The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

Once the count was completed and the soldiers verified the number of people, they immediately led their team to the larger parade ground ahead.

The further Zhang Dayou walked, the more alarmed he became, as a large number of workers had already gathered on the open playground.

"Is the government planning to expand the air-raid shelters? Why are so many people here?" A man wrapped in a coat next to Zhang Dayou looked shocked.

A local worker affirmed, "That must be it. If I remember correctly, there used to be an air-raid shelter here."

"I was wondering why there were troops coming here. I thought it was some kind of military exercise, but it turns out it's for maintenance."

"Sigh, haven't aliens been making headlines lately?"

"If we don't build underground fortifications, are we supposed to hit their spaceships with our missiles?"

Even though China blocks news from outer space, many astronomy enthusiasts and news from abroad still reach the country.

Despite official reassurances, nothing unusual happened on Cybertron.

But many people would still feel a sense of panic if aliens became their neighbors.

Some bloggers, extraterrestrial civilization enthusiasts, aliens, and space enthusiasts are taking advantage of this surge in traffic.

They also stepped forward to analyze 'humanity's chances of winning and success if aliens attacked'.

Public opinion has been divided on this issue.

However, most opinions suggest that with current capabilities, it would be difficult to confront aliens with interstellar spaceships head-on.

The probability of engaging in guerrilla warfare, lying in wait, and constructing underground fortifications for a protracted war is relatively high.

Of course, there are also many radicals who choose to destroy the world so that aliens gain nothing.

But then again... if the other party requires an 8-hour workday, weekends off, and includes meals and a free large house, then that's a different story.

With such advanced technology, and still a mechanical civilization, human labor might not even be able to compete with a fully automated assembly line.

The rumors circulated privately, but they revolved around three main points.

Resist, destroy, or surrender.

The workers who were summoned believed that the authorities were preparing for a possible future extraterrestrial war.

However, what the officer on the stage said next shattered all their assumptions.

What? Our country received aid from another world, and even engaged in deep cooperation with them? They were the first workers to go to this parallel world to assist in construction...

"This...the appearance of aliens is one thing?"

How did they even manage to create parallel universes?

"You don't know?!"

"Who cares? Don't you trust the government?"

"That's true..."

Out of trust in the country, the people who were discussing the matter did not raise any questions.

Soldiers on site began distributing confidentiality and overseas cooperation agreements in an orderly manner.

Nearly 30,000 workers, guided by soldiers, signed the agreement in batches.

After completing all the tedious and rigorous procedures, the workers boarded the bus again in their original groups.

They followed the military guide vehicle ahead, slowly heading towards the air-raid shelter on one side of the military camp.

Hundreds of buses traveled for a long time along the dark passages inside the air-raid shelter, finally arriving at a metal door heavily guarded by firepower.

Just as the buses passed through the special metal door, the air inside and outside the carriage suddenly turned cold. A biting chill seeped in through the gaps in the windows, and many workers instinctively wrapped their clothes tighter and couldn't help but shiver.

Suddenly, the loudspeaker inside the carriage blared, and a steady, clear male voice announced: "Attention, fellow workers."

You have now successfully arrived in parallel world number 3.

The outside temperature is currently low. Please take the coats and down jackets distributed under your seats immediately and wear them to keep warm and avoid catching a cold.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the car bent down and rummaged through their belongings, the rustling sounds of people putting on clothes rising and falling.

Zhang Dayou quickly took out a thick cotton-padded coat and wrapped it around himself. The warmth gradually dispelled the chill around him, but the shock in his heart did not diminish at all.

Although the outside world is not visible, the change in temperature is a true reflection of the environmental changes.

While everyone was getting dressed, the voice over the loudspeaker continued, slowly saying, "Please take a short rest. We still have a long way to go before we reach our construction site."

"Next, I will give you a brief introduction to the basic situation of Parallel World No. 3."

"This Earth world encountered an unprecedented solar crisis a long time ago... In order to continue human civilization, a united government was established."

They mobilized global resources to launch the Wandering Earth project...

Tens of thousands of enormous planetary engines, generating immense thrust, propelled Earth out of its original orbit, carrying it away from the solar system to a new home 4.2 light-years away.

"Wow, is this for real?"

"They created an engine that propels the Earth to fly in just a few decades?!"

Or tens of thousands?

"Speaking of which, are we on the surface of the earth?"

If what the loudspeaker said is true, these regular buses wouldn't be able to withstand that kind of weather outside.

"Hey, what are you worrying about?"

If something really bad had happened, we would have turned to ice by now.

"Haven't you heard it's called The Wandering Earth?"

Others may have already arrived in a new galaxy 4.2 light-years away.

"2500 years... it's not surprising that they'll be able to develop the technology to create parallel universes..."

The crowd's barely suppressed gasps and discussions were all deeply awestruck by the incredible feat of the Wandering Earth.

"Thanks to the portal in World Zero, the Wandering Earth was able to stop before its adventurous journey through the planetary belts..."

The Wandering Earth arrived in the solar system of Parallel World 2 through time-space teleportation technology.

With renewed exposure to the sun, the ice on the earth's surface gradually melts.

The reason we have called you here today is to ask for your assistance in the coalition government's efforts to clean up and plan for the reconstruction of the city...

Specific work arrangements will be issued later. Please wait patiently inside the vehicle and maintain order.

Chapter 161 Aid 2

This was achieved through population statistics of a multi-party alliance and various parallel world countries.

The Ling Cage world has a total of 2000 million available population, the Water World has more than 3 million, and The Wandering Earth has 35 billion.

Nearly four billion people is neither a large nor a small number.

However, when these tasks were distributed among various reconstruction and defense missions, they immediately found themselves stretched thin.

All three worlds are in the post-disaster reconstruction phase. Although there is a lot of advanced technology and mechanical assistance for rapid construction, these devices and functional mechs are prioritized for use in key and core areas.

The production line's productivity is far less than the consortium's needs, and manpower still accounts for the majority of the cost.

As the faction with the largest population in the alliance, The Wandering Earth is basically the one that mobilizes and sends troops abroad the most frequently.

The coalition government never imagined that the entire planet could travel through time, and gradually sent out a terrifying number of people, nearly 500 million.

Now, a large number of skilled workers and technicians have been transferred to thousands of interstellar docks to participate in the construction of various warships and transport platforms.

At the same time, manpower must be allocated to carry out defense and construction tasks in the worlds of Ironblood and Avatar.

As the permafrost on the Earth's surface melts, large areas still require manpower to clear surface debris, deal with residual radiation, and level construction land, with various basic projects being carried out almost simultaneously.

While billions of people may sound like a huge number, it's impossible for them all to be young and middle-aged adults. The elderly, children, the sick, and essential support staff make up a significant proportion.

After deducting positions in scientific research, military, logistics, and maintenance, the workforce truly available for large-scale urban reconstruction is already strained.

It is precisely for this reason that the Multi-faceted Joint Council decided to transfer a large number of experienced construction workers and engineers from World 5 to The Wandering Earth to support construction, share the burden, and accelerate the progress of surface reconstruction.

A hundred buses stopped on the edge of the dilapidated city, and 30,000 people, led by their instructors, quickly arrived at a sizable prefabricated housing community.

The houses are scattered in a neat and orderly manner, and all living facilities are readily available. However, almost everyone's attention is drawn to a huge object on the distant horizon.

"Holy crap, this is a planetary engine!" Zhang Dayou exclaimed, his mouth agape as if he could fit an egg inside.

Even from a great distance, it still appeared to everyone like a black mountain piercing the gray sky.

The cold metal casing gleamed under the sunlight, silently telling the story of the madness and greatness of human engineering.

"I heard there's an underground city down there. I wonder what it's like inside?"

"That must be huge, otherwise even 10,000 seats wouldn't be enough to accommodate 35 billion people."

I really want to go see it!

The workers' curious and longing chatter drifted to the ears of a nearby coalition government official.

He, who had been looking down at the list of people to be placed, stopped what he was doing.

He looked up at the planetary engine, then glanced at the workers whose faces were full of curiosity, and a light gradually appeared in his eyes.

I've really gotten used to staying here for too long, and I've even forgotten that tourism is also a project that promotes the economic development of the coalition government!

The portal to different worlds was placed there, connecting them, and as exchanges between these worlds became more frequent in the future.

Their unique planetary engine landscapes, underground city features, and distinctive relics left behind by interstellar wandering are all one-of-a-kind resources!

The man secretly calculated that with the reconstruction work progressing steadily, once the basic infrastructure was completed, he could develop targeted tourism projects—opening a planetary engine sightseeing area, a unique underground city tour route, and a memorial hall commemorating the changes of the wandering earth…

"Cough cough cough..." I've been thinking too far ahead.

After quickly jotting down keywords such as "diversified world tourism industry" and "planetary engine sightseeing," he began to arrange accommodation for the workers.

Over the next few days of acclimatization training, the workers learned how to operate special equipment in extremely low temperatures, gained basic knowledge of radiation protection, and, most importantly, learned the work process.

Two weeks later, the work officially began.

Zhang Dayou and his coworkers, after equipping themselves with relatively warm clothing, protective masks, and helmets with communication devices, followed the AI's instructions to a few intact buildings on the edge of the city.

The ruins formed by twisted steel bars and concrete blocks are not the main point...

The large number of frozen corpses were the targets that everyone was carefully dealing with.