Deep Space Wandering Fleet
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Chapter 307: 306 Chapter 307: 306 “Captain, there are a lot of messages online, saying that giving away this technology cheapens Earth Civilization… so there’s a lot of debate,” Dr. Li Cheng from the secretary’s office said suddenly as he listened to the conversation between the two.

“Oh? What’s the debate about?” Zhang Yuan asked, puzzled.

“Many people believe that providing the latest technology to the Golden Sun is not a big problem, and we are willing to do it. After all, humans from Captain Star have great vitality and have given us a lot of help. If it were not for their assistance, our interstellar voyage would undoubtedly be much more difficult.”

“But is it too generous to provide this technological data to Earth Civilization? Earth Civilization has not been much help to us.”

Zhang Yuan nodded, understanding.

The doctor before him, a native of the new generation of humans, had never lived on Earth nor experienced the long span of three thousand years, and he did not have much fondness for the now-declining Earth Civilization.

Especially when the Gleize Civilization next door served as a cautionary tale, constantly reminding these new generations of humans.

For various reasons, the new generation harbored a natural aversion and wariness for the mediocrity of civilization.

This wariness had its advantages but also its disadvantages.

It whipped humanity to keep moving forward, but it also formed a natural chain of disdain for ordinary civilizations…

Many people felt that by merely forwarding their civilizational research accomplishments to Earth Civilization, they were underselling themselves!

“This idea… seems to make some sense,” Zhang Yuan murmured as he stroked his chin, pondering how to argue against it.

It was too soon to speak of things like mathematics, but the practical value of technologies such as biological materials was immense; these materials were essentially highly precise and reliable smart sensors. The importance of sensors to industries and bionic robots was, of course, self-evident.

Also, automation technologies from the Universal Factory, such as certain 3D printing techniques, could even be described as an industrial upgrade!

Deciphering this technology was not easy; millions had poured their heart and soul into this work, struggling for decades to achieve these precious results.

Dr. Li Cheng bluntly said, “I think that since Earth Civilization has gained this higher-level technology, the majority of profits will inevitably be captured by the capitalists. I don’t believe they will use it to benefit the general public… So, sending this information seems somewhat meaningless, right? An ordinary civilization will always remain just that, and it won’t change significantly because of this.”

“The common people simply don’t have the capacity to receive these signals. After all, you can’t just pick up this kind of long-wave communication with any old radio…”

Zhang Yuan shook his head and sighed softly, “Little Li, although Earth Civilization has its flaws, it is this very ordinary civilization that bore us. Without the former Earth Civilization, we wouldn’t be here today; there’s a causal relationship.”

“We too are feeling our way across the river by feeling the stones of Earth Civilization…”

“Besides, we’ve even given a hand to the Glizerians, so why not help our mother civilization? In reality, the cost to us isn’t great since the equipment has already been built.”

“Even just letting Earth Civilization know that, light years away, there exists a few vibrant civilizations, yes, not just one but two, might awaken some people’s deep-seated desire for exploration and inject a series of variables into the entire society. There are so many people in the Solar System with dreams of far-off places; giving them a bit of hope is good too…”

“We don’t know if this transfer of technological information will improve Earth Civilization, but it certainly shouldn’t make it worse, should it?”

Little Li nodded, silent for a long time, showing his understanding.

“Yes, if we do nothing, Earth Civilization will remain as it is…”

“If we do something, there will surely be some changes…”

For such matters, everyone has their own opinion, so the usernames on major forums are just rationally expressing their own views, and the overall atmosphere is not too problematic.

Thus, as the display of technological information on the big screen concluded, the final segment began–the public’s blessings for these two civilizations–which again stirred up excitement at the venue.

“Earth Era, I love you!”

“We are about to travel along the Cosmic String; do you have such grand aspirations?”

“I don’t know what the future holds, maybe we will encounter an Alien Civilization; we have already met one.”

“We will not stop progressing, nor can we afford to stop.”

“…Greetings to the now-gone Deep Space Foundation!”

“Foolish Earth people, don’t keep sleeping! You’ve been surpassed by us!”

Young people have their way of greeting, and so do the elderly; in any case, everyone is unreserved in what they have to say. There are even some mocking statements, but they did not rank high in the votes.

After all, a new civilization is still a civilization; it needs to maintain its dignity, and purposefully sending taunts seems somewhat inappropriate on such an occasion.

Half an hour later, a total of 50 voice messages were selected, and the venue was filled with laughter and cheer. Sending such voice messages was quite a luxury, but no matter; it was good as long as everyone was happy.

Finally, Zhang Yuan took the stage and solemnly announced, “Then, I declare the launch of the light-year-level signal transmitter!”

“All the information, officially sent!”

With that command, a sudden burst of dazzling white light flashed from the ten-kilometer-wide large signal transmitter. This mega-project, at that instant, reached a power output of eight trillion watts, setting off various fireworks that briefly illuminated the starry sky, also driving the crowd’s emotions to a climax.

Zhang Yuan suddenly felt that whether the Golden Sun received these messages was no longer very important. This was a pre-departure national celebration for the “Kunlun Mountain,” a very successful motivational ceremony.

In fact, humans, as a species, do many things for themselves. Touching oneself is the true touch; if something is done solely to touch others, what’s the point?

With this grand ceremony, the farewell ceremony came to an end.

Next up was–

Setting sail!

This planet would become a brand-new starting point, and humanity would step into the unknown… tomorrow!