"This is the Huaxia, calling headquarters."

"Headquarters received. Please speak."

"Reporting to headquarters, a Benyue-15 spacecraft has been detected. It originated from Earth and is heading towards Star Hope. Do we need to intercept it?"

Li Bai was buried in the documents on his desk. He looked up after hearing the last sentence. "No need to intercept it, just let it come."

"But... yes, Huaxia received." Zhou Cheng agreed and hung up the call. He then stared at the spaceship on the radar screen ahead and gave the order, "Follow."

We can't intercept it, nor can we let it go. Given the timing, Earth should have received news of Hope's situation. It's hard to predict how they'll react. What if they send troops?

However, there is only one small spaceship coming, with no more than 50,000 people, so there is really no need to worry too much.

The patrol area of the China was very large, so it was not until half a day later that the spacecraft finally arrived near Hope Star and sent a communication request to the ground.

Upon learning that the Earth Alliance had only sent an inspection team, Li Bai immediately let them pass.

The ship-like spaceship docked at the spaceport, so Li Bai simply ordered the Huaxia to go back to patrol without lingering around.

Since we are only here to investigate what happened during this period, what is there to worry about?

Everyone knew the process of the battle against the beasts, and there were no problems. Even if Li Bai had guided them in some details, there would be no trace left. And now, because most of the generals on Hope Star were in trouble, she was temporarily in charge of the defense of Hope Star, and no one could find any mistakes.

As for the information on the DIE virus vaccine, it was indeed a bit against procedure to send it over without going through research on Earth, but that was all it was.

Originally, this kind of thing should have been sent to Hope Star for research. The Earth set up its own research team simply to use this method to strangle Hope Star's throat to prevent those who have been away all year round from disobeying orders.

Li Bai knew this little trick, and Zhou Hong was also very clear about it. So the Earth side could do whatever it wanted, but it could never use it as an excuse.

In this way, their actions are at most "debatable" and not necessarily wrong. Given this, they naturally have no fear of an investigation.

If Earth had been able to act decisively when the beasts erupted, sending a large number of troops to support them and then stationing them there, Li Bai would still have been wary. But now, the situation on Hope Star was very different from before.

There had always been a lingering sense of discontent on Hope regarding this kind of exile. However, since everyone had grown up on Earth and still had feelings for each other, this sentiment was well concealed when there was no conflict. However, when the beasts besieged the city, and the situation was precarious, the Earth's response was disappointing, further alienating the researchers at Hope.

Although the researchers in the three areas are not harmonious with each other, they all share the same subtle attitude towards the Earth.

After everyone worked together to fight, their relationship naturally became much closer than before. When the Chinese region came up with a vaccine for the DIE virus, solving the biggest problem, their attitude changed completely.

In reality, all Li Bai had done during this process was give a slight push. The real cause of this outcome was the long-standing conflicts and all the problems brought on by the new planet.

Migrating from Earth to Planet Hope is not as simple as moving house. It involves many issues, the biggest of which is the deconstruction and reconstruction of social structures.

Earth naturally hoped to relocate while maintaining their dominance and maintaining everything unchanged. However, the people of Hope were clearly unwilling to accept this. As pioneers and explorers, they knew Hope best and possessed the most valuable information, and they desperately needed to elevate their social status.

Therefore, Li Bai didn't need to publicly control the entire Hope Star base and arouse the suspicion of the District Three government. If he kept it as it was now, no one would be able to find out anything. But in reality, everyone on Hope Star had already vaguely developed an independent consciousness.

Just wait for the right time...

…

There is naturally nothing wrong with the inspection results.

After sending the spaceship away, not only did everyone on the planet breathe a sigh of relief, but even the group on the spaceship breathed a sigh of relief.

They strongly opposed the Earth sending troops and instead advocated a peaceful resolution of the matter. Of course, they would be more pleased to see that the situation on Hope Star was still under control, otherwise their previous misjudgments would have a fatal impact on their political careers.

Of course, everyone knows that even if Hope Star seems to be fine, it is impossible to maintain the current situation.

It was good luck that nothing happened this time, but who knows what might happen next time? So after returning to Earth, they reported the situation and then discussed how to handle it. Sending more troops to Planet Hope was inevitable, but how to do it was still a matter of debate. Sending troops directly was clearly the worst option.

Bai Shu and Xuan Zijie weren't currently qualified to attend such meetings, but they could get the most detailed information from their family elders. As the key successors being trained, their families would certainly involve them in these matters to prepare them for the future. This would prevent them from being left clueless and unable to gain a foothold.

When they heard that things were almost as Yang Jia expected, they were surprised, but they immediately realized that this was a good opportunity, so they began to put forward their own ideas.

“Instead of sending troops, it’s better to start immigration in advance.”

When this statement was raised in the parliament, the people in District 3 were somewhat shocked. But after careful consideration, they also admitted that this was indeed a better solution.

Hope's biggest crises, the DIE virus and the beast rampage, have already been safely overcome. There shouldn't be any major dangers ahead, but smaller ones are bound to remain. Immigrating ordinary people there beforehand, gradually occupying and encroaching on Hope's land, bringing it under Earth's control, and once the situation stabilizes, higher-ups can migrate there, naturally eliminating any problems.

These ordinary people are scattered and difficult to organize. With the help of some other means, we can ensure that Hope Star remains under control.

At the same time, this is also a way to seize and allocate resources.

Each region and each major family must make plans for themselves and send people to mark out the territory in advance, so as to bring resource-rich areas under their control. It would naturally be best to start developing there directly later.

Because of these considerations, the three district governments began intensive immigration preparations after the meeting.

The only thing that puzzled Bai Shu and Xuan Zijie was that their proposal to pre-emptively relocate the lower-class population to Hope Star was not approved. Ultimately, the first batch of five million immigrants was selected from the 20th to 40th floors. Voluntary registration was the primary method, with compulsory conscription if insufficient numbers were available.

Neither Bai Shu nor Xuan Zijie thought much about this. Since the higher-ups had made such a decision, there must have been a reason. They didn't know what it was yet, but they didn't really care.

But Yang Jia cares a lot.

Bai Shu and Xuan Zijie both came from aristocratic families, and their status, stance, and perspective on issues were different from those of ordinary people. To them, the lower classes were just a concept and a number. They had no specific understanding of what it meant, and had never witnessed what kind of life they lived.

Yang Jia is different. She has always regarded herself as an ordinary person. Thinking from an ordinary person's perspective, she always feels that there seems to be some conspiracy hidden in this matter.

But this is not something she can find out now.

So we can only put this issue aside for the time being.

But she didn't expect that she would get the answer to this question soon.

…

The answer was brought by Zhuo Tianyang.

Yang Jia never knew what this elusive player was trying to do.

The last time they met outside the city, Yang Jia thought he was trying to remind her of something, but Zhuo Tianyang just repeated the ballad and refused to say anything else, leaving her confused. Later, Yang Jia experienced her own experience of being infected with the virus, narrowly escaping death, and becoming single-minded in her research on the virus, and gradually let the matter go.

It was not until she saw Zhuo Tianyang again that she realized that she had no time to study the ballad again.

Thinking back on it now, perhaps because so much time had passed, the impression formed previously had faded, so when Yang Jia read those words again, he suddenly had new feelings and thoughts. Especially the last sentence.

One day, the whole world will fall asleep.

When Yang Jia first saw it, he thought it would be the first line of the ballad, representing the period after the apocalyptic disaster. But in the end, it turned out to be the last line. He didn't think much of it at the time, but now he finds it shocking.

Will this game world eventually fall into sleep?

So what about them?

Players, NPCs, and the flowers, trees, fish, water, blue sky and white clouds in this world...will all of this disappear?

These words were hidden in the ballad, becoming something that was bound to happen. With a dark and ominous meaning, they lay quietly on the yellowed and old parchment scroll.

Yang Jia thought she understood the world well enough, knew enough. But now it seemed she had only scratched the surface. What was the core secret hidden beneath all this?

Who can give her an answer?