Chapter 1233 - Do You Need Reinforcements? (2/2)
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The call was indeed from the allies of the Earth Defense Alliance. However, it was not from Moscow but from Shangjing.
“…I read the newspaper this morning.”
“I also read it. Is something wrong?” Jiang Chen said nonchalantly.
“Nothing.” Wu Changfeng forced an awkward laugh and paused for a moment before he continued. “I heard that there is a problem with your Mine 071?”
“Yes, our people were originally drilling for groundwater there, but a bug crawled out instead.” Jiang Chen sighed and said in a heavy and serious tone, “We have sent reinforcements to the colony. A thousand soldiers should reach the synchronous...o...b..t within two weeks,.”
Two weeks!
Wu Changfeng’s eyebrows twitched.
If he rememberes correctly, the number was still more than a month half a year ago! And Mars was much closer to Earth than it is now.
Celestial Trade’s advancement in aeros.p.a.ce technology is simply astounding.
Jiang Chen noticed that there was no sound from the other side, so he asked.
“What’s the matter?”
Wu Changfeng hid the astonishment in his head as he coughed and asked.
“Nothing. I just want to ask on behalf of Hua if you need reinforcements. After all, when we signed the Earth Defense Alliance Treaty and swore to be on the same frontline when dealing with the threat of extraterrestrial civilization. If you need it, Hua is willing to send infantry to a.s.sist your Marines.”
When Jiang Chen listened to Wu Changfeng’s proposal, he smiled and rejected with grat.i.tude, “No, we can solve this little problem by ourselves. And it’s still unclear whether Devil Worms can be called extraterrestrial civilization. After all, it seems to us that they are just a group of dangerous beasts.”
“Then…
“I know what you are worried about,” Jiang Chen said in a calm tone and interrupted Wu Changfeng’s words,”Don’t worry, at the end of this month, the specimen of Devil Worm will be sent back to Celestial City. We will host a summit which will fully disclose the research progress of Mars species to the international community.”
Jiang Chen smiled and said the words that Wu Changfeng had been waiting for.
“At that time, we would like to welcome your scientists to Celestial Trade to partic.i.p.ate in the summit and collaborate in the research!”
Wu Changfeng was overjoyed and he laughed.
“Thank you, Mr. Jiang!”
In fact, his seemingly informal phone call was also instructed by the people at the top the night before.
After all, he was just a major general of the army. He could not just send reinforcements based on his will.
The reason why he proposed to send reinforcements was not to actually send soldiers to the battlefield tens of millions of kilometers away, but to subtly hint at Jiang Chen the covenant they established together for the Earth Defense Alliance.
All relevant information on extraterrestrial civilization should be shared without reservation between major member states. It was one of the reasons why Hua and Russia were willing to make some concessions to their own interests in international affairs and firmly stand on the same front as Xin.
Wu Changfeng was most worried that Celestial Trade may stay in the grey area on the definition of an extraterrestrial civilization. After all, only Celestial Trade could send people to Mars in this world. The entire route was monopolized, and even if they were dissatisfied, they did not have any other options.
Jiang Chen’s words undoubtedly dismissed his concerns, which would allow him to respond to his boss.
What Wu Changfeng didn’t know was that the specimen of the Devil Worm was nothing but a bait to switch the attention of the international community.
As for the memory of the Gaia civilization, and the ruins hidden under Mine 071… Jiang Chen would never leak a word before Celestial Trade completely uncovered its real treasure.