"Dad!"
The two children had just gotten out of the car when they ran straight to Cooper, and the three of them hugged each other tightly.
Donald, smiling, slowly walked up behind, dragging his heavy luggage.
Seeing this, Cooper quickly let go of his two children and ran to help his father-in-law lift the package.
"Your workplace is really nice!"
Donald looked around at the interior of the space base. It had a long-lost modern feel, and the lush greenery all around, even though it was fake, gave people a psychological suggestion, as if even the sky seemed a little bluer.
Cooper, carrying his luggage, grinned, revealing his teeth. "I don't usually work here; I train elsewhere. But I can come back here to see you all during my time off."
As he spoke, he found a place to store his luggage, and then led his family into the base to rest.
There are no secrets left at the space base now.
Even rocket launches have become rare, because the exploration of Star No. 3 is now on track, and the necessary satellites can be placed directly into Planet No. 3's orbit using spatiotemporal positioning methods. Xxs-②
There's absolutely no need for it to change hands again at the space base.
This is one of the reasons why those criminals weren't intercepted when they escaped on rockets.
The function of the space base has now shifted, becoming more of a site for space-time transfer and an experimental laboratory for New Star biological research.
However, these were not things that Murphy and his family needed to know for the time being, and Cooper introduced the information to his family according to the standards of the space base.
He also brought his two children close to the rocket launch pad. Although there were no rockets on it, the enormous structure still made the two children gasp in amazement.
For the previous ten years or so, they had spent their lives in farmland and schools, and the only technological advancements they had encountered besides firearms were various agricultural machines.
I've never seen such a magnificent device as a launch pad before.
During the visit, Cooper also brought gifts for the two children, giving each of them two bags of local specialties he had brought back from his Wandering Spacetime.
"This looks a little strange?"
"Is this really dried earthworms? Those little worms wriggling underground?"
Tom frowned, clutching the stick his father had handed him.
Something like spicy strips.
If his father hadn't pointed it out, he would never have guessed that these things were actually those rare insects found in the fields.
He remembered that these insects could only be found by digging very deep. And they were only found in crop areas; no matter how deep you dug elsewhere, you couldn't find them. Xxs-2
Cooper, holding an earthworm in his hand, sat down in front of the two children and said with a smile, "Try it, you'll like the taste."
Murphy twitched his little nose and smelled a peculiar sweetness from the dried earthworm, but it also seemed to have a slightly foul odor?
She opened her mouth and boldly took a bite.
Then a strange, indescribable sweetness and aroma filled her mouth; it tasted quite good.
Seeing this, Tom also took a bite, but after only one chew, he couldn't help but vomit, shouting, "What is this taste? I feel like I'm eating... I feel like I'm eating that..."
Grandpa Donald raised an eyebrow, examined the dried earthworms in his hand carefully, and then brought them to his nose to smell.
"Durian?"
"You guessed right," Cooper laughed, then popped another dried earthworm into his mouth like a snack, making Tom's scalp tingle and feel that his father was no longer clean.
Donald was even more surprised, and he put it in his Barry and chewed it, even closing his eyes in ecstasy, indulging in the taste in his mouth...
This made Tom's eyes even more horrified.
He glanced at his grandfather and father, then at the half-eaten earthworm still in his hand...
How can you eat this?
Could it be that he's been possessed by aliens?
If he hadn't been taught to cherish food from a young age, he would have loved to dig a deep hole and bury this thing, so that stray dogs on the roadside wouldn't come and dig it up in the middle of the night.
Murphy glanced at her brother. "Are you still going to eat?"
"Here you go!" Tom said as if he had gotten rid of a troublesome person, stuffing the dried earthworm into his sister's hand.
At this moment, Grandpa Donald let out a sigh of relief, half-closing his eyes, and said with a hint of contentment, "This is such a long-lost taste. I probably haven't had it in over twenty years..."
Cooper gave his children a brief explanation of what durian is.
In this era of mass extinction of plants and animals, children and even young people are increasingly concerned about these extinct species.
It didn't leave much of an impression.
"So, this tastes like a fruit from the past?" Tom's brow was still furrowed. Weren't they supposed to have plenty of supplies before?
Why did people in the past like to eat this kind of thing?
Murphy, however, inquired with interest about the origin of these dried earthworms.
Even Donald was interested.
He hoped to get a surprising answer, such as that durians had already been successfully cultivated and grown here...
Unfortunately Cooper shook his head, saying that it was just a chemically concocted flavor, not the real thing.
The Mutual Aid Society society is still a secret here. Donald and his group will be living in the city in the future, so we can't tell them about the parallel universe yet.
"But don't be discouraged, our exploration of the New Star has been a great success. Seeds of many crops have been sent there for planting trials, and the results have been excellent."
This was some consolation. Although there were supposedly new migration methods that could allow large numbers of people to move to a new home, Donald still felt he wouldn't live to see the day they migrated to New Star. Murphy and Tom, on the other hand, might be able to see that day.
Murphy and Tom, upon hearing this, became intrigued and pestered Cooper to tell them more about the New Star.
There's no need to keep this a secret.
The exploration of the New Star was conducted in a very transparent manner, with all news broadcast immediately, including the migration schedule.
However, the information above was rather rough, while Cooper's knowledge was much more detailed. He could even describe the success or failure of a certain New Star biological research project, as well as a general map of the New Star and the distribution of its organisms...
The two children listened with rapt attention, especially when they learned that the place was similar to Earth's ancient times. Although there were no dinosaurs, there were a large number of strange and evolving plants and animals. Their mouths dropped open, and they were filled with longing for the New Star.
Cooper talked for two hours straight without repeating himself, and the two children thoroughly enjoyed listening to him.
Finally, Cooper brought up another matter.
"Other countries are also paying close attention to this New Star. Many countries have sent their highest-level delegations to negotiate..."
Upon hearing this, Donald immediately recalled the foreign faces he had encountered on the bus.