solar system, earth.

"Professor, the time has come." A soft light lit up in the slightly dim office.

Zero's avatar gradually appeared next to the desk: "Most of the scientific researchers have evacuated. It's your turn and the congressman's turn to grow them."

Lu Yongchang nodded silently, picked up the white coat hanging beside him, and put it on himself.

Then, he walked toward the office door.

The moment he put his hand on the doorknob, Lu Yongchang turned his head again and looked at the dim room.

He looked straight toward the window.

Outside the thick tempered glass, there is a hell-like scene.

Clouds stretching for countless kilometers, countless golden thunders dancing wildly, and unprecedented storms filled the entire world.

"Why……"

Lu Yongchang turned the door handle, turned around and walked out of the room.

With the click of the door closing, the holographic image turned into light flakes and dissipated in the air, making the originally dark room look even dimmer.

…

【Jianmu】Underground base.

Because of the extremely harsh weather conditions outside, for the sake of safety, they chose to take the space elevator to the space port.

"Chairman." Lu Yongchang, who came to the underground base, saw Congressman Li standing in front of a screen from a distance.

"Yongchang." Councilor Li turned his head and looked at Lu Yongchang, "You're here."

"Look at this earth."

As Congressman Li spoke, he turned his attention to the screen on the side again: "It is unimaginable that our earth has become like this in just a few years!"

Seeing the pain in Congressman Li's eyes, Lu Yongchang fell into silence.

After a long time, he sighed softly: "Senior Councilor, there will be a chance to come back."

"The solar system will always be the home of human civilization."

Councilor Li nodded lightly, walked directly into the space elevator without saying anything.

Lu Yongchang looked back at the underground base again.

The huge underground base was empty.

"Zero, start transmitting data." Lu Yongchang said solemnly.

This is the penultimate step for human civilization to evacuate the earth.

Zero needs to package and transfer his main program to the Earth starship host located in the [Jianmu] spaceport.

The transmission method is naturally quantum long-distance communication.

"Yes, Professor." Zero's voice sounded, "Connecting to the Earth Starship."

"Connection successful, data is being transferred..."

The next moment, the holographic image in the underground base quietly dispersed.

Various facilities only have the most basic functions to maintain operation.

The waiting time was not long, it only took more than ten minutes.

"Professor, the transmission is completed." Zero's voice sounded again, and the holographic image unfolded again, "Everything went well."

Different from more than ten minutes ago, Zero at this time was located inside the Earth starship at an altitude of 91,000 kilometers above the surface, communicating with Lu Yongchang through quantum ultra-distance communication technology.

Lu Yongchang nodded slightly, and his originally solemn expression suddenly relaxed a lot.

This was the step he was most worried about and the step most prone to accidents.

Once something unexpected happens to Zero's main program during transmission, human civilization is basically doomed.

He breathed a sigh of relief and stepped into the space elevator.

The elevator was full of people, but it seemed unusually quiet.

Scientific researchers, starship pilots, and members of the People's Federation.

The last group of evacuees sat quietly in their seats, silent and looking ahead distractedly.

When they saw Lu Yongchang walking into the space elevator, at that moment, everyone looked at him.

Familiar faces came into view.

Fang Xu, Tang Wenshan, Mao Zhengzhi, Mo Zeyang, Kong Xingbang, Hong Qiming...

Facing everyone's expectant and somewhat confused eyes, Lu Yongchang couldn't help but feel his heart sinking.

It was as if a huge boulder was pressing on his heart, making him unable to breathe!

"Everyone."

Lu Yongchang opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

He silently looked at the eyes of all the scientific researchers. For a long time, he exhaled a deep breath: "May the glory of mankind last forever."

A slight clap sounded from the corner.

Lu Yongchang turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound.

Councilor Li sat quietly on a chair by the window of the space elevator, looking at him from a distance with a smile on his face.

The light reflected the wrinkles on the old man's face.

It was at this moment that he suddenly discovered that the old man had aged a lot in just a few years.

As Congressman Li applauded, applause rang out one after another inland from the space elevator.

"Professor Lu! We are waiting for you to take us out of the solar system!"

"Yes! Break out of the solar system and colonize the galaxy!"

"Professor! We agreed to take us back to the solar system to see it when the time comes!"

Several young researchers had smiles on their faces, applauding and shouting loudly.

The originally dull atmosphere in the space elevator was swept away.

Lu Yongchang looked at the familiar faces smiling at him, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He walked towards the chairman of the parliament, sat down on the seat next to the old man, and said in a deep voice: "Zero, let's start!"

A slight vibration and buzzing sound came from the soles of my feet.

[Jianmu] started.

Considering that the physical fitness of everyone present is generally low, the space elevator adopts the gentlest operating mode.

Even so, in just a few minutes, the space elevator reached an altitude of several thousand meters!

Lu Yongchang turned his head and looked toward the porthole.

Outside the porthole window, there are layers of dense dark clouds.

It is formed by massive evaporation of sea water.

They wrap the entire earth like a sauna.

Between the sky and the earth, a large amount of rain poured out.

But most of this rainwater evaporates again due to high temperatures and returns to the air before it falls.

As the height continued to climb, Lu Yongchang's eyes turned to infinity.

That's the direction of the equator.

Heavy clouds blocked his view.

Lu Yongchang sighed slightly, with a bit of regret in his eyes.

The next moment, a holographic image appeared in front of everyone.

Astonishingly, it was a real-time video shot by a robot.

A long, thin, straight ribbon connects heaven and earth.

That is the [Tower of Babel] in Africa.

Camera switch.

There are a lot of white objects left on the beach.

That's the salt deposited after massive evaporation of sea water.

The screen jumps again and again.

Through the camera on the robot, the current appearance of the earth is clearly presented to everyone.

This is the last face of mankind and the earth.
To be continued...