Chapter 239

Ai Yue needs nothing; he doesn't even need the existence of human civilization.

From beginning to end, it has always been human civilization that has relied on Ai Yue.

Only after Ai Yue left the online meeting room did the atmosphere in the meeting hall finally warm up.

"So, how exactly did you handle it over there?"

The representative from Shenzhou then looked at the representative from North America and asked, "Should we ask him to leave?"

"No need, it's fine to let him sit in on the conversation."

The North America representative shook his head, revealing a somewhat helpless expression. "You might not believe it, but this matter actually has little to do with his family—this kid was deliberately released by his grandfather, just to broaden his horizons."

"It's obvious without even thinking that if that old fox really intended to do something, would he send out such a greenhorn?"

The Shenzhou representative sneered, "He actually dared to set his sights on this place; I think he's gotten senile."

Infiltrating one's own influence here, even at the cost of shaking a country's decision-making level in order to "broaden the horizons" of the younger generation—if such a thing succeeds, it's fine, but now that it has failed, a reckoning is inevitable.

"I thought so before, but now it seems that he's not just getting senile, he's practically a genius."

The North America representative's tone was somewhat subtle, as if carrying a hint of respect, "Before I returned, he had already relinquished all power within the entire family."

"This..."

Upon hearing this, even the representative from Shenzhou was somewhat taken aback. "Could it be that he really foresaw this?"

"Maybe, but that's not the point."

The North America representative shrugged, his fingers unconsciously tracing the surface of the tablet. "What's your opinion on this?"

"A tremendous opportunity that is rare to see once in a thousand years... no, ten thousand years."

The representative from Shenzhou said slowly, "But at the same time, it is also an enormous test that humanity has never experienced before."

While the Great Unity is based on material conditions, what truly sustains this harmonious society and prevents its collapse is an effective social system.

How can we guarantee fairness, justice, and equality for all? How can we ensure a reduction or even elimination of crime? How can we guarantee world peace? And even after truly achieving Great Unity, how can we keep humanity motivated to strive and improve, instead of allowing a comfortable environment to lead to complacency and stagnation?

Most importantly, how can we ensure that people's spirits are strengthened in the face of abundant material resources?

With just a little thought, countless problems can be identified, and these are the kinds of problems that need to be solved by people like them.

Ai Yue's statement, "You all have to grow up on your own," may be hinting at this point.

It's even possible that it's much more than that.

For some reason, the representatives from Shenzhou know more than others.

At least he knew that there were countless World Bubble in the Sea of Quantum, and each World Bubble contained a civilization.

In this world, humans are not the only ones with intelligence, and in this universe, Earth is certainly not the only civilization.

Given Ai Yue's growth rate, Earth is definitely not the limit of the area covered by the opponent's power.

This means that perhaps one day, Ai Yue will have more than one civilization as his followers.

If humanity is not good enough, will it one day be replaced by other, more powerful, more intelligent, and more proactive civilizations?

This is both a giant leap for humanity toward the future and a small step in following in the footsteps of Ai Yue.

The representative from Shenzhou pondered, his gaze hardening.

In any case, humanity must seize this opportunity, because once they fall behind, they may never be able to catch up with that figure again.

Perhaps this is Ai Yue's real intention in giving this gift?

Chapter Five: This little glutton can really eat.

After the connection was broken, Ai Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

As he said, "Great Unity" was a plan he had been brewing for a long time. This plan might even have been formed earlier than the plan to behead the Eighth Herrscher. However, due to the threat of the Honkai, Ai Yue never found the best time to implement this plan.

That's why we've waited until now—and now, Ai Yue has officially handed it over to humanity. So, where this civilization should go next is up to humanity to decide.

Although the young man wasn't very bright, his intuition was quite accurate— Ai Yue had always hated dealing with things related to politics, and now that he had done what he needed to do, he would let the humans play by themselves.

Anyway, he has the ability to cover for them. If humans really mess things up, he can step in then.

However, Ai Yue still had considerable confidence in humanity—there was no shortage of intelligent people among them, and even if he didn't intervene, his very existence would be enough to deter those with ill intentions. In Ai Yue's calculations, the prototype of a utopian society could emerge in as little as three years.

So, it seems like it's really over now.

It wasn't until this moment, after sending out the foundational method for creating Great Unity, that Ai Yue seemed to awaken from a dream and realize this.

He hadn't been in this world for very long, but his life had been incredibly fulfilling and exciting, so much so that it overshadowed his previous ordinary life.

Not to mention, he has now become a god—although, to be honest, this god is nothing more than a self-proclaimed one.

Regardless, Ai Yue did indeed accomplish something truly unbelievable.

In less than two years, he completely reversed the future where human civilization would be destroyed by the Cocoon of Finality, saved billions of lives, and paved the way for them to a utopian society.

Without him, this civilization would have shrunk from billions of people to just a few dozen in just a few years.

However, only Ai Yue knew about this.

He had no interest in showing off his achievements. After all, those guys had already praised him to the skies for the sake of the Stage Plan. Sometimes, Ai Yi would deliberately read him some compliments from the internet to tease him. The level of praise was so high that Ai Yue would blush when he heard it.

By the way, the most cloying compliments among these are usually written by Ai herself.

After a brief moment of daze, Ai Yue snapped back to reality and gave a faint smile.

Human civilization has indeed come to an end, but this is only the beginning of its journey.

The universe is vast, the forest is mysterious, not to mention the dazzling galaxy hidden in the system... He still has a lot to do, and the space for growth is quite vast, so he won't have to worry about not having anything to do.

But for now, let him rest for a while.

After glancing at the time and realizing it was getting late, Ai Yue stood up and prepared to go to sleep.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he planned to give himself a few days off and not do any research work during these days. Even if he ate and slept all day, or was so bored that he stared at the wall, he would never step into the laboratory again.

Moreover, he estimated that he probably wouldn't be bored during this period.

Of course, the system cannot rest, after all, its time is so precious that not a single second can be wasted.

So even now, it is still slowly advancing the research progress of the "Plasma Spark Tower" while consuming various materials.

Just as Ai Yue was about to leave the laboratory, he bumped into Pardofelis.

Seeing that the other person still looked sleepy, Ai Yue was taken aback. "You didn't just get up, did you?"

He remembered that he hadn't gone to bed too late yesterday. If Pardofelis had gone to sleep with him and had only just woken up now, wouldn't he have slept for seventeen or eighteen hours straight?

"Hahaha..."

Pardofelis scratched her head awkwardly, her eyes darting around. "Of course there's a reason for that!"

She couldn't very well say that she was awakened by an indescribable dream last night, and as a result, she couldn't fall back asleep, so she had to go outside to expend her energy, and that she had only just fallen asleep when Ai Yue got up, could she?

I just can't bring myself to say that!

Pardofelis was in a state of inner turmoil, but she didn't know that Ai Yue had only glanced at her and understood everything from her expression.

With Ai Yue's current abilities, he could clearly see the other party's inner thoughts if he wanted to, but he already knew Pardofelis very well and could guess the reason without using his powers.

However, he wouldn't say such a thing directly. After all, although he might lack some emotional intelligence, he still had a basic brain. If he exposed Pardofelis's embarrassed expression to her face, she would probably avoid him for the next few days.

That won't do. Some things have already been delayed for a day. If we delay any longer, it will seem like he's running away.

Without saying a word, Ai Yue bent down and, amidst Pardofelis's soft gasp, hoisted her up in one swift motion.

"Eh?! Eh?!"

Pardofelis instinctively struggled, but there was no way she could escape from Ai Yue's grasp. "Yue, Brother Yue, what are you doing?"

"You know perfectly well what I'm asking, Pardo."

Ai Yue let out a meaningful laugh. "Or perhaps, what answer do you want to hear from me?"

Pardofelis blushed immediately, but fortunately she wasn't worried about Ai Yue seeing it, so she just muttered softly, "Even so, it should at least be a princess carry, right?"

Ai Yue merely chuckled softly, offering no response and showing no intention of changing his actions.

Pardofelis's face turned even redder as a result.

Because in the dream she had last night, Ai Yue led her into the bedroom in this way.

For the next two days, Ai Yue and Pardofelis didn't even step out of their bedroom.

On the third day, when Ai Yue looked at the sweet smile on the face of the sleeping Pardofelis, he couldn't help but start to reflect.

Even though it's a holiday, isn't this kind of decadence a bit too outrageous?

I'm the one who's going to overturn all the laws of this world, how could I possibly linger in this tiny bedroom!

So Ai Yue decided to go out for a walk.

But Pardofelis's tail remained firmly wrapped around his leg, never letting go even in his sleep, as if conveying some kind of will.

So Ai Yue sighed and lay down as well.

Oh well, it's a holiday after all.

And so it wasn't until the fifth day that their lives finally began to change.

Because a letter was delivered to the Star of Light Experiment Base, and it was specified that Ai Yue and Pardofelis should sign for it.

When the drone delivered the envelope to Ai Yue, he was still somewhat bewildered.

These days, who still uses such an ancient way to transmit information?

But when he saw that the senders were Kevin and Dr. Mei, he immediately realized something.

"Brother Yue?"

Pardofelis nestled lazily in Ai Yue's arms, her blush still lingering. Without even glancing at the envelope, she asked, "Who sent this letter?"

She was so exhausted that she had no energy left, and she couldn't even muster up any curiosity.

"Kevin and May."

Ai Yue grabbed the blanket and covered himself up, showing some concern, "There's some for you too."

Pardofelis's body twitched twice, and finally she said weakly, "Then I'll trouble you, Brother Yue, to open it for me?"

Ai Yue then opened the envelope and took out what was inside—unsurprisingly, it was an invitation.

On the white cardstock was a handwritten message, roughly meaning: a sincere invitation for Ai Yue to attend Kevin and Mei's wedding on a certain date at a certain location.

The reason only Ai Yue's name was on the invitation was because Pardofelis's name was on another invitation.

"It looks so formal."

Pardofelis looked at the invitation with a teasing expression. "Brother Yue, whose idea do you think this was? Kevin or Dr. Mei?"

"If you ask me, it's definitely not the case."

Ai Yue glanced at the handwriting, then laughed. "The two of them would probably rather just have a quick fling and then go off to enjoy their time together. Why would they put in this much effort? There can only be one person actually handling all of this."

"Sister Ai Li, right?"

Pardofelis understood Ai Yue's meaning and couldn't help but nod. "That's definitely her style. I bet there will be lots of fun things at the wedding. I'm suddenly looking forward to it!"

"In that case, let's prepare in advance..."

Ai Yue placed the invitation on the bedside table and was about to get up when Pardofelis, who had regained some strength, nimbly shrank back under the covers.

After realizing what the other person was doing, Ai Yue couldn't help but show a helpless expression. "How come I never noticed before that you had this side to you?"

"There's plenty of time, so why rush?"

Pardofelis's muffled voice came from under the covers, "I'm going to make up for all the things I've fallen behind Sister Niya and Sister Snake in!"

Pardofelis didn't know how long this time alone between the two of them could last, so she naturally cherished every second. If it weren't for the fact that her physical strength was indeed insufficient compared to Ai Yue's, she would have even considered skipping sleep these past few days.

Two more days passed before Ai Yue and Pardofelis finally left the bedroom to head to Kevin and his wife's wedding.

As the two most powerful and prestigious people in the Moth to Fire, Kevin and May did not choose to hold their wedding at the Moth to Fire headquarters, but instead chose a place quite far away from the Fortress City of Brussels.

That is located in the ruins of the former Changkong City in the Far East.

"So why did you choose this location?"

"I thought they were going to have a really big wedding, like the ones I've heard about before!" Pardofelis asked curiously.