Stellaris: Earth Alliance

Chapter 216
A faster-than-light voyage, 20 years have passed.

Hu Yiyi, who was originally in her 20s, was already in her 50s when Chen Xiaomeng came back.

Now, more than ten years later, she is already over 60 years old, while Chen Xiaomeng is still only over 30 years old.

And the most important thing is that Chen Xiaomeng awakened his spiritual energy. Scientific experiments have proved that the maximum life span of a person who awakens his spiritual energy will automatically be extended from 100 years to more than 800 years.

But Hu Yiyi didn't wake up. Although the other party was dressed young enough, he still couldn't hide the wrinkles on his face.

Just looking at her alone wouldn't give you such a strong feeling.

And when the two people stand together and compare, it can be clearly felt that the age gap between the two is far more than 20 years.

And who would have thought that not long ago, they were college students studying in a dormitory?
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Chen Xiaomeng felt that his words seemed inappropriate. Just as he was about to say something, the other party waved his hand and said with a nonchalant smile.

"Can you imagine? Not long ago, we were still striving to live to be 100 years old, and now the average life span has reached 150, what is there to be dissatisfied about?"

Yes, what else is there to be dissatisfied about?

Advances in medical technology have led to continued increases in people's average life span.

But for many things, it does not mean that improvement will definitely bring happiness.

Happiness is always a matter of comparison.

In terms of quality of life alone, modern people are countless times, millions of times better than ancient people.

But even if I can eat chicken legs and rice every day, I can use entertainment tools that my predecessors could not imagine.

But happiness remains low.

If people from the past were to live this kind of life, just having enough to eat would already bring them great happiness.

The root of all this is comparison.

Now the most acute contradiction in the country has actually begun to accumulate, that is, the contradiction between the awakened and the unawakened.

Psychic awakening is destined to be the privilege of only a small group of people.

The huge gap between after awakening and before awakening will completely solidify social classes.

In Portman's prosthetic ascension and Field's genetic ascension.

Although there is also a huge gap between those who ascend and those who have not ascended, classes will inevitably arise.

But the channel for class advancement among them exists and is available to all people.

However, the current channel for human beings to rise up the social class does not exist, is uncertain, and belongs to a small number of people.

No one knows how much conflict this spiritual ascension, which accounts for only 20% of the population, will eventually bring to the entire society.

Or maybe the seeds of conflict have been planted, but they just lack nutrients and moisture.

Once there are enough external conditions, this seed will thrive rapidly, reaching a level that no one can ignore.

Not to mention others, Chen Xiaomeng could already feel the vague sense of class between him and the other party.

Although they don't want to admit it, the age gap and the identity of the awakened people have actually made it impossible for the two to return to their previous relationship.

"Um……"

In the end, Chen Xiaomeng said nothing because she didn't know what to say.

In the end, Hu Yiyi smiled, changed the topic, and talked about other things.This was the end of a meeting that had not been seen for more than ten years, and then we returned to the content of this conference.

Nearly [-] billion people died, which is absolutely an unprecedented and huge blow to mankind.

It's not just about how many people were lost, but about the aftermath of the incident, and the fact that Portman has been so thoroughly hostile to it.

"The mastermind of this matter is very clear. He is the only one who has the ability and reason to do this. Is there no way for such unscrupulous behavior to be punished by justice?"

"We don't have any substantial evidence to prove that this was done by the Portman conglomerate. Even if everyone thinks that he did it, it will be useless."

"We have no channel to speak out in the universe, and the Galactic United Organization has rejected our proposal. In this underground confrontation with Portman, we will not have any foreign aid."

"No, we have foreign aid."

Some representatives were opposed.

"Are you saying Field, this is impossible? We have no way of accepting the conditions they proposed."

"Haven't you seen it clearly? Portman is tens of thousands of times larger than us. If the other party really wants to kill us using dishonorable means, our family has no means of resistance."

"Then you really think that if you choose Field, we will be safe? We are on the front line of the war. Once Field and Portman officially conflict, our planet and our home will be completely reduced to ruins."

"At that time, the tragedy in Toronto will not only occur in the Toronto galaxy, but will occur in all countries of the entire human complex."

When he said this, the representative looked at the other members.

The representatives of the Kuilak Nation were deeply concerned about this, and neither Alpha Planet nor the Rock Republic had any objections to this.

Everyone was in the same boat at the moment, their national territories sandwiched between Field and Portman.

And it is also the most critical wormhole strategy, which proves that once a conflict breaks out between the two sides, their homeland will 100% become a battlefield.

And the best choice in this process is not to stand on the sidelines, maintain an absolute neutral position, and prevent one's own country from becoming the focus of competition between the two sides.

But the problem is that neutrality also comes with a price.

For example, Portman is now constantly sending troops disguised as pirates to harass them.

There's nothing they can do about it.

At this critical moment, someone suddenly suggested.

"Now that the general direction has been determined, we will not seek help from Field, and we must still maintain absolute neutrality."

"Then we have no way to resist Portman's continued harassment alone. All we can do is to keep Portman busy."

"How to say?"

"Once a country hundreds or thousands of times our size uses all its might against us, we will be easily crushed to death. The Toronto Galaxy is a good example."

"Portman's terror attacks on our soil are leaving us exhausted."

"Defense is always much more difficult than offense. In this case, we also do something on the other side's soil that they can't ignore."

"Just like Field's intimidation prevented Portman from attacking us on a large scale."

"And what we have to do is always make it impossible for him to use his full strength against the human unity."

"We need to take the initiative and treat others the way they are treated."

(End of this chapter)