Marvel's whitewashing cop, you want me to save the world?

Chapter 207 Things on the Far Side of the Moon

The Earth Alliance Integrated Base is located in northern Canada, and it took only two months from groundbreaking to completion.

Representatives from all over the world have been stationed here, and in terms of function, this base has completely replaced the original bloated and inefficient United Nations.

On the stage in the auditorium, Li En stood there, his face calm.

The audience consisted of representatives from over a hundred countries, filling the entire hall to the brim.

He didn't make any opening remarks and went straight to the point.

"From today onwards, the Earth Alliance officially possesses the capability to venture into space."

"Jarvis, retrieve the spaceship's data."

"Yes, sir."

The image on the huge screen behind him suddenly lit up.

A massive spaceship appeared in the center of the screen, its design featuring clean, flowing lines, and its hull gleaming with a dark metallic sheen in the simulated lighting.

This is the ship currently moored in the river outside the Umbrella base.

It was assembled using components of the Chitauri army's warships as a base, combined with reverse engineering technology of the Dark Elf ships.

To date, advanced technologies such as spatial jumps have not been fully explored.

However, according to Jarvis's calculations, with the existing propulsion system and energy configuration, the ship would take six months to reach Mars.

The spacecraft is equipped with a complete cryogenic hibernation system, which allows the crew to enter a controlled hibernation state during long-distance voyages and be collectively awakened upon arrival at the destination.

However, cryogenic hibernation pods have an unavoidable drawback.

When all humans enter hibernation, the defense and control of the entire spaceship will have to be handed over to artificial intelligence and machine stewards.

Now, no one needs to be reminded a second time that countless races exist in the depths of the universe, and many of them are hostile.

Stuffing all living people into hibernation pods and then leaving their fate to an algorithm is not a feasible solution for long-distance exploration.

Therefore, the current plan is clear: first, transform Mars into a habitable planet for humans, relocate a portion of the Earth's population there, and reduce the resource pressure on this planet.

In fact, after taking full control of all affairs, Lee En had already discovered something.

The claim that "Earth's resources are about to run out" is a complete lie from beginning to end.

Given the current resource reserves on Earth, even if humans consume them without any restraint, it would take a very long time to truly deplete them.

Those claims that "the Earth will run out of fuel within a few decades" are nothing more than rhetoric fabricated by a group of people who control the pricing power of resources in order to sell things at higher prices.

But none of that matters anymore.

Li En never intended to expose it.

His goal from the beginning was not to save resources for capitalists, but to enable humanity to go global.

The development of planets outside our solar system is far more significant than any previous division of new continents on Earth.

Let alone capitalists, even the most ordinary people at the bottom of society can figure this out with their eyes closed.

How many opportunities are hidden on those unexplored planets?

After the demonstration, Li En announced the scale of the first voyage on the spot: 50,000 people.

The routine maintenance of the spacecraft is carried out by a group of rigorously trained engineers.

However, the vast majority of operations will be performed by robots controlled by Jarvis.

Those engineers, those mechanics, those captains who actually came from the navigation academy—their purpose was not to take over the robots' work when everything was normal.

They were preparing for the most extreme possible scenario.

What if Jarvis loses control of the spaceship?

What if all the backup simple intelligent systems also crash at the same time?

Even then, humans will still be able to sail the ship back using their own hands.

When the quota of 50,000 people was released, global public opinion exploded almost instantly.

Because this announcement and another message were broadcast simultaneously, Lee Eun personally set the selection criteria for this group of candidates.

First and foremost, registration must be voluntary.

Secondly, they don't care about nationality or race.

The age range is strictly defined as 16 years and older but under 70 years old.

Once selected, each person will automatically be eligible to receive injections of Dragon Blood Potion Type I and Type II.

At the same time, one must accept arrangements based on actual needs, directly take the three branches of Dragon Blood Potion to activate the X gene in the body and obtain the corresponding superpowers.

This is a truly global election.

He even had Jarvis dispatch hundreds of Mark armored vehicles to the most remote areas of Africa, going from village to village and town to promote the cause and accept applications.

In those places, there are many people between the ages of sixteen and seventy who have lived their entire lives without ever knowing how to write the word "spaceship".

But they could see the Iron Man armor falling from the sky and understand the question "Are you going or not?" spoken in the local dialect.

Li En did not use the banner of fairness and justice.

He did not promise that the selection process would be conducted in complete transparency; instead, he made it clear on camera.

"This is an opportunity, but the other side of opportunity is always risk."

Human observation of what's actually on Mars remains at a very superficial level.

Who knows, there might be something completely unknown to us hidden beneath that red sand.

Those who are willing to go should think it through carefully.

The recruitment campaign was in full swing around the world.

In the Earth Alliance office, Wanda was lounging on the sofa, bored out of her mind, tilting her head to look at the man behind the desk who was constantly stamping documents.

During this period, her role was that of Lee Eun's secretary.

In the first few days after taking office, everything was still quite new.

She did indeed do all the things a secretary should do conscientiously.

Arrange itineraries, deliver documents, coordinate with various departments, and record meeting minutes.

But as the days went by, the young girl gradually discovered that the job was not what she had imagined at all.

She still admires Lee Eun.

Every day, I sit in the office watching him handle mountains of official business, watching how he uses just a few words to untangle and straighten out the tangled conflicts between those national representatives.

Her pride had not diminished in the slightest.

But this kind of daily routine of waking up, going to work, recording, drinking coffee, and leaving get off work, day after day, is indeed becoming increasingly boring for her.

This was completely different from what she had imagined.

She had imagined what it would be like to be by Lee Eun's side.

He followed him as he hunted down criminals, traveling all over the world, and even venturing into the depths of space to confront aliens.

That's not how it works; it's not about sitting in an office stamping documents.

"I've said before, you can quit this job anytime if you don't want to."

Li En didn't even look up, speaking in a flat tone.

Wanda rested her chin on the sofa armrest and did not reply.

Li En noticed her listless attitude, but he didn't blame her at all.

Ultimately, this monotonous, office-based lifestyle is the most thorough way to erode the character of young people.

Although Wanda was previously trapped on a secluded island by Eric, she was free.

She can fly wherever she wants.

Although that kind of freedom is limited to the island's area, it's still better than being in the office on time every day and leaving on time.

"It's not that I'm unwilling," Wanda shook her head slightly, her voice muffled, "It's just that this job doesn't align with what I wanted."

They're not quite the same.

She never considered quitting her job.

As the daughter of the fraternity president, she knew from a young age that too many of her compatriots were not living well.

Since she became Lee En's secretary, large groups of fraternity members have been able to come to New York every now and then, and some are even free to choose to live in other countries.

She has to stay in this position.

Only when she stays by Lee Eun's side can her father truly feel at ease, and only then can the heads of state who have accepted members of the Brotherhood truly feel at ease.

This job is inherently a two-way street.

After all, her biological father had indeed done many things that kept governments around the world up at night.

Li En simply nodded slightly. He didn't continue the conversation.

Jarvis's voice suddenly came through the headphones.

His tone was as steady as ever, but the weight of his words left Li En's hand, which was about to be stamped, hanging in mid-air.

"Mr. Li En. The Mars probe, launched ahead of schedule, has read a set of unusual data."

Cross-referencing suggests that life may exist on the far side of the moon, which is closest to us.

Li En placed the seal on the table, looked up, and said to his watch, "Notify Stark to prepare that small test ship. We'll go up there ourselves and see what's going on."

He turned to Wanda.

Wanda had already sprung up from the sofa and was standing ramrod straight.

Those eyes, which had just been veiled with a lazy, misty glow, now shone as brightly as if someone had lit a lamp inside them.

"Notify Foghie and have him come over and help me with these documents."

"it is good."

Wanda turned and went out, her steps as light as if she were stepping on a spring.

In just a few minutes, she dragged Virginia from the building next door all the way over.

Virginia was dragged by the forearm and stumbled into the office, still asking what was wrong, what happened, and what was going on.

But as soon as he entered the room and saw the mountain of documents on the table and the seal next to it, he understood everything.

He sighed, plopped down in the mayor's chair, flipped open a document with his left hand, and grabbed the seal with his right, his movements so practiced it was heartbreaking.

"It's nothing serious." Li En took a coat off the hanger and draped it over his shoulders.

"The probe has detected something on the moon. This is yours, Virgil."

Virginia looked up at him with a very complicated expression, then lowered her head to continue stamping, muttering something that no one could hear.

Li En walked over to Wanda and glanced at her sideways.

She looked as if she had just been awakened from a long hibernation.

The boredom and weariness that had been building up in his eyes for weeks had been completely swept away.

"Let's go, the cosmic adventure you've been waiting for has begun."

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