The camera was sent through the Spacetime Tunnel again.
Outside the old airport, which was already packed with people, Jing Youwei was handling official business in a makeshift command post, occasionally glancing at the screen next to him.
That's the real-time image transmission from the camera.
Compared to their last filming experience, the bustling scene on the other side of the tunnel now seems to have eased somewhat. Instead of a large number of vehicles entering Tunnel 3, many vehicles are now exiting it, some of which are clearly carrying a large number of people or goods.
The situation captured on this camera is currently the most pressing issue nationwide, even overshadowing the tense international situation.
In any case, the international situation has been tense for more than a decade.
Since the end of the water source riots, the atmosphere has never truly relaxed.
Jing Youwei had already gotten used to this atmosphere.
Therefore, the most important thing right now is this suddenly emerging " Mutual Aid Society ".
If it was possible they had been deceived before, that possibility has now been completely ruled out after this research team arrived on site.
No matter the discipline—information experts, physicists, chemists, biologists, or even scientists—can provide an explanation for this Spacetime Tunnel.
Their cameras were not hacked, the footage was not faked, the spacetime properties around the Spacetime Tunnel were stable, there was no abnormal radiation, no abnormal molecules...
Everything is normal.
Apart from that Spacetime Tunnel.
After receiving approval from this group of top experts, the tunnel's level of importance was officially raised to the highest level in less than an hour.
Scholars from various disciplines who had been sent to the vicinity of the old airport quickly assembled in Jing Youwei's temporary command post to watch the footage transmitted by the cameras and analyze the useful information within.
Although the camera could only see a small corner of the opposite side, it contained a wealth of information.
A single, unintentional gesture from a staff member can reveal social relationships and institutional structures; the structure and performance of a vehicle can be deduced simply by looking at its exterior, thus determining its internal technological level; and even the equipment worn by soldiers...
Getting pregnant at first glance is a family heirloom skill!
The amount of information contained in this one-sided live stream is simply incredible.
That's a parallel universe!
All the information there is meaningful.
After learning the truth, the experts and scholars were also completely absorbed in it.
However, the benefits of this "voyeuristic" live streaming did not last long.
The idea of a camera suddenly appearing in a new Spacetime Tunnel is ultimately futile, no matter Jing Youwei, even if the camera is painted with the lowest possible visibility.
As early as yesterday, when they first did this, someone on site had already noticed and reported it. However, President Zhang was too busy at the time and could only report it to Instructor Yin. As a result, the camera was retracted before it could be dealt with.
Seeing that the camera seemed determined not to back down and to continue its "spying," Instructor Yin found Zheng Xu, who had previously met with Chairman Yuan Heguang, and entrusted him with a glorious task.
That means taking Jing Youwei... or more accurately, taking Jing Youwei and his team's cameras around the area and letting them learn about the various deeds of the Mutual Aid Society.
This is also a form of publicity.
You can watch whatever you want.
Anyway, none of it is a secret; in fact, you could say that organizations like Mutual Aid Society don't really have any secrets.
Its core consists of only President Zhang.
So, if Jing Youwei interested in them, they can even go see the Planetary Engine; that place has now become the number one tourist attraction in the Wandering Spacetime.
Anyone who has the opportunity to travel to the Wandering Spacetime, whether for business or study, must take the elevator to the outside of the underground city and look up at this enormous wonder built by humankind.
It would be even better if we could go to the equator and see the Planetary Engine in operation with our own eyes.
It even attracted a group of idealists from various timelines to apply to support the Wandering Spacetime, although their knowledge wasn't sufficient for them to make any progress on projects like Planetary Engine...
In short, in the foreseeable future, once the movement of people between different time periods is relaxed, tourism is likely to become a pillar industry for Wandering Spacetime, which is much more reliable than the current export of dried earthworms.
When Zheng Xu appeared on camera and offered to show them the footage, the many experts who were watching and analyzing were somewhat...
Awkward.
But this is a good thing!
Having someone guide you is much more convenient and faster than having them speculate about this and that here!
Without the slightest hesitation, Jing Youwei immediately agreed.
Following his instructions, Bu Zhen replaced the camera with one connected by a long cable and carefully transmitted the data to Interstellar Spacetime, where Zheng Xu's team took over.
Inside the Rampage Spacetime, Jing Youwei was not idle either. He instructed the expert team to continue monitoring the footage and immediately report to Meng Anping.
In less than two minutes, Meng Anping got the signal back.
As he entered, others who had attended the previous meeting also turned on the live stream.
Zheng Xu knew that his actions would likely attract widespread attention in the new timeline, but since he couldn't see any audience and had no direct experience of the commotion he had caused, he could speak to the camera with great composure.
"Our current location is the nascent stage of a newly established time-space transfer hub in No. 7 Spacetime. It undertakes the main transportation tasks for various time-spaces within the Mutual Aid Society and is one of the two major transportation hubs..."
Speaking of transportation hubs, Zheng Xu casually mentioned the Legend Spacetime and Parallel Spacetime Economic and Trade Organization.
That's the first transportation hub of the Mutual Aid Society.
According to the latest plans, each timeline intends to have the Snowpiercer Spacetime upgrade its railway into a heavy-haul railway, which will then be used specifically for transporting goods to other timelines.
After all, they have a complete railway transportation disinfection system.
Therefore, there is no need to worry about KV Virus infection for goods transported by rail. The grains that have been disinfected in multiple ways were also transported out slowly by rail.
Interstellar Spacetime will currently serve as a hub for both sea and road transport.
However, there are also plans to upgrade the heavy-haul railway here, so it cannot be ruled out that they will take over the railway transportation hub of the Legend Spacetime in the future.
At that time, the railway in the Legend Spacetime will be used specifically for transporting food.
Zhang Tianyuan had no way to interfere in this situation, nor did he intend to forcefully do so.
It all depends on the competition between the two sides from now on.
The KV Virus, to some extent, protected the Legend Spacetime. It was precisely because of the existence of this Mutavore, coupled with Zhang Tianyuan's mediation, that no one has dared to target the Legend Spacetime so far.
However, the KV Virus did indeed hinder the future development of the Legend Spacetime.
Of course, no matter how things develop in the future, with the current population of just over ten million in the Legend Spacetime, even if they only rent land and sell grain, the income would be enough for them to live a good life collectively.
Some people in certain timelines think the people in the Legend Spacetime are suffering, unaware that since the first batch of food was produced, they have already entered the era of landlords.
Zheng Xu didn't go into too much detail in front of the camera, only mentioning it briefly.
But this information still caught the eye of Meng Anping and his colleagues, and they understood the role of these two transportation channels almost instantly.
It is no exaggeration to say that these are two major arteries of the future.
However, it's not the Mutual Aid Society, but all organizations involved in Economic and Trade Organization; this is their lifeline for the future.
In the future, all parallel universes that embrace the Mutual Aid Society and the concept of "all-time-spaceization" will become increasingly inseparable from these two major arteries.
While Zheng Xu was speaking, Meng Anping and his former colleagues had a lively discussion.
The experts on Jing Youwei Youwei's side were also restless; their enthusiasm was even higher than Meng Anping's.
Many people were reminded of the predicament they were currently facing.
The chaos they are facing now is fundamentally caused by the shortage or even depletion of resources. Before this, their world was just an ordinary one.
However, the trade and economic system established by the Mutual Aid Society may allow them to import resources from other dimensions...
But the only problem is...
"Do other timelines have that many resources for us to consume?"
"Water sources, oil... and various industrial raw materials..." xS12
Both Meng Anping and the scholars thought of this question without prior agreement.
If their entire spacetime were to be transformed into a resource-importing spacetime, how enormous would the required quantity be?
Is there really anyone who can afford to provide for it?
While they were having doubts, Zheng Xu, unaware of this, was busy leading the camera around the unique tunnels of various time periods, introducing their basic information.
From the timeline of "2012," to the Legend Spacetime, and then to the Wandering Spacetime...
These events greatly surprised Meng Anping and the others, but that was all they were surprised about.
Until they talked about the Day After Tomorrow Spacetime.
"... Currently, in No. 6 Spacetime..."
We are still in the midst of a climate crisis, with frequent floods and meteorological disasters impacting production across the entire world.
"To this end, they are seeking ways to slow down climate change, one of which is to reduce freshwater reserves at the poles."
Zheng Xu's figure standing beside the camera firmly drew the attention of Meng Anping and the others. Xxs-2
"Freshwater reserves... decreasing?"
In the conference room, some people immediately reacted instinctively to this statement, like robots whose keywords had been triggered.
Meng Anping remained silent, waiting solemnly for Zheng Xu to continue.
"... Currently, No. 6 Spacetime has established an ice-breaking plant in Antarctica and has systematically supplied 50,000 cubic kilometers of freshwater reserves to various timelines, roughly equivalent to 1/24 of Lake Baikal."
"In addition, No. 6 Spacetime anticipates that they will continue to supply ten million cubic kilometers of fresh water to various timelines in the future, primarily from the Antarctica ice sheet."
50,000 cubic kilometers.
It only occupies a very small part of Lake Baikal!
That doesn't sound like much.
However, in reality, humans only effectively utilize about 10,000 cubic kilometers of freshwater each year.
If not a single drop of this 50,000 cubic kilometers of fresh water were wasted, it would be equivalent to five years' worth of human consumption!
Of course, this ideal state is impossible.
But no matter what, this amount is enough to consume the entire human population for at least a year.
Use water for domestic purposes, industry, agriculture... just use it as much as you want, there's absolutely no need to restrain yourself.
The next ten million cubic kilometers is even more terrifying.
Even people like Meng Anping couldn't imagine what that concept was like.
This is equivalent to moving almost half of the nearly 14 million square kilometers of ice sheet in Antarctica, which is 1,800 meters thick on average!
This is also a massive project.
Meng Anping looked around at his old colleagues.
I realized they were watching me too.
Someone said, "If we join the Mutual Aid Society in the future, can we also import fresh water from that No. 6 Spacetime?"
"We previously avoided water source disturbances thanks to seawater conversion technology, but seawater conversion is very costly. If we could obtain a portion of freshwater..."
They exchanged glances, their eyes filled with excitement.
Some people have taken a longer-term view and proposed importing resources from other time and space, which now seems like a worthwhile option.
The Mutual Aid Society encompasses so many different timelines; if they could integrate into one, it could, on a smaller scale, put the country back on the path of development, and on a larger scale, potentially even end the chaos and wars currently plaguing the world.
Although this puts us at the mercy of others, there's nothing we can do about it.
Their planet has far too few resources.
Since the last century, it has been said that oil reserves are only enough for humanity to use for another xx years.
People have heard this kind of statement so many times that they usually just treat it as a joke.
Because new oil reserves are discovered every year.
Until one day, or at some point in time, people realized that there hadn't been any newly discovered oil reserves for a very long time.
Moreover, existing oil is still being rapidly extracted and used...
That's how the tension arose.
It wasn't too serious at first, but after two full years, when only one small oil field had been discovered globally, people became even more panicked.
This was the beginning of the oil riots.
There's really nothing to say about this.
It's simply that resources have run out, and humanity is reaping what it sowed.
Meng Anping and the others had long since accepted this situation.
But now that there's a point of comparison, things are different...
"By the way, why don't other parallel universes seem to face resource depletion?"
Suddenly someone raised this question.
Then everyone fell silent for a moment.
Yes, in other timelines, some are already in the 2060s, and some have dug countless holes in Earth and built ten thousand enormous Planetary Engine. The resources they consume are probably beyond description.
Why didn't No. 3 Spacetime experience a resource crisis?
Is it simply because of nuclear fusion?
Not everything there is powered by electricity...
Even if this is just a special case, what about other timelines?
Why haven't we heard of resource shortages in other timelines?
The things that led them to face the apocalypse were Mutavore, the sun, and aliens, but the only thing they lacked was resources.
Why did they run out of Earth's resources so quickly?
so...
Could it be that there's a problem with the total amount of resources in their timeline?