Chapter 78 Biosphere 2 Project

9:30 that evening.

Lu Yongchang, who had just stepped off Xuannv No. 1, naturally had no idea what was happening in the United States.

Of course, if he knew the pessimistic thoughts of Albert and others now, he would probably laugh out loud.

This is a typical cognitive error caused by information asymmetry.

Although Xuannv-1 has strong performance, it is completely incapable of carrying weapons due to its current body structure.

Let alone missiles, it can't even release the simplest tungsten rod.

What's more, the current primary mission of Xuannv-1 is not combat, but to go to the moon to carry out some scientific research work.

Therefore, in the short term, Lu Yongchang has no plans to change the structure of his fuselage.

Simply put, apart from its first-class ability to escape, the current Xuannv No. 1 is just a mere decoration with no combat capability at all.

…

Xiaguo time, 11:30 pm.

In the capital, in Councillor Li's office.

Congressman Li handed Lu Yongchang a latest document from the United States with a serious expression.

"Yongchang, take a look at this document."

Lu Yongchang reached out to take the still warm A4 printed paper. The moment he saw the title, his eyebrows raised sharply.

"The United States announced that NASA's funding this year will be increased to 500 billion US dollars?"

"Wow!" A hint of surprise flashed across Lu Yongchang's face. "Albert is really generous. This is ten times the funding of previous years!"

Councillor Li nodded solemnly: "This news just came. I guess Xuannv No. 1 gave them a bit of a shock."

"This is also what I am worried about. If we launch the Moon Palace Project now, the reaction from the United States may be even greater!"

"What Xia Country needs most now is a period of stable development."

Lu Yongchang smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Chairman, in my opinion, this shouldn't be a problem."

"In fact, the faster we speed up, the safer our situation will be!"

"Oh?" Councillor Li raised his eyebrows sharply: "What do you mean?"

"Look, Senator, since we launched the Moon Palace Project, the South Gate Project, and the Heavenly Palace Project, the attention of the United States has been diverted without them noticing."

"After proposing the Mars Pathfinder program, the United States increased NASA's scientific research funding by a full tenfold."

Speaking of this, the smile in Lu Yongchang's eyes became even brighter: "I believe that the United States, with such a large business, will not have the energy to deal with Xia Country."

"Mr. Councillor, do you know a term often mentioned on the Internet, the Strategic Deception Bureau?"

Lu Yongchang said cheerfully: "It seems that the US is completely in disarray now."

"My original purpose of announcing those three plans has been achieved!"

Still the familiar recipe, still the familiar taste.

Everything seemed like a reenactment of history from decades ago.

However, after the opponent changed, the United States now went from being at an advantage to being at a disadvantage.

"I understand!" Councillor Li nodded slowly, his expression slightly relaxed. "Then according to you, next, Xia Country should focus on building an automatic lunar mining device?"

Lu Yongchang nodded, then shook his head: "Not only that, there is another more important matter."

"'Restart' the Biosphere 2 Project!"

…

Three days later.

A red banner was hung at the entrance of Sandaokou University.

"Warmly welcome all the academicians and professors to our school to attend the conference!"

The big red banner at the door attracted countless students to watch.

"What's going on... What kind of meeting is our school going to have? So grand?"

A girl with shoulder-length hair frowned and turned to ask the person next to her: "Yutong, did you hear what your instructor said?"

Next to her, a girl with an innocent face, wearing a white chiffon dress and a tall ponytail, was looking up at the big red banner at the school gate.

Hearing the question from the people around him, Su Yutong frowned slightly, subconsciously reached out to adjust her rimless glasses, hesitantly shook her head and said, "I... haven't heard of any important meeting."

"How about...I'll go ask later?"

A trace of regret flashed across the long-haired girl's eyes: "Well, I thought you knew some inside information!"

Su Yutong rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Where do you get so much inside information? I am just an ordinary student under my mentor."

"Ordinary?" The girl looked at Su Yutong in surprise. "Professor Guan Hualiang took her in as a student in her third year of college. You call that ordinary?!"

"I heard that Professor Guan Hualiang doesn't even look down on ordinary graduate students!"

"It's not that exaggerated..." Su Yutong said with a wry smile, "Although Mr. Guan's requirements for students are indeed a bit high, it's also for our own good! Scientific research cannot tolerate the slightest mistakes!"

The long-haired girl's eyes were full of amazement, and she sighed repeatedly: "I really don't know what you went through in your sophomore year. It's like you suddenly got it..."

"If I remember correctly, our advanced mathematics was originally at the same level, right?"

As she spoke, the long-haired girl rolled up the book in her hand into a microphone and placed it in front of Su Yutong: "Let me interview the new top student in our Department of Applied Physics. What makes you study so hard?"

Seeing the curious looks from the people around her, Su Yutong blushed and said in a slightly cold voice with a hint of shyness: "Okay, okay, Chen Yun, stop talking nonsense. I'm not a top student... Don't forget, there is a real top student in my class!"

As he spoke, Su Yutong's mind flashed with the figure who sat next to him and solved problems half a year ago.

"Huh? You mean Professor Lu? That's not a nerd!" Chen Yun curled her lips, "That's a genius!"

"Honestly, if I hadn't seen it on the Xiaguo news, I wouldn't even believe that this talented person is from the same class as us!"

"But speaking of which, it seems that we haven't heard from Professor Lu since the nuclear fusion, and we don't know where he went."

Hearing this, Su Yutong's eyes dimmed slightly.

From that day on, she never saw him in the library again.

She pursed her lips lightly, shook her head and said, "I don't know either."

"Perhaps he is conducting some secret research mission? The small fusion reactor reported in the Xiaguo news last time might have been developed by him."

"Well, that's enough, we really are..." Chen Yun smiled and pulled Su Yutong's sleeve, "Is it our turn to worry about Professor Lu's affairs?"

"Let's go, I'm almost starving."

"If you don't hurry up, the delicious food in the cafeteria will be snatched away by others!"

Su Yutong retracted his gaze, shook his head gently, and threw away the distracting thoughts in his mind.

As long as I keep climbing up, we'll meet again one day, right?

A thought flashed through Su Yutong's mind.