Faced with Tong Wenshi's question, Zhang Tianyuan did not answer immediately, but said, "Regarding the new timeline, I will convene a meeting to discuss it after the first batch of nuclear missiles is deployed. Let's discuss this matter at the meeting."
"This matter isn't a huge problem, but it's not insignificant either. It's similar to No. 5 Spacetime; it's just a bit troublesome."
Hearing this, Tong Wenshi felt relieved.
It seems the situation in the new timeline isn't so bad that a complete relocation is necessary.
Since that's the case, we'll just have to deal with whatever comes our way and find a way to overcome any obstacles.
Leaving that topic aside, Zhang Tianyuan quickly brought up another matter.
"The PPDC in No. 4 Spacetime will soon be handed over to our Mutual Aid Society. According to the plan, this organization will be reorganized into a mecha unit specifically operating in No. 0 Spacetime, named Support Team No. 0..."
"I've heard about that too." Tong Wenshi listened attentively. Other timelines knew that PPDC would eventually be handed over to the Mutual Aid Society and become its direct subordinate organization.
"Just so you know, the Support Team No. 0 is currently severely understaffed, so we need to recruit pilots and technicians from all timelines."
"Of course, Support Team No. 0 can also accept engineers if they are available."
After listening, Tong Wenshi considered it carefully for a while.
"We probably can't provide technicians and engineers in our timeline, but we can try recruiting a group of pilots."
Zhang Tianyuan didn't mind. "Then it's settled. You should start the recruitment work as soon as possible. Drift Technology, neural computing power testing, or other related matters, you can contact a woman named Mako Mori in No. 4 Spacetime."
After saying that, Zhang Tianyuan stood up. "That's all for today. I'm going to make a trip to No. 3 Spacetime..."
The purpose of Wandering Spacetime is naturally for the sake of the world the Day After Tomorrow.
When the time comes, we'll probably still need Sun Deyi's team to send some people to help with the polar scientific expeditions.
Tong Wenshi stood up to see him off. After watching Zhang Tianyuan pass through the Spacetime Tunnel, he found his assistant and arranged for what had just happened.
Less than half an hour.
A phone call was made from the Mutual Aid Society Second Division office.
The call connected on the other end, and a middle-aged man's voice rang out, sounding very calm and composed.
Who is it?
"Station Chief Liu Chunshi?"
Hearing this long-unheard form of address, Liu Chunshi was stunned for a moment before realizing, "It's me, is the organization assigning me a mission?"
His words were inevitably somewhat emotional.
A friendly smile came from the other end of the phone, "Congratulations, you guessed right. Headquarters has assigned you a mission related to polar exploration."
"Headquarters' mission?!" Liu Chunshi paced back and forth. He had some idea of what the mission would entail, since apart from matters related to the polar regions and climate, there was nothing else that had come to him.
To his surprise, this mission was assigned by headquarters.
"Is this the headquarters of our Mutual Aid Society?"
"What? Is there a problem?"
Liu Chunshi snapped out of his daze and immediately replied, "No, I will complete the mission perfectly!"
"Alright then..."
At the same time, a publicity campaign was also put on the agenda.
The recruitment posters for Support Team No. 0 were designed, printed, and then distributed and posted in various communities and on public notice boards in less than three days.
In no time, everyone in the entire base area learned about the recruitment of members for Support Team No. 0...
A week passed quickly.
In the universe of the Pacific Rim Spacetime.
A planet with a crimson sky.
The enormous city of flesh and blood was a far cry from its previous tranquility, with large numbers of Precursors moving about on the streets of bones, and some even flying in the sky.
Their target, without exception, was the wormhole device in the city center.
This most important creation of theirs suffered a severe blow.
Through speculation and reconstruction of the scene, they have preliminarily determined the circumstances surrounding the explosion.
Their wormhole may have been discovered by the smaller worms on the other side, who then rushed in from the other end of the wormhole carrying the monsters they created to launch an attack.
This was something they had never imagined before.
Fortunately, although the nuclear bomb caused severe damage to the wormhole device, it did not destroy it.
Because the wormhole device is too huge.
The destructive range of nuclear bombs, often several kilometers, sounds enormous on Earth; they could even destroy a city.
However, this area of a few square kilometers is just the tip of the iceberg for the wormhole device. The shock wave generated by the nuclear explosion did not even manage to escape the device before it completely dissipated.
It can be said that the entire power of the nuclear bomb was absorbed by the device.
Alright.
From the outside, the wormhole device doesn't even look damaged.
This is the level of technology of the Precursors.
A civilization capable of Interstellar migration and consuming planetary resources.
However, the fact that the wormhole device wasn't completely destroyed doesn't mean it wasn't damaged. It's estimated that it would take at least five Earth years to repair after such an explosion.
A high-ranking Precursors -level Precursors was directing the cleanup operation on site, where numerous broken parts, mechanical organs, and fragments of neural links were being removed by the engineer monsters.
Other Precursors of different ranks, such as cardinals and ambassadors, were also present, directing the monsters to work under the suppression of the Creator.
Bathed in the dim light of the stars on the horizon, coupled with the gruesome appearances of the Precursors and monsters, the scene looked like something out of a horror movie...
It was under these circumstances.
A tiny black hole suddenly appeared high in the air inside the device.
Even though some of the tool-like monsters inside were tens or even hundreds of meters tall, none of them discovered the wormhole.
The other end of the wormhole.
Zhang Tianyuan stood inside the nuclear weapons base.
Beside him were Tong Wenshi and Ning Jihua, including Old Pan, Mako Mori, Newton, and Hermann, as well as other scientists from various timelines.
These are people who are interested in wormholes and extraterrestrial planets and specifically applied to observe this operation.
Scientific teams across different timelines have shown great interest in wormholes, but their research on Spacetime Tunnel has been unable to make progress.
So for now, we can only try a roundabout approach: study the Precursors ' low-level wormholes and see if we can find a way to apply the knowledge to other areas.
Just in case, everyone on site was wearing the highest level of radiation protection suits, in case the upcoming operation brought back radioactive material from Precursors Planet.
Then, an excited Newton operated a deformable mechanical arm and slowly passed through the tunnel entrance.
The low-visibility painted robotic arm is equipped with multiple component detectors to check for gases and dust on the other side, and also has a camera that transmits images back in real time via wires.
Newton carefully controlled the robotic arm forward, afraid of moving it too far at once.
According to the operating procedures, this robotic arm can only move forward and cannot move backward even half a step, so as to prevent any substances that have come into contact with it from being brought back to the Legend Spacetime.
A moment later, the image from the other side of the wormhole was transmitted back to the television set connected by the line, immediately attracting the attention of all the scientists present, who watched and discussed it intensely.
As for Zhang Tianyuan and the others, they only found it novel and quickly shifted their attention elsewhere.
For example, a massive nuclear bomb is already poised to be launched behind them.
This nuclear bomb, named Red Umbrella No. 1, was completely covered in red paint, as if it had just emerged from a pool of blood. Everyone present knew that this giant red mushroom would soon become the Grim Reaper on another planet...
Mako Mori stared at the nuclear bomb, her eyes seemingly blazing with fire, as if she could already see it blasting the Precursors to smithereens.
Old Pan looked much weaker than before, patted her shoulder, silently comforting the little girl who was determined to avenge her parents.
Half an hour later.
News has come from the science team in Newton--
"All of our previously agreed-upon exploration missions have been completed, and we can move on to the next phase of the plan!"
When Newton said this, he was holding a bunch of hard drives in his arms, which contained data from the experiments he had just conducted.
The scientists around him all had smiles on their faces, indicating that they had gained a lot.
Zhang Tianyuan waved his hand, signaling the nuclear missiles behind him to follow.
Newton and his group, who were blocking the tunnel entrance, also readily recognized the passage.
Then the crane boom lifted " Red Umbrella No. 1 " and slowly passed it through the tunnel.
The red-painted nuclear bomb appeared as if it had been camouflaged inside the wormhole device; the monsters and Precursors below were still unaware of what was actually on their heads.
But it's good that they didn't notice.
This time, Zhang Tianyuan and his team were planning a sneak attack.
The goal is to inflict maximum damage on the Precursors while they think the danger has passed and come in to clean up the mess.
This might be the only chance.
After this, the Precursors should have guessed that humanity possesses the ability to create wormholes in their own spacetime.
By then, they will no longer be within range of a nuclear weapon...
So how much damage this will inflict on the Precursors depends on this one.
With this in mind, everyone looked at the red umbrella.
Number 1 was activated via the line, a one-minute countdown appeared on the panel, and then it quickly fell...
It is expected to explode near the ground to maximize its destructive power.
Both Mako Mori and Old Pan watched the television screen with gritted teeth, fearing that the nuclear bomb might be discovered or destroyed midway.
50, 49, 48...27...
As time ticked by, the nuclear bomb drew ever closer to the ground, its high-speed descent accompanied by a whooshing sound.
The Precursors and the other monsters finally noticed the strange thing that had fallen from the sky.
Just like the last time the mechs visited.
All the creatures looked up in unison, only to see a streak of blood-red light rapidly falling to the ground.
Some Precursors suddenly had a bad feeling.
But it was at this very moment...
A deafening roar shook the earth, releasing energy far greater than the previous explosion.
To the Precursors and monsters below, they only saw a flash of bright light, and then they lost all consciousness...
In the face of a nuclear explosion, all living things can only turn into dust.
Having destroyed the physical bodies of the Precursors and the monsters, the shockwave from Red Umbrella No. 1 continued to spread outwards.
This explosion was far more powerful than the last one, and the internal structure of the wormhole device had been loosened after the last attack.
Faced with an even stronger shockwave this time, the device finally could no longer hold on. One by one, the nerve links melted or collapsed, and the pulsating organs were also devastated, like light bulbs that had gone out of power, all of them suddenly stopping functioning.
But the impact did not stop there. In the blink of an eye, the enormous energy had made direct contact with the outer shell of the wormhole device.
Click!
Faced with Red Umbrella No. 1, the hard outer shell only lasted for less than a second before shattering into pieces, which were then swept up in the storm and exploded with a roar!
In the more distant administrative hall and monster factory, countless Precursors were startled awake by the loud noise.
They all turned to look at the city center.
Just after the bright light, the wormhole device completely collapsed, and countless fragments fell to the ground like a burst dam.
All the Precursors were stunned.
No one knows what happened.
Some Precursors who got too close even suffered burns to their visual organs from the intense light...
Legend Spacetime.
Seconds before the Red Umbrella No. 1 exploded, Zhang Tianyuan closed the Spacetime Tunnel.
Although they couldn't see the scene, they could imagine that it must be very lively over there.
"We've finally gotten our revenge!"
Someone said something that instantly resonated with everyone.
Newton and Hermann, these two old rivals, were already embracing each other, slapping each other's backs hard and screaming incessantly.
Both Mako Mori and Old Pan were losing control of their emotions, their eyes red.
Even Ning Jihua clapped his hands and laughed heartily, which was unusual for him.
People from other dimensions offered their congratulations.
Zhang Tianyuan smiled, then turned to the head of the nuclear weapons base and said, "Next, we need to speed up the restart of the nuclear weapons program and try to dispose of the nuclear weapons from both timelines within a year."
The person in charge nodded knowingly.
In other words, they were to unleash nuclear bombs from both Earths onto the planet where the Precursors lived within a year.
"Oh, right," Zhang Tianyuan suddenly remembered something, "Some nuclear warheads can be loaded back onto missiles, and then they can be directly ignited and launched through the tunnel..."
This way, the strike range of nuclear weapons will not be limited to one area.
Precursors living elsewhere can also enjoy delicious mushrooms at a real bargain.
"Dude, I love you to death!" Newton was standing nearby, almost pounced on him if he hadn't been held back.
"That's so cool! This is how you deal with these things!"
"We will express our anger with nuclear weapons!"
Seeing the crazed Newton, Zhang Tianyuan silently took a few steps back.
This guy's XP system is a bit strange; in the movie, he treats the monster's brain like he would his wife.
While there might be a connection with monsters, this kind of XP system is still too early for humans.
It took quite some time for everyone to calm down.
Zhang Tianyuan reopened the tunnel, allowing Newton to use the new robotic arm to observe the damage.
He himself established a set of procedures for dropping nuclear bombs with the head of the nuclear weapons base.
Based on the timeline of the Legend Spacetime, nuclear bombs were dropped on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with supplies prepared at other times, giving the Precursors time to digest them...