lcionline Chapter 392 Return
Chapter 392 Return
"boom!"
With a deafening roar from its engines, the warp drive spaceship slowly ascended into the air.
Inside the cabin, a family of five was looking out the ship's porthole at the crowd below. They were densely packed around the outer perimeter of the starport, trying to break through the security forces' defenses and rush in. From above, they looked like ants.
"Ah."
The man smiled dismissively, his expression full of mockery.
"A bunch of lowly scum. Human civilization has stagnated because of fools like you. If civilization is only continued by ignorant fools like you, then human civilization is truly doomed."
The wife, who was holding the child, frowned slightly upon hearing the man's words.
"Huang San, say less. Consider it a good deed for me and the child. Don't say these things in front of the child. Weren't we also ordinary people who rose to power back then?"
His wife's words seemed to provoke the man, who turned around abruptly, a fierce glint in his eyes.
"Don't mention those things. The past is the past. I'm on a completely different level from them now. I'm now a distinguished member of the Earth Federation Council!"
The wife couldn't help but roll her eyes.
"Alright, Mr. Committee Member, we ordinary folks can't afford to offend you. You are the savior of the Earth Alliance, and your greatness is comparable to that of Mr. Lin Xuan."
Huang San was speechless for a long time after being choked by his wife's words. His wife was his first love. The two met at the University of Political Science and Law and started working at the local government after graduation.
However, he was very lucky. During Luo Congmin's administration, his proposed "Structure of Immortal Society" plan received high recognition from many immortals, and he was quickly promoted to become one of the members of the Earth Federation Council.
However, his actions have been met with disdain from many people. After all, as ordinary people, they are already at a disadvantage in politics compared to immortals. His creation of this thing is seen as blatant disregard for others and a way to rise to power at the expense of everyone else.
The rule that immortals are not allowed to participate in political decisions was established at the very beginning of the Earth Alliance. Unfortunately, it has never been put into practice, but everyone has gotten used to it. After all, the more a slogan is shouted every year, the more it proves that it is impossible to do.
"After the warp drive spaceship reached the first docking point, Commissioner Ells said he would help our whole family arrange surgery to implant the immortality drug."
"what?"
The wife looked at the man in disbelief.
"Are you insane? You want to become immortal too?"
"Who would want to die?" Huang San countered.
"Besides, ordinary people have no way out in the Earth Alliance. This is an unwritten rule. Only when we all become immortals will those people consider us as one of their own."
"And then we'll just have to watch helplessly as we continue living in this shitty world for hundreds of years, barely scraping by every day?" the wife said angrily, pointing out the window at the ever-receding ring world.
"Look, open your eyes and see. We were born in the best of times. Before that, there was the Trisolaran crisis, and after that, there was the Dark Forest Strike. I'm already feeling very tired."
"I would be content to live a hundred years in this hopeless world. If it weren't for you insisting that children can bring hope, I would never have let my child be born into this world."
Immortality is not happiness; immortality is a form of torment.
At least in the Earth Alliance, those who chose immortality all regretted it in the end.
The eternal youth of the body does not mean that consciousness will be immortal. Humanity's future is bleak, and living in such an environment, exhausting oneself every day, one cannot feel much happiness.
You never know when a flying grenade could take your life.
"Buzz!"
A red light suddenly appeared from a distance, moving at such a speed that even the detection radar didn't have time to react.
When it was observed by the human eye, the warp drive spaceship, which was about to be launched, had already disintegrated, turning into a pile of space debris with a burst of energy matrix.
No, it wasn't just that one ship.
Every warp drive spacecraft that had just taken off or was in the process of taking off was destroyed by the red light.
The explosion of thousands of warships created a dazzling ring of blue sparks around the entire world!
"Alert! A large number of energy entities have been detected approaching rapidly."
"Estimated quantity...20...100...3000..."
"Searching for contingency plans in the Mewtwo database."
"Search complete. The computer has determined that an enemy fleet has invaded and is activating all defense modules."
"Startup failed: Cause analysis... The fleet number was detected as the Earth Alliance Force, and the defense module process could not be enabled for friendly units."
When all the flames subsided, the radar screen of RimWorld was suddenly covered by a dense array of signals.
Thousands of interstellar warships seemed to emerge instantly from the dark folds of the universe, forming a near-perfect multi-layered circular formation that protected the flagship in the center.
No, calling it a flagship is an exaggeration; its size is beyond imagination, resembling a self-rotating planet.
The massive thrusters on the ship spewed out dark matter fluids, emitting a scarlet apocalyptic glow.
On the surface of this giant ship, a circular flag with a red background and gold color stands out prominently in the dim light of cosmic radiation.
The flag bears some resemblance to the blue Earth of the Earth Alliance, except that the background color is completely opposite.
On either side of the Earth on the Earth Alliance flag, the white wings that once represented peace and hope have been replaced by two more aggressive red guns, creating a sense of oppression and unease.
Upon seeing this flag, many people realized the true identity of this fleet.
“Zhang Beihai… or to be more precise, those who chose to flee during the Dark War, have now returned once again.”