Star hotel.

In the presidential suite.

A man in a suit and high nose stood at the desk in the study, looked at academician Yang Chongping sitting on the chair, slightly raised his glass to him, and said with a smile.

"Please allow me to offer you a toast, because your design is so perfect that I don't know how to thank you."

"You don't have to thank me," continued academician Yang Chongping, looking at the man standing at the desk with a blank face. "If you have to thank me, turning my blueprint into reality is the biggest thanks to me."

"Please rest assured! We have contacted the shipyard and the suppliers who can make the parts in your design. I believe you will hear the good news from me in a short time, "Mr. Gladstone continued with a little smile and compliments as he said," I believe that when this epic colonial ship is completed, your name will be recorded in history, In the name of the greatest aerospace engineer of the century! "

"With one starship? There are too many people worthy of being recorded in history. "Looking out of the window, where is the direction of the earth, academician Yang Chongping narrowed his eyes slightly and continued," the greatest miracle of this century is there. Compared with the ladder connecting heaven and earth, that star ship is not worth mentioning at all. "

"That's not necessarily true. Please don't make a fool of yourself about this," said Gladstone with a smile. "We can imagine that when the second sun rises from the top of our civilization, when our colonial cabin lands on a planet far away from the earth and the solar system, as the designer of this star ship, who has more historical achievements than you What about it? There is no doubt that you will become the disseminator of civilized fire, and your greatness will not be inferior to anyone, even academician Lu. "

It has to be said that sometimes even if you know it's flattery, it's still hard to be annoying.

Hearing Gladstone's words, Yang Chongping's brow eased a little, and he was also a little happy.

However, as a serious school leader, he did not express this happy expression in his face, but said in a calm tone.

"I hope so."

"Before I go to bed, I have to sort out the minutes and stop talking."

"As you wish," said Gladstone, nodding softly, "the body is the capital of scientific research. Remember to rest early and don't stay up too late..."

"And have a good life."

The holographic beam projected on the desk gradually shrinks, and the figure standing in the holographic beam also disappears with it.

The holographic projection system, which is based on falsehood and truth, is imperceptible. What was standing there before was just a holographic image.

After dismissing the manager of the Nanmen second colony exploration foundation, academician Yang Chongping reached out his index finger and tapped it on his desk. He retrieved the minutes of the daytime meeting and reviewed it again.

Then at this time, his brow was slightly wrinkled.

Originally, he wanted to see academician Lu's proposal.

But to his surprise

Not really?

I don't know why. Academician Lu, who is called the greatest scholar of the day, just watched with interest from the beginning to the end of the meeting and didn't say a word

……

"The ship seems to be on Mars."

With the glass in his hand on the side table, Gladstone, who turned off the holophone system, turned his eyes to Lawrence standing aside.

"I'm at star hotel. It's like a seminar on Europa's development plan."

Gladstone had expected to see a look of fear in Lawrence's face. After all, even if they were allies now, this guy was a bit annoying.

To his surprise, however, Lawrence just nodded his head, and there was no change in the expression on his face. As if they were just talking about a common topic, he said in a common tone.

"I've heard of it."

"That's it?"

"What do you want to ask."

"I mean The guy who made you fall in a big way is now standing under your eyelids. Aren't you going to do anything? "

"If he doesn't get in the way of my plan, why should I take the initiative to provoke him and let my plan survive?" Lawrence took a look at Mr. Gladstone and said in a lighter voice, "didn't you find out why you really failed?"

Who else could it be?

Isn't it because of you?

Glaston's eyebrows twitched, a trace of displeasure flashed across his face, but he finally suppressed the dissatisfaction and took a deep breath.

"I always think it's a little strange. Do you think he's aware of something?"

Lawrence began, after a moment's contemplation."This possibility does exist. You can pay attention to his movements, but it's better not to provoke him. Remember, our task is to finish the ark of Noah, which is going to the new world, and we should not spare any extra resources until we have to. "

"Of course, I'll pay attention," said Gladstone after nodding and thinking for a while. "Actually, there's something I haven't understood

Lawrence: don't understand what

Gladstone: "the warp engine is only installed on Qinling now. How are you going to install it into our On the colonial ship? "

"You mean this? It's not hard, "Lawrence continued with a faint smile." Mars is the stomach of human civilization, where all minerals are melted into alloys and then cast into energy consuming machines. Whether it's the Pan Asian cooperation of East Asia heavy industry, or the North American alliance of space-x or Boeing, their production lines are here. We are in the stomach of human civilization now. Do you need to worry about not getting the warp engine? "

"You mean Take the drawings directly from EAI? " As if looking at a monster, Gladstone stared at him and said with an odd expression, "haven't you learned from the failure on Ceres? It's impossible to succeed in a confrontation. "

"Confrontation? I never thought about it, "Lawrence continued in a slow, methodical manner." although I'm an AI, that doesn't mean I don't learn from failure. This time, I intend to solve this problem in a civilized way. "

Gladstone shrugged.

"Pan Asian cooperation will not tolerate this level of confidentiality leaking to the hands of an unknown force. Once they find out that the drawings have been leaked, we have no chance to install the warp engine in Noah's ark, and the war will be imminent!"

"There may be wars, but it must not be us who are involved in the whirlpool. You will understand why I say that. It is also a kind of interest exchange," Lawrence continued with a slight smile. "Now, there is only one thing you need to do, that is to involve as many people as possible in the plan of Noah's Ark."

Staring at the hologram, Gladstone looked uneasy, hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "I hope your crazy plan won't bring us all into the ditch."

"Crazy is not crazy I don't know, but do you have any other choice?"

Looking at Gladstone, who couldn't speak a word, Lawrence smiled a little and carried his hands behind him, thus disappearing from the silent space.