Chapter 1517: Long Story
Guanghan City.
After getting off the shuttle, Li Guangya went to the hotel where he was staying and had a phone call with his colleagues far away on Earth.
As soon as the phone was connected, an urgent voice came from the other side.
“Do you really plan to build another city next to Guanghan City?”
Looking at Secretary Wu in the video window, Li Guangya nodded and said, “Yes.”
Wu Shuhua didn’t expect that this guy would admit this, so he was slightly stunned. He then frowned.
“What is the reaction from Guanghan City?”
“The mayor’s mood is fairly stable, at least I think it’s quite stable.”
Wu Shuhua: “What does that mean?”
Li Guangya smiled and said, “Means you should work harder. To put it bluntly, Mayor Ye is a smart man, he knows that this matter is definitely good for Guanghan City, and it is also the best choice for him. The Guanghan City residents are no longer angry at the Guanghan City authorities colluding with East Asia Energy, but they still dislike the partners.h.i.+p between East Asia Energy and Pan-Asian Cooperation.”
Wu Shuhua frowned and said, “Why do I feel like this has gotten worse?”
“The misunderstanding can only be solved after it’s escalated.” Li Guangya smiled faintly and continued, “Next, we only need to find a common enemy for the lunar people to vent their energy. The earth doesn’t have a common enemy anymore. The aliens are too fict.i.tious and far away. The s.p.a.ce pirates in the asteroid belt happen to be a good choice, especially because there is an anti-human organization behind them.”
Wu Shuhua frowned.
“You mean… the foundation? Does anyone really believe that stuff?”
Li Guangya: “As long as we can find evidence of its existence, it’ll be fine. If not, we can make some evidence. Let me count how many people have already lost their lives… Well, I can’t count, but at least among the people I know, there are two.”
As for Liu Zhengxing and Song Yangwei, these two were regarded as high-level executives of East Asia Energy. Although Li Guangya was not close with them, on high-level occasions, he often saw these two guys.
“Perhaps the tough implementation of the second-generation controllable fusion plan is itself a wrong decision. The residents on the moon are not yet ready to accept this technology, and our demand for energy is not so urgent that we must extract the helium III.” There was a worry in his eyes. Wu Shuhua paused for a moment and continued, “Do you think it’s worth it?”
“If we don’t prepare today, we will never be prepared. As for whether it’s worth it, we’ll know eventually.” Li Guangya smiled lightly and said, “However, I had expected this to happen for a long time. The society on the moon has been separated from us for too long, it is normal that there will be a gap in culture.”
Especially after the rise of asteroid mining after the 2040s, coupled with the migration of high-emission, highly unmanned industries and other intensive industries from Earth to Mars, the society on Earth was transitioning from a production-oriented society to a consumer-oriented society. The rare minerals on the moon were no longer in high demand.
After all, mining in low gravity was quite convenient.
Coupled with the fact that the round-trip between Mars and the Earth-Moon system was far less convenient than the round-trip between Mars and the asteroid belt, as well as the relatively low minimum wage on Mars and the labor security benefits, the decline of the moon’s mining industry was almost inevitable.
“So, you think you only need a common enemy, then send the First Fleet to the asteroid belt and fire two shots to solve the gap between us and the moon?”
“Of course not? I’m not naive enough to think that removing a target can solve all the troubles. We must admit that this kind of cultural gap has been formed, and it has been acc.u.mulated day by day over half a century. To completely resolve it, I am afraid it will take longer, maybe a century, maybe two.”
“It’s no use regretting what has happened. Learning lessons from it is a valuable a.s.set for our civilization,” said Li Guangya with a faint smile. He continued, “If the distance is enlarged to the light-year scale, how should we deal with this? Or how should we deal with the contradiction between the parent star and the colonies… I think this is probably the biggest enlightenment that this incident can bring us.”
Wu Shuhua frowned and said, “Is this a problem that needs to be considered now?”
“Of course not.” Li Guangya shook his head slightly and said, “But it is undeniable that this is a question worth thinking about.”
A bit of emotion suddenly appeared on his face.
“I don’t know why, but I can suddenly understand how a century ago, why people of that era put forward such a ‘stupid’ plan to strengthen the future.”
Wu Shuhua: “Why?”
Li Guangya smiled and said, “Haven’t you noticed? The past experience really can’t solve any problems about the future, but what’s interesting is that most of the problems we face cannot be solved by lessons learned from history… It would be nice to be able to see into the future. I bet that the world in a hundred years will be more interesting than it is now.”
Wu Shuhua: “Then just go dormant.”
“I’m just saying, I wouldn’t actually go.” Li Guangya shook his head and said with a smile, “It will be fascinating, but it would be a shame to miss the present.
“Also, if I go to the future.
“Who is going to build the present?”
…
Jin Ling University.
Lu Zhou, who had finished the preparatory course, was invited by Instructor Sun and was about to go to the cafeteria for a meal. However, as soon as he left the cla.s.sroom, he saw Xing Bian and s.h.i.+ Jin standing outside the cla.s.sroom waiting for him.
Lu Zhou tilted his head slightly and said softly, “Sorry, I’ll have to take a rain check on this meal.”
The expression on Sun Lan’s face was one of disappointment.
“Your friend?”
Lu Zhou thought for a while before giving an ambiguous answer.
“Sort of.”
After dismissing the female masters student who wanted to discuss with him the social situation a hundred years ago, Lu Zhou walked in front of the two Security Bureau agents and stopped.
“Looking for me?”
“Sort of.” Xing Bian smiled and said, “I thought you would be very busy.”
“No matter how busy I am, I still have to learn, not to mention that the experiment of the second-generation controllable fusion reactor has been halted.”
The more Lu Zhou learned about this world, the more Lu Zhou felt like he still knew too little. So in addition to the preparatory course at Jin Ling University, he also took a course in modern history.
But for some reason, the modern history professor who was in cla.s.s seemed to resist him in his cla.s.s. Every time Lu Zhou pressed the question b.u.t.ton, the professor was very nervous…
Xing Bian and s.h.i.+ Jin looked at each other and exchanged a weird glance.
Just as the two exchanged glances, Lu Zhou also took a look at the two of them and said, “How about you guys? You guys seem like you have a lot of free time.”
“Not quite free time, but the investigation of the case has stalled.” Xing Bian continued after a pause, “Moreover, regarding Morinaga, I am also a little confused here… I don’t know if it is convenient to ask.”
Lu Zhou said casually, “Go ahead.”
“How did you catch Morinaga?” Looking at Lu Zhou earnestly, trying to read something out of those pupils, Xing Bian continued to ask, “After our commando entered his home, he found a lot of weapons…”
Lu Zhou was slightly stunned. He then said with a laugh, “Do you suspect that I have similar… weapons?”
“Please don’t get me wrong, of course I didn’t mean that.” Xing Bian gave a wry smile and continued, “There weren’t even traces of resistance. All of the damage from the bullets were caused by the automatic weapons that Morinaga kept at home.”
After a pause, Xing Bian continued, “However, this is what puzzles me… How did you bring him to justice in the face of an attack of that caliber?”
Xing Bian was wondering about the same thing for the N-177 flight incident.
Then there was also the bombing attack and the robots in the suburbs of Jinling. Anyone who encountered them would be six feet under by now. It would be difficult even for him to survive such attacks.
However, Lu Zhou was totally okay. Not only did he not feel any nervous, but he did not even take precautions in his daily travel, as if he was not worried that similar things would happen again.
Obviously, this was not something that could be explained by bravery alone.
Intuition told Xing Bian that Lu Zhou had probably developed a “special medicine” that could restrain the ALPHA virus, or he had mastered some special technology that could control robots.
And this technology was likely to become the key to the ALPHA virus…
Lu Zhou’s expression became a little weird.
Now that you put it this way…
It does seem strange.
Against Ling, those robots infected with the ALPHA virus were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, they had no power to fight back.
Back then, he was only concerned about the battle and making quick decisions. He ignored one problem, which was winning too easily. To some extent, this was more suspicious than winning a hard fight…
How should I explain this?
Lu Zhou couldn’t help but worry.
He sighed and spoke.
“That’s a long story.”
However, after hearing the phrase “It’s a long story”, Xing Bian immediately felt happy and said, “It’s okay, you can take your time!”
“I will, but I can’t talk about it here, right?” Lu Zhou looked around and said, “There are so many people here, who knows if anyone is eavesdropping nearby.”
s.h.i.+ Jin hurriedly said, “You can rest a.s.sured… There is a security agent nearby. If you are really worried, our car is nearby. We can chat in the car.”
At first, he didn’t propose to talk in the car, mainly because he was worried that Lu Zhou would be offended. Now that Lu Zhou took the initiative, it was obviously best to talk in the car.
However, Lu Zhou did not adopt his suggestion.
“We can’t talk in the car, it’s so cramped in there.”
Looking around, he continued, “I’m pretty hungry. Let’s find a place to eat and talk.”
Xing Bian nodded immediately.
“No problem, I know a good restaurant nearby, I will book a private room now, let’s eat and talk… My treat!”
“It doesn’t matter whose treat it is,” Lu Zhou said with a smile. “Just have a few drinks with me.”
When we start eating…
I’d have made up my story.