In Washington, USA, in a meeting room at the White House, the atmosphere was subtly depressing. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Since last year's conflict in the Western Pacific, there has been a lot more of this kind of locking up all senior advisers, ministers, and presidents in the same room to discuss national affairs. The only difference is that sitting in the position of secretary of state is a new face.

The Earth Defense Alliance is on the rise, and has even faintly shaken NATO's position as the world's largest military body. Politically, economically, and even culturally, the United States is facing unprecedented challenges, even in the Truman and Kennedy eras.

After all, at that time, the United States was only facing a giant full of muscles but terminally ill, and now standing in the ring and competing with the United States is an Iron Man who uses technology to arm himself to the teeth......

No, this statement is not accurate enough, after all, Iron Man's technology is probably a little more realistic than theirs......

"Transwarp Trade intends to hold a biotechnology summit in Transwarp City at the end of January to display the spoils of Mars. What's that called? Devil bug? What the hell...... Curiosity has been running on Mars for so many years, and it has not seen a single shadow of a cell. NASA Administrator Bolden looked at the report in his hand with a tired face, and made a report weakly.

NASA administrators sit at a table with the secretary of state, the president, the secretary of commerce, and even the secretary of the interior to discuss issues, which is probably the case during the Cold War era of the space race. However, Bolden was not happy at all, because neither the space elevator nor the lunar colonization program was far away.

In the face of the unattainable gap in aerospace technology, even Elon Musk, who is known as a genius, and his SpaceX are powerless to do anything but pick up a mouthful of soup behind the butt of Transwarp Trade.

"Can we find a way to qualify for that biotech summit? The United States has to have first-hand knowledge of the species on Mars! Otherwise, the technology gap between us and the ring trade will only widen." Secretary of Defense Carter said with a solemn expression.

"Eligibility to attend the summit? Hehe, of course. The New York Times, The Washington Post...... Any media outlet you can name has received an invitation," the chief of staff leaned back in his chair and turned the ballpoint pen in his hand with an ugly face, "The problem is that none of the American research institutes and universities have received invitations to work together, and we have been completely excluded." ”

"They're hindering academic freedom!" scolded, sitting next to Secretary Carter, the director of the Defense Department's Advanced Projects Bureau.

"Professors at Harvard and MIT have condemned us for this," Clinton glanced at the officials in the room, and finally stopped looking at the secretary of state's face, "What we need now is a solution." ”

"I'll try my best, but don't get your hopes up," the new Secretary of State rubbed his sour brow, "It's not been a day or two since the Warp Trade blockade of us in space technology, and it's unlikely that they will make concessions today...... Kerry is an expert on the issue of the new country, but you know-"

"Kerry, this guy, just resigned as secretary of state at this time. The whip of the Democratic Party scolded in a low voice.

"Can you convince him to come back?" asked Hillary, looking at the whip.

"It's difficult, he insisted on participating in the preliminary election in March, and even the speech was written. As you know, there are people who support him, and the most terrible thing is that there is a split in opinion within the party, and there are not a small number of voices supporting him. Thank God, now we have to face both the Republican Party and the New Nation, this damn Wall Street ......"

Hearing this, the crow's feet at the corners of Clinton's eyes wrinkled with a trace of bitter helplessness.

She didn't know how to make this move now.

Just then, Bolden suddenly spoke.

"Why don't we start the Mars landing plan ahead of time?"

As soon as the words fell, the eyes in the conference room swept over.

Facing the eyes of the president and ministerials, Bolden took a deep breath and continued.

"If we can't break the ice diplomatically, we'll have to try technically. ”

"The question is, is our technology okay now? Hasn't SpaceX stopped developing a manned rocket?" said Defense Secretary Carter with a frown.

"MCT, the Martian migrant transport aircraft, SpaceX has never stopped the Mars colonization program, and now the most critical technology has broken through. Bolden looked at Hillary Clinton and said seriously, "It's okay to give away a one-way ticket." ”

After a long silence, Hillary spoke.

"Tell me, what's the point of doing this?"

If she couldn't find a suitable reason to convince Congress to allocate funds, it didn't make any sense to agree with the plan in her heart.

"It makes so much sense. "The moon is already monopolized, and the Ring Trade cannot be allowed to continue to monopolize the future of humanity." Even if we plant a national flag on Mars and throw a few people to live on it, it can add a lot of chips to us. ”

Several craters with large reserves of lunar ice and rare earths have been shamelessly occupied by the first-mover Star Ring Trade.

Even if it was not mined, a pretended inspection station was built on it. Although countries have begun to build their own lunar research stations on the advantage of the lunar landing, it is almost impossible to develop into colonization without solving the most critical problems of drinking water and oxygen.

In particular, the Transwarp trade has overbearingly refused to sell drinking water, oxygen, and electricity to research stations outside the members of the Earth Defense Alliance, citing limited resources. The high maintenance costs have left these stations in a state of making ends meet, let alone expanding.

But that's not the point......

After a pause, looking at the still hesitant president, Bolden continued.

"Also, I suspect that the discovery of the ring trade on Mars is probably more than just a bug. ”

Hillary suddenly gasped as if she had thought of something, and looked at Bolden in shock.

"You mean ......"

"That's right, I'm afraid it has something to do with extraterrestrial civilizations. Bolden nodded, and earnestly proposed, "If they don't approve of our participation in the study, then we'll go up and see for ourselves." ”

There was more than one way to Mars.

If the Ring Trade is not willing to sell tickets to Mars, then it is better to build an "ocean-going ship" of its own.

While the White House was preparing for the attitude of the Star Ring Trade, on the Martian colony tens of millions of kilometers away, only 9 soldiers and the only infantry chariot were assembled at the gate of the colony, ready to rescue the trapped engineers at the 071 mine.

It would take two weeks for reinforcements from the Ring City to arrive, and the oxygen on the rover would only last as long as two weeks at most. The stakes are high, and everyone understands that. However, none of the soldiers who sat in the infantry chariot and were ready to go questioned the rescue.

Transwarp Trade has never had a tradition of leaving its own people to run away.

No matter who the opponent is.

It doesn't matter if the opponent is human or not.