"Use your brain!"
Elder Zhou couldn't help but rub Guo Yi's hair, laughing cheerfully, "We're rabbits!
Our top priority is whether we can farm in space!
As for a space force, that's just needed to protect ourselves and our citizens."
Guo Yi was stunned, and instinctively asked, "No, aren't you going to consider conquering planets?
Unifying the planet?"
"War only brings pain to the people, whether to the enemy or to us." Elder Zhou sighed, and said softly, "Military force is used to protect one's own home, not to bully others.
Although many homes outside have that kind of mindset, we don't.
And we will never have the thought of bullying someone else's home!"
"Old He, Old Huang, what about you two?
You're a soldier, aren't military rank and combat achievements appealing?
Aren't medals like Special Class Combat Hero and First-Class Merit appealing?
Besides, you've been through major wars, don't you want revenge?"
Guo Yi looked at He Zhijun, egging him on, "Just think about it, Gundams, no one will die!
Neutron Jammers, peace without nuclear leveling!"
Hearing Guo Yi's words, He Zhijun chuckled, "You little brat, trying to probe us right to our faces, you've really had enough.
What's this, afraid the backup plan you left won't be usable?"
Guo Yi was startled, playing it off with a laugh, "What backup plan, what are you talking about?"
"If we couldn't guess or deduce your little schemes, we could retire!
Not to mention, there's a team composed of professionals in psychology, criminal psychology, and other fields who have studied your profile."
He Zhijun looked at the turning Guo Yi, and sneered, "Although we don't know what your backup plan specifically is, you've definitely left one!
Just pay attention to me, and ask us clearly before using your backup plan!
Don't have your brain short-circuit, assume things are a certain way on your own, and use it.
When you find out it's different from what you thought and regret it too late, there won't be any pills of regret for you to eat.
Oh, wait, you're Little Ding-dong, why don't you research a time machine and go back to the past to slaughter your past self?"
"..."
He Zhijun looked at Guo Yi, who didn't dare to make eye contact with him, and smiled inwardly.
Subsequently, he said seriously to Guo Yi, "That's right, I want revenge, but that's my personal thought, and it's a thought I won't act upon!
Because I've been through major wars, and even came from the front lines, I know the cruelty of war all the better!
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire!
I'd rather be a soldier with no wars to fight, an ordinary person whom no one and no books will record after death, than become an executioner in history books!"
After He Zhijun finished speaking, Guo Yi remained silent.
Developing the universe and exploring the universe definitely required cooperation with home.
If it were just him alone, or cooperating with foreign homes, that truly would be losing his mind.
Furthermore, in terms of manpower, supplies, and so on, an individual can never compare to a collective, let alone a home with five thousand years of history.
Besides, if he really managed to build a Gundam by himself and expose it directly, he would only have one path to death!
There was definitely no second path!
Let alone a collective controlling Guo Yi; amid intertwined different interest groups, there are no neutrals, and people won't trust neutrals either!
Therefore, Guo Yi was bound to cooperate, but this brought him right back to the problem he had worried about before.
He didn't want the planet to be nuclear-leveled...
Therefore, Guo Yi solemnly asked everyone, "Can you guarantee it?"
"Of course not." Elder Zhou shook his head with a smile, "Some 'smart people', as long as there's profit, would sell their own parents.
And developing the universe—how much profit lies within is something no one knows.
But one thing is certain: the first home to go will definitely make a killing.
And similarly, the first to cooperate will definitely make a mint!
So, some people are bound to get jealous, and other homes might get desperate; we can't just surrender without a fight by then, right?"
Hearing this, Guo Yi nodded, and then asked, "Then can you guarantee you won't initiate it?"
"We can!"
Elder Zhou and the others answered in unison, without the slightest hesitation.
At the same time, Elder Zhou told Guo Yi, "A consensus has already been reached on this matter, so you don't need to worry.
Isn't farming wonderful?
Why must you resort to war, the most inferior of methods?"
He Zhijun narrowed his eyes, and said with an inexplicable tone, "The Art of War says: The highest warfare is to attack the enemy's strategy, next is to attack their alliances, next is to attack their army..."
"..."
Fine, Guo Yi also understood what kind of routine they were playing: we develop our own things, those willing to sincerely join together can come, and those who aren't can honestly watch.
We're just bringing everyone along for harmonious development...
Of course, if you force us into becoming victims, it's completely reasonable for us to fight back, you know!
After all, the law has this thing called unlimited right of self-defense!
"Hoo~"
After resolving his internal contradictions, Guo Yi took a deep breath, thought for a moment, and said with a wry smile, "Not enough people..."
???
For a moment, everyone didn't react. How could there not be enough people?
Would the rabbit home ever have a day where people weren't enough?
Is this a joke?
"Yes, not enough people!" Guo Yi looked at the question-filled faces of everyone and explained, "Let's talk about the moon base first. Spaceships need people to pilot them, right?
Who knows how to do that now?"
"What about artificial intelligence piloting?"
"Stop messing around..." Guo Yi looked at the innocent-looking He Zhijun and mocked, "Tell me, how many kinds of accidents will occur when a space battleship is piloted in space?
You don't know, do you? I don't either.
So, please tell me how artificial intelligence is supposed to handle it if there's no corresponding contingency plan?"
"..."
"People! Whether you want to build a Moon City or a Space Colony, give me people!"
Seeing everyone remain silent, Guo Yi continued, "And they must be people with excellent physical fitness and a high level of education!
Manual laborers aside—with fully-covered Exoskeleton Armor, as long as you're willing to endure hardship, even without hands and feet you can do it.
However, pilots for space transport ships, pilots for large engineering mechs—these are things you need to arrange and reserve in advance."
Elder Zhou nodded, and continued to ask, "Besides people?
What else are you lacking?
What about supplies?
Are there any difficult bottlenecks in technology?"
Guo Yi shrugged, "Whether it's Moon City or a Space Colony, practically a lot of their technologies are related to space battleships and the like, so technically speaking, there aren't too many difficult hurdles.
As for the related supplies...
Elder Zhou, do you think ordinary stainless steel can be used in space?"
"..."
"I really admire you people!" Guo Yi patted the documents, looked at the once again silent crowd, and said helplessly, "Moon City, Space Colony—you guys can actually plan out stuff like this.
Right now, we don't even have a single Gundam, nor a single space battleship.
If you want to build a Moon City the stealthy way we're doing it, give it another 500 years!"
Elder Zhou nodded in agreement, and then said to Guo Yi and Gao Linlin, "Make a list of whatever supplies you need and give it to me.
After that, I'll trouble you to submit these things up; I won't be running back and forth anymore.
My body can't take it!"
Having said that, Elder Zhou looked at He Zhijun and Old Huang, "Do you two have anything else?"
He Zhijun and Old Huang shook their heads, "No."
The crew members had already begun training, and logistics had already started working.
Therefore, for He Zhijun and Old Huang, as long as they assisted Guo Yi well and acted as instructors, that was enough.
They didn't need to interfere with training and work.
"Then let's go. Little Ding-dong, carry on."
Seeing that everyone had nothing else, Elder Zhou called out for them to leave together.
As for Guo Yi, seeing everyone leave, he first made a rough list of the supplies needed for Moon City, and then continued to immerse himself in the world of DNA.