Everyone had their own answer to the trolley problem, and now humanity's politicians had given theirs.
When survival was at stake, morality could wait. Staying alive was what mattered.
Li Xianfeng continued, "After the nuclear bombardment, the Joint Investigation Force conducted three thousand personnel deployments, searching the strike zone with large numbers of unmanned detection devices."
"In total, they discovered over five hundred advanced mutant creatures with heads resembling those of donkeys."
"As well as several thousand suspicious monster remains that had already been reduced to charcoal. After studying them, scientists concluded that these monsters' degree of mutation far exceeded our previous understanding. Fortunately, nuclear weapons could still kill them."
"The total death toll on the island was..."
"Let us observe a moment of silence for the victims."
"Hiss..." Zhang Ming sucked in a cold breath, his scalp prickling.
That many monsters was downright terrifying. Even Old Zhang himself would surely be killed without a chance to fight back if he faced several thousand Donkey-Headed Monsters.
Li Xianfeng said over the broadcast, "After an exhaustive sweep, we believe there are no large living organisms left on the island. The nuclear strike mission is essentially complete."
"Investigators discovered some powdery blue crystals near certain bodies. These are suspected to be the souls of Soul Splitters that died from intense nuclear radiation."
"When brought to Mount Everest, they could indeed be absorbed by the Ice Crystal Tree that represents Gaia."
"However, we currently have no way to quantify whether the Gaia Consciousness has grown stronger. Some diviners with subtle prophetic abilities claim that Gaia is pleased and satisfied with this operation."
Diviners... was that actually a profession?
Zhang Ming froze for a moment, but soon realized they were probably people with special perceptive abilities.
Earth was so vast that a few strange