Beneath Deep Space

But now, even the influence of the "Great Sage" is no longer what it used to be.

After a long period of entertainment and a relaxed living environment, the thinking mode of the Knicks has changed significantly, and the worship of the sage class has gradually disappeared.

Major media prefer to report eye-catching gossip news or entertainment news. After all, only by attracting attention can you make money.

Serious themes seem too tiring, and if there are too few people who like them, they will be slowly eliminated if no one cares about them.

And on the other hand, since the end of the Golden Age that lasted for hundreds of years since the Etatonian Era, there have been few major discoveries in the scientific world and few inspiring events.

Especially in physics, since the completion of the Standard Model hundreds of years ago, time has been almost at a standstill! Quantum computers are the final breakthrough!

The following great sages all made significant contributions in life sciences, not physics.

For example, Baxter, who is an outstanding biologist in his own right, now has to care about this kind of thing...

Physicists...are too unsatisfactory, but not unsatisfactory. The scientific research funds given to them are too little.

The Large Hadron Collider cost tens of billions, but nothing was discovered, and a lot of money was wasted; controllable nuclear fusion has not been developed for hundreds of years; the large space station has crashed long ago, and this kind of thing has nothing but What's the use of showing off?

The Knicks are more than 0.6 light years away from the star. Where can they go?

Especially now that energy is beginning to be scarce and there are signs of deflation, ordinary people are becoming more and more demanding on this kind of thing.

We have encountered difficulties here and there. We have encountered difficulties for hundreds of years. Who is still willing to invest money? If you vote, it will be in vain.

The sages of Nix, especially the physicists, seemed to have encountered a huge bottleneck. The complexity of science is getting higher and higher, and it is difficult to make major breakthroughs in any aspect. But without breakthroughs, there will be no money to invest. Without money, there will be no development. Without development, there will be no influx of fresh blood to become talents. Wither.

This is a vicious cycle that has been going on for a long time.

Both the government and investors are too impetuous and eager to get an immediate return on investment. This concept has weakened the enthusiasm of Knicks people for high-tech research, because the further things go, the harder it will be to produce results.

Facing Baxter's proposal, one of the senior officials said awkwardly: "...We hope that our sports coaches can improve their performance within two years, and if they can't, they will leave; politicians only have two, four or six years. tenure and then walk away, there’s only a short time between investment and return.”

"If you can't produce results, you have to step down."

"So when someone tells you it will take 10 or 100 years to get results, it's hard to believe that."

"Mr. Baxter, you know, this is a world of capital, and it is not the government that has the final say. We can only apply to the parliament as much as possible...Whether we can apply or not is another matter..."

Great Sage Baxter sighed, not only him, but also the group of scientists behind him were silent.

The whole world has become like this, making them feel extremely strange.

Even if the end of the world comes in a hundred years, these ignorant people will still be immersed in their own fantasy land... This is simply unimaginable.

However, ordinary people are like this. They only focus on the economic benefits of the immediate few years, or even the immediate few months.

Things a few decades or a hundred years from now are still a bit far away.

Those who can think about ten years from now are already elites; those who can think about thirty years from now are heroes; those who can think about one hundred years from now can be called leaders of civilization.

But in the face of the tide of democracy, even the leaders' appeals seem so powerless.

For capital or the people, those who make your life difficult tomorrow are enemies every minute and will force you to step down tomorrow.

Invest money in researching technology? Yes, it depends on what it is and whether it can produce results!

It is too difficult to change the public’s thinking.

"Do they really think that technology is still advancing explosively?" one of the scientists said angrily.

Yes, people do think so.

However, Baxter knew very well that although all kinds of technologies are emerging in endlessly, in the eyes of truly smart people, these things are as impractical as carvings.

The person who invented the carving technology was a pioneer and great.

The person who used carving technology to carve the first apple was an innovation and a great one.

But the people behind them kept using carving techniques to carve pears, apples, bananas, strawberries... Each result could be published in a paper. what is this? Is this considered scientific innovation?

Nowadays, most technological progress is IT progress... Indeed, IT technology is indeed improving, but it has also begun to stagnate in depth, but its breadth is getting higher and higher.

Well, that’s what the media and the general public think. Everyone is obsessed with this kind of scientific development... They still believe that we are in the era of technological explosion.

"Mr. Baxter, your concerns are indeed very reasonable. But is the nuclear fusion project that has been developed for so long really feasible?"

At the banquet, the Prime Minister of Bargaria finally spoke: "Facing the problem of energy shortage, we can also develop energy-saving technology to extend the time of its arrival. We can also develop uranium mines deep in the earth's crust and even seabed resources."

"The uranium resources used on the surface are less than one ten thousandth of the entire planet, right? Most of the energy is hidden underground, and there is still a lot of room for development. So I support your nuclear fusion project. But it can only be used as an alternative..."

Baxter turned his head in disappointment. The prime minister would soon be leaving office and he was unwilling to cause more trouble at such a moment.

As for "developing the underground and developing the seabed", it is purely a political slogan.

is it possible?

It's possible, but it's difficult.

The depth of the seabed is more than 20,000 meters, and there is an ice shell hundreds of meters thick on the surface, which brings huge engineering difficulties. At most... it will only develop a little shallow sea area. No one knows how much it can be developed.

As for the resources deeper underground, do the Knicks still dare to dig into the mantle? The Knicks' technology is not yet capable of containing a volcanic eruption.

So, this is just a political slogan, but the people believe it...

Yes, this planet does still have a lot of energy anyway, and less than one ten thousandth of it is currently used. As for how to dig, that is something that will be considered in a hundred years.

"Then let's do this!"

Baxter finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "I am willing to sell all the shares of biological companies as start-up funds for nuclear fusion projects. I also hope that governments of various countries can invest some shares..."

The Prime Minister seemed a little shocked when he heard this sentence, and he was thinking about the feasibility of this plan...

Because of the great sage's reliable character and good influence, some rich people began to be interested. They believe that if all the high-tech talents in the world are gathered together, this thing may be feasible... so it is a cost-effective business to buy some shares at this time.

Soon, under the call of the Great Sage, a large number of wealthy people, a group of investors and governments around the world began to raise funds frantically. This time the controllable nuclear fusion project reached an unprecedented 1.8 trillion yuan!

1.8 trillion!

Such a scale of funding is a first-class event in history! The "nuclear fusion" project attracted everyone's attention in the world for the first time.

"Eotaton Nuclear Fusion Research Center" was established! The research is named after a great figure in history, which shows the ambition of this group of scientists.

The group of scientists concentrated in Thor City is also unprecedentedly luxurious. It can be said that they are the smartest group of people in the entire civilization.

They are going to launch a general attack on "controllable nuclear fusion" technology and try to conquer the energy crisis before it happens!

Now that the money has arrived, I believe it is no longer a question of money. Let’s get started!

Baxter looked at the established headquarters and thought passionately...