Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

The afternoon meeting began.

As anticipated by the Ark, experts on Earth do not seem to have much say here.

A number of heavy-duty experts from the Institute of Space Science and Technology of Tiangong City, led by Yang Chongping Academicians, presented their views, followed by several other space agencies and engineers from the corporate side.

In general, most experts sitting at the table had no objection to the argument of technical feasibility. First, considering the current realities, the Pan-Asian cooperative space enterprise did have the capacity to exploit resources on IWII, and second, considering the funding for the second half of the year, singing backwards on the matter would not be of any benefit to them.

As for the Ark, it's the same as their point of view.

From a purely realistic point of view, developing water resources on Iowa is indeed much cheaper and much more environmentally friendly than transporting freshwater resources from Earth to Mars.

In fact, as far back as a century ago, the Ark had considered including the planet, full of water resources, as part of its space strategy.

It was only because of the technical conditions at the time, and because he had no idea that he would be able to solve the problem of hypervelocity so quickly and expand the radius of activity of human civilization directly from the asteroid belt to a world beyond the asteroid belt, that this matter was set aside.

But now it is clear that they are well equipped to take their footsteps to a more distant world.

…

As the Conference progressed to the next stage, the situation had changed by 180 degrees. The atmosphere on the conference table instantly grew from peaceful to sword-shaped.

Looking at the red-hearted appearance of their argument, the Ark had intended to share its views, but to think about it seemed to only fuel the fire, so it did so temporarily.

At this time, an old engineer, in his sixties and white-white mustache, stood up with his hands on the table and raised the volume to speak loudly.

“We can select four sites in the middle of the asteroid belt to establish freshwater reservoirs, transporting seawater extracted from Iowa to the reservoir station for coarse processing, and then diverting water resources from different freshwater reservoirs to colonies, depending on where Mars is moving. ”

A man with arms laughed and rebutted with a derisive tone.

“Build a reserve station on an asteroid belt? And four? Ha ha, you're afraid not to forget that asteroids carry those active air thieves. ”

“We have the most powerful fleet in our solar system that can provide us with security! I don't think that's a problem at all! ”

“That's the fleet of Pan-Asian cooperation, not the city of Tiangong," interrupted the man, Yang Chongping said expressionlessly, "Unless Pan-Asian cooperation allows us to have our own defensive forces, your proposal will not stand. ”

When he heard the old man speak, the red-hearted man who had previously argued was weakened. After a moment of hesitation when his sidekick pulled him off, he eventually sat back in his seat.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, the mayor's secretary sitting at the conference table coughed softly and began to play the role of a homosexual, smiling kindly.

“Don't get excited… there is a certain difficulty with the idea that the right to self-defence, which we have been fighting for a long time, has been fruitless. ”

The man who had previously raised an objection with his arms showed a smile on his face, lowered his arms and said in a pleasant voice.

“So it doesn't have to be that troublesome at all, because the power of our distant shipping group to maintain this route across the asteroid belt is more than enough, and we can transport the water resources extracted from Iowa to Mars for processing. This is both efficient and avoids unnecessary risk-”

“Mr. Yu Zhenghui," the mayor's secretary glanced at him, interrupting his speech with a slight dissatisfaction: “Please pay attention to your words, this is about the development plan, please do not carry personal goods. ”

The man named Yu Zhenghui shrugged his shoulder, threw a sincere apology and stopped talking.

But the face of the winning ticket held on his face made the faces of many experts present not look very good.

Watching the argument, the ark looked at the tool man who was also touching the fish next to his eyes and lowered his voice to say something.

“I always thought academia on Mars would be more united? ”

“That's your illusion,” Wu Qing said with a helpless expression, "nothing is right or wrong when it comes to interests. ”

The ark nodded thoughtfully and gave an ambiguous view.

“That makes sense. ”

Speaking of which, what is the view of the Yang Chongping Academician?

So thinking, the consciousness beneath the ark looked in the direction of the Yang Academician, but it was surprising to find that the middle-aged man was also looking at his side.

Perhaps it was just a coincidence that the Yang Academician moved his gaze away from him, as if he had just accidentally glanced at him.

The ark gently frowned.

I don't know why, he always had the feeling that this seminar might not be as simple as he thought...

As such, the first day of the meeting ended in an atmosphere of disconcerting discord, as the unresolved contentious issues were naturally left for tomorrow.

Perhaps because of the emotions at the conference table, the Ark noticed that many faces had not appeared.

During the meal, Mayor Xiao of Tiangong City came to greet the experts he had invited, and especially pulled the ark for a while to chat, tearing up some of his preferences for the future prospects of Mars and what he intends to do after taking office.

Until the tenth watch of the Ark, the words were not exhausted, indicating that he still had work to do, and he left the hotel in a hurry after saying goodbye.

Finally, after dinner, the ark went back to its room and turned over the notes made during the meeting, making a simple comb of some of the interesting ideas.

Although he had his own ideas on IWII's development programme, that did not prevent him from refining his programme from others.

This naturally includes the Yang Chongping Academician.

Even though he could feel that the guy seemed to be somewhat hostile or unscrupulous to himself, he had to admit that he was capable of being an academician.

At this point, a doorbell rang outside the room, glancing at the holographic screen, and the ark pressed the button to open the door.

As the door opened and saw Wang Peng coming back from the outside, the ark asked casually.

“Got a lead? ”

One butt. Sitting on the couch, Wang Peng sighed.

“It's not that easy. I just went to see a colleague today. The foundations acted with great caution, and if the East Asian power case hadn't brought them to light, we might still be blindfolded. ”

Ark: “Looks like I did you a big favor? ”

Wang Peng smiled and said: “That's not all you've done for us… Speaking of which, I heard some interesting rumors as I wandered around the area. ”

Ark: “What rumors? ”

Wang Peng: "Recently, several extraterrestrial galaxy colonization funds have been raising funds openly to build colonial ships to other galaxies. Has East Asia Heavy Industries started industrializing warp engines? I don't have any news. ”

A colonial ship?

When he heard the word, the ark stunned slightly.

Instead of someone hitting the outside world of the solar system, it was this time that people came forward.

“I don't think so. The technology is still in the experimental stage, but we do intend to privatize it. ”

“Well, that's not a good idea," he took the mineral water bottle off the table and took a sip, and Wang Peng took a break and continued, "At first I thought it was a new type of financial scam, ready to report it to colleagues in other departments, but then I realized it wasn't that simple. Guess what, there's an endorsement from the Mars Academy of Sciences! ”

“Oh?” the ark raised his eyebrows slightly and cast an unexpected glance at him, "Are you sure the source of the message is true? ”

“It hasn't been tested yet, but it shouldn't be wrong," Wang Peng continued after a moment of reflection, "I remember the expert who endorsed the alien colonization program, as if it were called... Yang Chongping? ”