Chapter 576 The eleventh secret ballot
"Damn it!"
Lv Yongchang stretched out his hand angrily and slapped the desk in front of him.
The cold touch deeply stung his palm.
"Zero, call Fang Xu over!"
He shouted in a low voice.
But soon, he shook his head: "No, let him go to the conference room."
"Notify everyone, including the parliament, to hold an emergency meeting immediately!"
This matter involves the lives of too many people, and it is not for him or Fang Xu to decide.
After saying that, he reached out to unlock the electromagnetic adsorption device on the seat, stood up with a solemn expression, and walked straight to the office door.
"Received, the meeting will start in thirty minutes."
As the electronic synthesized sound fell, the office door opened, and Zero's virtual image turned into a particle special effect and dissipated in the air.
...
[Earth], conference room.
On both sides of the conference table, the expressions on the faces of the people were different.
"That's roughly the situation."
Lv Yongchang raised his hand and gently rubbed his eyebrows: "Let's talk about it. Do you want to change the implementation area of the [Tail Cutting Plan]?"
As he spoke, he cast his eyes on Fang Xu and Hong Qiming not far away.
Fang Xu did not speak, but Hong Qiming spoke first.
"Professor, I need to confirm one thing."
Lv Yongchang raised his eyebrows and nodded slightly: "You say."
Hong Qiming's eyes condensed, and he asked in a deep voice: "Can we still contact the human civilization of Proxima?"
"Or to put it another way, Zero, can we still remotely control the weak artificial intelligence over there?"
Lv Yongchang shook his head without any hesitation and said: "Impossible."
"Ren Feng and Zhang Zhengqing physically cut off all external network connections. At present, Proxima is like an isolated island, unless the other party takes the initiative to restore the connection, or we send a starship to Proxima b."
Hong Qiming took a deep breath, his eyes were extremely complicated.
There was admiration and regret.
Hong Qiming pursed his lips hard: "Like Ren Feng said, no matter what we do, the countdown to the extinction of human civilization on Proxima has already started."
"In this way, we only have one choice left."
"We can't let the people on Proxima die in plain sight, can we?"
"What's more, the [Tail Cutting Plan] does have flaws, and Proxima can make up for this plan very well."
"In addition, there is one more point."
"Proxima and our target star system are almost in two opposite directions."
"This can greatly increase the success rate of the [Tail Cutting Plan]."
A slight discussion suddenly sounded in the conference room.
From the expressions of the crowd, it can be seen that most people agree with Hong Qiming's statement.
But Fang Xu raised an objection: "I have a question."
"How can we be sure that Ren Feng and Zhang Zhengqing's plan will be successfully implemented?"
"Professor, they have already mobilized the army. If, I mean if, their plan fails, then the [Tail Cutting Plan] will also fail completely."
"In this way, it is not only the human civilization on Proxima that will be destroyed, but also us..."
After the voice fell, the conference room fell into silence.
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As it concerns the continuation of civilization, Lv Yongchang must be extremely cautious.
The question raised by Fang Xu is like a sword of Damocles, hanging high above everyone's head.
The meeting lasted for three full days.
During the meeting, under Zero's control, the [Tail Cutting Plan] and the [Interstellar Voyage Plan] were still proceeding in an orderly manner.
But this meeting that determines the fate of countless people has come to a standstill.
During these three days, one plan after another was proposed, but was rejected.
No one can guarantee, and no one dares to guarantee, that Ren Feng and Zhang Zhengqing's plan can be successfully implemented.
After all, in the context of human civilization on Proxima Centauri, the behavior of the two of them is tantamount to being enemies with the entire civilization!
The resistance in this is unimaginable for ordinary people!
Lv Yongchang sat in his seat with a tired face, looking at the voting results in front of him with great entanglement.
This is the tenth time that all members have voted anonymously.
But the result is still unsatisfactory.
51.2% votes in favor, 44.1% votes against, and 4.7% abstentions.
Although the number of votes in favor exceeded half, it did not reach the standard of two-thirds of the voting rights, so this vote had no effect.
"Beep!"
A rapid alarm sounded.
"Professor, Proxima b communication has been restored."
Lv Yongchang suddenly widened his eyes.
He subconsciously supported his hands on the conference table in front of him, stood up and shouted loudly: "Quick! Establish a communication connection for me!"
A huge holographic projection appeared above the conference table, and a line of faint text appeared in front of everyone.
[Establishing a communication connection...]
Proxima responded very quickly.
There was almost no waiting. After a line of faint words [Successful connection] appeared, the real-time picture of Proxima b appeared in the holographic screen.
Ren Feng's eye sockets were sunken, his gray hair was extremely messy, and his face was full of fatigue.
But his eyes were extremely bright, and even had a faint smile.
"Hello, professor."
Ren Feng was the first to say hello, as if the incident a few days ago had never happened.
"Ren Feng, you..."
Lv Yongchang looked at Ren Feng and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Professor, I'm here to report to you on the progress of the plan." Ren Feng said in a low voice with a tired smile on his face.
"So far, the total number of people awakened on Proxima b is 3,147."
"They are all absolute supporters of the Tail Cutoff Plan, but in order to prevent accidents, all personnel, including me, will enter hibernation one after another."
"All irrelevant personnel on Proxima b have entered hibernation. According to the preset program, they will wake up in 50 years and welcome the arrival of the final moment."
"At the same time, the five social nurturing centers have lifted all restrictions and started working."
"In order to ensure the successful implementation of the plan, all humans born from the nurturing centers will directly enter a mild hibernation state."
"According to the experimental data provided by Zhang Zhengqing, the mild hibernation state will not affect their normal growth and development."
Speaking of this, Ren Feng took a deep breath and looked more solemn: "Professor, all preparations have been completed."
"Have you thought about it?"
Just as Lv Yongchang was about to speak, Ren Feng smiled again and added: "By the way, Professor, Zhengqing has only restored this external communication link, and he can implement physical cutoff again at any time."
Hearing this, Lv Yongchang's face changed slightly.
Helplessly, he swallowed the words he wanted to say and changed them to another one.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the eleventh secret ballot will now begin."
