572: Chapter 572: Venus Ecological Crisis

“It's a good thing the Blue Star Ecological Transformation Project was an unmanned project; otherwise, it would have gone bankrupt a billion years ago,” Dragon Three lamented.

Oriental Chen nodded.

He and Monga had already discussed this issue.

Monga only discovered the existence of the Sirius Remnants hundreds of thousands of years ago, so Longguo's plan could not have been aimed at them.

“What happened later?” Oriental Chen asked.

“In Longli 7611, which was the tenth year of the Blue Star Ecological Transformation Project, the Mars Base was finally completed. At this time, the first virus crisis suddenly erupted on Venus.”

“This virus was aggressive, with an extremely short incubation period. Infected individuals initially experienced fever and coughing, which quickly progressed to multiple organ failure. Research revealed it was a virus that affected the DNA transcription process.”

“At that time, Longguo and Sa America still had sufficient scientific research capabilities and quickly developed a vaccine.”

“The virus was successfully eradicated just six months after its outbreak.”

The image before Oriental Chen's eyes showed a pharmaceutical factory's automated production line mass-producing vaccine injections.

“Just ten years later, the second virus crisis erupted.”

“First, in a tribe in Bagu Country, a large number of children under six years old developed symptoms such as fever, epilepsy, and encephalitis. Within the next two months, this situation spread to Longguo and Sa America.”

“After investigation and analysis, it was discovered that this was also an epidemic virus. However, this virus was only effective against children; the probability of older children and adults becoming infected was extremely low.”

“Although the mortality rate of this virus was not high, more than 90% of the children suffered lifelong disabilities as a result.”

“Longguo provided free DNA repair treatment for these children, and it took eight years to barely resolve this crisis.”

“This crisis caused a significant drain on the nation, and investment in Mars also ceased at this time.”

“Our situation was still better; Bagu Country and the United States of America, due to severe national decline, were unable to provide free treatment for these children, leading to a large number of children dying before adulthood. This also laid the groundwork for their even more severe crises later on.”

Oriental Chen watched the children in the image suddenly collapse, convulsing violently, and foaming at the mouth, feeling deeply moved.

If all children aged one to nine died, the entire nation would face a generational crisis. The consequences of this were terrifying.

“After that, a viral pandemic would appear approximately every ten years, exhausting various nations and causing a significant decline in national power.”

“In Longli 7659, Sa America openly tore up the peace treaty and launched a full-scale attack on Bagu Country. Domestic conflicts reached an irreconcilable level, and waging war was their only option.”

“Bagu Country had no power to resist and was annihilated in just two months.”

Even with severe national decline, given the technological capabilities humans possessed at the time, destroying a nation was quite easy.

“At that time, the Longguo high-level made a wrong decision not to intervene militarily. It was this erroneous decision that ultimately led to the collapse of human society.”

“With Bagu Country annihilated, its people harbored deep hatred for Sa America. They constantly launched suicide attacks, leading to continuous conflicts in Bagu Country itself and within Sa America.”

“Soon after, a new round of virus outbreaks occurred. This time, no one could stop it.”

“This is very similar to the neurotropic virus currently prevalent on Blue Star; it is also a virus that attacks the brain's nerves.”

“During this virus crisis, the Venusian ecosystem was completely destroyed.”

“The frequent use of large-scale warfare and weapons of mass destruction led to the near disappearance of vegetation on Venus. This triggered a series of chain reactions.”

“Venus's temperature increased year by year, and the surface was no longer suitable for human survival. People began building bases underground, just to secure a glimmer of hope.”

In the image, the surface was a ruin, radiating waves of heat under the sun.

Collapsed and toppled high-rise buildings were everywhere, and the remains of humans and animals were scattered throughout.

“At this point, less than 60 years had passed since the implementation of the Blue Star Ecological Transformation Project.”

“The Longguo high-level convened a meeting and unanimously approved the population migration plan. The destination for migration was Mars.”

“This was the last planet in the Solar System suitable for human survival at that time.”

“Regrettably, this plan was not successfully implemented. Longguo's remaining 18 space battleships were damaged and all destroyed.”

“From our current perspective, all of this must have been the Sirius Remnants pulling strings behind the scenes. They had already gained control of a large number of Moni People through viral attacks, and these Moni People were spread across the world, infiltrating everywhere.”

“Longguo's population migration plan must have been leaked this way.”

“Then how did the insects get to Mars?” Oriental Chen asked.