This sign of success undoubtedly boosted the morale of everyone in the laboratory.

For a time, almost everyone believed Lu Yongchang's claim of 1500Gpa tensile strength multilayer wall carbon nanotubes!

Over the next few days, one piece of good news after another came from the laboratory.

"Professor Lü, we changed the arrangement order, and the tensile strength reached 260 GPa!"

"290 GPa!"

"350 GPa!"

"..."

As time goes by, the maximum tensile strength of multi-walled carbon nanotubes continues to increase.

Just when everyone was full of confidence, reality dealt them a heavy blow.

The data has started to decline.

After the highest tensile strength reached 500 GPa, the data for each subsequent sample did not exceed this record.

Lu Yongchang frowned as he looked at the data on the computer.

After a moment of contemplation, he slowly shook his head.

"No, this is not right."

"Multi-walled carbon nanotubes with this many layers are definitely not what we need."

With that, Lü Yongchang said in a deep voice, "Zero, is enough data accumulated?"

Zero's voice quickly rang out: "Professor, we have accumulated 5,670 sample data points. Do you need me to perform calculations and analysis on them?"

A conflicted look appeared in Lü Yongchang's eyes.

5,670 data samples may seem like a lot, but it is clearly not enough for such highly variable materials.

However, the experiment has been going on for about a month now.

If we continue to blindly try and fail, the time cost will be immeasurable!

"Zero, give it a try."

"If possible, it would be best to deduce a general direction."

As Lü Yongchang finished speaking, the humming of the cooling system suddenly began in the distant quantum supercomputing center.

...

The capital city.

Within the first ring road.

"Qiming, I have an idea. What do you think?"

The old man behind the desk put down his teacup, his gaze becoming profound.

"At the current pace, we will soon be entering space."

"You should know that too, right?"

Faced with the old man's question, Hong Qiming, who was standing in front of the desk, quickly nodded.

After the establishment of the People's Federation, his position also underwent some changes.

Although he is no longer the Minister of Science and Technology, thanks to Lu Yongchang, he has also become a member of the SUPP Parliament.

Compared to before, his position has definitely moved up a lot.

The old man's steady voice continued to come.

"I've been thinking about this for a long time."

"If we are lucky enough to escape this disaster and become a genuine interstellar civilization."

"A single parliament cannot shoulder the heavy responsibility of leading civilization."

Hearing this, Hong Qiming was greatly surprised!

"Speaker, what do you mean by that!"

He breathed slightly rapidly and whispered, "Humanity has just united, could it be that you..."

A slight smile appeared on Representative Li's lips as he raised his withered hand and waved it gently.

"Don't get the wrong idea, I have no intention of stepping down."

"So you mean..." Hong Qiming's eyes showed even more confusion.

The smile on the old man's face gradually faded.

"Faced with the unknown universe, I consider myself just an ordinary person."

"I don't know what interstellar civilizations are like; I can only try my best to imagine them based on my own imagination."

"I thought about it for a long time and came to two conclusions, or rather, guesses."

The old man paused slightly at this point.

"First, the primary task of an interstellar civilization is to develop technology. In the vast universe, we will face not only threats from the universe itself, but also threats from other civilizations."

"Therefore, no matter what changes occur within a civilization, they must never affect the development of science and technology!"

"Secondly, to maintain a higher level of civilization, human civilization needs a massive population, trillions of people!"

"Human energy is limited, and even if the size of parliament continues to expand, there is still a limit to what we can manage."

Do you understand what I mean?

Hong Qiming swallowed hard.

A thought vaguely surfaced in his mind.

He probably knew what Representative Lee was talking about.

This speculation is just too astonishing.

He hesitated to say it for a moment.

Facing the old man's gentle gaze, Hong Qiming slightly parted his lips and uttered his guess in a trembling voice.

The old man nodded in satisfaction.

"good."

“I will be holding a People’s Federation meeting in the next few days.”

"In order to adapt to the universe, human civilization needs to change."

...

Carbon nanoparticle laboratory.

"professor."

Zero's voice rang out from the loudspeaker next to Lü Yongchang: "The calculation results are in."

"I'm sorry, I can't get a precise answer."

"But I got a rough range."

"Within this range, there is a 96.9% probability that the carbon nanotubes you are looking for exist."

Lü Yongchang's expression suddenly brightened.

That's enough!

One area is already much better than before!

At least, the experiments now have real boundaries!

He turned around and turned on the computer next to him.

"Zero, send me the calculation results!"

The computer screen subtly changed, and a long string of dense data appeared on the screen.

While carefully examining the data on the screen, Lü Yongchang shouted, "Wei Rong! We have work to do!"

...

One week later.

"...Get the latest news from the People's Federation. Now, I will bring you the latest news from the People's Federation."

On the television screen, the host, Bingbing, spoke with a light smile and a cheerful tone.

"Based on the results of the first session of the Human Union Council, the Human Union will undergo a major reform in order to adapt to the upcoming interstellar life."

"The parliament's work will be reduced to focus solely on matters within human civilization."

"At the same time, the Human Rights Academy was established. The Academy is responsible for external affairs of civilization and is fully responsible for the direction of civilization's development."

"The Academy of Sciences and Parliament are on equal footing..."

"At the meeting, Representative Li recommended Lü Yongchang to serve as the chief scientist of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the recommendation was unanimously approved!"

"..."

...

At this moment, Lü Yongchang, who was inside the laboratory, was naturally unaware of what was happening outside.

All he could see was that long, thin carbon nanotube in front of him.

"This is really bad..." Wei Rong's voice came from the side, "I'm not saying this, but our luck is just too bad."

“We’ve given a range, and we’ve gone and explored every single possibility within that range.”

Upon hearing this, Lü Yongchang gave a wry smile.

That's right, what's in front of him right now is the last of those thousands of sample intervals.