Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 1371 - 1376 The Resistance

Chapter 1371: Chapter 1376 The Resistance

"To think that the judgment could come from this angle..."

Thomas exclaimed in both surprise and admiration, then nodded at Yang Yi and said, "Although the perspective is unique, I must admit you’re right—it’s true that Elvin was willing to sacrifice himself to save all of humanity.

What the heck, just a moment ago you looked indifferent, but now you’re elevating it to the level of saving humanity. Are you serious?

Yang Yi spread his hands and said, "So, can we now have a normal conversation?"

"Of course, I know I must persuade you now, otherwise you’ll really get pulled over by the Grey-cloaked People. So, I’ll hold nothing back. Ask away if you have any doubts."

This is the right way to lay all cards on the table. Yang Yi was relatively satisfied, so he immediately said, "The Revelation, what exactly is it?"

"The Revelation is like a radar that will tell us when aliens will arrive, but it’s a passive radar, not an active one. It detects the signals emitted by alien spacecraft once they arrive, letting us know they are coming."

It’s real, it’s true!

Yang Yi was somewhat excited and anxious, so he had to ask a question he was very concerned about, "So when will the aliens arrive?"

Thomas was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "That is our core secret because the Grey-cloaked People dream of finding this out."

Yang Yi spread his hands, indicating it’s fine if he wouldn’t say, but Thomas immediately said, "According to the Revelation, the aliens are already here."

This time Yang Yi was truly shocked, and he stammered, "What did you say?"

"I said the aliens are already here, they’ve been here for a long time. As early as the sixties, the Revelation received very clear signals that have continued to this day, every day, constantly!"

Yang Yi slightly opened his mouth and said, "Really... well, this is truly astonishing news."

Thomas exhaled and said, "We don’t know if it’s a malfunction or something else, but we now believe aliens are really here, right on the far side of the moon, because it is an excellent hiding spot. Let me put it briefly, um, from Kennedy to Reagan, we advocated for multiple space exploration missions. But after discovering proactive exploration was meaningless and possibly detrimental, we ended our lunar investigations."

It’s a lot to take in. Yang Yi said quietly, "Hold on a moment, I need to process this. Are you saying the U.S. presidents collaborated with you?"

"Uh, we pushed for it, but couldn’t establish direct contact with the president. That would be a suicidal move, inviting self-destruction. Simply put, we used all possible means to convince the president that exploring space was necessary until we deemed it pointless and encouraged the president to stop."

Yang Yi whispered, "But the aliens haven’t launched an attack, have they? Then, what is this about?"

"We don’t know, who can answer you this question? I don’t know why the aliens haven’t acted, but I do know we have to prepare for war; what kind of war, the war of the apocalypse, an interstellar war, a war for the survival of humanity."

"Why not promote cooperation among nations?"

Thomas leaned forward and smiled at Yang Yi, "Do you think, given the current situation, cooperation is possible? What effect would publishing all the information we have to the public achieve? Would humanity working together for ten years, no, a hundred years, make us able to defeat aliens coming from across several galaxies?"

Of course the answer is no, Yang Yi knew that.

Humanity has only been developing for a few thousand years as a civilized era, and a few thousand years is merely a fleeting moment in the universe. Since aliens can come to Earth, it means the fight is unwinnable, just as even if humans evolve monkeys for another ten thousand years, they still can’t overthrow human rule on Earth.

Yang Yi looked at Thomas silently for a long time, then suddenly said softly, "What’s the point, what significance does it have?"

"Of course there is significance!"

Thomas got excited and raised his voice, "Do you really think doing nothing and waiting to be slaughtered by aliens is fine?"

"Raise your arm and call out, not just sit and starve."

"What?"

"Nothing, just a notion, hmm, you can die, but always after fighting back."

Thomas nodded and said, "Exactly, humanity can perish, but it must be after struggle, not be slaughtered like livestock, without resistance. We have nuclear weapons; we have the opportunity to fight back!"

Yang Yi smiled wryly, "I know I shouldn’t say this now, but relying on nuclear weapons... okay, suppose we could perform interstellar travel, would you worry about a humanoid civilization on an alien planet possessing nuclear weapons?"

"It’s like a modern army fighting a medieval army, obviously, we don’t care if the other side has catapults."

"Yeah, that’s exactly the point."

Thomas very seriously, very solemnly said, "But the other side at least has catapults, and not primitive people holding rocks."

Yang Yi was left speechless.

After thinking a while, Yang Yi said seriously, "There’s another opportunity, and this is the opportunity you and the Grey-cloaked People are competing for, isn’t it?"

Thomas nodded and said softly, "Yes, we want the Holy Ark, they want the Revelation. Now we all believe only by combining the two can we find the Ark."

"So that’s how it is."

Thomas waved his hand and said seriously, "Our current technology cannot defeat aliens that have come across the stars, but we can delay, we can engage in guerrilla warfare, we have the opportunity to resist. So where is our chance of victory? In the benevolent aliens, they are potential allies who might help us."

"Really?"

"Of course, in legends, aliens regarded as gods are willing to help humanity; there’s no doubt about that. The doubt is where they are, when will they come, the enemy is already here, but when will our allies appear?"

Yang Yi frowned and said, "Yes, when will the allies come?"

Thomas exhaled and said, "We don’t know. We very much want to cooperate with the Grey-cloaked People, but we cannot."

Thomas proactively brought up a critical issue. Yang Yi immediately said, "Why can’t you cooperate? Is it hatred or a clash of ideologies, or is it a power struggle?"

"At the critical moment when humanity faces extinction, power is no longer important, hatred is also not important, only the clash of ideologies remains. The problem is if the Grey-cloaked People get the Revelation and then find the Ark, they would immediately take their followers and flee."

Yang Yi exhaled and said, "Got it, this is the split between the Fleeing Faction and the Resistance Faction, isn’t it?"