Earth Era

Office of the Head of State.

Although he was on the way to escape, in a space island where space utilization was almost at its extreme, the place was still spacious, clean, and as quiet as ever. The supreme leader of mankind, who leads trillions of people and determines the future direction of the entire civilization, works here.

But there seems to be something unusual about today's head of state. The head of state, who was sitting behind his desk, looked at a report in front of him. His body could not help but tremble slightly. He didn't know whether it was fear or anger.

"Is the situation really that bad already?" the head of state murmured, "This...it's been less than two years...has our human civilization already fallen to this point?"

Every word in that report was so shocking in the eyes of the head of state. Each data was like a knife, piercing the heart of the head of state. The head of state could not believe these data, but each of them had detailed arguments and a complete statistical process, which forced the head of state to believe them.

"It is estimated that the total number of members of the pirate group has exceeded 10 million, with more than 30,000 spaceships of various types, and can produce more than 10,000 tons of drugs every month, and more than one million guns of various types..."

After these data, there is a category of other prohibited items, and the items above are divided into dozens of items, each of which is strictly prohibited by law.

And these things are all dumped into human civilization through various channels. Various resources in the fleeing fleet continued to flow to the pirate group.

You know...this is during the escape journey. Although the escape fleet can now escape at ten times the speed of light, and it usually only takes up to half a year to reach a star system, but... not every star system is suitable for supply. Even if we encounter a star system suitable for supply, human civilization will not be able to stay there for too long, and the supplies that can be carried out are really limited.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the material reserves of the escape fleet are non-renewable. Human civilization needs to rely on these material reserves to sail a distance of at least a thousand light years, and this will take at least a hundred years. No one can predict how many changes and accidents will happen during such a long journey. They were originally the life-saving straw of human civilization and the basis for people's survival, but now, they are constantly flowing to pirate groups and squandered by a very small number of people.

But that's not the most important thing. The biggest impact of pirate groups on the fugitive fleet is the disruption of order. With the secret support of these forces, countless **** organizations have sprung up in every space island of the escape fleet. These **** organizations range from a dozen people to many. There are hundreds or even thousands of people, they wantonly recruit and corrupt the original maintainers of order, turning their original opponents into their own protective umbrellas. Under the cover of these protective umbrellas, their actions become more and more rampant.

It is precisely because of the existence of a protective umbrella that their transactions with the pirate group can proceed so smoothly. In fact, many evil forces were directly controlled by pirate groups. They became the link between pirate groups and high-ranking government officials. Senior government officials provided cover for the pirate groups, and the pirate groups contributed a lot of wealth.

The lack of supplies provides a breeding ground for the birth of evil forces. The unemployment rate remains high, and the food and other supplies rationed by the government are extremely limited. Under this situation, many young people who should have been educated on campus or worked in various companies have also invested in Among the evil forces.

If you join the evil forces, you will get a lot of money. If you don't join, you will starve and be bullied by others all day long... So, should you join or not?

The head of state's hands were still trembling slightly. For the first time, the head of state discovered that the development of civilization had escaped his control. Otherwise, why did he realize so late that the situation had become so bad?

The head of state actually knew about the existence of the pirate group for a long time, but the reports submitted by his subordinates were always understatement. He only handed over the extermination of pirates to the military and did not pay too much attention to it. Who would have thought that the pirates not only Instead of being wiped out, it has developed to the point where it threatens the foundation of human civilization?

If it hadn't been for the fact that things could no longer be concealed, the head of state had reason to believe that this report would not have been presented to him even now. At the same time, this also means that the governing foundation of human civilization's government has been seriously eroded, and both the military system and the government system have become unreliable.

Then what should be done? Things have developed to this point. It is necessary to exterminate pirates, but it is not just that simple. Pirates are easy to destroy, but how to prevent new pirates from appearing again?

Without sufficient material supplies and insufficient jobs, society will fall into turmoil, and evil forces and pirate groups will be born. The birth of these two things will in turn further aggravate social unrest, causing the situation to worsen again, thus forming a vicious circle.

Unless the problems of material supply and unemployment are solved. If there is food to eat and work to occupy people's energy, society will quickly stabilize. But what is missing in the fleeing fleet now is precisely these two things.

This is a dead end. This knot is like a noose around the neck of human civilization.

The head of state and his think tank team did not expect this situation to occur, but they all miscalculated the time. Before starting the escape, the assessment report given to the head of state by the social investigation agency and the think tank team was that this situation would not occur until at least fifty years after the escape, and it would also have to be under extreme circumstances without any supplies for a long time. . Who would have thought that the situation would deteriorate so quickly, and in less than two years after the escape began... it would already be like this?

The investigation report in the hands of the head of state also marked a sentence at the end, "If the situation continues to deteriorate, our human civilization will completely collapse within fifty years."

The head of state closed his eyes, leaned his body on the wide and comfortable back of the chair, and took a deep breath.

After a long silence, the head of state opened his eyes and picked up another report.

This report was provided to him by the head of state's think tank team and contained some suggestions on the current situation.

"Response plan one is to establish a military government, carry out personality cult propaganda, and at the same time promote that the pirate group is the culprit of all this, mobilize the people to fight a national war, in order to divert the internal conflicts of civilization. Note: Under the propaganda offensive , the people will quickly become fanatical and will support the leader to the extreme, but at the same time, a large-scale cleansing is required within the civilization. All opponents, gangsters, and even suspected gangsters need to be purged from society. Even within society There are no longer the above-mentioned people, and we also need to artificially create some enemies to attract the hatred of the people.

The same goes for interstellar pirates. With all the people in arms, interstellar pirates will inevitably be wiped out quickly, but we cannot wipe out the pirates easily, because then we will lose the target of hatred. Without the target of hatred, sooner or later, civilization will be turbulent again.

This plan has many negative impacts. Technology, culture, education, concepts of order, and moral concepts will completely collapse. However, this plan can at least ensure that our civilization can continue safely for more than fifty years.

Response plan two, take the initiative to split. After the latest calculations, we confirm that with our current material reserves, if we want to ensure social stability and maintain 70% of the living standard before the escape, and continue to maintain it for more than fifty years, our population should be reduced. to three-tenths of the current total population, which is about 500 billion people.

First of all, one thing should be determined, that is, a civilization like ours that has become accustomed to abundant supplies in the galaxy and relies on a large population base as the cornerstone of development is not suitable to become an interstellar wandering civilization. The total population of an interstellar wandering civilization will certainly not be too high—of course, this is relative to the level of technological development of the civilization. According to our current level of technological development, if we want to become a wandering civilization, the suitable population is three-tenths of the current number.

Based on this, we believe that we can select three-tenths of the high-quality population, abandon the remaining seven-tenths of the population, and embark on a wandering journey alone. Note: If this plan is implemented, the three-tenths of the high-quality population that actively split off must take away at least 90% of the space islands and supplies. Only in this way can there be sufficient supply of supplies and jobs. The remaining seven-tenths of the population will be concentrated on the remaining space islands, and they... will live and die by their fate.

It should be noted that large-scale social unrest and bloody conflicts will inevitably break out during the implementation of this plan.

Response plan three, wait and see what happens. The government should strengthen the control of military power, maintain the combat effectiveness and purity of the military, and at the same time ensure the survival of the high-quality population and the security of space islands and reserve materials. It should adopt a laissez-faire attitude towards the rest of the population, allowing them to riot, conflict, or secretly provoke riots and conflict. When the population naturally declines to three-tenths of the current population due to turmoil, the government steps in to quell the riots and restore order. Re-establishing order should follow the principle of comprehensive cleansing. All unsafe elements in the previous process need to be eliminated, and then all the blame for the civil unrest should be placed on them. In this way, we not only maintain the image of the government, but also achieve the goal of reducing the population.

Attached are the specific implementation processes and key points to note for the above three options. Please refer to them if necessary. "