Across the ocean.
Satnam and his friend Adrian have been officially part of the project team for some time now. Xxs-2
The project's laboratory was a mine shaft in their country, which had been abandoned after the resources were depleted, but was salvaged and reused by the project planning team.
Although Adrian was only the deputy director of the project, the project manager was actually just a figurehead and did not usually come to the experimental site.
In other words, Adrian was in charge of everything within the project team.
With the help of his friends, Satnam thrived here and could conduct his research as he pleased.
Moreover, the conditions here are much better than in his previous mine.
The mine he used to rent in South Asia had terrible air conditioning and ventilation; it was always stuffy and hot inside.
Even in winter, ice is needed to cool down the high-temperature underground environment.
Meanwhile, in the mines across the ocean, the laboratories not only have a complete air conditioning system, but also a ventilation and circulation system that connects to the surface, as well as emergency escape devices and emergency storage warehouses...
"This place is simply paradise!"
Satnam leaned back in his desk and comfortably took a sip of black tea.
He was the only one in the lab; everyone else had already left.
He hasn't left the cave for four or five days, and has been voluntarily working overtime in order to obtain research results as soon as possible so that he and his friends can benefit from them.
Looking at the parameters fed back from the experimental equipment on the screen, Satnam didn't waste too much time, put down his tea, and continued working with great enthusiasm.
Suddenly, there was a sound like a snap.
The surrounding environment suddenly darkened.
All the light disappeared.
Before Satnam could react, the emergency lights came on.
"The power's out?" Satnam pulled out a flashlight and shone it around.
The electrician on duty arrived quickly.
"It's an overheating of the external circuit, which caused the wire to break and short-circuit. Satnam, you can go up now."
"The circuit is overheating?" The electrician said and went out to fix it. Satnam thought for a moment and then followed him out.
As soon as he stepped outside, Satnam felt a wave of heat hit him, as if he were in a furnace, and sweat quickly dripped down his face.
Even the electrician, wearing a vest and shorts, was the same; sweat seeping from his chest and back quickly soaked his entire body, making him look...
It's a bit passionate.
"Damn it, it's getting hotter and hotter lately, this is ridiculous..."
The electrician yelled as he pulled out the faulty circuit.
A section of the circuit was installed outside the laboratory, and now the problem is with that section.
"My God!" the electrician suddenly exclaimed, and Satnam rushed over.
In the electrician's hand, the outer insulation of a section of wire had melted away, as if it had been heated by fire.
"How could this be?" Satnam was also surprised.
He returned to the lab, retrieved his equipment, measured the outside temperature, and then compared it with the geothermal gradient data they had previously obtained.
Why has the temperature risen so much?
The result was quite surprising.
The actual temperature is now significantly higher than what was measured when they moved in!
It was precisely because of the increased temperature that the wire was operating at high temperatures for an extended period, causing the outer insulation layer to slowly melt.
"Is it because of the season?" Satnam immediately countered this possibility; they were currently in a temperature-controlled mine, where the temperature should be the same throughout the year.
And it's only been a few days since they moved in?
How could the temperature change so drastically?
"Something's wrong here!" That was Satnam's intuition.
"Other countries are already preoccupied with the sun's affairs; they shouldn't be paying attention to changes underground, and we haven't detected anything unusual in other countries."
When faced with Zhang Tianyuan's question, the executives of "2012" answered very quickly.
Zhang Tianyuan sat down and stretched.
"It's a good thing they haven't found out; at least we don't have to expend energy on them. We can focus on dealing with the current situation before informing them."
"But now the other side has started a new project, it seems they want to benchmark against us, and they've also discovered the possibility of the apocalypse..." the crew-cut old man suddenly said.
"In that case, we need to speed up the preparations," Zhang Tianyuan pondered. "Didn't we discuss before about relocating all the refugees from abroad to Africa in No. 2 Spacetime?"
"I think we can start preparing now. Let's send some people to Africa to find survivors, establish cooperation with them, and at the same time, investigate migration sites."
The old man with the buzz cut said, "We'll discuss this line of thought later."
After discussion, we concluded that sending people to Africa indiscriminately is not a good idea.
"Where do you think would be a better place to send them?"
The old man with the buzz cut chuckled, "Besides Africa, we think other mining and agricultural countries could also be suitable for resettling some people."
A high-ranking official next to him named several countries, some from South America and some from the Middle East.
"We need to resume production in No. 2 Spacetime to prepare for our future relocation, which also requires a huge supply of raw materials. Domestic land alone cannot meet these needs."
"Therefore, we must relocate some of our people to countries that produce raw materials, so that they can provide us with various industrial raw materials."
"And this is also a means of dividing them."
No further explanation was needed; Zhang Tianyuan already understood.
To put it simply, mining and planting beans require hard labor.
As for differentiation, isn't that simple?
If you obey orders, you can go and drill for oil and live the life of an oil tycoon.
Those who don't obey will be sent to farm or mine, where life will be a little harder.
As the most powerful force that effectively controls all resources in No. 2 Spacetime, the Mutual Aid Society can essentially distribute wealth to refugees simply by assigning tasks.
In this way, it is easy to cultivate a group of big "compradors" among the refugees. They will naturally appease the people under their "rule" in order to gain the benefits they have already obtained.
Zhang Tianyuan thought about it and quickly agreed.
Such a thing is naturally unfair to refugees, and it also makes them seem petty.
However, Zhang Tianyuan knew that absolute fairness was impossible.
The Mutual Aid Society is not an ideal world, and Zhang Tianyuan is not the protagonist of a shonen manga who can persuade everyone with just his words, make everyone put down their selfish desires, and be transformed into a saint.
It's even less likely that countless resources could be conjured out of thin air to allow all refugees to live a good life.
Therefore, necessary political maneuvering cannot be abandoned.
In the face of the apocalypse, the Mutual Aid Society just needs to stick to its principles.
After the agreement was reached, the executives of "2012" reacted quickly.
A team of 5,000 people, already vaccinated with the KV Vaccine and on standby, along with relevant experts, was mobilized and then transported through Spacetime Tunnel to various selected countries in the Legend World.
Such a transfer seemed unremarkable against the backdrop of a large-scale training camp, and didn't even attract international attention...