Chapter 216 The Decline of Civilization
“…A civilization 20 light years away, ran to our satellite and was carrying out colonial activities??”
When the Glitzers in the conference room heard the news, Zisen was shocked.
They deeply know how huge the astronomical figure of 20 light years is and how much power it takes to cross it!
It's simply incredible, even...inexplicable! Because this kind of colonial activity has no benefit at all.
"We are just an ordinary star field, right? Why did we choose here?"
"Maybe it is because of the existence of liquid water... the living environment is similar to ours."
"But they can't overcome our microbial environment, so what if there is liquid water on our planet?"
All the Glitzers were anxious as they discussed each other.
"...In other words, this civilization called humans has been sending electromagnetic waves before, all to detect whether there are intelligent life here? If there is no response, they will come to interstellar colonization?"
However, with the idea that it is better to have less than more things, their ancestors did not reply to anything...
This has happened, so there is no room for regret.
In this narrow room, I fell into a long silence.
The astronomer continued, "Please be careful not to be impatient. According to the observations these days, the other party's technological strength is not as advanced as we imagined. Instead, it is in a relatively subtle stage... In short, it is not strong."
"Their spacecraft is about 300,000 kilometers away from us, and there is only one. There is no artificial gravity, nor the technology that exceeds our expectations."
It took out a photo I just took to show it to everyone, with a blurry image of the Earth Age.
"...Yes, there is only one mothership, which is quite large and should have a large population. I even suspect that in order to cross such a long distance, this mothership has no tonnage to load any weapons."
"Using our most powerful interstellar missiles and loading some nuclear warheads should have the possibility of hitting and destroying the other party's mothership... In this way, if the other party loses the mothership, it will soon become extinct here."
After a while of silence, another Glitzer scolded: "Choose war, Davian, are you crazy? We are in this state, we can't bear a war at all!"
"In addition, where does the nuclear warhead come from... According to the Peace Convention, we have destroyed all these weapons long ago... and have even been destroyed for tens of thousands of years!"
"Yes, we don't have this weapon..."
"There hasn't been a war for a long time."
"We don't even have enough soldiers..."
Many Glitzers are discussing the feasibility of this plan. The current situation of the entire civilization is really a bit bad...
"...even if the nuclear bomb production line is restarted, with the industrial capabilities of our city, we can only build an interstellar rocket within half a year at most. With a few nuclear warheads, even if we hit the target, there is no possibility of completely destroying the other party's mothership... It will only trigger a civilized war that will never end!"
“Can we afford this consequence?”
After hesitating for a while, the astronomical expert named Davian seemed a little unwilling to give up and said again: "If..."
"If what?"
"…Human civilization is developing our satellites, and as time goes by, its industrial capabilities will become stronger and stronger. If you want to launch an attack, you must do it as early as possible, rather than delaying it here... Otherwise, such an opportunity will slip away in the blink of an eye."
The leader was silent for a while, "Is it possible for them to leave?"
"The probability is very low... They came here through a long interstellar voyage. The fuel in the spacecraft is likely to be exhausted, and it is impossible to carry out the next interstellar voyage. Letting them leave here is no different from letting them die..."
Another pangolin said angrily: "Why is this happening? Is it... so large that even a planetary system can't accommodate it... If so, it's likely to be a colonial civilization that expands infinitely outwardly!"
When we think of the same planetary system, which houses two different intelligent civilizations, while the other party is booming and has a tendency to colonize and expand; but our party is weak and the people have no fighting spirit, every Glitzer present has a faint sense of horror.
"Don't be nervous, maybe it's a friendly civilization! They sent a large number of electromagnetic wave signals in advance, which should be the meaning of inquiry. Because we did not reply, we mistakenly thought that this is a homeless land... It means that this civilization has basic thinking logic and etiquette culture."
"Maybe we can try to communicate!"
"We can work together friendly... no one likes war!"
The whole room was noisy and quarrel, with all kinds of differences.
"Enough!" The leader roared heavily, suppressing all his voice, and then it returned to normal. "This is not a risk that one of our cities can take. Are other cities really not responding to this matter?"
“They…have no opinion.”
"What does it mean to have no opinion?"
"It's just that there is no opinion and no matter how long it can be. At most, during this period, some weapons that can protect themselves will be produced and it is impossible to launch an attack... You also know what the outside city looks like, and it is impossible to endure a war between civilizations."
After a while of discussion, these senior officials decided to produce some weapons that can protect themselves first, but they did not want to launch an attack first.
"Hey, let's have a peaceful talk after having a certain amount of strength... If we can get along safely, it would be better."
A scholar was furious when he heard this surrender remark and said, "What, peace talks? This is the home of the Glitzers! Do you think all civilizations are friendly civilizations?"
"We have no conflict of interests... Why do we need war?"
Another person also said: "Yes, we just hide under the ground like this... What does the other party's civilization have to do with us? As long as we develop enough weapons and can protect ourselves, what's the point of attacking us?"
"As long as we have the ability to attack the other party and can threaten the other party, this peace can continue."
What angered some Glitzers was that there were more than one dovish remarks like this, and there were actually quite a few! Even those who agreed to peaceful negotiations accounted for the vast majority of the entire civilization, including their supreme leader!
Their city is pretty good, and they can still discuss countermeasures carefully here.
The rest of the cities... are still in a state of being drunk and dreaming and have no determination to start a war.
After this discussion, it couldn't help but feel sad...
This is a completely devastated civilization... it cannot be saved, and I cannot think of a good way to save it.
Almost all the people were indifferent to what was going on in the outside world and hid in the underground city like this. Even if they encountered the threat of death, they still had an indifferent attitude... Unless the sharp knife really cuts the skin, they could jump up and resist, that is, resist for a second or two, and then lie obediently on the ground.
It's simply...unreasonable!
"War! We need a war to save the entire civilization and cheer everyone up!" The scholar thought to himself: "If it fails, then let's die together!"
Several other Glitzers who reported the same idea also looked at each other carefully, as if they had made up a decision.
What human civilization doesn’t know is that because of the emergence of human beings, various differences arise within a civilization on the opposite planet of life, and even a political riot occurs quietly!
The crisis is coming!
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Chapter completed!