Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 254 - Chapter 254 Chapter 254 Leaving this Planet

Chapter 254: Chapter 254 Leaving this Planet Chapter 254: Chapter 254 Leaving this Planet Zhang Yuan spoke in a low voice, “Yes, I understand that we have such things in our world too. But it’s strictly controlled and hasn’t become completely rampant… Ah, who knows?”

Sitting across from him, Ganyador sighed, “Yes, who would have known that so-called ‘Happiness Element’ would cause the most serious consequences? In the era of the Internet, whenever something new appeared, everyone would try it…”

“Our Gor City was the last city to be infiltrated. Tangible things can be stopped by laws. But intangible penetration is much harder to block with manpower…”

“When everyone is doing something, you’ll naturally feel that it’s right, that it’s to be expected. Especially when it comes from the Universal Factory, the things in the database, we subconsciously believe that it’s a precious gift bestowed by an Alien Civilization, so we hardly have any guard against it.”

“Gor City is a city of Science and Art. As time passed, many aspiring individuals realized the mistakes of this aspect. They gathered here, trying to restore the glory of the old times… But what could be done?”

Zhang Yuan furrowed his brows and said, “Then, with so many scientists in your city, why not develop your own technology and revive the whole world?”

Ganyador gave a bitter smile, “Mr. Zhang Yuan, you should know, there’s no such thing as an untainted land in this world… As long as you’re on the same planet, it’s impossible to completely sever connections. Even though we could set up firewalls or network controls, this kind of infiltration is still unpreventable, and the people have many ways to avoid our restrictions.”

“Gor City is only barely maintaining its dignity…”

Zhang Yuan nodded, “I see… So you believe it’s very difficult to rely on your own strength to eliminate this phenomenon, that’s why you’ve decided to leave this planet and start afresh somewhere else. Even if that means… abandoning your current Universal Factory?”

“Yes, so we need a spaceship capable of traveling between Constant Stars. But preliminary estimates indicate that only two million people are willing to go. It’s only this kind of one-way journey that can unite all the colonists and restart another civilization!”

Zhang Yuan was discerning the truth of the story, and even though the other party’s tone was sincere, and the story had no major flaws, he still wasn’t ready to believe it without caution.

These Glizerians seemed quite smart, actually trying to emulate Humans for an interstellar expedition?

But, could they succeed?

With so many flaws…

Zhang Yuan snapped back to reality, realizing this wasn’t the point he should focus on.

When Human civilization appeared in their view, Ganyador continued, “We attempted to convene a global assembly. Because your entire civilization didn’t seem strong, having only one Deep Space Colony Ship.”

“Regrettably, the leaders of other cities were not willing to communicate… And the demands they made were unusually extreme, requiring enormous concessions from Gor City… We even felt that communicating with these crazed kin of ours, was even more difficult than with an Alien Civilization.”

Zhang Yuan paused for a moment.

“After that assembly, there were two factions among the Governors of our Gor City. The first faction, led by the radical faction’s leader Davian, tried to use the oppression of war to force our entire civilization to regain its vitality. That nuclear bomb was launched by Davian. And the youngster you met was a remnant of the radical faction.”

“The second faction, of course, is us… We believe that war cannot solve the problems of the people’s ideology. Even if we won as a whole civilization, what then?”

“There wouldn’t be any change.”

“The power of the majority is simply too strong. There won’t be much change.”

“So we hope to establish a new civilization somewhere far away in the starry skies, solely through our own hands and wisdom… without relying on the power of other civilizations.”

Zhang Yuan fell silent for a while, finding it hard to put his feelings into words.

How could a civilization develop to this point… Having received the aid of an interstellar civilization, getting a Universal Factory that even Humans envied, in theory, it should have made a real leap forward, quickly breaking through their own planet, expanding into a larger living space!

But it was as if an invisible hand pressed down hard on the rising momentum, pushing it from heaven to hell.

The sensation was odd, so very odd…

Under such circumstances, that there were still individuals who could remain sober was truly remarkable.

He couldn’t help feeling sympathy and respect for the leader before him.

Seemingly discerning his thoughts, Ganyador spoke again, “Lord Zhang Yuan, our world has a population of 390 million. Even faced with the current situation, we still maintain strong industrial power…”

“The Universal Factory, after all, is a product of Second-level Interstellar Civilization, its industrial capabilities may be even higher than you observed…”

“According to our observations, your civilization indeed has the vitality for development, but it’s only reached the category of a First-level Interstellar Civilization. To leap forward, it would take at least a hundred or even a thousand years…If a real confrontation occurred, you wouldn’t necessarily be able to defeat us, at least not for the next one to two hundred years.”

“Your civilization wouldn’t want any significant upheaval within the next one to two hundred years, right…?”

Ganyador’s words were both an objective statement and a subtle threat.

In other cities, the vast majority of the fully automated Universal Factory’s industrial power must be used to promote the civilian industry. People are reluctant to make easy changes. But if dire straits arise and a war breaks out, under the pressure of survival, a terrifying production capacity would burst forth. Humans might not fare well.

The reason Ganyador wanted to complete this deal was that the Universal Factory lacked information on space vessels and knowledge on interstellar colonization.

Moreover, with the population of Gor City alone, it wasn’t possible to build a Constant Starship on their own.

Zhang Yuan nodded, “I understand. From both a personal and a civilizational perspective, I will consider facilitating this deal as much as possible… It’s beneficial for both parties.”

“Although you may not believe me when I say this, I still want to tell you that we Humans do not limit our aspirations to this one Constant Star. Your planet is a very ordinary one in the Universe.”

“In the distant future, we Humans may even leave this Star Domain again to search for a vaster world…”

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