Space launch site.
No one cared about what was happening on the other side of the ocean; at this moment, Zhou Kun was only concerned about the spaceship they had shot down.
When he saw the probe's orbit begin to change on the screen, he knew that the spacecraft must have activated its onboard engines.
This relieved him, but then he became a little worried. "After this orbital correction, will the probe have enough fuel?"
He didn't know that the rocket didn't contain a probe at all, but a spaceship.
The other Mutual Aid Society experts he met couldn't tell him either, because without understanding the Mutual Aid Society, many things simply couldn't be explained.
However, according to Yuan Heguang's idea, the news of the Mutual Aid Society should remain a secret in Interstellar Spacetime for a while, and these aerospace experts could only respect this decision.
In response to Zhou Kun's question, an expert standing next to Zhang Tianyuan calmly replied, "Don't worry, we have a plan; there won't be a fuel shortage."
Hearing this, Zhou Kun finally felt a little relieved.
It seems these people did consider the possibility of failing to get on track.
Although some fuel was wasted, at least the "probe" was saved.
"Alright, this launch can be considered a complete success. Now everyone, please go and take a rest."
Now that the spacecraft only needed to continue flying along its orbit, Zhou Kun relaxed and left the scene.
However, what he didn't know was...
After he left, Zhang Tianyuan opened a tunnel connecting the spaceship's interior to the Wandering Spacetime. Crew members in spacesuits dragged in several fuel refueling pipes and secured them to the fuel inlet.
In no time, the spaceship, which had just used up a lot of fuel to change its orbit, was back to full power.
Then, it accelerates again!
The spaceship continued its endless cycle of acceleration, refueling, acceleration, and refueling on the deserted space track...
Yuan Heguang also temporarily put aside the spaceship project, which was still several months away from completion, as he faced many practical problems.
He decided to officially join the Mutual Aid Society.
After this space mission, he was completely certain of the Mutual Aid Society's capabilities; he'd be crazy not to take advantage of it.
Therefore, Zhang Tianyuan convened another time-space conference.
Yuan Heguang represented Interstellar Spacetime- Time at the meeting.
After introducing himself to everyone, the group returned to their seats to begin their meeting.
The main purpose of this meeting was to address the major challenges currently facing Interstellar Spacetime and their future development.
So at the very beginning of the meeting, Yuan Heguang stood up and took the initiative to introduce the current domestic and international situation in his own time and space.
In general, Interstellar Spacetime is currently in a state of transition, with a distorted structure.
On the one hand, many elderly people, and even some middle-aged people, have experienced that prosperous era, and many of them are still alive today.
These people are knowledgeable and insightful.
The latest generation, however, has already seen widespread illiteracy; they can't even read, let alone attend school.
Not to mention the decline in productivity.
The withering of the land caused the death of a large number of people, and the death of human beings, in turn, stifled the development of most productive forces.
From a global perspective, all countries are rapidly regressing in Interstellar Spacetime, with the division of labor and cooperation becoming increasingly distant from humanity, and self-sufficiency gradually becoming the mainstream.
The kind of rancher life Cooper in the movie, with a car, a house, land to cultivate, children in school, and baseball games to watch, is a privilege typically reserved for the wealthy.
Many more people are struggling to survive on the brink of starvation.
According to the data released by Yuan Heguang, their total grain output last year was only about 10,000 tons, which means that each person's annual grain output was only about 230 kilograms.
In other words, each person's daily ration was only a little over one pound. If distribution is taken into account, many people's rations were not even that much.
It is also worth noting that all of these grains are corn, because corn and okra were the only two crops that could be grown last year.
You can't possibly grow okra and eat it as a staple food, can you?
If it weren't for the large amount of food stored up during the previous riots, this level of food production would not have been able to support the consumption of more than 1.2 billion people.
As Yuan Heguang spoke, his eyes became incredibly heavy, and one could feel the pressure he carried just by looking at him.
Many branch presidents also felt a headache coming on.
Yuan Heguang was only referring to the situation within their own country.
He hasn't said what the actual situation is yet.
However, based on the events we know so far, it's clear that the situation is far from ideal in most parts of the world.
The person most familiar with this food shortage situation is none other than Elder Tan from the Finch Spacetime. However, faced with the fact that agriculture is completely impossible in Interstellar Spacetime, he was truly helpless and could only suggest improving the distribution system, while also passing on his experience in system building from his own timeline.
Elder Zhou also granted Yuan Heguang access, allowing them to enter their own timeline, just like in Finch Spacetime, and remove the materials they couldn't handle.
Many of these supplies were food, and although they were scattered, they were still edible.
Sun Deyi stated that he would donate another 200,000 tons of dried earthworms, which would provide them with enough food in their region. He also suggested that they could explore exporting the dried earthworm industry to Interstellar Spacetime.
However, this action is not very meaningful. The Earth affected by the Blight is actually experiencing a mass extinction. Although only plants are disappearing, it has already affected animals in turn.
Besides humans, a large number of animals are rapidly going extinct due to starvation.
Even earthworms, those tiny creatures that normally forage in the ground, were affected.
Earthworms may no longer be able to thrive on the land in Interstellar Spacetime.
As previously planned, Zhang Tianyuan also transferred 1.2 million tons of grain belonging to the Mutual Aid Society from the Spacetime Warehouse and donated it to Yuan Heguang.
However, these are all just a drop in the ocean.
A total of 1.4 million tons of grain, calculated at one kilogram per person per day, would be enough to feed 1.2 billion people for a little over a day.
The only way to truly revive Interstellar Spacetime is through spacetime trade.
Only by enabling them to obtain resources from other time and space through their own labor can their lives gradually return to normal. Otherwise, if they simply rely on aid and live off their savings, no one can afford to support these 1.2 billion people.
Of course, to trade, you first need productivity.
Given the current state of Interstellar Spacetime, productivity is nonexistent; industry has almost completely ground to a halt, and agriculture is barely enough to survive.
Therefore, the most urgent task is to get Yuan Heguang to restart the previously shut-down factories and restore some of their production capacity.
There is now a huge market of over 10 billion people within the Mutual Aid Society, especially after Elder Zhou and others moved to the Legend Spacetime, the demand from these 7 billion people is extremely large.
Especially considering that they need to gather enough strength to return to the timeline of "2012" and rebuild their lives.
Rebuilding a new world—the market potential within it is unimaginably vast.
It's fair to say that even if Interstellar Spacetime could only produce some steel and cement, Elder Zhou would accept it all.
Of course, if the problem of Interstellar Spacetime were really that simple, and could be solved simply by restarting the factory, then Yuan Heguang would have solved it long ago.
The industrial system in Interstellar Spacetime collapsed because it was a complete collapse, not just the absence of a single link.
Simply put, all the workers in every stage, from raw materials to processing to export and transportation, ran away because they couldn't get enough to eat.
This is the collapse of the global system.
But now, with the help of Mutual Aid Society, these are no longer problems.
If raw materials are lacking, they can be sent from other dimensions. Since there are Spacetime Tunnel, as long as the planning is reasonable, the raw materials will be no different from those next to the factory.
Other aspects of the product, such as transportation, can also be handled in other times and spaces.
In this way, Interstellar Spacetime will not need to restore the entire supply chain as before, as the Mutual Aid Society can provide these, and they only need to be responsible for the production link.
They are like cogs in a machine, screwed into the Mutual Aid Society system.
To be fair, this system is not perfect.
The Pacific Rim Spacetime is actually more suitable to take on this mission. They have a complete supply chain, a stable and secure environment, stronger productivity, and faster production speed.
However, none of the many branch presidents present raised any objection to this decision.
Because everyone knows that the best isn't necessarily the most suitable. If we hand over the entire market to the Pacific Rim Spacetime, the people of the Interstellar Spacetime won't be able to support themselves...
When it comes to human lives versus money, the Mutual Aid Society society is remarkably unified in its opinions.
Once the meeting concluded, the charter was finalized.
In addition to food aid, various timelines will also send volunteers into Interstellar Spacetime to provide assistance in areas such as healthcare, education, and industrial recovery.
In addition, the future Interstellar Spacetime will also become a new spacetime transportation hub, becoming one of the connection centers between various spacetimes, just like the Legend Spacetime.
Aside from severe desertification and frequent sandstorms, Interstellar Spacetime is generally quite safe.
Moreover, this place is not plagued by the KV Virus, which is an advantage compared to Legend Spacetime.
This meeting greatly encouraged Yuan Heguang and gave him immense confidence. Before the meeting, he never imagined he would receive so much help!
Although Zhang Tianyuan believed that this aid was merely a drop in the ocean and far from solving the predicament of Interstellar Spacetime.
But in his opinion, that was enough!
Upon returning, Yuan Heguang immediately threw himself into the task of restarting industry and revitalizing productivity.
Zhang Tianyuan also temporarily withdrew from his work and returned to the game world to clear out the monsters on the map.
Before arriving in the Interstellar Spacetime, he spent several days clearing out monsters in the game world, hoping to get the blueprints for the " Mecha Factory ".
However, we never even saw a trace of that blueprint.
Instead, more than a dozen other miscellaneous blueprints were generated.
However, Zhang Tianyuan felt that the blueprint might be about to be exposed...
Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
Just when Zhang Tianyuan still thought the blueprints might be leaked soon, Yuan Heguang suddenly sent a message asking to meet with him.
"What's wrong, President Yuan?"
Zhang Tianyuan returned to Interstellar Spacetime through Spacetime Tunnel.
The first thing he saw was Yuan Heguang waiting for him alone in the office.
"We just received a message," Yuan Heguang stood up and walked over, "The space agency across the way contacted us via satellite."
Zhang Tianyuan raised an eyebrow. "Is it because of the last rocket launch?"
"Right."
Yuan Heguang took out the report he had just received and continued, "Judging from their tone, they want to test us; they probably intend to cooperate with us."
Zhang Tianyuan flipped through the report, which recorded the information received at the time.
They were delighted to see another country on Earth rekindle its space dreams, so they wanted to know the details of the last launch, preferably the specific project missions, so that they could make adjustments to their future space plans.
The message from the other side did indeed signal a willingness to cooperate.
However, Zhang Tianyuan had only one comment on this:
"Friendly tone, but poor attitude."
However, he still sent the report to other chapters through the system to ask for their opinions.
A moment later.
Upon receiving the results, Zhang Tianyuan looked at Yuan Heguang and reiterated the Mutual Aid Society's principles. " President Yuan, our headquarters has no intention of interfering with your branch's dealings with them, but this wormhole project is a collaboration between both of us, and we both have a say in it."
"I don't think their current arrogant attitude meets the standards for cooperation."
"This is not only my personal opinion, but also the opinion of other branch presidents."
Yuan Heguang nodded in understanding. Although he had only officially joined the Mutual Aid Society for half a month, he had heard about the tragedy that occurred in the Day After Tomorrow Spacetime, and he had also heard about the theory of "the inferiority of Western civilization" that was prevalent in other timelines.
Since everyone agrees, let's decline for now.
Yuan Heguang made the final decision.
The message was quickly transmitted back via satellite.
It wasn't until the next day that Jody in the underground base received the reply, which had been relayed through multiple layers of intermediaries.
The moment he opened it, he almost thought he was seeing things.
"They rejected our request, stating that they could complete the wormhole exploration mission independently and had nothing to discuss with us!"
This resolute attitude was completely unexpected by Jody.
He quickly found Professor Brand:
"Professor, we've received a reply from the other side."
"What were the results?" Professor Brand looked up from the pile of mathematical formulas on the table.
Jody shook her head gravely. "Their attitude wasn't good."
Professor Brand took the reply from Jody, read it carefully, and then said, "Yes, they are quite confident."
"Any news about the spacecraft they launched before?"
Jody thought for a moment.
"Before it slipped out of our surveillance range, we noticed several unusual jet accelerations; it seemed to be carrying a lot of fuel, which may be why it forced its way into orbit earlier..."