1,000 underground cities that covered an area of about 100 kilometers.
This sentence immediately made the expressions of many scientists change.
With humanity's current infrastructure, even building 1,000 cities on the surface would require a massive amount of manpower and resources, let alone building 1,000 underground cities.
The difficulty of building a Dungeon was on a completely different level from building a city on the surface.
Underground heating, underground ecological circulation, underground oxygen supply, underground energy conversion and storage…
There were too many things to consider, and the relevant technical demonstration would take a long time.
At this moment, many people finally understood why they were gathered together.
The construction of the Buried City involved many disciplines.
Moreover, with the current grim situation, even if they worked together, it would probably be a drop in the bucket.
At most, they were pioneers, opening up a path for the future.
Next, a large amount of manpower and material resources from all over the country would be needed to ensure the smooth progress of this cross-century project.
In a short moment.
Many scientists had already thought of many things.
However, many people did not expect that this plan from the future would bring them more shock than that.
Xu Qiu stood on the stage and continued,""Since there is no sun, each Dungeon needs to use at least 80% of its energy to produce food. The cost of pure chemical synthesis of protein is too high, but the conversion rate of algae can reach 10%. Fossil energy can be converted to electricity by 40%, and then to light energy. The highest energy ratio of food is only about 3%!“
"After calculation, a Dungeon can accommodate a total population of one million, which is equivalent to a third-tier city in the Dragon Country. Of course, this is the ideal situation. In fact, due to the limitations of food acquisition, energy utilization, and other issues, a Dungeon can only accommodate a minimum population of 100,000 people!”
Xu Qiu deliberately emphasized the last few words.
As expected, the entire auditorium began to boil.
At this moment, Lu Guangyuan and Li Bingqing, who were standing behind the stage, had ugly expressions.
Although they were not experts in the field of scientific research, their basic computing ability was still necessary for ordinary people.
Li Bingqing said with a difficult expression,"Taking an average between one million and 100,000, that's 500,000 people. 1,000 underground cities, that's 500 million people, but the Dragon Country has 1.5 billion people!" What about the remaining one billion people?"
Lu Guangyuan shook his head silently.
Thinking of this dark and hopeless future, his heart could not help but sink.
Inside the auditorium, Li Bingqing's doubts were also what many scientists wanted to ask.
Immediately, several scientists expressed their doubts.
However, Xu Qiu's answer was so cruel that it made people despair.
Xu Qiu said," The construction scale of 1,000 Buried Cities is only the most ideal situation. In fact, even if we start building with all our strength, it would be good if we can reach half of the construction scale before the Extinguishing Day!“
" It can be said that the most ideal situation is for all the Dungeons to accumulate enough resources to sustain 200 million people. This is the result of the entire country's efforts!”
"Chief Xu, there are 1.5 billion people in the Dragon Country. Are you not going to care about the lives of the remaining 1.3 billion people?”A sociologist stood up and said angrily.
" The purpose of this plan is not to let everyone survive in the first place. It is only to continue the spark of the civilization of mankind. On the premise that this goal is guaranteed, everything else can be abandoned. Of course…that includes the 1.3 billion people!”Xu Qiu replied with a cold expression.
In that instant, it was cruel, cold-blooded, and heartless…
Many people saw this emotion in Xu Qiu.
Someone couldn't help but want to scold Xu Qiu.
But at this moment, Old Zou, who had been quietly listening to the plan, suddenly said,""Bureau Chief Xu…you're right!"
" With the extinction of the sun, there is no second option given our current technological level. Either 200 million people will survive, or 1.5 billion people will die. Respect rationality and consider the big picture!”
" If that day really comes, I can die. The future and hope of this country will always be the young people. They must survive as long as possible. I believe that they will certainly fulfill our lifelong wish and lead mankind to the sea of stars!”
"It's just that…I won't be able to see that day!”
Old Zou's words moved many people.
Some of the more emotional ones even started to tear up.
That's right, why did they, who were engaged in scientific research, not seek fame or profit all their lives?
Wasn't it for the sake of the inheritance and continuation of civilization? Only by giving better things to their descendants could they go further and soar higher.
For this, they were willing to do anything.
Even if it meant sacrificing his own life!
"Yes, in the future, the original intention of Zou Lao's proposal is to retain young people and elite technical talents as much as possible. Only when these people survive will those who are abandoned die!”
" One day, perhaps a hundred years later, humans will return to the surface and take a look at their former homeland!”
"After all, they came back for those who can't come back!”
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