"Click..."
The laboratory doors slowly closed.
Lü Yongchang leaned against the wall outside the laboratory and let out a deep sigh.
The smile vanished from his face in an instant, and profound uncertainty surfaced in his eyes.
Flying a Starship into Jupiter's atmosphere to collect helium-3 was clearly beyond the limits of a level one civilization.
But if they failed to solve the helium-3 problem, humanity was doomed!
Forget leaving the Solar System-they probably would not even last long on Mars!
How was he supposed to know how to solve this?!
At least in front of others, he could never show uncertainty or helplessness as the Chief Scientist.
"Zero, notify Fang Xu and have him gather everyone." Lü Yongchang rubbed his cheeks hard, steadied his emotions, and spoke in a low voice.
"And Cao Liangcai's team too. Tell them to suspend the Starship development project."
"If we can't solve the energy problem, we could build all the Starships we want and they'd still be nothing but scrap!"
As he spoke, he headed toward Port One of Mars City. "If they arrive, give them a brief explanation. I'm going out to clear my head."
"Understood, Professor." Zero's simulated avatar vanished instantly, leaving only a quiet reply.
Outside Port One.
Dressed in a spacesuit, Lü Yongchang sat on the gravel-covered ground of Mars, staring blankly at the ever-expanding "lake."
Perhaps because of the changes in the Sun, the temperature on the Martian surface had risen again.
The melting of vast underground ice deposits had brought a measure of life to the barren planet.
At the very least, the so-called "Mars Fungus" had already spread throughout this area.
With nothing else to do, Lü Yongchang reached out and patted the thick, purplish-red cap of a "Mars Fungus" in front of him, turning