Great time travel

Chapter 40, Starship Troopers?
Breaking free from the shackles of gravity and traveling from Earth to space has not been an easy journey, no matter the age.

Even riding the [Cosmic Lifeboat], which uses the black technology of the 22nd century, seems to give people the same feeling.

——When it was launched into orbit, with the howling sound of piercing the sky and the louder roar, the spaceship under its feet shook and slowly left the sea level.But this does not mean the ease and comfort of flying in the clear sky, but because of the continuous acceleration of the spacecraft to enter the orbit, there will be an overweight situation immediately - insurmountable, several times the constant gravity, crushing everyone's body without warning Every bone on the shoulders seems to be creaking.

Although in this [Cosmic Lifeboat], the 22nd century black technology of the Doraemon world has been applied to reduce the huge gravity on each passenger to a minimum, but Wang Qiu and others in the cabin, in the At that moment, I still felt as if I was buried alive in the cement pile. Not to mention moving my fingers a little, even the most basic breathing became extremely difficult, and my whole body was sweating like pulp...

It’s hard to hold on until the small spaceship enters the satellite orbit, the deep universe and hundreds of billions of stars are displayed one by one outside the porthole, and the weight of the weight on the shoulders is also relaxed... But it’s not long before everyone enjoys the weightless floating and enjoy the beautiful scenery overlooking the earth from the satellite orbit for a while, the spacecraft entered the voyage to return to the ground again according to the preset goal-the gravity that once disappeared once again weighed heavily on the hearts of every crew member. On the shoulders, the increasing overweight pinned them all to the floor, even more than when they took off.

Then, when the spaceship entered the dense atmosphere, accompanied by the raging fire surrounding the spaceship and the thrilling purple-red reflection, the spaceship itself was constantly rolling and trembling, making Wang Qiu and others feel as if they were being crushed in the grain drying field. Under the stone roller, I was crushed back and forth over and over again, and I felt as if I was stuffed into a football, being kicked around by a group of muscular men on the green field... Fortunately, it didn't take long, with the parachute One after another opened, the disturbing cabin roll finally stopped.After that, the gravity on the shoulders slowly returned to normal levels.It allowed Wang Qiu and the others to get up from the floor with a groan, and observe the destination under their feet through the sealed porthole and the surveillance screen.

Then, they saw the sea of ​​Japan covered in drift ice, the vast and magnificent forest, sea and snowfield, and the roofs of buildings shining in the sun—a certain heavy industrial city that should not appear in this era... If you use a telescope, maybe You can also see the crowds in the city looking up at the spectacle.Fortunately, the [Cosmic Lifeboat] did not crash directly into the traverser base in Vladivostok. Instead, under the action of wind and inertia, it crossed the densely built urban area and continued to fly northwestward for more than ten kilometers. Landing on the snow-covered wilderness.

After panting for a while, Wang Qiu and others, who had experienced manned spaceflight for the first time, opened the hatch with haggard faces, and stepped out of the [Cosmic Lifeboat] with weak feet. Get out, and then quickly and feebly hold on to the bulkhead, unable to even stand firmly.And the biting cold wind like a knife made them cold to the bone marrow - don't forget, it's a severe winter of more than minus 20 degrees outside!
On the contrary, perhaps because of its special physique (robots), or because it has long been used to space travel, Doraemon, who was brazenly pulled by Wang Qiu and others to help, jumped out of the cabin very quickly, under the thick covering After bouncing around on the thick snow-covered ground, I found a relatively solid and open ground, and somewhat reluctantly took off the [four-dimensional pocket] on my abdomen, preparing to set up a plane passage connecting the modern world.

——When the cold "main god" of the infinite space collapsed suddenly, due to some kind of will that seemed to come from the universe, Wang Qiu, the former reincarnation who escaped from the space of the main god, accidentally took Doraemon's spare pocket. Brought back to his world... As we all know, the four-dimensional pocket in Doraemon's abdomen is connected to the spare bag in his collection-so, when Wang Qiu led the team into the world with "Book of Time Traveling", it was still under the control of the main god. After the system "links" to a different world, Doraemon's pocket can be used as a time-space gate, and more reinforcements and supplies can be brought in from the original world.

Since about 5000 people crossed collectively this time, a bunch of public security and national security agents, as well as a navy miniature spy submarine were accidentally included, making the whole incident so earth-shattering and world-shattering that it was impossible to even cover it. It can't be covered, so it has aroused the great attention of the central government.

Therefore, according to the dispatch of the General Staff and the arrangement of Director Ma, a unit has been assembled in the suburbs of Shanghai and is on standby.When Wang Qiu and others arrived in the Vladivostok area in the space-time space at the end of the Ming Dynasty by spaceship, and completed the construction of the space-time gate passage, about two battalions of Marine Corps officers and soldiers would immediately enter this world with their equipment and start a combat situation. In order to ensure the deterrence of force against the "Far East Company" crossing group in Vladivostok...

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At the same time, Wang Qiu was observing the surrounding snow-capped mountains while chatting with Political Commissar Guo, who also had a bad face next to him. Searching for his son without sleep, followed by a series of extreme mental stimulation of all kinds of great sorrow and joy, and even because his son married a Hong Kong transgender person, he had a heart attack and finally recovered... So , this old party member "made of special materials" also became much weaker at this time, shivering in the cold wind.

"...Professor Guo, speaking of it, it makes sense to rescue those victims who accidentally crossed over. But why are we mobilizing people like this now, shouting and killing these guys who took the initiative to cross to the end of the Ming Dynasty? Although The business they are enthusiastic about is a bit strange, but anyway, it is self-employment, which solves the employment problem of a large number of people, and it seems that the prospects are good, at least it does not look like they will go bankrupt-even if they go bankrupt, they will I will blame myself, I will not come back to the government to ask for relief money, let alone add to social instability..."

Wang Qiu murmured with some confusion, "...In my opinion, this is completely contrary to the spirit of the central government's policy of encouraging people to start their own businesses! Could it be that the mobilization of so many troops and the exaggeration this time are entirely In order to rescue those missing navy sailors, marines and intelligence agents, should we get back that miniature spy submarine by the way? I think this kind of thing can be negotiated!"

——Speaking of which, Wang Qiu still doesn't quite understand Director Ma and other leaders' vigilance and hostility towards Vladivostok Far East Company.You must know that every successful time-traveling group is a gold-plated super-class high-quality enterprise, with guaranteed employment for employees (how can you come back and register for unemployment after time-traveling?), and a very considerable rate of return (will the income from conquering the world be less? ), although the modern government can’t collect any taxes from them (even the legendary US tax office can’t collect taxes across planes), which may make the bureaucrats a little bit criticized, but it’s still reducing the burden on the society!

After all, the population pressure in modern China is heavy, and the per capita resources are the lowest in the world. Since the reform and opening up, the government has been encouraging foreign immigrants to start businesses intentionally or unintentionally. This kind of collective active crossing is equivalent to self-exile , on the one hand to expand the territory for one's own nation, on the other hand to make room for others to live...similar to the Nanyang in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, no matter how you look at it, it shouldn't be suppressed!

"...If they just don't want to stay on the earth anymore and want to travel to other worlds, then the country will not restrict them at all. It doesn't matter whether these traversers die without a burial or make a fortune. Officials marrying Bai Fumei, and even claiming to be kings and emperors in the harem are their own business. The country will never stop them because of jealousy or envy—now every year, millions of Chinese go to black Africa to do business and work, dreaming of When did the state stop people from making a fortune? Of course, the same principle applies, whether you lost money or made money, or were beaten to death there, or went to jail if you were unlucky, you also need You take care of yourself, the country is not your nanny, I'm afraid I can't take care of you in small things..."

Professor Guo sighed and said so, but then suddenly changed the topic, "...but the real problem is...you know that those guys who came to another world to seek their dreams, their start-up capital before crossing, or How did the so-called 'first pot of gold' come about?"

——Based on common sense, the guy who will take the initiative to bid farewell to modern society and seek development in a risky alien world is usually not a fantasist who is overly curious and only daydreams all day long; Unsatisfactory, there are marginal people who are full of ambitions; there may be a small number of successful people who think that daily life is too empty and lonely, and only want to seek excitement... But this is definitely a very small minority among the very few.

As a former reincarnation struggling from the danger of death, Wang Qiu knows very well that what happens to most modern people when they suddenly travel to a strange world usually does not have any fairytale romance, but only Thrilling like a horror movie.Even if there is no main god system like a death talisman to make your survival more difficult, just surviving is already very difficult.If you want to live better than the aborigines, the difficulty has to increase exponentially—there are certainly some western adventurers who came to China in modern times to achieve success and fame, but there are probably more bad people who can't return home with their bones.

To use another analogy, before the [-]th century, whether it was the East or the West, those rich ladies who were locked in their boudoirs all day long and were so naive and stupid, often thought of the outside world as their own while hating their own boring and empty rigid daily life. It’s very exciting—I imagine that even if I go out without money or bodyguards, I seem to be able to meet my own Prince Charming on the street, and hook him up easily, so as to enjoy a vigorous love together , a happy life... As for what the real world is like?I'm sorry, when they get to that point, they have no chance to go back and educate other girls - so the dream will never end, the teachings of the elders are always ignored, and the bloody lessons have become air-dried The ashes, the girls continued to rush into the cruel society ignorantly, circling in circles over and over again.

In the same way, those nerds and nerds who stay in front of computers in modern metropolises and have nothing to do all day long also enjoy the electricity, running water, modern communications and entertainment of the modern world, as well as seemingly insignificant but incomparably precious things. Safety and order, while fantasizing about traveling to the ancient feudal society, bullying the ancient aborigines with advanced technology and "foresight", and easily obtaining wealth and status that cannot be obtained in modern society... I never considered that I am without a chicken In terms of force, he can't beat a street thief playing with a switchblade; in terms of technology, he can't burn glass or make steel to make guns like the ancients; Professional terms immediately reveal their stuffing.I also didn't think about whether even if I could successfully settle down in ancient times, my teeth would collapse because I could only eat brown rice mixed with sand, and I would urinate in my pants because I couldn't drink clean water. Jump out of a group of ferocious bandits and cut you open...

In fact, the communication problem after time travel alone is enough to make people daunting.It should be noted that the pronunciation of ancient Chinese is quite different from that of modern Mandarin.As for traveling to a foreign country, let alone—many people may even forget the standard English taught in school, but imagine that they can quickly adapt to the environment after crossing, and master awkward to awkward ancient Japanese, ancient Chinese, etc. French, old English, old Latin, chatting fluently with those ladies and gentlemen... Hey, do you have Doraemon's [Translation Konjac Jelly] hidden in your house?

As far as Wang Qiu knows, many uneducated illegal immigrants have been smuggled into the United States for more than ten years, and they still speak English very badly!

Of course, it is not ruled out that some people with language talents can successfully learn Korean by themselves just by watching Korean dramas, and then learn Japanese by watching anime. Language... But the troubles listed above are still unavoidable.

Ahem, let’s get down to business, all in all, among the group groups that took the initiative to travel to ancient times, except for the unlucky ones who were deceived, all the warriors who spontaneously willing to venture into another world are basically not doing well in modern society Yes, even to the point of desperation—otherwise, I wouldn’t have made up my mind to bid farewell to the past and start over in another world, so I wouldn’t have too many legal assets around me.

But in modern society, capital is required to do any major event, and group travel is no exception—modern people travel to the past empty-handed, and they will only send meat to the ancient strongman.Except for some guys who have the halo of destiny, all pragmatic traversers must prepare in advance, collecting various technical materials, industrial equipment, production tools, trade goods, fuel consumables, and even modern power Guns and weapons... and all of these require a large amount of money to purchase, which requires the Crossing Group to try to get a large amount of start-up capital before departure.

Of course, since the organizers and planners of these crossing groups have time and space in their hands, it is also a way to make money by taking advantage of the huge price difference between the two worlds to engage in cross-plane trade-in fact, whether it is The "Crossing Company" in Lingao County, Hainan Island, and the "Far East Company" in Vladivostok have indeed done this business: dumping antiques, gold and silver, precious Chinese medicine, high-grade wood and traditional furniture from ancient times to modern times, and dumping from modern times to ancient times Mirrors, cosmetics, glassware, clocks and other "luxury items" to make huge profits... If you accumulate them over time, you can indeed raise a huge sum of money.But the problem is that these two families don't seem to have that much patience, and they set off to cross without doing too much business...

So, how do they rely on to make up for this funding gap?The answer is... cheating!
——According to the information that Professor Guo brought to Wang Qiu and others, Vladivostok Far East Company abducted five [-]-ton ships before crossing, in addition to the landing ships illegally purchased from Russia, but did not pay for them , but rented: three of them were rented from Japan, and two were rented from South Korea. It seems that they did not harm their compatriots. The problem is that these five ships are all insured by Chinese insurance companies, just for claims The cost was more than [-] million... Now that they took all five ships to the time and space of the late Ming Dynasty, the insurance company in the modern world was almost crying to death.There are also all kinds of bad things like tax evasion and payment arrears, and the Far East Company has also done a lot.In the end, they even broke into the Yokohama Port in Tokyo Bay and robbed a Japanese cargo ship with armed forces—until now, the foreign ministries of China and Japan are still arguing over the big basket made by this group of "Chinese pirates"!
As for the transmigration group in Lingao County, Hainan Island, it may seem a little "kind".At least the freighter they traveled across was bought, not cheated.But the problem is that about 4000 million of the start-up capital of the Lingao Traveling Group was also obtained by means of financial fraud. Before departure, they owed a whole bunch of bank loans and underground usury, and they obviously didn't plan to repay them.In addition, many of the goods ordered by the Lingao Crossing Group have not received the final payment after they have been delivered to their destinations. No matter how you look at it, they are all determined to get it for nothing...

In short, in addition to the damaged foreign companies and the diplomatic turmoil caused, there are at least 30 unlucky domestic companies in the country who have been tricked by these two time-traveling groups. Several small companies were cheated The quantity of goods left was so large that it was almost bankrupt!

Then, Wang Qiu could only helplessly shake his head and give a wry smile to the crazy approach of the two time-traveling groups to "get a lot of money before leaving". Although as a law enforcement officer, these things sound very hateful, But if it was him, I am afraid he would do the same.

As far as he knew, in Europe in the age of great voyages, many impoverished explorers used stolen or cheated ships, sailors, and supplies because they could not raise funds to complete the feat of discovering new lands with all their might— —But from the point of view of the country and the government, such behavior is definitely not worth encouraging, otherwise it will add countless chaos.As Wang Qiu, he had to sit on the official side.

"...Understood, the country does have a large account to settle with them, and at the same time, it cannot give up on the brothers of the People's Liberation Army who were trapped there... Well, and the cost of sending troops this time, it is estimated that they have to be apportioned among them On the head..." Wang Qiu nodded seriously.

"...That's right, we have to ask them to explain everything clearly, and let them pay back everything they owe, including principal and interest!"

Professor Guo said annoyedly, "...before I left, I made such a big mess by doing something wrong, and then I patted my ass and left, leaving a mess for us to clean up. I don't know how to deal with the huge debt owed. Where did you spend it... How can you endure such absurd things?"

In this regard, Wang Qiu naturally echoed and agreed with Professor Guo repeatedly, flattering him like a wave, and exhausting his own limited ability to flatter horses.

But in fact, Wang Qiu didn't care much about the fate of these traversers at all.What he really cares about is that the friendship accumulated on the Doraemon seems to be unusable forever. Asking Doraemon to work for him is one less time... If you always bother him to help, the Doraemon will not tire of it If it is not, it is estimated that I will be included in the blacklist of severing contacts soon-what should I do then?
You know, Doraemon, a chubby blue-skinned cat-shaped baby-care robot, is actually not as helpful as he appears...