The Rampage Spacetime and the Interstellar Spacetime have some similarities, such as resource issues, but they are different in most aspects.
The resources lost in Interstellar Spacetime are land and the crops it supports. Once planting becomes impossible, all efforts will be in vain unless food can be produced using industrial capabilities without consuming any biological materials.
While the land and water sources in the Rampage Spacetime were also contaminated.
But it wasn't completely contaminated.
If nothing can be grown here, and the water here is no longer usable, then we can simply move to another area and continue growing.
Moreover, in many places, pollution can be removed through technological means and the land can be restored to farmland.
Meng Anping used these technologies extensively regardless of the cost, and more than two million square meters of desertified land were prevented and restored through various technical means.
Furthermore, in the Rampage Spacetime, there are no restrictions on crops, allowing for the rampant cultivation of high-yield crops. The golden age of sweet potatoes was achievable even in the Qing Dynasty, and in modern society, such a golden age would only come more easily.
So apart from some war-torn areas, the three major powers are not actually short of food, and there has never been a famine.
Even in some small countries and regions, as long as the government is supportive, or they have geographical or resource advantages, and the United Nations provides some sweet potatoes, it is still possible to maintain basic social stability.
Therefore, the riots that broke out in the Rampage Spacetime more than a decade ago were oil riots and water riots, not food riots.
After all, in a world where resources are becoming increasingly scarce, energy is indispensable for maintaining an industrialized society and ensuring national strength and stability.
Oil is undoubtedly the most relied-upon and convenient energy source in modern society; otherwise, so many people wouldn't dream of burning it.
It is precisely because of the differences between the two timelines that the Rampage Spacetime has not degenerated into a situation like the Interstellar Spacetime, where global lockdowns are implemented.
There are also widespread and close connections between the various countries in the Rampage Spacetime.
Of course, this excludes a continent that ate poisonous mushrooms.
That place is now a wasteland.
After Connor moved his fleet to the Pacific Ocean, all other powers remained on the sidelines, waiting to see what would happen.
Everyone sensed that a storm was brewing. Since Meng Anping had not gotten involved in the water source riots thirteen years ago, he had not made any major military moves.
But now, Connor's big move is clearly aimed at Meng Anping.
In the shadows, various intelligence agencies have already used every trick in the book.
However, the result left people speechless.
"A fleet visit from a parallel universe?"
"Are they crazy, or are we crazy?"
"Actually, we had this information before and determined it to be fake, but we didn't expect it to suddenly reappear now..."
"No other results?"
"No, all the information sent back by intelligence personnel indicates that they now possess a tunnel to a parallel universe."
"So our intelligence agents have gone mad?"
It's truly baffling to various intelligence agencies that such outrageous and obviously fake news would come from the hands of their highly trained intelligence personnel.
They have drawn a deep chasm with those who have witnessed parallel universes firsthand, and the two sides are simply unable to understand each other.
Even though intelligence personnel repeatedly assured the intelligence community of the accuracy of the information in their secret letters, it was all considered utter nonsense by the intelligence agencies.
"Never mind, maybe this is just Connor, and Connor is using it as an excuse to create a conflict."
"Mobilize all our forces. Once a conflict breaks out, we'll seize the opportunity to take over their territory!"
One order after another was issued.
This is considered relatively calm.
Some small factions in resource-rich regions, braving the Rampage monsoon winds from the Pacific Ocean, thought Typhoon was imminent and the world was about to descend into chaos. The very next day, they hastily launched wars against their enemies...
The Mutual Aid Society's fleet was not yet ready when the world situation began to descend into chaos.
In western North America, many people also sensed something unusual from the increasing number of warships in ports and the serious and tense expressions of the soldiers.
The soldiers, their faces etched with worry, left the port with the fleet and headed towards the center of the ocean. The rest of the fleet spent their days training, rarely seen venturing out.
For a time, the area around the naval base was surprisingly quiet again.
This situation has rarely occurred before.
Or rather, it only happens
That was the only time.
That was 13 years ago, when the water source riots ended. Everyone was overjoyed, thinking they could reap the rewards of victory, but they were awakened by the giant mushrooms that were quickly planted in the Southern Hemisphere.
At the time, many people thought that the end of the world was coming and that we were about to start planting mushrooms together.
Fortunately, since the victim who ate the poisonous mushrooms died immediately and could no longer call for his father, the matter was dropped.
What else?
It's not that Connor's ex-husband was disloyal; it's just that over the years, Connor and his team haven't received any complaints from the victims.
Connor and his predecessor were very particular about procedural justice.
The people who ate the poisonous mushrooms couldn't find them to complain, so it's very difficult for them to handle their cases.
"The current situation is just like when the water source riots were about to end back then..."
Some experienced elderly people in the western region have already taken their families and supplies and quickly left the city.
Only people in the eastern region are slightly more relaxed.
Under Connor's orders, the entire North America was on high alert and remained in defense for three full days.
For the next three days, all the satellites kept a close eye on Meng Anping's fleet, but no one noticed that the fleet showed any signs of setting sail.
Connor was unaware that, while he was filled with doubt, the Joint Fleet he had been longing for had already been assembled.
Fleets from various timelines spent several days assembling on the seas of No. 0 Spacetime.
The thirty fleets have entered a period of integration and are conducting drills for various scenarios.
Incidentally, Zhang Tianyuan also inquired about the recent situation in No. 0 Spacetime.
Ke Jinjun, who is stationed here, said that the situation has not changed. Their neighbors are all being attacked, which has formed an invisible defensive line, firmly protecting their central location from the spread of the war.
The surrounding forces are so powerful that some are unaware of their existence, and Ke Jinjun has never had any contact with them.
However, one new discovery is somewhat unsettling.
"That is, we discovered that seismic waves have been frequently detected in the northern region recently, and we have also monitored the spread of radioactive fallout."
"Without a doubt, these are nuclear explosions time and time again!"
"In this timeline, there exists a faction whose technology tree has already reached the point of nuclear weapons!"
"Furthermore, their frequent use of nuclear weapons suggests they may be facing difficulties. It's possible they're using nuclear weapons to eliminate certain forces, or perhaps they're using them to protect themselves from invasion..."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Tianyuan also became more serious.
He previously thought the players in this timeline posed no threat because the players on these servers had very low technological levels.
But now, suddenly, a player faction has emerged that has unlocked the nuke...
This is somewhat worrying.
The server he was on was indeed too basic; it should be located on the periphery. The further in you go, the longer the server takes to open.
The further in a player goes, the longer they can progress.
I wonder how far the top-performing player has progressed in their tech tree.
With this question in mind, Zhang Tianyuan stayed in No. 0 Spacetime for the next few days. While the fleet was undergoing training and integration, Ke Jinjun was also carrying out operations, using rockets extensively to explore in various directions.
At the same time, President Zhang also received a message from the Wandering Spacetime.
The last set of Planetary Engine over there has been completed ahead of schedule, and it's now ready to propel us away from the moon.
To be precise, the focus is on the Moon Exile Project.
The project to expel the moon from the Earth-Moon system began as early as 2042 there, but progress has been slow because the construction of Planetary Engine has always been the primary task.
However slow it may be, it's already 2059 over there. Seventeen years of accumulated time have brought the lunar exile project to its final stage.
The lunar propulsion operation was originally scheduled to be completed around 2061. However, with the help of the Mutual Aid Society, society is much more stable than before, and work efficiency has also increased. Therefore, the lunar propulsion engine is nearing completion.
Yes, the method of Wandering Spacetime to push the moon away is simple and brutal.
Land on the moon regardless of cost, establish a base there, then assemble Planetary Engine around the base. Once assembled, ignite them to continuously deflect the moon's orbit, and then everyone can say goodbye to the moon.
And the plan
The fact that the Wandering Earth Project has reached this stage also indicates that it has reached a critical juncture where the era of braking has begun.
Once the moon is exiled, Sun Deyi will then focus on stopping the Earth's rotation.
According to the current schedule, the era of braking will end no later than 2065.
In other words, by 2065 at the latest, Earth will completely stop rotating. At that time, all the Planetary Engine in the Wandering Spacetime will be running at full power, shooting plasma beams into the sky. Earth will use this enormous thrust to accelerate its escape and break free from its lunar orbit.
At that time, humanity will officially enter the era of escape.
Zhang Tianyuan and Sun Deyi mainly discussed the issue of refuge between the braking era and the escape era.
Whether it's pushing the moon away or stopping the Earth's rotation, both actions would bring enormous and uncontrollable disasters to Earth.
Originally, Sun Deyi and his group had no other choice but to leave it to fate, like drawing lots, and whoever was chosen by God would be unlucky.
Otherwise, whether it's a tsunami or an earthquake, once the disaster affects the underground city, it will be very difficult for rescue teams to save people.
These two actions were destined to cause massive casualties.
But things are different now.
With the help of the Mutual Aid Society's Spacetime Tunnel, these casualties could potentially be saved.
Sun Deyi hoped that when they were pushing away from the moon, President Zhang would intervene and allow them to relocate some of the people to a parallel universe.
"This number is estimated to be over one billion," Sun Deyi said slowly, uttering a figure.
Zhang Tianyuan stroked the newly grown beard on his chin, but did not answer immediately.
Logically speaking, migrating 1 billion is just a piece of cake compared to other timelines. The migrations in "2012," the Interstellar Spacetime, and the Snowpiercer Spacetime all involved billions of migrations.
However, this involves a topic that is frequently discussed within the Mutual Aid Society.
That is because the human heart of someone Wandering Spacetime is too complicated.
In the underground city, besides those who support the Wandering Earth Project, there are also a large number of Spaceship Faction, as well as Migration Faction derived from this, and Peaceful Migration Faction and even Radical Migration Faction migration supporters that split off from the Migration Faction...
They even evolved a species called the Escape Faction."
That means taking advantage of the disaster to evacuate to other dimensions, leaving the organization directly, and running away without saying a word!
These people would rather abandon their families and become undocumented in another time and space than return to their Wandering Spacetime.
Of the five million people recently affected by the Wandering Spacetime disaster, Zhang Tianyuan estimates that once the new Planetary Engine is completed in a year, it would be considered good if four million of them could be found and returned.
Some radical Escape Faction even secretly research how to destroy the dungeon and bring in lava to trigger the Mutual Aid Society's cross-time evacuation conditions.
These are nothing short of terrorists!
Even the Migration Faction held these people in some contempt, and even though many of the Escape Faction were originally from the Migration Faction, they still considered these people to be heretics who had abandoned their ideals.
Although the Migration Faction uses various means to seek migration and wants to obtain a piece of land in another time and space that is enough to live on, in the end, it is also for the sake of the people in their own time and space.
These Escape Faction entirely by self-interest, even at the cost of destroying the underground city and risking the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, all so they could escape to a parallel universe...
Given the complexities of life in Wandering Spacetime, if a billion people were thrown into other timelines, they might simply take root and thrive there.
Don't suggest just throwing them into Interstellar Spacetime.
Even if all they could eat there was corn and sand, it would probably still be much better than their wretched Earth in the eyes of the Escape Faction.
If even ten million out of these one billion people escape, they will form a formidable force that cannot be ignored.
Zhang Tianyuan pondered quietly for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a good solution.
They had no choice but to tell Sun Deyi that they would discuss it again next time. In addition, this matter also needed to be reported to the branches in other timelines, and it could only be implemented after obtaining their consent.
Sun Deyi didn't insist, knowing that this was normal.
Anyway, there's still about a year before the official push-off from the moon. As long as a decision is made within six months, he'll have a way to relocate the people from the risk zone.
After sending Sun Deyi's ideas to the various divisions for discussion, Zhang Tianyuan continued to wait for the Joint Fleet to complete its integration process.
Finally, after half a month, Zhang Tianyuan received the news:
The Joint Fleet is ready!