Chapter 3

"Alright, it seems there’s no way to go back for now. The most important thing now is to survive on this Earth from 376 years ago."

After sighing for a few minutes, Wende Si regained his composure and began to plan for his future.

Wende Si is 26 years old, born into a family of small business owners. His hometown is Chongzhi City, Mars Province, but he was born and spent his childhood in Nanjing City. Most of his student years were spent in Guiyang City, Moon Province.

His 26 years have been quite ordinary. After graduating from the mechanical engineering department of Guiyang Institute of Technology, he joined Xingke Mining and Metallurgy, a company with military backing. He started as a mechanical maintenance engineer and was later transferred to an extraterrestrial planet as a manager and then as a general manager. The company promised him that after five years of work on the extraterrestrial planet, he could be transferred back to Earth and assigned a new position.

By the time he was transported, Wende Si had already spent two years on that desolate planet, with three more years to go before he could return to Earth. However, this time travel incident brought him back to Earth, but 376 years in the past.

He has a younger brother and a younger sister at home. He doesn’t have to worry about his parents being unattended, but of course, his family will be devastated when they learn of the accident. Wende Si can’t do anything about it; he can’t go back, so he can only pray. Besides, he has a large personal insurance policy, which is enough to support his parents.

However, these are secondary issues. The most important thing now is how to integrate into the current society. Wende Si is neither a historian nor a sociologist; he knows very little about this era, basically a complete blank.

Fortunately, although the office building’s database is not a professional historical archive, it does have a comprehensive collection of ordinary historical data. The calmed-down Wende Si began to study the historical data from the database.

"Damn, I have to wait another five years for the Xinhai Revolution, and the founding of the ** Party is still more than ten years away. I have to wait another thirty years for the Great Leader to take power. I came at the wrong time!" Wende Si was somewhat depressed.

Undoubtedly, the easiest way to integrate into society is during a chaotic era. In a chaotic era, few people would care about one’s background. But in this era, the nearest chaotic period is still five years away. This is truly an awkward time.

To integrate into society, the best way is to find a faction to join, even if it’s just a temporary one.

But Mr. Wende Si is now in a completely unfamiliar place. Although he brought an office building with him, it’s the era of firearms now. Relying on this office building to resist the entire society would be insane. It’s just an office building, not a starship.

"Damn, which faction should I join?" Wende Si was depressed again.

With the advanced technology he brought from the future, if he joined a foreign power, he would definitely be heavily favored and live a life of luxury. But he doesn’t want to do that. Although Wende Si is not a righteous person, he still has some basic moral principles.

As for the artillery party, Wende Si doesn’t want to join them either. Whether it’s the "Tongmenghui" led by Mr. Tong or the "Kai Shen Logistics" led by Mr. Chang, he doesn’t like them. They are all unreliable and incompetent. Relying on them is less reliable than relying on the Beiyang government, especially since the "Tongmenghui" seems to have just been established.

The Qing government is not even worth mentioning. Although Wende Si is a Han Chinese from the future and doesn’t have the deep-seated hatred for the Qing that people of this era have, he cannot serve the Tartars. He is a nationalist. Besides, the Qing government is already rotten to the core, and the ugly pigtail hairstyle is enough to make him lose his appetite. Wende Si is not a "Jinjiang girl" with such bizarre aesthetic standards; he can’t join the Tartars even for his own sake.

The faction Wende Si most wants to join is the ** Party, specifically the ** Party led by the Great Leader. The early ** Party is basically just a Chinese branch of the Soviet Communist Party, and Wende Si looks down on such an organization that aims to "protect the Soviet Union by force."

In that era, the ** Party led by the Great Leader is undoubtedly the best choice. There’s no other way; compared to the artillery party and other factions, they are all too incompetent and unreliable.

"To join a faction, I must join a powerful one like the Great Leader. Why join the incompetent ones? The public intellectuals have a problem with their butts, and the Apple fans have a problem with their IQs..." Wende Si concluded.

However, the era he is in is very depressing. The Great Leader is still a young boy, and the ** Party doesn’t even exist yet, let alone the Soviet Union, which is still in its early stages. Where can he find a powerful faction to join?

After thinking for a long time, Wende Si finally gritted his teeth and said, "Damn, since there’s no powerful faction to join, I’ll start my own! I have the golden finger of an office building base; I won’t believe I can’t carve out a piece of the sky!"

"Since I’ve time-traveled, it means this is my destiny! I’m here by the will of heaven; I’m not afraid of anything!" Wende Si clenched his fist, encouraging himself, "Hmph, if we follow the original timeline, China will suffer for decades more. Since I’m here, I won’t allow that to happen! I will reverse China’s fate! Starting now!"

After making his decision, Wende Si had the exploration drones continue to explore the surrounding environment, conducting topographic mapping and mineral exploration. On the other hand, he began to organize and inventory the available resources.

"Xiaofeifei, tally up all the resources and equipment we have."

"Yes, Mr. Wende Si. Tallying up the resources, please wait a moment..." One minute later, the central computer reported the results.

First, there is the office building itself, officially named "Non-Terrestrial Planetary Integrated Building." It is a spherical metal structure with a diameter of 40 meters. The outer shell is made of multiple layers of ultra-high-strength alloy, nanocarbon silicon tube fiber, ultra-high-strength ceramic, and lead-cadmium radiation protection alloy, providing comprehensive protection against meteorite impacts, various rays, electromagnetic waves, high and low temperatures, various toxic gases, and biological threats. It can also move short distances using anti-gravity suspension.

However, after the unknown energy storm, the outer shell is severely damaged, with many areas exposing the internal wiring.

The internal layers and structure of this building can be adjusted according to the client’s needs and are not identical. Wende Si’s building is a comprehensive structure primarily for office, logistics, and biohuman manufacturing.

The building is divided into 9 floors and 5 major zones.

The lowest zone is the equipment area. The first floor houses the power equipment, including the nuclear fusion generator and anti-gravity drive system. The second floor is the living equipment area, with an oxygen and air processing system, central air conditioning, water treatment and synthesis system, and food synthesis system. This area is the most damaged, with only the nuclear fusion generator and air processing system slightly damaged; the rest of the equipment is mostly destroyed and cannot be repaired.

The ecological breeding area occupies the entire third floor, divided into freshwater breeding, seawater breeding, animal breeding, bird breeding, special breeding, and plant cultivation zones. Although this ecological area takes up a lot of space, it is mandatory according to government regulations. Any unit permanently stationed on a non-terrestrial planet must have an ecological area. Past examples have shown that living in an environment without other living beings for a long time can lead to a high probability of psychological disorders. Therefore, all extraterrestrial work sites are required to have an ecological area as part of labor protection.

This area is not damaged, but most of the living beings inside have died.

The medical and adjustment area occupies the entire fourth floor. It has a complete system for biohuman adjustment, including adjustment equipment, cultivation tanks, embryo generation systems, biohuman raw material conversion systems, and memory input/output systems. There is also a set of medical equipment equivalent to a small hospital, including wards and operating rooms. This area has also suffered significant damage, with many advanced medical devices destroyed. The biohuman adjustment system is also damaged to varying degrees.

The storage area occupies the fifth floor, with a food warehouse containing food, medicine, and drinking water. The miscellaneous warehouse has clothes and various daily necessities. The maintenance room has common maintenance and repair equipment, machine tools, and tools. The spare parts warehouse mainly stores various spare parts, including 8 medium-sized mining robots and 12 small mining robots. The sixth floor is the hangar, containing a "Tiansuo 6" small spacecraft, 6 unmanned exploration drones, and a garage with 2 sealed all-terrain vehicles.

The damage here is also severe. The two all-terrain vehicles can probably be combined into one, many machine tools and equipment are irreparable, and a large portion of the food, medicine, and daily necessities are lost. The small spacecraft is not heavily damaged but cannot take off. One-third of the mining robots are also lost.

The top floors are the work and living area. The seventh floor is the office area, with offices, a database, a meeting room, a mineral analysis laboratory, a central control room, and a flight control system. The eighth floor is the residential area, with various furniture and household appliances, including bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, living room, gym, study, and storage. The ninth floor is the intelligence area, with an interstellar communication system and a multi-purpose radar system.

Although the damage here is the least, many items are still destroyed or partially destroyed.

Currently, the subordinates under Wende Si’s command in the office building include: 1 biohuman secretary, Gu Xiaolv; 2 biohuman technicians; 4 biohuman guards; 4 maintenance robots; 3 housekeeping robots; 2 security robots; 4 medium-sized mining robots; and 9 small mining robots.

"Hmm, a lot of things are broken... I need to plan carefully!" Wende Si pondered. According to the main control computer’s estimate, apart from the equipment that cannot be restored, it would take at least 30 years to fully repair everything with the current conditions.