Wang Dong's words at that moment did more than reject the views of Wu Baiyi and a few others on this issue.
They also helped clarify the team's overall direction.
He had always wanted the Sky Peng Horizontal to follow the honorable path, not take crooked shortcuts.
What, you say he was just following his instincts?
Who said you couldn't follow your instincts and still take the honorable path?
Caution was a perfectly respectable discipline in its own right!
A word to the wise was enough. Wang Dong's remarks gave the core crew members food for thought.
After pondering for a moment, Wu Baiyi and Mingzhi Guangxiu couldn't help looking at him with admiration.
He had resisted temptation from beginning to end, stayed true to his original aspirations, and remained steadfast on his own path.
In that regard, he was indeed far behind Wang Dong!
In truth, given the Sky Peng Horizontal's capabilities today,
it could completely afford to take the honorable path.
Short on resources?
No problem. Whether it was mining in Otherworldly Space, fighting alien civilizations on the outer battlefields to earn merit and exchange it for supplies, or developing territory to secure a share of the market,
all of these were legitimate ways forward.
The Sky Peng Horizontal was not merely far from being out of options. Instead, every road ahead was wide open!
The reasoning was simple.
One day, the Sky Peng Horizontal would stand proudly on the highest stage of the entire Kindling Human Civilization.
There was no need to tarnish its record.
Looking back at Wang Dong's journey,
he had never gone looking for trouble, but had never feared it either.
He treated others with kindness, yet never lacked the means to strike decisively.
He could be said to have followed his convictions without