Chapter 38 We Can't Do It
A few days later, the scientific expedition project team was formally established, with a decision-maker as its leader.
During the preparation process, the project team sent invitations to every existing scientist in the world, as long as they were related to natural sciences, inviting them to become a member of the project team.
Zhou Cheng, Liu Yu, and Wang Zhe, who are all PhDs in physics, are also among them.
Many people accepted the invitation and became part of the project team, but many others declined.
Some people even publicly declared that even if they died, they would never use their wisdom to try to lock down the technological development of human civilization.
In response to this, the decision maker in charge of the project team just smiled bitterly and shook his head for a moment, then gave up.
This kind of thing cannot be forced.
At the same time as the scientific investigation project team was established, the results of deciphering the Yangjiagou tribal language and the discussion results of subsequent meetings were also announced to the public, and then, as people expected, caused an uproar in the society.
I don’t know how many people have joined in the discussion on this multiple-choice question.
The Internet, which had been increasingly deserted due to the scarcity of young people, became lively again at this moment.
I don’t know how many elderly people also joined in this discussion, expressing their opinions firmly and fiercely, and refuting the opinions of their opponents.
Some people insist that even if they die, they must never "castrate themselves" and must never surrender.
Even if self-castration and submission can allow civilization to continue, what is the point of continuing a civilization that has no hope and no dignity?
It would be better to let such a civilization perish.
Some people believe that a good death is worse than a miserable life. If civilization can continue, why choose extinction?
The so-called morality and dignity, from a macro perspective, are actually only created to ensure that civilization can continue better.
The continuation of civilization is fundamental; morality and dignity are minor details. In matters of this magnitude, which concern the very survival of civilization, we must not lose sight of the fundamentals and focus on the trivial.
If there is no hope and no dignity, there is no meaning in living. The lower-class common people in ancient times should have committed suicide long ago.
The two opinions clashed fiercely, and the World Government remained silent in this debate that affected almost everyone.
Amidst this excitement, the first plenary meeting of the scientific expedition project team was held, with a total of more than 3,000 members attending.
After that, there were group discussions for several days to initially summarize the opinions. Participants each proposed some preliminary and potentially feasible plans, which were then followed by cross-examination procedures. It was not until the sixth day that a preliminary consensus was reached.
The decision-makers in charge of the project team sat on the podium, and below them, thousands of members sat upright.
“First of all, the first principle that needs to be made clear is that all plans based on human beings themselves should be rejected.
These include vigorously developing the worship of gods, using the system of god worship to prevent the development of science and technology, establishing a strict government review mechanism, using administrative power to prohibit the development of science and technology, guiding social trends, changing the civilized atmosphere, using technological means to lower human IQ, ensuring that scientific and technological development cannot be achieved, and so on. All plans were rejected.
Humanity itself is the greatest variable. No matter how unbreakable a restriction may seem now, as long as the starting point is humanity itself, it will inevitably be broken in the future.
Even we ourselves don't believe that such a plan can be implemented for a long time, let alone make the Moon Goddess believe it.
Second, only proposals based on science itself can pass the first round of review.
The only thing that can convince the Moon God that we are truly not a threat is 'we can't do it', not 'we won't do it'.
Only by truly achieving 'we can't do it' from a scientific perspective can we truly convince the Moon Goddess that we have eliminated the threat.
Based on this principle, a total of 17 proposals have passed the first round of review and are now being made public.”
Zhou Cheng felt mixed emotions as he looked through the 17 solutions displayed on the electronic screen in front of him that had preliminary feasibility and could, at least at the existing theoretical level, achieve the goal of "preventing the development of human civilization and technology."
Among these 17 plans, there was one contributed jointly by him and Liu Yu.
Zhou Cheng didn't know whether he would support implementing a plan that could truly prevent the further development of human civilization's technology if subsequent verification confirmed that there really was one.
Development or survival, Zhou Cheng still doesn't know which one to choose.
He simply believed that, no matter what, human civilization should first be qualified to make this choice. As for which one to choose after it was qualified, that could be decided later.
If no solution that meets the standards is found, humans will not even be qualified to make this choice.
After briefly reviewing the proposals, the decision-maker chairing the meeting continued, "The project team will grant permission to the proposers of these 17 proposals and provide them with resources and human resources to further research and refine the details of these proposals and further demonstrate their feasibility.
Okay, meeting adjourned."
Three days later, a helicopter, a pilot, and three security and liaison personnel were allocated to Zhou Cheng and Liu Yu.
"Director Xiao Zhou, Director Xiao Liu, hello. I'm Sun Lin, the pilot and security team leader of this helicopter. For the next period of time, I will be at your disposal."
He was a middle-aged man in his 60s who looked healthy and fit. The same was true for the other three people.
He looked at Zhou Cheng and Liu Yu with a smile: "You can come to me if you have any instructions. If we can't solve it, I can contact any nearby cradle and allocate supplies or manpower from the cradle."
"Hello Uncle Sun, I'm going to trouble you for a while."
Zhou Cheng stepped forward and shook his hand, then said, "We don't need a helicopter for now, so an off-road vehicle will do. Let's go take a look around Dajing City first."
"good."
A total of six people got on two off-road vehicles, loaded with a lot of equipment and supplies, left Dajing City, and headed towards the mountains outside the city.
Next to Zhou Cheng, Liu Yu's thoughts seemed to drift far away.
"Zhou Cheng, we're not in Yangjiagou anymore, what should we do with the little monkey?"
During this period, Liu Yu has almost always been taking care of the little monkey.
Zhou Cheng shook his head: "Don't worry, it's okay. Many people in Yangjiagou are already familiar with the little monkey, and they won't let it get into any accidents.
Besides, Yangjiagou is the little monkey’s home.”
The car sped along and soon arrived in front of an abandoned scenic spot.
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