It was no wonder Woolf had such a reaction.
Even though he wasn't a scientist, but this sounded like a fantasy story.
No matter how much money he used, no matter how much he invested, he still couldn't complete it.
And after the project had been abandoned for so many years, Starbeck alone said he had completed it?
"The project back then was actually just stuck on a few important formulas." Starbeck explained, "You know, most of the time, the most important thing in science and technology is inspiration. For the past ten years, I have been deducing and calculating. Recently, I have finally completed it."
This sentence was obviously a lie.
But it wasn't a lie.
The previous project was led by him, and the completion of the project was only known to a few people, including him.
Now, only he knew.
But there weren't many researchers who could verify this statement, and at this moment, this lie wasn't so easily exposed.
Not to mention.
The blueprint was here, this was the truth.
However, Woolf looked at the blueprint in his hand and fell into silence, not reaching out to take it.
"This is real, according to this blueprint, we can definitely make a real, reusable spaceship!" Starbeck was anxious, "You have to believe in my ability, I'm the world's top dynamics scientist! I, I still have a daughter, I won't joke about her future! Not to mention, the authenticity of this blueprint is easy to verify! Making one wouldn't require much money! "
He thought Woolf didn't believe him.
But, Woolf shook his head and looked at him calmly.
"I believe you, but, even if you really completed it, it's just a project, you know how many projects there are to achieve space migration …"
"But the two most difficult ones have already been completed!" Starbeck interrupted Woolf's words, even his breathing was heavy, "Restarting the space migration project only requires one-fifth, no, one-tenth of the investment, and there's hope to truly complete it! This is the hope of humanity! "
Starbeck's voice trembled as he spoke.
The hope of humanity.
Over thirty years ago, almost everyone had said those words. There were even a lot of people who saw it as the goal of their life.
To the human race, it was so great and so inspiring.
But, Woolf was still calm.
"It's only hope." He said, and even asked back, "Don't you know the current economic situation? The number of people has decreased to one-third, and there's a severe shortage of food, who knows how many people can't even provide for their basic necessities. In this situation, not to mention one-tenth of the investment, even one-twentieth is difficult. "
Although Woolf had been retired for many years, he still knew some things.
The truth was worse than what he said.
If it was thirty years ago, or even ten years ago, this blueprint.
Then maybe he would try harder.
But now …
This hope was too small.
Starbeck's body was shaking.
His originally old and haggard face became even paler.
"There's still hope …" Stampeck said in a pleading tone. "We still have 1.8 billion people. Everyone, try harder, fight harder, and there's still hope for humanity. My daughter, our civilization, can still continue."
When he talked about his daughter, he could no longer control his emotions.
Dill's face was full of heartedness.
She felt heartache for her father.
But she could only reach out and gently comfort her father's back. Words were useless at this moment.
Woolf was silent for a moment.
He could understand Starbeck's feelings.
But in the end, he only let out a long sigh.
"It's too late. From the moment the project failed more than ten years ago, everything was too late. Humanity has no future." He shook his head and interrupted Starbeck. "Let's take a step back, even if we call out again, how many people do you think will respond? Out of the 1.8 billion people, how many are old? How many have descendants? What's the need for them to abandon their difficult lives and fight for the 'future' they can no longer enjoy? "
These words seemed to completely shatter Starbeck's fantasy.
It even made this top scientist of humanity fall into confusion.
What Woolf said was the cruel truth.
It was a reality Starbeck didn't want to think about, or rather, he didn't dare to think about.
In this world, people's hearts were dead.
Just like what Starbeck said.
Even if there was still a glimmer of hope for humanity, for a group of people who had no descendants, what was the need for them to struggle for the future of humanity?
They accepted the fate of the human race, and before that day came, they could live the rest of their lives in peace and hardship.
After they died, humanity would be extinct.
In fact.
This was also the biggest problem that Reid and Gu Yan were facing.
Generally, when the world ended, most people's hearts were filled with unwillingness. As long as there was hope in front of them, the idea of resistance was usually the mainstream.
But in this world.
Humans might have already accepted the end of the world.
Just the hope of the future was not that easy to move them.
At this time, Reid and Gu Yan, who were also watching this conversation, could only sigh in their hearts.
Although they had already guessed this outcome.
But it was inevitable that they felt a sense of satisfaction.
They even had thoughts like "let this human civilization be destroyed."
In fact, Shen Yi had already said that in a world like this, even if in the end, only two million people with a little bit of ambition were chosen to preserve the last spark, the commissioner would not be punished too severely.
In the face of the endless doomsday situation, the world was in chaos.
The human civilization that never gave up and never stopped fighting was more worthy of saving.
However, at this moment.
Dell, who had been silent and silently comforting her father, suddenly raised her head, bit her lips, and stared at the old man in front of her.
"Don't you think this is too selfish?"
"…" Woolf was stunned.
"Our world was destroyed by you 'elders'! What did us young people and future humans do wrong? "Dell seemed to be a little angry." What right do you have to give up on our hope? Since you are the elders, shouldn't you take responsibility for the future generations and your own mistakes? "
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