novel-bin Chapter 161 Who Will Sacrifice and Refuse to Retreat
Chapter 161 Who Will Sacrifice and Refuse to Retreat
"Quick! Fix the power system for me immediately!"
"We have to arrive at the designated location within an hour!"
In outer space, near the orbit of Venus, hundreds of crew members are busy carrying out emergency repairs on a stranded space transport spacecraft.
Try to repair the spacecraft as soon as possible and get to the designated location.
A similar situation occurs in the vast space between the solar fusion controller and the Earth's orbit.
Of the 30 million transport ships, half were stranded in this open area due to various malfunctions and failed to reach the fusion node on time.
United Earth Government Headquarters.
After intensive calculations, the scientific advisory team came up with the minimum number of people needed to replace AI with manpower to ensure the spacecraft can complete the acceleration and rush into the corona.
——3.26 million people.
26 Galactus spacecraft require 2600 million crew members to operate them, and not one can be left behind.
If a transport spacecraft only needs to maintain basic navigation capabilities, it only needs a team of 10 people. 3000 million ships means 3 million people.
"More than 3 million people... this number is still too high."
Some representatives asked with heavy hearts.
Although it accounts for less than 1% of the current earth's total population, sacrificing so many people at one time is unprecedented in human history.
There are more than 120 billion volunteers who have signed up for the suicide squad around the world. The difficulty is not finding people, but choosing who to die.
No one present dared to make this decision.
"Can we cancel those 3000 million transport ships? I think 26 Galactus are enough."
"No. Galactus is too massive. We must first have the transport ship explore the way and calculate the real-time model of solar fusion before we can mark a safe route for Galactus."
"If Galactus crashes into a solar flare, the massive chain reaction it triggers will be as destructive as a helium flash!"
If an object as massive as Galactus enters the solar corona, it will inevitably lead to an increase in solar activity. By then, the entire solar system will probably be bombarded by super-strong solar winds. Spacecraft in space and their crews will not be spared.
Therefore, it must be "small first, then big", and this order cannot be changed.
Zhou Zhezhi said with a heavy expression: "Let's carry out the plan voted on by the general meeting."
"agree."
"agree."
Representatives from all over the world ended their dispute and pressed the voting button with heavy hearts.
The final list of victims was 2600 million clones cultivated by the Avatar Project to pilot the Galactus spacecraft, and 3 million pilots of other transport spacecraft were selected from a list of volunteers in order of age and contribution.
To ensure fairness, the list of candidates was selected by AI.
Three hundred and twenty-six million volunteers will shoulder the mission of saving the solar system and sacrifice their lives heroically.
Earth civilization will remember them forever.
[The solar helium flash is expected to occur in 25 days and 18 hours. ]
【All Galactus spacecraft have arrived at their designated orbits.】
[A transport ship has arrived at the designated coordinates and is on standby. ]
[The global planetary engine is operating normally and is accelerating away from the sun. It is currently 2.2 astronomical units away from the sun...]
The Moth Project has entered the countdown. The 25,000 planetary engines on Earth were turned on three days ago and are accelerating to escape from the solar system.
The Earth will move away from its original orbit and enter the orbit of Jupiter to avoid the impact of the super-strong solar storm that may occur after "flying into the flame".
The Earth will hide behind Jupiter, using Jupiter's physical barrier to mitigate the impact.
At this time, after the joint mining of more than one hundred Galactus, Jupiter's atmosphere has been almost completely mined, leaving only a solid core debris of about 15 Earth masses.
Only one tenth of its total mass remains, but it is still a giant compared to the Earth and can provide protection for the Earth.
The Earth will temporarily stay at Jupiter to avoid solar storms and wait for the Moth Project to be completed.
If the Moth Project fails, the Earth will set sail after the solar helium flash occurs, restart the Wandering Earth Project, sail to the Proxima Centauri galaxy two thousand years away, and land on a new home.
But until the last moment, the people on Earth will never give up their home in the solar system!
The Moth Project will be an all-out effort by Earth civilization!
At the same time, the 30 million spacecraft parked in the orbit of the solar fusion controller are also busy carrying out their final maintenance and retreat missions.
Except for the suicide squad members who stay behind to die, the others will escape on a small passenger spacecraft after completing the task of repairing the spacecraft, and will eventually reunite with Jupiter and the Earth.
"Captain, leaving only ten people behind is not very reliable, right? Leave a few more people behind!"
"Yes, if the spacecraft breaks down again, ten people won't have enough time to repair it!"
Faced with the orders conveyed from above, the crew of the transport spacecraft raised objections one after another.
Many people believe that it is too risky to have a team of ten people responsible for driving the spacecraft to carry out the "fire fighting" operation, and there is not enough redundancy.
If there is even the slightest deviation in the process, the operation may fail!
This is a joke on the fate of all mankind.
It would also make the sacrifices of more than 3 million people worthless.
Most people refused to retreat, vowing to live and die together with their comrades.
The captains were overwhelmed, unable to persuade or give orders. The public's voices and related situations were fed back to the headquarters of the United Government, causing headaches for the decision makers.
"What should we do? According to a rough estimate, at least a billion people refused to evacuate."
There are 3000 million transport spacecraft, with an average crew of 30 people, and a total of more than billion people still on combat duty in space outside the earth.
"What the people say makes sense. Are you considering increasing the number of redundant personnel? To appease the people?"
Decision makers can understand the mentality of the people who "don't want to escape, but instead want to die."
The details of the Moth Project have long been announced to the public, and with the current level of knowledge of the public, they can deeply understand the key points of each link of the plan.
Those who have concerns are worried that due to insufficient backup personnel, the execution of the final step of the plan will not be adequately guaranteed. If one link goes wrong, all the links will go wrong, causing the entire plan to fail.
The desire to reduce the number of casualties will only lead to greater casualties.
The safety of relatives and friends on Earth is not guaranteed.
The sacrifice of more than 3 million people will become meaningless!
It would be better to sacrifice the car to save the driver, and cut off the arm to survive from the beginning!
"… Let's vote."
The coalition government had no choice but to convene another global conference for a collective vote.
Before representatives from all over the world could complete the vote, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded in the lobby of the United Government headquarters.
[Warning! G10 solar storm attack detected! ]
[Warning! G10 solar storm attack detected! ]
The sudden high-intensity solar storm immediately triggered the safety mechanism of the Earth's master control AI. The global planetary engines were immediately shut down and the protection modules of the core components were activated.
On the one hand, it prevents planetary engines from being severely damaged by solar storms, and on the other hand, it prevents planetary engine failures from causing crustal tearing.
As the earth shook all over the world, everyone in the United Government Headquarters was staggering and in chaos due to the violent shaking.
"Teacher Zhou, be careful!"
A piece of debris fell from the top of the hall and went straight to where Zhou Zhe was standing. Hao Xiaoxi, who was standing next to him, saw it first and immediately shouted in alarm to warn him.