Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 2083 The Truth Behind the Time Distortion!
After speaking their minds, the two seemed much less burdened, and even offered to help with the repair of the Steel Buster, something He Ming would never refuse.

With their involvement, the work of repairing the Steel Buster will surely enter a new phase.

Moreover, before He Ming could receive any good news from the Steel Buster repair project team, he received news from the space jump project team, which had previously failed repeatedly.

"Marshal! We have discovered something in the anomalous area within the EU region of the floating continent."

Holding the documents, Serene, who had been searching all along, spoke urgently.

"Dr. Serene, don't be nervous. Take a moment to calm down."

He Ming raised his hand to signal Serene to catch her breath and calm down before asking what had happened.

Serene took a moment to catch her breath before speaking again.

"After analyzing the data collected by sensors distributed in that area at the time, we discovered the anomalies that prevented technologies such as space jump from being used in the technological systems of various Earth civilizations."

Serene opened the document in her hand, quickly flipped through several pages, and pointed to a set of data.

"The reason why it cannot be applied in various technological systems, and even the energy conversion schemes we tried to design and use, have failed, lies in time."

"time?"

He Ming's gaze sharpened, and his expression gradually became serious.

"Tell me more."

"Yes! Marshal!"

Serene tucked her disheveled hair behind her ear and continued speaking.

"Initially, we thought that the inability to use technologies such as space jump was due to the differences in the technological systems of various Earth civilizations. Therefore, we designed a universal energy conversion device. However, it failed to varying degrees!"

"We tried many methods to find the real reason, but none of them worked. It wasn't until the Marshal found Gunbuster and those two distinguished guests in that anomalous area that I had a feeling that the answer we were looking for might be in that area."

"So, you went over there to look for the answers?"

A hint of admiration gradually appeared in He Ming's eyes.

Without any clues, they were willing to travel all over the world for an answer, even venturing into areas where danger had not yet been eliminated. Their courage is truly admirable.

"Yes! And we've gained something from this trip."

Serene smiled gently, not boasting about her achievements, but calmly recounting the evidence she had found.

"The reason our space jump project team has repeatedly failed is not a technical problem, nor a personnel problem, but a problem of time! A misalignment of time!"

"Time discrepancy?"

"Yes! Time dislocation. A problem that we have basically adapted to, that truly exists around us, but that we subconsciously ignore—time dislocation."

Serene continued flipping through the documents in her hand, showing He Ming once again the answers they had arrived at.

"We know that this chaotic world is made up of Earths, civilizations, and humans from different worlds. Generally speaking, although these worlds have similar civilizations, humans, and even languages, they originally existed on different timelines, and there are even considerable gaps between them."

He Ming nodded slightly in agreement as he listened to Serene's analysis.

This is indeed a problem that exists in this world, but is easily overlooked. "When different worlds with such vastly different timelines are merged together, unimaginable disasters are bound to occur."

Serene's expression was serious, but her eyes were unusually bright.

"But based on what we have seen and heard so far, and even the wars that have happened and we have participated in, large and small, although this world is very chaotic, the people living in this chaotic world have not felt much of an abnormality from the time displacement."

After a pause, Serene suddenly remembered that the marshal in front of her seemed to have fought against many humans from the future, and even had new humans from the future serving him, so she quickly added.

"Of course. This is how most humans perceive time in the current world. But for the marshal who has been fighting against dimensional beasts and alien enemies, it is extremely unusual."

"really."

He Ming had to admit this.

Before the invasion of dimensional beasts and alien enemies, most people had similar feelings about other Earths—exclamations like, "Ah! Look! There's another Earth over there, are there humans on it too?"

"So, this is also the reason for the time discrepancy?"

"More or less. But that's not the whole reason."

Serene shook her head and turned to a new page in the document.

"From the perspective of human perception, the timeline of this chaotic world is basically consistent. But for inanimate objects, especially industrial products developed and manufactured with highly precise industrial technology, time misalignment has always existed and has always been at a level that cannot be ignored."

"However, before the Human Earth Alliance was established, humans were busy defending against dimensional beasts and were unable to communicate with each other. They might even have been in a hostile state, so they were unable to discover this problem?"

He Ming continued his analysis, following Serene's words.

"Yes! Because of suspicion and hostility, the three Earths have been unable to carry out large-scale technological exchanges smoothly, which has led to the fact that this problem, which should have been discovered long ago, has only now been clearly confirmed to exist."

Serena said solemnly.

"Professor Serene, you flatter me. Even though the three Earths have already engaged in large-scale technological exchanges, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to find the answer to this question in such a short time."

He Ming waved his hand, indicating that this was not the real reason why the Human Earth Alliance could not achieve large-scale deployment of space jump technology.

"Because this is a difficult problem related to time. If it weren't for the black hole crisis and the arrival of Gunbuster, people probably wouldn't have realized so quickly that the problem here is a problem caused by a time misalignment."

He Ming stood up and nodded to Serene.

“Well done, Professor Serene. Your research has made me realize something. Something that is not just about the deployment of space jump technology, but about something important about this solar system.”

"The solar system?"

Serene was startled, but immediately understood what He Ming meant.

"Marshal, what do you mean?"

He Ming nodded and looked up at the sky above.

"Yes! This solar system has been closed off for too long! Perhaps we have found a way to return this solar system to the embrace of the Milky Way."

(End of this chapter)