Within the enormous circular domed hall, Chen Cheng looked up at the highest decision-makers of humanity seated behind a long white marble table.
Before him stood Li Ming, waxing eloquent as though introducing a piece of merchandise.
"Look, honored elders, look at this living example. His appearance is irrefutable proof.
"We can no longer gamble our resources on hiding in our shells. That is nothing but self-deception. Those Gods and Devils simply do not want to eat us yet. In truth, we have long been the fat meat at their lips."
"Since the beginning of this era, I still remember every disaster we encountered. Even after the base plan was established, news would still come every few years that some base had been destroyed.
"Back then, we had no choice. We could only huddle up and delay, trading space for time, fighting for our species' survival and believing that our descendants might come up with a better solution."
"Yet now, the time has come. We did not wait for a breakthrough in technology—we first waited for the appearance of its result.
"Gentlemen, honored elders, do you realize that his appearance is the sole glimmer of hope we have seen amid this hopeless apocalypse? So please, do not choose to ignore it. A new opportunity has already appeared before us."
It had to be said that Li Ming was genuinely skilled at stirring people's hearts. What he described truly were the enormous difficulties and obstacles humanity now faced.
It could even be said that this difficulty had trapped all of humanity, a hurdle that human civilization in its current state could not cross.
In response, he proposed another way to solve the problem: return to before the problem emerged, and strangle every factor that might give rise to it in the