756: This is going against the will of heaven.

Seeing Comrade Ren Yi's speechless expression, the Northern Commander felt a surge of relief and his mouth almost split into a grin!

His long-planned words had finally caught Comrade Ren Yi off guard today.

Damn it!

Let's see you still say I'm conservative, huh?!

After a brief joke, the Northern Commander was about to reveal his true thoughts.

Just then, an abrupt voice rang out in the conference hall.

"Agreed!"

Everyone turned their gaze towards the speaker, who was none other than Commander Wu!

The Northern Commander looked at Commander Wu, slightly stunned:

"What did you say?"

"What do you agree to?!"

Commander Wu spoke again.

"What you just said is indeed feasible!"

"Pfft, cough cough!......"

Upon hearing Commander Wu's words, the Northern Commander almost choked on his saliva.

"No, I mean, Old Wu, we were just joking..."

The Northern Commander chuckled, but Commander Wu directly interrupted him.

"Who's joking with you?!"

"You may be joking, but I am not!"

"Your proposal is indeed very forward-looking and takes a very high stance. I hadn't even thought in this direction before now!"

"After initial consideration, I personally believe that!"

"At this stage of development, the country must show its strength a little!"

Seeing Commander Wu's serious expression, the Northern Commander was completely petrified.

"Old Wu, I was just blowing off some steam. You didn't actually take it seriously, did you?"

Commander Wu said solemnly:

"Of course, I took it seriously!"

Seeing Commander Wu's demeanor, the Northern Commander took a deep breath and replied with a serious expression.

"Old Wu!"

"I understand your thoughts, but now, it's still too early!"

Commander Wu smiled slightly:

"Early? How is it early?"

"You were just strongly advocating for external deterrence, and now you're telling me it's too early?"

Upon hearing this, the Northern Commander shook his head repeatedly, saying earnestly.

"It's different, completely different!"

"The basic premise I'm talking about is maintaining the current international situation!"

"For us, maintaining the current international situation has far more benefits than drawbacks!"

"You should know!"

"We are currently in the very early stages of the era of infinite energy, and social productivity is about to undergo a massive liberation!"

"At this critical juncture, our own development path still needs to be explored step by step!"

"To offend others at this time, even though we have the strength, I still don't think it's necessary!"

"What I said just now was all a joke, Old Wu, please don't take it seriously!"

After hearing this, Commander Wu was slightly speechless.

He had fully expected that even if the always aggressive Northern Commander was joking, there would at least be some underlying thoughts in his heart.

But now, it seemed that was not the case at all.

Commander Wu asked:

"Then what are your true thoughts?"

The Northern Commander spoke directly.

"Regarding the current situation!"

"I propose!"

"To build a world community with national culture as the core, the concept of a shared destiny as the ideal, infinite energy as the focus, partnership as the bond, and military and industrial technology as the deterrent!"

The Northern Commander's words instantly piqued the interest of the high-level officials.

World community?

This was a novel proposal!

At the main seat, the leader spoke:

"Please elaborate!"

The Northern Commander pondered for a moment, organized his thoughts, and continued to speak.

"Specifically, we can start from the following points..."

The Northern Commander spent about ten minutes elaborating on his political views.

The core idea of this strategy was only four characters:

"Nation above all!"

The specific methodology was eight characters:

"Join us and you are one of us!"

Everyone present listened attentively, with some occasionally nodding in agreement.

"Through this new era of international relations framework built by us!"

"All the problems we currently face, or may face in the future, will be resolved with ease!"

"For example!"

"Recently, many third-world forces have contacted us multiple times, wanting to establish a permanent partnership with us as soon as possible!"

"And as everyone knows, the conditions for establishing a permanent partnership with us are incredibly stringent!"

"You could say, they are completely prepared to acknowledge us as their 'foster father'!"

The Northern Commander continued with a smile:

"Next, we can unite these friendly forces who are willing to deeply bind with us in all aspects!"

"We will support them as agents in various regions of the world, and they will help us bear the consequences of all external policies!"

"For example, we can use their power to discipline those clowns who dare to challenge our authority!"

"Furthermore, through their channels, we can continuously expand our influence in various major regions of the world!"

"If they encounter problems they cannot solve, then we will step in!"

"Isn't this much better than directly doing it alone?......"

Upon hearing this, everyone basically understood.

Supporting third-party agents to reduce one's own risks and costs was not a new policy; many developed powers did this.

Moreover, this whole approach was something that ancestors had already mastered thousands of years ago.

Now, the Northern Commander proposed to build a pan-world community system, which sounded very grand, but in plain terms, it was still the "agent" approach, just with themselves as the main character.

"Those who are not of our kind are sure to have different intentions!"

"They fear power but do not cherish virtue; strong, they will be bandits, weak, they will be subservient!"

"Therefore, there is no need for us to incorporate them from the very beginning!"

"By building a unified front, and through cultural immersion, interest binding, and military deterrence, among other influences!"

"Those forces will inevitably be slowly assimilated by us!"

"By then, when the powerful nation rises,"

"If there are still clowns who cannot see the situation clearly, then we will show them why the flowers are so red!"

"I'm done speaking. Who agrees, who opposes?!"

When the Northern Commander finished speaking, the conference hall immediately fell into hushed discussions.

The Northern Commander's proposals were very much in line with the current mainstream thinking of most high-level officials.

Most importantly, this approach had been used for many years and was very mature!

Once it was truly decided to proceed this way, there would be no shortage of forces eager to become agents.

Because currently, whether in terms of economy or strength, they had reached the level of dimensionality reduction strike.

In this situation, for those smaller forces with vast resources, it was like a guaranteed "angel investment" with no risk of loss. Only a fool wouldn't invest!

A few minutes later, the discussions gradually subsided.

The leader asked:

"What are everyone's opinions?"

"Agreed!"

"I agree too!"

"No objection!"

The Northern Commander's proposal was very mature and highly feasible, and it immediately received the approval of the vast majority of high-level officials.

"I have an objection!"

Just then, an abrupt but familiar voice rang out.

Looking at Commander Wu's solemn expression, the Northern Commander was full of helplessness.

"Old Wu, you're not just trying to argue with me, are you?"

Commander Wu said seriously.

"Get lost, do I have that much free time to argue with you?!"

"Your proposal is good, but I just want to ask one question here!"

"Why do you all take it for granted that!"

"Some people will just sit by and wait for death?"

"To achieve the standards you mentioned, it would take at least five to ten years?"

"Too slow! Too slow!"

"Cultural immersion, subtle influence, interest-driven, and deterrence..."

"Isn't it just the same old thing as before?"

"These methods are all outdated tricks!"

"But what about the actual effect?"

"There are precedents, and everyone can see them!"

Commander Wu frowned and said.

"We are not like before!"

"Don't think the infinite energy era will last long!"

"From the moment Controllable Nuclear Fusion emerged, the leap of the era is destined to be very fast!"

"For example, our lunar ecological base will be completed in the first half of this year!"

"By then!"

"By extracting helium-3, rare metals, and other strategic resources from the moon!"

"We will advance towards the stars of the universe at an incredible speed, and not just be confined to this small piece of land on Earth!"

"This time might be five years, or it might be three years!"

"Under the leadership of Comrade Ren Yi, this 'abnormal' individual, the time might even be shorter!"

Hearing this, the Northern Commander was somewhat bewildered.

"Old Wu, how does this affect my proposal to build a world community?"

At this point, Commander Wu did not answer, but instead turned his gaze to Comrade Ren Yi.

"Comrade Ren Yi!"

"During the last meeting, when we were discussing the lunar base issue, you mentioned a new space plan!"

"I was very interested at the time and chatted with you briefly, but due to too many things, I didn't ask for details."

"Today, since everyone is here, why don't you explain it in detail to everyone!"

Commander Wu's words made everyone's attention focus on Comrade Ren Yi.

Seeing this, Comrade Ren Yi nodded slightly and spoke.

"Yes, I am indeed planning a new space plan, which will serve as the next phase of the five-year plan and as a supplement for future subsequent phases."

"The temporary name of the plan is 'Heavenly Works and Creations Plan'."

"Because this plan needs to rely on aircraft carriers, it is currently only in my mind and has not formed a concrete plan draft, so there's not much special to talk about."

"Since Commander Wu is so interested, I'll give a brief introduction!"

Comrade Ren Yi paused, then continued.

"As our space flight capabilities achieve substantial breakthroughs, space resource development will be a key development focus moving forward."

"The Heavenly Works and Creations Plan is a plan aimed at developing strategic mineral resources in outer space, building space resource development bases, and gradually forming a scaled and commercialized space resource extraction system."

"The first goal of the plan is to build a permanent Earth-Moon spaceport that integrates space transportation, space resupply, space mining, and space resource processing, using the Lagrange points L1/L2 between the Earth and the Moon as nodes!"

Hearing this, the minds of the high-level officials present were buzzing.

What the heck?

Wasn't the previous topic still on Earth?

How did it suddenly jump to outer space?

And they want to build some kind of spaceport?

This is going against the heavens!