Seeing that everyone remained silent, the man at the head of the table silently clenched the hand resting on the tabletop.
Though he appeared to hold great status, facing so many people alone still brought immense pressure.
Looking at the documents on the table, his clenched fist slowly loosened.
"Since you still haven't made a decision, I'll reiterate the plan. Any questions can be resolved on the spot..."
He turned to the first page of the documents.
"I won't read out the details of the plan. Let's briefly go over the implementation process."
"First, we need to build two spacecraft: one to carry animals, and one to carry humans."
"The vessel carrying animals will use live transport, relying on the 'Unified Fungus' we developed to sustain their lives."
"For the vessel carrying humans, we will use data-based transport, converting all humans into data and storing them in the spacecraft's 'Data Grid.'"
"Everyone, do you have any questions up to this point in the plan?"
After briefly laying out those points, the man at the head of the table raised his head and asked the others.
"I do." A researcher raised his hand. "Some citizens still cannot accept being converted into data. They are strongly opposed to it. Can't we use the Unified Fungus to sustain human life as well, just like we do with the animals?"
"No." The man at the head of the table shook his head. "Although the Unified Fungus can sustain life, it links consciousness together... Humans cannot be infected with this fungus. Linking consciousness is a terrifying thing."
"Besides, only by becoming data can we evade the Abyss's tracking... No matter where we flee, the Abyss can find us. Only when we are no longer 'human' will the Abyss leave us alone."
The researcher who had