Chapter 678: Extra 29

Zhou Yi wasn't wrong.
Su Yun completely disregarded Gaia's review committee.
He even frequently bypassed Gaia's hierarchy, submitting project lists directly to his father and receiving swift approval—all of which, without exception, belonged to the deep space aerospace field!
“Su Yun, listen to your uncle’s advice.
Gaia’s founding purpose was to cool the Earth and solve global warming!
Therefore, I sincerely hope you can concentrate even half of your energy on this.”
Zhou Yi’s tone was almost pleading.
“This is something others couldn’t accomplish even if they poured their blood into it.
But if you wholeheartedly dedicate yourself to climate engineering and environmental reconstruction research…
I guarantee you can significantly shorten the timeline. This is a great undertaking that benefits all of humanity!”
“Uncle Zhou.” Su Yun listened quietly, then sighed softly.
“Actually, the solution to the problem of global warming is very simple.”
“Simple?!” Zhou Yi was taken aback.
“Yes, it’s very simple.”
Su Yun slightly raised his eyes, his gaze as deep and unfathomable as a black hole that could devour everything.
“Simply reduce the current global population by 30%.”
The air fell silent instantly; you could hear the sound of dust settling on the ground.
"Based on our existing atmospheric and ecological research models, Earth, as a vast ecosystem, possesses an extremely robust self-repair mechanism.
The core issue isn't carbon emission technology, but rather the Earth's excessively large and uncontrolled population...
It's like cancer cells, constantly eroding and disrupting the Earth's self-healing process.
Once these burdens are removed, everything will be resolved."
"What...what nonsense are you spouting?!"
Zhou Yi abruptly took a half-step back, staring at Su Yun as if he were a complete madman.
"You're not suggesting that Gaia embark on some horrific extermination plan, are you?
Are you trying to become Thanos?!"
Zhou Yi instantly felt an extremely cold chill run down his spine to the back of his head, as if a cold, venomous snake was crawling on his back!
Because, when Su Yun uttered those chilling words, he was staring at him with an expressionless gaze, devoid of even the slightest reverence for life.
That wasn't the look a human gives their fellow human being; it was the gaze of a god surveying an ant colony!
"Uncle Zhou, you seem to have misunderstood."
Su Yun suddenly smiled, a smile as gentle as a spring breeze, yet it failed to dispel the chill in Zhou Yi's heart.
"I'm not some anti-human war maniac. I'm not advocating for the direct use of violence to slaughter that thirty percent of the population."
"Then...then what exactly do you mean?"
Zhou Yi gasped for breath, his heart pounding.
"Just like when we successfully relocated the first batch of people to Mars."
A strange light flickered in Su Yun's eyes.
"We must carry out large-scale terraforming of Mars and other potentially habitable planets in the Milky Way.
Then, we'll transfer as large a population base as possible from Earth to these exoplanets, like immigrants."
"Once people move away, the Earth's burden will be lighter, and it will naturally be able to repair itself safely, thus resolving the global warming problem."
"..."
Hearing this explanation, Zhou Yi breathed a long sigh of relief.
If that's the case, then...that's truly fortunate.
But Zhou Yi didn't feel relieved; quite the opposite...
He gradually discovered that every time he met Su Yun's unfathomable gaze, he felt a faint, uncontrollable tremor in his heart.
To be fair, this kid perfectly inherited his mother's impeccable genes, possessing a handsome face more alluring than any top movie star.
But the problem was, his deep eyes always radiated a cold, even cruel, rationality.
From beginning to end, not a single trace of human emotion or wavering flickered in those eyes.
Like a precisely guided laser, it was fixed firmly on his predetermined ultimate target.
What was most despairing, and what terrified Zhou Yi the most, was:
No one in this world truly knew what terrifying thing was behind that ultimate goal he was so determined to achieve at all costs!
Zhou Yi had considered using his seniority to inquire.
But every time the words reached his lips, his subconscious, honed by decades of experience in the business world and the workplace, would frantically sound an alarm in his mind:
Don't ask!
The answer, once revealed, would be a weight no mortal soul could bear!
Or rather, even without asking, Zhou Yi could sense the danger emanating from the other man's invisible pressure.
It was an unbreakable ultimate goal driven by pure fanaticism and an almost pathological, obsessive faith!
And at this very moment, this intellectual tyrant named Su Yun was relentlessly, like a heavy tank without brakes, crushing towards that goal at full speed!
As for whether what lay ahead meant salvation or destruction?
Zhou Yi had no way of knowing.
He absolutely, positively doesn't want to know!