It's reasonable for me to have a two-way foil for a second-level civilization, right?

The professors instantly turned their heads and looked towards the corner of the conference room.

Apparently, Tao Yuda couldn't stand the scrutinizing eyes of the bosses.

He opened his mouth, and a look of embarrassment flashed in his eyes.

"Professor, why don't you forget it, I think this plan is a bit..."

"Yuda!" Cao Liangcai interrupted him softly, "Be bold and speak out! Believe in yourself!"

Hearing his mentor's voice, Tao Yuda swallowed slightly, and the look in his eyes became firmer.

"Professor, since we have medical nano-robot technology, why don't we develop a nano-robot for mining?" Tao Yuda said anxiously, "I also thought of the scenes of some sci-fi movies in the past, so I came up with this idea."

"Use a large number of nano-robots to directly 'eat' the ore veins in the asteroid, and then let these nano-robots spit out the ore, and then smelt it, which can take into account both efficiency and safety."

Chapter 209 Chairman: I'll take you out to relax

The scene described by Tao Yuda appeared in the minds of academicians and professors.

The light in Lu Yongchang's eyes became brighter and brighter.

"...Professor, I'm done." Feeling the strange atmosphere in the meeting room, Tao Yuda swallowed slightly and said in a low voice.

There was a brief silence in the conference room.

Just when Tao Yuda was uneasy, there was a slight applause.

Tao Yuda looked in the direction of the applause in surprise.

It's Professor Lu.

I saw a slight smile on Lu Yongchang's face, and his eyes were full of appreciation.

"Not bad."

"It is indeed a brand new direction. Although I don't know if it is feasible, it is worth encouraging to have this idea!"

As Lu Yongchang's words fell, the rest of the academicians and professors in the meeting room also cast kind eyes on him.

The tense look in Tao Yuda's eyes gradually eased, and a little excitement appeared in his eyes.

Lu Yongchang turned his head and glanced around the crowd. After pondering for a moment, he said again: "I will verify the direction of nano-robot mining. As for you...continue to try the traditional method. Of course, try to overcome the difficulties mentioned above as much as possible."

……

2037.2.14

"Professor, Happy New Year's Eve."

In Mars City No. [-], in Lu Yongchang's office, the holographic image lit up, and Zero's avatar appeared in front of him.

Hearing Ling's question, Lu Yongchang raised his head from the pile of documents in front of him, and blinked his slightly confused eyes.

"Lunar New Year's eve……"

After reacting, a bit of loneliness and anxiety flashed in his eyes.

"So fast, another year has passed?" Lu Yongchang muttered to himself, "The time left for human beings is less than nine years..."

Nine years, this is still an optimistic statement.

In real terms, there are only about six years of time that humans can use.

the reason is simple.

According to model calculations, the sun will erupt in a helium flash in 2045.

At the moment when the helium flash erupts, humans must flee far enough to escape the catastrophe.

According to calculations, the Kuiper belt, located outside the orbit of Neptune, is a safe area.

Therefore, the destination of the 38 Luanniao I starships loaded with 380 billion human beings is the cold Kuiper belt!

In this way, counting the time for stockpiling materials and interstellar voyages, the time left for human beings to develop technology and manufacture interstellar spacecraft is only the last short six years!

"Six years..." Lu Yongchang muttered to himself, and a little melancholy flashed in his eyes again.

"Professor, there is good news." Zero seemed to sense Lu Yongchang's bad mood, and quickly said: "News from the fleeing fleet."

"None of the 380 Luanniao I starships failed, and all of them arrived in the Kuiper belt."

"Now, these 380 starships have entered the standby state and can be awakened again at any time!"

Lu Yongchang's spirit couldn't help but lift up!

"it is good!"

This is the best news he has heard since coming to Mars!

"Zero, tell the chairman of the council this news, the New Year is here, let him be happy too!" Lu Yongchang's face showed a bit of joy.

As soon as the voice fell, he raised his hand to interrupt Zero's movement: "Wait! Forget it, I'll go to the Chairman of the Council myself!"

……

The door of the Speaker's office.

Lu Yongchang was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, but saw the door quietly opened.

In the office, the old man looked at him with a smile on his face, and nodded slightly: "Yongchang, come in."

"Zero said, do you have good news to tell me?"

Lu Yongchang was stunned for a moment, then lightly glanced at the holographic image at the side.

"Hahahaha!" Seemingly seeing Lu Yongchang's small movements, the old man clapped his hands and burst out laughing.

"Yongchang, is it a mining-type nano-robot technology breakthrough?"

Hearing this question, the corners of Lu Yongchang's mouth twitched, and the expression on his face suddenly dimmed.

Seeing Lu Yongchang's instantly changed expression, the old man sighed slightly.

"Not yet?" he asked softly.

"Hey..." Lu Yongchang sighed deeply, shook his head slowly, his eyes showed a bit of confusion, "There is a difficulty that I have been unable to break through."

"It feels like I'm stuck in a dead end."

The old man was silent for a while.

Then, he stretched out his hand to support the desk in front of him: "Go!"

"Go?" Lu Yongchang stared blankly at the old man, "Where are you going?"

"Go outside." The look in the old man's eyes became softer, "Since I came to Mars, I haven't seen you leave the laboratory or office."

"Scientific research is not behind closed doors, you have to go out occasionally to change your mood, don't you?"

As he said that, the old man stretched out his dry but extremely warm palm, grabbed Lu Yongchang's arm, and pulled him towards the door without any explanation.

Facing the "stubborn" action of the chairperson, Lv Yongchang had no choice but to relax with a wry smile, and walked slowly behind the old man.

……

Port 1 of Mars City.

Looking at the chairman of the council who was skillfully putting on the spacesuit, Lu Yongchang couldn't help but froze.

"Chairman, you..."

The old man had a smile on his face.

"What? Surprised?"

"Although this city of Mars is big, compared with the earth, you can't see the sky and it's too depressing." The old man's eyes showed a bit of nostalgia, "So, in more than a year, these researchers have come up with A way to de-stress and relax.”

As he said that, the old man pointed to the cabin door: "Although Mars is not as good as Earth, you can still enjoy the scenery, especially during the recent period."

There was some doubt in Lu Yongchang's eyes.

"Landscape? Recently?"

"What beautiful scenery can there be on Mars..."

The old man ignored Lu Yongchang's words, but pointed to the spacesuit beside him.

"Here, put it on first."

Seeing the persistent expression on the chairman's face, Lu Yongchang had no choice but to swallow the words of resistance in his mouth, and reluctantly reached out and grabbed the spacesuit beside him.

After ten minutes.

Looking at Lv Yongchang in full armor, behind the mask, a satisfied smile appeared on the old man's face.

"Let's go, I'll take you out to relax!" The old man skillfully manipulated the radio in the space suit, and said to Lu Yongchang with the radio in the team.

Then, he pressed the button on the side.

……

"The pressure has been balanced."

As the prompt sounded, the green indicator light on the door of the airlock chamber lit up to indicate safety.

The old man refused Lu Yongchang's help, and struggled to turn the last door of the airlock.

"No need to help!"

"Say it, I'm taking you out to relax." The old man said cheerfully as he turned the cabin door, "You can just enjoy it."

Looking at the slightly skinny back of the old man, Lu Yongchang couldn't help but fell silent.

The hatch opened quietly.

A stream of crimson Martian dust was blown into the airlock along with the breeze, and gently slapped on the masks of the two of them.

Chapter 210 The Resurgent Mars

At this time, not long after the sun goes down, the night of Mars has already fallen.

But outside Mars City, the lights are bright.

Rows of high-power street lamps illuminate this barren land like daytime.

Lu Yongchang looked up.

At the end of the line of sight, there was still a deep darkness.

Lu Yongchang couldn't help but hold his breath when he saw the scene of the combination of street lights and red dust.

"How is it?" The elder's voice came from the radio, "I didn't lie to you, did I?"

"This place has long been recognized as a relaxation area. I guess you, the chief scientist, don't know about it."

Lu Yongchang turned his head and glanced around his eyes, and exhaled slowly.

Perhaps it was because he had stayed in Mars City for too long, when he suddenly saw the vast world, Lu Yongchang only felt his whole body loosen.

The heaviness that was originally pressing on my heart has also faded a lot.

He felt his stiff brain start to move slowly.

that's enough.

Is it time to go back?

He turned his head and looked at the old man wrapped in the spacesuit, his lips moved slightly.

Before he could speak, the chairperson reached out and grabbed his arm tightly: "Follow me."

"What I want to show you is not just this wild scene."

After finishing speaking, the old man dragged Lu Yongchang towards the hill beside him.

It was a small crater.

Walking on the sloping soil slope, Lu Yongchang's eyes showed some doubts.

"Chairman?" Lu Yongchang tentatively asked in a low voice.

"..."

no respond.

There are only some slight breathing and electrical sounds on the radio.

Obviously, the chairman of the congress is not going to explain anything to him at this time.