The Science Fiction World of Xueba

Pang Xuelin followed Liu Xin to the corridor outside the meeting room. Outside the corridor was a magnificent holographic projection of the solar system, suspended in mid-air.

The two leaned against the guardrail, looking at the endless black void in front of them.

Liu Xin sighed: "Little Pang, I noticed you a few years ago when you first emerged in the scientific community. At that time, I wondered if I would transfer you to Hope City to work, but I didn't expect you to be in Jiangcheng. You did such a great job, and the results came one after another, so I temporarily gave up on this idea. The reason why I transferred you to Hope City this time and let you participate in this project is because of Lao Du’s strong recommendation on the one hand, and on the other. On the other hand, I also want to meet you and see what the young scientist that Lao Du admires so much looks like. But I didn't expect that you gave me such a big surprise, how did you come up with this plan?"

Pang Xuelin smiled lightly: "I also had a flash of inspiration. Unfortunately, I only received the relevant data and information about the Earth's crossing of the asteroid belt half a month ago. Otherwise, we should have more preparation time."

Naturally, Pang Xuelin would not tell Liu Xin that he borrowed ideas from the snow field project at the end of the second part of the Three-Body Problem novel "Dark Forest".

In the dark forest, in order to detect the water droplets of the three-body civilization probes sent to the solar system, large-scale dust clouds are created in space through stellar hydrogen bombs and Neptune’s oil film material to track the traces of water droplets. This project is called Snow ground engineering.

Liu Xin said: "It is enough. The plan you proposed is very imaginative and feasible. As long as it is partially successful, it can greatly reduce the risks and losses that the earth will encounter when crossing the asteroid belt. It is of great significance to us!"

Pang Xuelin smiled and said: "The Secretary-General is absurd!"

Liu Xin pondered for a moment, then asked, "Little Pang, are you interested in working for the Science Committee of Hope City? With your ability, you are enough to serve as a member of the Earth Science Committee."

Pang Xuelin was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Liu Xin to come up with such an idea suddenly.

"Secretary, this..."

Pang Xuelin hesitated.

Although he has always had the idea of ​​entering a higher level, he never expected that Liu Xin would invite him on the first day he arrived in Hope City.

Hope City's Science Committee represents the power of scientists around the world. It can be said that every committee member in it holds extremely high power and status.

Pang Xuelin didn't believe that Liu Xin felt that he was qualified to join the Global Science and Technology Committee just because of a snow project.

After all, ability and qualifications are two different things.

Liu Xin seemed to see what Pang Xuelin was thinking, and said, "Little Pang, when I was as young as you, I devoted myself to the homeless project with great enthusiasm. After so many years, I am already over seventy years old. , I haven’t been in the position of the Science Committee for a few years. When the coalition government formulated the relevant bills on the reform of the Wandering Earth Program System, they designed a sophisticated system. The military, the government, and the Science Committee are three-legged. In the decision-making of the plan, the scientific committee has a veto power! It can be said that the scientific committee has a great responsibility for whether the entire Wandering Earth project can continue."

"Over the years, it's not that no one has tried to challenge the authority of the Science Committee, but they have all been suppressed by force. Let's put it this way, the spaceship faction is a dog released by some people with ulterior motives to challenge the Science Committee, but it has never been successful. But I am afraid this situation will not last long. Now that there is a solar helium flash crisis, the military and the government can still recognize the authority of the Science Committee. Once the earth has completed its intersection with Jupiter, it will use the gravitational slingshot effect to get out of the solar helium flash. What mankind is facing is probably a major reshuffle of political power. After all, the power in our hands is too great. I don’t know if I can live to that time, but even if I can live for so long, those who Whether the guy can sell my face as an old man is still a matter of opinion.

However, the Wandering Earth Project will last for 2,500 years, and the existence of the Science Committee is very important. Otherwise, with the simple-minded soldiers and politicians who only know about infighting, human beings may not be able to survive the 2,500 years. Over the years, I have been trying to find a scholar who has enough ability and prestige to take over the scientific committee, but whoever I like, either does not want to go through this muddy water, or the prestige is not enough to overwhelm the many hills inside the scientific committee, so I have never been able to find the right candidate. "

"But now, I think you have such potential. On the one hand, you are still young, and your academic life is very long. You can kill a large number of people with your qualifications alone. On the other hand, your contribution is large enough. Previous contributions to carbon nanomaterials and BSD conjecture, the snow project alone is enough for you to be among the top ranks of the scientific committee. Your achievements and prestige are sufficient. The only thing you lack is qualifications. If you agree to join the scientific committee , I will protect you for ten years. After ten years, I will hand over the Science and Technology Commission to you. I only have one request. In the possible turmoil in the future, keep the Science Commission as an authority and never bow before the military and the government. !"

Pang Xuelin stared dumbfounded at the unremarkable old man in front of him, a hundred thousand muddy horses galloped past in his heart, and for the first time, he felt awed by a single person.

At the end of the Wandering Earth novel, human beings got rid of the solar helium flash crisis, but a great rebellion broke out. In the end, more than 5,000 people loyal to the Earth faction were all executed.

And this old man, when the earth was still within the scope of the helium flash of the sun, seemed to have penetrated through many times and spaces and saw the distant future.

This is a real wise man, no wonder he has always held the position of Secretary-General of the Science Committee from the beginning of the Wandering Earth Project to the present.

"Secretary Liu, can you give me time to think about it? This burden is too heavy, and I need to treat it with caution!"

Pang Xuelin hesitated.

Liu Xin nodded and said, "Don't worry, you will stay in Hope City for at least another two or three months. I hope you can give me a definite answer before you leave here."

"good!"

Liu Xin smiled, turned and entered the conference room.

Pang Xuelin looked at the back of the other party, and his heart was ups and downs.

The reason why he wanted to enter the top level of the Science and Technology Commission before was mainly because he wanted to play a role in the Jupiter crisis.

Now there are only five or six years before the confluence of earth and wood, but if he can have higher power and status, Pang Xuelin believes that even if the Jupiter crisis does happen, he will have a way to control the crisis within a certain range.

But now, what Liu Xin wants to take over by himself is a hot potato.

Judging from what he revealed, as long as human beings successfully escape the solar system, the rebellion is almost inevitable. Once he agrees to enter the high-level science and technology committee, sooner or later he will stand on the opposite side of the rebels.

Pang Xuelin did not hold out any hope that the Earth faction could survive the rebellion.

This is a global rebellion, and almost everyone is on the opposite side of the Earth faction. Regardless of whether the solar helium flash will erupt in the end, the Earth faction must die!

The solar helium flash broke out, and the Earth faction is a monument to mankind.

Monuments are for commemoration and admiration, and living people cannot be monuments.

If the solar helium flash did not erupt, then the Earth faction is the sinner of mankind and should all go to hell.

Human nature is like this, there is no exception!