Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 745 - 718: Preparation

Spatial passages generally appear on the surface or underground.

Rarely are they located in the air.

As for space, at least Chen Shouyi had never seen one before. He originally thought such spatial passages existed only on Earth, but now it seemed it was merely an effect of a celestial body’s gravity, or perhaps...

Chen Shouyi thought to himself:

"Intentionally appearing near celestial bodies!"

He looked into the distance at Mars: "There must be many spatial passages there too."

"Tamu..."

He murmured, losing any remaining hope.

"If it were to devour, the entire Earth might be torn apart."

...

Inside a classroom at Beijing University.

A middle-aged professor was giving a lecture to his students:

"In current mainstream academic circles, spatial passages are known as wormholes.

Of course, they have many names, like spatiotemporal holes, interstellar gates, Einstein-Rosen bridges. The concept was first proposed by Austrian physicist Ludwig Flamm and was further developed by Einstein and Nathan Rosen while studying gravitational field equations in 1930.

As physicists, our generation is fortunate.

Because we can directly observe wormholes that once only existed in theories and hypotheses, even freely traveling through them. But we are also unfortunate because they connect to a terrifying world and have released a bunch of demons..."

Wormhole research is currently the hottest topic in the field of physics, with no phenomenons as direct and easy to study.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in the back suddenly asked, "Professor Liu, as a physicist, do you think this wormhole was artificially created?"

This person was clearly not a student of this class.

Liu Xianming frowned slightly, but after thinking it over, he explained:

"A wormhole is a spatial tunnel connecting two distant regions of space-time, like a whirlpool in the ocean, omnipresent yet fleeting.

Because space is constantly fluctuating, the rotation of celestial bodies, slight changes in gravity, a weak gravitational wave, can easily destroy a wormhole, and this is extremely common in the universe, occurring almost every moment.

However, wormholes on Earth connect two universes, making the situation different. Currently, the most popular theory in the scientific community is the soap bubble theory. Our universe and the Tamu universe are like two soap bubbles that closely fit together. Many places have begun to connect with each other, so I personally lean toward them forming naturally rather than artificially."

"Thank you, Professor Liu, for clarifying."

The person asked no further questions, and Professor Liu continued his lecture. Soon, the class ended.

"Professor Liu, I’m Lai Hui from the Security Department. Here’s my credential." In the corridor, the middle-aged man from the back seat quickly came up: "There’s a seminar we need you to attend."

Liu Xianming took the credentials and gave a wry smile.

"When?"

"You can head over now."

...

On this day, not only Liu Xianming but also many experts and scholars from various fields were invited.

At the same time, at Beijing International Airport.

The special planes of leaders from various countries attending the international conference arrived successively in the capital city.

"In the past two years, how many times have we come here?" European Union Prime Minister Joseph looked at the busy airport outside the cabin, asking his aide with a sigh.

"Seven times, Prime Minister!" The aide quickly responded.

"Seven times indeed." Joseph sighed, with both envy and lamentation: "The transition of hegemony has finally occurred."

This multinational conference’s main topics are international currency and financial and trade matters.

Without a doubt.

It’s very similar to the "Bretton Woods system" after World War II.

It marks the beginning of Great Xia Country confirming its status as the international financial trade center.

Of course, this is a natural privilege of every ruling power on Earth, yet it is significant. A ruler that doesn’t print money and charges global protection fees isn’t a qualified ruler.

You can’t expect a lion to eat grass.

Just like you can’t expect a dog not to eat excrement, no matter how beautiful its fur or aristocratic its pedigree.

Even without God Chen holding sway, the Great Xia Country already has this qualification and confidence.

Compared to the exhausted and depleted European Union and Lucy Country, the Great Xia Country has become so strong it could single-handedly challenge the world. Years of war not only failed to bring it down but has instead grown even stronger through constant attrition.

These past few years, to urge this so-called developing country to dispatch troops for support,

The European Union has paid all it could.

Including technology, talent, and equipment machines.

Even now there are still over thirty thousand researchers supporting Great Xia Country’s technological development.

Thinking of these,

Joseph felt a wave of frustration rising within him.

Clearly so strong, yet still seizing the last penny from the European Union.

People... or countries, shouldn’t be so shameless.

This time he must get all those people back, otherwise, he wouldn’t easily agree to Great Xia Country’s conditions.

Joseph silently pondered, then suddenly asked: "What do you think would make the European Union strong again?"

"Prime Minister, I believe it’s the population; right now the European Union’s population is too small, especially its youth." His assistant carefully replied.

Joseph nodded, aligning with his thoughts.

Population is crucial.

Especially crucial for the European Union, which now suffers from serious gender imbalances.

Perhaps it’s time to implement stricter and more open birth policies, merely banning contraceptives and birth control pills is no use against those obstinate citizens who refuse to have children to the death.

Those damned bastards, scumbags, they’re even secretly using homemade plastic bags as substitutes... it’s simply...

Just last month, Berlin police uncovered hundreds of cases of this; the unreported ones could easily number in the thousands.

During this period, they even busted an underground contraceptive pill processing workshop, seizing twenty kilograms of pills, utterly unscrupulous, the nature extremely vile, and they would face the stern punishment of law.

Is having a child really that hard?

Any romance not aimed at pregnancy is just hooliganism.

To set an example, even his fifty-year-old wife became pregnant again.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the plane is about to land. Please fasten your seatbelts."

...

The plane gradually landed.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Great Xia Country had long arrived at the airport to greet them.

"Mr. Joseph, welcome to Great Xia Country."

"Minister, let’s skip the formalities and head to the hotel first."

"Haha, then I’ll follow your lead."

They shook hands and, taking advantage of the close proximity, the Minister whispered in his ear: "Some issues have arisen, the original agenda has been cancelled, and we hope Mr. Joseph will prepare mentally. Specific situations will be briefed by relevant personnel shortly."

Joseph’s eyelid twitched sharply, hiding the shock within his eyes, he subtly nodded.

Knowing that if Great Xia Country was being this cautious, it surely meant something major had happened.

Soon came the sound of car doors closing.

Dozens of cars moved out of the airport like a long dragon.