Twenty-four hours had passed since the Lunar Orbital Construction Committee announced its response plan.
Almost as soon as the Lunar Orbital Construction Committee confirmed and released its plan, countries around the world attached great importance to it.
An emergency meeting of the United Nations was convened in New York. Representatives from various countries, senior officials, and leading experts in relevant fields all attended the meeting.
Before the meeting began, Executive Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson rose from the conference table and solemnly read from the speech in his hand, delivering the opening remarks for the meeting.
"...For a long time, we have known very little about life beyond Earth. We have sufficient evidence to prove that we are by no means the only lucky ones in the Milky Way, yet the signals we have sent outward and the probes we have launched have never truly found traces of life."
"But now, things have taken a turn. From everything that happened to the three colonists of the Ares Program, we can at least know that, at least within the Solar System, we are not alone."
"However, a first close encounter is not always pleasant. I believe everyone present has discussed this issue with experts in related fields from their respective countries. The bacterial strain from Mars possesses remarkable vitality. Even in a thin atmosphere, under day-night temperature differences exceeding one hundred degrees, and amid radiation without the protection of a magnetic field, it can still survive tenaciously."
"It is foreseeable that their arrival will inevitably bring unpredictable consequences to the environment upon which we depend for survival."
"Ladies and gentlemen, I must emphasize once again that this is a global crisis! Solving this problem should not be the responsibility of any one country, but a responsibility borne jointly by all humanity!"
"Thank you."