"Actually, we don't need to look that far ahead."
Lü Yongchang shrugged and waved a hand at the enormous projection of the Sun beside him, shrinking it back to its original size.
"By 2034, Earth's surface will already be unfit for human habitation."
"As for solutions, I've thought of two so far."
"First, use the Space Elevator and Zero to rapidly build Spaceports."
"Then build gigantic Starships at those Spaceports, large enough to hold a million or even ten million people."
Fang Xu cut Lü Yongchang off. "Th-that's impossible!"
"A Starship that can support a million or ten million people is absolutely beyond our current technology!"
"Let me finish first," Lü Yongchang said helplessly. "When did I say those people would be living inside them?"
"You!" Fang Xu's breath caught.
Within a few seconds, he caught on. "You mean... Hibernation Chambers?!"
Lü Yongchang smiled and nodded.
"Let me run through a quick calculation for you."
"A standard Hibernation Chamber is currently 2.5 meters long, 1 meter wide, and 1 meter high. Let's treat it as a rectangular prism."
"So a standard Hibernation Chamber takes up roughly 2.5 cubic meters."
"Let's assume we're transporting ten million people."
"Using the simplest calculation, a cubic space measuring 293 meters on each side would be enough to fit them all."
"Accounting for redundant equipment, maintenance robots, and essential propulsion equipment... according to Zero's calculations, a Starship around 800 meters long could successfully transport ten million people."
"And this Starship wouldn't need any extra capabilities." Lü Yongchang raised an eyebrow slightly. "If necessary, it could be nothing more than a metal shell fitted with engines and some life-support supplies."
"Under this plan, Zero would need to build more than 500 of these Starships to take five billion people away first."
"Of the remaining five billion,