The discovery of bacteria on Mars on the three colonists of the Ares program has caused a thousand waves in the international community for a while, and the fate of the entire earth's biosphere seems to be in the hands of the Chinese Lunar Orbit Construction Committee.

Fortunately, in this crisis, Huaguo showed a serious and responsible attitude as a major country, and the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee announced the response plan almost immediately, which can be regarded as calming down the panicked people.

In fact, Lu Zhou didn't take it too seriously at first, after all, there were too many things for him to worry about every day.

It wasn't until he got up the morning of the return of the Xiaguang that a pale blue pop-up window suddenly appeared in his field of vision—

[Urgent Mission: Biological Invasion (90 days only)]

At first, Lu Zhou thought that he hadn't woken up yet, and he was dazzled.

It wasn't until he sat up from the bed in a daze, stared at it for a long time, and then reacted suddenly.

Stretching out his hand and sliding in front of his vision, closing the pale blue pop-up window, Lu Zhou immediately lay back on the bed, closed his eyes, and muttered silently in his heart.

"System!"

The familiar sensation hit the cerebral cortex, and the eyes opened again, and they were already pure white.

Without any hesitation, Lu Zhou walked quickly to the full screen in the center of the system space, and reached out and pressed on the options on the taskbar.

Sure enough, that urgent task is hanging at the top of the taskbar.

The quest chain icon below it has not only turned gray, but also added a locked icon next to it.

“…… It seems that this means that if you don't solve the urgent task first, the other tasks will be temporarily locked and cannot be carried out, right? ”

Speaking of which, though, this was the first time he had seen the option for an urgent mission.

It seems that as his influence has expanded, the study has gradually begun to affect the future of the entire civilization.

After staring at the locked icon and pondering for a while, Lu Zhou reached out and selected the icon of [Emergency Mission].

Soon, the details of the mission were presented in front of his eyes.

[Urgent Mission: Biological Invasion (Danger Level: 3)]

[Explanation: The lower civilizations are always advancing in the process of death on the road to the ascension of the higher civilizations.] According to recorded statistics, more than 90 percent of civilizations have been destroyed by their own hubris, not by the aggression of outsiders. 】

[Requirements: To solve the invasion of alien species, the means that can be taken include but are not limited to:

(1) Dispose of the source of infection: Whoever brings trouble, we will take him to hell (***** consciousness +10, risk:? %）。

(2) Natural selection, survival of the fittest: One day the earth's closed ecosystem will open, and those who cannot embrace the future are destined to be eliminated, but it is only a matter of time. (Materialism +3, Social Darwinism +5, Risk: 70%)

(3) The gift of the universe: Objectively speaking, this is both a threat and an opportunity. Study it and find a way to coexist. (Materialism +10, Risk: 39%)

(4) Pray for them: It may be a good choice to resign yourself to fate, in short, find a place to put them in first, maybe they will recover after a while? (+10 Idealist Consciousness, Risk: 15%)

……

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【Reward: Unknown】

Lu Zhou: ......

After seeing the task list from the beginning to the end, Lu Zhou didn't know what to do for a while. Even because there are too many slots, he doesn't know where to start complaining.

Regardless of the meaningless consciousness bonus and the risk assessment, the most speechless thing for him was the task reward column, which had nothing but a capital "unknown".

Do you think the reward is related to the choices he made in the mission? Or is there any information in the quest reward that can't be revealed to him yet?

But don't leave any information behind, at least give him a little hint!

After staring at the taskbar and pondering for a while, Lu Zhou finally made a decision in his heart.

It's certainly impossible to dispose of the three colonists in the first place, and a little mental thought can rule out this option. This will not only lose the international image that China has built up with great difficulty, but will also bring about a serious diplomatic crisis.

If anyone is happy about this, it's probably NASA.

This not only means that they will have reason to refuse to pay the remaining final payment, but also strongly condemn the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee with a handful of snot and tears. No one will go back and care about the failure of Project Ares, only the deaths of the three colonists and the efforts of NASA to save them......

"The time limit for completing the task is only ninety days, but there is no criterion for the completion of the task, which means that the criterion is based on the choice I made?"

"Option 2 should theoretically be the most risky, and it can be eliminated as directly as option 1."

"In this way...... Lu Zhou stopped his gaze on option 3, "the most suitable option is only this." ”

Whether it is to completely eliminate the parasitic bacteria on the three colonists, to prove that it is harmless, or to find a system that can make it exist in a harmless form within the earth's biosphere, it is necessary to understand what it is through research.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou didn't dare to hesitate and immediately left the system space.

The time left for him is only ninety days, which can be said to be quite tight in terms of research in the field of biology, and the most important thing is that it is difficult for him to directly help anything, and can only indirectly support the research of other scholars, which undoubtedly adds a lot of difficulty to his task.

Opening his eyes, Lu Zhou sat up from the bed, took out his mobile phone without hesitation, and called Shangjing, reporting the situation to the elders who were the chairmen of the lunar orbit committee.

After listening to the report, the elder immediately asked solemnly.

"Is the problem serious?"

"It's serious," Lu Zhou said in a serious tone, "At present, we know very little about this bacterium, and there is not enough clinical evidence to prove that it is harmless, only that it has tenacious vitality and is difficult to remove by normal means." And even if it is harmless to the human body, it is difficult to ensure that it will gently integrate into the earth's ecosystem. ”

Although I don't know what the concept of danger level 3 is, I think it's a bit of a serious problem to think that the system can issue a mission to him overnight, and even temporarily lock his task chain.

Without any superfluous words, the elder said immediately.

"I understand the situation, what support do you need?"

Lu Zhou: "The return of the three Ares colonists to the United States may have to be delayed, and at present, we cannot believe that NASA and the White House can handle this matter perfectly under the pressure of public opinion. ”

"But in order to better solve this incident, we need the help of professionals from the international community."

"I propose to cooperate with other countries on this issue, preferably by setting up a special scientific research organization to involve the R&D forces of other countries. This is a global crisis, but it is also an opportunity for us if it can be handled well. ”

After listening to Lu Zhou's request, the elder on the other end of the phone nodded, and said in a serious tone.

"Okay, I'll meet your request as soon as possible. In addition, before the central government's decision-making comes out, you have the highest decision-making power on this issue, I believe in your professionalism, this matter is entrusted to you! ”

Lu Zhou nodded and said.

"Well, I'll do my best."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Zhou then called the Science and Industry Bureau again, briefly informed Director Li of the situation, and then he immediately changed his clothes, and then called Wang Peng.

"Come to Zhongshan International to pick me up."

"Go to the Jinling Space Launch Center."

"The sooner the better!"