From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

But he had never imagined that he, Zhang Beihai, would be using the most primitive pickaxe to crush ore in an environment that looked very high-tech.

"This undoubtedly shows that these people from another world have a complete moral system and extremely abundant material conditions. They make us work simply because they don't want us to have idle time and idle thoughts."

“…That’s true…”

Chu Yan pursed his lips and agreed with Zhang Beihai's statement.

"I've looked at the regulations. They allow us to trade small quantities of imperial currency. Perhaps we can pool our money and see if their promise to pick someone up is true."

To be honest, apart from the fact that mining work here is not very decent, many humans on the starship actually don’t want to go back.

Many of them were thinking that if the Empire could really fight against or even defeat the Trisolarans, then living here would obviously be much better than returning to Earth and living in fear under the shadow of the Trisolaran attack.

"...I have no objection, but you'll have to discuss the specifics of the Natural Selection with Dongfang Yanxu. I'd rather just complete the bare minimum and save time looking through the library they provide."

Although the space for these starship humans to move around was limited, the Empire still provided a variety of infrastructure, including a small library where older humans worked.

Ding Yi works here.

Although he could not access the empire's most advanced technology, for Trisolaran Earth, which had been technologically locked for two centuries, the elementary school textbooks of the Star Sea Empire were enough for Ding Yi to study and digest for a while.

"I actually submitted an application to communicate with senior imperial officials... but it was rejected."

Zhang Beihai felt a little regretful. Although it was enough to just go with the flow and let the human race survive with the "spark", the doubts in his heart could not be resolved, which was really tormenting. He could only hope that the books provided by the empire could help him answer his questions and resolve his doubts.

...

In fact, the reason why Zhang Beihai’s application was rejected was very simple.

As the supreme ruler, Si Ye finished arranging the task and sneaked back to the Empire Space Domain with Shu, intending to enter the door again and take a look next door.

The commander of the underground human alliance who dominated the eagle flag, seeing that the starship humans had not yet officially joined the pan-human community, naturally didn't bother to pay attention to them.

"Wow, the little ball hasn't turned into a little ball yet...it's just that the sun is a bit hot."

Once again, I stepped through the door numbered [1 The Wandering Earth/The Three-Body Problem].

This time the coordinates were correct. Si Ye and Shu appeared in mid-air, standing on a huge man-made structure that towered into the clouds. The scorching sun in the sky shone directly on Si Ye.

Looking down, there is a busy construction site. The three-legged structure of the planetary engine extends underground like a mountain range. The huge building modules are like silkworms spinning silk, installing the prepared modules bit by bit along the main body of the planetary engine.

Si Ye discovered with his sharp eyes that the main structure of this planetary engine had many signs of being torn, and engineering machinery was struggling to dismantle these structures and replace them with intact spare parts.

Obviously, when the gate opened, it was the planetary engine under their feet that was siphoned.

"It hasn't turned into a small ice ball, and the sun is still moving. It seems it's still early here."

If the Earth hadn't turned into an ice ball, then it hadn't started wandering.

The fact that the sun is still moving means that the planetary engine has not been completed and the earth has not stopped rotating.

So Si Ye quickly came to the conclusion that the world here is more like the timeline of the movie.

The current coalition government is probably just in its infancy, and humans are probably still arguing over the direction of action. There are the spaceship faction, the earth faction, and the digital life faction. It's lively, but it's too early.

"It's a bit troublesome, Shu. Let's go sightseeing first, but there's no snow and ice to see now."

Without a complete fusion and without someone to make the final decision, if the Star Sea Empire suddenly appears to help the people of this world solve the problem, it will only cause the united government that was finally formed in the face of a world-destroying disaster to fall apart again.

Si Ye was annoyed by this situation, so he planned to put it aside for now. Before the earth's environment changed drastically, he would take Shu to visit the scenic spots that he had not visited in his previous life.

"I'm not someone who likes cold weather. If there's no ice and snow, then I'll just enjoy the birdsong and the fragrance of flowers."

Even though the ultraviolet rays can't actually tan the beast's skin, Shu still subconsciously raised his hands to shield himself from the sun.

"There's plenty of birdsong and flowers to enjoy, and you might even see something familiar."

Suddenly grabbing Shu's hand, Si Ye jumped up.

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Chapter 259 United Government

Union Government Building.

Although it is called a coalition government, it is actually still an extension of the post-World War II international order, and the only countries capable of proposing and implementing plans are still the top powers.

The Chinese representative in the coalition government: Zhou Zhezhi, this usually amiable old man often gives the impression of being gentle but resolute in the minds of the other countries in the coalition government. However, at this moment, the amiable old man is in a bad mood.

“Troublesome times…”

Although the Earth and Moon engines, which are built to withstand enormous pressure, have been completed, the Moon engine has even completed a test run and successfully pushed the Moon to deflect.

However, a sudden disaster occurred to the planetary engine on Earth. An incomprehensible force directly tore off half of the newly completed planetary engine test machine, and more than 700 trillion tons of mass disappeared.

The feasibility verification of the Mountain Moving Plan can only be considered half completed. Without conclusive results, it will be difficult to get the other countries in the coalition government to buy in.

Although the semi-finished product also gave China more say, but... time is running out.

The engine that was torn apart by the mysterious force is undergoing emergency repairs, but it will take another three months. This sense of urgency is always weighing on Zhou Zhezhi's mind, making it difficult for him to frown.

And the difficulty humans face is not just technical verification.

The spaceship faction hopes to gather strength to build spaceships, abandon the earth and let humans go to the starry sky. However, it is still a question whether the spaceships they build can fly through deep space routes, how many years the ecological cycle system can support, and how many people they can take away.

The Earth faction does not want to give up anyone, so they proposed the Mountain Moving Plan, which is to directly take away the entire earth to ensure sufficient living space and ecological circulation resources. However, the scale of this plan requires the concerted efforts of the entire human civilization to complete it.

The Digital Life faction is the most noisy group.

Some of them just want to escape reality and enjoy a hundred years in the abundant resources of the virtual world.

Some believe that the frail human body is the obstacle that prevents humans from heading into deep space. If the body is abandoned and turned into data, then the spacecraft will not have to consider the most complex and most prone to problems ecological circulation system. It only needs to study energy and maintenance to satisfy humans' escape from this disaster.

However, due to ethical and other reasons, Digital Life was a plan that the coalition government publicly called off. Some supporters, instigated by extreme emotions, began to engage in violent confrontation with the coalition government.

Oh, and with the success of the lunar engine, a batch of moon pies have popped up recently.

They believe that combining the mountain-moving plan and the spacecraft plan to turn the moon into a spacecraft that can carry more people is also a good choice, and they continue to attract supporters in the joint government meeting.

The energy of human civilization is limited. If we continue to split like this, none of these plans will succeed. At that time, humans will really have to watch the sun swallow everything and wait for death.

"Why…"

Looking at the time, Zhou Zhezhi sighed when he thought about the upcoming meeting, and stood up to make preparations.

"teacher."

The office door was pushed open, and Hao Xiaoxi, a staff member of the United Government and also Zhou Zhezhi's student, rushed in.

"Xiaoxi, what happened again?"

Zhou Zhezhi naturally understood that something had happened again since his student had behaved so abnormally, but he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"This time, the mysterious signal source directly sent a piece of information to the domestic main network port. It was a video."

Hao Xiaoxi quickly opened his notebook and showed Zhou Zhezhi the message he had just received.

The source of the mysterious signal is a very strange existence. It first appeared in 1987, leaving behind a number 204403. After the 2044 space elevator crash not long ago, it left behind another mysterious number 205807.

Only this time, the string of numbers was quickly withdrawn.

There is still no conclusion as to what this mysterious existence is, but the information provided by the other party forced Zhou Zhezhi to take it seriously, not to mention that this time it was a video.

The video was quickly opened. It seemed to be taken by a surveillance camera in a certain area of ​​the country, but the image was grotesquely and strangely distorted, and twitched abnormally. One could only roughly feel that there were two people behind the distorted image, but other than that, no other information could be obtained.

"Xiaoxi, this?"

Zhou Zhe was puzzled. If the video was damaged or deliberately blurred, it should have been restored by a dedicated person using software and AI before being handed to him. How could it be in this state?

"The technicians said that the distortion doesn't seem to have been added later, but rather is pre-existing. They've burned through several advanced engineering stations to restore the image, and this is the best possible version. They've already sent people from China to inspect the camera."

"Already there?"

Zhou Zhezhi played the video again. He had heard that some people used signal masking to interfere with cameras, and some used hacking equipment to hack into cameras and play the video in a loop to deceive the vision.

But I have never heard of anyone with a mosaic on their face. Oh, not just their face, but their whole body.

"...Is this to show that the other person is important? Or..."

The Digital Life Faction is omnipresent, especially when all countries are investing huge amounts of resources and material resources to implement their own doomsday plans. People's living standards will undoubtedly be greatly affected. What Zhou Zhe is worried about is what those digital rebels are going to do.

"teacher…"

Just as Hao Xiaoxi was about to say something, the phone on Zhou Zhezhi's desk rang. The person who could call here directly must be a staff member of the United Government, or a contact person in China.

Zhou Zhezhi raised his hand and picked up the microphone: "This is Zhou Zhezhi, please tell me... who are you?"

In Hao Xiaoxi's impression, teacher Zhou Zhezhi has always been a kind and wise person. His past style of doing things was steady and graceful, which is the goal she aspires to learn from.

But at this moment, Zhou Zhezhi, who answered the phone, had an expression that kept changing, as if he had heard something bizarre and strange that was hard to believe.

"What do you mean by unidentified individuals wanting to exchange a piece of ecosystem technology for the opening of a scenic resort???"

Zhou Zhezhi's expression was distorted, and the wrinkles on his face became much deeper.

"Mr. Zhou, that's what the other party said."

The person on the other side who was in charge of reporting also had a strange tone, as if they had seen something that they couldn't understand.

"...I understand. I want to see who this person is."

After the phone call was hung up, Zhou Zhezhi, an old man, became furious and slammed his crutch to the ground.

"Xiao Xi, I need to return to China immediately. As for the meeting, since the planetary engine failed, the coalition government's meetings are just a bunch of nonsense. Please help me deal with it."

"Got it! I'll arrange it right away."

Hao Xiaoxi immediately began to arrange a special plane and route. Although she didn't know what happened on the phone, since Zhou Zhezhi was so serious, she naturally had to make arrangements as soon as possible.

"Zhou? The meeting is about to start. Where are you going?"

When the group left the United Government Building, they met with Wilson, the Consul General of Ame. Wilson seemed very curious about where the Chinese representative was going when the meeting was about to begin.

"Something happened in China, Xiaoxi will attend on my behalf,"

Without even having time for a superficial greeting, Zhou Zhe left in a hurry, leaving Consul General Wilson confused and full of questions.

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Chapter 260 The twists and turns of the sightseeing plan