The four large characters on the projection screen, shimmering with a faint gold hue, caused everyone's pupils to shrink sharply!
Heaven!
In the legends of the Xia Dynasty, the Heavenly Court was the highest ruling center in mythology!
In the hearts of every Xia citizen, the Heavenly Court holds an irreplaceable significance!
"Project Celestial Court, officially known as the Human Deep Space Expedition Fleet Project."
"The project will be initially completed within 15 years."
"The first target planet of the Heavenly Court Project is Proxima Centauri, which is 4.22 light-years away from us!"
Lü Yongchang's calm words echoed in the Xia State Assembly Hall.
At the same time, the PPT slides on the projection screen kept changing, and the main content of the Heavenly Court Project was constantly presented to everyone.
The academicians and professors in the audience were so shocked that they were speechless!
A thought involuntarily surfaced in everyone's mind.
How... how dare Lü Yongchang?!
Colonizing exoplanets within 15 years?
Even science fiction wouldn't dare write something like this!
At the very back of the Great Hall of the People, the flashes from the cameras increased in frequency, almost forming a blinding white beam!
The reporters practically wore out their camera shutter buttons from pressing them so many times!
...
More than ten minutes later.
Lu Yongchang stood on the stage and slowly let out a sigh of relief.
I've finally given a brief overview of the three major plans.
He glanced down at the faces of the people below the stage.
Sure enough, almost every academician and professor had a look of disdain and skepticism on their face.
He twitched the corners of his mouth, a faint smile appearing on his face, and then spoke into the microphone again: "This meeting is now adjourned."
"Please leave now, reporters."
Lu Yongchang's words caused a slight commotion in the Xia Kingdom's Great Hall.
Did the reporter leave first?
There wasn't such a saying before!
The look of doubt deepened in the eyes of everyone in the Great Hall.
Lu Yongchang clearly had no intention of offering any explanation; he simply stood quietly on the stage, looking solemnly at the group of reporters in the last row of the Xia State Assembly Hall.
However, no one wanted to provoke Lü Yongchang at such a meeting.
After all, as the first director of the Space Administration, Lü Yongchang held real power!
Five minutes later.
After all the reporters had left the Xia Guo Grand Hall, Lü Yongchang gave a wink to the soldiers standing guard at the door.
"Bang!"
The four main doors of the Great Hall of the People were closed simultaneously, emitting a uniform, dull thud!
Upon witnessing this scene, all the academicians and professors' pupils constricted!
Something big has happened?!
"Ladies and gentlemen, what I am about to say concerns national security!"
Lu Yongchang said meaningfully, "Therefore, please sign a confidentiality agreement!"
As they spoke, several soldiers began distributing confidentiality agreements to the academicians and professors one by one.
"What?!"
"They actually want us to sign a confidentiality agreement!"
"This concerns national security... What exactly happened?!"
As soon as Lü Yongchang finished speaking, the group of young professors couldn't contain themselves and began to whisper among themselves.
Some of the senior academicians sitting in the front row had a glint in their eyes.
"Academician Yang, this must be the truth you just told me, right?" As he signed the confidentiality agreement, Old Qiu gave Yang Jianchuan a meaningful look.
Yang Jianchuan signed his name with a solemn expression and said softly, "Mr. Qiu, now I can tell you the truth."
"If I told you that the Xia Kingdom... no, humanity, has less than fifteen years left to exist, would you believe me?"
Academician Qiu Tianzhong, with his full head of white hair, suddenly narrowed his eyes. Even he couldn't suppress his shock and exclaimed in a low voice, "What did you say?!"
Seeing everyone around him looking at him, Qiu Tianzhong quickly forced a smile and waved his hand, saying, "It's nothing, it's nothing..."
Once everyone around had turned away, Qiu Tianzhong quickly tugged at Yang Jianchuan's sleeve and whispered, "What did you mean by what you just said?!"
"What do you mean humanity has 15 years left?!"
Just as Yang Jianchuan was about to answer, Lü Yongchang on the stage interrupted him.
"Since everyone has signed a confidentiality agreement, I'll just be frank."
"Everyone, humanity has only 15 years left to escape!"
"To be precise, all living things on Earth have only 15 years left to escape!"
Lu Yongchang's words were like an atomic bomb dropped into a calm meeting room!
In just a moment, the once tranquil Xia Kingdom Assembly Hall became as noisy as a bustling market!
Lu Yongchang stood on the stage, quietly looking at the crowd below, without saying another word.
He knew in his heart that such shocking news did indeed need some time for everyone to digest.
Gradually, the discussions in the Great Hall of the People subsided, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Lü Yongchang on the stage.
Only then did he gently click the mouse to switch the PPT being projected on the projector.
"I believe everyone here is aware of the paper that was published in Nature some time ago."
"The sun's recent activity must have puzzled many people, especially the global aurora last night, which defied all the previously summarized patterns."
"Through rigorous calculations and deductions, we have discovered that the sun has entered its aging phase ahead of schedule."
"Furthermore, it is aging much faster than we expected."
"According to model predictions, the Sun will enter its red giant phase within ten years, during which time it will engulf Mercury and Venus at once."
"The sun will experience a helium flash within fifteen years!"
"At that time, Earth, as the planet closest to the sun, will be completely melted by the light of the helium flash!"
"..."
The Great Hall of Xia Kingdom was deathly silent.
Qiu Tianzhong sat in the chair with a blank stare, his withered and thin hands gripping the armrests tightly.
"This, how is this possible..."
"This...this doesn't make sense!"
Qiu Tianzhong hissed in a low voice, as if he were going crazy.
As a leading figure in physics in China, Qiu Tianzhong found it difficult to accept this fact for a while.
In just over a decade, the sun will quietly consume most of its energy!
Logically, this energy is enough to sustain the sun's burning for billions of years!
Where did all this energy go?!
"This violates the law of conservation of energy!!"
Qiu Tianzhong suddenly stood up, his withered hands trembling slightly, and roared sharply!
If such a thing were to happen, it would be a disaster!
It is not only a disaster for Earth's civilization, but also a disaster for humanity's knowledge system!
Looking at the elderly man swaying on his seat, a hint of pity flashed in Lü Yongchang's eyes.
He had seen far too many scenes like this in his previous life.
The more knowledgeable one is, the less accepting it is of such a change in the sun!
Because it violates all the laws of human cognition!
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