The Backbone of 157 Rats (Part 2)

"We can deploy on the moon now, or we can send them to search for Interstellar Civilization."

"Very good. Let's not calculate the living costs of these 1.7 billion people for now. Let's treat the lunar colonization as a strategic mission. There is plenty of helium on the moon, and we don't lack energy. Let me do the math for you: We won't calculate the round-trip transportation costs for each spacecraft launch to the moon, but it requires at least two Hydrogen Bomb with an explosive yield of 160 million tons. And how many people can we send to the moon at most on this trip?"

Rudolf looked at the other person and said, "240 people."

"The Four Nations ' Thermonuclear Weapons stockpile will not exceed two thousand, and such a space program can only last for a maximum of 1,000 times. If no mistakes are made, the maximum number of people sent to the moon will be 240,000."

"240,000 people, while we have 1.7 billion much-needed workers trapped on the land."

Rudolf put the calculator aside and looked at President Dai Weilin:

"Does Your Excellency understand? This is an impossible mission. Even if we detonate all our nuclear weapons, we can only send 240,000 people to the moon at most. Even if we send in Department of Machinery for modular production, the most we can do in the end is leave a little bit of humanity on the moon."

"Instead of doing that, we might as well let go, enjoy the last moments of the Real World, and then calmly face our demise."

"Our scientists have been researching chemical hormones. When the end of the world comes, everyone will receive chemical hormones allocated by the government to stimulate their bodies and die happily without pain."

Rudolf made no attempt to conceal this information, as he knew that Four Nations had similar plans.

Dai Weilin remained silent for a moment, a cigarette between his fingers, his gaze fixed on the map in the distance.

A full half minute passed before Dai Weilin finally spoke:

"Your Highness Rudolf, are the Red Arrow People afraid of death?"

The question sounded like a provocation, Rudolf raised an eyebrow, saying:

"If the Red Arrow People were afraid of death, they would have given up on revenge long ago."

"If you're not even afraid of death, then why are you so pessimistic when facing Entropy-kun?"

Dai Weilin took a drag of his cigarette, slowly exhaled a smoke ring, and before Rudolf could answer, he continued, "For the past few centuries Frostplate People have lived in fear or poverty. We are more afraid of death than anyone else, but now, we have finally achieved a good life."

"We have ended the chaotic and corrupt history of the Medvi government, and we have embarked on a path of technological advancement, national strength, and diplomatic allies—in my view, humanity is no longer worthy to be our enemy."

Dai Weilin leaned back in his chair, flicked some ash from his cigarette in the ashtray, and continued:

"The Red Arrow Ethnicity's obsession with revenge is understandable to the Frostplate Ethnicity. Please also understand the Frostplate Ethnicity's obsession with life. If we want to live, we must leave this planet."

"Then how do we deal with Entropy? With our abilities, there's no way we can handle it," Rudolf questioned. "In the face of Entropy, we're nothing but a bunch of sewer rats."

"Fight to the death."

Dai Weilin said:

"Even if it's destined to be shattered to pieces, the Frostplate Citizen will still gnaw a piece of flesh off Entropy Lord. Even a rat has its pride."

Upon hearing this, Rudolf knew that Dai Weilin's words had a hidden meaning. After pondering for a moment, still unsure of Dai Weilin's thoughts, he could only ask, "What exactly is your plan, sir?"

" In the Old Era, the Azure Planet planned to build a Trans-Hemisphere Earth's Core Tunnel. This way, they could travel freely to the other side in just two hours, greatly enhancing cultural exchange and the integration of people around the world."

"You mean... the Star-Piercing Road?!" Rudolf narrowed his eyes. "One end of that railway is in Frostplate, but the other end has now fallen into the hands of Sky Ring. And in fact, the Star-Piercing Road hasn't really been opened up yet."

"That road was never opened. But the super artificial intelligence systems left over from the Old Era all deployed their main bodies underground."

Dai Weilin said calmly:

"Because deep within the Earth's core lies the Abandoned Mist of Entropy Lord. The Malefic Calamity first spread from there."

"What do you plan to do with that Star-Piercing Road?"

Dai Weilin glanced at Crown Prince Rudolf and said:

"Frostplate houses a super-large Hadron Collider, a remnant from the Old Era."

"We can place it near the Earth's core to create a small black hole. If we're lucky, the black hole caused by the fusion collapse won't be too big, just enough to wipe out the entire Earth's core. The radiant heat generated by the black hole can also maintain our geothermal temperature."

"You overestimate the technology of the Old Era. With those tiny black holes, one is simply not enough."

Rudolf shook his head:

"Yes, this sounds much more reliable than the Moon Seedling Plan, but even I, a liberal arts student, know that the artificial black holes produced by the Hadron Collider alone cannot devour the molten iron at the Earth's core, and their mass is not enough to maintain the gravity of the Azure Planet. The most likely scenario is that they will be like mini sushi in the Sky Ring, one bite at a time, and they will be gone in no time. In the end, apart from affecting the Earth's gravity, there will be no other changes."

"One is certainly not enough."

Dai Weilin looked at Rudolf: "But if two Hadron Collider are placed on the east and west sides, the two black holes will devour each other and move in an intertwined manner. The matter in the Earth's core will be continuously devoured by the enormous energy generated between them. In this way, it will be about right."

"But where would the second machine come from?" Rudolf questioned. "This is not just technology from the Old Era, but a system created with the help of an alien civilization. No country has the capability to create a second one."

"No, there's already a second one."

Dai Weilin pointed to the other end of Azure Planet: "On the day Li Aoz a ruckus in Sky Ring, the agents of Law Enforcement Division Three had already infiltrated and found out that there was a Large Hadron Collider in the basement of the Beitiao Building in Sky Ring."

Rudolf lowered his head slightly.

—The Frostplate intelligence agency is unexpectedly powerful.

Although the Law Enforcement Division Three are notorious, their poor performance in the past two years, whether it was the failure in the Li Aoz incident or the downsizing after Dai Weilin took office, has not been very impressive.

This made Rudolf a little complacent, believing that Frostplate's days of dominating the intelligence world were over.

However, as things stand, Law Enforcement Division Three remains the world's most powerful intelligence agency. The Law Enforcement Division Three has weakened does not mean that other countries' intelligence agencies have become stronger.

' Red Arrow's intelligence capabilities are still inadequate; it's necessary to raise the security level further.'

Dai Weilin was deliberately showing off his strength by saying that.

The Frostplate Federation is still undergoing reform and development. Everyone knows that the Federation's national strength is unstable at the moment. This deliberate display of the business capabilities of Law Enforcement Division Three is also to show the Red Arrow People what they can do and not let them underestimate them.

At the same time, this also indicates that Dai Weilin also believes that Sky Ring is threatening, and the two countries can reach a consensus on this point.

"Actually, Your Highness Rudolf, I've always had an idea."

"Oh? Tell me about it."

"We've reached this era. In the future, we'll all be venturing into space. One day, we old folks will be obsolete."

Dai Weilin said:

"I think perhaps humanity should form a truly unified entity to completely and thoroughly rule the entire planet. Only in this way can we have the confidence to advance into the universe."

Since the oceans of the Azure Planet have evaporated, the actual area of each country is relatively large, and the seabed area has been included in the calculation.

Of the Four Nations, even the smallest Zhengxu, is roughly the size of South America and Australia combined.

Frostplate and Sky Ring are roughly the same size, and if you include the Colonies, their total area is equivalent to that of Eurasia.

The largest Red Arrow, in actual area, is equivalent to a route starting from Denmark and circling the entire Arctic Circle, Northern Europe, Russia, the Pacific Ocean, and North America.