Chapter 138 Human Alliance [Bonus Chapter for 5000+ 5-star Reviews]
Chapter 138 Human Alliance [Bonus Chapter for 5000+ 5-star Reviews]
The images of the entire fleet's annihilation were quickly transmitted to all the fleeing fleet members, who watched in silence as the star-class warships launched their suicidal charge towards the droplet.
Humanity has been defeated, utterly defeated.
But no one seemed surprised by the result; it was as if they had already accepted the fact that humanity would be defeated the moment they decided to pursue the Navigator.
The spherical hatch slowly opened, and Chang Weisi, dressed in military uniform, walked out of the command room step by step.
At this moment, he appeared even older. Although he still had several hundred years left to live, he was like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.
When he walked through the corridor of the Navigator to the ship's main hall, he found it already densely packed with tens of thousands of Fleet International soldiers, forming a square formation that seemed to be waiting for his inspection as the fleet's supreme commander.
The moment Chang Weisi appeared, tens of thousands of soldiers saluted him in rows.
"Blue Space"
"Natural Selection".
"Bronze Age".
"Ultimate Law..."
"Reporting to you!"
Zhang Beihai and Chu Yan were positioned at the very front of the formation. Zhang Beihai stepped forward and exchanged glances with Chang Weisi and Chu Yan.
Zhang Beihai saw an undisguised smile in Chang Weisi's eyes.
"Reporting to the commander, these are the 137 star-class warships you reserved for humanity, which constitute the entirety of humanity's current space fleet. They are now under your command."
The number of surviving fleet members was far greater than Chang Weisi had estimated. Apart from the engineering ships that Liu Chang sent at the end, there were still a total of 137 star-class warships left.
Although it was a pitifully small number compared to the 5000 star-class warships that humanity once possessed, they were quite lucky to have survived the siege of ten droplets.
This was thanks to Chang Weisi's wise leadership, who completed the mission of leading the fleet to escape several months before the 10 Trisolaran droplets entered the solar system.
Otherwise, if they wait until the final battle to flee, they might not have a single warship left.
Even now, the three water droplets are still tirelessly cleaning up the fleets that fled during the apocalyptic war, which is an important reason why Chang Weisi was able to stop the Navigator and wait for the follow-up troops.
The Trisolaran droplet was temporarily held back, which was a perfect opportunity for them to escape. If they missed it, the droplet would soon catch up and attack them again.
But before that, Chang Weisi still had some things to say.
"Comrades, I am very pleased that you have all survived. In this apocalyptic battle, we are the only survivors."
Everyone was silent when they heard this.
"We survived, but some people were left forever in those ruins outside Jupiter. Some of them were our comrades, friends, and relatives. It was their sacrifice that allowed us to survive."
Chang Weisi was better at stirring up the emotions of those around him than Zhang Beihai. With just a few words, he managed to elevate the mood of everyone present.
"Therefore, we should live on even more. Only in this way will the sacrifice of the three fleets be more meaningful!"
"Live!"
"Live!"
The crowd shouted in unison, their voices echoing throughout the ship.
"But, comrades, the future is cruel. We may never be able to go back. The Trisolaran fleet is about to arrive on Earth. At that time, Earth will become a death trap, and there will be no point in going back."
"Therefore, our only option is to keep flying forward, until we find a new habitable planet. The spaceship will be our only home."
Chang Weisi glanced at the crowd below. Just as he had expected, most of these crew members were immortals and hibernators. 200 years ago, they were the most elite soldiers in their respective countries. 200 years later, even in the face of such a predicament, their eyes remained firm.
Chang Weisi couldn't help but recall a conversation he once had with a modern-day military officer.
"What do you think are the differences between the soldiers from 200 years ago and the soldiers from after the founding of the International Organization of Earth?"
Chang Weisi's answer at the time was...
"The soldiers of Earth International will decide whether to complete the mission based on their own judgment."
"The soldiers of 200 years ago had an iron will; they dared to try even if there was only a one in ten thousand chance. That is the significance of the future reinforcement plan."
"Thanks to Lin Xuan."
This was the thought that both Chang Weisi and Zhang Beihai had in mind at the same time.
If Lin Xuan hadn't attended that strategic meeting back then and provided them with the potion of immortality, the outcome might have been very different.
Even if the fleet members manage to escape the apocalyptic battle, they will still quickly suffer a mental breakdown, and thus begin to fall apart.
But now, things are different.
Chang Weisi commands hundreds of thousands of elite troops from various countries, and everything will change because of this.
"Let's take one last look at Earth. From now on, we will have no further connection with humanity on this planet."
"Once a fish crawls out of the ocean onto land, it is no longer a fish."
"Similarly, we will also become [New Humans]!"
"We need a new political system to continue our new human civilization."
"Therefore, I hereby declare that from this day forward, our political system will be called—the United Humanities!"
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