Chapter 51: Double Standards

Compared to before the voting began, after three rounds of no-win results, and now as the fourth round of voting is about to begin, the voices in the online world have decreased a lot.

Most people fell silent again and stopped expressing their opinions on the Internet.

The reason is simple. At this moment, everyone has realized that there is no point in debating with opponents.

It is impossible for the opponent to convince himself, and it is impossible for himself to convince the opponent.

Those who held opposing opinions remained silent, planning to continue following their previous choices and cast their votes again when the fourth vote began.

But this time, things seem to be a little different.

In the online world, a post first published on a forum suddenly became extremely popular.

When Zhou Cheng turned on his computer one day, this post jumped into his eyes.

"If hope is more important than life, then why don't you die now?"

The title of this post is extremely sharp.

Zhou Cheng was stunned for a moment and opened the post.

"You always say that if you want to destroy the hope of civilization's future with your own hands, you would rather the entire civilization perish than simply not continue.

You also said that even if it meant death, you would never surrender to the invaders. You would rather die with your head held high than live without hope.

Then, if the "resource depletion" plan is not passed, our civilization will completely lose the possibility of obtaining the Moon Goddess's unbinding, and the only way left for civilization is to wait for the last human to die of old age and then face extinction.

But this situation is inherently hopeless. Since you believe hope is more important than life, and since you have actively chosen this moment of hopelessness, why are you still alive?

How come you who are "hopeless" at the moment can live peacefully and enjoy the resources left over from the peak era of human civilization, while in the future, our descendants who are also "hopeless" will not even be qualified to be born into this world?

Do you really think it's appropriate to have such double standards?

Also, why do you think that 'living without hope' is worse than death?

Have you asked those who are living without hope?

What gives you the right to decide the fate of another group of people from your current position?

If 'living without hope is worse than dying', then if you had a chance to travel back to the feudal era hundreds of years ago, and go to a poor peasant who lived at the bottom of society and had no hope of rising in his life, and tell him that he didn't want to live and would rather die, do you think he would scold you or beat you?

Without hope, are we not worthy of living and coming to this world?

Do they really care about your so-called hope? Is it really important to them?

Don't forget that the dawn of civilization and technology has only been in this world for a few hundred years. But before these few hundred years, our civilization had already lasted for more than a million years.

From the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age, to the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, from the Slave Age to the Feudal Age, no one could have imagined that there would be the dawn of science and technology in the future. No one could have imagined that technology could cause the most ordinary people at the bottom of society to suffer from overnutrition.

People in those times didn't even know what hope was.

But our civilization has continued for more than a million years.

Even if there is no hope, so what? People in those times would also be surprised by a small flower by the roadside and excited by hunting down a prey.

They will also be excited on their wedding night about finding a life partner.

They also have joys and sorrows, love and hate, and they also have their own lives, and they will enjoy their own lives.

Now, you are standing on the commanding heights, and with the words "they have no hope", you directly cut off the possibility of them having a life, and you think you are compassionate and think you are doing it for their own good.

Where did you get the face from?"

Zhou Cheng read the post carefully.

Zhou Cheng neither agreed nor disagreed with the post's stance. He just knew that the fourth round of voting would likely produce a different outcome than the previous ones.

Just as Zhou Cheng expected, the popularity of this post immediately remained high after it was published, and the voices of those who opposed the "resource depletion" plan instantly dropped a lot.

After this, the fourth round of voting begins.

Those who support the "resource depletion" plan showed a more aggressive attitude than ever before at the beginning of this round of voting.

Three days later, voting closed.

The results were once again presented to everyone.

The supporters' vote share reached 69.55%, exceeding the original threshold of 67%.

The dust has settled.

On the internet, countless people were ecstatic, celebrating with one another, while countless others were shouting in anger, as if they had lost their parents.

But everyone knows that once the result has been announced, it cannot be changed.

This is the common wish and will of the vast majority of people in this world.

So……

According to the previous deployment, now that human civilization has unified its internal opinions, the third step of the entire plan is about to begin.

World Government Building, Office of the First Decision Maker.

Looking at the result in front of him, the tall decision-maker's face was calm, neither happy nor sad, without any emotion.

"I will give another speech tonight at eight o'clock."

"yes."

The secretary agreed and began to arrange the relevant matters.

At eight o'clock, the figure of the first decision maker appeared on the screen again.

"My fellow citizens, the voting results are in, and those who support the 'resource depletion' scenario have won a majority.

I will start the third step of my plan and try to communicate with the Moon Goddess.

Based on the research results of the peak era, we know that the reason why we are infertile and the human sperm and egg cannot combine is a certain state that we cannot yet understand.

And this state is continuous.

We have sufficient reason to believe that if the 'Moon God' is a certain individual or a group of intelligent individuals, then there is a high probability that they have been watching us.

They are very likely to hear our voices, including what I am saying right now.

Then, I, the leader of human civilization, on behalf of the entire human civilization, tell the following message to the Moon God:

Not so long ago, our entire civilization made a collective decision.

This decision is irreversible and enforceable.

Our human civilization...is willing to sacrifice its future development potential and completely eliminate any threat to you, leading to the possibility of survival competition, in exchange for the continuation of civilization."