This is an informal meeting, and the participants do not have formal government positions, although most of them have titles such as economic advisers, scientific advisers, confidential secretarys, etc. Some even have positions in institutions outside of certain governments, such as certain research institutes or universities.

These people form Shen Qingyuan's think tank team. Whenever a major policy needs to be implemented, or some important decisions or changes are made, Shen Qingyuan will convene these people to discuss together, measure gains and losses, decide on the implementation steps and order of the policy or plan.

This time is still no exception. Even the specifications of this meeting are higher than ever. At least, consultants have not seen so many people with such a wide range of professionalism gather together in a long time.

"Dr. Huang Yuan, Vice President of the Central Academy of Sciences and Chief Scientist of the Institute of High Energy Physics and Institute of Theoretical Physics, told me that their latest research and calculation results show that before a major breakthrough in basic physics is made, we cannot find materials to resist the invasion of dark matter particles. If we want to achieve a major breakthrough in basic physics within a limited time, we must invest at least 40% of the economic output value in that year into scientific research every year."

Shen Qingyuan finished this passage with a calm expression. He just stated such a thing, and did not add any emotions or tendencies to the narrative.

But these words had the power that was completely inconsistent with Shen Qingyuan's tone. The conference room was silent for a moment, and then it sounded like a bomb exploded, and the discussion sounded loudly.

An economic adviser roared excitedly: "This is simply absurd! Absurd! Forty percent of the economic output value back then? Does he know what this means? This is a completely disaster that will completely destroy the economy of our civilization, cause countless turmoil, and even threaten the foundation of the entire civilization!"

The industrial consultant sneered: "Forty percent? Doesn't this mean completely stopping the existing industrial construction? Does Dr. Huang Yuan know how many projects our civilization is currently promoting? How important are these construction projects to civilization?"

The political adviser said coldly: "First of the People's Republic of China, you should be clear that this proposal cannot be supported. Your enemies will be united as never before because of this proposal, and your allies will abandon you and join your enemies."

A social psychologist said: "I do not rule out the possibility of riots and forceful resistance, rebellion, and separatism within civilization after the implementation of this policy. You must understand that this policy will reduce the living standards of everyone by more than half, and when you are used to heaven, no one wants to fall into hell."

All consultants opposed this policy almost universally. This situation has hardly ever happened in the past. There are always many voices in the think tank team whether a policy is implemented. Some people oppose, some support, some people think it should be slowed down, and some people think it should be accelerated. The final result always occurs after people repeatedly discuss and compromise, and find the best solution that can be accepted by all parties. Now, these consultants with different backgrounds and different professions have all united.

There was only one exception. Shen Qingyuan's eyes passed over the many excited consultants and finally fell on an old man located behind the conference room.

"Scientific Consultant, tell me what you think."

The old man coughed slightly and said, "I agree with everyone's opinions. Implementing this policy will drag our civilization into the abyss and even cause the destruction of civilization. Not only that, this policy is also extremely unfavorable to the Head of State, because this policy has touched the interests of too many people and too many forces. It is very likely that before this policy is implemented, you will be driven off the head of state by opponents, and then sentenced for anti-civilization crimes, and eventually spend the rest of your life in prison."

Shen Qingyuan lowered his eyes slightly, and his expression could not show his joy and anger.

But the old man hasn't finished speaking yet.

"But... if this policy is not implemented, our human civilization will be doomed to perish."

This sentence seemed to have some magical magic, which made the originally talked about the conference room instantly quiet.

The old man slowly stood up. Although his body was trembling slightly, it seemed to contain infinite power.

"Don't you understand? Now, it's different from before. Fate has revealed its fangs to us, and there is a deep abyss ahead, and we have lost any way out. If we implement this policy, we may push civilization into the abyss. If we do not implement this policy, our civilization will inevitably be destroyed here. Now it is time to fight hard, and it is a critical moment for civilization to survive and die!"

In the face of the old man's deafening voice, the conference room maintained a long quietness. After a long time, a consultant forced himself to laugh and said, "I don't think the situation is that serious."

"Isn't that serious? Do you think we can withstand the explosion of Phoenix Star, or will the bread nebula leave on its own in a few years? Don't be blinded by the past, you must understand that it is normal to try your best in this universe but only earn a barely life. It is abnormal to waste resources and use precious time and energy to pursue a more comfortable living conditions and a more fulfilling spiritual world! The universe in the past was too generous to us, so we would think that all this was just like a spoiled child. Now, this universe is just showing us a little bit of true face!"

An economic adviser said: "I agree to increase investment in scientific research, but there is no need to be so much. Perhaps scientists can find alternatives to solve problems, such as developing a technology that can disperse bread nebula? As long as the stardust is kept away from our fleet, there will naturally be no way to affect us."

The scientific consultant sneered: "If you have the minimum scientific knowledge, you wouldn't make such naive suggestions. The dark matter particle is a high-speed particle with a half-life of twenty hours. Before half of the particle decays, it can advance more than 20 billion kilometers. In order to ensure safety, the distance must be doubled, that is, more than 40 billion kilometers. This means that we must disperse all stardust to 40 billion kilometers away - that is, create a vacuum sphere with a radius of 40 billion kilometers and a diameter of 80 billion kilometers in the bread nebula to ensure the safety of the fleet. Do you think that completing this project is a simpler task than achieving a breakthrough in basic physics?"

Not to mention that humans do not have the technology to disperse stardust on a large scale, even if it is developed one day, it is extremely efficient - an instrument can disperse stardust in a square kilometer of area, but the surface area of ​​this sphere is as high as 50 trillion square kilometers, that is, 50 trillion such instruments are needed to achieve it. How much manufacturing capacity does this require, and how large and complex calculation, coordination, and maintenance force is required? This has not yet considered that the fleet is advancing at high speed, and the instrument must also advance at high speed. At high speed, especially in super-light speed, the interaction between interstellar particles and fleet will be countless times more complicated.

"Only a star like a majestic star can provide us with shelter. We cannot use our own strength to open up a channel in the bread nebula. Concentrating our strength to seek technological breakthroughs and finding ways to resist the influence of stardust is the only hope for our civilization to survive. Our civilization has come to the brink of destruction, but you are still considering such trivial issues as quality of life or economic growth?"

Under the questioning of the old man, the economic consultant closed his mouth awkwardly. But the old man's tone changed again and calmed down again.

"Of course, if everyone accepts the end of destruction - even if civilization perishes, it will always be possible for our generation, and even the next generation to be born normally and die normally after hundreds or even thousands of years. In this way, we don't have to consider increasing investment in science. Let's just treat it as if there is no such thing, continue to eat, drink, play, and continue to enjoy life. I am already over 350 years old this year, and I don't have many years to live. For the future, let's leave it to future generations to have a headache."

Shen Qingyuan still lowered his eyes and looked calm, but a voice in his heart sighed: "You can live at least fifty years. I am more than a hundred years younger than you, but I can live at most for more than ten years."

The treatment that was performed for longer hibernation had seriously damaged Shen Qingyuan's physical foundation. Even after he made efforts to remedy it after he was sure that he could not set sail for a short period of time, he still could not return to his original state.

The problem is clearly placed before people. Whether it is life or death in the future, it has nothing to do with people at this moment, because by the time of the final verdict, people now must have died of old age. But people know that their choices at this moment are related to the fate of their future descendants.

If you choose to sacrifice this generation, future civilization will still be possible. Future generations will have the hope to continue to reproduce in this universe.

If you choose to fulfill this generation, your life will be almost unaffected now. It’s just that civilization will perish in the universe, and the name of human civilization will become a past tense.

The consequences of both positive and negative sides have been fully presented. People are feeling a little complicated and at the same time they are a little nervous.

How to choose and control is in the hands of Shen Qingyuan. Because Shen Qingyuan is the head of human civilization and the leader of the entire civilization.
Chapter completed!