Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 963 The drama begins

In the end, the International Space Station did not contact China.

Or it could be Taiyi Gong, or “Clear Alliance”.

The resistance comes from the United States, which holds an absolute leadership position in the project.

Theoretically, the "Clear Alliance" is the most appropriate one. As a nominal "international organization", although China is the leading party, it is still acceptable after all.

As for the Wolford Clause, to be honest, don't overestimate the binding force of any clause or agreement. The so-called spirit of contract means to abide by it when it is beneficial to you and to pretend to be blind when it is harmful to you.

But it was not NASA but senior US officials who actually stopped the call for help.

The news was reported to multiple departments and finally even reached the big leader Omar who was attending a meeting in Hangzhou, but was ultimately not allowed.

The reason is simple. Just a week ago, they launched a formal "barricade plan" to boost morale and demonstrate their space strength.

It's only been a few days and we have to ask China for help again?

Admit that you can't even launch a rocket?
What do people around the world think of this?
Unconsciously, countries around the world are increasing their investment in the aerospace sector. This field has occupied a more important position and seems to have become the most dazzling banner of the "highland of science and technology", while the halo created by the United States relying on the "moon landing" is crumbling.

They haven't changed themselves, it's just that the world has changed in the past two years.

In any case, the backwardness in aerospace has begun to more seriously damage the deterrent power of the United States, and deterrence is like a life-saving medicine that cannot be stopped for a moment.

So in the end, from a "formal" rather than scientific perspective, the US gave NASA an instruction: activate the alternative plan "gas vent avoidance" but do not ask for assistance.

All bets are on Russia, which has the ability to launch rockets to deliver supplies within a week.

The United States will provide as much support as possible to Russia regardless of cost.

Thanks to the absolute dominance of the International Space Station project, although some countries have complaints, they ultimately implemented the plan.

The International Space Station is currently safe and sound in an orbit more than 100,000 meters above sea level.

The twelve astronauts are unaware of some of the intrigues on the ground, but they know that the space station and themselves are about to face the biggest crisis in history.

"Makarov, what does the command desk say?"

Suni, a female astronaut from the United States, asked nervously. Her expression was serious and even a little haggard.

The burly Makarov pondered for a moment, looked at everyone, and said, "The ground command requires us to activate the emergency plan for gas discharge and evacuate to the upper orbit. The orbit is expected to rise 800 meters, plus deceleration. The total time for gas discharge is about 1800 seconds, and it will be executed in six stages."

Although he is a Russian, he is currently the stationmaster of the space station and the most senior astronaut of all. He has been here for half a year and is responsible for the team's command.

"1800 seconds? You must be kidding! We will lose most of the gas!"

Suni was overwhelmed with emotion and felt unbelievable.

This emergency plan was included when the space station was first designed, but it had never been activated. Not only oxygen, but any gas in the universe is extremely precious, and the amount of gas emitted scared her.

Astronauts from other countries were also extremely shocked.

They are from Japan, Brazil, Belgium, Spain, Norway, Sweden and Germany.

In addition, there are two Russian astronauts and three American astronauts.

Makarov shook his head and said, "We will close some of the chambers and strictly control the exhaust rate, so it will take so long. Also, don't worry, the ground will launch a rocket within a week to deliver supplies to us, including raw materials for making gas."

"We have enough gas left to last at least 12 days, and if we reduce our activity, we may be able to last up to 14 days."

Suni sneered, "A rocket launch within a week? Do you know how many times the rocket that sent me up was delayed? Four times! I landed on the space station six months later than planned!"

Makarov saw that Suni had lost the calmness that an astronaut should have. Allowing her to vent her emotions would seriously affect others, so he changed his tone to a stern one.

"It was Russia that launched the rocket, don't compare it to your garbage America! We have the best rocket technology!"

At this time, the Brazilian astronaut said: "If we don't avoid it, will 400 pieces of debris definitely destroy the space station? After all, we don't know the size yet, and we have the safest spacecraft cabin."

Yes, after each delivery mission to the International Space Station is completed, the delivery "spacecraft" will remain connected until the next delivery.

But unfortunately, it was not a real "ship" that could move on its own, but just a cylindrical "cabin".

But as it can directly pass through the atmosphere, it needs to be harder and stronger, and in an emergency it can serve as a shelter for the International Space Station.

Makarov: "No one is willing to bet on this probability, and the spacecraft cabin cannot accommodate 12 people."

There is something else that has not been said, which is that compared with the twelve astronauts, the ground may care more about the loss of the International Space Station. It is impossible for them to be cowards and allow the $1500 billion space station to be smashed into a sieve.

This was the cost 20 years ago. If it were today, it would be at least hundreds of billions, and it represents even more.

To make an analogy, the biggest risk of gas discharge is the lives of astronauts, but if we act conservatively and shrink back our heads, there may be no International Space Station in the future.

Makarov looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice, "Check all the facilities immediately to ensure their stability. This place is too messy. The estimated collision time of space debris is 8-24 hours. The span here is very large. We cannot trust the monitoring data too much."

Everyone remained silent until Makarov urged them again. Then they left with wooden faces and floated to their respective posts.

Before Suni could say anything else, two other American astronauts pulled her away.

They both have special identities. They were members of the Air Force before becoming astronauts, and they did not retire afterwards, so they are military personnel.

And they also received an additional secret order.

Make sure Makarov follows orders.

In the sky, it is a messy crisis response
The city of Hangzhou is still bustling with activity.

On the evening of September 9, all the leaders of various countries arrived, a total of 3 people gathered together, which can basically be called the "mainstream" of Blue Star. The combined GDP exceeds 37% of the world, and the military strength exceeds 80% of the world.

Of course, coming together does not mean that these countries are united as one, and the open and secret struggles cannot be resolved by just one meeting.

At night in Hangzhou, leaders of many countries visited each other and had private conversations. Some of the topics were related to the G20, while others just took the opportunity to meet.

Among them, the crisis encountered by the International Space Station has also spread in a small area. After all, there are as many as 16 participating countries, and most of them are in Hangzhou.

However, for these "big shots", the sense of crisis is far less urgent than that of the astronauts in the sky.

Zhou Rui was a little tired after three days of intensive meetings. The G20 would not officially start until tomorrow, so after leaving the West Lake State Guesthouse, he again rejected the invitations from the leaders of several countries and chose to go directly back to the hotel.

It's inconvenient and unnecessary.

Although the organization has spoken, if he wants, it’s okay to meet him.

But Zhou Rui would rather choose to hold a few more small meetings with Gan Yuan to review the processes and discuss the company's cash flow issues.

It’s just that the changes in the outside world are still gradually fermenting.

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September 9th is the official meeting date of the G4 summit.

Early in the morning, with the help of Gan Yuan, Zhou Rui put on a low-key suit. Unlike the previous two days, he looked more formal.

This is the third formal suit he has changed into in the past few days, all of which were arranged by Gan Yuan.

After tying the carefully selected red tie for the boss and smoothing out the slight wrinkles at the collar, Gan Yuan slowly stepped back, feeling extremely satisfied with her outfit.

Of course, the boss’s figure is his biggest advantage. The same clothes, when worn by the boss, look like someone who walked out of a magazine.

"I won't be able to accompany you today, but I will wait for you outside the venue."

Zhou Rui looked in the mirror, nodded and said, "There's no need to wait deliberately, there's always a day from morning to night."

Today, the G20 opened first, followed by the first phase of the meeting, then the luncheon, then the second phase of the meeting, and then the dinner and the "The Most Memorable City is Hangzhou" cultural evening.

Zhou Rui will participate in all of the above.

Yes, he has to attend even the main session.

The meeting itself is a model of leaders of various countries + their own teams. It is impossible for dozens of leaders to be locked in a small dark room with their own officials and staff.

Generally speaking, there are very few companies that participate, and if there are, they must be large state-owned enterprises.

For example, pillar industries such as oil, energy, food, and mining.

Zhou Rui is the one who took over this position, and the other "corporate party" with him is China National Petroleum Corporation.

Zhou Rui's appearance at the main venue is both a statement and a protection, and it also raises the international and domestic positioning of Furui Group.

The pillar of the country in the enterprise.

Zhou Rui went downstairs and got into his own state guest car. There were many Hongqi N501s in Hangzhou today, so he didn't stand out that much.

However, the leaders of various countries had mounted police to lead the way.

Zhou Ruixin said that I am really a low-key person.

About 20 minutes later, Zhou Rui arrived at Qianjiang Smart City. The leaders of various countries were shaking hands and taking photos in another place, while Zhou Rui was the first to enter the main venue.

Facing the magnificent and splendid super conference venue, a majestic atmosphere hits you in the face.

The Chinese style seats, with gold and red colors, look quite handsome.

At this time, the leaders of various countries have not arrived yet, but many staff members are already busy.

Zhou Rui found his position according to the instructions.

In the second row, just below the heads of state, are the senior executives and super-large corporations of various countries.

After looking at the Taiwan visa, the one on the left is a Class B boss and the one on the right is the boss of Sinopec.

Further back, the third row is for ordinary staff such as translators and secretaries.

The big guys were still taking pictures next door before they entered the venue together at the end. Zhou Rui suddenly got excited and took out his cell phone to take a selfie.

This was not unusual, as many people present, especially foreigners, were taking pictures.

He openly took photos of the main venue and his own seat. This was something that was meant to be announced to the public.

I was holding my phone, thinking about what text to add to the message.

A message popped up from the command center of Wanhu Base.

As a command system that is fully connected with the Space Administration, it even has some additional resources enjoyed by the "Body Possession Plan". The Wanhu Base also has a normalized space monitoring network to provide services for daily launches and orbital platform safety.

When encountering a particularly urgent situation, Xiao Wan will send him a message.

"An explosion was detected above the track?"

Zhou Rui almost thought he had seen it wrong.
(End of this chapter)