Chapter 1277 Expedition of Necessity

For a superpower, it is not easy to punish a warlord in East Africa.

Marash, who returned to the base with a lot of trouble, didn't know that the reason why he was alive until now was purely because no one took him seriously.

But now, his greed has completely angered a force that he should never offend. It wasn't even Hua Guo who was eyeing him, the whole world put their curious eyes on him.

Of course, this curiosity is not about how he will escape from birth.

Instead, I was curious about how miserable his death would be...

At this moment, Lu Zhou, who was visiting Copenhagen, did not know what happened behind the scenes.

To be honest, these things were beyond his professional scope, and although the power that was targeting him made him feel a little worried, it was far from enough to scare him.

Or let alone fear, not even fear.

The Air and Space Force is on standby 24 hours a day. I am afraid no one in this world is safer than him.

But it's a pity that Li Gaoliang didn't come to meet him on the cruise ship after completing the mission, or he planned to treat him to a drink or two.

Lu Zhou, who lives in the most luxurious hotel in Copenhagen and sits in the executive lounge, is drinking afternoon tea while brushing the scarf on his mobile phone.

These days, the headlines of the major news media have been swiped by the orbital paratroopers that descended from the sky. The most interesting thing is that the netizens in District 11 gave this army a lot of weird names.

For example, something like "flame of the sky", "heavenly soldiers", "cosmic knights of the empire", etc., the most unimaginable thing is that these words were actually quoted in their newspapers.

As for netizens in North America, they are more serious.

They all complain that NASA spends a lot of money every year, but can't see any results.

In fact, this is wronged them.

Although NASA did spend a lot of money, they definitely didn't spend money indiscriminately. Not only that, they were even so frugal that they wanted to break a coin in half to spend it.

But there is no way, the marginal effect of scientific research investment determines that some things will definitely see returns without spending money. Unless there is another talent like Lu Zhou, they will not see any hope of catching up with Huaguo in the aerospace field in a short time.

"The mayor of Copenhagen wants to visit you tomorrow morning. Do you have time?"

Sitting opposite Lu Zhou is the Chinese ambassador to Denmark, Du Yanming. This gray-haired old man is already 60 years old, and it is said that he has lived overseas for 20 years.

"Are you so enthusiastic?" Lu Zhou raised his head and looked at the old man sitting opposite him in surprise.

From yesterday to now, he has met almost all the political leaders of this half-sized country. Up to now, he has a lot of business cards on him, but he doesn't remember a name, let alone match the name with his face.

"Normally they're not so enthusiastic."

"It seems that this time is a bit abnormal."

"Because we have never made such a big fuss before a visit," the gray-haired ambassador smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip of the black tea in the cup, "You know what? There is at least one battalion stationed outside this hotel.”

Hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou showed an innocent expression on his face.

To be honest, he was quite innocent.

How could he have imagined that mosquitoes would chase and bite him on a cruise ship.

This kind of thing had never happened before, at least not during his visits to Russia and France.

Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't speak, Du Da gently touched the teacup with his index finger, smiled gently and continued.

"I noticed that you don't seem to be interested in tea, but anyway, I really recommend you to try this cup. The tea leaves in this cup of black tea are produced in a farm in Sri Lanka. It is said that the farm has a history of more than 100 years, which is regarded as Denmark It is one of the properties of the royal family. Only when they meet the most distinguished guests, they will take it out to entertain the guests."

Lu Zhou sighed softly, took a sip reluctantly, and put down the teacup.

"I'm really not used to drinking it. It would be better to give me a cup of instant coffee."

"Academician Lu's hobbies are really unique," Ambassador Du continued with a smile, "Speaking of which, Academician Lu is not married yet?"

"That's right."

"Need me to introduce you?"

"No need, I already have a partner."

"I'm sorry, I was rude." Ambassador Du Yanming showed a surprised expression on his face, and then he smiled apologetically, and quickly changed the subject without any trace, "Speaking of which, Ambassador Zhang asked me to speak to you on his behalf. Say thank you."

Lu Zhou raised his head: "Ambassador Zhang Wenbin?"

"Yes." Du Yanming nodded with a smile, "It is said that Prince Felip sent a tweet after disembarking, thanking and praising your behavior on the cruise ship. The citizens of Sweden also expressed surprise. Academician Lu still has such a brave side. He stood up in times of crisis, was braver than their royal guards, and saved their cute little princess... If Princess Lilian was a little older, it might become a good story .”

Lu Zhou coughed dryly.

"Don't talk about this kind of thing."

Ambassador Du laughed and patted his thigh.

"Haha, this is just a friendly joke, please don't take it to heart. In any case, this is a beneficial and harmless thing for our country's diplomatic exchanges with the Nordic countries. What do you think?"

Saying that, the white-haired old man jokingly raised his eyebrows at Lu Zhou.

If it wasn't for the color of the hair and the amount of thinning that reminded Lu Zhou of his age, Lu Zhou could hardly help thinking that he was not talking to a 60-year-old man, but talking to a peer.

It's not a very fun experience to be honest.

Especially for an older young man who is in his third year, people can't help but wonder whether they are prematurely aging.

However, what Lu Zhou did not expect was that an unintentional move of his own would bring such a great improvement to the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Thinking about it carefully, this feeling is quite pleasant.

...

Saturday.

The All-Climate Action Summit was held as scheduled.

At this global event, attention from all over the world was gathered. Not only because high-level leaders from various countries will attend this event, but also because Academician Lu, who won the second Nobel Prize in his life in Stockholm, is standing on the podium to deliver a speech on behalf of Hua Guo.

In fact, environmental protection is not Lu Zhou's professional field, and he has no specific research on how to improve the atmospheric environment. But from a non-professional point of view, he felt that he could still say something.

All the cameras were focused on him.

Lu Zhou could feel that the moment he stood on the podium, high-level officials from other countries stopped talking and looked at him tentatively.

In addition, there are some well-known environmentalists who were invited to come.

These include school strikers who were more popular in the past few years, representatives of "Green Peace" who are now in the limelight, and a series of extreme environmentalists.

Of course, the most excited ones were of course the reporters standing against the wall.

Almost the moment Lu Zhou stepped into the room, the shutters in their hands were pressed like a windmill.

However, these trivial things did not have any impact on Lu Zhou.

This is not the first time he has held a report meeting. Instead of being nervous, he is a bit accustomed to standing here.

Reaching out to straighten the microphone, Lu Zhou nodded slightly to the audience, then cleared his throat, and spoke in a calm tone.

"It's a great honor to stand here, and it's a great honor to represent my motherland and present the answer sheet I'm holding to the world."

Gently shaking the speech in his hand, Lu Zhou made a friendly smile on his face, and continued to speak in a gentle tone facing the camera.

"This is my second speech after the Nobel Prize. I believe everyone has already understood the theme of this speech, so I won't go into too much detail and just make a simple refinement."

"That is, what have we done in the past five years."

"As for this point, I want to use a number five to sum it up," Lu Zhou paused and continued, "Five controllable fusion reactors were successfully ignited, and the energy of controllable fusion has benefited at least five percent of the world. At the same time, in five years, we have eliminated more than 90% of thermal power, replaced more than 50% of fuel vehicles, and reduced our dependence on fossil fuels to the level of half a century ago.”

"And this is unprecedented in the history of human development."

"Not only that, we are not satisfied with the existing achievements with our mission. We have promoted clean energy to Southeast Asia, continued along the ancient Silk Road, and spread the convenience brought by technology to more distant countries. places, like those things our ancestors did."

"Civilized countries spread civilization, and barbaric countries spread barbarism, and as all of us can see, we have fulfilled our responsibilities and set an example for the cause of building a community with a shared future for mankind, and we will follow this example It goes on and on.”

"Thanks!"

The speech was over, and the audience burst into applause.

According to the procedure, Lu Zhou nodded slightly after fulfilling his duties as a "mascot", and was about to step off the stage. However, at this moment, the audience suddenly raised a hand.

A girl in a green dress and a green baseball cap stood up with her hand held high, and the visitor spoke unkindly.

"Can I ask questions?"

"It seems that I have no chance to refuse." Although I don't know why the girl's eyes are obviously hostile, Lu Zhou still looked at her with a good look and nodded slightly, and said in a gentle tone, "For the convenience of addressing, May I ask your name?"

"Greya, you can call me that," the girl looked at Lu Zhou without concealing the hostility in her eyes and continued, "Mr. Lu Zhou, in your opinion, the development of lunar resources can also be regarded as a national contribution to your country." One of the contributions of the world?"

Lu Zhou: "Of course."

As if grasping the subject, the girl continued to speak aggressively, her shoulders trembling with excitement.

"How dare you take this for granted!"

"I have heard that the excessive use of lunar resources may affect the tidal environment of the earth, making fishes unable to find their spawning homes, disorienting dolphins, and causing permanent damage to the marine ecological environment! Why do we Can't we cherish this only home, do more things to make it better, and have to export our terrible troubles to other places?"

Lu Zhou quietly waited for her to finish speaking.

"It seems that you have heard a lot of things, so, apart from hearing, have you studied it?"

It seemed that she was stopped by this sentence, and it seemed that she hadn't figured out the true meaning of the research, so the girl was stunned for a while.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Lu Zhou smiled lightly and continued.

"It seems that your liberal arts should be good, but you just lack a little scientific thinking."

Looking at the girl with an excited expression, Lu Zhou was not angry, but the smile on his face was a little pity.

After thinking about it for about two seconds, he continued.

"If the moon disappeared in an instant, the kind of thing you said is indeed possible, and even the waves would flood our coastal cities in an instant. But if it is a slow gradual process, this kind of thing will not exist at all. Not to mention, our development of lunar resources is only scratching the surface, and organisms will naturally adapt to changes in the environment, just like they have been doing for thousands of years."

Seemingly dissatisfied with this explanation, the girl trembled angrily, staring at Lu Zhou standing on the stage.

"But why do we force those beings to adapt to the troubles we bring? Is it only for our own selfish desires?"

The high-level officials from other countries who were sitting in the audience had almost fallen asleep listening to Lu Zhou's bragging, but now they were full of energy, looking at Lu Zhou curiously and even jokingly, preparing to see how he planned to end up.

However, what they expected did not happen.

Facing the girl's accusation, Lu Zhou's reaction was very calm, and there was not even the slightest wave of emotion.

"Do you think it is selfish to let more people live?" Looking at the girl, Lu Zhou continued, "Or, do you think that as long as the status quo remains unchanged, or if we return to the primitive society of slash-and-burn farming, we can achieve the goal of human life?" permanent harmony with nature?"

"Isn't it possible—"

"Stop dreaming."

After interrupting her, Lu Zhou looked at the girl expressionlessly, but his eyes passed through the almost distorted face, and also through the people behind her who were also wearing green vests, supporting or using her. people.

In a voice of pure reason, he opened his mouth and continued.

"The contradiction that any life will face in reproduction is the lack of living space. As the global population continues to increase, it will be a matter of time and the only way to expand our borders to outer space."

"This is not a joke."

"It is impossible for us to stay in the cradle for a lifetime, even if it is really comfortable, so comfortable that it is difficult for us to find a completely similar substitute in other star systems. But it is undeniable that there is a limit to its endurance."

"The day when we reach the critical point may be delayed, but it will eventually come. The exploration of outer space is not so much a selfish desire, but a long-term self-help."

"Yes, sooner or later we'll have to export our troubles to space."

As he said that, Lu Zhou glanced at the camera on the wall, and then took a deep look at the high-level officials from various countries who exchanged glances with each other, as well as other folks who unconsciously held their breath and fell into deep thought.

"This is not for the gratification of selfish desires, my friends."

"This is an expedition of necessity."