Mutual Aid Society is blocking them from joining?
Based on their understanding and speculation, the entry requirements for the Mutual Aid Society are quite lenient. They don't seem to see so many different time periods and countries with one branch of the Mutual Aid Society per person.
The two diplomats smiled and expressed their gratitude for President Zhang's promise.
Zhang Tianyuan repeatedly thanked them for being too polite.
With the most important matter settled and it getting late, the two sides continued their discussion for a while longer before Jing Youwei took his leave with the two diplomats.
Zhang Tianyuan saw them off from the office area, and then Zheng Xu took them to the guesthouse that had been arranged for them.
The guesthouse is newly built.
In fact, the space base is currently undergoing a large-scale construction project, with buildings of various functions rising rapidly from the ground. That huge transfer station was simply filled with cement, and then a steel-framed shed was quickly erected.
The former rocket assembly plant and launch site are also under renovation. Although it is called a space base, it has been confirmed that it will no longer undertake space launch missions.
Various research institutes and centers established for the New Star were built around the new center, that huge transit hub.
From now on, the affairs of the New Star will be the core of all our work here.
The guesthouse Jing Youwei staying was built along with this favorable trend, and it was much better than the places where the visiting delegations from various countries had stayed before.
The places where those visiting groups stayed before could only be called small hotels, and there were too many of them, so they had to squeeze in.
It has now reached at least the level of a hotel.
Of course, don't even think about five-star standards.
It also has the advantages of being clean, tidy, and having a sophisticated design.
Jing Youwei thanked Zheng Xu for leading the way, then led his two subordinates into his suite. He subconsciously took out his communication device, wanting to report the day's events to Meng Anping.
When he saw the telephone line on the device, he realized he was no longer in his own country. This was another time and space, without satellites or radio, so there was no way he could contact Meng Anping with a simple phone call.
With that thought in mind, he didn't bother to rest and pushed open the door again, hurriedly leaving the guesthouse.
The two diplomats inside the room followed.
The staff waiting at the door came back down as soon as they saw them go up.
He quickly followed behind and asked.
Jing Youwei didn't hide anything and said directly that he needed to return to the Spacetime Tunnel and then report back to his superiors.
The receptionist immediately understood and quickened her pace to step forward. "Let me show you the way."
"Thank you for your trouble." Jing Youwei followed behind the receptionist, taking another look at the aerospace base at night. Everywhere was brightly lit, construction machinery was working through the night, tall tower cranes were lifting huge pieces of equipment, excavators and trucks were loading soil, and the sounds of electric drills and steel hammering were incessant.
Suddenly, Jing Youwei noticed a peculiar place.
The lights were just as bright there.
But it wasn't a construction site; it was just a flat area.
Moreover, there were quite a few people gathered there, lined up neatly, like an army, but they didn't have that resolute spirit; they had only undergone a certain degree of military training.
You could even tell from their physical appearance that they were quite exhausted and somewhat depressed, as if they had encountered something bad.
These people seem to be waiting.
"Young man, why are those people gathered there? Who are they? They don't look like workers."
Jing Youwei didn't understand something, he would ask.
He wasn't afraid of getting any confidential information.
What could be so shameful about gathering so openly under the lights at night?
Sure enough, the young receptionist didn't bother with keeping it a secret and said directly, "Those are some of the disaster victims who have been temporarily relocated here from No. 3 Spacetime. We've found them accommodations and are having them gather together in preparation for leaving the base."
Jing Youwei's interest was piqued. " No. 3 Spacetime? That's the one that can build Planetary Engine?"
"Yes, sir."
"These people were relocated here because their underground city was damaged and could no longer be inhabited. This was done under the coordination of President Zhang and President Yuan."
"Is that Planetary Engine really not a scam, or is there some exaggeration involved?"
Even now, Jing Youwei still finds it hard to imagine how a mega-building whose height is measured in kilometers could possibly be constructed.
The receptionist gave an understanding smile; he understood Jing Youwei Youwei's thoughts perfectly well. It wasn't just him; many others, even those involved in mutual aid, were aware of this.
Before personally traveling to No. 3 Spacetime, the members of the association found it hard to imagine that such a magnificent creation could exist in the world.
" The Planetary Engine is real, of course. I even had the privilege of visiting No. 3 Spacetime on Planetary Engine business and seeing its full extent from afar on their ice plains."
He took photos back then, but there's no need to show them now.
Seeing that the young receptionist in front of him was speaking with absolute certainty, Jing Youwei began to have some doubts.
"Young man, may I go over there and talk to those disaster victims?"
Without hesitation, the receptionist said, " Deputy Director Yin previously instructed that you are completely free here and we will not restrict you, so you don't need to consult me on this matter."
Jing Youwei understood, turned a corner, and walked towards the people standing in neat rows.
The closer they got, the more certain Jing Youwei became that these people had received some military education, but it wasn't professional or in-depth; they were probably just neatly lined up.
Not everyone was queuing in the very center; some people were lazy and patiently waited on the periphery of the crowd, showing no impatience whatsoever.
Jing Youwei spotted a young man on the outskirts of the crowd, walked over to him, gave a brief self-introduction, and then started talking to him.
Of course, considering that the person in front of him was a native of the Wandering Spacetime, Jing Youwei did not ask as directly as before. He only asked about the specific details of the Planetary Engine.
Then the young man straightened his back and recited many publicly available data points about Planetary Engine as if he knew them by heart.
Jing Youwei every subtle change in expression, and finally confirmed that the young man was genuinely proud of it.
I'm proud of those huge engines.
Before the Mutual Aid Society appeared in the Wandering Spacetime people, there was generally no sense of pride among them.
Firstly, the impending doomsday crisis is unknown, leading to resource shortages and a very oppressive social atmosphere.
Secondly, the internal struggles were quite intense, and many people believed that developing Planetary Engine was a waste of resources and manpower, and an unnecessary worry.
But everything changed after the Mutual Aid Society was established.