Human Deep - Space Voyage Fleet Project

The four light - golden characters on the projection screen made everyone's pupils suddenly contract!

Heavenly Court!

In Chinese legends, the Heavenly Court is the highest ruling center in mythology!

In the hearts of every Chinese person, the Heavenly Court has an irreplaceable significance!

"The Heavenly Court Project, the full name is the Human Deep - Space Voyage Fleet Project.

"The project will complete its initial construction within 15 years.

"The first target planet of the Heavenly Court Project is Proxima Centauri, which is 4.22 light - years away from us!"

Lü Yongchang's calm words echoed in the Great Hall of the People in China.

At the same time, the PPT pictures on the projection screen kept changing, and the main contents of the Heavenly Court Project were continuously presented to everyone.

The academicians and professors in the audience were so shocked that they couldn't say a word!

An involuntary thought emerged in everyone's mind.

How dare this Lü Yongchang propose such a thing?!

Colonize an exoplanet within 15 years?

Even science - fiction novels wouldn't dare to write like this!

At the very back of the hall, the frequency of the flashlights was getting higher and higher, almost forming a blinding white light!

The shutter buttons of the cameras in the hands of the reporters were almost worn out!

...

More than ten minutes later.

Lü Yongchang stood on the stage and slowly let out a sigh of relief.

Finally, he had briefly introduced the three major projects.

He lowered his head and swept his eyes across the expressions of the people in the audience.

Sure enough, almost every academician and professor's face was filled with disdain and suspicion.

He twitched the corners of his mouth, showing a faint smile, and then spoke into the microphone again, "This meeting is over for now.

"Please, all the reporters, leave the venue first."

Lü Yongchang's words caused a slight commotion in the Great Hall of the People in China.

Reporters leave first?

There was no such arrangement before!

The look of doubt in everyone's eyes in the hall became even stronger.

Lü Yongchang obviously didn't plan to explain anything. He just stood quietly on the stage, looking seriously at the group of reporters in the last row of the Great Hall of the People in China.

However, in a meeting like this, no one wanted to cross Lü Yongchang.

After all, as the first director of the Space Administration, Lü Yongchang held real power in his hands!

Five minutes later.

When all the reporters had left the Great Hall of the People in China, Lü Yongchang gave a signal to the several soldiers standing at the door on guard.

"Boom!"

The four gates of the hall were closed simultaneously, making a uniform dull sound!

Seeing this scene, the pupils of all the academicians and professors contracted!

Was this... something big about to happen?!

"Everyone, what I'm going to say next is related to national security!"

Lü Yongchang said meaningfully, "Therefore, please sign the confidentiality agreement."

As he spoke, several soldiers began to distribute the confidentiality agreements to the academicians and professors one by one.

"What?!"

"We actually have to sign a confidentiality agreement!"

"Related to national security... what on earth has happened?!"

As soon as Lü Yongchang's voice fell, a group of young professors couldn't hold their tongues and started whispering to their companions around them.

Some senior academicians sitting in the front row had a flash of light in their eyes.

"Academician Yang, this should be the truth you mentioned to me just now, right?" While signing his name on the confidentiality agreement, Old Qiu looked at Yang Jianchuan beside him with a meaningful look.

Yang Jianchuan signed his name with a solemn expression and said softly, "Old Qiu, I can tell you the truth now.

"If I tell you that China... no, humanity, has less than fifteen years to survive, would you believe it?"

The pupils of Academician Qiu Tianzhong, with his white hair, suddenly contracted. Even he couldn't hold back his shock and exclaimed in a low voice, "What did you say?!"

Seeing the people around looking at him, Qiu Tianzhong quickly forced a smile on his face, waved his hand, and said, "It's okay, it's okay..."

When the people around turned their heads away, Qiu Tianzhong quickly grabbed Yang Jianchuan's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "What did you mean by that just now?!

"What do you mean humanity has only 15 years left?!"

Just as Yang Jianchuan was about to answer, Lü Yongchang on the stage interrupted his action.

"Since everyone has signed the confidentiality agreement, I'll be straightforward.

"Everyone, humanity has only 15 years left to escape!"

"To be precise, all living things on Earth have only 15 years left to escape!"

Lü Yongchang's words were like dropping an atomic bomb on the calm meeting venue!

In an instant, the originally quiet Great Hall of the People in China became as noisy as a bustling vegetable market!

Lü Yongchang stood on the stage, quietly looking at the people in the audience, without saying another word.

He knew in his heart that such shocking news really needed to give everyone some time to digest.

Gradually, the voices of discussion in the hall faded away, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Lü Yongchang on the stage.

Only then did he gently press the mouse to switch the PPT projected by the projector.

"I believe everyone here is aware of a paper published in *Nature* some time ago.

"The recent activities of the sun should have caused a lot of trouble to many people. Especially the global aurora last night, which violated all the regularities we've summarized before.

"Through rigorous calculations and deductions, we've found that the sun has entered the aging stage ahead of schedule.

"And its aging speed is far beyond our expectations.

"According to the model prediction, the sun will enter the red - giant stage within ten years. During this period, the sun will engulf Mercury and Venus one by one.

"Within fifteen years, the sun will experience a helium flash!

"By then, as the planet closest to the sun, the Earth will be completely melted by the light of the helium flash!"

"..."

The Great Hall of the People in China was deathly silent.

Qiu Tianzhong sat on the chair in a daze, his withered and thin hands tightly gripping the armrests beside the seat.

"This... this is impossible..."

"This... this doesn't make sense!"

Qiu Tianzhong roared in a low voice, almost going crazy.

As a leading figure in Chinese physics, Qiu Tianzhong couldn't accept such a fact for a while.

In just over ten years, the sun was about to consume most of its internal energy in an ordinary way!

According to common sense, this energy should be enough to support the sun's burning for billions of years!

Where did this energy go?!

"This violates the law of conservation of energy!!"

Qiu Tianzhong suddenly stood up, his withered hands trembling slightly, and roared loudly!

If such a thing really happened, it would be a disaster!

Not only a disaster for Earth's civilization but also a disaster for the human knowledge system!

Looking at the old man swaying in his seat, a trace of pity flashed in Lü Yongchang's eyes.

He had seen too many such scenes in his previous life.

The more knowledgeable a person was, the harder it was to accept such a change in the sun!

Because it went against all the laws recognized by humanity!