Chapter 289 The Final Challenge

But now, even the influence of the "Great Sage" is no longer the same as before.

After a long period of entertainment and a relaxed living environment, the thinking mode of the Knicks has changed significantly, and the worship of the sage class has gradually disappeared.

The major media prefer to report eye-catching gossip news or entertainment news, after all, attracting attention can make money.

Serious topics seem too tiring, and too few people like them. If no one cares, they will be slowly eliminated.

And on the other hand, since the beginning of the Eutaton era, after the golden age that lasted for a hundred years, there have been few major discoveries in the scientific community, and few inspiring major events have occurred.

Especially in physics, since the completion of the standard model hundreds of years ago, the time after that has been almost stagnant! Quantum computers are the last breakthrough!

The subsequent Great Sages have made major contributions to life sciences, not physics.

For example, Baxter, who is an outstanding biologist himself, now has to care about this kind of thing...

Physicists... are too disappointing, but not disappointing, because they have too little research funding.

The Large Hadron Collider cost tens of billions of dollars, but no discoveries were made. A lot of money was wasted. Controlled nuclear fusion has not been developed after hundreds of years. The large space station has crashed long ago. What use is this thing except for showing off?

The Nix people are more than 0.6 light years away from the stars. Where can they go?

Especially now that energy is beginning to be scarce and there are signs of deflation, ordinary people are becoming more and more demanding about such things.

This has encountered difficulties, and that has encountered difficulties. They have encountered difficulties for hundreds of years. Who is willing to invest money? It's useless to invest.

The sages of the Nix, especially physicists, seem to have encountered a huge bottleneck. The complexity of science is getting higher and higher. It is difficult to make a big breakthrough in any aspect, but without a breakthrough, there will be no money to invest. Without money, there will be no development. Without development, there will be no fresh blood influx, and talents will wither.

This is a vicious cycle, and this dilemma has lasted for a long time.

Both the government and investors are too impetuous and eager to get an immediate return on their investment. This concept weakened the Knicks' enthusiasm for high-tech research, because the further things are, the harder it will be to produce results.

In response to Baxter's proposal, one of the senior officials said with embarrassment: "... We hope that our sports coaches can improve their performance in two years, and if they can't, they will leave; politicians only have a term of two, four or six years, and then leave. In these aspects, there is only a short time from investment to return."

"If you can't get results, you have to step down."

"So, when someone tells you that it will take 10 or 100 years to get results, it's hard for people to buy this statement."

"Mr. Baxter, you know, this is the world of capital, not the government. We can only apply to the parliament as much as possible... Whether we can apply for it or not is still a different matter..."

The great sage Baxter sighed, not just him, but the group of scientists behind him were silent collectively.

The whole world has become like this, making them feel extremely strange.

Even if the end of the world comes a hundred years later, this group of fools are still immersed in their own fantasy... This is simply unimaginable.

However, ordinary people are like this. They only focus on the economic benefits of the next few years, or even only the next few months.

Things that are decades or a hundred years away are still a bit far away.

Those who can consider the future of ten years are already elites; those who consider the future of thirty years are heroes; those who consider the future of a hundred years can be called leaders of civilization.

But in the face of the tide of democracy, even the leaders' appeals seem so powerless.

For capital or the people, those who make your life difficult tomorrow are enemies in a minute and will make you step down tomorrow.

Invest money in technology research? Yes, it depends on what it is and whether it can produce results!

It is too difficult to change the public's thinking.

"Do they really think that technology is still progressing explosively?" One of the scientists said angrily.

Yes, people do think so in their hearts.

However, Baxter is very clear in his mind that although there are a variety of technologies emerging in an endless stream, in the eyes of truly smart people, these things are as impractical as carving.

The person who invented the carving technology is a pioneer and great.

The person who carved the first apple with carving technology is an innovation and is also great.

But the people behind them kept using carving techniques to carve pears, apples, bananas, strawberries... Each result could be published in a paper. What is this? Is this also considered scientific innovation?

Now, most scientific and technological advances are IT-related advances... Indeed, IT technology is indeed progressing, but the depth has begun to stagnate, but the breadth is getting higher and higher.

Well, the media and ordinary people think so. Everyone is obsessed with this scientific development... They still believe that they are in the era of technological explosion.

"Mr. Baxter, your concerns are indeed very reasonable. But is the nuclear fusion project, which has been developed for so long, really feasible?"

At the banquet, the Prime Minister of Balgaria finally said: "In the face of energy shortages, we can also develop energy-saving technologies to extend the time of its arrival. We can also develop uranium mines deep in the earth's crust, and even seabed resources."

"The uranium resources used on the surface are less than one ten thousandth of the entire planet, right? Most of the energy is hidden underground, and there is still a lot of room for development. So I support your nuclear fusion project. But it can only be used as an alternative..."

Baxter turned his head in disappointment. The prime minister would soon be leaving office and he was unwilling to cause more trouble at such a moment.

As for "developing the underground and developing the seabed", it is purely a political slogan.

is it possible?

It's possible, but it's difficult.

The depth of the seabed is more than 20,000 meters, and there is an ice shell hundreds of meters thick on the surface, which brings huge engineering difficulties. At most... it will only develop a little shallow sea area. No one knows how much it can be developed.

As for the resources deeper underground, do the Knicks still dare to dig into the mantle? The Knicks' technology is not yet capable of containing a volcanic eruption.

So, this is just a political slogan, but the people believe it...

Yes, this planet does still have a lot of energy anyway, and less than one ten thousandth of it is currently used. As for how to dig, that is something that will be considered in a hundred years.

"Then let's do this!"

Baxter finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "I am willing to sell all the shares of biological companies as start-up funds for nuclear fusion projects. I also hope that governments of various countries can invest some shares..."

The Prime Minister seemed a little shocked when he heard this sentence, and he was thinking about the feasibility of this plan...

Because of the great sage's reliable character and good influence, some rich people began to be interested. They believe that if all the high-tech talents in the world are gathered together, this thing may be feasible... so it is a cost-effective business to buy some shares at this time.

Soon, under the call of the Great Sage, a large number of wealthy people, a group of investors and governments around the world began to raise funds frantically. This time the controllable nuclear fusion project reached an unprecedented 1.8 trillion yuan!

1.8 trillion!

Such a scale of funding is a first-class event in history! The "nuclear fusion" project attracted everyone's attention in the world for the first time.

"Eotaton Nuclear Fusion Research Center" was established! The research is named after a great figure in history, which shows the ambition of this group of scientists.

The group of scientists concentrated in Thor City is also unprecedentedly luxurious, and can be said to be the smartest group of people in the entire civilization.

They are going to launch a general attack on "controllable nuclear fusion" technology and try to conquer the energy crisis before it happens!

Now that the money has arrived, I believe it is no longer a question of money. Let’s get started!

Baxter looked at the established headquarters and thought passionately...