Chapter 148 Only War

More than an hour later.

Lu Yongchang raised his head from the pile of draft papers in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief.

He reached out and sorted out the draft papers a little.

"Zero, help me check it."

As Lu Yongchang's voice fell, the camera next to him moved slightly and quickly scanned the contents of the draft paper into the computer.

A few minutes later.

"Professor, the plan is feasible."

A faint smile appeared on Lu Yongchang's face.

Before he could continue to say anything, Zero's voice sounded again.

"Professor, Councillor Hong is here."

Hearing this address, Lu Yongchang was stunned and did not react for a while.

After a few seconds, he came back to his senses: "Minister Hong?"

"Yes, but he is now a member of the People's Federation." Zero corrected Lu Yongchang's slip of the tongue meticulously, "And, he is already at the door."

As soon as the voice fell, the door of the office opened automatically.

Outside the door, Hong Qiming raised his hand in surprise, staring at Lv Yongchang sitting behind his desk, and then at the door that opened automatically in front of him.

Lv Yongchang shrugged lightly, stood up from his seat and explained softly: "It's just a little trick done by the robot controlled by Zero."

"So, how come you have time to come to me?"

"The People's Union was just established not long ago. As a member of parliament, you should not be so free now, right?"

As he spoke, he turned his head and said to the side: "Zero, make tea."

The next moment, a robot hiding in the corner slowly stepped forward, opened the cabinet door lightly, and took out the teacup and tea leaves from it.

Looking at the robot's skilled and standard tea-making movements, Hong Qiming swallowed slightly.

"Professor Lu, your office... is becoming more and more sci-fi."

He exclaimed sincerely.

Lv Yongchang smiled and pointed at the chair in front of him: "They are just some gadgets. The development of aerospace technology has also led to the progress of many ancillary technologies."

"These mechanical arms and robots, under Zero's control, are more flexible than most people."

"I heard from Zero that a sub-laboratory has recently made a breakthrough in holographic imaging technology. It is estimated that it will not be long before the original mobile phones and monitors will be eliminated."

Hong Qiming opened his mouth slightly, but did not say anything. He just sighed with emotion: "It's so fast..."

"Fast?" Seeing Hong Qiming sitting down, Lv Yongchang also sat back in the chair.

"I think this is a normal development."

"Life appeared on Earth 3.8 billion years ago, but apes did not appear on Earth until 45 million years ago."

"And everything we have now has mostly developed in the last few hundred years."

"Before encountering the so-called bottleneck of technological development, the speed of human development will only get faster and faster."

Hong Qiming smiled bitterly and touched the tip of his nose: "My fault, I shouldn't discuss this kind of problem with you."

At this time, Zero controlled the robotic arm to hand the steaming teacup to Hong Qiming.

He hurriedly reached out to take the teacup and subconsciously nodded to the robotic arm in front of him: "Thank you."

Looking at the robotic arm "nodding" like a human, Hong Qiming suddenly came back to his senses.

What is he doing...

Looking at the faint smile on the corner of Lv Yongchang's mouth, Hong Qiming couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

"It seems that I have to come to your office often in the future, otherwise, I guess I will be the same as Liu Laolao who just entered the Grand View Garden."

Hearing this, Lv Yongchang finally couldn't help laughing.

Facing Lv Yongchang's "ridicule", Hong Qiming put down the teacup in his hand, took a deep breath, and changed the subject directly: "Okay, no more small talk, I should talk about business!"

Hong Qiming's expression became more serious: "Do you know what happened outside these two days?"

Lv Yongchang's eyes showed a bit of confusion.

He shook his head subconsciously: "I have been in the carbon nanoparticle laboratory for a month, how can I have time to care about things outside?"

"What the chairman said is indeed right..." Hong Qiming shook his head with a wry smile and continued, "In order to better adapt to the universe, the Human Union decided to establish the Human Union Academy of Sciences, which is mainly responsible for the direction of civilization development and external affairs of civilization. As for the parliament, it will only be responsible for internal affairs of civilization in the future."

"There is no subordinate relationship between the two."

Lv Yongchang nodded as usual: "What else?"

Looking at Lv Yongchang's reaction, Hong Qiming coughed suddenly: "Are you not surprised at all about this?"

"It's just a reasonable development. What's there to be surprised about." Lv Yongchang reached out and picked up the teacup beside him.

It's exactly the same as the development in the previous life.

He added silently in his heart.

"Then... at the meeting, the chairman recommended you as the chief scientist, and it has been unanimously approved." Hong Qiming continued with a strange look on his face, "Now you and Councillor Li have the same status."

"Moreover, in times of crisis for civilization, the Academy of Sciences has priority control over civilization, which is also to prevent some unexpected situations from occurring."

"Therefore, in a sense, your status is higher than Councillor Li now."

"Ahem!"

Lv Yongchang quickly put down the teacup in his hand and reached out to take the paper handed over by Hong Qiming.

"So fast?!"

After wiping his mouth, Lv Yongchang asked Hong Qiming in disbelief: "Can other councillors agree?"

Hong Qiming shrugged: "They dare not disagree. At least for now, we have the power to crush them."

"As for the future... I personally have enough confidence in the culture of Xiaguo."

Lv Yongchang's eyes were full of strange expressions.

Well, he did not deny this.

Even if Xiaguo did not occupy a dominant position in the last life, with its huge population and strong culture, Xiaguo eventually turned the human alliance into its own image.

As for this life... I think the process should be faster.

"So, what should I do now?" Lv Yongchang pondered for a moment and asked, "What does the chairman of the parliament say?"

Hong Qiming smiled and shook his head: "Nothing needs to be done."

"For now, you just need to develop technology with peace of mind and escape with humans."

"As for the future, you may still need to worry about extraterrestrial civilizations."

Lv Yongchang nodded silently.

"By the way, the chairman asked me to ask you, if, I mean if, we really encounter extraterrestrial civilization in the future, what should we do?"

When it comes to this question, the smile on Hong Qiming's face completely disappears: "Professor, I need a definite answer, this is related to the future development direction of the Human Union!"

Feeling the sudden solemn atmosphere around him, after a moment of silence, a sharp light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"Unless there are special circumstances, there is only war!"