This is a very ironic thing for the Pegasus civilization, especially for the current leadership of the Pegasus civilization. Only now has the new leader realized the pain and helplessness of the previous leader.
It is difficult to discover this without being in a high position and looking at things from this perspective. When the life and death of an entire civilization depends on one person, whether to choose reason or emotion becomes a very important question.
Difficult thing. The current leader knows that no matter what he chooses, if the Pegasus civilization still has a future and can continue, he will become a controversial figure.
"I don't know what to do." At this time, a bitter voice sounded in the conference room. This man is the most noble moral figure in the Pegasus civilization and has high prestige among the people.
. He said with a bitter look on his face: "According to reason, for the survival of civilization, we should make the same choice as the previous leader, abandon the people with low value and choose outstanding people with high value. However, I want to ask you something
question."
In the conference room, everyone, including the current leader, looked at him. He paused before continuing: "I want to ask everyone, if we abandon the most basic value of all people being created equal,
And simply judging the value of a person based on the level of knowledge he possesses, whether his personal abilities are outstanding, and the amount of property he possesses, then... what value does our civilization have? Even if our civilization can continue, we will
Future generations will also be ashamed of us. What is the need for our civilization to exist?"
"The former leader undoubtedly abandoned the most basic value of all people being created equal. At that time, our civilization had already perished once. Now, although our civilization has been reborn from the ashes, another life and death crisis has come.
.Are we still going to abandon this most basic value concept this time?"
The man's voice gradually became louder, and he said loudly: "I can tell you now what is the difference between us here and the previous leaders, that is, the former leaders did not inherit the spirit of our civilization, and we...
It completely inherits the spirit of our civilization!”
The current leader's expression gradually became serious.
"I have decided," the current leader said, "the escape will still begin, but who is qualified to board the escape spacecraft will no longer be judged by data such as social status and wealth. We, the people of the Pegasus civilization,
Regardless of whether this person is the supreme leader or the most humble civilian, everyone is equal. I decided to form an escape committee. The escape committee will be responsible for arranging a lottery event for all people to participate. Since everyone is equal, then this is the only way to proceed.
Screening. Whoever is selected by the system will be qualified to escape."
"The Escape Committee is responsible for leading all matters of our civilization during the escape. All lottery activities are organized by the Escape Committee. Anyone can apply to join the Escape Committee, but by becoming a member of the Escape Committee, you will give up the qualification to escape by default."
The current leader paused and said, "I applied to join the Escape Committee."
By joining the Escape Committee, you are deemed to have given up your escape qualifications and will not be able to participate in the lottery. The current leader proposed to form an Escape Committee. At the same time, the current leader was the first to propose joining the Escape Committee.
After a moment of silence, the military leader said: "I also applied to join the Escape Committee."
The leader of internal security also said: "I applied to join the escape committee."
Business leader said: "I applied to join the escape committee."
Next are the leaders of social organizations, including industrial leaders and representatives of scientists...
All participants made this request: "I apply to join the Escape Committee."
Everyone gave up their ability to escape.
"Very good, very good." The current leader nodded and said: "Then I announce that the Escape Committee has been established. I will hold a press conference later to inform all the people of Pegasus Civilization of this news and our plans.
Decision. I believe that our people will withstand this test and make the right choice. In this way, our descendants will also be proud of us. Although we will die, the spirit of our civilization will be passed down forever.
"
"Our civilization has already perished once, and it cannot be destroyed in our hands again, can it?"
Three days later, the press conference was held as scheduled. All members of the Escape Committee appeared in the camera. Their video messages, audio messages, etc. will be spread to every corner of the Pegasus civilization through the communication network that extends in all directions.
Whether in the city or in the countryside, on the planet or in space, whether they are soldiers or civilians, they will see the real-time broadcast of this conference.
"I have an important message to tell you." The current leader's eyes were calm and gentle. All the people waiting at the receiving end felt the leader's mood at this moment. "This message is very important and affects our civilization."
In the future, before broadcasting this message, I hope everyone can first think about a question, that is, what is the foundation of our civilization and what are our most important values."
After a pause, the leader continued: "Three days ago, one of our long-distance scientific research ships reported to me a very bad message. This long-distance scientific research ship discovered a very powerful existence.
, is approaching our capital galaxy at a speed exceeding one hundred times the speed of light. After data query, we confirmed that this unknown existence is the tree alien beast, one of the three alien beasts in our galaxy."
"You may not know what kind of existence alien beasts are. Now I can tell you that alien beasts are a kind of special creatures. They usually have extremely strong physical fitness. They only develop themselves but not technology. They
It is completely different from technological civilization. Alien beast civilization has the same classification method as technological civilization, and the tree alien beast is a sixth-level alien beast. In other words, our civilization cannot be the opponent of the tree alien beast.
, gathering the strength of all our civilizations will not work. But now, this level six alien beast has shown enough hostility to us, and all the equipment we tried to contact with him have been simply destroyed by it. So,
We have enough reason to believe that this guy is here to destroy our civilization."
The hearts of countless people began to rise, and some even weak-minded people began to cry in despair. But everyone still insisted on sitting in front of the signal receiving end and watching the leader's speech.
"This guy will arrive in our galaxy in about eight months. Then, during these eight months, we must make some countermeasures. Confrontation is impossible, and we cannot be a six-man army.
The opponent of super alien beasts, then, for the continuation of civilization, we have only one way left, escape."
Having said this, the leader sighed slightly.
"However, there is one thing that needs to be told to everyone, that is, at this moment, the transportation capacity of all the spaceships of our Pegasus civilization can only allow one-third of the current population of our civilization to escape."
"Our former leader just betrayed our civilization and led the essence of our civilization to escape. We have just pronounced the former leader's crime, but now we have to make the same choice. This reality is very difficult for us.
How ironic. However, we are not prepared to repeat the mistakes of our previous leaders. We will make different choices because I believe that the most basic value concept of all people being created equal has always been the code of conduct for most people in our civilization.
Whether we are the highest leader of civilization or the most ordinary civilian, our value is equal."
"We cannot judge a person's value by the level of ability, the degree of knowledge or the amount of wealth. This is contrary to our most basic values. We cannot make the same mistakes as our previous leaders. If we abandon our civilization
spirit, then, what is the need for our civilization to exist?”
"Based on this, I announce the establishment of the Escape Committee, which will organize a nationwide lottery event and be responsible for monitoring whether the event is fair and just. Anyone can apply to join the Escape Committee to organize and supervise the lottery event. At the same time,
Anyone who joins the Escape Committee will be deemed to have given up their qualifications for the lottery. Here, I can tell you that I, and the people sitting next to me, have all joined the Escape Committee and have given up.
The qualification to survive.”
"I believe that we, the people of Pegasus Civilization, will also resolutely abide by the moral bottom line in our hearts and adhere to the most basic value concept that all people are created equal. This is also the most important difference between us and our previous leaders. In fact, this is also the most important difference between us and our civilization.
Isn't it the most important factor for our continued continuation? Even if we face death, our descendants will be proud of us because we have adhered to the belief in our hearts. If we lose this belief, our civilization will lose its existence.
Necessity.”
"Here, I announce that the Escape Committee will begin accepting registrations. One month later, the nationwide lottery will officially begin. The event will last for one month, and the escape preparation activities will also last for one month. Three months later, the escape will officially begin.
…”
"At the same time, I once again declare that the verdict of the former leader on anti-civilization crimes handed down by the highest judicial body remains unchanged."