Chapter 4 Shelters

In the slightly cold morning breeze, Zhao Huasheng wrapped his clothes tightly and sat on the co-pilot of the car.

There was another high-profile meeting this morning, even higher than yesterday's one. Not only the top leaders of the alliance will appear, but also leaders of various departments and fields, and relevant scientists will be present. This is a meeting to discuss how human society should respond to the solar crisis. Because of his special status, Zhao Huasheng, who is an ordinary researcher, also received an invitation to attend. This is also the reason why Zhao Huasheng will get up early again today.

Monjo's driving skills are high. Under Meng Zhuo's control, Zhao Huasheng once gave birth to the illusion that the family car he was riding in had unknowingly upgraded to a luxury car. But this illusion did not last long, or rather, Zhao Huasheng's attention did not last too long. Meng Zhuo was a silent and rational man, Meng Zhuo didn't speak, and Zhao Huasheng didn't speak either. Zhao Huasheng just put his eyes outside the car.

The bustling city is as usual. The effects of the strange change in temperature have not yet spread to the world of ordinary people. Zhao Huasheng saw that people were still in a hurry as before, there were still snack trucks selling on the streets, and office workers were still huddled together waiting for buses. At the moment, the sun is dim, but no one will pay attention to the sun.

Zhao Huasheng had a strange thought in his heart.

"The whole vast human society is like a slow-moving, slow-moving beast...... It is always slow to respond to external stimuli. When it really feels the harm that this change has brought to itself, it often comes to the point where things are irreparable. ”

"But...... Fortunately, humanity has a powerful tool called science. If we are still in the age of ignorance, I am afraid that we will not know what is happening until we finally become extinct. ”

This thought was very weird, so Zhao Huasheng threw this thought out of his mind in the next moment.

Meng Zhuo sent Zhao Huasheng to the door of the conference room, and then waited outside. The meeting starts later.

"First of all, I would like to invite the Ministry of Scientific Research to speak." said the moderator of the meeting.

The representative of the scientific department is a respected stellar physicist. Originally, the representative of the scientific research department was supposed to be Li Qi, but Li Qi was no longer there.

"During this period of observation and research, we have not found any possible cause for the reduction of solar radiation levels." "It's frustrating, but we have to say it." The only thing we can tell you is that the level of the sun's radiation is still decreasing - in the last 24 hours, it has dropped again by three thousandths. We don't know how far it will go, how long it will last, or whether solar radiation levels will rise to normal levels in the future. We can only advise everyone to be mentally prepared for the worst. The scientist said.

"What is the worst mental preparation?" The old man, who was the head of the Alliance, asked.

The scientist was silent for a moment and replied: "The sun is completely extinguished." ”

"Please tell me what the consequences of this are, and the chances of that happening." FΓΌhrer said.

"Sorry, we can't estimate the chances of this happening, we don't know anything." The scientist replied, "As for the consequences...... Do you know Pluto? If the sun goes out, the Earth will become similar to Pluto. At that time, the surface temperature will drop to more than minus 200 degrees Celsius, all liquids will condense into solids, all the gases that make up the atmosphere will solidify due to extremely low temperatures, and the earth will lose all its protective layer when it falls from the sky to the surface, and quite a variety of interstellar radiation and asteroids will bombard the earth freely...... All life will be extinct. ”

There was a buzz in the room. The moderator asked, "So, what is your proposal for action from your research department?" ”

"If you can......" the scientist hesitated, then added, "to build a large number of shelters in the tropics and to bring together all the people in the high latitudes and temperate regions to the tropics." After all, the insulating effect of the ocean and atmosphere is limited, and the cold and temperate zones will soon become unsuitable for human life. If we humans are lucky enough to prevent the sun from getting worse, the tropics may still be more suitable for human life. At the same time, we will devote the greatest energy to the research and development process of new energy, and if there is a breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion, we can still retain at least a little seed of human civilization. ”

"Also, I propose to carry out the latest solar observation program, to launch the most and most advanced solar probes to the sun in the shortest possible time, and if necessary, we also have to carry out a manned observation program, after all, we can only find a way to save the sun if we first understand what happened to the sun."

The FΓΌhrer looked at the representatives of the industrial and social sectors: "What do you think?" ”

"With the industrial base of our human civilization at the moment, we have the ability to build a large number of shelters near the tropics in a short period of time and to divert all industrial resources towards scientific research, as long as you order us to stop all other non-essential constructions," said the representative of the industrial sector. As for the possible social impact of stopping all other non-essential construction projects, this should be left to the social sector to study and solve. ”

"There is no problem with this," said the representative of the social sector. It's just that we have a suggestion that we don't disclose to the public the truth of the crisis at this moment. Revealing the truth too early is likely to cause social unrest, which is not conducive to the planning and implementation of follow-up plans. ”

The representative of the agricultural department chimed in: "If rationing is introduced, we will have enough food reserves to feed all mankind for three years. But after three years, we are at risk of food starvation. Therefore, we require that a part of scientific research resources be tilted towards agriculture, and we require scientific research departments to develop highly cold-resistant food varieties as soon as possible, as well as to develop soilless cultivation and indoor cultivation technology. ”

A representative of the agricultural research department of the Central Academy of Sciences said: "This is what we should do. ”

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After the representatives of scientists told the truth about the current crisis facing human civilization and put forward their demands, the specific matter of how to deal with it was left to the relevant departments for detailed discussion. The meeting was very long, and Zhao Huasheng had no say in these matters. Even, Zhao Huasheng was able to attend this meeting because of his special status.

In the continuous speeches and discussions, Zhao Huasheng's thoughts gradually drifted into the distance. Zhao Huasheng's shadow once again appeared in Li Qi's mind, the goodbye that Li Qi said before he died, and the blank paper that he left for himself at the end.

In Zhao Huasheng's thoughts, the ordinary white paper seemed to suddenly have some kind of magical power, although it was blank, it seemed to carry a thousand words that Li Qi wanted to say.

Litchie knew everything, but Litchie didn't say anything.

Zhao Huasheng knew that his identity was very special and that he was very important, but even Zhao Huasheng himself didn't know what was special and important.

"Hello." At this time, a young woman sitting next to Zhao Huasheng said hello to Zhao Huasheng. Zhao Huasheng came back from his fugue, nodded slightly at the young woman, and said, "Hello." ”

"My name is Li Wei, and I am Li Qi's sister." The young woman said, "I am currently working in the High Energy Laser Laboratory of the Institute of Optics under the Central Academy of Sciences of the Alliance. I've heard my brother talk about you. He said you are a very hardworking, very intelligent young man. ”

Li Wei will not be more than twenty-five years old at most this year. At this moment, she was sitting in the seat, so she couldn't see her height, but Zhao Huasheng could see that her figure was very slender. A delicate face with long silky hair looks unusually moving. It's just that Li Wei's eyes are slightly red and swollen, and even if she wears makeup, she doesn't cover up the redness and swelling.

Hearing Li Wei say this, Zhao Huasheng was also gloomy, "Brother Li is a very good person, he takes good care of me." ”

"I heard that my brother used to drink with you on his last night before he died?" Li Wei asked.

"Yes." Zhao Huasheng nodded, "If you know that he will have an accident that night...... Even if I him off, I would stay with him all night. ”

Li Wei lowered her head, took out a tissue from her bag, and gently wiped her eyes.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to blame you." After a while, Li Wei calmed down, "No one wants to see such an accident happen. It's just that I have some questions that I want to get answers from you. ”

"Please." Zhao Huasheng said.

"My brother left you the only relic...... That's a blank slate? My brother also said, can you solve all doubts for us? Li Wei asked.

Zhao Huasheng was a little surprised, surprised because Li Wei also knew about these highly confidential things. But thinking of Li Wei's identity, Zhao Huasheng was relieved.

Zhao Huasheng nodded and confirmed these things.

Li Wei took her eyes off Zhao Huasheng, and her thoughts seemed to drift far away: "I understand my brother...... He is a very planned and self-disciplined person. For as long as I can remember, I don't remember him doing anything that didn't make sense. So...... I believe the last words left by my brother. He will certainly have his own reasons for choosing to do so. I have a hunch that in this solar crisis, all our human efforts will fail, and the ultimate hope, as my brother said, lies in you. ”

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