Chapter 381: Chapter 381: A New Round of the Space Race

Why did you think of contacting me?

After leaving my number for so long, this is the first time you’ve called.

People like the teacher and you, Mo Jingchun truly admires from the bottom of his heart.

“Senior, long time no see,” Mo Jingchun said with a smile.

“Flattery. Where’s Little Candy? I haven’t seen Little Candy in a while, and I really miss her.”

Mo Jingchun rubbed his nose with a wry smile, realizing that the popular one was just Candy.

“Senior, Guoguo is still in kindergarten, there’s no dismissal at noon.”

“Then never mind, I won’t chat idly with you. The teacher asked me to ask you if it’s possible to produce some graphene batteries at this stage; our research institute needs some.”

Mo Jingchun pondered for a while and said:

“The lab can indeed produce some, but the quantity is very low. After a month, I believe we will be able to produce more.”

“Junior, can you make some in the lab now?”

Mo Jingchun was a bit surprised. Is it that urgent?

A month’s time isn’t actually that long.

As for what the batteries are for, Mo Jingchun could guess a bit, nothing more than that robot.

But what Mo Jingchun didn’t know was that he was actually wrong this time.

That robot, within the institute, was not really looked upon favorably.

Although it seemed agile and vivid, a single bullet could render the robot instantly scrapped.

“Of course, we can.”

Not for the teacher’s sake; even if only the senior needed it, Mo Jingchun would provide it.

Back in the underground base, the senior really took good care of the little one.

“Thank you, thank you so much.”

“Junior, you don’t know how excited everyone at our research institute was when they found out that Candy Technology achieved low-cost mass production of graphene batteries.”

“So many of our research projects need the new generation of batteries.”

As the senior spoke, Mo Jingchun unconsciously sat up straight.

Am I feeling proud?

“Ahem, senior, please stop praising me. If you keep praising me, I’ll be floating up to the sky.”

The senior on the other end of the call was silent for a moment and then said something astonishing.

“Floating up to the sky, discussing how to land safely, now that’s a project worth exploring.”

Having just taken a sip of water, Mo Jingchun spat it out immediately.

Not far away, Xia Xiaomin looked over, bewildered.

“Senior, you must not launch this as a project; otherwise, the teacher will come and hit me.”

“Junior.” Li Qianqian’s tone changed slightly, and Mo Jingchun noticed it too.

“The teacher hasn’t been in good health this year.”

“Some time ago, the teacher asked me to graduate in a few years and said I could eventually lead my own research.”

“Do you understand what I mean, junior?”

Sitting by the window, gazing at the world outside, Li Qianqian felt incredibly downcast.

As for the fact that the teacher mentioned she could eventually join Candy Technology, she didn’t mention a word of this to her junior.

“This year’s graduates’ defense, you should come back to the school to take a look.”

Mo Jingchun, sitting in his office, was a bit in a daze; he didn’t even know when the senior hung up the call.

The memories kept replaying in his mind—meeting the teacher at the start of university and the care he received over the years.

To a large extent, getting through the startup phase of the company, Mo Jingchun knew, was greatly related to the teacher.

Reaching across the world with a thriving student body is definitely not just empty talk.

Birth, aging, sickness, and death are natural, but how many can truly come to terms with them?

For a scholar like the teacher, having a health issue would surely prompt immediate expert diagnosis and treatment, but if the condition still doesn’t improve, then it’s serious.

“Sigh~”

All of a sudden, Mo Jingchun lost his appetite for lunch.

Seeing that Xia Xiaomin hadn’t left yet, probably because he hadn’t left either.

“Xia, you go have your lunch break.”

“I still have something to do.”

Xia Xiaomin looked at her boss, who wasn’t in a good mood, nodded, and said:

“Okay, boss.”

“Want me to bring you something for lunch?”

“No need, just go take a break.”

“I’ll head to the cafeteria when I get hungry later.”

After Xia Xiaomin left, Mo Jingchun didn’t forget what the senior said.

“Zero, send an email to Liu Hailong in the lab, asking the lab to produce some graphene batteries, about 10kg.”

“Make it quick.”

“Got it, boss.”

After handling this task, Mo Jingchun had nothing to do for a moment.

He couldn’t fall asleep even if he tried.

“Forget it, I might as well check out the news.”

After reading the latest news, Mo Jingchun was puzzled.

He could understand companies coming together to hold a press conference.

But why did all the major countries start launching various space programs this month? Mo Jingchun was confused.

Is this the start of a new space race?

But why?

There’s no need for it, just like lunar exploration by spacecraft, which is mainly for showing off a great nation’s power.

Yet now, with all these nations reigniting the lunar exploration, Mars exploration, and so on, Mo Jingchun was baffled.

In Mo Jingchun’s view, before human civilization develops to a certain level, these space races just waste resources and resources.

The most important thing is, what’s the meaning?

He refused to believe that all these countries were aimless, especially with so many participating.

There could be only one possibility, and that is that there are reasons making each country feel compelled to do so.

Thinking of the South Celestial Gate program mentioned in the text about Xia Country, Mo Jingchun pondered.

“Zero, is there any information online about the reasons for the latest round of space races by each country?”

“No, there’s not.”

“If I could access a few specific servers, Zero might be able to find the answer.”

“Never mind, it’s not necessary.”

“Keep a close watch, and inform me of any new developments.”

“No problem, boss.”

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At a foreign space launch base, a rocket shot skyward.

Just twenty seconds later, a massive flash of fire erupted in the sky, followed by a deafening explosion.

“Do not halt the launch mission; collect data and rocket debris to analyze the cause of the launch failure.”

The researchers were puzzled. Normally, a rocket launch failure would pause subsequent launch missions until the cause of the explosion is found and then only resume the launch tasks.

“Continue the launch mission.”

As many were puzzled online, the United States released an explosive piece of news, even waking Mo Jingchun, who was about to lie down for a rest, by Zero.

“Boss, explosive news. Zero thinks this news has an 80% likelihood of being related to the new round of space races by various major powers.”

Hmm? Zero’s words instantly evaporated Mo Jingchun’s sleepiness!

“Speak!”

“The United States released the latest news, claiming that during the Mars exploration decades ago, they discovered amino acids in the Martian soil.”

“What? Amino acids?” Mo Jingchun exclaimed.

Isn’t this indirectly indicating an error in alien civilization?

No wonder, no wonder that modern scholars have suggested that Mars might have been wrong about life.

But then Mo Jingchun thought, that’s not right either!

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