"Ross, I intend to make you the second president of the Earth United Government." He-El calmly poured tea into the cup beside General Ross.
After all, He-El had led humanity on this Earth into the interstellar age. Though they had yet to see Earthlings dominate the Milky Way, that would probably take several centuries.
Forget the Milky Way—even the Solar System had not yet been fully brought under humanity's control.
Of course, under He-El's leadership, colonizing the major planets of the Solar System would certainly be completed within fifty years at the latest.
The only thing restricting humanity on this Earth now was its population.
Every major nation had already begun aggressively encouraging childbirth. Projects involving clones and replicated humans had also become embroiled in development and ethical debates, but it was expected that everything would yield to progress.
Humanity's entry onto this path of rapid development greatly satisfied He-El. He could already vaguely see the future in which humanity truly ruled the stars and the seas beyond them.
He-El had laid the foundations and built this future, and he did not wish to casually destroy everything he had created.
Hearing He-El's words, General Ross felt as though his mind had been struck senseless by a meteorite. His body trembled involuntarily, his pupils widened in shock, and the hands resting on his thighs began to shake.
Only after a long while did General Ross snap out of his chaotic, jumbled thoughts, which had seemed filled with an entire starry sky. His mouth was dry as he stammered, "p-president... president... w-why...?"
General Ross bit his tongue hard, held in a deep breath, and forcibly steadied himself, suppressing the trembling in his body.
He-El's words had shocked him too greatly.
This was an unprecedented position—the president of the Earth United Government, the