A moment later.
In the warm underground city, Cooper and his two companions sat with Miller in front of a roadside stall. Each of them had a bowl of steaming hot pot in front of them, containing the latest artificial meat and some earthworms, an essential ingredient for their Wandering Spacetime.
Of course, it has been processed and turned into a food product similar to meat strips.
Otherwise, none of the three of them would be able to bring themselves to eat it.
Besides these, there were also some green vegetables in the three people's bowls, which made their eyes turn green with envy.
Previously in Interstellar Spacetime, they hadn't eaten leafy green vegetables for over a decade, at most eating okra, and by 2067, okra had become extinct.
Even when they went to the Wandering Spacetime to participate in training, there was a special nutritional meal provided, but the quantity of the dishes was carefully controlled. They could only eat a fixed amount each day, and they couldn't eat to their heart's content at all.
This, on the contrary, whetted their appetites.
Today, they seem to be using their mission as an excuse to go out and have a good meal.
As for why we eat mala tang (a spicy hot pot dish).
That's naturally influenced by the environment inside the underground city.
No matter how advanced it is, an underground city is still a closed space. No matter how you adjust the air quality and humidity, it will still feel a bit stuffy from a human perspective.
So, after spending several months in the dungeon, Cooper and his two companions naturally began to develop a taste for more extreme things...
Watching my three colleagues, who could already use chopsticks skillfully and were wolfing down their large bowls of food... I guess they're colleagues, right?
Miller couldn't help but feel a sense of déjà vu.
In her memory, she had only been away from Earth for a short time, and had only been conscious for a little over ten days, and had only been on Star No. 1 for a little over an hour.
As a result, so many changes have occurred on Earth...
Even she herself arrived in this parallel universe, facing the same apocalypse as them.
The streets were bustling with activity—the sounds of talking, washing dishes, frying, and large pots steaming and bubbling. For a moment, Miller felt as if she had never actually been to space; she had simply come to this ancient country for tourism...
But she clearly came down from Star No. 1 just over ten minutes ago...
This is such a disconnect.
well!
Miller simply stopped thinking about anything, picked up her fork, and started eating. This was the first proper meal she had eaten in eight years.
The spicy ingredients entered my mouth, and their power quickly erupted in my throat. Xxs-②
Before long, standing in front of the steaming pot at the stall, Miller, like her three colleagues, was wiping away sweat and constantly inhaling, occasionally blowing on a piece of tofu she was forking...
After resting and relaxing for a few hours in the underground city, Miller completed the procedures for returning to Interstellar Spacetime, and Cooper took her to the space zone of the underground city.
The communication Spacetime Tunnel is inside, and it's a tunnel that connects directly to their Interstellar Spacetime, requiring no intermediaries.
This tunnel was specially built for communication with spacecraft in their time and space.
Miller walked through the tunnel and suddenly found himself in a new place.
It doesn't have the same strong unique features as the Wandering Spacetime Dungeon; instead, it looks more like a rocket factory.
Slap! Slap!
Right there, applause erupted.
Miller then noticed that there were already people waiting for him around.
Her respected Professor Brand was also among the waiting crowd.
Looking around at the surroundings, with Chinese characters everywhere and the faces of the people around her, Miller knew that Cooper really hadn't lied to her.
They are truly brave.
They committed outright treason.
Moreover, they escaped with the results of Lazarus missions.
... She herself was a product of Lazarus missions.
Professor Brand came up to her and gave her a gentle hug. "Welcome back, Miller."
Amelia smiled beside her, but she looked somewhat haggard no matter how you looked at her.
Miller, unaware of what had happened, hugged Professor Brand and then opened his arms to Amelia.
Before she left Earth, she had become quite familiar with Amelia, after all, Amelia was not only a member of the next batch of Lazarus missions, but also had multiple identities such as Edmunds' girlfriend and Professor Brand's daughter.
The two women had many interactions in their lives and work, so she and Amelia were already like sisters.
Amelia was taken aback by Miller's hug. She curled up in her older sister's arms like a kitten, took a deep breath, and looked as if she was about to cry.
Miller, unaware of what was going on, gently patted her back.
I thought she was just overjoyed.
The two hugged for a while before separating.
Miller and Professor Brand found a place to sit down and started chatting for the first time in a long time.
Professor Brand asked all the questions that interested him before calmly asking, "Is there anything you'd like to know?"
"Why did you make this choice, Professor?" Miller covered his forehead, staring intently at the scholar he had once greatly respected.
Although he didn't specify what the choice was, Professor Brand knew exactly what his former right-hand man was asking.
His tone was calm and rational. "Leaving North America and coming here was not a decision I made alone; it was a decision we all agreed on."
"Only Amelia and Jody knew about my plan beforehand; everyone else only learned of the Mutual Aid Society's existence from me just before they left North America."
"So, just like you, most of them rushed into the mysterious Spacetime Tunnel without hesitation."
" Miller, you returned via Spacetime Tunnel, don't you understand? With the support of this technology, everyone on Earth could travel to a new home..."
"But why must we leave North America?!" Miller interrupted, still unable to understand the decision. She went out for a short while and came back to be seen as a traitor.
This was hard for her to accept.
Professor Brand sighed softly.
"That's because you don't know what happened after you left, Miller."
Miller paused for a moment, then asked, "What will happen after we leave?"
"Yes," Professor Brand, seemingly prepared, "The same year you left, the global unrest ended, and the world was undergoing massive disarmament, even the disbanding of armies. We did the same, disbanding all our armies."
Isn't this a good thing?
"That's what I thought at the time too."
"Until Jody received orders to take the Ranger into the air and bombard the rioting, starving people."
Miller covered his mouth, his eyes wide, and his lips trembled as he uttered, "How could it have come to this? So many starving people..."
"Where did it come from?!"
Professor Brand, completely unfazed by her shock, wore a mocking smile, "Guess?"