishment" is still a long way off. The new organization in Xin Zhu Jiang has many internal problems that are pressing.

In the temporary infirmary, people vomiting and having diarrhea kept the only medic, Old Li, busy. The unfortunate ones insisted they hadn't eaten anything they shouldn't have.

However, their friends who brought them in honestly confessed: this guy ate the red raspberries by the roadside.

The native interns of this plane were dumbfounded. That stuff is edible? If berries were edible, Human Civilization wouldn't have collapsed so quickly. Just as when flowers with natural fragrances bloom, small insects will fly into them immediately, all the fruits in this plane have spores attached to them before they ripen and develop high sugar content. Only simple organisms with life cycles of a few weeks eat these fruits. Now, these high-sugar, high-water fruits are no longer in the same ecological niche as humans, unless they are heated to over 100 degrees Celsius with high-pressure equipment to inactivate them.

For this patient, Wei Keng could only inject him with several tubes of blood, allowing the sudden outbreak of Life Radiation to erase the genes of these microorganisms.

This incident taught the organization here a lesson: logistical problems must be solved. In the past, when Wei Keng explored the Pandora Plane alone, he lived off the land. Wherever he felt Life Radiation, he would directly bring it back. Wei Keng had a strong body, and almost all the surrounding creatures were destroyed by Wei Keng's reverse radiation. Birds in the sky, fish in the water, beasts on the ground, Wei Keng ate everything that Cantonese people ate.

However, as the team grew, they couldn't just wait for the poor to evolve into superhumans in this somewhat magical world of biological mutations like in American blockbusters. Instead, they had to build an industrial logistics system from a scientific perspective.

The microorganisms in this world are very powerful; even plastic bags can be decomposed by bacteria. Wei Keng's only effective preservation method now is salting, then smoking and dehydrating, then wrapping with lotus leaves, covering with mud, and drying with hot air from a lime kiln. Finally, it is stored in a cellar with a lack of oxygen. Even then, there is still nitrobacteria activity. As for the ocean freighters, the ship's freezers cannot store food. The only available food is canned goods and various vegetables.

As for the fools who wanted to compare themselves with Wei Keng, when they saw Wei Keng wipe his saliva on a scratch during work, and the wound healed quickly, they recognized reality.

At the work organization meeting, Wei Keng recorded the conditions collected from below. Glass bottles were essential, and they must have tinplate lids for sealing. They also needed a batch of food air equipment. All bottled drinking water would be carbonated. These requirements were conveyed to the Space Gate on the ship, and everything was quickly delivered.

After the supplies were transported through the Space Gate, Wei Keng looked at the wormhole and began to ponder.

Wei Keng: "So, what can I do for them on the other side?"

As a member of society, Wei Keng deeply values the concept of "exchange." He cannot contribute indefinitely to certain people, nor can others contribute indefinitely to him. He is obsessed with achieving "sustainability" in any model; a process where only one party contributes cannot last long.

Regarding this matter, Wei Keng's system prompt: "You can perform double-sided travel, going back and forth between the Desperate Plane and the Pandora Plane. Exchange resources between the two planes."

Wei Keng: He would absolutely not travel to the Desperate Plane to contribute. It is said that the plane war is raging there. He is of mediocre talent and lacks extraordinary wisdom. He might not survive an episode there. At most, he can do some things in the Pandora Plane that are beneficial to the Desperate Plane.