[According to sources familiar with the matter, the Celestial City Space Department successfully observed an extraterrestrial civilization on planet Gliese 581g. The preliminary judgment is that it is an arthropod carbon-based life form, and the civilization is likely to be able to complete interstellar navigation …]
[On June 15th, the high-level foreign ministers of the ten countries gathered in Coro City to discuss countermeasures against the invasion of extraterrestrial civilization.]
[According to diplomats who did not want to disclose their names and nationalities, the foreign ministers of the ten countries voted on the resolution to 'evacuate the solar system'. Although the resolution was not passed, it received a high number of votes at the meeting …]
[The X2 bacteria in Finland was the work of an extraterrestrial civilization, and the nest is the outpost of the alien invasion?]
Jiang Chen was the one who proposed to keep it a secret, but he was also the one who spread the rumor. The truth was mixed with some groundless information, and it was half true and half false.
As for why he did this, the reason was simple.
He knew that once governments realized that they couldn't do anything, escapism would inevitably gain the upper hand among the elites of each country.
There was no need to analyze the reason at all. The history of the apocalypse was a lesson. Once these elites found out that they had "no chance of winning" and had a seemingly "better" choice, it would be almost impossible to expect them to resist with the determination to die.
Fight, it would be difficult to win.
Run, the probability of running was quite high.
After all, there was still a long time before the arrival of the Harmony civilization's colonization ship, and it was up to them to decide which direction the GDP would lean. Whether the technology tree focused on the "inshore battleship" or the "distant colonization ship", decades of time was enough for the Earth's technology tree to lean towards two completely different branches.
The biggest possibility was that they would build a battleship while building an escape route, and they would even put more effort into building an escape route than building a battleship.
Don't say it was impossible, it was determined by one's position. Being in the same class, one must consider this class. Even if the culture of each country was quite different, this was the only truth that applied everywhere. Take the UA as an example. Even if Hill and other senior officials of the Democratic Party didn't live to that day and didn't have to worry about being attacked by Harmony, they still had to consider their current political career.
The Wall Street consortiums behind the Capital, the military-industrial complex that controlled the UA politics, would they be happy to know that their family would be destroyed one day in the future? Then what was the point of the wealth they had accumulated since the colonial era?
Don't even think about it. As long as Hill dared to stop them from building a ship and escaping, her scandal would occupy the headlines of the Washington Post the next day, followed by impeachment from Congress, and then a new election.
It was not only the United States, but also China, Russia, and other countries. The only difference was the way they operated.
If they could not reach an agreement on the most fundamental issue, then they would have lost the war against the entire human race from the very beginning.
…
With people fanning the flames, the storm of public opinion continued to ferment. Not only Capital, London, Paris, Yoto … even Coro City in Xin also had protests. People took to the streets with signs demanding the government to disclose the details of the Outer Space Security Summit.
There were only two focuses of public opinion.
One was whether the T-virus and X2 bacteria were related to the invasion of extraterrestrial civilizations. The other was whether the representatives of the various countries were really discussing the construction of a "Noah's Ark."
Under the pressure of public opinion, the first to come forward to clarify was US Secretary of State Kerry.
In front of the media, he repeatedly reiterated that the issue of extraterrestrial civilization was indeed discussed at the summit, but the resolution to "evacuate the solar system" did not exist at all. Even if it did exist, the UA would never vote in favor of such a selfish resolution.
However, a simple clarification was obviously not enough to dispel people's concerns. In this day and age, everyone knew that politicians were the most unscrupulous. It was not the first time that the media said one thing and said another thing after the door was closed.
After several organized protests, the demonstrators unified their statements and demanded that the next summit must be open to the world. The media had the right to exercise supervision, and the people had an indisputable right to know …
The situation in various countries was almost the same. Even if two or three countries did not have any demonstrations for the time being, the Internet was still noisy about this matter.
…
Jiang Chen saw the demonstration in Coro City, but he didn't take it to heart.
The time of the next meeting was set for mid-July. At that time, controversial issues such as the formation of the Earth Federation and the fight against extraterrestrial civilization would be discussed. Jiang Chen gave the governments enough time to digest the information learned from the last meeting and then make a choice.
On the second Saturday after the meeting, Jiang Chen took the space elevator to Celestial City.
Starting from the beginning of May, Celestial Trade's aerospace industries began to migrate to Celestial City. The ground command center located north of the equator finally ended its historical mission. All personnel and equipment were relocated to Celestial City and occupied a separate external space station, adjacent to the shipyard of Future Heavy Industries.
In the nearby area, an aerospace industrial park had been formed. Not only were there the industries of Future Group, but there were also many factories purchased by investors from other countries. They mainly produced small and medium-sized spacecraft or aerospace equipment and accessories, directly or indirectly providing 27,000 jobs for Celestial City.
After getting off the elevator at the terminal, Jiang Chen took the express train directly to the Space Department.
Calvin had been waiting at the door for a long time. When he saw Jiang Chen, he immediately greeted him and quickly invited him into the Space Department.
Because of Gliese 581g and the extraterrestrial civilization invaders, Calvin's hair almost turned white. His subordinates hadn't seen their boss smile for a long time. However, today, not only was there a smile on his face, but the corners of his mouth almost reached his ears.
If you want to ask why, it was naturally because today was an important day.
Just an hour ago, the colonial ship flying to Mars had successfully reached the synchronous orbit of Mars and hovered directly above the landing point. With Jiang Chen's order, the first colonial cabin could land on the surface of Mars and complete the great step of human civilization into the stars.
On the way to the command center, Jiang Chen learned about the colonization ship from Calvin.
"How are the colonists doing?"
"All colonists have successfully thawed from the hibernation chamber. They are currently in good physical condition and there were no accidents. The colonial cabin functions are all normal and has entered the final deployment stage, "Calvin replied excitedly.
"Then what are you waiting for?" Jiang Chen personally pushed open the door of the command center and looked up at the big screen in the center. The red land.
The moment finally arrived.
Jiang Chen took a deep breath and calmed his surging emotions. Facing the excited gazes in the command center, he fulfilled his historical mission.
"Pass my order, SS Tiangong, begin landing!"
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