Zhang Tianyuan had no objection to this suggestion and said directly, "Let the scientists handle the theoretical research."
The other timelines nodded in agreement. "We will also nominate candidates for this matter, and then the teams from each timeline can discuss it among themselves."
Setting aside the matter of higher-dimensional beings, everyone returned to reality.
"The famine in No. 7 Spacetime..."
Zhang Tianyuan glanced at everyone. "What are the latest grain statistics?"
Elder Zhou calmly said, "We still have more than two years' worth of food rations. If necessary, we can still allocate six months or a year's worth of rations."
Zhang Tianyuan knew that the standard for this food ration was calculated based on the entire timeline.
For 7 billion people, having only a little over two years' worth of food is already very dangerous.
Therefore, Zhang Tianyuan did not immediately express his opinion.
After a moment's thought, Tong Wenshi said, "We can dig deeper into our timeline; we should still be able to find quite a few stored supplies."
Zhang Tianyuan nodded again. Humanity in the Legend Spacetime perished too quickly, and indeed many things were left untouched. Moreover, there are only three years left until the apocalypse there, so most things are still usable.
The problem is there's KV Virus over there...
Before transporting supplies to such Legend Spacetime, strict disinfection is required, and everyone in Interstellar Spacetime must be vaccinated with the KV Vaccine. Only when these two conditions are met can Interstellar Spacetime possibly receive these supplies.
Even if these two conditions are met, it's still hard to say whether the KV Virus will contaminate Interstellar Spacetime.
Already plagued by the Blight, the rampant spread of the KV Virus will make it difficult for newborns to be born in the future, which is simply going to be the death knell for Interstellar Spacetime.
This is also why the Mutual Aid Society had never considered these resources from Legend Spacetime before.
One slip, and aid can turn into poisoning.
We shouldn't take this risk unless absolutely necessary.
As for Wandering Spacetime.
Sun Deyi cleared his throat and said, "We still have plenty of dried earthworms. Whether we give them away as a gift or trade them, it's no problem."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Tianyuan said, "I'll have to trouble President Sun. I think it's better than nothing."
Sun Deyi nodded. "I will take action when I get back. The quantity is enough to feed at least 500 million people for six months."
If North America in the Day After Tomorrow Spacetime, they'll have even more dried earthworms left. Their timeline is currently experiencing a rare "consumption upgrade" phase, the likes of which haven't been seen in nearly twenty years...
Zhang Tianyuan glanced at the remaining three timelines.
Needless to say, the supply of a Pacific Rim Spacetime the Day After Tomorrow Spacetime already drained them dry. Moreover, unlike other spacetimes, the market and economy in this spacetime still maintain relatively normal operation.
This means that Ning Jihua's control over resources is far less than that of other timelines. Therefore, if he wants to obtain more food from the Pacific Rim Spacetime, he has to follow market rules and exchange enough money for food.
Even Mutual Aid Society are the same.
As for the Finch Spacetime...
Is there anything more to say about the main importer of the Wandering Earth Brand" dried earthworms?
The same applies to the Day After Tomorrow Spacetime. They face the pressure of paying off debts to the Pacific Rim Spacetime and also need to stockpile food reserves for an uncertain future. They are of no help whatsoever in this matter.
Zhang Tianyuan opened the system panel, flipped to the warehouse page, and pondered for a long while looking at the amount of grain reserves:
"After entering No. 7 Spacetime and making contact with the local population, we will primarily utilize the food reserves from No. 3 Spacetime and headquarters to alleviate the local famine, depending on the situation. The reserves from No. 2 Spacetime will only be considered for use in extremely urgent circumstances."
The Spacetime Warehouse mainly contains food stored in No. 1 Spacetime, and some of it is rent paid to headquarters.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Zhang Tianyuan then discussed things with people from different timelines for a while before finally sending everyone back.
After returning, the various timelines didn't remain idle either. xS12
Everyone immediately summoned physicists from their own timelines and began a major discussion about the possibility of higher-dimensional humans interfering with lower-dimensional spacetime.
Even the Finch Spacetime and the Day After Tomorrow Spacetime immediately following the catastrophe are no exception.
Zhang Tianyuan also sent top physicists from various timelines to the Pacific Rim Spacetime, where they could discuss their work in peace.
During this process, Zhang Tianyuan also opened Spacetime Tunnel in the Interstellar Spacetime -time, synchronizing the time on both sides.
However, he did not enter Interstellar Spacetime, nor did he send any probes there.
Across a time and space, over there
Even if higher-dimensional humans possess great supernatural powers, they shouldn't be able to affect him.
After all this was done, new news came from Ke Jinjun's side.
"We now have some information regarding the situation on other servers."
Standing in front of the sand table again, Ke Jinjun held a remote control in his hand, controlling the sand table to change continuously.
"First, to our west, our high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft spotted their planes yesterday."
Following his voice, a red dot appeared on the western sea of the sand table, and then a photograph taken by a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft appeared before our eyes.
It was an overhead view showing three wooden propeller planes flying over the sea.
The design is similar to the classic model from World War I.
Ke Jinjun nodded slightly, and they huffed and puffed as they flew eastward.
"Based on the condition of this aircraft, we can conclude that the overall industrial level of our western territories is still at the early 20th century level. Even considering the influence of players, its cutting-edge technology level could not possibly exceed that of the 1940s."
Zhang Tianyuan nodded, feeling there was no need to inquire about the basis for this judgment.
The wooden airplane says it all.
It's impossible that this plane has a laser cannon mounted on it, right?
Furthermore, Ke Jinjun subsequently ruled out this possibility.
After tracking and observing for a distance, the fighter jets accompanying the reconnaissance aircraft scrambled from high altitude and easily eliminated all three planes...
The only surprising thing was that one of the pilots in the three planes actually activated his ejection seat and floated down in a parachute.
Unfortunately, as soon as he landed on the surface of the sea, the Sea Kings swallowed him whole.
"The situation in the west is not a concern; the discoveries in the north are more interesting."
Zhang Tianyuan's gaze followed Ke Jinjun's words and turned to the north.
"Yesterday, our radar detected a group of aircraft approaching from the north. At its closest point, they were only ten kilometers from the server's boundary."
"Judging from the speed of these fighter jets, they are approaching the speed of sound, and supersonic speeds cannot be ruled out."
Zhang Tianyuan became a little more serious.
Supersonic aircraft pose a far greater threat than wooden airplanes.
Although this level is still not enough for the Mutual Aid Society.
Ke Jinjun hadn't finished speaking.
"Besides the supersonic aircraft, our radar detected something else interesting."
The screen showed radar recordings from that time, indicating that an object was rushing in from the north at high speed, and then split into two targets when it was at least a thousand kilometers away from the boundary.
One of the larger targets began to fall, while the smaller target turned around and sped back towards the north.
"We speculate that the target is a staged rocket, which likely originated from a more northern region, and it should be carrying various reconnaissance instruments."
"The target of this rocket should be to probe our northern neighbor. It will depart from the launch site, head south, enter our northern server, collect information along the way, and once the first stage rocket runs out of fuel, it will activate the second stage rocket to send the reconnaissance device back."
"According to our observations, no effective interception of this stage rocket was achieved from the north until it disappeared from our detection range."
Ke Jinjun said with a smile, "This kind of reconnaissance method is not bad in this special time and space. It can easily test the other party's technological level, and there will be no loss even if it fails."
Zhang Tianyuan added, "It seems our neighbors to the north aren't really interested in visiting us for the time being."
"They're probably in a panic right now. They tried to intercept that rocket, but they weren't successful every time."
What's the situation in the east?
"The situation here is the most interesting," Ke Jinjun said, pulling up data on the holographic sand table. "A joint naval fleet is heading our way."
What appeared before Zhang Tianyuan were more than thirty ships.
Ke Jinjun continued, "This fleet includes aircraft carriers, battleships, transport ships, and supply ships... It's a fairly complete fleet."
"The most interesting thing is their transport ships."
Ke Jinjun zoomed in on the picture, revealing more than ten strangely shaped, enormous machines strapped to the wide deck.
"These are mechs?!" Zhang Tianyuan was somewhat surprised. Although they were different from those in the Pacific Rim Spacetime, and these robots were more like beasts or even deformed, they were definitely mechs.
Ke Jinjun nodded. "It is indeed a mecha, no doubt."
Moreover, this is a mech capable of fighting in water; the reconnaissance plane witnessed someone piloting one of them into the sea for combat.
"And it successfully hunted down a monster in the sea."
Pulling up the image, Zhang Tianyuan saw that it was a monster twice the size of the mecha, about twenty or thirty meters long.
"Interesting!" Zhang Tianyuan stroked his chin, his interest successfully piqued.
How would you rate their technical skill level?
Ke Jinjun said, "It's hard to say; it seems both advanced and outdated."
He then explained in detail, and Zhang Tianyuan quickly understood why he said that.
If we're talking about how advanced these people are, they have massive steel warships and high-end technologies like mechs, which are used in the Pacific Rim Spacetime.
But to say they are backward is an overstatement. High-altitude reconnaissance aircraft have been following them overhead for so long, and they haven't been alerted at all. Their reconnaissance capabilities, or rather their radar technology, are clearly a major weakness.
"Therefore, we speculate that these mechs may be related to the new materials that Director Mako mentioned before. They may have made unexpected progress in the research of special materials, which led to abnormal technological advancements."
Zhang Tianyuan found this explanation reasonable.
"Furthermore, judging from this situation, other forces should also have their own experience in the application of new materials."
The Mutual Aid Society neglected the game world because it focused its main efforts on various timelines.
Other players, however, are different. They have been developing within the game world and their understanding and research of game materials Mutual Aid Society.
Furthermore, other players must also have ways to deal with those sea monsters, which could very well be related to these special materials.
Looking at the fleet moving in the holographic sand table, Zhang Tianyuan suddenly said, "Could these mechs and ships be using new materials?"
"Very likely," Ke Jinjun said calmly.
"Then let's give it a try--"
"Take care of them!"
On the undulating sea.
Two fleets flying different flags were sailing westward in the night. The vast sea was pitch black, with only starlight and a few lights around the fleets.
Huge waves crashed against the giant ship, the spray even reaching the deck, soaking half of the mechs strapped to it.
"Judging by these undulations, we're almost at the border. The mech units are preparing to go into the sea to engage us. We must press on and break through the border line in one fell swoop!"
"Once we break through the border ahead and the monsters' blockade, a beautiful new world awaits, a world of sweet honey, abundant gold, and countless women—it has everything!"
"A divine being has descended from the heavens, His Majesty the Holy and Great Howard is watching over us!"
The android soldiers, who had been given a shot of adrenaline by their ship's officers, were acting as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
The mech pilot roared as he climbed into the cockpit, and soon started the mech. The indicator lights lit up, and then one deformed steel monster after another appeared on the deck.
There are octopuses that stand on six legs, eight-eyed spiders with eight legs and a fish tail, and an enormous, venomous snake covered in thorns...
All the mechs are ready, waiting to reach the border and for the monsters from the seabed to appear before they charge down.
Whether we can successfully kill the monster is another matter, but at least we can hold it off and allow the fleet to pass through the border smoothly.
This gives the empire a foothold on another server. All they need to do is open up another base and build their first airport...
The system of first deploying troops and then establishing colonies had taken root in the minds of all soldiers.
Just as everyone from the fleet commander down to the lowest-ranking sailor was dreaming of a bright future for the empire, the radar operator on the aircraft carrier suddenly noticed something was wrong.
"Something... something is flying towards us at high speed!"
"What?"
The fleet commander turned his head rapidly. "Is it an airplane?"
"No, it's too fast!"
"At least five times the speed of sound!"
The commander's heart skipped a beat. "How long until the target reaches our vicinity?"
"Ten..."
"Ten minutes?" The commander's first thought was, but in a flash, he felt that something seemed off.
Just then, he heard the radar operator's voice hadn't stopped at all—
"Nine, eight, seven..."
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Outside the command center, the soldiers looked up at the night sky.
"There are so many shooting stars in the sky..."