Hearing Wang Tang say those words, Zhao Huasheng didn't react at all. Wang Tang paused, observed Zhao Huasheng's reaction, and then continued: "You know, the Crimson Heart spacecraft carries the hope of our human civilization to a certain extent, and every second of its observation time is very precious, and we don't have the capital to waste it. ”

"I'm not going, and I won't say why I'm doing it." Zhao Huasheng shook his head, "But I will go to meet the Führer and tell the Führer the reason why I am doing this." After that, let the Führer decide. ”

Zhao Huasheng's inference is too astonishing to be made public until the most important evidence is obtained. This is because if you announce it in advance, it will cause many unexpected troubles and may even cause panic.

"If you insist on doing so." Wang Tang shrugged his shoulders, "But you'd better hurry." Your observation mission is seriously draining the astronauts' energy and time, and although they have no complaints, the medical department has warned and protested against it. They believe that this will have a serious impact on the health of astronauts. ”

"I know." Zhao Huasheng nodded, "I have made an appointment for tomorrow morning, and tomorrow morning, I will go to meet with the Fuhrer and tell me all my reasons and reasons, and I will not have any reservations." ”

"While I'm curious about what exactly your reasons and inferences are, I want to ...... You're probably not going to tell me about it. So be it, good luck, lad. Wang Tang patted Zhao Huasheng's shoulder and turned to leave.

Wang Tang, who pushed the door and left, while leaving Zhao Huasheng's residence, also let a cold air invade Zhao Huasheng's house. Zhao Huasheng couldn't help but shudder.

It's getting colder. Even if he stayed indoors, Zhao Huasheng had to turn on the heating and air conditioning to the maximum. The latest low temperature record has even been recorded at the equator, which is minus 57 degrees Celsius.

The scientific research robots left behind at the North and South Poles have also reported the lowest temperature records in the polar regions, and that number is ...... -203 degrees Celsius.

The ocean has been wrapped in a thick ice sheet, so sea freight has stopped completely. Obviously, no ship could break through an ice sheet of this thickness. For the current human society, sea transportation is responsible for at least 40% of the material volume.

If the supply line were to be broken, many people in Equatorial City would die due to lack of energy. Without energy, there will be no electricity, there will be no enough warmth, factories that produce the materials necessary for human survival will be shut down, and hundreds of millions of people will die of starvation.

But that didn't happen. While sea freight was forced to cease altogether, another mode of transport was quietly emerging. Because the ice sheet is so thick and so strong, it is safe for large trucks weighing more than 100 tons to move on it. And the ice surface is smooth, which is comparable to the road. As a result, many observation and supply stations were built above the sea, and countless ice road routes were determined that could be safely traveled by large trucks. Oil, coal, steel and other materials produced in various parts of the earth came to Equator City through such routes. Its transportation efficiency is even higher than that of the original sea freight. Even, if it weren't for the fact that the ice was not suitable for building a railway, the engineering department even planned to lay the railroad on top of the ice sheet.

But the ice is not a road after all. The invasion of seawater, the movement of the Earth's crust, and even the gravitational pull of the Moon can cause the ice to break. It's also too slippery, and trucks traveling at high speeds are prone to accidents. According to the Ministry of Crisis Prevention, at least 1,000 people die every day on this vital artery that feeds the entire human society. The causes of death are varied, ranging from trucks crashing out of control, ice breaking and drowning, and freezing to death due to low temperatures......

However, human society is still repeatedly increasing the volume of goods transported on ice roads. Because there is no other way for human governments than to fill it with human lives. So much so that now, truck drivers have surpassed the left-behind people in non-equatorial areas and become the highest-paid ordinary jobs in human society.

They support more than 30 percent of Equateur's energy and material consumption. Zhao Huasheng knows this very well, Zhao Huasheng knows that a large part of the clothes he wears, the food he eats, the electrical appliances he uses, and the heating are supported by these people with their lives.

So Zhao Huasheng has always had a sense of urgency in his heart. But this sense of urgency has not spread across human society. On the morning of the next day, on the road to the Führer's office, looking at the empty streets, Zhao Huasheng felt as if a dark cloud was covering Equator City. The name of that cloud is despair, and numbness.

Zhao Huasheng clearly felt this. Since the last large-scale riot, there has been no major upheaval in human society. People are just numb to live, numb to work, numb to rest.

Although the turmoil is cruel, it also means that people are desperate for a better life and for their own interests. And now, there is no more turmoil in human society.

Dead as a pool of stagnant water.

It has been more than half a year since the outbreak of the solar crisis. During this half-year, the surface temperature of the sun dropped from 6,000 degrees Kelvin to 4,500 degrees Kelvin. That's a 25 percent reduction. And no one knows if the sun's temperature will continue to drop.

"Under this cold, people are already desperate." "They don't see any hope for the future, and they don't know what they're still alive for." The reason why the order in human society has not collapsed is probably because the government and violent institutions still exist, and the minimum standard of living can still be guaranteed. I'm willing to bet that if the convoy across the Pacific and Atlantic disappears for a day, order in Equatorial City will collapse in an instant. ”

"It's already the worst-case scenario." Zhao Huasheng said softly. But Meng Zhuo obviously didn't hear Zhao Huasheng's words, he was still driving quietly, and pulled Zhao Huasheng to the location of the Führer's office.

The car drove directly into the parking lot, and then Zhao Huasheng took the elevator to an office. Meng Zhuo waited outside the door, and Zhao Huasheng pushed open the door and walked in. In the office, the old man was already waiting there.

Zhao Huasheng gently closed the door, so that no sound in the office would be transmitted outside the door.

What Zhao Huasheng said to the old man, only these two people knew. When Zhao Huasheng opened the door of the Führer's office and walked out, Meng Zhuo looked at his watch and found that only twenty minutes had passed. Through the temporarily open crack of the door, Mondra saw the old man's face.

Above the wrinkled, wizened old face was a slightly strange expression, one that seemed to be sad and angry, but not quite like it. After searching his mind for a while, Mondror found the most appropriate words to describe this expression, confused.

That's the entire human civilization, seven billion - of course, that number has now dropped to six or two billion, and it's still declining rapidly - the leaders of the human race. Meng Zhuo could not deny the ability of this old man, and it was under his strong leadership that even if human civilization fell into such a crisis, he was still able to maintain basic living security without collapsing. Without him, the number of deaths in human society would not have been as small as 800 million.

Meng Zhuo and the old man stayed together for a long time, in fact, before coming to Zhao Huasheng's side, Meng Zhuo had served as the old man's personal guard for four consecutive years, Meng Zhuo thought that he knew the old man very well, Meng Zhuo had seen the old man make many decisions, and every word of those decisions could affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people, but the old man had always been calm and confident. It seems that no danger, no suffering, will affect him. He can always find the best solution to any problem in the shortest possible time, and the expression of confusion should not appear on his face.

But now, the old man is confused, and he is the deepest confusion. That kind of confusion is even worse than the most numb, stupid, and hopeless people at the bottom of society that Meng Zhuo has ever seen.

Zhao Huasheng's expression has always been very calm. After walking out of the old man's office and closing the door, Zhao Huasheng whispered to Meng Zhuo, "Let's go, let's go back." ”

Even with Meng Zhuo's professionalism, he couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart. Unprecedentedly, Monjo asked, "What did you say to the Führer?" What was the Führer's answer? ”

"The Führer agreed, and the observation operation aboard the Crimson Heart spacecraft continued." Zhao Huasheng said softly, "As for what happened...... If I'm not wrong, you'll find out soon. Not only you, but the entire human civilization will know. ”

As soon as that question was asked, Monjo realized his gaffe. But at this moment, Zhao Huasheng's answer made Meng Zhuo couldn't help but ask the second question: "The Führer decided to publish the truth of the solar crisis to the whole society?" ”

Zhao Huasheng replied lightly: "Yes." If my speculation is confirmed, the Führer will decide to publish the results of my speculation. ”

"Why? Isn't the Führer worried about causing chaos? Monjo asked again.

Although he didn't know what the result of Zhao Huasheng's speculation was, Meng Zhuo could still know that it must be an extremely shocking and shocking answer. And to publish such an answer to society...... Is it really appropriate?