Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

“Probably an illusion...”

Looking at the task panel, which emitted light golden European air, the ark shook its head hard, driving that strange feeling out of its mind and refocusing on the task itself.

Requires completion of the Mars Manned Landing Plan within the year.

This is nothing.

Manned fire was originally one of China's space programs this year, and it was a preliminary project to the Mars Science Examination Station.

As for the reward, it depends on the number of logins and the remaining task time...

Faced with this strange reward criterion, the ark was silenced.

If you throw a hundred people on top at once, you don't have to paint tens of millions of experiences?

Of course, that's just what he thinks.

And not to mention the technical difficulty, the risks and the people that go with it. Humanitarian issues, even if so many people could be sent at once, the system would not necessarily give him more than 10 million experiences.

After all, bonus boosts may increase with numbers, but they may not necessarily increase linearly.

“In short, it would be nice to find a way to get people to Mars as soon as possible… In that case, the task should be quite simple. ”

The Space Launch Center had just sent the ship back for a cruise in Mars orbit, and now all it had to do was find a way to bring the survival device along and throw the volunteers and the landing pod away.

So in my heart, the ark closed the holographic panel.

Although that slight feeling of uneasiness was still wavering, it was not his style to worry about something unknown and clueless, so he just wrinkled his eyebrows for a while and let it go for a while.

Exit the system space and the sky outside the window has completely darkened.

He lifted his watch and looked at the time. It was already after 10: 00 p.m., and the ark was about to close its eyes and sleep, but it was discovered that a drone controlled by Em was lying next to him on the nightstand, staring at him.

hesitated, the ark asked.

“Is there a problem? ”

Xiao Ai: [... Master, I just got a call. ( -v-)]

Turned the subject off.

Still, business matters.

“I get it. ”

He made a call, the ark reached out and picked up his phone, looked at the dozen missed calls, wondered who had made more than a dozen phone calls in the middle of the night so bored, and dialed the phone back.

The phone was quickly turned on.

Not surprisingly, Director Lee's voice appeared on the other end of the phone.

“Hello, Master Lu, you haven't slept so late. ”

“ …… ”

Hearing that, the ark couldn't reside in its heart and spat.

With so many phone bombardments, even if you fall asleep, you have to wake up.

However, thinking that he was not asleep, he did not compare. He leaned his head back on the pillow and asked casually.

“What is it, say it. ”

“Ha ha, it's not a big deal...”

“I'll hang up first, I'll talk to you tomorrow. ”

“Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! ”

“What do you say? ”

“You heard about the space elevator...”

“Doo--”

The phone's busy voice suddenly rang and cut off the voice on the other side of the phone.

“Ah... accidentally pressed the disconnect button. ”

Looking at the phone that had been hung up, the ark whispered to itself, casually dropped the phone off and fell asleep.

At this moment, Director Li, who is far from home in Shangjing City, is listening to the busy noise coming from his cell phone.

Why did you hang up so suddenly?

Is the phone dead...

……

Just as the ship fell asleep, it was a busy scene at the headquarters of the International Union of Materials Research Societies, far beyond the Pacific Ocean.

Sitting in his office, President Switf was talking to the Secretary-General, Professor Merryfinch, about the annual Academy Awards, while dealing with the mountains of painful work.

At that point, however, a knock was made outside the office, immediately followed by a young assistant walking in with an unopened letter in his hand.

“President, here is a letter from the Maple Society. ”

Dropping the pen in his hand, Chairman Sweetoff cast his tired gaze at him and asked with impatience.

“What does it say? ”

“The letter is from Professor Gerhard Etter, Director of the Fritz Hubble Institute," the assistant said with some hesitation after a quick sweep of the envelope at the scene, "while greeting you in his letter… hoping to nominate the Ark as a candidate for the Annual Society Award. ”

As soon as he heard the phrase, councilman Switf pressed his forefinger and thumb against his eyebrow with a headache and whispered a curse in his mouth.

“Another one. ”

But no wonder.

The relationship between the Ark and the Maple Society has been good, not only with the Hoffman Medal awarded by the German Chemical Society, but also with the Germans on the Stargazer project.

Professor Merryfinch, standing next to him, shrugged his shoulders and the expression on his face seemed not surprised by the content of the letter.

In fact, there is nothing surprising about it.

Even without considering the past, the academic value of that thesis is indeed worth doing.

Over this period of time, they have received at least ten nominations from some of the top bulls or learning organizations in the material academy, hoping that they will be able to include the name of the ark on the list for this year's Societies League Awards.

In fact, it would have been nothing.

But it's a headache for Chairman Switzerland.

Although the International Union of Materials Research Societies is nominally a consortium of national material societies, it is in fact somewhat similar in nature to the IMCRC and is nominally international, because the centres of the world material community are located in Boston, but it is in fact a cooperative organization that is more affected by a single country.

In such cases, even if they should indeed give serious consideration to the results of the research on the Ark, they would have to disregard the diplomatic position of their authorities.

Moreover, they had already agreed to award the annual Alliance of Societies Award to Professor Colhart of Stanford University in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of corrosive electrochemical research in complex systems.

If the Ark were to be killed at this time, the entire selection would be a no-suspend thing.

“You go out first. ”

“Ok, ok...” watched the chairman wave at himself, the assistant standing at the door slightly hesitated, leaving the opened letter in his hand in the closet next to him and exiting the office.

The office door was closed and Secretary-General Merivinch, who had not spoken, stood beside him, said thoughtfully.

“Looks like our European friends are starting to get dissatisfied with our little move. ”

Learning the cat fatigue of the Alliance's annual award is not a public secret, either by default or by no means, and there is no good way for other learners to manipulate their selection of the award.

After all, this limited bias is hardly definable and it is difficult to find evidence.

Generally speaking, the candidates they push up are not weak, except at the same level, or if the other candidates are not very far off, they prefer North American scholars who are native or interested in staying in North America.

Professor Etter's nomination of the Ark in the name of the Maple Society is a bit of fun.

After all, research institutions of a regional nature, such as the Maple Institute, are generally nominations for scholars working in Germany, even if they are not national scholars.

Nor can he be blamed for thinking that Professor Etter's nomination did put a little pressure on them.

Obviously, with this in mind, President Switf looked at him standing next to him and asked with a headache.

“What do we do now? ”

“The rejection of so many nomination letters would certainly cause dissatisfaction among other societies," Secretary-General Merivinch said after a while of reflection. "Let us be generous and acknowledge that his research is well done. ”

“It's impossible!” President Switf said without hesitation, "Forget it if it's someone else, but if it's an ark… and not to mention Stanford University and Professor Colhart, Congress will certainly not be satisfied with our options."

“Not necessarily. ”

President Switf cast a gaze of enquiry on Secretary-General Merivinch, who had said that, awaiting his explanation.

Without keeping him waiting long, Secretary-General Mélifinch paused for a moment before explaining himself.

“As anyone with a bright eye can see, the United States has lost the space race, and because controllable fusion technology has chosen to compromise with China on a range of historical legacies. Didn't you notice that even though NASA still routinely asks Congress for funding for the argument that sky weapons across the Pacific are a threat theory? The official antagonistic voice is actually getting smaller and smaller. ”

“So? ”

“The population has grown tired of this fruitless confrontation and the White House is aware of the difficulty of gaining support for itself in the short term by relying on a gradual victory in the confrontation. Successive failures will lead to a gradual loss of confidence," said Secretary-General Merivinch, looking at President Switf, "if the Ark can visit North America, it may be an opportunity to restore relations between the two countries. ”

Chairman Swithoff frowned.

“I don't want to bring politics into academia. ”

“What's the point of saying this now? Don't forget who's supporting our funding,” Secretary General Merryfinch shrugged his shoulders, "Besides, it's not really about bringing politics into academia. Don't you think with his thesis, that quasi-nobel achievement, it's not worth a Learn to Alliance Award of the Year? ”

“As for Stanford University and Professor Colhart, if you really care how they feel… I don't think losing to Professor Lu is an embarrassment. ”

Seems to have been persuaded, this time for a long time.

About five minutes later, he finally spoke.

“Go to the White House and ask for their opinion. ”

“If they intend to use this opportunity to repair their relationship with China...”

“I am confident that Professor Colhart will understand our situation. ”