Please don't misunderstand.
Just as Mako Mori finished recounting Zhang Tianyuan's trip to oversee nuclear weapons elimination, she noticed the expressions of the representatives before her change drastically. She quickly put on a smile and explained, "Since its inception, the Mutual Aid Society has never committed acts of aggression against any country in any time or space. We have always maintained the overall stability of all timelines."
"Where was the nuclear bomb dropped?" everyone asked.
"Hehe, that's because our spacetime is rather special."
"Since twelve years ago, we have been invaded by extraterrestrials called the [ Precursors ]. They also possess time-space transfer technology, and we have been fighting them, but the results have not been significant enough."
"It wasn't until the Mutual Aid Society arrived that we were able to use a more advanced Spacetime Tunnel to destroy the Precursors ' time-space transfer base in one fell swoop. We also left time-space anchors on their planet, which we can use to launch attacks against them at any time."
"So the nuclear bombs I just mentioned were launched to other planets through Spacetime Tunnel?"
Mako Mori smiled sweetly and nodded, "Yes..."
The delegates finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Especially the representative of a country that possesses -2 nuclear weapons --
I almost thought my family was having another stroke of bad luck!
Suddenly someone asked, "So, does this mean the Mutual Aid Society is now cooperating with you to fight those aliens called Precursors?"
"No," Mako Mori corrected the error in the question, "The full name of the mission currently being carried out on the extraterrestrial planet is the [ Multi-Spacetime Nuclear Weapons Peaceful Elimination Plan ], and its main purpose is to eliminate excess nuclear weapons to prevent them from causing accidents."
"Too many... nuclear weapons?"
Are there too many of these?
How much can it be?
Perhaps sensing that the representatives behind her would ask this question, Mako Mori quickly added, "Actually, what we need to eliminate is not the nuclear weapons of our timeline, but those of other timelines."
"Currently, in the timeline connected by the Mutual Aid Society, there are two timelines around 2010. Due to special circumstances, they are temporarily unable to control nuclear weapons, so they can only entrust their nuclear weapons to the Mutual Aid Society for assistance."
"After repelling the Precursors ' invasion, we'll use Precursors planet to deal with the nuclear weapons. This is a strategy the Chairman had decided on long ago..."
Mako Mori's smile looked sweet, but the words she said sent chills down the spines of the representatives present.
She felt she was stating the facts.
However, the delegates only heard a different piece of information.
"So, the Mutual Aid Society Association... that young president now possesses a nuclear arsenal equivalent to two Earths?"
"This is absolutely insane."
The delegates were whispering amongst themselves, their expressions stiff, and beads of sweat forming on their foreheads.
They now realize how kind the Mutual Aid Society had been to them.
An organization that easily possesses tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands or millions, of nuclear weapons is already being treated kindly if it doesn't slap them across the face.
Moreover, this organization clearly has extensive experience in using nuclear weapons; didn't you see they even used aliens to test their missiles?
After hearing these words, some of the delegates, recalling their initial attitude towards their brotherly nations, suddenly felt as if they could hardly breathe.
This kind of organization... this kind of organization...
They truly deserve to be called the backbone of maintaining stability and peace in space and time, and of world friendship and justice!
Jason also noticed something strange about the people around him: the representatives all looked like they had kidney deficiency, while some of the scholars were smiling.
"What's wrong?" he asked Jack quietly.
Jack said meaningfully, "It's just that these politicians have finally understood what the Mutual Aid Society is trying to tell them."
"What does that mean?" Jason stood there for a while, scratching his head, but still couldn't figure it out. He quickly followed after them.
At this moment, Mako Mori had led everyone into a screening room equipped with a holographic projection system.
"This is our archives, recording our history of fighting against the Precursors."
"Excuse me, is that huge mecha ' Pangu ' outside the weapon used to fight the aliens? I remember Mako, you said before that it ended the era of monsters..."
Jack raised one hand high to speak.
Mako Mori smiled and gestured for him to lower his hand, then said, "Yes, sir, your guess is entirely correct."
"As I mentioned before, the Precursors possess time-space transfer technology, so they can use underwater wormholes to send enormous monsters—their biological weapons—to Earth."
"For more than ten years"
They have been fighting monsters, spending enormous resources to build large mechs, but the results have been minimal, and the battle is becoming increasingly difficult.
"What is the size of that monster?" The delegates were all very curious. Just how big of a monster would it be to require the creation of such a massive robot that seemed to have no end in sight to fight it?
Mako Mori operated the keyboard in the archives for a while and quickly brought up the files of all the monsters from previous generations.
The Trespasser – 92 meters tall, weighing approximately 2700 tons, with a moderate level of toxins, and impervious to all conventional munitions.
Knifehead – 96 meters tall and weighing approximately 2,700 tons.
The Leatherback – 81 meters tall and weighing approximately 2,900 tons.
The Longtongue – 204 meters long, weighing approximately 7400 tons, possesses a unique alien tongue capable of attracting and deflecting plasma attacks...
Information about each monster was presented to the group.
In addition to recording essential information, the holographic projection also showed reconstructed models of the monsters, along with comparisons to iconic buildings.
Jack and the others stared blankly, their lips moving occasionally to utter a few words, which could only be understood when put together.
"This is incredible, it looks like a science fiction movie..."
Almost everyone was deeply shocked.
What shocked Jack and his friends was not only the holographic projection, but also the models and descriptions of these monsters, including their physical forms.
In the comparison of the models, humans are no match for the monsters, not even ants; even the skyscrapers in the city are no match for them.
From the monster's perspective, perhaps it should be called "low-rise buildings"?
Are these monsters real?
Some people find it hard to believe that monsters actually exist in the world.
Even if it comes from outer space.
In response, Mako Mori silently opened the battle videos she had saved from the past.
From the very first monster Trespasser, the enormous monster easily breached the Golden Gate Bridge. Then, planes Cannon came to its aid, and San Francisco and two surrounding cities were almost completely destroyed, but the monster was still alive and kicking amidst the ruins.
It wasn't until three nuclear missiles were fired that the first monster was finally defeated.
After San Francisco, came Manila, Tokyo... one city after another, familiar or unfamiliar names flashing before everyone's eyes.
Humans began piloting mechs into battle and achieved repeated victories.
Then the monsters began to evolve, and the situation quickly became even again, before slowly turning against them, with one mech after another suffering losses...
Jack and the other representatives watched without blinking, their foreheads sweating profusely, whether from excitement or fear.
Born at the beginning of the new century, they hadn't yet experienced the cinematic revolution powered by computers; where had they ever seen anything like this before?
After reviewing the war records, Mako Mori led everyone to the monster research lab.
"After the last great war, we brought back the remains of monsters from the seabed and from all over the world, and piled them all here for research."
Seeing the enormous monster skeleton, including a complete skull and the monster's eyes, with their empty eye sockets and eerie pupils, once again shocked everyone.
But at the same time, they also had to believe that everything they saw was real.
This world—no, it should be said that there truly exists a world in these timelines that has been invaded by this monster...
"Your strong will is admirable; even in the face of dire circumstances, you never gave up the idea of resistance."
The delegates couldn't help but express their thoughts.
Mako Mori simply smiled in response to their praise.
Leading everyone to the next location, he said, "We don't deny the difficulties we faced, but it was far from a hopeless situation."
The group was somewhat confused, but Mako Mori didn't offer any explanation, simply saying, "You'll understand later."
The places we went to next were much more normal.
"This is a brief introduction to the basic situation of our No. 4 Spacetime. You can browse through it here for now."
In the conference hall, Mako Mori and other staff members distributed brochures introducing the timeline to everyone, while someone on stage gave them a live explanation.
Both the booklet's content and the explanations are related to the Pacific Rim Spacetime, ranging from technology and industry to economics, finance, and the political situation...
It includes introductions to almost all fields.
This allows these representatives to gain a comprehensive understanding of the Pacific Rim Spacetime and its capabilities, indirectly...
The locals also understood the strength of the Mutual Aid Society.
Although after Mako Mori stated that the Mutual Aid Society currently possesses nuclear arsenals equivalent to two Earths, this point no longer needs confirmation... Xxs-2
The representatives listened attentively, and even a meteorologist like Jack was very interested, especially in the new technologies and fields, which excited him greatly.
This presentation lasted for three hours.
Everyone also gained a deep impression of the Pacific Rim Spacetime.
First and foremost, it's advanced!
After all, this timeline is 23 years ahead of theirs.
Such a long period of accumulation has already spanned several eras in the information society.
Furthermore, the Pacific Rim Spacetime was invaded by monsters, which indirectly stimulated a technological explosion, and many theories and technologies were proven or realized.
This is something that their time and space, which was still in 2002, could not achieve.
Secondly, it is powerful.
Don't be fooled by the fact that for the past decade or so, the world's focus seemed to have been on mechs and monsters, and the technology tree seemed to have gone astray.
Even the economically underdeveloped, free-spirited white gentlemen had to go to the fields to plant rice seedlings and to the factories to tighten screws.
But those were just temporary illusions.
With the monsters gone and the mechs no longer a money-devouring beast, the technological achievements of the past decade or so will be quickly absorbed, and various fields will usher in a new round of rapid development.
Of course, this doesn't mean that the current Pacific Rim Spacetime is not powerful.
At least from the perspective of the representatives of the Day After Tomorrow Spacetime, even in the current No. 4 Spacetime, crushing their own timeline should be as easy as playing a game.
"According to the Mutual Aid Society's terms of service, when other member states are facing disaster threats and are carrying out relief work, all member states of the Mutual Aid Society have an obligation to protect the relevant member states, eliminate destabilizing factors, and maintain peace."
The speaker from the Mutual Aid Society Fourth Department spoke methodically on stage.
The delegates in the audience, however, understood clearly.
This is what the Mutual Aid Society told them.
As long as they are willing to join the Mutual Aid Society and actively carry out disaster relief work, they need not worry about other threats.
For example, Becker...
Privately, everyone was glancing around nervously, chatting with their teams or exchanging glances with acquaintances from other countries; they were all clearly very interested.
With the Mutual Aid Society and the support of this timeline, what is Becker, whom they were worried about before, anyway?
As the saying goes, seeing is believing.
They now believe 99% of the Mutual Aid Society and the existence of disasters.
The remaining 0.1% possibility is that I'm dreaming.
No one wants their entire nation to die.
So fuck it!
Many delegates secretly resolved that once they returned to China, they would immediately report their observations and experiences to promote the southward relocation plan.
Seeing the expressions on the faces of the representatives below, the speaker felt equally satisfied, knowing that his earlier words had had an effect.
Even after the presentation ended, the representatives lingered, hoping to learn more about the Pacific Rim Spacetime continuum from the speaker.
It wasn't until Mako Mori told everyone that she had applied for a tunnel to a new timeline that everyone reluctantly left the lecture hall.
"Ms. Mako Mori, which time and space are we going to next?"
"It is the timeline codenamed 3, and it is also the most unique timeline within the Mutual Aid Society."
As she answered, Mako Mori was carrying a large number of documents, and several people were following her, pulling small carts also loaded with documents.
Her trip to the Wandering Spacetime wasn't entirely about broadening the horizons of these representatives; she also had business to attend to.
With a smile on her face, Mako Mori turned to the group and said, "Thanks to everyone, we no longer need to go to the time-space transfer station. The chairman can open the tunnel right here, which makes our work much easier..."
Since the monster crisis ended, she has become much more cheerful than before.
Just as Mako Mori was speaking, a staff member reported that the mission was successful. Not long after, the Spacetime Tunnel quietly reappeared in front of everyone.
"Now, everyone, please travel through the Spacetime Tunnel to No. 3 Spacetime. As I said, it is a very special timeline that will surely leave a deep impression on you."
Practice makes perfect.
Many representatives, including Jack, did not linger in front of the Spacetime Tunnel and chose to pass through quickly.
Some meteorologists, who themselves came from Wandering Spacetime, also stretched and hitched a ride home.
After making sure everyone had passed through, Mako Mori followed with her documents...