Chapter 231 Zero: Professor, your mental condition is extremely poor

"Click..."

The door of the laboratory slowly closed.

Lv Yongchang leaned against the wall outside the laboratory door and sighed deeply.

The smile on his face disappeared instantly, and a deep confusion appeared in his eyes.

The difficulty of driving a starship into the atmosphere of Jupiter to collect helium-3 is obviously beyond the limit of a first-level civilization.

But if the helium-3 problem is not solved, mankind is doomed to perish!

Let alone the solar system, it is estimated that they can't stay on Mars for much time!

How does he know how to solve this problem? !

At least in front of others, as the chief scientist, he must not show confusion and helplessness.

"Zero, notify Fang Xu and ask him to call everyone over." Lv Yongchang stretched out his hand and rubbed his cheek vigorously, and said in a deep voice after soothing his emotions.

"And Cao Liangcai and the others, ask them to stop the starship development project."

"If the energy problem is not solved, no matter how many starships we build, they will all be useless!"

As he spoke, he walked towards Port No. 1 of Mars City: "If they arrive, explain the situation roughly, and I'll go out to relax."

"Okay, professor." Zero's simulated image disappeared instantly, leaving only a faint response.

...

Outside Port No. 1.

Wearing a space suit, Lv Yongchang sat on the gravel ground of Mars, staring blankly at the increasingly wide "lake".

Perhaps because of the changes in the sun, the temperature of the surface of Mars has risen again.

The melting of a large amount of underground ice has brought a lot of vitality to this desolate planet.

At least, the so-called "Mars fungus" has covered this area.

Lv Yongchang boredly stretched out his hand and patted the purple-red thick cap of a "Mars fungus" in front of him, constantly thinking about countermeasures in his mind.

His brain seemed to be rusty, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't squeeze out any inspiration.

"Professor, Assistant Su is here."

A slight reminder sounded inside the helmet.

Lv Yongchang was slightly startled, and just as he was about to turn his head, he found a figure wrapped in a space suit sitting on his right.

Through the mask, he clearly saw the familiar face.

"Yutong? Why are you here?" he asked.

Su Yutong pursed his lips, with some worry in his eyes: "Zero told me that your condition is very dangerous."

Hearing this, Lu Yongchang was stunned again.

"Zero?"

He asked subconsciously.

"Professor." Zero's flat voice sounded in the helmets of the two men, "According to the assessment, your mental state is extremely poor at present, which will have a great impact on your scientific research work."

Lv Yongchang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Don't be funny, my mental state is absolutely fine, Zero, you should change your database."

"Professor, since arriving in Mars City, your average daily sleep time is less than 4 hours, and your daily food intake is constantly decreasing. This situation has become particularly serious after you started to develop weapons. In addition, you..."

"Zero, shut up." Lu Yongchang said gloomily.

There was silence in the helmet.

He stared at the shimmering lake in front of him in a daze and sighed deeply.

Well, he admitted that Zero was right.

Since leaving the earth, the pressure in his heart has been increasing.

The reason is also very simple.

After leaving the earth, humans have become a wandering civilization.

Besides being homeless, he also needs to face the Proxima civilization whose technological level is slightly higher than his own, and an advanced civilization that is still unknown to exist!

This is also the reason why he is crazy about the power of weapons.

He needs more powerful weapons and more advanced technology to ensure the continuation of human civilization!

"Professor Lu, you..." Su Yutong's voice came from the team radio, "Are you having any problems?"

"I'm fine." Lu Yongchang turned his head to look at his assistant, and said uncomfortably, "Zero is just making a fuss. Its database definitely needs to be updated..."

Su Yutong didn't speak, just looked at him quietly.

After staring at Su Yutong for a few seconds, Lu Yongchang was defeated.

He silently moved his eyes away.

"Okay, I admit that there is indeed a problem."

"..."

More than ten minutes later.

Su Yutong frowned slightly, thinking seriously.

Lu Yongchang didn't say anything, but just turned his head again silently to look at the purple-red mushroom cap in front of him.

"Professor, I have a suggestion."

Su Yutong's serious voice sounded on the radio.

"Suggestions?" Lv Yongchang looked at Su Yutong beside him in surprise, and chuckled, "Tell me about it, it's just right for me to see the results of your recent study with Lao Cao."

"Professor, I think that since the starship cannot directly enter the atmosphere to collect helium-3, we can completely change our thinking."

"We can choose to 'extract air'!"

"Extract air?" Lv Yongchang's stiff brain slowly turned, the smile on his face gradually dissipated, and his expression became serious.

He turned around, faced Su Yutong, and said in a deep voice: "Go on!"

"The so-called extraction of air is actually to let the starship stay in the synchronous orbit of Jupiter, use a long enough 'straw' to directly extract the atmosphere of Jupiter, and then separate and purify the extracted gas." Su Yutong paused slightly, "In this way, we can completely avoid the contact between the starship and the atmosphere of Jupiter, greatly reducing the danger and difficulty of the project."

Lv Yongchang was silent for a moment, and went through the plan proposed by Su Yutong in his mind.

He was moved.

This is indeed a good way to take advantage of the situation.

Although the collection efficiency will be much lower, this may be the most appropriate way for humans at present!

"It seems that you have learned a lot from Lao Cao."

Lv Yongchang sighed as he stood up from the ground.

Su Yutong had a faint smile on his face: "Professor, not only you, but each of us is fighting for the future of mankind."

Lv Yongchang nodded silently and turned to walk towards Mars City: "Let's go, Brother Xu and Lao Cao are probably waiting anxiously."

...

In the conference room.

A holographic image quietly unfolded.

There were a few big words written on it.

"Jupiter Helium 3 Collection Plan"

Lv Yongchang stood in front of everyone and exhaled a breath of turbid air, as if he wanted to exhale all the anxiety in his heart.

"Everyone, you should all be aware of the situation on the moon."

"In order to ensure our energy reserves, I declare that from today on, all departments will unconditionally cooperate with this plan."

Fang Xu, who was sitting in the deputy seat, nodded solemnly.

"Yongchang, do you have a plan?"

"Jupiter is not as docile as the moon. Once something goes wrong..."

Lv Yongchang stretched out his hand in the air and opened another holographic image with a gesture.

In the picture, a starship quietly hovered in Jupiter's synchronous orbit.

And in its abdomen, a long tube stretching more than 100,000 kilometers stretched out and pierced into Jupiter's atmosphere.

"The collection ship itself is not difficult to solve. Our current technology is sufficient to manufacture this level of starship."

"The key is the helium-3 collection tube."

"I personally prefer carbon nanotube materials."