Did the world end today?

Chapter 289 The Mission Against the Current

The experts were not the only ones affected by the batch of technology brought back by Lin Xu.

Besides them, the first to be affected are official think tanks and the newly established Joint Development Department.

The sole function of this department is to plan the most reasonable development path based on the technologies that humanity has mastered at present and those that may be mastered in the future, in order to achieve the highest development efficiency and help humanity develop technologies sufficient to cope with the apocalypse before the end of the world in the remaining time.

Clearly, this is by no means an easy task.

Even just formulating a national plan is already quite difficult.

Not to mention, this time, policymakers are trying to unify global resources.

At 3 a.m. in the conference room, Bai Mo, a key representative of the Anti-Current Project, sat quietly in the corner.

Everyone around her is one of the world's top and most powerful decision-makers.

In comparison, she seemed rather insignificant in terms of both status and identity.

But in reality, no one can disregard or ignore her opinions.

Because she is the real, chosen by Butterfly herself, the core figure leading the reverse current project.

Like the butterfly, her abilities were also pre-existing.

Perhaps at this moment, she has not yet gained a higher position through "amazing" decisions, but everyone knows that at some point in the future, she will most likely play such a role.

Bai Mo was aware of this as well.

Therefore, even though she couldn't get a word in edgewise during the current discussion, she didn't mind at all.

She listened silently and took notes in her notebook.

"Therefore, based on the information provided by Butterfly tonight, our suggestion from China is to prioritize the development of artificial intelligence and new energy, following a proven development path."

"In terms of new energy, we are mainly focusing on negative energy fusion technology, and taking it a step further on the existing fusion technology that has already been launched."

"In the field of artificial intelligence, we are mainly focusing on quantum computing technology."

"By improving the computing power of quantum computers, we can push the limits of artificial intelligence and move as close as possible to AGI."

As soon as he finished speaking, the representative from the United States nodded first.

"agree."

Following that, all other members voted in turn to approve it.

In fact, there was not much disagreement among the representatives of the various countries regarding the overall "direction".

Because the path is actually quite clear.

Everyone knows how important productivity is, and everyone knows that energy is the most basic condition for improving productivity. Similarly, no one is unaware that artificial intelligence is a necessary step for productivity to bypass "human resources" and achieve truly rapid development.

In the foreseeable future, these two technologies will undoubtedly be of paramount importance.

However, developing these two technologies is one thing, but how to develop them is another.

After confirming that everyone had given their approval, the Chinese representative continued:

"Now that we have reached a consensus, the next step is to break down and allocate these two tasks."

"No single country can independently develop these two technologies, especially in the area of ​​negative energy fusion."

"It involves a huge systemic project—the same as our subsequent limiter project and dimensional ascension project."

"Therefore, we can also regard it as a forward-looking collaborative experiment."

"Through this experiment, we can also correct the problems that may arise in our cooperation and lay the foundation for subsequent unified organization and scheduling."

"no problem."

Representatives from each country responded one by one.

From this moment on, the meeting officially began.

"First, China will be responsible for the most crucial and challenging research on fusion materials."

"Other countries will undertake the specific equipment manufacturing and testing work."

"We will transfer all the underlying technology to all qualified countries within one to two months." Before he could finish speaking, the entire conference room erupted in uproar.

"Transfer all technology?"

"Wait, are you referring to all the technologies related to fusion transfer? Including equipment, materials, and control technologies?"

"What's the price? What is the price?"

At this moment, the representatives from various countries were like lucky people who had been hit by a pie falling from the sky. For a moment, they couldn't even tell if the pie was real or not. They tentatively wanted to take a bite, but were afraid of being too abrupt, so they could only suppress their excitement and, like children who had received a valuable gift, tentatively ask:
Is this really for me?

The Chinese representative was not surprised at all.

The man, whose temples were already gray, simply nodded slightly and replied:
"This era is the era of alliances."

"We have fulfilled our commitments in conducting the Geneva experiments."

"In our future work, we will continue to fulfill our commitments—this is our responsibility, and it is also your responsibility."

After those few resounding words were spoken, the conference room fell silent.

No one raised any further questions, and soon the discussion about the plan focused on one issue:

Qualifications.

What kind of countries are eligible for the first round of technology transfer?

The US representative almost jumped to his feet and began to speak:
"We need at least twenty fusion devices to meet the nation's electricity demand, as well as for subsequent industrial upgrading and replacement work."

“We’re asking for priority support – I mean, we need to complete the transformation quickly.”

As the rain fell, everyone frowned.

"But you don't have that ability."

The Russian representative shook his head and said:

“Your current infrastructure capabilities are insufficient to support such large-scale construction and iteration within your organization. If we allocate the limited number of slots to you, it could lead to a significant waste of resources and time.”

In the phrase.

No one can refute this assessment, but the US obviously cannot just give up like that.

"This is our problem—and we are very clear about it."

"But we remain one of the countries with the deepest technological foundation and the most solid industrial base."

"If we can help us reverse the problem of industrial hollowing out in a short period of time, the overall efficiency improvement we can provide will far exceed that of other countries."

"And this construction of the fusion device is a good opportunity."

"We cannot view capital with an idealistic mindset when facing the market."

"They need the confidence to transform, and these technologies are the best source of that confidence."

The discussion continued, and Bai Mo silently jotted down key points one by one in his notebook.

She felt as if, at this conference, all the countries were truly connected for the first time.

Infrastructure capabilities from China are going to the United States, resources from Russia are going to Europe, and even the issue of food has been discussed in detail.

And they have only one goal.

Let those who have already stepped off the starting line pick up speed as quickly as possible.

Bai Mo let out a soft breath, suppressing his emotions.

And just then, slightly distracted, she suddenly heard her own name.

"Bai Mo."

She looked up at the screen.

The representative from China looked at her and said:
"Before we can solve these problems, we have a crucial task for you."

"Hand it over to the Countercurrent Task Force."

(End of this chapter)