Mr. "Fox" had a high-pitched voice, Hanes had never met such a person, and he was able to praise the merits of the two old men from the reception room to the conference hall, and by the way, he became an alumnus with himself and found a common classmate.

As soon as the sun jumped above the horizon, the windows of the Baihui Hall automatically adjusted their angles, so that the natural light that penetrated into the central main hall fell just in time, and the early morning sun made the faces of the chairmen who were already seated in the main hall redden. The seats on the periphery were already full, and the occasional exchange of heads and ears filled the hall with a buzzing noise. Hanes couldn't help but admire the organizational ability of the Allies, and tens of thousands of people could be put in place in a pot of tea.

As soon as he entered the main hall, the hum suddenly disappeared, and Hanes knew that the one-way soundproof enclosure had been activated, and the sound from the main hall could be heard by everyone in the audience, but the sound of the audience was not heard at all in the main hall. Hyde and Hanies sat down under the guidance of Mr. "Fox", the seats were facing away from the door of the Baihui Hall, there were only Hyde and Hanes on one side of the rectangular conference table, and on the other side were the representatives of the presidents and star chiefs. Continuing on, there is the Circle of Seats, from the Captains, the Governors of the Allied Powers, the Prime Ministers of the Regions, and the Representatives. As Mark and the Führer sat down one after another, the door of the Baihui Hall was slowly closed, and the ring light on the top of the viewing hall was extinguished from the outside to the inside, leaving only a beam of sunlight in the main hall, and no more shadows and sounds were seen on the periphery, as if only the people in the main hall were meeting.

"On behalf of the people of the Blue Domain, I would like to bring sincere greetings to all of you for your contributions to the development of the Blue Regions over the past century, as well as the pioneers who have worked in Gaia, the explorers who have wandered the stars, the guardians of the planets, and all the devotees inside and outside the home planet." The moment the Führer's voice fell, the soundproof cover automatically closed, and the applause from the audience poured in like a tide.

"The last time such a meeting was held, it was 100 years ago, when we discovered Gaia, and started a war with the Carmon people discovered at the same time for more than 20 years, causing the entire galaxy to collapse, and the race was almost extinct, and the decision made at that meeting must be fresh in the memory of many people attending today, it is precisely because of the last decision that the Blue Domain has ensured the steady development of a century, and most of the situations that have occurred so far are within the scope of the plan We call it the "Nirvana Project", however, unfortunately, Some time ago, a major event occurred that prevented the entire project from developing along its original course, which brought us three questions: (1) Should we abandon the "Nirvana Project"? (2) If it is deprecated, what plan will we use to replace it? (3) If it is not abandoned, how should we adjust the implementation? According to the provisions of the "convention" of this galaxy, the above three issues of the home planet council no longer have complete decision-making power, therefore, we once again convene everyone here to study and decide, and the next meeting will be presided over by Chairman Mark. ”

Mark briefly introduced the participants and emphasized the process of the meeting: "In order to ensure the efficiency of information sharing and research on conference issues, the meeting is mainly divided into a report and question session, an information release session, a centralized discussion session, a question session for observers, a plan proposal and a decision-making session. The order and time of each session are required on the first page of the agenda of each tabletop meeting, please speak in order, first of all, the main meeting members are invited to ask General Hyde, the formulator of the "Nirvana Plan", about the implementation of the plan, each person is limited to 2 questions, and the governors of the three armed forces come first. ”

"Good morning, General, I'll make a brief report before asking questions, the current number of Allied starships is more than ten times that of a century ago, the sailing speed and main gun attack power have increased at least 2 times compared with the last interstellar war, the intelligence and information communication mechanism has changed for 5 generations, and it can now achieve instant communication 10 light years away, the communication station is more lightweight, and ordinary starships have loading, on the other hand, Carmon, not only has no progress in science and technology in this century, but the manufacturing industry is also close to stagnation, the latest intelligence shows, A century ago, Carmon was able to build starships in batches, but now several large starships outside the system have been repaired but never repaired. My question is one, and it's simple: General, what are our chances of winning if we go to war with Carmon at this time? ”

Murray, the governor of the three armies, was tall and stout, and only Pangu was the size of the main table, and when he said the first sentence, Hyde knew what question he was going to ask, so as soon as Murray's voice fell, Hyde answered unhurriedly

"120 years ago, I was still a captain, not long after my starship discovered Gaia, we were attacked by the Carmones, at that time I did not immediately ask for support, but used the advantages of the Gaia galaxy star map, terrain, gravitational tides, etc., to constantly create illusions, at that time, we casually changed the orbit of a planet, we were able to kill one of their starship companies, and also made the Carmon people continue to increase their troops, and finally under the guidance of my request for help, we defeated all the reinforcement starships of Carmon. Accounting for more than half of the total number of starship formations in the Carmon Galaxy, we call it the 'First Gaia War', after this war, the comparison of the strength of the Blue Domain and Carmon is not much different from today, and the subsequent story is known to everyone, the Allies ignored my dissuasion, and insisted on launching an invasion without understanding the planetary defense system, star map and other information of the Carmon Galaxy, resulting in a significant reduction in the starship, so that in the 'Second Gaia War', we even lost the right to occupy Gaia's territory, This has led to the current situation in which we are separated from the Carmon people and governed Gaia. After nearly a century of development, we still haven't been able to penetrate Carmon's defenses, still haven't been able to detect Carmon's star map (even if they do, it's useless, they can change it at any time), and except for the ecological field, other fields have not been able to achieve leapfrog development. To be honest, to invade Camun, don't even think about it, to occupy Gaia, in terms of troops, it is easy to do so, but we cannot do this for the time being. ”

"Why?" Without waiting for Hyde to continue explaining, Murray couldn't wait to ask a second question.

"Because, one of the main purposes of the "Nirvana Plan" is to delay time, to replicate the ecology of Gaia, to open up a battlefield in Gaia, will undoubtedly burn a century of efforts, obviously, Camon and we both have the ability to completely destroy Gaia, Governor Lei may not have finished asking, when is the most appropriate time to start a war? In order not to occupy the number of questions you asked, I will answer first: when we confirm that we can replicate the Gaia ecosystem, we can try to expel the Carmon people and consume the Carmon through local wars until there is a split within the Carmon, and then take the opportunity to invade. Ladies and gentlemen, war is always a continuation of politics, not war for war's sake. Murray nodded, and then motioned for the director of ecology to speak, and at the same time needed time to calm down the fighting blood that had burned for decades.

The ecological director is the only woman here, who is nearly middle-aged but has carefully maintained skin enough to make most girls jealous, and said in fluent but nasal Mandarin: "Thanks to the research results of the Gaia team, the last crop on the home planet - corn is saved, and the successful development of the experimental field will meet the food and clothing needs of 80% of the population on the home planet, and only 30% can be met at this stage, and the era of injecting concentrated energy instead of food to sustain life is coming to an end, and the marine ecology still needs algae from Gaia to repair, More than half of the algae released in the restoration areas are still alive, and algae blooms in the waters near the equator are already accelerating and expanding, but it will take at least 20 years to create a water environment suitable for fish, and the terrestrial ecological restoration will continue to be carried out due to the high levels of harmful substances in rainwater. No one wants war more than us, on behalf of my 30,000 ecologists, I appeal: do not cause war, otherwise our population will plummet to 10% of the current level, I want to ask the general the first question: you are the general in charge of the "Nirvana Project", the commander-in-chief of the Blue Domain System on the planet Gaia, if we can occupy the Gaia system, do you have the conditions for immigration? ”

"Immigration is the final step in the Nirvana Project, provided that we exterminate the Carmones, otherwise they will destroy Gaia's ecology worse than the Blue Domain at any time. In addition to the human factor, in terms of ecological environment, Gaia can meet the needs of 10 billion people for a hundred years, and if it is to be sustained, it needs to formulate a long-term environmental plan by the Ecological Council. In short: it is the most prudent way to move but not to stay, based on the blue zone, restore the ecology of the home planet, and create a few experimental stars. ”

"If the ecosystem is compared to a net, each species is a thread, multiple species form a circular system is a thread, and multiple threads are crossed and twisted into a rope, and the rope can be woven into a net. The experimental star is the companion star of the parent star, and the local area has met the survival of a single species, that is, a few threads, when did this silk form a line, rope, and net, until it can support the large-scale people of the blue domain, it has driven more than 60 ecologists crazy, the experimental star project costs a lot of money, I don't know why the general is so convinced of the feasibility of the plan? ”

"The Experimental Star Project was launched 80 years ago, and it was conceived for centuries before that. Originally, the core of the 'Nirvana Project' was to preserve the Gaia ecology as a research and later migration object, and at the same time restore the blue domain ecology, and the experimental star was to establish a new ecosystem on the planet adjacent to the home planet. Hyde's throat was hoarse as he grew older, and he continued after taking a sip of hot water

"Eighty years ago, before the implementation, self-confidence came from an accidental discovery during geological exploration of Gaia, which was originally intended to detect mineral deposits, but biologists stumbled upon the distribution of fossil organisms in Gaia's crust that was very different from that of the parent star of the Blue Domain. What the fossils of the blue domain crust show us is a picture of the gradual evolution and increase of organisms over billions of years, but Gaia is different, the fossils of the Gaia crust show that the organisms on the planet have grown explosively in a certain period of time, although the cause of the outbreak has not been determined, but it can be determined that as long as the appropriate soil environment, atmospheric environment, water environment, and microbial environment are created, and the appropriate artificial inducing factors are given, the species will grow explosively. At that time, there will be more and more wires, and it is also a matter of time before they become threads, ropes, and nets. ”

Before Hyde could finish speaking, Hanes had already noticed that the dinner room had begun to exchange words frequently, especially when he heard the theory of species outbreaks, and he could clearly feel that hope had been rekindled in the eyes of the ecological director. But he knew that there was a lot more information that Hyde hadn't revealed: for example, the genes of some of the Carmonites could evolve into any living thing, further accelerating the rate of species outbreaks. At this time, the voice of the chairman of the resource council pulled Hanis back to the venue.

It was an old man older than Hyde who spoke, and his voice was as pale as his age.

"I am 200 years old this year, and I owe it to the war a century ago that gave us the opportunity to extract anti-aging hormone from the people of Kamon and extend our lives by a century. But we won't be able to use our energy for that long. The war a hundred years ago cost us most of our antimatter energy. The main energy source to support Gaia's research, round-trip supplies and food, interstellar exploration, and local conflicts is antimatter, and the antimatter in the observable range has been mined, and explorers have found that the rate of energy is not comparable to the rate of energy consumption. A month ago, during the mining of the antimatter mine in Star Sector 1804, a large explosion distorted the surrounding space, causing a star to be annihilated from the mine, which we planned to use for thirty years. Although we have signed a peaceful development agreement with the Kamon people, the principle of who discovers, who develops, and who uses it. But the Carmons have so far robbed us of 30 mining areas, and if we continue to adhere to the principle of no war in the Nirvana Plan, I am afraid that our energy resources will only last for half a century, and by that time, all our engines will be paralyzed, our weapons will fail, and no matter how many starships we have, they will become useless iron shells." ”

Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help coughing violently, making Hanes wonder if the old man could hold out until the meeting was over, and at the same time secretly scolded the conference team for sending such a person to the meeting. The old man felt his gaffe and sat up straight again with three blows to his chest, but his voice was weaker than before.

"In two years, I'm going to be in the ground, and I've been thinking every day for the past few days, how can we win Carmon when we run out of energy in fifty years, and I often dream that I'm going to be young again, to be a hero like a general, and then to lead the fleet to sweep away the enemy, and to take the dark matter energy of Gaia and the entire universe for myself, but I wake up and find that I'm old. I think there must be a reason to be at ease when I die: because while I'm alive, there will be enough energy to support our interstellar travel, war, and transportation. As for the troubles that arose after my death, it can be blamed on the fact that the future generations did not explore and explore according to my plan, resulting in the depletion of energy. The general is not more than a few decades younger than me, and everyone was enthusiastic when he put forward the 'plan' (referring to the Nirvana Plan), but have you ever thought about what the 'Nirvana Plan' would have done if there was no energy or no us? ”

The old man's weak voice faded away, and the audience was silent. Hanes finally understood the reason for arranging such an old man to attend the meeting. Although it seems that no specific questions have been raised, the more such questions there are, the more difficult it is to answer, especially in front of so many deputies, and those who answer too little are perfunctory, and there are loopholes in answering too many questions. Answering too specifically, without theoretical support, and answering too general is sophistry.

"Some things, if you succeed, you will be a great man through the ages, and if you fail, you will be a sinner through the ages." Hyde first said something that many people wanted to say but didn't.

"But there are always people who want to do it, even if I didn't put forward the 'Nirvana Plan' back then, there are always Jiangde, Hede, and Shande who put forward the 'Nirvana Plan' or the 'Revival Plan', the Creation Plan, the 'Destruction Plan', and so on. Because it is history that chooses us, not that we choose history. So, if there was another plan that was proposed back then, and that plan still hasn't failed, we will definitely be here today to discuss the feasibility of that plan. This is the inevitability of history! ”

"History has produced many great men or sinners, some of them came into being, some of them came into being, some of them came into being, but I think all of them were born in response to the situation. Therefore, on the question of succession, it is not up to me to decide alone, but it depends on the joint choice of the deputies, the chairman of the board of directors, and the head of state, but it still depends more on the choice of history. Until then, what we can do is to strengthen our self-confidence in the plan, cultivate enough talents for the smooth implementation of the plan, and then someone will take advantage of the trend and guide the next era. ”

"The old chairman's concern about energy is also mine, the antimatter fountain at the top of the galaxy is enough for us to use for tens of thousands of years, but it is too far away from us to mine. Today, the energy problem is not only bothering us, but also Calmon, taking risks to grab our mines, because their antimatter is close to depletion, and it is foreseeable that this kind of thing will happen a lot in the future, and it will become one of the inducing factors for war. What we have to do is to deploy an appropriate amount of troops in each mining area, and the Carmons will not dare to send heavy troops to rob them, which will lead to the emptiness of their home planet or troops in the Gaia region, so that we can take advantage of it. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the invasion of the Carmon people after the energy depletion mentioned by the old chairman. At present, it is imperative to guard the existing mining areas and develop new mining areas, while saving antimatter energy consumption, and nuclear energy is still the main source of civil energy, short-distance inter-planetary shuttle, and transportation. As far as I know, in another twenty years Carmon energy will run out, and they won't be able to consume us. ”

This answer made Hyde consume three mouthfuls of water, and the sunlight through the window had bid farewell to the blush of the early morning, and gradually intensified the heat, shining on the bald head of the chairman of the Financial Council.

The report of the chairman of the finance committee was not as concise as that of the previous presidents. Interspersed horizontally and vertically, a large amount of data was weaved, and in the end, it was only to prove one problem: the empire's finances were already beyond its means, and in order to support this huge economic system, all aspects of spending had to be tailored, and the "Nirvana Plan" was undoubtedly the main factor causing this situation, and the spearhead of the problem was once perfectly pointed at Hyde.

After taking a big sip of water, Hyde replied, "I'm not an economist, but my perception tells me that the economy has to be recycled for the whole system to be active." If something goes wrong in one link, the loop will stall, which in turn will cause the entire link to crash. For a century, when it comes to the 'Nirvana Project', the Allies seem to have invested in it, providing Gaia with free starships, free experts, free energy, and free bases, while also spending a lot of financial resources to resolve the border conflict between Gaia and the Carmones. In this process, Gaia's failure to meet the demand for feedback from the Allied economic system was the main reason for the imminent collapse of the economic system. This summary should be the main opinion that the chairman just expressed just now, right? ”

Hyde cast a burning gaze at the Treasurer, and seemed to make the bald head shine a notch brighter than before. The chairman of the financial board nodded hurriedly, and couldn't help but think in his heart: Is this old man a general, how can he understand everything?

"If Gaia were a resource planet, our investment would be immediately rewarded in resources. If we follow a pacifist policy not with Carmon, but plundering their starships and exploiting more resources, we can also get enough rewards. And we didn't choose either. Instead, they chose a path of long-term investment with no returns. Why? Because at that time, we really didn't have a choice! ”

"Let's briefly look back at history: 400 years ago, the resources of the Blue Domain were nearly depleted, technology stagnated, civilization began to regress, and rulers set their sights beyond the galaxy. 300 years ago, our ancestors spent a century building antimatter engines and exhausting the energy of a galaxy to create a pitiful amount of antimatter, allowing us to reach the nearest antimatter mine within the observation range and successfully mine it. Since then, we've mined enough antimatter energy and a variety of metals that are scarce in our own system. At that time, we were so rich in resources that we could build enough starships to line up from our home planet to Turner. But what have we paid for, our only surviving home planet, the rapid collapse of the ecological environment, from animals, to birds, to fish, and finally plants and microbes. The next 100 years were the century of ecological restoration, and while we focused on restoring the ecology of our home planet, we discovered several habitable planets, and it was only then that we realized that the nature that we destroyed in a century would be difficult for us to reshape in a few more centuries. We control wind, fire, rain, and thunder, tossing back and forth between different galaxies, but we cannot control the birth or destruction of any species. The planet that gave birth to us seems to have become our enemy, and the wind, blizzard, sun, volcanoes, earthquakes, and other ways are trying to wipe out our race from this planet. However, the more we fight, the more isolated we become. Every time the natural environment is transformed, it has caused a large number of biological extinctions, until in the end, we are the only ones left on this planet, the first great famine, we have eaten everything we can eat, and we can only rely on synthetic organic injection energy to survive. Discovered 120 years ago, Gaia fought against Carmon for twenty years before he seriously explored, which directly led to the second great famine and the almost extinction of the human race. Let me ask, if we don't launch the 'Nirvana Project' at that time, will we be able to win militarily, or will we be able to preserve it ecologically? ”

The water had been drained, and the general put down the glass of water heavily, raised his voice and said, "That's right, the Blue Domain has provided Gaia with a lot of free things, but Gaia has also provided enough food for the home planet so that the Blue Domain population can return to the pre-Holodomor level within a century. In order to regulate the distribution, the Allies distributed food on a per capita basis, resulting in only expenditures and no revenues in the national finances. Personally, I believe that it is also inhumane to support income with basic food rations. Therefore, the core of the problem is not the economic cycle, but the allocation of resources. Previously, due to insufficient transport capacity, I had been advocating for only compressed solid foods, liquid energy injections, and oral liquids. The transportation of other raw food is restricted, and when I came back this time, I found that there are many empty warehouses on the transport ships today, and most of the embargoed raw ingredients will be smuggled into the private sector, and the price is so high that I can't even imagine. In the future, I agree to open up the channels for the private inflow of native crops without hindering the transportation of the main materials, which will not waste a lot of energy and solve the urgent needs of our Finance Chairman, but I wonder if the Chairman of the Ministry of Natural Resources will be able to approve it. ”

Hyde's eyes turned to the old man again, but the latter said goodbye to the serious words just now, and immediately replied, "If the economy collapses, no matter how much resources are wasted, it is better to develop in a balanced manner, not to mention that the starships that have returned from Gaia in recent times are not all fully loaded, which is also thanks to the expansion of corn on the mother planet, as the ecological chairman said, there will be more and more empty warehouses in the future, so transporting raw food is not a waste of energy, and it is a waste to go back and forth with empty cabins, if the civil channels are opened, some original products can also be brought back by the pioneers who pass by Gaia." ”

The financial problem is solved, and the next problem is no longer as acute as it was just now. The Science and Technology Council, the Biohealth Association, and the Manpower Coordination Council are all trying to figure out how to divide up the increased financial revenue after the opening of the Gaia Star Civilian Goods Trade. The last speaker was Captain Pangea, the largest man in the room, and Hanes couldn't help but wonder if the stool under his ass would last until the end of the meeting. Pangu's voice was loud and thick: "Outside the home planet, all functional planets are functioning normally, and all the star commanders are full of confidence in the plan. If any of the delegates do not have faith, or if the delegates hear that the people do not have faith, they are welcome to visit the functional planets. In addition, if the finance can divide us a little, we will strengthen the defense of the Blue Domain galaxy, which is enough to supervise the traces of civilization outside the two surrounding galaxies, and only one and a half can be monitored at present. The situation of the experimental star just now said that the theory of species outbreak will be good news for our star commanders when they go back. After the debriefing, there are no questions to ask. ”