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

"In your opinion, how should we deal with these smoke bombs released by Xia Guo?"

"The response on Twitter in the past two days has not been very good. We must come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible!"

A wry smile appeared in William's eyes.

Twitter!Twitter!Twitter again!

How could the United States have such a president!

He sighed softly in his heart, and then looked at Anthony beside him for help.

This kind of thing has nothing to do with his CIA!

Anthony pondered for a moment, his eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, I think it is necessary for us to start the Mars landing plan!"

Albert's pupils shrank slightly, and the expression on his face suddenly became serious.

"Landing on Mars?! Are you sure?"

Anthony nodded slowly but firmly.

"Although the authenticity of these three plans of Xia Kingdom is not high, we can draw a simple conclusion from them."

"Currently, Xia Guo is paying more and more attention to space."

"In order to stabilize the future position of the United States, we must take the lead in mastering space hegemony."

……

this afternoon.

The White House held an emergency press conference.

Albert stood on the podium of the press conference and cleared his throat.

"Everyone, welcome to the White House press conference."

"During the solar storms in the past few days, the United States suffered extremely serious losses."

"However, thanks to our strong national strength, we have returned from the age of steam to modern times in just a few days."

While talking, Albert made a funny move.

There was a burst of laughter from the audience.

"Okay, okay, let's get down to business, or my secretary will stare at me again..."

The laughter in the audience became louder and louder.

After receiving the little secretary's eyes as he wished, Albert straightened his expression and spoke again.

"Everyone! On the road of seeking the future of mankind, the United States has never slowed down its pace!"

"I announce that from now on, the United States will launch a manned landing program on Mars!"

"Project code name: Pathfinder!"

As Albert's voice fell, the press conference fell into silence.

After more than ten seconds, a burst of noisy discussions erupted!

"Your Excellency, may I ask, is this decision of the United States because of the three plans just announced by Xia Guo?"

"Mr. President, does this decision of the United States mean that the arms race will start again?"

"Your Mightiness……"

Looking at the excited reporters in the audience, Albert frowned slightly.

He stretched out his hand and pressed it in the air.

The voice of discussion gradually diminished.

Soon, the press conference fell into silence again.

But the expressions on the faces of the reporters were completely different from a few minutes ago!

Every reporter looked like a shark that smelled blood, and their eyes were full of excitement!

Albert scanned the crowd around the audience, and said in a deep voice: "The purpose of launching the Pathfinder project is to find a second earth for human beings."

"Everything the United States does is for the future of mankind!"

"As for Xiaguo's Moon Palace Project and Nantianmen Project, I sincerely hope that they can turn the content of science fiction into reality."

After speaking, Albert didn't stop at all, and didn't give the reporters any time to ask questions. He turned around and left the press conference.

Seeing the president turn and leave, there was a slight commotion at the press conference.

"Editor-in-chief, big news! Big news!"

"Trust me, this will definitely be on the headlines of our newspaper..."

While the reporters were still confused, a voice rang out from a corner.

I saw a man in a suit holding his mobile phone excitedly, talking excitedly while walking quickly towards the gate.

This is... a reporter from the Wharton Post!

Many reporters recognized the man's identity.

His behavior also reminded everyone, all the reporters picked up the phone one after another, and reported the situation of the press conference to the editor-in-chief!

……

In just two or three hours, the Wharton Post took the lead in launching today's latest newspaper.

"Moon VS Mars, who will win in this space hegemony! "

After the Wharton Post, other newspapers followed suit, and the headlines in the newspapers became more and more exaggerated!

"A Second Arms Race? ! "

"Space Fight!"Xia Guo's ambitions are completely exposed! "

"..."

Chapter 53 Solution Selection: Liquid Lithium

In the information age, the speed of news dissemination is extremely fast.

In just a few hours, all the news that happened in the United States was posted on the Internet.

Even the official bib account of Xia Guo News also released a bib.

"Just like the United States, everything that the Xia Kingdom does is also for the development of mankind!"

This bib garnered tons of likes and comments in just a few minutes!

"Good guy! I call it good guy!"

"It makes sense, everything we do is to deal with aliens! As for who is an alien... cough cough! I understand everything!"

"Fuck! The talent upstairs!"

"One thing to say, the current situation should be regarded as arms race 2.0, right?"

"Be bold and leave out the word should!"

"To be precise, it should be considered a space race now!"

"Let's not talk about it, I bet Xia Guo wins! As for why... we have Professor Lu, they don't!"

……

Beijing, within the first ring road.

Chairman Li sat quietly in the office, with a document on the desk in front of him.

The content of the document is the detailed content of the American Pathfinder Project!

"Ha ha……"

Chairman Li chuckled, and casually threw aside the document that recorded the details of the American Pathfinder plan.

"Minister He, next, start to gradually reduce the scale of insignificant industries."

"All the resources of the Xia Kingdom will be given priority to the space agency!"

He Zhiye, Minister of Finance of Xia State, suddenly shrank his pupils, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "President, this, this may have a great impact on Xia State's economy!"

Councilor Li glanced at He Zhiye indifferently, and said softly, "This is an order."

"In addition to reducing the scale of irrelevant industries, starting today, the export of any resources is prohibited!"

"In addition, import steel and various mineral resources from abroad at all costs!"

"Remember! This is an order!"

He Zhiye's pupils shook!

He didn't even dare to imagine what kind of impact these few orders would have on the current Xia Kingdom!

"These measures... are implemented slowly, so that the public won't be aware of any abnormalities." Councilor Li pondered for a moment, then added again, "The current state of Xia can't stand too much trouble."

"Yes! Guaranteed to complete the task!"

He Zhiye swallowed slightly, and shouted loudly with a firm expression!

……

Lv Yongchang, who had been "closed" in the office for several days, naturally didn't know what happened outside.

Of course, even if he knew, he would probably just sneer at most.

What time is it, and what competition are you waiting for? !

Not to mention, at this moment, his heart and eyes are full of various complicated calculations.

The huge desk was already filled with all kinds of draft papers filled with handwriting.

"Snapped!"

Lu Yongchang let out a long sigh of relief, and slapped the pen in his hand on the solid wood desk.

"Success..."

He stared blankly at the draft paper in front of him, and muttered to himself.

On the draft paper, there is a series of extremely beautiful calculation formulas!

He stretched out his hands and rubbed his red eyes, and took a deep breath.

After three days!

During these three days, except for the necessary eating and sleeping time, the pen in his hand never stopped!

Hard work paid off, and he finally succeeded in establishing a mathematical model of the phenomenon of sonoluminescence!

Looking at the mathematical model he had painstakingly built, Lu Yongchang filled in the various parameters with a nervous expression.

Soon, the calculation result came out.

Looking at the calculated data on the draft paper, Lu Yongchang's pupils suddenly shrank!

He never thought that such a material would be needed to realize small-scale controllable nuclear fusion!

Lithium metal!

Various properties of metallic lithium instantly appeared in his mind.

Lithium, a metal element, is a silver-white soft metal, and it is also the metal with the smallest density.

The melting point is 180.54°C.

From this point of view, metal lithium can really be used as a "solution".

After all, it only needs to be heated above 180.54°C to turn it into a liquid.

Lu Yongchang looked at the calculation results in front of him and fell into deep thought.

To be honest, using liquid lithium as the reaction solution is somewhat unexpected, but it makes sense when you think about it carefully!

After all, metallic lithium also has its unique uses in atomic reactors.

While thinking about the feasibility of using liquid lithium as a reaction solution, he stood up from his chair and walked slowly towards the door of the office.

……