Porter originally intended to negotiate with Yuan Heguang on the other side, demanding that they transfer the person back.
But his remaining rationality told him that there was no need to invite such humiliation.
Yuan Heguang had no reason to care about his negotiations.
They haven't had an army since the global unrest ended ten years ago, and now nobody listens to them.
Finally, he simply waved his hand, telling Harry to go and carry it out immediately. Incidentally, he also ordered a cleanup of the NASA base.
Whether Plan A will continue depends on the progress of the rectification.
After Professor Brand's emergence, it's hard for him to trust the loyalty of NASA bases anymore; they might have been infiltrated to a great extent!
Harry moved very quickly.
After Porter's orders were relayed, all levels of subordinate agencies took action within a day.
This is a perfectly normal speed.
Although the famine is severe now, the fact that North America can drive tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of starving people to the desert to die is enough to show that their institutions at all levels still retain sufficient executive power.
At Cooper's house.
The sheriff, still puzzled, knocked on the door again.
Cooper's youngest daughter, Murphy, was studying in the living room; she had apparently been suspended from school. (Xxs-2)
Grandpa Donald sat in a chair, listening to the radio.
In this era, there was no television; for most people, being able to listen to the radio was already considered excellent entertainment.
The sheriff paid attention to the broadcast content; it sounded quite normal, not the kind of private broadcast that promotes some strange or discordant theories.
"Where's Tom?" the sheriff asked curiously.
Grandpa Donald turned off the radio. "He went to the farm; the corn there will need his care from now on."
The sheriff nodded, clearly quite familiar with their family situation; after Cooper left, the eldest son Tom, had become the pillar of the family.
"Did you bring any bad guys with you today?" Murphy asked the middle-aged sheriff bluntly.
She remembered the last time this person came, he brought a bad guy with him, and that bad guy took her father away.
Hearing the child say that, the sheriff was a little embarrassed:
"Actually... I did come here today with some bad news to tell you."
Maternal grandfather Tang
Nader's heart skipped a beat.
"What news is it? Is it about Cooper? Did he get caught in a sandstorm on his way out?"
In this era, being buried by a sandstorm and then dying painfully is a fairly common way to die; most people who mysteriously disappear are basically dealt with in this way.
But the sheriff shook his head, unsure how to begin. "This is a bit complicated. I just received a report saying that Cooper, he..."
"What's wrong with Dad?!" Murphy's eyes were fixed on the sheriff.
"He betrayed his country..."
"Treason?"
Donald's first reaction was incomprehension.
"How did he betray his country? Was he a spy? Who contacted him?"
How could his son-in-law possibly have the grounds to commit treason?
Given these conditions, does he even have the grounds to commit treason?!
He didn't!
Which intelligence-level organization would hire him?
The sheriff said, "I don't know the specifics, but the report says that Cooper has left North America through special channels and should have arrived in Asia by now. His final destination should be across the river..."
Murphy is still young and doesn't have enough understanding of many things.
But Donald was different.
He was born at the turn of the century; what hadn't he seen?
"He has a large farm at home, with 500 acres of cornfields. How could he abandon his family and betray his country?!"
If he'd betray his country for these conditions, how much would the other side have to offer him?
The sheriff shrugged. "I don't care. My job today is to conduct a thorough search of your homes, especially Cooper's personal belongings; I'm going to confiscate them."
He had already shown great leniency and didn't intend to touch Cooper's family's property; otherwise, the family would have been reduced to starvation within days and driven to the desert to die.
After all, we see each other all the time.
Donald and Murphy remained silent until the sheriff began his operation. Neither of them could understand why Cooper had abandoned them and left the country without a word...
Didn't he say he was going to save all of humanity?
How did it become moist?
The Pacific Rim Spacetime.
Cooper sneezed, feeling as if someone was thinking of him. Thinking this, he pulled a photograph from his pocket—it was...
A family photo of him and his children.
My wife was still alive when this photo was taken, and the whole family is smiling happily.
Cooper pulled out a tissue and wiped his wife's face in the photo, a smile spreading across his face, a feeling of unprecedented excitement welling up inside him.
One day has passed since he traveled through the Spacetime Tunnel and arrived in No. 4 Spacetime.
He had already learned the full picture of Plan C from Professor Brand.
They were actually planning to collaborate with a trans-dimensional organization, and after finding a new habitable planet, use that organization's Spacetime Tunnel to transport all of humanity to that planet after a transit.
This plan is far superior to Plan A, which he had previously heard about.
He had used the Spacetime Tunnel before and personally experienced its magic and convenience.
That's much better than the wormhole on Saturn! ノ②З
Almost instantly, his belief in Plan C solidified, and he also understood why Professor Brand was so determined, even going so far as to betray his country to escape.
There's absolutely no chance this plan could fail!
Cooper's confidence grew even stronger after he learned that the migration between Timeline 1 and No. 2 Spacetime within the Mutual Aid Society had been progressing smoothly for some time.
If other timelines succeeded with the help of the Mutual Aid Society, then there's even less chance they could fail!
Cooper was also aware of Professor Brand's arrangements for them.
If one cannot make key contributions, and has no intellectual contributions, then all that can be contributed is the body... no, it should be labor.
To put it bluntly, they were the ones who used to do manual labor.
From now on, they will probably be assigned all the dirty and hard work. Only in this way can we enhance their contribution to this great human salvation operation, and only in this way can we secure better conditions for North America in the future.
Sigh, even though Professor Brand led them in betraying their country, Cooper now thinks Professor Brand is the most patriotic among them.
A person who has already committed treason in effect, yet is still thinking about the future of the country and its people, has actually been forced to the point of treason.
Through this ironic fact, Cooper deeply sensed Professor Brand's inner struggle.
What kind of hordes of insects does this old professor usually deal with?!