Everyone: Are mechanics weak? I wake up and rectify the natural disaster

sometimes.

Borken would also doubt himself.

Thirty thousand years ago, I still had a physical body.

At that time, the reason why I was so eager to cast that yes vote.

How much of it is out of selfishness?

How many of them are really doing it for the sacred duties of members of the parliament and for the country and the people?

It was also difficult for him to explain clearly.

Back then, in the face of an imminent and irreversible disaster,

And the temptation to truly achieve immortality and be able to see for a long time.

Including him, all the members of the Grand Council,

On the secret proposal of 'uploading all the consciousness of the members of the Grand Council and ascending to information life'.

All voted in favor in one fell swoop.

Borken knew it.

In that scene at that time, the motivation that drove everyone, including him,

They are all greed, cowardice, selfishness and short-sightedness.

All MPs know that running away will not solve the problem.

They also know that once the country itself is lost, even if they are still alive, civilization will exist in name only.

——Upload your consciousness and become an information life, and you will immediately have an endless lifespan.

But isn't there any downside at all? No need to pay anything?

Of course there are disadvantages, and of course there is a price to pay.

However, after they made the decision to abandon the civilization that fell into a huge disaster caused by themselves,

All costs and losses will be borne by the latter.

The members of the Grand Council care more about their own survival than the survival of civilization.

obviously.

For them, when they have to make a choice,

'Self' is much higher than 'civilization'.

Bolken knew this was wrong, but he made the same choice.

When he still retained his physical body, the fear of death was enough to overwhelm all his reason.

After all, at that time, he was also one of the people he described as "cowardly, greedy, short-sighted and selfish".

only...

After so many years, he has thought about the future countless times as an information being.

They are still cowardly, still greedy, and still incredibly short-sighted.

Thirty thousand years ago, they joined him, abandoning civilization and country at the expense of being able to preserve their own lives without having to clean up the mess they made;

Thirty thousand years later, when faced with an unknown external threat, they also chose to abandon their descendants as soon as possible to avoid the direct threat that the former might bring...

Is there any trace of the magnanimity a leader should have?

In the final analysis, they are just a group of silverfish parasitic on the remains of the old civilization and unable to leave.

In order to save their own lives, they gave up the chance to save the Confederacy of Stars in that disaster;

But after the collapse of civilization and the loss of their empire, they also lost their creativity, productivity, and research and development capabilities.

Thirty thousand years of being stagnant and retreating instead of advancing have made these silverfish even more afraid of losing.

Abandoning their weak flesh and blood seems to have given them endless lifespan, but it has also brought them new weaknesses...

Fatal weakness.

server.

Lost the flesh and blood, replaced by,

The server array underground in the Alderson Disk Research Center has become the 'physical body' shared by all of them.

Moreover, it is still a fragile body that cannot escape or move.

...so that they are more cowardly and more afraid of death than before.

The once glorious and infinite confederation of stars that ruled the entire star field,

Nowadays, these remaining remnants can only rely entirely on their former servants and former... tools to have a certain degree of self-preservation.

Borken knew very well why they refused to follow his suggestion and directly send troops to seek bad luck on the unknown outsider.

They are afraid.

They were afraid that the group of outsiders who were strong enough to field the 'Imaginary Particle Torrent' and who probably belonged to a certain super civilization would, after being enraged, launch an all-out war on the Haijin Star Territory.

Therefore, they choose to remain contented and maintain the status quo.

...Invasion is aggression!

No matter how outsiders invade, they will only affect the territory of the descendants.

To be honest, even the most radical among the 360 ​​members,

Nowadays, it is no longer considered that the star areas outside the Lost Galaxy can still be regarded as the territory of the Federation of Stars.

Judging from what happened last time.

The outsider's fleet is not large in scale.

Their movements in the Sea-Golden Star Territory were not violent.

Judging from the data obtained from the last encounter...

Even if it takes several hundred years, the other party may not be able to penetrate deep enough to get close to the lost galaxy.

Not to mention, that is still based on the premise that 'outsiders are indeed interested in the Haijin Star Territory'.

If not, they probably won't affect them.

In front of the remnants of the Federation of Stars, there are "out-of-control omnics" as servants.

In front of the out-of-control omnics, there are today's descendant nations.

Responding passively, with several layers of human shields in front of you, will not affect them hiding in the dark for a while.

But if you take the initiative and attract the other party's hatred, you will be the one who suffers.

It is absolutely impossible for legislators who are extremely selfish to engage in such a loss-making business.

Borken was even skeptical...

...No, it cannot be called suspicion.

It should be conviction.

He was convinced.

If not, when that group of outsiders encountered their servant fleet, they clearly targeted the cargo ship carrying the 'Cosmic Crystal' sample library.

With the temperament of those congressmen, it is impossible for them to talk to each other.

to be honest.

The only sense of urgency these people have so far is completely forced out by the panic caused by the other party's approach to the biggest secret.

The panic caused by emergencies is indeed very strong in a short period of time.

But it's not strong enough to make them give up their selfish mentality.

When civilization faced destruction 30,000 years ago, they refused to give up their own interests.

Even more so when we have reached this point now.

"..."

Borken silently listened to the whispers of others, feeling the slight malice toward him as an individual from all directions in the thinking information network matrix... and stopped speaking.

Remaining silent, waiting for them to complete the funny voting ceremony.

Stop trying to convince others of your claims.

At this point, it no longer matters whether his proposition is actually beneficial to civilization.

He won't accept what others don't want to hear, even if it is said ten thousand times at the highest volume in his ears.

People only believe what they want to believe and only accept what they are willing to accept.

Even if the flesh and blood body is abandoned, even if it becomes an information life,

This bad nature still exists.

His conscious body looked at the dim light outside the thinking network matrix.

Their thoughts seemed to drift across the boundary of the shimmering light, to the material world that once belonged to them but could no longer be touched.

..

"...To sum up, I am here, in my capacity as Speaker, on behalf of the Grand Council of the Confederation of Stars,

I'm giving you a mobilization order, Councilman Delta:"

material world.

In the empty underground space, old electronic sounds slowly echoed,

A figure with a similar physique to a human stood silently on the platform.

In front of him is a huge display screen.

On it, strange and bizarre scenes were circulating.

That old voice also came from it.

The thin figure listened without saying a word.

The light shone on him, reflecting the metallic glow from places not covered by his clothes.

"Convene a task force, prepare for military operations, try to put pressure on the descendant countries, and test possible connections between them and that group of outsiders... However, you cannot report it to the Grand Council and obtain permission. Any action against them that would involve a direct attack, understood?"

At the end of his words, although he was called verbally, he still used the honorific title of 'Congressman'.

But in terms of attitude, it was completely the tone of a master towards his servant.

But the figure on the platform just listened silently.

Not at all concerned.

It seemed as if there was no joy or sorrow, and it seemed as if there was no opinion at all.

He nodded silently.

"Good, I knew you were still as reliable as ever."

The old voice praised.

Like a superior master judging a loyal slave.

After that, the display turns off.

Darkness returned to the surroundings, as silent as a tomb.

'Delta Senator' stood motionless in the darkness.

There was only the sound of gurgling water coming from nowhere,

And the same glimmer of light that comes from nowhere.

Still with it.