Chapter 32: Tony Stark Must Die (5,300 words)

Li Jie didn't know that Ivan Vanke had already built the second Ark Reactor. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info he is still collecting information about Ivan.

As Li Jie expected, at the end of March. Tony officially announces the mission of his Ark spacecraft.

"We're going to build a new base on the moon, and the Ark spacecraft will take some of humanity's best scientists to the moon. ”

"Armstrong once famously said, "One small step for mine is one giant leap for humanity." ”

But since him, few human footprints have ever visited the moon again. And today I will announce to all of humanity that a new space age is on the horizon. ”

"Stark Industries' Ark spacecraft will be a trailblazer in humanity's interstellar journey. ”

Tony behind the camera is in high spirits, while Li Jie in front of the screen is worried.

"We will set up a scientific observatory on the moon, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The entire construction will be completed by Stark Group's autonomous robots. ”

"I'm going to invite the world's top cosmologists and antimatter researchers to use the lab, and Stark Group will take care of all the costs of the lab. ”

Tony Stark is as generous as ever, and this time it's not simply a matter of spending money, but Tony's ability to truly ensure that the development on the moon is profitable.

The reporters who were there took pictures of Tony Stark, and they had prepared their headlines for tomorrow. It's called "The Luxury Investment Trip of the Super-Rich Scientist to the Moon"

They thought that was the whole topic of today's meeting, and Tony had a confident smile on his face, and he didn't know how many films he was going to kill next.

In addition to building a scientific research station on the moon, Tony Stark is also preparing to carry out in-depth development of the moon. And today the plan is going to be made public. Tony paused.

"The Stark Group's lunar development plan is about to be implemented, and the lunar helium-3 mining program is about to be launched. ”

There was silence in the Stark News venue, and then the entire venue was driven crazy by a thousand reporters. Even if some reporters didn't understand what helium-3 was, after asking the peers next to them, they had a rough idea of what Tony was talking about.

A super-strong nuclear fuel with an astonishing conversion efficiency ratio and, most importantly, pollution-free.

Stark's development of the Ark Reactor is truly remarkable, shaking the status of traditional energy sources, and all optimistic experts say that in just twenty or thirty years, the Ark Reactor will completely replace traditional energy sources.

But for pessimistic experts, that time could be as long as 50 years.

Because the Ark reactor has many disadvantages, such as being too expensive to build and unable to carry out intensive power supply. This means that large-scale high-energy-consuming industrial power supply still cannot be solved by the Ark reactor.

And Tony Stark's energy squeezing of the Ark Reactor has reached a bottleneck, and for a long time, the Ark Reactor will not be able to squeeze greater potential.

Unless, as before, Tony finds a new, better element to replace.

But it's like trying your luck, not knowing when you'll be able to do it.

This has affected many traditional energy industries, but everyone feels that it will last at least 30 years or so.

Maybe the profit margin will be squeezed, but at least there is a way to live. Moreover, according to the predictions of geologists, human fossil energy can only be exploited for about 50 to 80 years.

So Tony Stark's new energy is just a little bit shortening the life of this industry.

But I'm sorry, but if this kind of thing is actually mined on a large scale and brought to Earth from the moon, the lifespan of traditional energy sources will be like a commodity on the shelf that is about to expire.

You can count down your last life in days.

"Stark Group will set up its first mining plant on the moon, and the first phase of construction is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The goal is to mine the first ton of helium-3 by the end of this year. Ten tons of helium-3 will be mined in June next year and will be shipped back to Earth. Tony's words were shattering.

"In the next three years, Stark Group will set up a larger mining plant on the moon. It is expected that the scale of helium-3 mining can be expanded to 30 tons in three years. ”

"In seven years' time, a hundred tons of mining will be completed. "Tony Stark has filled out the death countdown form for all the old energy industries.

Seven years later, all the old energy sources have collapsed.

It doesn't even take seven years, and with the chain reaction brought about by the scale of the industry, maybe in three years, all the old energy industries will be like dead wood and lose all vitality.

The Ark reactor is too expensive and not all companies and countries can afford it. And maintenance and upkeep will be extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive.

The energy produced from helium-3 will be the cheapest and cheapest, as long as the two major problems of mining and transportation are solved. The problems of energy consumption and environmental pollution, which have plagued mankind for hundreds of years, will be comprehensively solved.

"Of course, this is a great progress for all mankind, and it cannot be done by the private power of the Stark Group alone. Tony cleared his throat.

Li Jie in front of the TV knew that the main event had arrived, as Frank said before, how could this kind of development of helium-3, which is related to the future direction of billions of people around the world, be monopolized by Tony Stark alone.

How many entanglements of interests there are, how many ways of scheming. By the time Tony stood in front of the global media to give a public speech, the underground didn't know how many times they had clashed.

"Here I am very grateful to the great American government, the Chinese government, the British government, the French government, and the Russian government. Support for this operation. ”

"They will give their utmost help and support to this operation. Stark Industries is honored to work with these countries to create a future for humanity. Tony nodded his head to indicate that he was done speaking and was ready to step down.

Li Jie, who was sitting in front of the TV watching the broadcast, let out an inexplicable laugh. The five permanent members of the United Nations, or to put it another more precise name, there are many of the five hooligans on the earth.

But what about other countries? It is estimated that there will be no use at all in the Helium-3 mining operation on the moon.

"Mr. Stark, please wait a minute. Don't you think you're too arrogant? The moon is the common property of all mankind, why do you think you can develop it privately? The reporter who asked the question was from the Italian Manifesto.

Tony glanced at his press card, didn't explain much, just replied lightly. "The United Nations agreed. ”

Of course, the United Nations agreed, and since the five permanent members of the United Nations have already won their own cake, why don't they agree!

Tony Stark's speech was the largest in terms of the number of media broadcasts, creating the largest number of media in human beings.

Tony's speech was broadcast live in 170 countries around the world, and recorded in 220 countries around the world.

When Tony Stark's speech video was uploaded to Stark's video promotion website, the site, which was not supposed to be a social video platform, exploded in popularity.

More than 1 million visits within 10 minutes and 50 million clicks within 3 hours.

The number of hits exceeded 500 million in 24 hours. The global online media and traditional news media have gone crazy, do you think Tony's launch of the Ark Reactor in the New Year is over?

No! The ambition in the heart of this merry scientist goes far beyond that. He wants to change the world more thoroughly and efficiently.

Helium-3, the ultimate fuel for humanity's dreams, now seems so readily available. But who has the right to get involved? This is a battlefield where the smoke of gunpowder cannot be seen, and without helium-3, the country's regression would have been almost predictable.

And the day after Tony Stark's speech, a public statement from the United Nations was released, and all countries around the world were eagerly awaiting.

{United Nations Address No. 1 of this year, agreed upon by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Russia.} Lunar Development Program. }

{The nations of the earth will divide 37 million square kilometers of land equally among the lunar surface, and each country will automatically receive the right to use 100,000 square kilometers of the lunar surface, including mining and construction. }

{The remaining area of the lunar surface will be formed as public area, and development requests will require United Nations approval before development. }

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This UN statement was like a thunderbolt that woke up the world's leaders.

This era has changed, the earth is no longer the only place for human beings, and the development of the moon is imperative. The countdown to the death of traditional energy sources has begun, and countries without helium-3 will be nothing in the future.

It looks like the United Nations has divided the surface of the moon equally, but what's the use of this thing? If you don't go to the moon, everything will be in vain.

At present, there are only a handful of countries in the world that have the ability to land on the moon, and it is true that the moon has abundant reserves of helium-3, but it is not so rich that there is a large amount of helium-3 ore under any piece of land.

The five permanent members of the United Nations have reached a consensus that no one of the five permanent countries is willing to give up on such a thing as the mining of the moon. If you give up, you will be abandoned by history.

Even at the cost of waging war, it is necessary to send yourself to the moon. The United States and Stark Group have known for a long time what it all will turn out for.

So in the final analysis, the UN statement is just a private deal by the P5.

The Stark Group's Ark spacecraft is only the first prototype, and the Stark Group privately expressed its willingness to lease several spacecraft for subsequent production in the form of leases. However, delivery is expected by the end of the year.

After the UN statement was issued, the news media around the world took action.

"China's self-developed Suiren-1 controllable nuclear fusion reactor was successfully ignited in Shanxi yesterday, and the trial operation was 10,000 seconds without failure, which proves that China's controllable nuclear fusion technology has reached a new level. Xinhua News Agency.

In the world of Marvel, China's nuclear power technology is on a par with that of the United States, and it is the only country that still retains a formed hydrogen bomb force in the United Nations.

Although the number of atomic bombs is not comparable to that of the United States and Russia, China's reserves of 30 hydrogen bombs are terrifying.

Because the maintenance and maintenance of the hydrogen bomb is a big problem, basically no country will keep the hydrogen bomb for a long time, and China is the only country that can store the hydrogen bomb for a long time because the configuration of the hydrogen bomb is different from the other four countries, and the hydrogen bomb is regarded as a conventional force.

And this is also one of China's bargaining chips in the negotiations on the ownership of the moon.

"China's latest manned spacecraft will carry out the lunar landing program in June. Create a new milestone in the history of China's aerospace industry. "Bright Net.

"The Russian president has restarted the manned space program, and the Russian space agency says it is confident that it will recreate the glory of the Soviet era. "Komsomolskaya Pravda.

"Britain, France and Germany have set aside the European Space Agency and formed a new alliance, the Space Agency. The three countries decided to jointly build a manned spacecraft for landing on the moon. AFP.

No one in this world is stupid, and although Stark Group has expressed its willingness to lease spaceships to the other four countries, the time has to be pushed to the end of the year.

If there are some "irresistible" external factors in the middle, I don't know where to postpone the delivery date.

Therefore, other countries should be prepared to develop their own manned spacecraft, first landing on the moon.

The United States, led by the Stark Group, will build a building that can be used by a certain number of humans in the shortest possible time.

The P5 countries have the right to use the building, which is one of the conditions for the negotiations.

With the exception of the P5, the only one to be additionally added to the space program is Germany. Britain and France could not complete a manned lunar landing program on their own.

Joining Germany is a very important weight.

Five plus one, this is the first time that the human government has stepped out of the earth and focused on the common sense of space.

In fact, apart from the P5, the Stark Group does not provide spaceship rental services to other countries.

The P5 can get this condition is actually very simple, their fists are big and hard enough.

China has 30 hydrogen bombs on stand, and Russia's president is a super-strongman, who dares to press the nuclear button to restart the world despite his declining strength.

Britain and France are allies of the United States, and they joined in order not to make themselves independent against China and Russia.

And there are basically no countries in the world that have the ability and courage to develop manned spacecraft.

Britain and France abandoned the rest of the European Union and chose a separate Germany as a partner, with the power of the three countries to develop on their own.

The pig teammates in the EU turned the sky in an instant, and the European Space Agency existed in name only.

The Russian foreign minister visited China overnight, talked overnight, and hurried back to Moscow the next day. The two countries issued a joint statement of friendship.

The border between the two countries, which was originally a million soldiers, was half emptied in an instant.

All the soldiers emptied by Russia were deployed to the European defense line, and all the soldiers measured by China were used to strengthen the Indochina Peninsula and southern Tibet.

"The P5 decisions made without regard to the national conditions of other countries are a step backwards in the democratic system. Italian Manifesto.

"The 10 major fleets of the United States have traveled around the world, and the ships have been in a state of 24-hour combat readiness. "Russian Worker.

"The World Bank's IMF has urgently downgraded the credit ratings of several major oil producers in the Middle East, the second time since the beginning of the year. It has now fallen to a good rating. The Times.

"All the Russian Far Eastern troops have withdrawn, and the European defense line has been strengthened like an impregnable wall. A new Cold War is coming?", the daily newspaper Espanyol.

"The far-right forces in the East protested against the Fifth Standing Resolution of the United Nations and decided to land on the islands disputed between China and Russia and Japan, and were shot dead on the spot. Hong Kong Wen Wei Po.

"The P5 of the United Nations decide in private the interests of all mankind, in disregard of the free choice of mankind. Yomiuri Shimbun.

"There is information that the Chinese Strategic Missile Forces have entered a state of global strategic duty, and thirty hydrogen bombs are ready for a global strike. "Al Jazeera.

"Germany has already begun to refuse to accept new refugees, and all refugees in Germany will start to be repatriated, and Germany is no longer a paradise for refugees. The Frankfurter Zeitung.

"The EU has already existed in name only, Britain, France and Germany have decided to set up a new space agency on their own, bypassing the EU, and the World Bank IMF has downgraded the EU's credit rating, and the EU is no longer far from bankruptcy. "Pravda.

"The price of Brent crude oil futures in the North Sea has continued to decline, and the price of a barrel of crude oil has now fallen below $50, the lowest since the 911 incident. Daily Mail.

Li Jie looked through all the relevant news and developments after Tony's announcement.

Helium-3, an energy source that mankind dreams of, has not yet been really mined, but countless people have been unable to sit still.

The five hooligans of the earth are not called in vain, except for these few countries, other countries do not have the capability of manned space flight at all.

Although the alliance of Russia and Anglo-French-German is to put a question mark.

Everyone knows that without helium-3 they will be controlled by others in the future, but now what can they do but shout in the news media and public opinion?

At this time, the P5 has reached a tacit understanding, and there is no longer any warmth.

Any country that dares to question this decision at this time, or even try to break the situation with violence, will be dealt a fatal blow to the P5.

All the missiles are ready, all the soldiers are ready to go.

An outline of a document that was finally formed after nearly 100 hours of non-stop wrangling and wrestling between the foreign ministers of several countries after rounds of consultations is being placed in front of the leaders of several countries.

The Provisional Commonwealth Act of the Six Nations: Rules for the Administration of the Moon, however, those who compiled this document prefer to use a simpler term: the New Earth Federation Act.

If Tony Stark is still the same as before, he lives in fear every day, hovering between life and death every day.

Will he still launch his concept of a new energy revolution with such confidence, and will his sense of unease and distrust lead him to push for a lunar mining plan?

Li Jie asked himself, I'm afraid not. Tony would have become more conservative like that. And not such a forge ahead.

And is he responsible for Tony's change? Li Jie's answer is: Yes.

Li Jie thinks that he is a small person, even after obtaining the system, he still doesn't feel how great he is, because this is the world of Marvel.

But he didn't expect that a few small changes in himself would cause the current situation.

Tony is no longer pushing for the energy revolution, and it is foreseeable that the next step in his lunar program will be to promote the human space colonization program.

Ambitious and ambitious. This is a change that has never been seen in the Marvel world as Li Jie.

How much force do you think it takes to knock down a ten-ton stone monument?

You may think it's a lot, but if you're in a domino, you just need to knock down a 500-gram stele and place twice the weight of the previous stele in front of it.

Soon it will be able to knock down a ten-ton boulder.

The whole thing about the chain reaction is its unpredictability, Li Jie thinks that he is just pushing an insignificant small stone, but he does not know that what he ends up with is a boulder that shakes the ground and collapses.

For example, in a place that Li Jie doesn't know yet, a group of people can't see their facial expressions in the shadows, but their tone is extremely angry. "There can be no helium-3, but Tony Stark must die!" (To be continued.) )