Chapter 120: The Possibility of Revitalizing Earth
Seeing Huang Ji fall silent, Hawking assumed he was unwilling to help.
"Since you're unwilling, you won't stop me either, right?" Hawking said.
Huang Ji said, "Compared to those criminals, I naturally hope humanity can break free and join interstellar society. I don't care what use you are to society. I only care about what I like."
"In the past, all we could do was appeal to others and reduce your obstacles as much as possible within the limits of the law."
"But as time grew more urgent, I realized that appeals couldn't save you. You've already been forced to the edge of a cliff."
"I'm willing to give you guidance. Even this kind of intellectual inspiration through conversation, I have ways to avoid investigation. As long as you don't betray me..."
"I won't betray you," Hawking said.
Huang Ji shook his head. "Even if you betray me, you'll only bear the consequences yourselves. As long as you don't plunder people and merely spread technology directly, I can still bear the cost."
Hawking understood. They were willing to commit crimes to help humanity. Even if they were discovered, the worst that would happen to aliens was punishment, but for humanity, it meant losing their only source of help.
Hawking asked, "If the Illuminati gained technology, would they resist the Marauders and stop the trade?"
Huang Ji shook his head. "No, they won't resist. Their motivation for developing technology is to satisfy themselves, to make the Earth they live on more comfortable. They have their own escape route. Protecting humanity's collective interests is merely incidental."
"So even if you send technology back, you can't let the Illuminati know. Instead, you must contact a group of trustworthy and respected scientists and engineers beforehand, and have