Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 216 - Declining Civilization
Chapter 216: Chapter 216: Declining Civilization
Chapter 216: Chapter 216: Declining Civilization
“…A civilization 20 light years away has come to our satellite and is engaging in colonization activities??”
The Glizerians in the meeting room were startled by the news.
They deeply understood how vast the astronomical figure of 20 light years was and how much power was required to cross it!
It was simply inconceivable, even… baffling! Because such colonization activities spoke of no benefit at all.
“Our area is just an ordinary Star Domain, isn’t it? Why would they choose here?”
“Perhaps it’s because of the presence of liquid water… The living environment is somewhat similar to ours.”
“But they couldn’t possibly overcome our microbial environment. Even if our planet has liquid water, so what?”
The discussion was heated, and all the Glizerians were agitated.
“…So, this civilization known as humanity had been sending electromagnetic waves to detect if there was intelligent life here? If there was no response, they would proceed with interstellar colonization?”
However, adhering to the principle that less is more, their ancestors had not replied to any of the messages…
What was done was done, and there was no room for regret.
The small cramped room fell into a long silence.
The astronomer continued, “Everyone, please calm down. According to the observations these past few days, their technological capabilities are not as advanced as we imagined, but rather in a delicate phase… Not very formidable overall.”
“Their spaceship is about thirty thousand kilometers away from us, and there is only one. It has no Artificial Gravity or technology beyond our expectations.”
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He brought out a recently taken photo for everyone to see, showing a blurred image marked with ‘Earth Era Time.’
“…Yes, just one Mother Ship, quite massive, likely carrying a large population. I even suspect that, in order to travel such a long distance, this Mother Ship might not have the capacity to carry any weapons.”
“Using our most powerful interstellar missile equipped with nuclear warheads, we could hit and potentially destroy their Mother Ship… This would result in them losing their Mother Ship and quickly becoming extinct here.”
After a pause, another Glizerian spoke up, scolding, “Opting for war, Davian, have you lost your mind? Our state right now cannot sustain a war!”
“Besides, where do the nuclear warheads come from… According to the peace treaty, we destroyed all such weapons ages ago… They’ve been gone for thousands of years!”
“Yes, we don’t have such weapons…”
“And it has been a very long time since there has been a war.”
“We don’t even have enough soldiers…”
Many Glizerians debated the feasibility of this plan, as the state of their entire civilization was somewhat dire…
“…Even if we restart nuclear bomb production lines, with the industrial capacity of just one city, we could at most build one interstellar rocket and a few nuclear warheads in six months. Even if we hit, it wouldn’t completely destroy their Mother Ship but would merely spark an endless war between civilizations!”
“Can we afford such consequences?”
After some hesitation, the astronomer named Davian seemed somewhat unwilling to give up and raised another point, “What if…”
“What if what?”
“…Human civilization is developing our satellite, and as time goes by, their industrial capacity will become increasingly stronger. If we want to attack, we must act soon rather than delaying here… Otherwise, such an opportunity will slip away in the blink of an eye.”
The leader paused for a while, “Do they have the possibility to leave?”
“The probability is very low… They came here through a prolonged interstellar voyage. It’s highly likely that the fuel in their spaceship is already exhausted, and they can’t undertake another interstellar journey. Asking them to leave is tantamount to asking them to die…”
Another Pangolin angrily said, “Why is this happening? Could it be… that their population is so large that not even a single planet system can accommodate them? If that’s the case, they might represent a civilization with a tendency towards endless colonial expansion!”
The thought of housing two different wisdom civilizations within the same planet system, one flourishing with colonial tendencies and the other weakening and devoid of fighting spirit, instilled a subtle sense of fear in every Glizerian present.
“Don’t be nervous, they might be friendly! They sent a large amount of electromagnetic signals in advance, probably just making inquiries, because we didn’t respond, so they mistakenly thought this was no man’s land… This indicates that the civilization possesses basic logical thinking and a culture of etiquette.”
“Perhaps we can try to communicate!”
“We can cooperate peacefully… Nobody likes war!”
The room erupted into noisy chaos, with a great variety of opinions.
“Enough!” The leader roared forcefully, silencing all the voices, and then returned to normal, “This isn’t a risk that one city can bear alone. Have the other cities really shown no reaction to this matter?”
“They… have no opinion.”
“What does ‘no opinion’ mean?”
“It means no opinion, an indifferent attitude, hiding as long as possible, at most making some weapons capable of self-protection during this time, but it’s impossible for them to initiate an attack… You know what the other cities are like, they simply can’t withstand a war between civilizations.”
The seniors debated for a while and decided to first produce some weapons capable of self-defense, but they did not wish to launch an attack first.
“Ah, let’s have peace talks when we attain certain strength… If we can coexist peacefully, that’d be best.”
A scholar, hearing this surrendering speech, burst out in anger, “What, peace talks? This is the home of the Glizerians! Do you think all civilizations are friendly?”
“We have no conflicts of interest… Why do we need a war?”
Another person said, “Yes, we just hide underground… What does it matter to us whether that civilization is good or bad? As long as we develop sufficient weapons for self-protection, what purpose would their attacking us serve?”
“All we need is the capability to threaten them back, and such peace could be sustained indefinitely.”
Some Glizerians felt angry that these dovish views were not just isolated cases but were quite prevalent! Even the willingness to negotiate peace made up the vast majority, including their highest leaders!
At least this city could still seriously discuss countermeasures.
The other cities… still lived in a delusive state of oblivion, completely lacking the resolve to wage war.
Discussing up to this point, it couldn’t help but succumb to despair…
This was a thoroughly degenerate civilization… Beyond saving, unable to think of any good measures for salvation.
Nearly all the citizens were indifferent to whatever was happening outside the world, just hiding within the Underground City. Even when faced with threats of death, they still maintained an indifferent attitude… Only if the dagger actually cut through their skin might they jump up to fight back, and only for a brief second or two before they meekly lay down again.
This was simply… irrational!
“War! We need a war to revive our entire civilization and get everyone to rally,” the scholar thought. “If we fail, then we die together!”
Other Glizerians who harbored similar thoughts cautiously exchanged glances, seemingly making a firm resolution.
What human civilization didn’t know was that, due to the humans’ arrival, various disagreements arose within a civilization on the opposite Life Planet, even leading to a silent political upheaval!
Crisis was looming!
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