The Trisolarans were innocent!
Humanity should embrace peace and hope!
Reject war! Let the world be at peace!
For a time, public opinion representing every stratum of society sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain.
Humanity, having long forgotten war, had completely forgotten the terror of two hundred years ago. The Holy Terra Alliance, which had remained under constant pressure, was more like a pressure cooker, and the "Trisolarans'" plea for peace had become the spark that threatened to set it off.
But that wasn't even the most terrifying part.
What truly worried the Vought's representative, Grand Inquisitor Isaac, was that among the twelve High Lord seats of the Holy Terra Alliance, a full six had already openly expressed support for accommodating the Trisolaran Civilization and establishing a harmonious order!
Among the five High Lord seats representing humanity, four High Lords had already tentatively agreed to the proposal put forward by the Trisolaran Civilization.
And the rest?
Apart from the Ecclesiarchy, the Terra Administration and the Terra Department of Justice had also taken the opposing side.
What did that mean?
Among the High Lords, whose total number of seats was only twelve, those who favored peace talks already occupied fully half of them!
The number of High Lords who insisted that the Trisolaran Civilization shouldn't be trusted so easily came to... only two.
The Astartes Chapter and the Martian Adeptus Mechanicus Congregation—the only ones capable of restraining "them"—had been absent from this council without warning. Even now, despite the Vought sending people repeatedly in hopes of getting their answer, there had been no reply.
It was almost as though... the Astartes Chapter and the Martian Adeptus Mechanicus Congregation had left the choice in humanity's hands!
Outside, public opinion was growing more and more heated. The majority of people even believed