I handed over to another world

This was the first time that they truly sensed the "will" from the Earth itself. This was a very special discovery for the Red Dragon Association - at least it laid the foundation for part of their subsequent research.

Chen Lin has been receiving information from various sources in the past few days, basically all about the investigation into the purple gas emanating from the earth and the death of a species that calls itself "indigenous people of the earth."

After Wang Yan was confirmed to be in good health, he was wrapped tightly and transported back to Earth.

Before, after he inhaled the purple gas emitted by the earth, the alien mind-controlled body that had been parasitic in his body in some way suddenly disappeared without a trace, which allowed Wang Yan to luckily save his life.

After coming down, Wang Yan quickly underwent a comprehensive examination by the association's highest scientific research department. All the examinations showed that his body had fully recovered to normal, and his previous manic and parasitic symptoms had completely disappeared. Even the team leader was fortunate enough to meet Chen Lin because of this matter.

"How do you feel now?"

Chen Lin's appearance made Wang Yan almost unable to stand still due to excitement - after all, Chen Lin was the head of the Red Dragon Association, the absolute person in charge of the Red Dragon Association. After taking office, he officially and significantly promoted planetary development. At this time, the Red Dragon Association and even the entire human civilization could enter the star-level civilization so quickly thanks to him!

Wang Yan quickly saluted Chen Lin, took a deep breath, and then spoke loudly to Chen Lin: "Report to President Chen, Wang Yan is fine!"

"Just be normal. After being possessed by that thing, you became strange and said things that no one could understand. At that time, many people thought that your entire team might not be able to return to Earth safely."

Wang Yan was a little helpless for a moment. After they carried out the last mission of going to the core of the planet to collect items, they were suddenly possessed by a parasite. Unfortunately, they didn't have a chance to send out the things they collected... If it weren't for the sudden revival of the original body on Earth to deal with these damn things, I'm afraid they would never come back.

Chen Lin nodded slightly: "You have worked hard during this period. Although your body has recovered, you have been mentally exhausted. You should rest for a while... If you have any needs, please tell the logistics department directly. The association will do its best to support you."

Wang Yan straightened his back gratefully: "Yes! Thank you for your concern, President!"

"By the way," Chen Lin walked to the door and turned around, "The sample data collected by your team has been handed over to the scientific research department for analysis. After the report comes out, you, as the first contact, will also participate in the discussion."

"Understood! I will definitely be ready!"

Walking out of the observation room, the gentleness on Chen Lin’s face was immediately replaced by solemnity.

The Minister of Research, who had been waiting in the corridor for a long time, came over quickly and handed over a data tablet. "President, there is an urgent message from the Earth's core monitoring station - the reconstruction movement completely stopped twenty minutes ago, and the energy reading has returned to zero."

"We apply to launch a core exploration program and send more detection devices into the Earth's core for investigation..."

"Not approved."

Chen Lin interrupted, drawing three red warning lines on the data board with his fingers, "The cause of the last purple gas incident has not yet been determined. It is too dangerous to rashly contact the Earth's core now."

"But this is a once-in-a-lifetime research window!"

The minister's voice trembled with anxiety. "During the stagnation period, the crustal stress decreased by 78%, which is the key to launching the detector. If we miss this time node, it will take us a lot of effort just to break through the crust..."

"Minister Zhang."

Chen Lin suddenly pressed the other person's shoulder and lowered his voice, "Have you forgotten how many people were knocked unconscious by the radiation pulse a few days ago? Before we find out whether the Earth's consciousness is aggressive, all in-depth operations are suspended."

The Minister of Research was a little speechless for a moment. The purple gas emitted by the thing called "Earth Will" a few days ago almost completely destroyed the hidden backup plans of those alien civilizations. It can even be said that it destroyed the evil plan of this extraterrestrial civilization in one fell swoop...

But it is precisely because of this that he can't wait to conduct a more in-depth investigation of the Earth's core. Many people want to know whether their mother planet Earth has the same "planetary will" as Mu Lingxing.

But Chen Lin was obviously not interested in this.

"But... President Chen!"

Chen Lin stopped walking in front, turned his head to look at Minister Zhang behind him, and said slowly: "This is not the key, understand Minister Zhang?"

Minister Zhang was slightly stunned, but still wanted to insist, but was interrupted by Chen Lin: "Don't investigate this matter any further. I suggest you shift your focus to the subsidiary planet. There are a lot of things happening recently, and you must learn to choose the best target from them."

……

Outside the aircraft's window, the clouds were rapidly retreating like torn cotton wool.

Chen Lin leaned back in the leather seat, his fingertips tapping unconsciously on the armrest.

He had just rejected Minister Zhang Hengyu's application for core exploration. He could certainly see the disappointment in the eyes of the stubborn old scientist, but because of the special circumstances, Chen Lin didn't think there was anything wrong.

"President, are you really not going to consider Minister Zhang's proposal?"

Qian Wei, who was sitting opposite from the research department, pushed up her glasses and placed a cup of steaming Longjing tea in front of Chen Lin.

This young girl in her early thirties is one of Chen Lin's most trusted scientific researchers, and she always asks questions at the right time.

Chen Lin picked up the teacup, and the hot steam blurred his face.

"It's not that I don't consider it, it's just that the timing is not right."

He took a sip of tea, and the strange dream from last night reappeared before his eyes. In the dream, he was standing in a void, and a voice whose gender and source could not be identified sounded directly in his mind: "Don't touch... The time has not come yet..."

"The Earth has just shown self-awareness," Chen Lin put down his teacup and brought his thoughts back to reality. "We don't even know what it is or why it exists, but we're so eager to put a tube in its heart?"

“But there are voices within the association saying you are too conservative.”

Qian Wei pulled up a holographic report. "Especially the Resource Allocation Committee. They think we invested too much in defensive research and missed the window of opportunity to open up new colonies."

Chen Lin sneered, "Rumors, right? No one dares to describe the specific content directly, and they can secretly express their dissatisfaction in this way... Do you think I am willing to do defensive research? It's because there are too many and too bad things in this period of time, which really makes me exhausted to deal with them."

"If there weren't so many troubles, how could I not expand outward?"

The aircraft suddenly jolted violently and Qian Wei quickly grabbed the handrail.

Chen Lin did not move at all, as if he had already anticipated this airflow.

"President, there is one more thing you should know."

Qian Wei lowered her voice, "Minister Zhang met with Vice President Zhou privately yesterday."

Chen Lin's eyes suddenly became sharp - Zhou Ming was the vice president of the association, and had been complaining about his decisions in recent years.

"What did they talk about?"

“The specific content is unclear, but Vice President Zhou immediately convened a closed-door meeting of the strategic committee after the meeting.”

Qian Wei hesitated, "There are rumors that... they are preparing a motion of no confidence."

The clouds outside the porthole suddenly dispersed, and the dazzling sunlight shone into the cabin. Chen Lin squinted his eyes and looked at the outline of Shangdu gradually appearing in the distance - the huge tower made of alloy and glass, which was also the headquarters of the Red Dragon Association, was flashing a cold light in the sun.

"It's not surprising." Chen Lin's voice was unusually calm. "Every time we face a major turning point, there are always people who can't wait to seize power."

He turned to Qian Wei and said, "Find out who participated in the meeting, especially those from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Resources."

"Already checking."

Qian Wei nodded, "But President, regarding the will of the Earth...what is the real reason why you refuse to explore the Earth's core?"

Chen Lin looked out the window, and the voice in his dream last night echoed in his mind again.

The voice carried a certain ancient and majestic power that made him instinctively feel awed - he would rather believe this kind of information than not, so he was quite cautious whenever it appeared.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Chen Lin slowly spoke out: "Actually, it's because I had a dream."

He finally said, with a rare hesitation in his tone, "A voice clearly warned me not to start the core research."

Qian Wei opened her eyes wide in surprise: "You mean... the will of the earth communicated directly with you?"

"I don't know what that is."

"I can't be sure that it is the so-called will of the earth. I can only say that it is a very special feeling."

Chen Lin shook his head. “In my current position, I cannot ignore any possible warnings, especially when we are facing a completely unknown Earth consciousness.”

The aircraft began to descend, and the outline of Xanadu became clearer and clearer.

Chen Lin could see the crowd gathered in front of the headquarters building - protesters held up signs that read "Stop wasting resources" and "We need a new home", and security personnel formed a human wall to prevent them from approaching.

"It looks like the situation is worse than we thought."

Qian Wei frowned.

Chen Lin felt a strange calmness. He glanced at the crowd and a smile appeared on his face.

"Notify the heads of departments,"

Chen Lin stood up and adjusted his collar. "An emergency board meeting will be held in an hour... It's time to let some people know who is in charge of the Red Dragon Association's direction."

The aircraft landed steadily on the helipad on the rooftop of the headquarters. The wind made Chen Lin's hair a little messy. He shook his hair and happened to see Vice President Li waving at him in the distance.

Chen Lin straightened his collar that was messed up by the wind and strode towards Vice President Li.

The old man, who was nearly sixty years old, stood in the sheltered area at the edge of the tarmac, his gray temples coated with a layer of silver by the sunlight.

"President Chen, the wind is strong, let's go inside and talk."

Vice President Li made a gesture of invitation and lowered his voice.

The two walked through the automatic door and entered a dedicated passage leading directly to the president's office. The holographic screens on both sides of the corridor were playing the Red Dragon Association's latest colony star development results in a loop, but no one was in the mood to watch any more at the moment.

As soon as the office door was closed, Vice President Li took out a micro projector from his arms and said, "President, the situation is more complicated than we thought."

The projector displayed a list in the air, with more than a dozen names flashing red. "These are the people who have secretly met with Zhou Ming in the past three days."

Vice President Li swiped his finger, and several surveillance screenshots of the meeting place popped up next to the list. "The most troublesome thing is that they got support from the Resources Committee."

Chen Lin stared at the projection of Zhou Ming shaking hands with the chairman of the Resources Committee, frowning slightly. "A motion of no confidence requires the consent of two-thirds of the directors. Do they have enough people?"

"We still need three votes." Vice President Li pulled up a data sheet. "But Zhou Ming met with General Zhao from the Military Department last night, and went to the Science and Technology Development Bureau early this morning... If these two departments side with him..."

"General Zhao won't."

Chen Lin interrupted, tapping his fingers on the table, "You can just ignore this."

At this point, he suddenly looked at Vice President Li and said, "Old Li, tell me the truth, how many people in the Council know about the Will of the Earth?"

Vice President Li was stunned: "Except for the core members of the research department, there should be no more than five people. What you mean is..."

"Zhou Ming chose this time to launch the attack, not just to seize power."

Chen Lin walked to the window and looked down at the growing crowd of protesters downstairs. "There may be someone behind him who is interested in the Earth's will - or he is afraid that we will continue the investigation."

The office suddenly fell silent. The faint light from the holographic projector cast changing shadows on Vice President Li's face. He rubbed his fingers as if he was about to say something.

"Old Li, just say whatever you want to say." Chen Lin turned around.

"President..." Vice President Li took a deep breath, "In fact, three days ago, the Strategic Analysis Office intercepted an abnormal communication. The signal source was near the geosynchronous orbit, and the content was encrypted multiple times. But we deciphered a few key words - 'Earth's core', 'activation' and... your name."

Chen Lin's pupils suddenly contracted.

A dark cloud outside the window happened to cover the sun, and the office suddenly became dark.

"There are even stranger ones."

Vice President Li called up another piece of data. "12 hours after this communication was sent, all geomagnetic monitoring stations around the world recorded pulse fluctuations of the same frequency, like... some kind of response."

"my name?"

Chen Lin frowned: "Is this passing my name to some alien civilization?"

Vice President Li was stunned for a moment and then laughed: "It shouldn't be this... It's just a special situation. Did a certain organization or department send a special signal?"

Chen Lin waved his hand and asked Vice President Li, "Let's not talk about this for now. Is the Planetary Development Agency involved in this matter?"

"We haven't found any direct information about their involvement yet - Zhang Fengwu is in prison now, and the people over there are very honest."

"Be honest, please."

Chen Lin suddenly smiled at Vice President Li: "I really like the current situation of the Planetary Development Agency more and more." (End of this chapter)