Chapter 104: The Biggest Obstacle to Survival
On Earth, the Coalition Government's Standing Council convened an emergency meeting to discuss the discovery of a new solar system and another Earth.
"How's the situation going?" Vasily, the director of the Russian council, who had just arrived at the meeting, asked.
Qiao Lu replied: "The Wandering Earth has been docked into the orbit of the solar system, and before activating the ability we obtained [Blinding Sky Screen], unless it is a cosmic god-level civilization that is more powerful than the ancient Cybertron civilization, as long as we don't act rashly, other civilizations will not be able to observe the location of our planet." ”
"Then we'll be safe for the time being?"
"So to speak."
This is also the greatest value of the [Hidden Sky Screen], being able to ensure that your planet is not discovered by the enemy first, which means that the initiative is always in your own hands.
Under the protection of the Hidden Sky Screen, the Wandering Earth can develop peacefully for at least a while, without worrying about being affected by the flames of war.
After all, the initial exploration and investigation only need a few people to complete.
What's more, this time, the Earth in the Marvel Universe is still in a relatively peaceful state as a whole, not as dangerous as Pandora and Cybertron before.
The first contact can be done by fewer people.
However, it is clear that someone has other ideas.
"I have received preliminary observations from scientists that the planet of this world is at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and that technology is decades behind us," said Derek of the United States. There is no defense in space at all, only a few satellites and a small space station. They are weaker than us in every way. ”
"What the hell are you trying to say?" Luo Feng interrupted Derek's words and asked.
"My opinion is that it would not be more beneficial for us to directly use force to deter, to drive the earth in their faces, and to force them to agree to all our conditions?"
Sure enough, what Qiao Lu was worried about still happened.
Once it is discovered that the human civilization on Marvel Earth does not seem to be very powerful, the hegemonic ideas on Wandering Earth can be easily restored.
Although it is also the law of this universe that the law of the jungle is the law of the jungle, he didn't even do a good job of the early landing investigation, so he concluded that the other party was a civilization weaker than himself.
This is arrogance, the same arrogance that the Decepticons once regarded humans as bugs!
The other council representatives were still more rational, and the French council representative Bevin asked:
"If we resort to deterrence by force, then what? Three months is not even enough for us to relocate a tenth of the population on the planet, and if we want to start a full-scale war, it will take even longer, and we may not even be able to send 10 million people there. ”
Although the Marvel Universe Earth is a habitable planet for humans, it is absolutely impossible to transfer all 3.5 billion people on the wandering Earth within three months.
Not to mention that the other side will not agree to as many as 3.5 billion descending on their already crowded planet, and the end result will turn into a tragic all-out war.
It is estimated that the war has not even ended in three months, and the wandering earth is about to usher in quantum collapse or plane crossing.
The Interstellar Migration Program is the first to be excluded. Not only is the risk not proportional to the benefit, but it also violates the constitutional spirit of the Wandering Earth.
Derek still insisted, "I know that immigration plans can't be perfect, but we can get strategic resources from them!" This earth contains very rich natural resources, we don't need to really start a war, as long as they are bombed with antimatter bombs, I believe it is enough to make this backward human civilization take what we want. ”
Use weapons of mass destruction to deter by force and force the other side to surrender strategic resources. If this method is against a normal modern human civilization, it may really work.
However, this is the Earth of the Marvel Universe, and an antimatter bomb will only blow up a bunch of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, and it is lucky that he didn't kill himself.
In the final analysis, all of Derek's plans were based on the fact that the other party was a weak and backward civilization, but this foundation was wrong from the beginning.
Speaking of which, Qiao Lu had to stand up.
He interrupted the discussion and asked bluntly, "Now that we see nothing more than a rough image from an astronomical observation, can we conclude that the other party is a civilization weaker than us based on such a simple observation?" ”
"Ahem." Derek coughed twice and said, "At least for now, all evidence suggests that the other side is a civilization that is decades behind us. ”
Qiao Lu shook his head violently and said, "They are only a few decades behind us in the fields that we can understand, and as for the things they have that we can't understand for the time being, we don't know how powerful they are at all. ”
"Do you want to say they can do magic?" Derek sarcastically disgruntled.
This time he guessed right.
"In any case, it is extremely dangerous and foolish to rashly adopt such a hostile attitude of deterrence by force without knowing exactly what the other side is capable of."
Qiao Lu emphasized: "Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is!" ”
In fact, this is also the view that several other council representatives agree with, and it is too radical to directly adopt the method of deterrence by force.
"So what do you think should be done?" Luo Feng asked Qiao Lu.
"As before, let's send a team to land and explore, thoroughly investigate the strength of the various civilizations on this planet, and at the same time look for clues about crossing energy sources to ensure that the wandering earth will not usher in quantum collapse."
Such advice is conservative but practical, and the first two crossings were not all done this way.
We really shouldn't be carried away by encountering a habitable planet and rashly think that we can directly use force to deter them.
"So this time, do you still want to go up in person?" Luo Feng asked further.
Qiao Lu smiled and said, "Of course, I'm also the special envoy of the coalition government, isn't it?" It is up to me to get in touch with them, and after understanding the general situation, I will decide whether to use force, how and against whom. ”
At least this time the Zetarians couldn't run away from the space fleet, and all Jolu needed to do was choose a way to die for them.
As for Marvel Earth, there are also a lot of black technologies that are quite worth collecting, which cannot be missed in vain.
Rather than reckless deterrence by force, it is better to have friendly contact first, after all, this time there is no fundamental conflict of interest between the two human civilizations, and all Qiao Lu needs is the Cosmic Rubik's Cube.
Of course, the U.S. government in this world may not agree to hand over such an artifact, but who cares about such an incompetent government that relies on superheroes to maintain law and order?
In this world, the fate of mankind can be decided, but those superheroes, and they would have handed over the cosmic Rubik's Cube to the alien civilization Asgard for safekeeping.
As long as the Wandering Earth shows enough strength and sincerity, the object they entrust is not impossible to change, is it?
If it goes well, Qiao Lu also wants to establish a wandering earth embassy on the earth of this world, and use the plane shuttle that opens after obtaining the cosmic cube to continue to obtain mysterious black technology and powerful cosmic artifacts from the Marvel universe.
This is the most profitable action strategy.