Primal Will

On Earth, the number of political entities had already soared to the "Eight Hundred Kingdoms."

Yet only fifty-six held seats recognized by Earth Civilization.

Led by Hua Country, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Mumbai, Turkey, Persia, Egypt, and Brazil, these ten nations had already become closely united in politics, economics, culture, and scientific research.

On this day, they discussed the Star Alliance Invitation with grave expressions.

Yes, gravely.

They should have been cheering in celebration of the Nüwa spacecraft successfully completing its colonization of Proxima Centauri b.

Humanity had finally reproduced across the stars and gained recognition from the Galactic Star Alliance.

But they had already undergone a transformation. They now regarded the interstellar picture described by Huang Ji as merely one "possibility."

That meant this invitation required careful deliberation.

Perhaps things truly were as Huang Ji had said.

Or perhaps they had passed some test, one that included the alien Huang Ji, and thus received an invitation from the Star Alliance.

Or perhaps the so-called Galactic Star Alliance did not exist at all, and from beginning to end, they had been under the control of "a certain civilization."

That "Civilization X" called itself the Galactic Star Alliance, but perhaps the so-called Galactic Star Alliance consisted of that one civilization alone...

From very early on, this Civilization X had used the story of "Huang Ji battling Dis" to familiarize Earth Civilization with the idea of extraterrestrial civilizations and make them accustomed to it.

If that was the case, then blind celebration was utterly unwarranted.

"Everyone, this seems like conceptual implantation. That civilization observed Earth's culture and ways of thinking, then proactively created a 'Star Alliance concept' that Earthlings would find easier to accept."

"They have nearly succeeded in making us informed people desperately desire to join the Star Alliance,