Chapter 416 - The Best Option? (1/2)

After the meeting.

Wu Zhixian returned to his residence with no expression on his face.

Exposed. The identity he was concealing had undoubtedly been exposed.

But he wasn’t worried or regretful, nor did he think that his move had been unwise. It was true, Mu Yunhua was still a leader recognized by everyone. Her great prestige and charisma had never faltered.

But over the past six months, he had felt legitimately fed up by this woman’s nagging. Every time the representative assembly met, she had to bring up topics that evoked anxiety. He was already tired of listening, and was reluctant to hear any more of it.

He might as well be frank about everything and express his own attitude.

Of course, if he were the only one in the compromising faction, he might immediately lose his qualification as a representative upon opening his mouth and be sentenced, at the very least, to indefinite imprisonment under the crowd’s displeasure.

Fortunately, among the 19 representatives, 12 accepted his point of view, became his fellow, and made him their leader.

He had basically gained control of what was left of the entirety of human civilization.

Subsequent decisions on policies would be laid down in accordance with his wishes, including transferring the majority of the population and resources to the surface of planet Walf, Prioritizing the construction of resettlement bases and the transformation of the ecological environment, keeping population growth within 10,000 per year, and others.

His motive was naturally to stall the survivor’s advancements, and he had achieved exactly this.

In fact, Wu Zhixian, too, had hopes in his heart at some point in the past. He was once a hot-blooded youth.

But looking at his wretched, ugly self in the mirror, he mumbled, “When did I become like this? Just when did fear and weakness overwhelmed my heart?”

Reluctantly, he remembered the events that occurred 50 years ago, when the Blue Space went full speed ahead with no possibility of turning back. Faced with an unknown future, looking at the dark, starry sky ahead of him, he had curled himself at a corner, shivering, more than once. The thoughts that continuously emerged in his mind were of destruction, obscurity, death, and other things that evoke the greatest fear in mankind. After all, in the face of absolute despair, nobody would be totally without fear of death.

Coincidently, he was the kind of person that looked daring on the outside but was actually fragile on the inside… he couldn’t overcome his fear.

At that moment.

A line of pale green text had abruptly appeared in the air before him: Come be my slave. Slaves have the right to survive.

These words made Wu Zhixian inexplicably afraid, but also inexplicably excited.

An alien spy device.

Aliens were establishing contact with him through this method.

This became the beginning of his betrayal of humanity, as he embarked on a path of no return.

However, he did not think of it as a betrayal, nor did he think that there was anything wrong with it. I’m just directing the future of mankind towards the right path.

To ensure their survival, that little price they would have to pay was completely acceptable.

Besides, the mysterious aliens also assured him that if humanity did not resist, they would not kill innocent people, and would leave the remaining humans a path to survival.

They would give those who conceded to them good treatment as long as they listened to their “arrangements”.

Hence, from that day onwards, Wu Zhixian lived in fear no more. He slept well every day, and his feelings of forlornness and perplexity completely left him, as if a future blooming with hope had come to light before his very own eyes—even if the path ahead of him was a narrow road that would take away his freedom.

“It is still better than to blindly grope in the endless void of darkness.”

Moreover, on the spacecraft, there were many more people than himself among the senior representatives who felt desperate and confused. Everyone more or less had some of those feelings in their hearts. The ones Wu Zhxian was aiming at were those who were frail in their minds that were already in a wavering state. With the help of the mysterious alien spy device and up to 40 years of operation, most of the senior representatives came to stand by his side. Then, being able to gradually seize control over the human remnants was entirely foreseeable. It had boosted Wu Zhixian’s arrogance so greatly that he was no longer cautious, and he even dared to express his inner views in front of Mu Yunhua. After all, he had already secured victory. There was no need for him to suppress himself any longer. He directly expressed his point of view in an attempt to convince everyone, including Mu Yunhua, that they should accept the arrangements provided by the aliens and live a peaceful life without any fear. This was definitely the best choice!

These were Wu Zhixian’s beliefs.

Ding, ding, ding.

The communicator sounded.

Wu Zhixian pressed the “answer” button, and a projection screen appeared in front of him. The screen was divided into 12 grids displaying avatars, including his.

This was an encrypted conference communication.

The members inside were all the representatives who had joined him.

“Wu, you’ve said too much in front of Mu Yunhua. Now, we’re all in danger.”

A bespectacled old representative said, “You are almost a hundred, Wu. Why can’t you calm yourself down?”

“Jiang, I do not think that I’ve said anything unnecessary today. I would have had to say it sooner or later, anyway. I just hope that Mu Yunhua will stop her babbling.”

Wu Zhixian shrugged his shoulders as he expressed his fearlessness.

Another representative said, “It is still too early to flip the tables now. The Pangu system and most of the guards are still under Mu Yunhua’s command. If she decides to act against us, I am afraid that there is nothing we could do.”

“Relax. She wouldn’t dare to do anything to us.”

Wu Zhixian put up his legs and said with a confident look, “My body is linked to the fate of all surviving humans, and a representative of all our people’s attitude to those aliens. If something were to happen to me, to those aliens, it would read as a war signal saying that we will not compromise. The option of peace would be entirely out of the picture! Mu Yunhua will not have the guts to do that.”

This was the reason behind his fearlessness.

“Okay… but Mu Yunhua still deserves our respect. It would be best if we could convince her of it, so that it won’t harm our ties. After all, there truly are not a lot of survivors left,” a white representative said.

“Convince her?” Wu Zhixian helplessly shook his head. “We have known her for decades. When did her straight-forward character ever change? When did she even consider compromising with the aliens who destroyed planet Haierfa? She was so eager and anxious that she constantly burned for revenge. Who could possibly convince a leader which such a character as she has?

“Under her leadership, our fate will most likely be another long journey of exile.

“But I’m tired of that kind of life. I believe that all of you would rather enjoy the blue sky and sunshine that we have now. Mu Yunhua, however, will insist on stopping us, thus dragging us all back to that spaceship on a never-ending trek. She is destined to be our opposing faction, so—”

Wu Zhixian clenched his fist. “We will use our numbers to oust her. That stubborn woman is not suited to be our leader. Only I, who am flexible and able to accommodate the circumstances, can give everyone a happy life.”

All the other representatives took a deep breath, looking at Wu Zhixian with shock.

He wanted to oust the prestigious Mu Yunhua.

“Is that really the right thing to do?”

Wu Zhixian replied in a sinister tone, “If she can’t be convinced, this is the only way.”

…

In the main hall of the base.