Chapter 239: Shocking Speech
“First, I want to make one thing clear. Many people here may know it, while many others may still be in the dark.
This conference is being broadcast live to all citizens in our civilization. What follows may change your cognition, but rest assured, under the leadership of this committee, I am confident in leading our civilization to overcome any difficulties.”
Fan Ren’s words were resounding and powerful. He stared firmly at the camera with a resolute expression, as if in this instant he could give enormous encouragement to everyone seeing this scene.
“All along, we have had various speculations about the Galactic Core.
Black holes, numerous high-mass stars, and many resource-rich planets, and so on.
What I want to tell you is that these things do exist.
Not only that!
Unfortunately, the universe we live in, though vast and boundless, is not a lifeless existence.
In this universe, there are carbon-based civilizations numbering in the tens of millions, or possibly billions of trillions.
Not only that, but from the information I have received, there are also electronic silicon-based civilizations with self-awareness.
In the universe we inhabit, Human Civilization does not exist alone and lonely.
And in the rich star domain at the Galactic Core, there are even five Super Civilizations. In their words, their technological level is already in the realm of Fifth Level Civilization.
By comparison, Human Civilization is currently only at the mid-level of Tier 2 Civilization.
But do not be discouraged, because within ten light years around us, there are seven other civilizations.
And their civilization levels are also at the Tier 2 Civilization level.
I say this to tell everyone that over the past century, through the joint efforts of Xinghai, Great Xia, and countless workers, scientists, and practitioners from all walks of life, we have resolved the crisis right before our eyes.
Here, I must sincerely thank all of Human Civilization, the deceased predecessors, and all those who are working hard—thank you!
It is because of your tireless efforts and selfless dedication.
That our civilization has leaped from the stage of Tier 1 Civilization to the current mid-level Tier 2 Civilization in just a century.
Thereby completely resolving the threat posed by the seven surrounding civilizations.”
After Fan Ren finished speaking, he gazed deeply in the direction of the camera.
He knew that this camera was facing nearly 2 billion viewers of all humanity.
He slightly bowed his body and solemnly bowed in thanks.
After a long while, he straightened up again, standing straight in front of the camera, his whole person as upright as a pine or cypress, implicitly revealing an unyielding will.
Below the stage, nearly a thousand officials of various levels watched this scene with solemn expressions.
Among this crowd, some knew a little of the inside story, while others were in the dark with only vague knowledge of the existence of aliens.
And a large portion knew nothing at all about all the events involving alien civilizations over these years.
Now, in this extremely serious occasion today, many of them originally thought they were just here to vote and complete routine work.
But now, hearing the explosive content from this new Human Civilization Committee Chairman, while surprised by the new chairman’s style, they adopted a posture of absolute focus and attentive listening to this information.
Seeing the reaction below the stage, Fan Ren felt slightly touched in his heart.
“However, this is not a reason for us to stop. Today’s meeting may need to be extended for more time, but I believe it is necessary.
I believe it is necessary to share the current situation with all compatriots of Human Civilization.”
He composed himself, and the previous thoughts on how much content to reveal now had an answer in his heart.
“In the Galactic Core, under the joint efforts of five Super Civilizations, they formed the so-called Galactic Alliance.
The Galactic Alliance, as the name implies, is an alliance organization formed by all carbon-based life civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy.
Under this alliance, once an emerging civilization has the strength for interstellar voyage, it will naturally come into contact with the Star Gate in the nearby star system.
Through these Star Gates, individual civilian ships and some escort ships can smoothly head all the way to the Galactic Core.
And along this route, there are multiple official organizations of the alliance, where new civilizations can complete the registration as carbon-based civilizations.
Obviously, this is our next work.
Why is that?”
At this point, Fan Ren threw out a question that the crowd was equally puzzled by.
He did not keep them in suspense and continued:
“Because there is a regulation in the Galactic Alliance!
That is, after paying a certain fee, civilizations can reasonably declare war on each other and launch invasion wars!
To put it exaggeratedly, if a Third Level Civilization declares war on our Human Civilization right now, regardless of whether we have the strength to resist, they only need to pay a fee to declare war, invade, colonize, or even completely annihilate us under the reasonable rules of the Galactic Alliance.
Another reason restricting them from acting is whether our civilization is worth them paying that declaration of war fee.
So, I must sorry to tell everyone that our efforts have not reached the point where we can relax.
The environment we are in is not absolutely safe.
Because just 30 light years away, there is a Sirius Civilization that thrives on war.
I say this not to spread emotions of terror. Please rest assured, compatriots. As the first Chairman, I am confident that Human Civilization will continue to develop stably and safely.
But this cannot be done without your efforts.
Here, I make a personal request to everyone.
Our career has not reached the point of celebration. We still need to devote 100% of our work energy and tireless efforts.”
After Fan Ren finished speaking, the venue remained silent.
But compared to the previous speech, the crowd felt an even more obvious heaviness.
What he said was not good news.
Obviously, the existence of that so-called Fifth Level Civilization is not a benevolent civilization.
The rules they set, while preserving opportunities for civilization development to some extent.
Are also extremely harsh.
“Next, let’s talk about the good news.”
Fan Ren changed his expression, showed a relaxed smile, and said: “The good news is that our civilization’s current strength already has absolute self-preservation capability within ten light years.
Here, I want to introduce the concept of Starfield Market.
That is, in the Galactic Alliance, there is a market with an extremely broad scope.
From the information I have learned, this so-called Starfield Market has advanced technology sales that countless civilizations cannot refuse.”
