This problem is relatively simple to say, but it is also quite nerve-wracking.
That is, after this victory in the war against the Storm Civilization, there will inevitably be a huge number of Storm human captives. The number may be as high as tens of billions - and this is after nearly 100 billion Storm humans have been executed. So,
What to do with these prisoners?
You know, at this moment, the total population of human civilization is only 60 to 70 billion.
Execute them directly? Kill all the tens of billions of civilians of Storm Civilization? No.
This method of acting is inconsistent with the values of human civilization. To put it more seriously, if Zhao Changxing did this, the values and moral concepts of the entire human civilization may be shaken.
After all, they were just civilians, not soldiers. Although objectively speaking, their production substantially supported the war launched by the enemy, these crimes were not enough to support a genocide of tens of billions of people.
Although everyone knows that if the losing party is human civilization, then the leader of Storm Civilization will never show mercy and will only completely destroy their own side, but at this moment the position has changed, human civilization still cannot do that.
Because human civilization is different from other civilizations.
So, we still follow the past practice of dealing with alien races, execute a small group of those who have committed the most heinous crimes, imprison those who have committed less serious crimes, and release those who have committed no crimes? And then slowly integrate them into human civilization through genetic modification?
This obviously doesn't work either.
The reason lies in the size of civilization.
If the total population of human civilization reaches one trillion, then it would be acceptable to directly integrate the civilians of Storm Civilization. But at this moment, the total population of human civilization is only 60 to 70 billion. And the civilian captives of Storm Civilization may be as high as 50 billion.
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Forced integration and the collision of ideas and concepts between the two races will even seriously affect the existing values and moral concepts of human civilization. At the same time, the friction and collision in life will make the whole situation completely out of control. Maybe the entire civilization will be destroyed.
Hence the turn to chaos.
To put it simply, the prey is too big for human civilization to swallow. If you try to swallow it forcefully, you will only choke to death.
During this period, experts from the Academy of Social Sciences, as well as many civilized leaders and think tank team members conducted extensive discussions on this issue. Based on various opinions and some public opinion trends in human society, Zhao Changxing finally made a decision
Made a decision.
"Once the war is completely won and all Storm humans are captured, Storm Civilization will be downgraded to a 'national' level intelligent life group one level lower than 'civilization', and its name will be changed to 'Storm Country' instead of 'Storm Civilization'"
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The Storm Nation is a dependent country of human civilization and has a certain degree of independence. Its head of state and government leaders are served by Storm tribesmen, but they need the consent of the human civilization government. At the same time, the Storm Nation does not have independent diplomatic and military authority, and its development
The direction is determined by human civilization.
The Storm Country can have its own social security force, but the overall person in charge of the social security force needs to be a human being. The Storm Country is not allowed to have an army or fleet, and human civilization will be responsible for the security responsibilities of the Storm Country. In the future, there may be attacks on other civilizations
In terms of communication, the Storm Nation is not allowed to speak alone and must be represented by the unified representation of human civilization.
The daily governance of Storm Country is the responsibility of the national government of Storm Country."
This draft was approved by the majority of those qualified to participate in decision-making.
On the surface, this is a fairly generous governance plan. But everyone knows that the biggest beneficiary of this plan is undoubtedly human civilization itself.
If the Storm Country has a certain degree of independence, then no matter what happens within it, such as corruption, hardship in civilian life, the outflow of a large amount of funds and outstanding personnel, etc., the responsibility will be attributed to the Storm Country government, and
It has nothing to do with human civilization.
At the same time, the strict control of the Storm Country can allow human civilization to take advantage of it.
Overall, the central idea of this plan is that the benefits belong to humans, and all the consequences caused by humans' exclusive use of the benefits will be borne by the Storm Country government.
This will inevitably create a situation, that is, the living standards of the citizens of the Storm Country will be very different from that of humans. Although their lives are not such that they can only barely make ends meet despite working hard, they are compared to
In human civilization, everyone has a big house and many advanced technological creations. Under normal circumstances, they can have a lot of leisure time, but it is always incomparable, and there is even a considerable gap.
But this is actually a situation deliberately created by Zhao Changxing. After all, objectively speaking, the civilian class of Storm Civilization also contributed to this war. In this case, this gap in living standards should be regarded as punishment.
alright.
It was during these discussions that a decision was made regarding the future fate of Storm Civilization.
Time passed quietly, and after a somewhat long voyage, the expedition fleet finally arrived at the dwarf planet occupied by the main body of the Storm Civilization. At this time, a message arrived on Zhao Changxing's desk.
"Leader, we may not be able to implement our siege plan."
A secretary submitted a document to Zhao Changxing: "Really, we have considered almost every possibility, but we have not considered that this will be the case in the end.
Zhao Changxing took the document, glanced at it, and a smile appeared on his lips.
The situation is indeed beyond everyone's expectations. Everyone believes that the main body of the Storm Civilization will inevitably make a very stubborn resistance. If we want to reduce casualties and losses, we can only besiege them for a long time until they have resources.
until exhausted and forced to surrender.
This process can be lengthy and may take years or even decades.
But what people didn’t expect is that
Before the expedition fleet completed its siege arrangements and occupied key nodes around the dwarf planet, the main body of the storm civilization surrendered.
Yes, not a single shot was fired, there was no resistance, and no one escaped and sailed to other star systems. Everyone - to be precise, they had split into the main body of the storm civilization with hundreds of different forces, and they surrendered neatly.
Already.
Only after the whole story was figured out did people know what was going on.
The reason is actually very simple.
Although the material reserves of the main body of Storm Civilization are very limited, after killing most of the people and some civilians, they save money and reduce resource consumption to the lowest level, which is actually enough for most people to escape.
The previous judgment on the human side that "the resource reserves of the main body of Storm Civilization are only enough for a small number of people to escape, and most people have to stay" is actually wrong.
However, after Boyaro and many civilized leaders died, many junior high-ranking officials immediately had other thoughts.
They hope to monopolize these few resources, then abandon the rest, and only lead members of their own forces to sail to other galaxies. Because the number of people is reduced, the safety and redundancy of this interstellar voyage can be improved.
Many, the comfort during the voyage will also be greatly improved.
But it's a pity. Others think so too.
Conspiracies, intrigues, vendettas, conflicts, even the military was divided into dozens of factions, to the point where they even started fighting.
Many forces were holding each other back, and the final result was that no one escaped.
When the human space force fleet finally arrives, no one can escape.
It is even more impossible for the already divided main body of Storm Civilization to unite to resist the enemy. Facing a certain death situation, and receiving a message from the enemy, declaring "surrender without killing", there is really nothing else but surrender.
The road can be walked.
As a result, the human space force's siege plan failed. Because there was no need for a siege, the enemy had already voluntarily surrendered all its weapons.
In the end, under the escort of the human space force fleet, a total of hundreds of thousands of various spacecrafts headed towards the interior of the star.
"Let's relocate them to Planet 1 for the time being."
In this regard, Zhao Changxing made a decision.
Facing a population of tens of billions, and facing countless spaceships, factories, and data files, it is an extremely cumbersome task to sort it all out. So, the people of the Storm Civilization began a journey full of torment.
wait.
No one knows what the future will look like, and no one knows whether this force that calls itself human civilization will keep its promise.
In the interstellar age, killing 50 billion people may sound horrifying, but if it is really done, it is a very simple matter.
It's nothing more than hundreds of medium-sized missiles. If a passenger spacecraft hits one, everyone inside will die.
Avila is a scientist specializing in heat-resistant materials. At this moment, he, who used to have a lofty status, has also fallen into confusion and fear about the future.
Especially in the passenger spaceship where he lives, humans wearing spacesuits appear from time to time. They sometimes take away some people, and some of these people never come back. Even those who do come back have no idea what they encountered.
The fact that nothing was kept secret only aggravated the panic.
This situation lasted for several years until the supreme leader of human civilization announced a message on television.
"Storm Civilization was downgraded to Storm Country. Storm Country is a subordinate country of human civilization and does not have independent diplomatic and military powers.
Tears gradually flowed from the corners of Avila's eyes.
As a scientist, he is smart enough to analyze what these arrangements mean. But he... doesn't care.
He only cares about one thing.
It turns out that human civilization really kept its promise, and human civilization really allowed the Storm Civilization, no, it is now called the Storm Country, and really allowed the people of the Storm Country to continue to live.
What could be more important than this?
"Long live!'
With tears in her eyes, Avila couldn't help shouting this word.