I, Superman, the Supreme Commander

Chapter 155: Regardless of Everything

"Everyone."

Tu Hengyu remained calm in the face of the gazes of many Nobel Prize winners and top global experts.

He calmly said: "The problem we are facing now is not a lack of time, but a lack of productivity."

"Assuming that our current annual productivity is 10, and the production volume required to complete the Sky Patching Project is 1000, then it will naturally take 100 years to complete the project."

"But if we can increase productivity to 100, it will only take 10 years to complete the plan."

"So following this line of thought, I would like to ask everyone to think about this: can the productivity of our Earth civilization be improved?"

When Tu Hengyu asked this question, all the experts present fell into deep thought.

That's right.

How to improve productivity?

The global labor force has reached saturation. Even school children play games that involve controlling spacecraft to mine and robots to grow vegetables, which are linked to actual production. Children think they are playing games, but in fact they are working for the government!

The global fertility rate has reached saturation, and almost all men and women of childbearing age are trying their best to have children. It is impossible for the global population growth rate to increase in the short term.

As for the fully automated production system controlled by AI, it operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, producing equipment and materials for the sky repair project. It only stops briefly when equipment is damaged or needs repair.

"Professor Tu Hengyu, do you mean to promote digital life on a large scale? Use digital life to create humans to increase the global labor force?"

A professor who knew Tu Hengyu asked.

He knew that Tu Hengyu had been committed to promoting the Digital Life Project.

Unexpectedly, Tu Hengyu shook his head.

"Has everyone thought of any other solutions?"

"…Perhaps we can consider opening up the iron womb for large-scale surrogacy and using the human embryo bank to carry out large-scale breeding."

Tu Hengyu gave a thumbs up to the expert who came up with the imaginative suggestion.

“A very bold idea, and very effective.”

The expert's idea opened the door to taboos in the minds of the scientists present.

"Then can we consider cloning humans? It seems that the technology left by the travelers includes the technology of rapid cloning."

"That's right. If combined with memory implantation technology, we can obtain a large number of adult laborers within a few years!"

"Then there's no need to go through so much trouble. Just back up the digital life and put it on the clone."

"For example, Professor Tu Hengyu, if you clone yourself 100 times and instill your digital memory into all of them, we will have 100 Tu Hengyus!"

"Professor, your idea is outrageous! But it's also very tempting."

"Professor John, I think it can be even simpler. We can just use robots instead of clones. Robots can be produced faster than clones! And flesh and blood are short-lived, but robots don't have that worry. They won't get sick, get tired, or be afraid of death. They are much stronger than flesh and blood!"

"There's only one problem to solve. We need a robot chip that can support human consciousness."

"As the saying goes, if you don't have quality, you can make up for it with quantity. Since we can't keep up with the production capacity for the time being, we might as well use the stupid method of piling up manpower."

"For example, we can blow up Venus first, and use the method of mining with manned spacecraft to start production in advance. We don't have to wait for Galactus to go offline. It can save some time."

Scientists with open minds spoke freely, and bold plans that broke the ethical limits of human beings were put forward.

Looking at the heated discussion at the conference hall, Tu Hengyu showed a happy smile.

After five hours of intense discussion, a report of the meeting was submitted to the coalition government.

Scientists have used rigorous arguments and calculations to prove that if a variety of methods are adopted to increase the global labor force in a short period of time, it will be possible to obtain sufficient productivity to complete the remainder of the sky-repairing plan within 20 years.

For example, to mine Jupiter, there is no need to wait until a sufficient number of Galactus are built before starting. Instead, you can start now, using the method of ants moving houses, building a large number of transport ships, and mining Jupiter's materials for the construction of the [Solar Fusion Controller].

In theory, the efficiency of ten million space mines can be comparable to that of one Galactus.

The relationship between productivity and population is not entirely addition, but half addition and half multiplication.

Scientists estimate that based on the existing global industrial and technological foundation, if the global labor force can increase to 300 billion within five years, then the sky repair plan can be completed within 2078 years, that is, before .

In fact, according to scientists' estimates, if humans can complete the construction of the second phase of the Sky Repair Project [Solar Fusion Controller] within fifteen years and begin to replenish hydrogen into the sun, in theory the helium flash can be continuously postponed, and the helium flash crisis will be solved in disguise.

"What do you think?"

At the meeting of the five permanent members, several permanent members discussed the proposal submitted by Tu Hengyu's science group.

“A crazy idea, but a very exciting one.”

"Alas... I don't know if we will become sinners in human history if the proposal is implemented."

"Zhou, which is more important, survival or morality?"

All parties were undecided, and Zhou Zhezhi was no exception. He frowned and said, "In that case, let's follow the old rules and put it to the general meeting for discussion and voting."

……

When Hao Xiaoxi received the speech, he felt suffocated.

Taking a deep breath, he said, "Teacher Zhou, isn't it inappropriate for me to read such an important speech?"

Zhou Zhezhi smiled faintly, "Which speech here is not important? Just read it."

"Read it word for word."

Hao Xiaoxi stood on the podium with a nervous mood, adjusted her state, calmed down, and read out her speech in front of the cameras of the global media.

[All citizens of the Earth, on behalf of the United Government, I hereby announce Resolution No. 223...]

In front of the TV, Liu Peiqiang watched Hao Xiaoxi's speech without missing a second, his face solemn.

He turned to his wife and said, "I'm leaving. The earth needs me."

Han Duoduo nodded: "Go ahead. I'm at home."

Liu Peiqiang put on his coat, walked out of the house, and hurried to the space base, ending his vacation early.

"Dr. Tu Hengyu, this is the conscription order from the coalition government. Please take a look."

Tu Hengyu took a look at the document and then signed his name on it.

"I'll join."

For a time, similar scenes occurred all over the world, and an emergency mobilization that was close to war was implemented.

Tens of millions of United Government civil servants took action, going door to door, searching by name and notifying everyone.

In order to continue the earth's civilization, a series of resolutions that subvert ethics and even laws will be enforced.