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

"I declare that the United States has won this space race!"

"I declare your declaration valid!"

"..."

……

Meanwhile, Mars, the plain of Utopia.

The hatch of the Pathfinder [-] landing module opened slowly, and the three astronauts, wearing bloated space suits, walked down the landing module along the gangway.

For the first time, human footprints appeared on the red surface of Mars.

"Let's go, we're going to speed up." Andrew looked up at the sky, then looked down at the time on his watch, and said in a deep voice, "It will be dark in a few hours."

As the planet with the highest similarity to Earth in the solar system, the length of a day on Mars is almost the same as that on Earth, about 40 minutes longer.

"Shouldn't it be too late today?"

Bruno roughly estimated the time, and said softly on the team's radio channel: "The deployment and construction of the Mars module will take at least ten hours."

Andrew frowned slightly, and turned to look at Joey, "Joy, how long can the supplies in the landing cabin last?"

Joey thought for a few seconds, and quickly responded: "If you count the consumption of our out-of-cabin operations, there are about two days of oxygen left."

"That is to say..." Andrew's face changed slightly, "If we want to ensure safety, we must complete the construction of the Mars module before nightfall tomorrow?"

"I'm afraid so."

Hearing Joey's answer, Andrew felt heavy in his heart.

It seems that there is plenty of time, but due to the limitation of the spacesuit, they need to supplement oxygen every three hours of work, and then count the time spent on the road...

"How about this."

After a short thought, Andrew quickly issued an order: "Bruno, you and I will install the No. [-] and No. [-] Mars modules first. Joey, you are responsible for installing the air circulation module and the power supply module!"

The U.S. Mars capsule consists of five conical-shaped capsules.

Among them, the No. [-] cabin is the most critical, which has a large amount of scientific research equipment, and even the main control computer is also in the No. [-] cabin.

The second cabin is the astronaut living module, the third cabin is the warehouse, the fourth cabin is the Martian planting unit, and the fifth cabin is the airlock cabin.

At that time, several astronauts will try to grow some crops on Mars to verify the possibility of colonizing Mars in the future.

In order to facilitate installation, the Mars capsule has the function of self-expanding.

What the astronauts need to do is to install various functional modules and precision instruments after the Mars capsule is successfully deployed.

……

At the same time, Xia Guo's first laboratory.

In just two months, a large factory building was built next to the laboratory.

Unlike ordinary factories, there is not a single worker inside these factories, but only rows of flexible manipulators and various mechanical processing equipment.

Lu Yongchang stood at the door of a factory building, looking at the scene inside the factory building, with a flash of surprise in his eyes.

One after another, the manipulators nimbly grabbed the workpieces on the crawlers, and manipulated the machine tools to quickly process them into various parts.

"Although I have watched this scene many times, I still have an unrealistic feeling..."

Fang Xu sighed from the side: "I never thought that one day, all production tasks could be done by computers."

"If this scene gets out... it is estimated that many workers will be laid off?"

Lu Yongchang chuckled and shook his head slowly: "It's not so exaggerated."

"Manipulating so many processing equipment at the same time has basically reached the limit of zero."

"If you want to expand it to the whole country...at least you need a computer with hundreds of millions of qubits."

Fang Xu was silent for a while, and said again: "According to the current progress, the first batch of automatic lunar mining equipment should be manufactured soon, right?"

Lu Yongchang turned his head to look at the camera at the factory door: "Zero?"

In the next second, an electronic synthesizer sounded not much different from a real person's voice: "Professor, it is estimated that it will take another 20 hours and 36 minutes."

The moment Lu Yongchang heard the estimated time, his eyes suddenly lit up!

"Brother Xu, let Bai Yixuan and the others get ready. The day after tomorrow, the lunar mining plan will be officially launched!"

Before Fang Xu could reply, Ling said again: "Professor, there is a piece of news that I think you might be interested in."

"what?"

A trace of doubt flashed in Lu Yongchang's eyes.

"According to the latest news from NASA, the US Pathfinder has successfully landed on the Utopia Plain."

Chapter 104 "Making God"

Lu Yongchang and Fang Xu's expressions changed slightly.

"As expected of the United States..."

Fang Xu sighed slightly: "The centipede is dead but not stiff. The country of America should be the best example."

Lu Yongchang nodded in agreement, with a bit of regret in his tone: "That's right."

"I didn't expect that three half-baked volunteers could successfully land on Mars. The United States is really lucky this time!"

Fang Xu glanced at Lu Yongchang beside him with a strange expression.

That tone doesn't sound too good!

In order to maintain the core values ​​of socialism, Fang Xu hastily changed the subject: "Ahem!"

"So what should we do? Just watch America stay on Mars for three months?"

Now, Lu Yongchang's eyes became strange.

"if not?"

"What else do you want to do? Send Xuannv No. [-] to give it Yang?"

"Cough cough cough!" Faced with Lu Yongchang's straightforward words, Fang Xu was caught off guard and choked on his own saliva.

After he regained his breath, he waved his hands again and again and said, "I didn't say that, don't frame good people! I'm a pacifist!"

Seeing Fang Xu's upright and stern expression, Lu Yongchang's eyes became more and more strange, and he said in a more emphatic tone: "I understand, I understand, Heping, I understand!"

Fang Xu: "..."

You know the shit!

Looking at Fang Xu's speechless expression, a smile flashed in Lu Yongchang's eyes, and he reached out and patted him on the shoulder lightly: "Okay, what do you care about in the United States?"

"Don't forget, Xia Guo has his own way to go."

……

Beijing, within the first ring road.

Hong Qiming stood in front of the solid wood desk respectfully, and asked softly, "Chairman, are you looking for me?"

Hearing Hong Qiming's voice, the old man slowly put down the pen in his hand, reached out and took off his glasses, rubbed his sore eyes lightly and said softly: "Qiming, how is Professor Lu... how are you doing?"

Hong Qiming's eyes moved slightly, and he said firmly: "The first batch of automatic lunar mining equipment is almost finished."

"In addition, the second-generation fusion reactor and the Xuannv-[-] project are also advancing simultaneously."

"In addition...Professor Lu plans to start the moon mining plan the day after tomorrow."

Mr. Li pondered for a moment, then asked again.

"How far has the resource reserve plan progressed?"

Hong Qiming's expression suddenly became serious: "80% of the work has been completed so far."

"In addition, most of the unnecessary light industries have already started to implement the transformation plan, and it is expected that a smooth transition can be completed within one year!"

Mr. Li nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, you did a good job."

"In this case, the plan we prepared at the beginning should also be put on the table."

Hong Qiming was slightly taken aback.

plan?

What plans did you have in the beginning?

Looking at Mr. Li's meaningful eyes, Hong Qiming reacted suddenly.

He breathed a little faster, his lips trembled a few times, and said with difficulty: "You mean... the new generation leader plan?"

The chairperson nodded slowly and said: "A natural disaster is approaching, and for everyone, the role of a leader is incomparably huge!"

"When nuclear fusion was announced, we had already tried it. Not only did the domestic response be good, I was also very satisfied with Lu Yongchang's response."

"So, I want to take advantage of the launch of the Moon Palace Project to really bring Lu Yongchang to the fore!"

Hong Qiming's pupils trembled, and a tangled look flashed across his face.

The so-called new generation leader plan, in very popular terms, is the often-called "God-making" plan.

"Making gods" has advantages and disadvantages.

Needless to say, once the plan is successful, when natural disasters come, Lu Yongchang can respond to everyone with his personal influence, and gather the power of the 14 billion people of Xia Kingdom to open up a way out!

As for the downside...

On the one hand, this plan is a great test of Lu Yongchang's character.

In this regard, the chairman of the congress evaluated Lu Yongchang as early as when he announced the nuclear fusion technology for the first time.

At that time, Xia Guo exposed Lu Yongchang's identity, and then made a lot of publicity for him, just to observe his reaction after becoming famous!

As for making him the head of the space agency, it is to observe his reaction after he wields great power.

The result satisfied the chairperson.

The evaluation team agreed that Lv Yongchang is a real scientific research talent, which is very in line with the requirements of the "God-making" project!

But on the other hand, putting Lu Yongchang on the table will inevitably arouse the covetousness of other countries.

According to Lu Yongchang's living habit of staying in the laboratory all year round, nothing will happen in peaceful times.

After all, there are a large number of troops stationed around the laboratory, coupled with Xia Guo's ban on guns, and the strict screening of experimenters, Lu Yongchang is almost in no danger.

But the "chaotic era" is about to start. Once the "God-making" plan is launched, Lu Yongchang's safety will face unprecedented challenges!

Hong Qiming took a deep breath, and said softly: "Chairman, the safety of Professor Lu..."

Chairman Li chuckled lightly.

"It's fine."

"The current Xia Kingdom is not something that any cat or dog can touch."

"As for the United States on the opposite side..." Representative Li's eyes flashed a gleam, "I hope they can think about doing something."

"After suffering for so many years, Xia Guo's basic policy should also change!"

……

As usual, Zhao Zijie turned on the TV after dinner and tuned the channel to the news channel.

At 19 o'clock in the evening, the familiar melody sounded.

"Good evening, audience..."

Faced with this familiar opening speech, Zhao Zijie subconsciously picked up the mobile phone at the side, and prepared to form a group to pass the time.

Just as he unlocked the phone screen, the host's tone changed.

"The latest news from this station!"

"The Moon Palace project is officially launched, and the project leader is Professor Lu Yongchang."

"Currently, the first batch of automatic lunar mining equipment is about to be completed."

"It is estimated that at 12:[-] noon the day after tomorrow, Xuannv-[-] will take part of the lunar automatic mining equipment to the moon..."

"The whole launch process will be broadcast live on the whole network, all audiences are welcome to watch!"

At the same time, every news and social app on Zhao Zijie's phone popped up a notification almost at the same time.