In the first conference room of the base, the general manager Yang Guoding was sitting in the same office with dozens of ministers and team leaders.
This is a meeting.
The value of the meeting goes without saying, but it has been nearly three years since the trip, and this is the first time that all senior managers have gathered together instead of holding an offline meeting in a quantum network.
Ordinary meetings can be resolved online with the support of the delay-free internal quantum network.
Everyone will not leave their workstation, which can not only achieve the purpose of the meeting, but also save time.
This meeting is of great importance and involves the most important goal of the mission. At the same time, there is another reason. The biological activities of the embryo have completely stopped.
Simply put, the embryo has died.
The mission has failed, everyone is idle, and there is nothing to do in a short period of time.
At this time, the atmosphere in the conference room was extremely dull.
No one is willing to be the first to speak up.
Even if the failure has obviously occurred, people can't help but have illusions, imagining miracles, imagining that there is something wrong with the monitoring equipment, or that the data is not accurate enough, leading to wrong judgments.
Many people have even dreamed that the embryo suddenly started to move again.
But the dream is just a dream after all and has not become reality.
Yang Guoding looked around for a moment and saw that no one stood up to speak. After all, it was not possible.
He tapped the table lightly, organized his words, and said in a calm tone: "Things have happened, and we have to face reality after all. At present, all our plans have been implemented, and we have done everything we can, but
It still failed to prevent the death of the embryo. Yes, let’s not deceive ourselves anymore, the embryo is indeed dead.”
"Of course, we are convening this meeting now not to investigate responsibilities, let alone to summarize afterwards. The matter is not over yet, and it is not time to summarize. Before us, no one has ever lived to participate in real physical light speed flight, let alone
Have so many people operated simultaneously at extreme speeds close to the speed of light?
Scientific experiments have been carried out with equipment whose limit is close to the speed of light. No one knows what will happen next. Miracles may occur or they may not occur. Therefore, we must not only face the current failure, but also calculate the next countermeasures.
.Should we leave? Should we stay? Which people will leave? How to leave? Which people will stay? These are all questions."
"This issue did not exist originally. After all, according to our original plan, there were only a few thousand people staying in the base. But now the situation has changed. There are now 370,000 people in the base, and everyone is a
Top talents in the field. Philosophers are the wealth of mankind, but these talents are also the wealth of mankind. In addition to being responsible to the sages, I am also responsible to mankind. We must find a balance between giving and preserving wealth. This is what we are doing.
The purpose of this meeting.”
Yang Guoding's words finally played a role in attracting others.
The leader of the navigation group responsible for flight control and the commander of the eighteen Worm III spacecraft stood up and spoke: "According to the data reference provided by the external observation group, the corpse planet and the research institute base have been physically stretched 763,215.77 times, so
We cannot suddenly open the complete curvature bubble, otherwise the human body will be torn apart like a broken spring under the impact of huge stretch elasticity, and will be decomposed into elementary particles."
"Our current flight speed is 281,200 kilometers per second. If we continue to accelerate, we will still have more than a month before reaching the speed of light. Gradually open the large curvature bubble and slowly increase the output power according to the Barov curve to gradually slow down the spacecraft and planet.
We have a chance to survive, but this also declares
Our mission is completely terminated. In addition, after three days, that is, when our flight speed reaches 282,300 kilometers per second, the window for the overall deceleration of the planet will be closed. The theoretical critical point that the human body can withstand is exactly from 28.23
It starts to decelerate at 10,000 kilometers per second, which is the limit."
After the flight commander sat down, the leader of the escape equipment management team stood up and answered: "Since the number of personnel staying in the base has increased hundreds of times, the number of escape boats previously designed was not enough. Therefore, the escape team has been short-lived since departure.
Open the low-power dark energy absorption energy warehouse and use the extra energy to build a small escape boat in an orderly manner."
"Last month, we just completed the construction of a total of 3,800 small escape boats that can be used by 380,000 people. When we set out, the original design performance of the escape boats could reach speeds
When the speed exceeds 280,000 kilometers per second, it first advances in parallel, then breaks away from the same orbit, and finally slows down slowly. Under such flight conditions, the original theoretical survival rate of the escape boat crew is about 40%."
"But in the past three years, we have received a lot of support from external research units, and now we can maintain a theoretical survival rate of about 60% after the speed exceeds 295,000 kilometers per second. So, if we want to withdraw, there is still a chance
of."
After these two people finished speaking, many other core group leaders who were really related to the resurrection plan fell silent, and no one spoke.
The content they are responsible for is resurrecting the sages, which has basically failed now. All methods have been exhausted. Although new plans are being continuously released and are being used as soon as possible, since there is no news coming in at this time,
It shows that there is no success there, which is like treating a real dead horse as a living horse.
After another three minutes of silence, the team leader responsible for the administrative management and logistics management of the institute finally stood up. He rubbed his eyes and said sadly: "Let me start by saying something that people don't like to hear. I think that since the task has been basically completed,
If it fails, some people should be allowed to make their own choices and start evacuating on small escape boats. When the number of applicants reaches one hundred, an escape boat will be sent away."
"Our speed has not yet reached 290,000 kilometers per second, and the survival rate of the escape ship is still very high, more than 95%. So, now start giving independent choices to other people in the base, and arrange it as soon as possible. Of course, I personally
Choose to stay and stay until the end. After all, I signed up from the beginning, and I also know that many people will stay until the end. I will continue to do the logistics for everyone until..."
Yang Guoding coughed slightly and interrupted the administrative team leader.
Yang Guoding shook his head and said: "I don't agree with independent choice, otherwise no one will sign up. We should directly give the order and order some people to leave. As for who stays and who leaves, I have actually compiled a list before. Initially
A total of 6,320 people were scheduled to stay in the institute, and there are currently 5,943 people, all of whom have stayed."
"In addition, I also selected 18,300 people with the highest technical level, the best physical condition, and who may be able to sustain the extreme state for longer. These people were ordered to stay. The others, whether they accept it or not, must all
Leave. This is an order and there is no room for negotiation."
"We have made a lot of efforts and sacrifices. The more than 24,000 of us who stayed will not let down the expectations of those who left. We will do everything possible to complete everyone's unfinished business."
"Those who leave are not selfish, nor are they afraid of death. They will not be laughed at, and there is no need to blame themselves. Whether it is for themselves or for the entire empire, these people should live."
Yang Guoding gave the final word to the meeting.
Before adjourning the meeting, Yang Guoding gave special instructions to the leader of the administrative team: "Add this sentence to the order. We understand everyone's sacrifice and dedication. But at present, it seems that the only chance to save the sage may be
One part in a trillion.”
"We cannot let all human wealth be sacrificed in vain. This is not heroic, not glorious, and even shameful. For the sake of the longer-term future of the entire civilization, the evacuees who continue to live after a short retreat may be more valuable than us victims.
Great. Finally, you must emphasize to everyone that this is an order and must be carried out unconditionally."
Ten minutes later.
Yang Guoding's personal intelligent assistant said in an electronic voice.
"Director Yang, Lin La from the Advanced Research Institute of the Nutrition Group has applied for a meeting. She is outside your door."
Yang Guoding didn't look back, "No."
He knew Lin La's reason for coming.
Lin La's academic level is very high, but his physical condition is not up to standard, so he is not on the list of left-behind personnel drawn up by Yang Guoding.
