The Forbidden City conference room.
The attendees all looked very serious. After several rounds of intense discussions, they finally reached a resolution to build a solar system defense system.
This project is expected to take 15 years and is extremely large in scale. Even a powerful country like China would find it extremely difficult to complete it alone.
Therefore, mobilizing all nations of the planet to act together became the inevitable choice.
After all, if aliens invade, it's not just China that will be threatened; other countries can't stand idly by either.
After the meeting, all parties hurriedly left to prepare for the new plan.
Ye Chen was kept behind by Number One to continue discussing the establishment of a joint government.
Number One asked bluntly, "Based on the current evidence, it's almost impossible to persuade other countries to agree to form a coalition government. Can you find some new evidence?"
Ye Chen looked troubled and replied, "Sir, when I retrieved Voyager 1, I already released many probes. In addition, there are astronomical telescopes in the solar system monitoring various locations in real time, but..."
A look of helplessness crossed his face: "With these methods, finding aliens is like looking for a needle in a haystack; it all comes down to luck."
Number One shook his head, his face grim: "That's a bit tricky. I will try my best to persuade more countries. If that doesn't work, I'll have to resort to force. We can't let them hold us back."
Ye Chen echoed, "The commander is right. We cannot let those countries become stumbling blocks for us."
Number One gave him a deep look and said solemnly, "I've kept you behind because there's something more important I need you to do. You have to promise me, I'm begging you personally!"
Ye Chen was slightly taken aback. He had never seen Number One act like this since he met him. It must be something very important!
He felt a chill run down his spine and said solemnly, "Sir, please speak frankly. I will do whatever I can."
"You can definitely do it, Ye Chen, if..."
Number One hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said, "I mean, if the solar system defense plan fails, I hope you can take the gene pool of the Chinese people and leave the solar system, and choose another place to establish China."
Ye Chen's body trembled, and he showed a surprised expression. Just as he was about to speak, Number One waved his hand and continued, "Let me finish speaking first. I know that everyone's morale is high right now. As the supreme commander, I shouldn't say such discouraging things."
"However, we should always consider the possibility of defeat before the possibility of victory. If the aliens are so powerful that they are invincible, as long as you can escape with the human gene pool, human civilization will still have a chance to survive."
"I've kept the wormhole inside the lunar base under wraps, preventing other countries from getting their hands on it. Now it seems that this might be the last chance for the Chinese people to survive."
"I know you have your own secrets and trump cards. You are the only one on Earth with the best chance of escaping, and you are also needed to rebuild civilization!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Chen remained silent for a moment before saying, "If things are not going to work out, I will consider the commander's request."
Number One stared straight at him and said in a deep voice, "It's not a matter of consideration, it's a matter of must agree!"
Ye Chen nodded solemnly.
Seeing that Ye Chen agreed, Number One's face put on a smile again. With his escape route secured, he was relieved of his last worry and felt much more relaxed.
So he smiled and said, "I will arrange a census to collect the gene pool of all Chinese people as much as possible, and then hand it over to you."
Ye Chen nodded and said, "I will also upgrade the virtual society to preserve the memories of all individuals as much as possible. This way, when people are cloned, these memories can be re-implanted to maintain individual characteristics to the greatest extent possible."
Upon hearing this, Number One's eyes lit up and he said, "If physical genes and memories can be reproduced, wouldn't that count as immortality?"
Ye Chen shook his head and said, "No, the cloned person is a completely new individual. For them, what is implanted is only memory, just like we are implanted with knowledge. It cannot be regarded as the same person."
Number One said with some disappointment, "It's not bad this way either; at least civilization has been able to continue."
They both tacitly avoided mentioning anyone outside of China. If it really came to the last step, they wouldn't show any mercy and try to treat everyone equally!
...
In Jiangcheng, at Mengyunxuan.
After a vigorous workout, Ye Chen lay on the bed with Li Muyue in his arms, gently stroking her smooth, jade-like back with his right hand.
Li Muyue squinted her eyes and lay lazily in Ye Chen's arms.
Suddenly, she spoke up: "Honey, is something on your mind?"
Ye Chen paused with his right hand, and asked in surprise, "Why do you ask that?"
Li Muyue looked up, and Ye Chen's eyes said, "You're different today."
Ye Chen lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "Is there anything different? Are you more vigorous?"
Li Muyue's ears turned red, and she lazily glared at him, saying, "Stop fooling around, let's talk about serious matters. What is it?"
Ye Chen sighed and said, "Actually, it's not anything urgent. Today, the first..."
Ye Chen recounted what Number One had discussed with him, and then said, "Actually, it might not necessarily come to that, but it's better to be prepared."
After listening, Li Muyue asked, "If it really comes to that, what are the chances of escaping?"
Ye Chen said in a low voice, "I don't know right now, it depends on the enemy's technological level."
"If this alien civilization that came to Earth is not higher than a Type II civilization, we can still have a chance. At worst, we can escape through a wormhole."
Upon hearing this, Li Muyue countered with, "What if the other party has reached the second level of civilization?"
Ye Chen calmly said, "If the enemy reaches the second level of civilization, we don't need to do anything; we can just wait to die."
Li Muyue asked in surprise, "Is the difference really that big? Even using a wormhole doesn't guarantee escape?"
Ye Chen shook his head and said, "Level 2 civilizations have a relatively deep understanding of space. Even if they cannot destroy spatial channels like wormholes, they can still interfere with them."
"If they interfere with our traversal of the wormhole, we will most likely fail to traverse it."
Li Muyue's expression was complicated. She sighed, her body trembled slightly, and she tightened her grip on Ye Chen's jade-like arm.
Ye Chen sensed her unease and patted her shoulder to comfort her, saying, "Don't worry so much. I was talking about the worst-case scenario. Maybe things will be better than I expect."
"If the enemy is really too strong to be defeated, I will arrange an evacuation as soon as I sense something is wrong. With the Morning Moon Cave Heaven in hand, at worst we can find a place on the other side of the wormhole to hide and rebuild a country. I will be the king and you will be the queen."
Li Muyue chuckled and said, "King? What about the queen? Are you going to have a harem of three palaces and six courtyards?"
Ye Chen chuckled and said, "Let's put aside the imperial harem for now and first get a crown prince to contribute to the continuation of humanity."
Li Muyue: "..."
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