What a Coincidence
Time flies like an arrow, and more than a hundred years have passed in a flash.
Perhaps the plan was going smoothly, because Yue Yuan looked refreshed and calm today. He had been on the bridge of the Lyra for several days now, and after finishing his daily tasks, Yue Yuan strolled leisurely toward the bridge.
Yue Yuan's personal office is separated from the bridge by only a corridor, which is less than two minutes' walk away under normal circumstances. If he doesn't activate his Magnetic Boots and uses his glide ability, it will be even faster.
However, there was nothing urgent, so he was walking at a leisurely pace.
"Huh? Professor Bu, what brings you here?" After taking only a few steps, Yue Yuan saw a figure floating towards him, it was Bu Lianshi.
"The ground mission has been completed ahead of schedule, and the base is about to enter the regrouping phase, so I've returned." Bu Lianshi said, activating his Magnetic Boots to bring his floating body back to the floor.
Thanks to the Life Elixir, even after all these years, Bu Lianshi's appearance and figure remain unchanged, still looking like she's in her thirties.
"By the way, Professor Bu, we've been mining this planet for so many years, are there enough mineral resources left for the Dog-Headed People to break out of space in the future?" Yue Yuan asked casually when he saw Bu Lianshi stop.
Bu Lianshi didn't ask Yue Yuan why he asked that question. Instead, after thinking for a moment, he answered truthfully, "Even if we mine for hundreds of years, we still can't mine all the minerals on such a huge planet. However, it's hard to say about some rare metals."
Perhaps there are still some buried deep beneath the Earth's crust, but one thing is certain: many rare metal deposits in the shallow layers have disappeared. These deposits are precisely the metals needed to build spaceships. Unless something unexpected happens, the Dog-Headed People won't be able to leave this planet, unless they have the ability to continue digging and unearth those rare metals buried deep underground.
"I knew it. Alright, you can go ahead and get back to work." Yue Yuan nodded to Bu Lianshi, then continued walking towards the bridge.
"It seems necessary to discuss this matter," Yue Yuan thought to himself as he glanced back at Bu Lianshi, who was gradually walking away.
Based on previous human exploration, the Flying Saucer Civilization did indeed leave behind enough resources for the Dog-Headed People to venture into space. However, after being squandered by humans, they are now insufficient. If this star system had other Rocky Planet or moons, this problem wouldn't exist.
This whole thing started because of the Flying Saucer Civilization, and humans were the ones who finished off the kobolds. But no matter what, if we ignore it, then it is indeed humans who finished off the Dog-Headed People.
In fact, if it were when he first arrived on this planet, Yue Yuan wouldn't have had such thoughts; you can tell by how he treated A Tu.
But after living there for a while, and with him frequently using his remote robot to sightsee on the planet, he came into contact with quite a few Dog-Headed People, and over time he began to feel some sympathy for Dog-Headed People.
Putting aside sympathy, even from a purely economic perspective, humanity has gained a great deal from this planet, and it is neither reasonable nor morally right to cut off the Dog-Headed People' final path to space.
Of course, the decision to use Dog-Headed People as the vanguard will not change because of this sympathy. After all, the original intention of recruiting Dog-Headed People was to bolster human combat power and reduce human casualties in interstellar wars.
One thing at a time.
With that in mind, Yue Yuan arrived at the bridge and briefly explained his thoughts to several members of the Think Tank and his colleagues present.
After understanding Yue Yuan's meaning, the first First Mate of the Lyra spoke first, "Commander Yue, in my opinion, there's no need to do this. The Dog-Headed People are trapped and killed on this planet, and the culprit is the Flying Saucer Civilization that's been too licking our boots. Besides, we've already used those rare metals to build spaceships. Are we going to melt them down?"
Zhu Pete chimed in, "That's right, Commander Yue. We've already taken away nearly ten million Dog-Headed People. Even if these Dog-Headed People are trapped and die on this planet, it doesn't count as extinction. Besides, so what if they are extinct? They're just aliens."
"That's right, if you ask me, we don't need to worry about it so much," a member of the Think Tank said.
Are they all against it?
Yue Yuan calmly pondered. It seemed that ingrained ideas were not so easy to change. He felt that if he said something now, these people would definitely bring up humanity's experiences since leaving the Solar System.
Although Yue Yuan could make decisions unilaterally, he constantly reminded himself to strive to be an enlightened dictator, not a violent one. Therefore, unless there was a war or an emergency, he would not use his power to issue orders against all opposition.
Just as Yue Yuan was deep in thought, a Cosmic Sociology scholar who had remained silent suddenly spoke up, "That's not quite right, gentlemen. When considering problems, we can't just look at what's in front of us; we must consider the entire cosmic environment."
"What does this have to do with the cosmic environment?" a member of the Think Tank interjected, puzzled. He thought this Cosmic Sociology scholar was out of his mind.
"Of course there is a connection. Let me finish." The scholar smiled, stopping the Think Tank members from speaking, and then continued, "As I said before, we can't just look at the immediate situation. Do you all remember why we were able to get here?"
"Isn't that obvious? Everyone knows it's the Awakeners carries you through the game."
"Hehe, calm down." The Cosmic Sociology raised his hand and pressed it down, signaling people not to get excited. "So, everyone might as well put themselves in our shoes. If the Awakeners were like us, we might be gone long ago. Well, let's not talk about that. Let's just say we arrived on this planet. The Awakeners carried us for ten years, and then we arrived here."
As luck would have it, when we chose to land in the Orange Dwarf Star, which was most likely to have Rocky Planet, Life Planet appeared. And even more coincidentally, the resources of this system had been taken by some Alien Civilization, and the remaining portion was just enough for the original inhabitants of this planet to travel into space!
Don't you all think this is too much of a coincidence? And after all these years of mining experience, you probably know how difficult it is to hollow out a planet, yet this star system is so clean; it doesn't look like it was mined at all.
No sooner had the scholar finished speaking than the First Mate reminded him, "Have you forgotten that, according to the descriptions of the Kun-Tai Civilization, their home planet was taken away by an advanced civilization? Perhaps the other Rocky Planet in this star system were the same!"
"That's another possibility, but that's not the point." The Cosmic Sociology nodded and continued, "Haven't you all considered that all of this might be an arrangement by the Awakeners? Don't forget, the Awakeners inexplicably said that we humans are very talented. Do you think our encounter with the Dog-Headed People natives might be a test?"
"This test? What test? To the Awakeners, we are not even ants, so why bother with any test?" one person said, frowning.
"Who knows? Maybe they want to see how we treat Low-level Civilization, or maybe there won't be any test at all. The Awakeners have already traveled to the Milky Way Galaxy. But don't forget, the Awakeners are a benevolent civilization."
The words of the Cosmic Sociology sociologist caused the people in the discussion to fall into deep thought.
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