The planet had been moved by the Grim Slayer to another planetary system within their territory. Now that everyone's safety was guaranteed, Gao Jianchuan ordered the fleet to halt. The next step was to find Li Shun Shunyuan. Where this ambitious man was hiding remained a mystery.
With limited manpower, searching for a single person across dozens of planets is no less difficult than finding a needle in a haystack. Moreover, Hu Yu and the others suspect that the Li Shun leader they are presenting is not his true identity, or that he is merely a puppet.
After several interactions, everyone clearly sensed that Li Shun Rhee was a man of deep cunning, capable of anything to achieve his goals.
Several days of searching yielded no results. After discussion, everyone concluded that finding President Li Shun was virtually impossible. It was likely that President Li Shun had already taken his advanced technology and elites and hidden deep within space. As for the lives of ordinary people on these planets, they were of no concern to him. The guards then set out again to capture key figures on various planets.
The academicians of the Computer Science Department have remotely cracked the core server on this planet. As expected, although this planet appears to be the core of the entire civilization, no important data has been found. It is unknown whether the data has been destroyed or transferred. It is not surprising that President Li Shun must have backed up all the data. Hu Yu has several backups of the fleet files and can destroy some of them at any time.
People tried to understand the true nature of this human group from these ordinary materials, and what they found was truly eye-opening.
As a high-level civilization, the first thing to address is the quality and civility of its people. This way, the civilization won't waste a lot of energy dealing with daily trivialities. Moreover, too many of these daily trivialities can, at best, affect social unity and project progress, and at worst, lead to civil war or even division within the civilization.
Hu Yu's fleet abolished its police department thousands of years ago, and its legal provisions have become mere decorations, with simplified versions relegated to elementary school textbooks. These sections are generally the fleet's guiding regulations, such as wartime control. Everyone has received a good education and has a set of proper conduct guidelines in mind.
Everyone takes pride in their labor and contributions, and in making contributions to the fleet. The proudest thing is not how many contribution points they have earned, but how much their actions have increased the fleet's strength, improved the lives of the people, and increased work efficiency. Everyone is well aware of the fleet's situation, and working hard for the fleet is working hard for themselves.
Hu Yu didn't know the situation of the Xuan Star Civilization, but everyone knew about the Wind Star Civilization. Although the upper echelons of the Wind Star Civilization had problems, the public's level of civility was quite good. Even a low-potential civilization like the Wind Star Civilization had completed public civility education, while the public's civility here was frighteningly low.
With a population of over 200 billion, there are over 1 billion people to manage. Tens of thousands of crimes occur every day, including theft, robbery, and murder. These are all high-tech crimes. In this high-tech era, criminal methods are more advanced, and the management departments simply cannot handle these cases. Moreover, the management departments are also corrupt and incompetent.
These crimes reveal that the people here have extremely strong selfish desires. As the saying goes, if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too. With a leader like Li Shun, there will naturally be people like him.
If it weren't for Li Shun Shunyuan's brilliant methods, he might not have been able to lead this people to the Small Star Sector Civilization stage. Although this tyrant failed this time, everyone still admires his abilities. If such abilities had the cooperation of a social force like Hu Yu's fleet, they might have already reached the Intermediate Stage of Small Star Sector.
Hu Yu didn't think he could reach the level of Li Shun Shunyuan. He had led everyone through so much suffering, all for the sake of enabling everyone to live a peaceful life. If he were like Li Shun Shunyuan, even if he reached the Great Star Region Civilization or even Galaxy Civilization, what difference would it make? He would only be satisfied with himself. The progress of civilization would just be a pawn to satisfy his own selfish desires, and the people would still not be able to have a peaceful life.
With the help of the guards, a large group of important officials were brought before Hu Yu. These officials were all stout and looked like they must have made a lot of money off others.
"What I need are people who can cooperate. Those of you who think you can cooperate, take a step forward. As for those who are unwilling to cooperate, they will become a biological satellite of this planet," Hu Yu said calmly, his words exuding an irresistible power.
"I do!"
"I do."
"I'd like to too."
A large crowd surged forward, but behind them, only a few scattered individuals remained. As expected, people raised in this civilized environment had almost no faith, especially when faced with a threat to their lives, they readily abandoned everything.
"Very good, very good, you made the right choice. First of all, congratulations everyone, your lives are temporarily spared. As for these few who are unwilling to cooperate, I will also keep my previous promise. Guards, send them into planetary orbit."
"Spare us, spare us! We... we're willing to cooperate!"
Seeing the ferocious guards, the few who had been holding on completely collapsed. They absolutely believed Hu Yu's words, and they were just important officials responsible for managing the daily lives of the people. They were not qualified to access the highest technology and top secrets of civilization. Between life and integrity, they ultimately chose life.
"Congratulations again on making a wise choice at the last moment. Now I will begin asking questions. I hope you will answer truthfully. If I discover any concealment or deception, you will not have a second chance. The guards will personally deliver the antimatter to you."
"General, please rest assured, we will tell you everything we know," a high-ranking official said.
"My first question is, where is your leader now?"
Everyone remained silent.
What? You don't want to talk about it?
"No, General. The leader's whereabouts are elusive. He usually only meets with us through projections. We have served as important officials on various planets for so many years, and none of us know where the leader is. We have never even seen his real body once."
"The head of state met with me in the square not long ago, where did he go afterward?"
"General, it's hard to say whether that's the real head of state. In my experience, it's unlikely to be him."
"How could that be? He shook my hand then, and we even went to a banquet together afterwards."
"The Führer possesses the most advanced holographic projection technology, making it indistinguishable from the real thing. Even something as simple as eating is incredibly realistic, let alone shaking hands. Unless attacked or subjected to other technological means, it's impossible for human senses to tell the difference. The Führer is highly vigilant; he would never use a double, relying entirely on projection technology."
Hu Yu had seen the quality of images before, and he had also seen images manipulate real objects. He just hadn't expected their technology to be this advanced. Although Hu Yu had previously suspected that what he saw was not the real head of state, he only suspected that he was using a stand-in or a mask. Now it seemed that what he met back then was undoubtedly a projection.
In this technology, they have already surpassed the Fish Horse Star Civilization. It's not that the Fish Horse Star Civilization couldn't develop to such a high level, but rather it's a question of whether it's necessary. Even if this kind of projection can control physical objects, it won't have much offensive power. Moreover, projection requires a lot of equipment, which must be set up in advance to achieve the desired effect. Now that I think about it, the leader's projection equipment should be hidden in every part of this planet. After all, this is their territory, and they can do whatever they want with it.
Is this your core planet?