My science and technology museum

"The landing ship has arrived on the starboard side of the ship, requesting to return to the team." Li Chengzhe, whose attention was focused on the battleship control system, immediately shouted out in front of Xu Lei and Li Chengzhe after receiving the programmed return request from the landing ship.

In fact, because Xingtong is also in the landing ship, he can directly give the command to open the starboard hatch.

This saves this time.

But she did not use her authority on this matter.

Instead, I chose the normal return process.

Major interstellar flight is actually a very dangerous act. Facing the unknown and changeable space, various regulations on the battleship must be strictly followed.

Even the captain is not immune to this.

This is also to ensure the safety of the warship itself and avoid invasion by external forces.

After all, the greater role of interstellar battleships is to conduct interstellar wars, and we must be more cautious when encountering extraterrestrial civilizations. I have to say that from this small matter alone, we can see that Xingtong has gradually acquired the human thinking mode and can be more long-term and comprehensive. Consideration issues no longer rely solely on calculation and simulation.

Xu Lei, who was immersed in the influence, immediately said after hearing Li Chengzhe's report: "Open the hatch and let the landing ship come in."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengzhe naturally quickly executed the order and operated the battleship program.

At this time, if someone observes the Shenzhou from an external perspective, they can see that the starboard hatch is slowly opening and then closing again after all three landing ships have flown in.

Immediately, the battleship stopped wasting time and adjusted its flight attitude under Li Chengzhe's operation. Then the six nuclear fusion power engines were started, providing powerful power for the Shenzhou to move towards the location of the Earth Star at one thousandth the speed of light. .

at the same time.

After seeing the end of the live broadcast, the audience in the live broadcast room was still a little unfinished, and it was difficult to calm down their excitement for the time being, so they had to focus on the photo of Pluto.

For ordinary people, everyone is talking about Pluto during this time.

His words were full of worries about Pluto.

But until yesterday, their knowledge of Pluto was limited to its diameter of twenty kilometers, and they knew nothing about the rest of the information, let alone what Pluto looked like.

Now the Mars monitoring station is officially put into use and has taken high-definition photos of Pluto.

The heat it can cause can be imagined.

Almost less than ten minutes after the live broadcast ended, this photo appeared on the homepage of major website platforms around the world.

A large number of news media reported on this photo.

In the comment area of ​​related content, netizens can be seen everywhere commenting on Pluto, but unlike before, it is difficult to see comments of worry and panic.

It's more about ridicule and humor.

It can only be said that the Shenzhou mission to Mars was a complete success and successfully gathered public confidence.

"How scary is Pluto? Doesn't it look no different from a meteorite? It's a bit bigger at most, but with the power of our heavy rail gun, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"It is indeed only a little bigger than a meteorite, only twenty kilometers away."

"It can only be said that Pluto picked the wrong opponent. Human civilization is not the dinosaurs 65 million years ago."

"Anyway, my self-confidence is extremely inflated now, and I'm not afraid at all."

"I believe it will be over, Mr. Xu."

"To the eternal god of future technology, this crisis will eventually be resolved smoothly."

"Although I was really scared about the crisis brought by Pluto a few days ago, after seeing the power of Shenzhou today, I am not worried at all. There is no way that a lifeless asteroid can threaten human civilization. The rise of.”

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Because a photo of Pluto completely ignited the public's belief, which perhaps even Xu Lei did not expect.

However, the most discussed in the world are the Shenzhou and the heavy rail gun.

Especially those overseas forces.

Seeing that Shenzhou could easily destroy a meteorite with a diameter of 500 meters at a long distance, everyone took a breath of cold air, thinking that if Shenzhou launched an attack on a certain location on the Earth from outside space, Then nothing can intercept.

It is no exaggeration to say that just one Shenzhou has absolute control over the Earth.

In this case, they must make a choice and make it clear in time that their attitude is tied to the same warship as Yanfang and future technology.

As high-level leaders of major forces, we are definitely not fools. We know very well that making the right choice at the right time is the most beneficial thing for ourselves.

To put it simply, it means embracing future technology.

Otherwise, I am afraid that the power structure on Earth will change before Pluto arrives.

The key is that with the successful operation of the Shenzhou, everyone in the world knows that only future technology can solve the problem of Pluto. Therefore, if they want to ensure the continuation of human civilization, they can only follow the arrangements of future technology.

To this end, multiple joint meetings were held around the world while the Shenzhou was returning.

Discuss the final solution together.

Of course, Xu Lei, who is still on the Shenzhou, doesn't know about this yet, because he is checking the changes in influence.

In the captain's rest cabin on the upper deck of the Shenzhou, Xu Lei was seen lying on the bed with his eyes closed tightly. He seemed to be sleeping and resting, but in fact, his consciousness had already entered the science and technology museum.

Taking the elevator to the space where the advanced civilization technology exhibits are located, I casually looked at the information screen next to a booth.

Suddenly the familiar template information came into view.

Name: Antimatter Engine

Level: Level 3 civilization

Evaluation: A core system that can travel freely in the galaxy.

Influence: 80 million/22.1 million

Collection unit: Universe Civilization Science and Technology Museum

"The influence has increased by almost two million, which is beyond expectations." Xu Lei stared at the value in the influence column and whispered to himself.

Calculated based on the influence value he checked before entering the Shenzhou, this time the Shenzhou was officially commissioned and launched a live broadcast, which brought him an influence of about two million, which is already comparable to the income of the fusion power station. .

If a few more ships are built, I believe it will also be a big factor in the growth of influence.

Unfortunately, judging from the Shenzhou manufacturing process alone, its difficulty is still far higher than that of the fusion power station.

If you want to rely on this to earn a lot of influence, it won't work.

What also surprised Xu Lei was that the booth he randomly selected was a technological exhibit from a third-level civilization.

This can indeed be considered a surprise.

However, human civilization has just entered the stage of using nuclear fusion engines, which is equivalent to the level of second-level civilization. The antimatter engines of this third-level civilization can only be viewed from a distance but not played with.

What's more, buying the technical viewing rights for this technological exhibit requires 80 million influence, which is obviously not enough for him.

Even with the current level of scientific and technological development of human civilization, even if the relevant technical knowledge is obtained, it is impossible to reproduce this anti-matter engine.

With Xu Lei's character, he never spends too much time thinking about such impossible things, so he withdrew his gaze in the next second and looked around the exhibits on the booth in front of him, searching for suitable targets for his next purchase. Prepare for permissions.

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Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Under the flight of Shenzhou, Xu Lei, Yu Hongliang and Li Chengzhe successfully returned to the orbit of the Earth.

Through the portholes of the battleship, you can see the Tiangong Space Station and the Near-Earth Space Port not far away, and they are all connected by carbon nanotube cables.

There is also a beautiful scenery in space.

It's just different from the situation when they arrived. When the Shenzhou successfully docked at the space port, Xu Lei and the others did not take the space elevator back to the ground, but directly drove the landing ship.

After all, after testing on Mars, the landing ship has no problems and can be used on Earth.

The key is that if they take the space elevator, they can only return to Dentian Island. In addition, Xu Lei has to return to Binjiang City to take charge of the overall situation immediately after completing the initial plan, so it will naturally take more time to deal with it.

It would be better to drive a landing ship and land directly in Binjiang City.

that's all.

After making a good decision, Xingtong drove one of the landing ships and flew to Binjiang City with Xu Lei, Yu Hongliang, Li Chengzhe and the others.

As for the crew on the Shenzhou, they will continue to stay and carry out the next mission.

And by then, more crew members will be added to the Shenzhou, making the Shenzhou a truly complete interstellar battleship that will play an important role in solving the crisis on Pluto.

"Determine the coordinates of the end position."

"The location has been determined. The landing location is Binjiang International Airport."

"Open the hatch."

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Inside the landing ship, a familiar announcement sounded. When the port hatch opened, the landing ship suddenly flew towards the ground like a meteorite.

It is worth mentioning that because the airport and Future Technology both learned the news in advance, in order to welcome Xu Lei's safe return, the entire Binjiang City suddenly started to move.

In particular, journalists from Binjiang City were stationed at the airport early in the morning.

I just want to get Xu Lei's first-hand interview information. The scene is much higher than that of a big star.

Those who didn’t know might have thought they were welcoming the person in charge of some big force.

But this also indirectly proves that Xu Lei's popularity in the public mind is absolutely unprecedented.

Thursday, April 18, 2030.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Under the joint attention of many journalists, Future Technology and research institute personnel, a landing ship painted in dark black suddenly appeared in everyone's sight, causing the scene to instantly become turbulent.

It caused everyone to whisper.

"Is that the landing ship that performs missions on Mars? It looks so handsome."

"Please be careful later and be sure to take a photo of Mr. Xu coming out of the landing ship. This is the most valuable news."

"Get ready, the landing ships are starting to land."

To be honest, Xu Lei doesn't really like this kind of lively scene, but in order to gather the confidence of the global public and concentrate all efforts to implement the plan to solve the Pluto crisis, he must expand his popularity as much as possible.

Let the public know that he is always with them.

Otherwise, he could choose not to reveal his whereabouts and secretly return to Longhu High-tech Park.

However, he also has a little selfishness in this matter, that is, in the process of executing the plan, his influence will increase significantly.

After all, this plan requires the production of large quantities of kinetic energy weapons, hammer cruisers, and fusion power stations, all of which come from technological exhibits in the Science and Technology Museum.

It will continue to bring about growth in influence.

Fortunately, Chen Shihe arranged for the company's security personnel to maintain order at the scene and prevent outsiders from coming into close contact with Xu Lei. Therefore, when Xu Lei and the others came out of the landing ship, only relevant personnel from the Future Technology Company greeted them.

"Is everything going well?" Chen Shihe, who walked over first, hesitated and said this perhaps because he didn't know what to call him.

The eyes he looked at Xu Lei were full of tenderness and worry.

It seemed that Xing Tong was completely ignored.

"Don't worry, this mission went very smoothly." Faced with Chen Shihe's concern, Xu Lei immediately replied with a smile.

After saying hello to Chen Shihe, Xu Lei suddenly noticed a special figure. He was slightly surprised and said quickly: "Mr. Qin, why are you here today?"

Yes.

Mr. Qin, who is about the same age as Pei Hongyin, came all the way from the Imperial Capital to Binjiang City for some reason.

And also participated in today's welcome event.

But Mr. Qin obviously did not intend to express his intention here. He just smiled and said: "I do have some things to discuss when I come to see you this time, but we should wait until we get back."

Xu Lei could actually guess a little bit about Mr. Qin's purpose. Seeing that the other party didn't want to explain it now, he stopped mentioning it for the time being.

Just as this idea quickly emerged in his mind, a familiar voice suddenly came to his ears: "Dean Xu, we have seen the test results of the heavy rail gun. The power of the shell completely exceeded the predicted data. I am really excited." Human heart!”

Xu Lei looked to the right in the direction of the sound, and instantly the figures of two military scientists, Zhao Jingbin and Su Nan, came into view.

Xu Lei clearly remembered that the two of them contributed a lot to the manufacture of the main weapon, the heavy rail gun, as well as the secondary weapons, the space torpedo launcher and the large-caliber close-in defense gun. It can be said that the smooth operation of the Shenzhou's weapon system is inseparable from them. Open a relationship.

Therefore, Xu Lei did not hesitate to praise him at all: "Gong Zhao and Su Gong, the heavy rail gun performed so well this time, it would not be possible without your help!"

At the same time, Yu Hongliang next to him heard this and his face was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

Those who don’t know may think that he invented the heavy rail gun.

The reason for such performance was mainly because Zhao Jingbin and Sunan were both sent to Binjiang City to provide support.

When he sent these two military experts from the base, he mainly wanted to express his support for the new project of the Future Technology Nuclear Fusion Research Institute. After all, at that time, he was still coveting the Qiankun No. 2 nuclear fusion power device.

But no one expected that future technology would not only create interstellar battleships, but also have overall performance higher than those in science fiction movies.

What a great surprise indeed.

But considering that there were so many people at the airport, Xu Lei didn't negotiate too much.

Then, under the leadership of Chen Shihe, he successfully entered the car and drove towards Longhu High-tech Park.

However, Chen Shihe did not choose to ride in the same car with Xu Lei, but gave this opportunity to Mr. Qin and Yu Hongliang.

Mainly following Xu Lei for such a long time, she knew the priorities of things very well. Since Mr. Qin, a special being, came to Binjiang City at this critical time, it was obvious that he had important things to discuss with Xu Lei, so let It will undoubtedly be more convenient for them to ride in the same car.

Facts have proved that Chen Shihe's judgment was not wrong.

Just as the landing ship carried out the scheduled procedure and returned to the Shenzhou on its own, and the car started to drive to Longhu High-tech Park, Xu Lei suddenly heard a very unexpected news.

"Something you may not know yet is that in the early hours of this morning at the joint meeting, global forces officially approved the proposal of the Human Security Alliance, and Future Technology will become the six permanent members of the alliance. As a member of the parliament, you will lead all mankind to deal with this issue. A crisis.”

Human Security Alliance?

Member?

Just after a trip to Mars and back, the landscape on Earth has changed so much that Xu Lei was really surprised.

His mind was running rapidly as he digested the information Mr. Qin said.

And in the following time, Xu Lei asked Mr. Qin and asked Xing Tong to retrieve relevant content. It took him nearly ten minutes to figure out the cause of the matter.

It turns out that the powerful performance of the Shenzhou made others understand that the power structure of mankind must be changed.

So after several days of global meetings, it was finally decided to allow Future Technology to join the alliance to occupy a seat on the basis of the five core members of the original alliance, turning it into a human security alliance with six permanent members. Its concept is to ensure that human beings It is our responsibility to ensure the safe continuation of civilization and lead human civilization to a higher level.

In addition, during the Pluto incident, only Xu Lei was confident of successfully resolving the crisis, so he was pushed out to take charge of all command of this project.

After figuring out the whole thing, Xu Lei didn't know what to say.

It was unimaginable that because of the existence of Pluto, he would become the boss of a technology company and become one of the six major congressmen with the power to mobilize global resources. His identity change was indeed quite big.

But from another perspective, this identity will undoubtedly make him much more convenient.

Next, you can make better plans to gain influence while dealing with the crisis on Pluto.

After all, the influence you can earn through a company is limited.

And now that his identity has been confirmed, it is not a bad idea to accept it happily. At least for now, this is not a bad thing.

As Xu Lei's thoughts stayed here, he immediately wanted to reply to Mr. Qin, but just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Yu Hongliang next to him: "This is a good thing, so we have two votes to make the decision. , and with the influence of future technology, we do have this qualification.”

Yu Hongliang is very clear about the existence of future technology and Xu Lei, so he has no objection to the other party becoming a member of the parliament. No matter how he looks at it, it is beneficial to Yan Fang.

"I am willing to accept this responsibility." When Yu Hongliang finished speaking, Xu Lei took a deep breath and immediately expressed his decision.

Seeing that this trip to Binjiang had finally achieved results, Mr. Qin immediately laughed happily: "I knew you wouldn't back down, Congressman Xu."

"Mr. Qin, you are trying to offend me, just call me by my name." Xu Lei felt very uncomfortable being called such a strange name for the first time, so he blurted out this sentence almost subconsciously.

Hearing these words, Mr. Qin didn't force it. He looked at Xu Lei with his turbid but shining eyes and said, "Then I will take advantage of my age and call you Academician Xu in private. That's okay. "

Xu Lei showed a wry smile and nodded.

The atmosphere in the car became completely lively, and Mr. Qin finally brought the topic to business.

His face suddenly became serious, and he asked a question very seriously: "Are you really sure of solving the crisis on Pluto? It may be too late to withdraw now. The Human Security Alliance will hold its first core meeting in a few days."

Xu Lei was very clear about the meaning of Qin Lao's words.

As the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility. He has shouldered the responsibility of saving the fate of human civilization. If he can successfully solve the Pluto crisis, he will definitely be praised and recorded in history.

But if it ultimately fails or still results in a large number of deaths, public attitudes will definitely reverse.

But Xu Lei didn't take this matter to heart.

In his plan, there could only be two outcomes for Pluto.

Either the crisis is successfully resolved and the Earth and Planet will not be affected in any way; or human civilization is completely destroyed and the entire Earth and Planet are completely silent. Who will stop him?

So when faced with this question, his answer was without hesitation: "I'm 80% sure. It's okay to just hold the first meeting, but I have to decide the location of the meeting."

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Just after Xu Lei successfully returned to Longhu High-tech Park, the situation of the Human Security Alliance was officially announced globally.

But perhaps because the public has experienced controllable nuclear fusion technology, the Pluto crisis, and the latest Shenzhou interstellar battleship during this period, there was almost no emotional fluctuation in this news. Only when they learned that Xu Lei would be responsible for the entire After the project was carried out, I showed my heartfelt joy.

It seems that in everyone's subconscious mind, this is the result that should have happened long ago.

Five days later.

The first meeting of the Human Security Alliance was officially held.

What is special is that the meeting is held in a virtual world.

That's right.

Xu Lei had this idea when he proposed that he determine the location of the meeting.

It can be expected that as Pluto continues to approach in the future, such meetings will definitely be held more frequently. It will undoubtedly be a very cumbersome matter for the representatives of global forces to travel back and forth to a certain meeting location.

But in the virtual world, this situation can be perfectly solved.

No matter where the representatives are, they only need to put on a virtual helmet to automatically participate in the meeting, which is a reasonable use of technology.

After this proposal came out, it was directly approved by the vast majority of alliance members, so the first special meeting in human history was facilitated with Xu Lei's influence.

At the same time, at this meeting, Xu Lei must also come up with a specific implementation plan for the Pluto crisis, and start this massive self-rescue operation for human civilization as soon as possible, so that all forces will not still run around like headless flies. , unable to grasp the core point of the matter.