How are you doing now?
Thomas's allies began to have doubts about his mental state.
Thomas calmly gestured for them to remain calm.
"I am in perfectly normal condition right now, you can rest assured, I have not taken any prohibited drugs."
"Regarding the Mutual Aid Society, I have informed my deputy, Carl, and he has notified the relevant parties. You will receive an email from him shortly."
Seeing Thomas's confident assertions, coupled with official endorsement, the allies temporarily set aside their doubts about his mental state.
However, they then began to doubt the Mutual Aid Society.
"Anyway, an organization that can open Spacetime Tunnel is too... Aren't you being deceived, Mr. Thomas?" A man named Takemura looked at Thomas in the video suspiciously, as if doubting his identity.
Others shared the same question.
After all, there were just too many suspicious points surrounding Thomas's sudden visit.
Maybe the real Thomas has been replaced?
Everyone had their own creative ideas.
Thomas didn't want to get bogged down in this pointless game of suspicion, so he stated directly, "I've confirmed the existence of the Mutual Aid Society and the Spacetime Tunnel."
He recounted how their east and west coasts had been besieged by hundreds of warplanes.
"To this day, we still have nine carrier battle groups on our east and west coasts, which can be deployed between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean at any time."
"We are simply no match for this kind of fleet."
Hearing this, Takemura and the others began to believe it and understood why Thomas had rushed to see Zhou Jianhai immediately.
No time travel is needed; even if their country were merely surrounded by nine normal carrier battle groups, they would have to come to Elder Zhou that very day to apologize. (Xxs-2)
In comparison, Thomas seemed quite calm.
Thomas shrugged, not taking the embarrassing incident to heart, and instead shared his newfound knowledge with Takemura and the others.
"My visit turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I have now received permission from the Mutual Aid Society to use the Spacetime Tunnel to relocate citizens and national property before the end of the world."
" The Great Migration Plan is far more reliable than Ark Project; if planned properly, it could even save lives worldwide."
The allies exchanged bewildered glances before Takemura politely spoke up, "Then can we also use the Spacetime Tunnel? What price would we have to pay?"
Thomas immediately replied, "Of course, only..."
"All you need to do is join the Mutual Aid Society like I have, become a member state, establish a branch of the Mutual Aid Society, and agree to implement the Great Migration Plan."
Everyone immediately began inquiring about the requirements for joining the Mutual Aid Society.
When they learned from Thomas that the Mutual Aid Society had no joining requirements and that anyone could join by submitting an application and then use the Spacetime Tunnel, everyone was excited.
"Then we should become a member of the Mutual Aid Society too!" Takemura was the first to make the decision.
Other allies followed suit.
Thomas gave a knowing smile. "Perhaps you can let me finish."
"If we want to carry out the Great Migration Plan, then we must obey the Mutual Aid Society's arrangements during the migration process..."
When Thomas mentioned his demand to abandon most of the armed forces and then go abroad to mine, the expressions on the allies' faces changed drastically.
"That's impossible!"
"Once we lay down our arms, they can slaughter us at will!"
Several people reacted very strongly, unable to imagine what terrible things would happen if they obeyed orders and moved obediently.
Moreover, they are going to mine in a parallel universe.
This immediately reminded them of the miserable slaves in their own country in the past.
They absolutely cannot accept this.
Thomas sighed; he knew this would happen.
"I think you'd better agree to the Mutual Aid Society's plan. Zhou and the Mutual Aid Society are already preparing for a nationwide mass migration. Even if you disagree, they will soon issue a doomsday declaration to the whole country."
"By then, you won't be able to pretend nothing happened."
"As for your concerns, the Mutual Aid Society has assured me that in this parallel universe, we will still manage our own internal affairs. We are simply prohibited from starting wars and leaving our designated areas."
"NO!" Even with Thomas's earnest persuasion, the allies resolutely refused.
"We will use every means to fight against evil!"
The others showed no mercy to Thomas, bluntly stating that this was the devil's behavior, practically pointing their fingers at Thomas and calling him the devil's mouthpiece.
The talks between the Ark Alliance ended in discord.
Thomas walked out dejectedly and told Zhang Tianyuan and Elder Zhou the result.
Both of them had anticipated this. Xxs-2
Elder Zhou patted Thomas on the shoulder to comfort him and also arranged for him to rest at the state guesthouse.
After seeing Thomas off, Zhang Tianyuan and Elder Zhou received...
They discussed countermeasures.
"Overall, today's events were within the expectations of us old folks." Elder Zhou sat down, poured Zhang Tianyuan a cup of tea, and chuckled.
Zhang Tianyuan thanked him and gave him a thumbs up, "Experience is the best teacher."
That's right.
Zhang Tianyuan's cold attitude during this meeting was mainly an act, meant to put pressure on Thomas.
These were all contingency plans that Elder Zhou and his team had prepared in advance.
The results are clearly excellent now.
After a combination of coaxing and intimidation, Thomas became one of their own.
He didn't even dare to go home, intending to fight against the domestic tycoons here, completely behaving like a "comrade".
Elder Zhou, "I reckon they won't give up. They'll definitely use every means to stop our doomsday declaration, so we're sure to have a tough battle ahead of us."
Zhang Tianyuan stood up and stretched.
"Then I'll go back to No. 2 Spacetime first and let the pilots there prepare further."
"Thank you for your hard work, President."
Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean.
The office lights were still on.
Carl was surrounded by a group of people, with a phone hanging in his ear.
What exactly is the purpose of Thomas's visit?
"We've received some bad news..."
These chattering voices are all spokespeople for various interest groups.
They've completely broken off relations.
News of what happened with Thomas has already spread.
The sources of information were varied, some coming from Europe, others from Carl's subordinates...
Although the existence of the Mutual Aid Society deeply shocked these people, they were more concerned about their own power and wealth.
When the various interest groups heard that Thomas planned to apply for membership in the Mutual Aid Society and implement the Great Migration Plan, they went crazy.
In their view, the apocalypse is only highly probable, not certain.
What if, by some twist of fate, it doesn't happen?
So why disclose the possibility of the apocalypse to the outside world?
Why go through all the trouble of a migration plan?
Most importantly, they're going to abandon their armed forces as well—aren't they handing over their lifeline to others?
"We will use every means to stop this unwise behavior!"
"Tell Thomas that from this moment on, he is a shameful traitor!"
" Carl, we think you're ready to take Thomas's place."
Carl holding the phone...
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