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Chapter 251 The "Return to Earth" Plan

After some so-called experts began to study questions such as why humanity, which initially had the upper hand, failed after the zombie virus outbreak and ultimately lost its home planet Earth, the plan for humanity to return to Earth was born.

Lu Yuan, who was a history PhD at the time, also joined the project. However, he accidentally entered a black hole and returned to Earth thousands of years ago, but that's another story.

What Wei Guo wanted to talk about was this "return to Earth" plan.

“According to my system data, the first phase of the ‘Return to Earth’ plan is your first exploration of Earth,” Wei Guo said, while keeping an eye on the progress bar that was being synchronized with the starship.

“The ‘Return to Earth’ project?” Upon hearing Wei Guo mention this term, Lu Yuan suddenly realized something. “So that’s why Yang Xiao encountered so many ‘reborn’ people?”

“Rebirth?” Wei Guo didn’t know about Lu Yuan’s experiences in the later part of this life, so he couldn’t make sense of it at all. However, he still continued to speak at his own pace, “My system data shows that the ‘Return to Earth’ plan has two directions. One is to return to Earth, clear out the zombies, and then everyone returns to Earth from the interstellar era. The other is to return to Earth when the virus broke out and save the Earth.”

"Back to Earth during the virus outbreak?" Lu Yuan was stunned. "Customized time travel? Such high technology in the interstellar era?"

"This should be a conjecture, because in the interstellar age, humans have discovered that black holes can accelerate interstellar travel, which is commonly known as a jump. If the location is accurate, it is possible to quickly jump from one black hole to another black hole millions of light-years away."

"So if the location is accurate, it's possible to go back to Earth tens of millions of light-years ago?" Lu Yuan suddenly realized, then nodded. "Yes, otherwise how could the other Lu Yuan have gone back to Earth more than a thousand years ago?"

“That’s what I think too.” Wei Guo nodded in agreement.

"In this world, there are executors of the 'Return to Earth' plan." Lu Yuan was now so surprised he could fit two eggs in his mouth. No wonder they always encountered such strange people.

“I probably can’t offer much help in other areas. I’ve already synchronized all the relevant data with the Starship System. It’s now your Level 1 system, and you can let it do many things for you.” Wei Guo stopped talking about “returning to Earth.” Its synchronization with the Starship System was nearing completion. Although it had absorbed many things as an AI, it didn’t fully understand them. Some things could only be understood by Lu Yuan as he gradually gained a deeper understanding.

"I understand." Nodding, Lu Yuan stood up. He knew that after saying goodbye this time, he didn't know when he would see Wei Guo again. Perhaps it would be the day when humanity defeats the virus and the extreme cold, or perhaps that day would never come.

After parting ways with Wei Guo, Lu Yuan did not immediately return to the South China base to find Gu Nanfeng and the others. Instead, he once again piloted his starship to the special base in the United States that they had discovered.

As soon as Lu Yuan's starship approached the special base, it seemed to be detected by the base's defense system, and both Lu Yuan and the system were certain that they had come in stealth mode this time.

"This is probably the base for the 'Return to Earth' project." Lu Yuan had the system control the starship to leave the base's monitoring range and observed the base from a distance for several days.

Unfortunately, its starship system failed to attack the base's firewall multiple times, and they were almost shot down. This left Lu Yuan feeling helpless, so he had no choice but to return to the South China base first and tell Gu Nanfeng and the others everything he knew.

DAY146

Lu Yuan suddenly appeared in front of the research institute at the South China base without triggering any base security alarms. The researchers at the gate were startled, but luckily one of them said he recognized Lu Yuan, otherwise he would have been arrested by the patrol team.

Unlike the base where Lu Yuan and Yang Xiao left together last time, the South China base now seems very busy, the kind of busy that happens during wartime. Everyone is rushing around. Lu Yuan has been sitting in the lounge opposite Jiang Xing's office for more than ten minutes now, but Jiang Xing has not had time to see him yet, and Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao are nowhere to be seen either.

However, Lu Yuan was not impatient at all. He took this time to store all the information they had gathered into a hard drive that matched this period with the starship system. Then he organized his thoughts, since he felt that his brain had been a mess for the past few days.

Ten minutes later, Gu Nanfeng and Ji Lang appeared at the door of the lounge, and Lu Yuan finally saw the familiar faces.

"Brother Gu, Captain Ji!" Lu Yuan greeted them excitedly.

"Why have you been gone for so long?" Gu Nanfeng and the others thought that Lu Yuan would only be going to see Wei Guo for a day or two, but several days have passed, and the communication system seems to have some kind of problem, so they haven't been able to contact Lu Yuan.

"Have you studied the video I sent you last time?" Lu Yuan asked.

"About that base in the US?" Ji Lang knew about that video. When they received the video from Lu Yuan, they handed it over to Jiang Xing. The four major bases also held meetings for several days about this video.

“Our headquarters has made contact with the headquarters of the United States and other major powers. We have finally established a global communication network, but…” Ji Lang had just begun to speak when Jiang Xing’s office door opened.

"Come in, everyone." Jiang Xing's voice rang out from the office. He was signing several documents. After he finished signing, his assistant took the documents and left the office. After Ji Lang, Gu Nanfeng, and Lu Yuan entered, he closed the office door behind him.

"After the information network was established, the headquarters of many powerful countries discovered that after the outbreak of the virus, bases similar to those in your video appeared within their territories. They were not large in scale, but they were very well-equipped." After entering the office, Ji Lang continued from where he left off.

"More than one?" Lu Yuan was somewhat surprised. He had traveled around the world, but only found this one.

"I can only say that the people in the US are more confident. It is said that other countries' bases are very well hidden. The base in the J country even looks like an ordinary factory." Gu Nanfeng answered Lu Yuan's question.

"Does our country, China, have one?" Lu Yuan asked again.

“We suspect that the warship near S City is it,” Ji Lang stated their assessment.

"But wasn't that some kind of coalition government?" Lu Yuan wondered. He remembered that there were not only Chinese people on that ship, but also many people from various countries.

“Now, we believe that there are more than just Yang Xiao and you, two people who have been reborn, on this earth.” Jiang Xing said seriously to Lu Yuan after listening to them.

Although Lu Yuan really wanted to explain that he hadn't been reborn, he figured it would be too much of a waste of time to explain, so he could only nod in agreement.

“I obtained some information about the ‘Return to Earth’ plan from Wei Guo…” Lu Yuan recounted everything he had learned from Wei Guo in this office.