The Way Back to Civilization

Chapter 27 Betrayal

After retrieving the advance team outside the star gate to the hangar and receiving guidance from his ancestors, Gu Fan pointed out a new direction for the Glory Queen.

At the moment, the giant ship was advancing at a standard warp speed toward an old colony located in the western part of the Milky Way. According to the data in the star map, that place had yet to be tainted by any foreign forces.

As for the specific situation, he could only find out when he went.

While the warship was sailing at an average speed, Gu Fan was carefully reading the information brought back from the outpost outside the river. Although most of it was insignificant navigation logs, there was no lack of key information.

For example, the detailed records of Project Rekindle.

This was a civilization-level self-help operation approved by the imperial government after the Wither Disease spread widely in the human empire. The goal was to choose the most suitable race among the successor races that had been created and nurtured after all humans fell asleep.

The chosen ones would inherit part of the heritage of mankind and become a proxy civilization. Until mankind officially returned, the chosen proxy would take over the huge empire that once spanned three-fifths of the Milky Way.

The perpetrators of all this were the Observers personally created by humans.

It sounded good? But combining what he had seen and heard recently, Gu Fan understood that everything did not develop as his compatriots had expected.

As he continued to search, he finally found the truth in the diary of one of the crew members. All of this stemmed from a shameful betrayal.

The seven races that were originally created and chosen as candidate agents took advantage of the Human Empire’s weakest moment and used the favors that humans had given them to start a rebellion.

Although the remnants of humanity and the subsidiary civilizations that remained loyal to humanity joined forces to launch resistance.

However, in the end, these insect-like existences still won the battle with despicable means and established an alliance on the sacred territory of the old Human Empire. After that, it was the Galaxy Community that ruled the Milky Way.

As for the Amarians and some of the allies in the community, they were mostly one of the seven races that had participated in the rebellion.

At this moment, everything seemed to have become clear.

This hard-won truth once again made Gu Fan understand who the real enemy was. His next goal seemed to have become obvious.

Looking at the remaining nearly 2,000 documents in the database, Gu Fan planned to stop temporarily so that he could have some time to digest this information.

However, as his fingers accidentally touched it, a technical proof document at the bottom was accidentally pointed out by him. Gu Fan originally planned to read it after some time, but when he accidentally glanced at it, he saw a shocking title.

[About the possibility of intelligent machines being equipped with artificial wombs and the possibility of reproduction in place of human mothers.]

Although the title was very long, Gu Fan could still find a few unusual words at first glance.

Intelligent machinery, artificial uterus, reproduction possibilities?

For a moment, Gu Fan felt as if he understood something, but at the same time, he did not understand anything.

Artificial uterus was not a rare technique in the past, but because of this technique, it would inevitably bring about a series of ethical and moral problems.

Some humanistic scholars and politicians have consistently opposed the popularization of the technology, which has long been taboo in past governments.

Except for special reasons, no one may easily use this technique.

Not far away, Xue Feng was sitting in front of the pilot’s seat, concentrating on making minor adjustments to the navigation direction. It didn’t seem to be paying attention to them.

With hesitation, he finally straightened his back and focused his attention on this strange document.

[October 4th, the higher-ups have approved the experiment plan. The first batch of samples has been successfully loaded into the test subject.]

[October 11th, the successful cultivation of the first egg was observed. Although it was not as efficient as a professional cultivation chamber, there seemed to be no problem with stability.]

[On February 4th, test subject 016 was observed to have successfully nurtured an embryo. Through testing the genetic sequence inside the embryo, it is very stable and can be edited many times. Without a doubt, this means that the experiment of carrying the artificial uterus in the cyborg has achieved great success.]

[On the 7th of March, the higher-ups allowed the cyborgs to carry artificial uterus on a large scale. I believe that this technology will greatly change the huge imbalance in the gender ratio of the survivors in the future and provide great help to the continuation and reconstruction of human society in the future.]

‘I see…’ Survival and reproduction was an important cycle for any organic civilization. From the description in the document, for various reasons, the survivors who were lucky enough to escape were facing serious survival problems.

That was why they had used this technology, which had been considered unethical in the past, in an attempt to ensure the continuation of the human race in the future.

At the thought of this, Gu Fan shifted his gaze to Xue Feng again. Looking at the petite figure of the other party, he felt that it was more or less unbearable to look at…

While Gu Fan was silently sorting out the newly obtained information, he suddenly heard Xue Feng report in an urgent tone. “An unauthorized presence has broken into the core engine compartment.”

The moment he heard this, Gu Fan found it unbelievable. Could it be an intruder? “Bring it up on the screen.”

Upon receiving the order, the ship’s system quickly started operating. A moment later, the surveillance footage from the engine compartment was displayed on the screen in front of Gu Fan.

The strange thing was that the person who appeared in the video was Lilym…

At this moment, she was holding a plate with both hands and walking in the engine room filled with energy with a puzzled expression. She was still walking towards the back of the ship.

“Lilym? What are you doing here?” Soon, when Gu Fan found her, the girl called Lilym was about to plunge into the engine compartment at the stern.

Hearing the voice, Lilym finally perked up.

“Ah… Lord God, I’m looking everywhere for you…

11 Alright, it seemed that this guy had really gone in the wrong direction.

“This… is a dish I made with the ingredients I found. I hope you like it.”

As she spoke, Lilym raised the plastic disk in her hand in front of Gu Fan. Mixed vegetables? The other party’s words confused Gu Fan for a moment. He did not remember buying ingredients for cooking. He saw that the plate was filled with obviously processed leaves. There was a little orange powder sprinkled on the surface. From the looks of it, it was not bad.

“I’m curious. Where did you find such a thing?” Lilym replied in a low voice.

“In the pot in the canteen… There used to be similar plants in the outpost where I lived.”

So that was how it was. If nothing went wrong, the other party should be referring to those genetically modified wild vines. As an ornamental plant, they could order the seeds at the root to enter a dormant state in the most extreme environment.

Due to its overly powerful vitality, many long-distance ships would carry it so that the crew’s boring and repetitive life could have some different scenery.

As for using it to mix vegetables? This was the first time Gu Fan had heard of such a use. Unexpectedly, after carefully tasting the treated leaves, other than the slightly bitter taste, the overall taste was surprisingly acceptable, especially the orange-yellow powder. It actually tasted a little spicy.

At the very least, it tasted much better than those nutrition bars.

“It’s alright…’ Hearing this evaluation, Lilym’s expression finally relaxed. Then, she said in relief.

“That’s great. It seems that using the bitter taste of those explosive particles to neutralize the leaves is the right choice.”

Wait a minute??? What particles did you just say???