The Way Back to Civilization

Chapter 39: The Sin Of Arrogance

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The next day, as dawn arrived in the universe, the national media of the various Star Zones unanimously released an unbelievable piece of news. Its popularity even exceeded that of the Great Khan and the mysterious Adjudicator.

In the Northern Star Region of the 6th Star Region, a young civilization that had yet to officially join the Galaxy Community had actually ignored the warnings of the Guardians of the Holy Land and occupied the place of pilgrimage that they had protected and longed for in every way. It was a Planet Gaia called the Prophet’s Secluded Residence.

Even worse, when the guards angrily sent another notice, the first thing they saw was countless barbaric and huge industrial machines violently plowing the planet’s sacred land.

In just a few days, these savage and arrogant youths had already dug up a huge amount of relics from the ancient holy land. Looking at the ruined land, the guards felt their vision turn black with anger.

According to reliable sources, the guardians, who had once announced that they were going to cultivate forever, had now sent their punishing fleet, which even included a mammoth-class unit.

It was a nightmare-level weapon that could completely destroy an entire planet with one strike. It seemed that these guardians could not wait to communicate their views on this matter with the young people who had just entered the universe.

At the same time, the Galaxy Community, which received the news, immediately rejected the application of this young civilization to join the Community and took the initiative to issue a statement saying that this matter had nothing to do with the Community.

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On the other side, in the database of the Kata colony, the two of them had tacitly changed the topic.

“In other words, the Guardians are ready to move, right?”

According to Xue Feng’s report, Gu Fan already knew about the bravery of that young civilization. However, in his opinion, this matter did not seem to be worth paying attention to. It was just related to the demise of another civilization.

“According to Ship 8’s report, there is an extremely rare and highly intelligent individual on that planet. He has an extremely deep understanding of many aspects, such as physics, machinery, and space science.”

“It could be said that he single-handedly pushed their entire civilization forward for six hundred years. If we can guide them a little, they should be able to contribute to us.”

“Is that so?”

Hearing the report from Xue Feng, Gu Fan was obviously interested. He slowly stood up and looked thoughtfully at the gate leading to the underground research institute.

An extremely rare genius was indeed a rather tempting existence. Compared to conventional material resources, a smart brain that could think and innovate was especially rare.

Compared to AI, the brain of living beings was much slower. In the past, humans had indeed given more than 90% of their work to synthetic humans like Xue Feng. However, past experiences had shown that no matter how sophisticated AI was, there was always a gap between it and humans in some aspects.

To the current Gu Fan, an existence that could carry out scientific research for him was indeed something he was extremely lacking. After all, while picking up trash all over the world to find the lost technology template, it would be best if he could further innovate and develop existing technology.

If what Xue Feng said was true, then it would be a pity to let him die because of the stupidity of his compatriots.

“How confident are you that No. 8 will be able to get him to serve us?”

“Based on the evaluation results, there will be a probability of more than 88%.”

Faced with the other party’s answer, Gu Fan only sighed slightly. Then, he looked at Xue Feng’s wine-red pupils again.

“Then go ahead and do it. I authorize them to use all necessary means, as long as the outcome is in our favor.”

“Yes, everything will be as you wish.”

Just as the two of them were conversing…

The Normans in the 6th Star Region were holding an all-citizen assembly on their home planet. In the National Assembly Hall, the excited Normans were shouting passionate slogans.

“Attack the enemy!”

“Victory belongs to the Normans! We will never give in!”

In the eyes of these angry citizens, there was no evidence to prove that the so-called Planet Gaia belonged to those arrogant guardians.

These people were purely jealous. They simply wanted to take that precious planet for themselves. In their eyes, it was just a hegemonic civilization that was hundreds of years ahead of them.

However, only those officials knew clearly that because of their stupidity, they had decided what kind of disaster they had brought to the Normans. Even so, until the last moment, these bureaucrats did not intend to tell the people the cruel truth.

As they continued to distort the truth, these people had already secretly sent their wealth and family members to the nearby Star Zone that belonged to the Community. At the same time, they continued to incite hateful words that had long been like flames, so that until the last moment, the power in their hands would still be stable.

Those who knew the truth but were unwilling to collude with them were also eliminated. These people were either labeled as traitors to surrenderism or found dead at home for some groundless crimes. The cause of death was suicide from being shot in the back of the head.

Under the call of the mobilization conference, some councilmen even suggested that the entire Norman population fly a simple modified spaceship to participate in the war against the Guardians of the Holy Land.

Finally, just as this ridiculous farce reached its climax, someone finally could not stand it anymore and stood up under the gazes of almost all the Normans.

That person was Professor Makadoo, who was known as the Norman Hero. As the pioneer who led the entire Norman Race to achieve the Industrial Revolution and finally to the universe, Makadoo and his scientific team had always been extremely prestigious in the Norman society.

It was also one of the sources of confidence for the Norman people. They believed that just like the disasters they had experienced in the past, with their confidence, courage, and Professor Makadoo’s smart mind, the Normans would definitely survive this seemingly urgent crisis again.

However, just as everyone was filled with anticipation and prepared to listen to the encouragement and suggestions of the old professor.

In the next second, under the incredulous gazes of all the Normans, the old professor spoke slowly in a trembling voice.

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“Silly children, run…”