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Behind the podium of the two leaders on the stage is a monument that has the appearance of a satellite.

"We have to look back at the past of human history. Fifty years ago, we were in great chaos, and it took 20 years for this tragedy to end. If it weren't for those tragedies, perhaps this moment would have come sooner than it would have been. And if we can see through the nature of tragedies sooner, we may not have to face the threat of these tragedies in the future. ”

On the pedestal of the monument in the shape of an artificial satellite, the following bilingual text is clearly written:

Voyager 1 probe, Voyager1

"A.D."

Half of the probe is housed in front of the management building of the global cooperative space hub built on the equatorial "Sincere Cooperation Island" (an artificial reclamation island near the Bismarck Sea) to commemorate the first forerunner in human history to fly into outer space; The other half is housed in the Voyager's House, an isolated extrasolar asteroid closest to the point of discovery, in honor of the Trans-Asian Space Manned Exploration Spacecraft that brought it back to Earth, and where Voyager 1 finally arrived.

As for the missing half on each side, it was made up with the stones of the monument carved in stone. And at this moment, the faces of the people on the podium with the flag of the North American Federation placed in front of the monument are a little embarrassed.

If it weren't for the fact that NASA was the titular owner of Voyager One, then he, the "King of a Kingdom", would not have been qualified to come here to participate in any ceremonies...... What's more, the current North American federation is already in the twilight of the sunset.

What is Depression? That is, the commercialization of nuclear fusion in Chinese is more than ten years faster than that of their own country, and they only need to use seawater (hydrogen atoms) as a raw material for fusion, and they do not need to obtain expensive helium-3 resources from the moon...... What's more, these fusion furnaces, which are now densely scattered along the coast of Pan-Asian countries, also apply room temperature confinement fusion technology that cannot be mastered by countries other than China, and are at least a generation more advanced than the technical standards implemented by the North American Federation.

In other words, the backward high-temperature plasma confinement technology has just been put into practical use in the North American Federation, and the only Qinhuangdao test unit in Pan Asia to apply this technology was shut down and turned into a museum two months later, which also indicates that Pan Asia's Wu Gang outpost on the moon no longer needs to send lunar helium to the ground for power generation.

Since the acquisition of almost unlimited electricity, the world's economic situation has once again taken off wildly driven by a certain engine - and at the same time that the demand pull for the portal has gradually weakened after nearly a decade, this is undoubtedly the greatest benefit for all mankind. At a time when the North American Federation and partner countries have been reluctant to announce the progress of commercial nuclear fusion units, China has already transferred several modular condensing units to the pan-Asian countries at cost price, and has built several such power plants in the form of commercial cooperation in the Northern Union and Eastern and Western European countries.

"Mr. President, they didn't fortify the plant. Our guys didn't spend any tricks to get in, and there weren't any Asians in the core crew doing security. Merely...... Merely...... Our people simply can't map that thing...... It's like...... It's as if that thing isn't a creation of our world at all. ”

The president still remembers the classified report he saw that day, handed in by the former head of the CIA. Why can't the North American federation adopt the same fusion power project as Pan-Asia? This president certainly knew why before he came to power. But that day, he also knew the fact that he couldn't imitate it.

Unlike the state-led nuclear fusion project and lunar exploration projects in Pan-Asia, the nuclear fusion project of the North American Federation has always been driven by the funds and technology of major heavy industry oligarchs.

The Entente countries of the fusion project have no other choice, and there is no hope of negotiating with Pan-Asia, and under the political pressure of the North American Federation at the national level, they can only choose to continue to choose the helium triple nuclear fusion project developed by the North American Federation - of course, the North American Federation itself has no way to choose the right to choose the second path, after all, this is a country made of capital. If capital cannot be exported, then the country will find all the means to find an outlet for capital.

Even if there were other capitalists in the country who could serve as president, there would be no fundamental change in the national capital of the North American Federation. The North American Federation's fusion furnace scheme, even with expensive helium-3 fuel, could squeeze out the cheaper thermal and hydroelectric power and pass the cost on to the users of electricity. Because the labor cost of this fusion furnace is too low compared to the first two. In the current North American Federation, the most expensive thing is even the labor cost.

Even if every kilogram of helium-3 fuel had to be purchased from Pan Asia, and their own country's electricity bloodline was at the mercy of others, these economic and industrial oligarchs would not care about the slightest bit - it had nothing to do with the loss of skilled workers in thermal and hydroelectric power stations.

"Anyway, our North American Federation has a rust belt, do you care about having a second?" -- This is the same helpless declaration published in the newspapers after the president made a helpless decision under the pressure of capital.

This sentence did not make him roll off the throne...... Quite unlike what some might expect, he sat comfortably in his position for eight years.

First of all, the work of nuclear fusion furnaces was promoted throughout the country, and he carried out it very well. So the capitalists will not let him go into the wilderness either. Second, even workers who have been laid off because of fusion power generation prefer a commander who tells the truth to a liar who is full of love and peace.

It all came as a matter of course, and then what? And then the result of all this is the absurdity of the extreme: all the helium-3 fuel needed for the fusion power generation units promoted by the North American Federation to the "allies" must be imported from Pan-Asia, and the user countries, including the North American Federation, must bear higher electricity bills than hydropower, thermal power, and even dirty "fission nuclear power".

This situation has continued for more than ten years, until today. During this period, the North American Federation naturally wanted to master the practical and lower-cost technology of the East (entrepreneurs wanted to get some concessions from society on electricity prices, and also wanted to make more profits), but such considerations ended in failure.

And now, decades later, the North American Federation is still far behind the pan-Asian. Based on the technology of nuclear fusion at room temperature, the travel time between planets has been greatly reduced (the maximum speed of the fusion engine in space has reached 0.01C), and the one-quarter round trip of intra-solar system travel has become fully feasible...... However, the cost is still high, and although the program to explore outer space from a distance of 18 billion kilometers has achieved great results as expected, it has also cost the Pan Asia Space Agency almost an entire year of its annual budget......

And this money, the North American Federation is absolutely impossible to afford now. Outer space colonization? Mineral mining in outer space? There is a lack of interest in this from the capital of the North American Federation...... It's not so much that there is no interest in the first place, but that there is a loss of interest.

"Anyway, sooner or later, the Chinese will feel that the outside world is vast, so let them be the pioneers, which is not bad." You know, it took three months for Voyager 1 to come back from the news of being caught and their spacecraft landing at Tanegashima Spaceport. ”

"You know, even at the speed of light, it would take eight years to get to Alpha Centauri," said another chaebol representative, who lightly ripped the head of his cigar with a cigar cutter at the president's meeting before his trip, "It's still the 'regular galaxy' closest to the solar system, and whether there are habitable planets on it is another matter." If the Chinese want to, let them explore there in an eight-hundred-year cycle, and there is nothing wrong with it. ”

That's why the president arrived here with ease, and participated in a ceremony that was extremely humiliating for the North American Federation, but had to attend. He continued to cheer up the allies and liberal allies at the meeting according to the speeches compiled by his assistant, but in the back of his heart, another voice kept reminding him:

"Feng Shui takes turns, and the United States is already in the twilight of the Western Mountains. Gone are the days when the United States had the ability and the idea to send telescopes into outer space on behalf of humanity...... From now on, humanity will no longer be represented by the United States with the Star-Spangled Banner flying! ”

"So what." This president is also a kind of person with some talent and some ambition - but it is a pity that under the tide of the times, he can only put away his wish to reverse the fortunes of the United States, and witness the sunset of the United States with his own eyes with all those present, and even all the spectators of the world, and all the human beings of the world. "Isn't this kind of question left to the next one?"

While the pan-Asian leaders spoke, more than two billion people around the world watched the ceremony attended by the two heads of state. At this time, they did not in the slightest, as some politicians do, aware that the standard-bearer of civilization was turning at a substantial rapid turn......

No, they are cheering from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and they are cheering, very simply. In order to celebrate the future of mankind, to celebrate the prospects of their children and grandchildren, Pan Asia unveiled its spatial development plan for the next five years at this ceremony, and for them, their cheers are nothing more than simple human behavior, regardless of national borders, ethnic groups, and skin color.

At the end of the ceremony, the pan-Asian singer emotionally brought the return of the traveler to a perfect end, and in the thick singing, the century-long exploration did not end when the music stopped, but marked a new beginning......

"One day we will reach the planet of hope,

Let the blue wings flutter in the wind. ”

"Alone in darkness without a speck of light,

The long eternity that puts the loneliness away. ”

"The ocean will be the sky and the birds will flap their wings,

Weave it up and look forward to the day you return here. ”

(Note: The original song is the alpha version of the album "TheEarthTopologium", the lyrics in the text are taken from its Chinese translation, and the original song is Japanese.) The album features the cover of the Voyager 1 carrying the record, and the lyrics describe Voyager 1. ）