Chapter 4 The Fractured and Healing Femur
It was a sunny morning, and many people had gathered in front of the headquarters of the coalition government, all waiting for the unveiling of the Lunar Voyage Monument – that is, what was under the black cloth in front of them.
Wow
The staff dragged a corner of the black cloth, and the black cloth slowly slid down, revealing a gray-black cube with a granite texture.
This is the Lunar Sailing Monument.
The carvings on the monument are simple, with only a symbol of a month-by-month plan and a few lines of philosophical letters.
"Today is June 22, 2058, and the Lunar Voyage Monument has just been unveiled behind me......"
The reporter introduces the monument to the audience behind the screen.
In the Coalition Government Headquarters building behind the monument, an elderly man is looking through a tall floor-to-ceiling window at what is happening below.
There were more wrinkles on his face than he had been fourteen years ago, and his waist was more rickety.
But his eyes were brighter.
"Xiaoxi ......"
He called softly.
Hao Xiaoxi heard the call, glanced at the photo of his son on the screen saver on his mobile phone, and then got up and came to Zhou Zhezhi's side.
"Sit."
Hao Xiaoxi sat down without thinking.
"Alternate scheme for the moon." Zhou Zhe asked with concern, "Did you receive a reply?" ”
Hao Xiaoxi replied: "Some countries raised objections and did not sign the plan, and the main differences were ...... Focus on the donation of strategic nuclear weapons. ”
Zhou Zhe shook his head and sighed.
Although Hao Xiaoxi didn't say it, he didn't need to think about it to know which countries raised objections, after all, there are only a few countries with strategic nuclear weapons.
But why are they reluctant to donate nuclear weapons?
Do they still intend to use nuclear weapons against their compatriots on the long interstellar wandering journey ahead?
"Ugh."
Even in the most difficult time in human history, humanity is still unable to unite within itself.
Zhou Zhe sighed and said, "I'm afraid it will be the same as fourteen years ago." ”
Hao Xiaoxi's eyes changed slightly.
Fourteen years ago......
She knew that Zhou Zhe was talking about the attack on the Gabon base, and the Ark space station fell at that time.
"Be on guard."
"Make a plan."
Zhou Zhezhi emphasized.
Hao Xiaoxi nodded seriously, she knew why Zhou Zhezhi suddenly mentioned fourteen years ago, because all countries had recently received a strange message.
205807
July 2058, which is the next month, is exactly the month when the month-by-month program officially launches.
There is nothing surprising about the information itself.
What is surprising is the way in which information is obtained, and how history repeats itself.
This set of numbers comes from the laboratory.
It is the arrangement of microscopic particles observed by experimental instruments when scientists are conducting optical experiments, and it has occurred in almost thousands of laboratories around the world.
Not only that, as early as 1987, Huaxia received similar news.
At that time, it was a technical research institute of the aviation industry, and the number received was 2044, and 2044 was the year of the attack on the Gabonese base.
The combination of the incomprehensible way the information was delivered and what happened after the last time a similar message was received made everyone uneasy.
What will happen in July 2058?
......
"Our country is opening all dungeons." Hao Xiaoxi said solemnly, "Maximize the safety of the lives of people in the territory." ”
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's July.
People are finally understanding what 205807 numbers mean......
Demise of humanity!
Three planetary engines on the moon exploded at the same time, and man's plan to exile the moon not only failed, but also pushed the moon into the arms of the earth.
The earth and the moon collide, and the consequences are self-evident.
Humanity must take immediate action, and the Coalition Government is discussing countermeasures in the conference room at this moment.
Hearing Hao Xiaoxi's words, the representative of the Stars and Stripes strongly protested: "Young man, if you let them in now, they will never come out again!" ”
"Do you know what's going to happen after that?"
"Wait until the food is finished!"
"Everyone will starve to death inside!"
Hao Xiaoxi replied politely but forcefully: "We opened the dungeon to inform, not to solicit your country's opinion. ”
Zhou Zhezhi laughed a few times with satisfaction.
Xiaoxi can now be on her own, and if this crisis can be resolved, it is time for me to step back and give up the stage to young people.
The Stars and Stripes delegates stood up.
He was so scared by Hao Xiaoxi that he couldn't breathe, and he couldn't breathe if he didn't stand up.
Hao Xiaoxi ignored him.
"Everyone, please look at ......"
She pointed to the screen and said to the representatives of other countries.
Pressed for time.
After a small meeting in the morning, the coalition government convened a congress in the evening, which was attended by representatives of various countries and journalists.
Everybody cares about the same thing.
What now? Is humanity going to perish?
"Mr. President."
"Delegates."
"Friends of the whole world."
Zhou Zhe walked up to the podium on crutches, and he spoke slowly, with a faint soothing power in his voice.
"It's a 15,000-year-old fossil."
A photograph of a fossilized bone appeared on the big screen.
The delegates were confused.
They don't understand what Zhou Zhe wants to say, why should he take out a fossil photo at the critical moment that determines the life and death of mankind?
"A human femur that has broken and then healed."
"It is a sign of the birth of human civilization."
Zhou Zhe said bluntly: "Fifteen thousand years ago, a broken thigh was fatal, because you couldn't avoid danger and forage for food, so you could only wait to be eaten by wild beasts in the same place. ”
He changed his words: "But! ”
"This femur ...... Healed! ”
"This means that after he is wounded, someone treats his wounds, someone provides him with water and food, and someone protects him from wild beasts." ”
In the old man's hoarse voice, the people gradually fell silent.
"It's this kind of mutual aid."
"Solidarity."
"We have survived and continued, the flame of civilization."
People quietly looked at Zhou Zhezhi's face.
In a trance, they felt a tenacious strength from the old man's voice.
"In 44 years, after the successful test of the month-by-month plan, we once proposed a backup plan to detonate global nuclear weapons in a phased array on the lunar surface, triggering lunar nuclear fusion and self-detonation and disintegration."
"There are representatives of the 33 countries here, and they have received the same message as me."
Zhou Zhe raised his phone.
The screen of the mobile phone is densely packed with bright red numbers.
"This is the exact number of deployable nuclear weapons in the world, and the total amount of nuclear weapons needed to trigger nuclear fusion on a monthly basis."
"The numbers used to be top secret."
"But it doesn't make sense anymore."
"I don't know where this message came from and what the intent is, but it seems to remind us that today, fifteen thousand years later, another broken femur is in front of us."
"Are we still making the same choices as we did fifteen thousand years ago?"