During Gefra's visit to the Federation, a particularly unusual topic spread rapidly through society in a very short time.
The question was not complicated. Everyone could understand it—
"If war broke out, where would it break out first?"
Every war had a trigger. Even an invasion carried out for no reason would have one.
Once the level of civilization in society had moved beyond people's definition of "barbarism," people needed to find themselves an excuse before doing anything.
Some people might be confused. Was such an excuse really necessary?
They had already launched an invasion. Did they still need an excuse like that? In fact, they did. It was like the bullying and violence that took place at school. Bullies would not simply punch you for no reason.
They would first make some physical contact with you. For example, they might deliberately bump into you, then claim that you had intentionally bumped into them, before swinging a fist at you.
Whether or not there was a reason, if he wanted to hit you, all you could do was take the beating. So why was the reason necessary?
Because everyone possessed a basic sense of right and wrong.
When your actions failed to win people's support, or even met with their fierce opposition, it would cause enormous trouble for you, your actions, and your objectives! This trouble did not exist only externally. It also existed internally.
Humans could think, and people also possessed a basic sense of right and wrong. Apart from a minority, most people still had light in their hearts.
Perhaps these people were demons in the eyes of others, and they engaged in terrifying acts. But from another perspective, in the eyes of those perpetrators and the people behind them, the cause they pursued was righteous!
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