"Click..."

The door to the laboratory slowly closed.

Lu Yongchang leaned against the wall outside the laboratory door and sighed deeply.

The smile on his face disappeared instantly, and there was a deep look of confusion in his eyes.

The difficulty of driving a starship into the atmosphere of Jupiter to collect helium-3 obviously exceeds the limit of a first-level civilization.

But if the helium-3 problem is not solved, mankind will be doomed!

Forget about the solar system, you probably won’t be able to spend much time on Mars!

How does he know how to solve this problem?!

At least in front of other people, as the chief scientist, he must not show confusion and helplessness.

"Ling, inform Fang Xu and ask him to call everyone over." Lu Yongchang reached out and rubbed his cheek vigorously, soothing his mood before saying in a deep voice.

"And Cao Liangcai and the others, ask them to stop the starship research and development project."

"If the energy problem is not solved, no matter how many starships we build, they will be scrap metal!"

As he spoke, he walked towards Mars City Port No. 1: "If they arrive, you can explain the situation roughly, and I'll go out and relax."

"Okay, Professor." Zero's simulated image disappeared instantly, leaving only a faint response.

…

Outside Port 1.

Lu Yongchang was wearing a spacesuit, sitting on the gravel-covered ground of Mars, staring blankly at the increasingly wider "lake".

Perhaps due to changes in the sun, the temperature on the surface of Mars has increased again.

The melting of a large amount of underground ice has brought a lot of life to this desolate planet.

At least, the so-called "Mars fungus" has covered this area.

Lu Yongchang boredly reached out and patted the plump purple cap of a "Mars fungus" in front of him, constantly thinking about countermeasures in his mind.

His brain seemed to be rusty, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't squeeze out any light.

"Professor, Assistant Su is here."

A slight reminder sounded inside the helmet.

Lu Yongchang was slightly startled, and when he was about to turn around, he found a figure wrapped in a spacesuit sitting on his right.

Through the mask, he clearly saw that familiar face.

"Yutong? Why are you here?" he asked.

Su Yutong pursed his lips, with a bit of worry in his eyes: "Ling told me that your condition is very dangerous."

Hearing this, Lu Yongchang was stunned again.

"zero?"

He asked subconsciously.

"Professor." Zero's plain voice sounded in the helmets of the two men, "According to the assessment, your current mental condition is extremely poor, which will have a greater impact on your scientific research work."

Lu Yongchang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Don't be ridiculous, my mental condition is absolutely fine. Zero, you should change your database."

"Professor, from the time you arrived at Mars City to now, your average daily sleep time is less than 4 hours, and your daily food intake is constantly decreasing. This situation became particularly serious after you started developing weapons. In addition,

,you……"

"Zero, shut up." Lu Yongchang said gloomily.

There was silence in the helmet.

He stared blankly at the sparkling lake in front of him and sighed deeply.

Okay, he admitted, Zero was right.

Since leaving the earth, the pressure in his heart has been increasing.

The reason is also very simple.

After leaving the earth, human beings became a wandering civilization.

Under the premise of being homeless, he also needs to face the Proxima Centauri civilization, which has a technological level slightly beyond his own, as well as an advanced civilization that he still doesn't know exists!

This is also the reason why he crazily pursues the power of weapons.

He needs more powerful weapons and more advanced technology to ensure the continuation of human civilization!

"Professor Lu, you..." Su Yutong's voice came from the team's radio, "Have you encountered any problems?"

"I'm fine." Lu Yongchang turned to look at his assistant and said with an uncomfortable look, "Zero is making too much fuss. Its database definitely needs to be updated..."

Su Yutong didn't speak, just looked at him quietly.

After looking at Su Yutong for a few seconds, Lu Yongchang was defeated.

He silently looked away.

"Okay, I admit, there is indeed a problem."

"..."

More than ten minutes later.

Su Yutong frowned slightly, thinking seriously.

Lu Yongchang didn't say anything, but silently turned his head again to look at the purple-red cap in front of him.

"Professor, I have a suggestion."

Su Yutong's serious voice sounded on the radio.

"Suggestion?" Lu Yongchang looked at Su Yutong next to him in surprise, and chuckled, "Tell me about it, just in time to let me see your recent learning results with Lao Cao."

"Professor, I think that since starships cannot directly enter the atmosphere to collect helium-3, we can completely change our thinking."

"We can choose to 'pump'!"

"Exhale?" Lu Yongchang's stiff brain slowly started to rotate, the smile on his face gradually dissipated, and his expression became serious.

He turned around, faced Su Yutong, and said in a deep voice: "Keep talking!"

"The so-called air extraction actually means to keep the starship in Jupiter's synchronous orbit, use a long enough 'straw' to directly extract Jupiter's atmosphere, and then separate and purify the extracted gas." Su Yutong's voice paused slightly.

"In this way, we can completely avoid contact between the starship and Jupiter's atmosphere, greatly reducing the risk and difficulty of the project."

Lu Yongchang was silent for a moment, going through the plan proposed by Su Yutong in his mind.

He was moved.

This is indeed a good trick.

Although the collection efficiency will be reduced a lot, for current humans, this may be the most appropriate way!

"It seems that you learned a lot from Lao Cao."

Lu Yongchang sighed as he stood up from the ground.

Su Yutong had a faint smile on his face: "Professor, it's not just you, each of us is striving for the future of mankind."

Lu Yongchang nodded silently, turned around and walked towards Mars City: "Let's go, Brother Xu and Lao Cao are probably impatient."

…

In the conference room.

A holographic image quietly unfolded.

There are several large characters written on it.

"Jupiter Helium III Collection Plan"

Lu Yongchang stood in front of everyone and exhaled hard, as if he wanted to exhale all the anxiety in his heart. www.bǐqυgetν.℃ǒm

"Everyone, you should all know the situation of the moon."

"In order to ensure our energy reserves, I announce that starting today, all departments will unconditionally cooperate with this plan."

Fang Xu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, nodded solemnly.

"Yongchang, do you have a plan?"

"Jupiter is not as docile as the moon. If something goes wrong..."

Lu Yongchang stretched his hand across the air and opened another holographic image with gestures.

In the picture, a starship is hovering quietly in the synchronous orbit of Jupiter.

From its abdomen, a long tube extending for more than 100,000 kilometers protruded and penetrated into the atmosphere of Jupiter.

"The collection ship itself is not difficult to solve. Our current technology is sufficient to manufacture a starship of this level."

"The focus is on the helium-3 collection tube."
Chapter completed!