A year later, Zhou Donglai finally mastered the body language and successfully infiltrated the Free Will Alliance.

This underground organization that operates in secret has its own name, which sounds very impressive.

Free will, in this extreme situation, advocates the power of personal choice.

It sounds very noble and blameless. After all, everyone has the right to choose his own life.

But if the free will of some people needs to be based on the premise of damaging the collective interests and common will of more people, and it will shake the foundation of the existence of the race, this so-called free will becomes a rootless duckweed, lacking height and depth.

Selfish people always say why should I contribute to society, my contribution has far exceeded the return I have received.

But the person who said this has already removed himself from the social operating system in his mind, focusing only on personal characteristics and ignoring the social attributes of being a human being.

It is easy for people to fall into misunderstandings, thinking that their food is not a gift from society and the group, but only comes from the wages obtained from work or in exchange for contribution points. They think that this is a narrow business measured by money, rather than a broad social life.

In fact, it is wrong.

As early as in ancient times, when humans began to learn tribal life, learned to support each other in groups, and learned to fight to the death with beasts to save each other's lives, humans have already deeply realized one point under the education of nature.

No one can live a meaningful life by fighting alone.

In modern technological society, this phenomenon is particularly obvious. Any personal item, from the most primitive raw materials to consumer goods in people's hands, must go through at least several or even dozens of links of transfer and deep processing before it can become cars, computers, mobile phones and other items that ordinary consumers can use.

Work can indeed be exchanged for rewards, but the rewards themselves also need to go through the operation of the economic system to become food, learning tools, wine, cigarettes, tea, entertainment tools, personal customized modified combat equipment function packages and other personal items. It is

impossible for a person to produce food, promote science, and engage in the manufacture of production tools, let alone develop civilization.

This is because human beings are fragile and short-lived.

The basic attributes of human beings include social attributes.

In addition to material civilization, society's spiritual value to people should not be ignored. Isolation will make people's spirit lose the nourishment of social attributes.

Isolated people are equivalent to walking corpses. If people want to live meaningfully, they must not ignore society.

Individuals must never ignore one point, that is, even if they use their own work to exchange for living materials, there is still the labor of others.

The essence of human beings always depends on the collective to exist.

Extreme individual liberalism is essentially to only recognize one's own labor and deny the help of society and the collective to oneself as an individual. It is also extremely selfish.

This truth is very obvious. People born on planets and living in space stations are self-taught.

But some of the second and third generations born in the nameless fleet forgot this point in their active or passive self-indulgence, and pursued despicable pursuits with seemingly noble reasons.

Zhou Donglai's way of gaining others' trust is not complicated, nor is it profound.

He did not ask for a high position at first, and only had a brief contact with a cold storage manager after falling asleep.

This person is a third generation and a marginal person of free will.

When this person first discovered that Zhou Donglai was pretending to be asleep, he was shocked and almost immediately strictly enforced the fleet management regulations and reported on the spot.

But Zhou Donglai successfully convinced him, told him about his troubles, and proposed to learn body language and integrate into the underground organization.

Zhou Donglai has a very high military rank and a high reputation among the second generation. It can even be said that he is the person with the highest position and the most outstanding talent among those who have actively joined the organization. He deserves attention.

Since then, this cold storage manager has become Zhou Donglai's contact person.

Half a year ago, Zhou Donglai pointed out the disadvantages of body language as a way of communication.

He said, "Don't underestimate the learning ability of artificial intelligence. Fleet intelligence does not yet have the ability to master body language, but through the collection of large amounts of data, and then comparison, it can ultimately solve problems that humans cannot solve using statistical methods. This is the talent that distinguishes artificial intelligence from us. If we want to win, we must stay in touch, share what we have, maintain spirit, coordinate planning, and transform the organization from a loose group into a real collective. Otherwise, the so-called planning is just a child's play."

"Colonel Zhou, what do you think we should do?"

"The only thing that can deceive artificial intelligence is artificial intelligence. I have studied intelligence from General Qin Guang and know how to establish a top-level secret channel in the quantum network that artificial intelligence cannot access. We can use this channel to build a dark web of our own."

"Impossible! The Mastermind is always loyal to the Empire."

Zhou Donglai laughed, "You are ridiculously wrong. There are three reasons for your mistake. First, you have no right to know some of the highest-level secrets. I can tell you that Mastermind Fanxing is not loyal to the Empire, or even to humanity. She is only loyal to the Sages. Second, the expedition plan was not arranged by the Sages, so no matter what strategy we adopt, in Mastermind Fanxing's judgment, it will only be the internal affairs of the Sages' successors and has nothing to do with her. She will not deliberately target us. Third, the fleet's artificial intelligence is only a sub-body of Mastermind Fanxing. It does not have human-like emotional judgment capabilities and will only execute established basic principles that can be operated offline. For the specific principles, please refer to the first and second articles."

"Okay, I will report your words truthfully."

After several tentative experiments, the Free Will Alliance confirmed the safety of the top-secret channel provided by Zhou Donglai.

Zhou Donglai's original position was too high, and the help he provided to the alliance was too great, so he successfully entered the core circle.

Not only that, Zhou Donglai also formulated a strict action plan and organizational framework outline for the alliance. It only took ten years to combine this loose underground organization into a highly mobile whole.

The original team with Ophiroth Cage as the spiritual leader naturally gathered around Zhou Donglai.

Ophiroth had no objection to this, which showed that the young man really had no selfish motives, but was just fighting for his self-proclaimed lofty ideals.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing.

In 2907, a top-secret meeting was held in the Free Will Alliance.

All leaders unanimously recognized a fact.

The fleet has changed direction and is no longer moving away from the Milky Way. It is approaching the Milky Way again, aiming directly at the center of the Milky Way.

It is about to enter the heart of the Milky Way, and action must be taken as soon as possible.

According to front-line intelligence, after the first contact war between humans and the Compound Eyes, the Compound Eyes have changed their strategy and are no longer blindly confident. Instead, they have already madly developed the slave civilization.

The slave fleet that seems to be endless is proof of this.

Well, it can be expected that the military deployment of the compound eyes near the Silver Center at this time must not be as empty as in the history of nothingness, but full of militarized development star systems like arsenals, countless war fortresses that can produce a large number of troops at any time, and slave fleets that are ready to go.

So if the nameless fleet is lucky, it can still sneak into the Silver Center, but it will encounter a large enemy force and the possibility of a large-scale war is increasing.

This matter is not transferred by human will, but only determined by luck, and a decision must be made as soon as possible.

...

A small dispute occurred in Solent Cage's bedroom.

The two parties in dispute were General Solent Cage and his son Ophiroth Cage.

However, no one discovered this secret.

The communication between the father and son was only completed in their respective silent flipping of books.

"Father, someone told me that General Qin is secretly investigating us and intends to collect a list and execute us."

"That's impossible. Although your behavior is unwelcome, it is just some minor disagreements. According to the regulations of the second-level control, it is far from the level that requires military punishment. Of course, when General Qin collects a complete list, you will definitely be punished, which will also bring a stain to your reputation. I have already advised you to stop, but you are stubborn. It's not too late to turn back now."

"No, father. Do you remember the first-level control that General Qin once mentioned? The first-level control is subject to the death penalty. You were deceived by his concession. He never gave up, and he did want to execute some people. I am one of the leaders of the alliance. Others may survive, but I will definitely die. Even if I don't die, I am afraid I will be brainwashed into a combat blanker."

"Who is your source of information?"

"Zhou Donglai. Qin Guang's student."

"I'll go talk to General Qin."

"Then you will kill me, Zhou Donglai, and more people. Father, the will of freedom cannot be stopped. The wildfire has spread and cannot be stopped. Anyway, a war may break out at any time. There is no point in hiding our whereabouts. It will only increase the probability a little. We don't need to give up more than one billion lives for this little probability. There are many geniuses in the third generation of human beings, whether in science, combat, or We have a lot of talents in management. But now you see, we have to raise offspring for that woman who does not contribute anything. One after another, we are forced to work in fields we do not like and are not good at. This wastes not only our time, but also our lives and the value of our lives. Some people could have invented stronger new weapons, better equipment, and had the opportunity to become as strong as Instructor Tong. But because of Qin Guang's pedantry, we stopped. Before. He kept saying that everything was for the highest goal, but he didn't think that his own corruption was damaging the strength of the fleet and suppressing our progress. Qin Guang has become a stumbling block in history! It's time to change the status quo. We should give everyone true freedom! Give everyone the real right to choose! Father, support me once. Even if it's just this time. I won't be a deserter, I will go to Yinxin with you and die there bravely. I am very Many of my friends have the same idea as me. This is our active choice and we should not be forced to do it. However, the other second and third generations are innocent, and their fate should not be determined before they are born! They should also have the right to choose. They are not regarded as human beings at all, but pathetic tools! You fight for your own honor, but have you ever asked these people what they really want in their hearts?"

Ophiroth turned the pages quickly.

The sound of turning pages was like a storm in the small room.

After a long time, Solent trembled his fingers.

"I know what you want. Only senior officers can get close to General Qin without strict security. He and I are comrades-in-arms who swore a blood oath, and I can't help you kill him."

"No, father. You just need to cooperate with our actions and make him unconscious. We just want to knock him out and put him in the freezer. Father, you have been sleeping for nearly thirty years these years. But General Qin has always refused to fall asleep. He is getting older and older, and it is time for him to rest. When we arrive at Yinxin, we will wake him up and return the command to him. General Qin is best at marching and fighting. His precious life and talents should not be wasted on a boring journey. I know he has designated the descendants of that woman as his successor, but father, don't you think this is ridiculous? How can we pin our hopes on a person who has not yet been born hundreds of years in advance? This is simply ridiculous!"

A long time later, Solent Cage closed the book.

"Okay. Go and have a rest. We'll act in eight hours."

...

Qin Guang and Emerson were forcibly frozen.

His most trusted deputy, Solent Cage, ambushed him in his office.

Due to the careful arrangement and few people knowing about it, the incident did not cause much commotion in the fleet at first. It happened quietly.

Everyone in the fleet received a notice.

The notice said that General Qin's telomere report showed that he did not have much time left. He changed his mind and chose to enter cryogenic sleep, and temporarily handed over the command to Solent Cage.

His student Zhou Donglai woke up and became General Cage's adjutant.

Subsequently, the fleet operation system began to evolve peacefully, secondary military control was abandoned, and ubiquitous surveillance and spying were abolished.

The fleet command also announced that it would open up voluntary registration. Those who want to leave the fleet will be able to board the free will column in five years and head to the endless deep space of the universe.

In addition, researchers who are tired of the Nunu Project can also choose their own career direction.

Although the Nunu Project has a very high priority sequence in the built-in program of the intelligent mainframe, and participating in the project will definitely get the most generous rewards, there are still tens of millions of practitioners who change their industries on the spot.

As for the number of people who signed up to join the Free Will Column, there were countless people.

Among the nearly one billion third-generation population, the registration rate was as high as 80%.

Ophelos was shocked.

The situation was a little different from what he imagined.

Among the people he knew, only about 30% of the third generation tended to leave the fleet before, but when the registration channel was opened, a large number of grassroots personnel swarmed in, and many people around him also quickly changed their minds.

Ophelos went to question these people who broke their promises. But

the answer he got was this.

"Since it is free will, it should not be bound, including promises and decisions you have made. Everyone should have the right to choose and the right to regret."

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