The missile quickly vanished from sight, and the Chief Engineer invited everyone into a small room not far from the launch platform.
There were many monitors inside. The footage on them showed that they were monitoring the target building.
"There are a lot of animals in there?"
After everyone had taken their seats, the Speaker could not resist asking a small question. "I saw a lot of cattle and sheep in there, along with some rats and monkeys. Is this a zoo?"
The Speaker had never participated in weapons development. Compared with his confusion, the representative from the Department of Defense appeared remarkably calm.
Without waiting for the Chief Engineer to explain, the representative from the Department of Defense took the initiative to explain. "These animals are target subjects used to indirectly verify the destructive power of the missile we just launched."
"In fact, during the testing and acceptance of new weapons, we often use this method to effectively assess their destructive power."
"After all, we can't actually test weapons on human bodies, can we?"
The Speaker and several others who had not understood the situation nodded repeatedly. One official could not help laughing as he said, "I thought there would be some Nagaril People."
The room fell quiet for a moment. Then everyone burst into laughter—not especially loud, but full of mutual understanding.
In the early years, many people had participated in discussions over whether the Nagaril People were actually human.
Many believed that the Nagaril People were not human. After all, no human being could grow into their shape.
The other races on the South Continent were also different from what people now commonly recognized as human beings.
Although anatomy and biology experts had proven from a professional perspective that the Nagaril People were human as well, many