#945 - Chapter 945 Even if everyone gives up, I will never give up! Let's part ways in peace? N
"I'm sorry…" Brady looked pained.
Countless accusations made him feel guilty, as they were undeniable facts, leaving him powerless to refute them.
"Brady, don't you understand yet?"
Just then.
The leading person on the opposing side frowned: "Chen Hao, give up!"
Why were so many scientists experiencing negative emotions and wanting to leave?
For so long, they had been conducting research on artificial wormholes, but the entire project had made no progress.
Not only that.
A few days ago, Chen Hao, the pillar of strength, suddenly left the underground research institute and hadn't returned since.
With the project making no progress, everyone's emotions were low, after all, this wasn't ordinary scientific research, but humanity's self-salvation—failure meant destruction!
Yet, Chen Hao had been missing for days.
What did that imply?
More and more people speculated that artificial wormholes were simply impossible, and after countless failures, even Chen Hao had given up.
No more research!
Everyone wanted to leave too, to go back and be with their families, to live out their final days!
"Andrew, you have to believe me!"
Brady shook his head, quickly trying to persuade him: "He won't give up, I know what kind of person he is, I…"
"Enough!"
Andrew, also a person in charge, frowned and interrupted him: "I don't care if you believe him, all I know is that at this moment, Chen Hao has been gone for so long, and to me… that means he's given up!"
Time was of the essence!
They had to complete a series of top-tier technologies in less than five years.
Now, so much time had already passed, but the artificial wormhole hadn't made any progress.
It could be said that every day was important!
Even though it had only been a few days, every project would encounter difficulties, and even if some projects had relatively complete technology, some difficulties could be pushed forward, but Chen Hao wasn't there… could the speed of progress be the same? Of course not!
At such a critical juncture, he had been missing for days.
What else could it be but giving up?
"Who said I gave up?"
Suddenly!
A voice rang out.
Chen Hao strode over.
He had received news that a large number of scientists were experiencing negative emotions and wanted to leave, and had even formed a confrontation.
"Everyone!"
He looked at the two or three hundred scientists facing Brady: "I can responsibly tell everyone that even if everyone chooses to give up, I will never give up—because its success or failure concerns the entire civilization!"
"Yes! I said it before, Mr. Chen isn't that kind of…" Brady quickly nodded.
He was now Chen Hao's little fanboy.
He was counting on Chen Hao's guidance and his participation in resolving this crisis to reduce his guilt a little.
"But I have given up."
Andrew shook his head and sighed: "Mr. Chen, although you've come back now and expressed your determination not to give up, but… it's not just because you left without reason for these past few days, but also because…"
Chen Hao's departure was the straw that broke the camel's back, but it wasn't the most critical factor.
"During work, you've always been busier than us, I know you've been working very hard."
"But we can't see any hope!"
"How much time do we have left in total?"
"How much time has passed again?"
The original plan was to find a wormhole and find a way to destroy it, and they had already studied it for half a year at that time, but after obtaining the alien civilization's inheritance, they realized that that path was wrong.
In other words.
That half a year was wasted in vain!
Later, they changed their course again, and it's been more than half a year since then.
They had less than five years left, and more than a year had passed before and after.
For so long…
There hasn't been a single bit of progress!
If there was even the slightest progress, if everyone could see hope, see a chance to survive, wouldn't everyone be motivated?
No!
No progress!
No hope!
If they haven't figured out anything in more than a year, can they get it done in the remaining time?
What if it's still a failure?
Wouldn't the subsequent time be wasted in vain?
Better to go home!
Better to give up!
Better to use the last bit of time to either be with family, or gather with friends, or travel and have fun, so that the remaining time has no regrets, instead of ultimately still failing and dying with endless regrets.
"How about this!"
Chen Hao nodded towards Andrew: "Since you've already decided to leave, I won't stop everyone anymore."
Not stop them?
Those scientists were stunned.
"Before leaving, let's gather together as a farewell, and consider it a good way to part, how about it?" Chen Hao asked.
"…"
Things had been said to this point, what else could everyone say?
After all, Chen Hao wasn't just a scientist, but also the Grand Marshal of China, the person in charge of the Special Operations Department, and a single sentence from him could determine everyone's life or death—when he agreed to let everyone leave, no one would be foolish enough to continue to challenge him.
Ten minutes later.
All the scientists in the artificial wormhole project team, numbering over a thousand, gathered in the large conference room.
Those who were preparing to leave had calmed down a lot.
Once the farewell party was over, they could all go back to their respective homes, and there was no need to argue anymore.
…
Over a thousand people entered and took their seats one after another.
Chen Hao walked to the front of the stage.
These scientists were in different moods.
The scientists who chose to give up were all in a good mood, while the many who didn't give up… were shrouded in gloom.
They didn't give up!
They wanted to continue researching and working hard for that slim hope.
Because they knew that even if there was only a one in a billion chance, they had to hold on tightly and not let go, otherwise… millions of years of evolution, thousands of years of accumulated civilization, would disappear in an instant.
"I left for a few days."
Chen Hao walked onto the stage and casually opened the PPT.
After receiving the news and rushing over, he first went to the brain-computer interface laboratory to quickly export some memories: "The initial reason for leaving was because my wife was giving birth, and I thought I should go and see her, right?"
"But inadvertently, I thought of some things."
"This is what I've sorted out, about a new theory of artificial wormholes."
Huh?!
The thousand-odd people below the stage were dumbfounded.
Those scientists who hadn't given up, seeing him talk about artificial wormholes again, instantly rekindled their hope.
Chen Hao didn't give up!
They wouldn't give up either!
But…
Some of the scientists who were about to leave immediately refused to accept it when they heard his words.
What did he mean?
He clearly promised to let us leave, and even said it was a good way to part before leaving, and I thought you were going to have a tea party, but… you're talking about wormholes again? Do you want to go back on your word and not let us leave?
"Listen to it before deciding whether to leave or not—those who want to leave, I will never force you to stay!"
Chen Hao saw what these people were thinking.
Hearing him say that, those scientists who wanted to leave finally didn't raise any more questions.
They could leave after listening?
Alright, then they would listen.
"Whether it's the technology on our surface or in the underground world, it hasn't reached the artificial wormhole stage, which also means that our previous path was one of constant experimentation, innovation, trial and error, and we may have entered countless misunderstandings."
Chen Hao continued to explain while flipping through the PPT: "Based on the theory of causality, we previously believed that there was a one-to-one correspondence between cause and effect."
"I found that that was wrong."
"According to the one-to-many cause-and-effect theory, the two spatial points corresponding to the wormhole have multiple uncertainties…"
What?!
Andrew's eyes widened subconsciously.
