In response to Murphy's question, Wang Lei turned to look at Amelia, gesturing for her to come over and talk.
Amelia nodded and quickly came over.
"I'm Amelia. Are you Murphy? Joseph Cooper's youngest daughter? He told me about you."
Click!
Murphy opened the door, her face a mixture of excitement and suspicion. "How do you know my father?"
"We're his colleagues," Amelia said with a slight smile, but before Murphy could react, she added, "Could we go in first? The sheriff is still watching; I can't let him see us."
"Please come in." Murphy seemed to snap out of a daze, quickly stepping aside and then, imitating her grandfather, went to pour water for the guest.
Amelia held her down, telling her not to bother.
Murphy then asked nervously, "Did my father... really betray his country?"
"Grandpa said it's impossible. He still has us, and he still has this farm. He can't abandon all of this!"
The little girl became more and more excited as she spoke, her eyes sparkling with hope. Before, she had been puzzled by her father's situation, but after hearing Amelia's account of her background, she knew there must be more to the story.
Amelia held Murphy in her arms and gently patted her back. "Your father didn't abandon you. He was simply fleeing this cannibalistic society for a greater ideal. He had no choice but to make the decision to leave you temporarily."
" Murphy, don't worry, your father will definitely come back..."
After calming down the agitated Murphy, Amelia began to tell her about Cooper.
It's naturally best not to tell this little girl about the Mutual Aid Society, but talking about other things is fine.
Amelia quickly convinced Murphy that although her father had indeed "betrayed" the country with others, he did so in order to save all of humanity. Only by reaching the other side could they obtain the technology and resources necessary to save humanity...
Although Murphy is intelligent, she is still only a ten-year-old girl and quickly believed this story, which lacked any details.
Taking advantage of Murphy's heightened trust, Wu Yisi suggested checking out her room to see about the Ghost phenomenon her father had mentioned before.
Murphy agreed and personally led Wu Yisi upstairs.
Zhang Tianyuan and Amelia were left downstairs.
"President? What's the Ghost phenomenon? I've never heard Cooper mention it before." Amelia
Watching the two figures walk upstairs, I felt puzzled.
Zhang Tianyuan calmly replied, "I learned this through a questionnaire survey."
Amelia narrowed her eyes, recalling that when they had just returned from the Pacific Rim Spacetime, Zhou Kun had indeed given them a questionnaire to fill out.
Most of the questions were related to their training, but some were related to their mental health. One of the questions was whether they had seen or heard of any inexplicable supernatural phenomena.
Cooper must have written down this result at that time.
Having figured this out, Amelia put her doubts aside.
Although she knew the wormhole was artificially placed, Zhang Tianyuan had only told her that those "people" had disappeared, and she had no idea that they were higher-dimensional humans, let alone that they had this connection with Cooper.
Seeing that she didn't ask any questions, Zhang Tianyuan was happy to relax and quietly waited for Wu Yisi to come downstairs.
About five minutes later.
Wu Yisi then took Murphy's hand and came downstairs.
Murphy kept recounting the supernatural phenomenon she had witnessed, how the Ghost kept pushing books off her bookshelf with a clattering sound...
Wu Yisi listened patiently with a smile, occasionally asking more in-depth questions, as if she completely believed what she said.
In fact, she completely believed it.
She had heard Zhang Tianyuan mention higher-dimensional humans.
The two, one big and one small, returned to the living room hand in hand. Wu Yisi shook her head at Zhang Tianyuan without making a sound, indicating that she couldn't see anything strange in the upstairs room.
Murphy rarely encountered an adult who believed in " Ghost," and for the next half hour, he talked incessantly about what had happened that night.
Zhang Tianyuan also learned from her account that the paranormal phenomenon had lasted in her room for several days, but it suddenly stopped one day.
After asking for the exact date, Zhang Tianyuan confirmed that it was the first time he opened the Spacetime Tunnel for Instructor Yin and sent them to this time and space.
In other words, the future changed after their Mutual Aid Society arrived in this timeline.
Higher-dimensional humans were unable to complete the cause and effect of their "birth" and have now disappeared.
But the changes they made to this spacetime did not disappear, whether it was the Blight or the black hole placed near Saturn.
Both are as usual.
Humans in this time and space
We still need to leave Earth and find a new home.
Although nothing seemed to have changed, Zhang Tianyuan had already let go of his previous lingering worries.
After spending an hour at Cooper's house, Murphy's grandfather returned with his grandson Tom.
The old man and the young boy had gone out to take care of things on the farm.
Upon learning that Amelia was Cooper's colleague, the two reacted with the same excitement as Murphy, and Amelia had no choice but to recount Cooper's situation to them again.
When Donald heard that his son-in-law had chosen to abandon them and even betray his country to follow Amelia and the others to the other side for such a noble ideal as saving all mankind, Donald was speechless for a moment.
After a long while, he finally sighed.
"Save all of humanity? Is that even worth it?"
"Instead of thinking about it, how can we prevent our family members from becoming the Wandering Earth...?"
The old man looked weathered and sorrowful, and harbored resentment towards Cooper.
Since his daughter's death, he's been taking care of both children. Now Cooper has even handed over the farm to him. If things go wrong, the whole family could become the Wandering Earth, and they wouldn't even have the chance to enjoy their old age in peace. How could he not be resentful?
However, Donald only vented his frustrations verbally. After he finished rambling, he still asked Zhang Tianyuan and the others to help look after his son-in-law and to try to send back any news.
Zhang Tianyuan smiled and agreed to the request, and also gave Donald a satellite phone so that he could call him if needed.
After all, Cooper is now a traitor.
Although Donald seem to be in no trouble now, they could be purged at any time.
Now that Cooper and his group have joined their side, they're one of their own.
Therefore, it's best to make arrangements in advance, so as not to let something go wrong later and affect your mindset.
Apart from Cooper, he also had the nearby branch investigation team send people to send over to all the other "traitors" who had families.
As for taking the Donald family away early?
Zhang Tianyuan didn't hold out hope, not because he couldn't afford to feed these few people.
The main point is not to forget that the Donald family owns 500 acres of cornfields, which not only ensures they have enough to eat but also places them among the wealthy.
Who can persuade a mine owner with oil fields in the Middle East to return to the countryside and eat simple meals every day?
These three men, Donald, certainly did not possess the noble spirit of selflessly dedicating themselves to the sake of all humanity.
Not at least not now.