"Is there no other way?" Alice said strangely when she heard this, she thought that Shen Chao should have some more clever way. Not so dangerous a plan.

"Yes, but it's either longer or more risky. The worlds we've been to are dangerous, but we can control the timing and actions we enter, and there's nothing we can't solve. Shen Chao confirmed that he hadn't thought of other ways, and there were many plans to go to the low-risk world, but they didn't need more gold or anything like that at this stage. They need a higher level of technical support in order to carry out the plans they have already prepared.

"So, this Mass Effect world has the high-tech products we need, and we're going to go there and buy ready-made high-tech weaponry, right?" Alice asked, having experienced an operation with Shen Chao, she now had a better understanding of their general action goal, which was nothing more than to use various methods to collect useful resources for them and make them safer on their future journeys.

"It's not just that, if it was just that, I wouldn't be against Plan M. Custer put down the barbell on the weight bench next to him, wiped his sweat and said.

"At the heart of Shen's plan is to expand our overall strength, and the ultimate goal of the plan is to establish a permanent base in this main plane, giving us complete autonomy over the actions of each plane in the near future. "He solved the big mystery directly.

: "Permanent base? Alice asked in surprise. It's not that she didn't think that Shen Chao still had such a plan, Shen Chao had explained to her before that their current base was just their temporary residence, and when they had more resources and manpower, they would prepare a larger and more complete base. But she had always thought that it would be a long time later, after all, according to Shen Chao's previous words, their next base would be quite large, making their current base look like a toy.

"In the setting of Mass Effect, human beings are a race with very advanced space technology, with a large fleet and civilian spacecraft, as long as several sub-goals of Project M can be achieved smoothly, we can bring back some necessary equipment, such as shuttles and the like, and then find some professionals to establish a permanent base of operations on the moon!" Shen Chao also put down the instrument in his hand, and corrected after taking a few breaths. His tone was lighthearted, as if to say that building a lunar base was extremely easy.

"But wouldn't it be too difficult or too dangerous, I mean, can we keep such a big secret by doing this?" Alice asked in surprise, she didn't expect Shen Chao's plan to be so crazy. You must know that the main plane where they are currently located does not have any lunar bases!

"Thank you, Alice, for hearing me, Shen, I'm not the only one who thinks this plan is too dangerous. Custer chimed in, and it was clear that he didn't agree with this part of Shen Chao's plan either.

"I hear you, but sooner or later we have to enter such a high-risk world, otherwise we won't be able to go back to many of the worlds we've been to before. Establishing a permanent base here is a must. Shen Chao explained that he and Custer had analyzed the changes brought about by their previous actions and the risks they would face when they returned in the future. Their conclusion is unanimous that in the absence of strong human or technical support, the multiple worlds they have visited before will become unsuitable for them to return to. They must be technologically prepared enough to return to a world that has become dangerous for them.

"You didn't answer my other question, we can't build what you said on our own, can we, if we involve others, can we keep such a secret?" Alice asked anxiously. …,

"No, we can't. Once we begin to carry out this program on a large scale, it will not be long before our actions will inevitably attract the attention of the government, and when our bases are completed, it will not be long before the near-moon satellites of the various space powers will surely discover anomalies in the lunar surface. There is also a small chance that our identities will be exposed," Shen Chao said honestly.

"But as you said before, we shouldn't be keeping a low profile... Development? Alice was really confused, Shen Chao had told her many times before about the necessity of keeping a low profile, and they had always avoided too much contact with the crowd. But Shen Chao's words just now broke his previous words.

"That's right, we're going to keep a low profile, and if we want to be high-profile, the location of the second base should be on the ground, not on the moon." When I say low-key, I mean low-key posture, not the kind of low-key that affects our development. Shen Chao explained. They still have a lot of plans to accomplish in the future. The current base really can't meet their needs, and for the development of his expedition, he doesn't care what the government agencies on the ground think of the second base after it is completed.

After all, there is currently only one country in this plane that can launch weapons to the moon, and the delivery capacity is still very limited. And in the world of Mass Effect, the development of military technology is beyond the sky. Each human colony, regardless of size, almost always has a certain number of anti-aircraft weapons. With the current level of technological development in their main plane, there is simply no regime that can threaten their future lunar base.

In Shen Chao's opinion, their biggest problem in the future is actually the personnel aspect, and it is not something that the three of them can complete to build and maintain a lunar base, and they need to make a lot of revisions to this part of the plan to ensure that their base can be built and used smoothly.

"How long do you plan to complete this project?" I mean the moon base? Alice asked after listening to his explanation, thinking about it carefully.

"One year in our frame of reference, two years at most. Once we have built the moon base, you and Custer will be able to safely return to the previous worlds and fulfill your wishes. When Shen Chao said this, he thought of some of his past in his heart, he made up his mind to deal with some past events before the last crossing, and now, when they returned safely and began to plan for the next crossing, he felt that the time had come.

After lunch, they returned to the crossing area and began to sort out the large amount of gold that was still on hold here, which was not an easy task, Custer continued to be responsible for sending the gold into the material management area with a forklift, while Shen Chao and Alice were responsible for organizing the scattered gold on the ground into piles that were easy to transport.

It took them an entire afternoon to transfer the gold that had accumulated in the traversal area to the material management area. The gold was built as tall and thick as a city wall, and it filled the space of the material management area. But even so, there were still hundreds of tons of gold that could not be put in, so they had to put the gold in the weapons area first, and build a wall of golden brilliance. Wait for them to make another arrangement later. After doing this, they rested that night as usual.

The next morning, Alice rolled over in bed in a daze. As a result, he didn't touch Shen Chao's solid chest as usual. She opened her eyes and saw that it was only herself in the bedroom. This is not unusual at all, I picked up the alarm clock on the bedside table next to me and looked at it, it was 5:30 in the morning, and I didn't miss Shen Chao's morning exercise. In fact, their morning workout should not start until after 6:00 a.m.

Thinking of this, she got dressed and walked out of the room. As usual, it was very quiet here in the early morning, and she went to the bathroom to check first, and there was no trace of Shen Chao. After that, she searched for weapons and found that a sniper rifle and Shen Chao's pistol were missing. After that, she searched the entire base, but found no trace of Shen Chao. …,

The Cadillac outside the warehouse was gone, and it should have been driven away by Shen Chao. Back in the living quarters, she met Custer, who had just gotten up for a morning exercise. As if he didn't realize that Shen Chao was gone, Custer took the towel and walked in the direction of the washing area as usual.

"Hey, Custer, have you seen Shen?" She hesitated, but didn't call him the Russian.

"Don't worry, he'll be back tomorrow at the latest." Custer didn't even turn his head and walked to the washing area with his towel.

"What, you know he went out, where did he go?" Alice continued, she thought it was strange that Custer knew where Shen Chao was, but she herself had no clue. And Custer's answer sounded a bit perfunctory.

"You'd better not know, he didn't tell you that he doesn't want you to know." Custer replied after a brief wash, looking at her. Alice followed him to the washing area, apparently reluctant to let go of the topic he didn't want to mention.

"Hey... Where the hell did he go? I need to know if he's in danger! Also, why did he only tell you where he was going? Alice saw that he was still unwilling to answer, so she stopped Custer who was about to leave and asked. She was a little angry, and Custer obviously put on a look that it was none of her business, as if she shouldn't know Shen Chao's whereabouts.

"Because he knows I'm not going to stop him, and you might." Custer replied after wiping the water stains from his face. He knew where Shen Chao had gone, but he was reluctant to sue Alice.

At the same time, in a cemetery outside the downtown area of Kaifeng City, dozens of kilometers away, Shen Chao, wearing a black windbreaker, stood in front of a tombstone in a quiet daze. There was not a single piece of clothing on his body that was not black, and with the dim sky here, he had been here like a sculpture for half an hour.