"Tell me, what symbol is that?"
After Jody finished speaking, Amelia pointed to the Mutual Aid Society sign on the rocket and spoke.
"Hmm?" Jody took the binoculars and immediately noticed the unusual feature on the rocket. "Generally speaking, the markings on rockets indicate at least a partner, meaning this marking represents a collaborator?"
He could only explain it using conventional thinking.
In his view, the rocket in front of him was irregular in many ways; for example, it didn't even have the space agency's logo on it.
But these are all minor issues.
"As long as this rocket launches successfully, that's enough!" Jody took a breath and said earnestly, "The professor hopes we can continue to advance our cooperation with them..."
Amelia said, "But, there's been no news for so long..."
"The professor said that even if we are rejected, we must firmly promote the idea of cooperation. We bear the future of humanity on our shoulders, and we must prioritize the greater good!"
"We must prioritize the overall situation!"
On the other side of the world, Professor Brand said the same thing on the phone.
But the person on the other end of the phone yawned, their attitude quite contemptuous. "Professor, I've already wasted five minutes on you. If we go back further, you've wasted decades of our time. Where exactly has your research progressed?"
"Why do we still need to collaborate with others after decades of research? The resources I've invested in your project are enough to feed another 30 million people!"
"And now you come to tell me that you must cooperate with our enemies, and that we must hand over the initiative to them..."
Is your brain starting to get foggy because you're not getting enough vitamins?
Snap!
The phone went dead.
Professor Brand sighed inwardly at how difficult this matter truly was.
He simply wanted to use the enemy's power to transport another " Population Bomb." Was it easy for him?
well!
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
During these two days, the delegation, which should have been heading home, lingered at the space base, looking for every opportunity to talk to Zhou Kun, hoping that he would accept their cooperation request.
Yes, although it was done without consent.
But Professor Brand also
It was Jody who took the initiative to propose the collaboration.
Whether it's mutual cooperation or accepting their Plan B, Zhou Kun only needs to agree to one of the two conditions for them to win.
Unfortunately, Zhou Kun's attitude has inexplicably taken a 180-degree turn. Leaving aside the issue of cooperation, he, who was originally quite fond of Plan B, has started picking on all sorts of problems with the Population Bomb " in the past two days.
One minute they complain it's too heavy, the next they complain it consumes too much power, and then they say it's too big and inconvenient to mount on a rocket...
One reason after another left Amelia completely dumbfounded.
This device contains five thousand lives!
They were able to condense this device to 900 kilograms and make it stable enough to go into space and pass through wormholes, which is quite remarkable.
Unfortunately Zhou Kun was like a contrarian and couldn't see these advantages at all.
Even though they had to put up with this, Amelia and Jody still had to appease Zhou Kun, hoping that one day he would get impatient and agree to the plan, or at least take them to see those mysterious figures who had met in the office before.
Ever since they saw the Mutual Aid Society's logo on the rocket, the two of them were certain that the office with the same logo was no ordinary place, and the people inside were no ordinary people either.
However, Zhou Kun had exceptional patience; he could talk nonsense with them for ages with a smile on his face...
And so, the rocket embarked on its second launch.
Amidst the tremors on the ground and the roar in the air, the second rocket, carrying the same type of spacecraft, flew towards the wormhole orbit.
While watching the rocket launch, Jody communicated with Professor Brand by phone; their satellite network quickly detected the rocket taking off.
What's surprising is that what happened next seemed to be exactly the same as before: the orbital insertion failed, then the spacecraft consumed fuel to adjust its orbit, and then continued to accelerate...
"Didn't they fail the last time they launched like this? Why didn't they make any improvements this time?"
Jody was extremely surprised to hear his subordinate's report from across the ocean.
But when he turned around, he saw a celebration taking place at the base, with Zhou Kun smiling. This hardly looked like a failed launch.
" Jody," Ai
Milia suddenly whispered from the side, "Look at the man next to Director Zhou."
"Yes, that's... the young man we saw in that strange office."
"They seem to be saying something?"
"After learning that we were going to launch a second rocket, the delegation's attitude changed drastically and became very eager in the past two days. They have now taken the initiative to ask me for cooperation, and it feels like they are practically begging me."
After listening to Zhou Kun's words, Zhang Tianyuan turned and exchanged a glance with Amelia, who was not far away.
Amelia raised an eyebrow, sensing that this eye contact might be an opportunity, and led Jody over.
Zhang Tianyuan withdrew his gaze and said to Zhou Kun, "Since that's their attitude, it wouldn't hurt to make contact with them first."
If the other side can genuinely have a positive attitude towards cooperation, the other branches can still accept them.
After saying that, he and Zhou Kun walked towards an office building used by the Mutual Aid Society.
Seeing that Zhang Tianyuan and the other person did not refuse to talk, Amelia was pleasantly surprised and immediately pulled Jody to quicken her pace.
The two followed Zhang Tianyuan without any trouble and entered the office building that they would never have been able to enter before.
Upon entering, Amelia found the place far more bustling than she had imagined. Numerous energetic staff members were working on their computers, the sound of keyboards clicking filling the air—almost like a top-of-the-line NASA base.
Just as Amelia was pondering this thought, her gaze suddenly sharpened. She saw the aerospace experts she had met in the office that day discussing something at a table in front of her.
On the table they were surrounding was a Solar System, with wormhole orbits represented by "flowing" light, connecting one by one to the blue Earth...
In an instant, Amelia felt as if she and Jody had entered a sci-fi space. The space station outside was already quite modern, but this place had even added sci-fi elements?
At that moment, Zhou Kun suddenly took two earphones from the table next to him, handed them to them, and then extended his hand to them. "Welcome."