I looked at Wu Ming and said, "You're the unstable factor? Tell me, what bad things have you done? Have you exterminated planets, carried out terrorist activities, or massacred innocents?"
"How could we possibly do something like that!? Most of us are either natives of the stars or people whose former homes were invaded. How could we do the same things as those people?! Of course, sometimes we really do have to make certain sacrifices to achieve our goals, but those are all necessary! Besides, we only did them because we had no other choice!" Wu Ming ground his teeth in fury.
Quite a few others chimed in, and it was clear that they truly had not done anything too excessive.
I was no moral purist either. If one only cared about the interests of a small minority, one would never be able to change the world. Holding such thoughts while facing rulings that conflicted with one's identity could even lead to disastrous choices.
Yun Heng was momentarily at a loss for how to refute me, but I was the first to demand an accounting: "That aside, how did you end up colluding with the Wuyong and Hongyu clans and bullying the weak? You should explain even more clearly why there are rebel forces, shouldn't you? Conspiring with evildoers against the weak—even if it's for peace, that still makes you hypocrites. Are you really not acting for your own interests?"
"I didn't! Jointly participating in the development plan for this Free Starport with the Wuyong and Hongyu clans was something arranged by the previous generation. Although I'm the master of a star domain, sometimes I'm powerless to act as I please, all right? I also wanted to work hard to improve the environment here, which was why I came here