Subsequently, a nationwide genetic modification program covering millions of people within the territory of the Morrowind Empire and five thousand light years beyond the border began to be implemented.

From the nearly three hundred year old octogenarians to the newborn babies, all underwent surgery within six months.

The operation cycle will be extended for another four to five months until most of the frozen embryos, as well as the fetuses currently being artificially conceived and conceived by the mother, have all undergone the transformation operation. After

that, the ultimate genetic modification program will be completely terminated, because according to the results of the previous tests, it has been proven that the newly added basic laws will truly be integrated into the genetic information of human beings.

From now on, the human species has undergone a true "evolution" under artificial guidance, marking that humans have completely jumped out of the limitations of galactic humans and become the next new species.

Humans renamed their new species "cosmic humans".

To date, Earthlings have completed the entire journey from Earthlings to galactic humans and then to cosmic humans.

Changes at the species level do not mean that humans have given up the past, but rather that while continuing the past, they open their hearts and embrace the future.

As long as they can survive, humans don't even mind growing an extra pair of hands or feet.

Only a race that can continue to exist is a meaningful form.

When people become cosmic humans one after another, they begin to line up to undergo the second stage of transformation.

The transformation involves using complex technical means to engrave the "Convention of Fate" into the basic thinking of human beings through the resonance of quantum storms in the human brain and external information, forming an ultimate rule that cannot be violated, resisted, or forgotten.

The priority of this ultimate rule in people's hearts is equivalent to the desire for survival that people are born with as biological beings.

There is no need to be taught or even master human language. Every newborn has already formed a strong sense of civilization responsibility and historical mission in his heart from the moment he cries for the first time and inhales the first breath of air.

The mark of the Convention of Fate connects each individual to the entire civilization, allowing individuals to recognize their personal values ​​while also recognizing the relationship of mutual achievement between individuals and the group.

The concept that the convention conveys to individuals can be simply summarized as individual values ​​and group values ​​must be broadly equal.

Moreover, this broad equality will be fine-tuned appropriately based on the background of the times and the needs of civilization.

Now is an age of war and resistance, and human beings must put group interests above individual interests.

Having failed nine times, no matter what the final result of the tenth time is, and no matter what the strength comparison between the two sides is, human beings must have a firm doomsday mentality that the enemy is strong and we are weak, and must abandon illusions, pay great attention to the enemy, and be humble about our own strength, so as to have the greatest possibility of avoiding the tenth failure.

Assuming that mankind has achieved the final victory, when the war has just ended, individual interests can gradually return to the same level as group interests.

After a period of time after the war ends, all mankind is in a truly peaceful era, the potential risks of external competition gradually decrease until they disappear, and after the contradictions of civilizations have once again turned from internal and external contradictions to internal contradictions, mankind needs to maintain vitality through moderate internal competition. In order to encourage a small number of outstanding talents who are ahead of their time to exert their subjective initiative and create more value for themselves and for civilization, individual interests can be allowed to be slightly higher than group interests.

However, no matter at any time and under any historical background, individual interests must never be allowed to completely overwhelm group interests.

The individual here includes not only individuals, but also a certain star field, a certain planet, a certain space station, and a certain enterprise in a certain industry.

Compared with the entire civilization, no matter how large the organization is, it can only be regarded as a tiny individual.

When unity is needed, allowing individual interests to override the interests of the group will inevitably lead to the destruction of the group.

Before the risk of extinction disappears completely, all individuals, institutions, and organizations must take the interests of the entire civilization as the highest purpose.

Individuals or small groups that violate the fundamental interests of the community of human destiny, betray their faith, and actively start a war, and their main leaders and ideological builders will be regarded as traitors to civilization, must bear responsibility, and be listed as public enemies of mankind.

The above information will be engraved in people's minds and become a sword of punishment hanging over everyone's head.

As for the judgment of public enemies, it is handed over to the main brain Fanxing.

The nearly omniscient Fanxing and the countless sub-intelligences she controls will use about 1~1.5% of the computing power to make a comprehensive judgment on individuals in all human beings at an average frequency of once a week.

Once some individuals are judged by Fanxing as public enemies and have a high potential risk of becoming public enemies, there will be a series of review and trial measures waiting for him.

Under the premise that Fanxing still serves humanity wholeheartedly, the earthlings have established a fully informationized cosmic-level war country system.

As long as Fanxing remains Fanxing, the comprehensive disclosure and monitoring of quantum information will completely eliminate the lies that violate human ethics.

Will conspiracy theory disappear temporarily in the history of civilization? "Non-existent utopia" has completely stepped into reality from ideal.

Fanxing's judgment on the public enemy of mankind can adhere to the principle of absolute fairness, justice and openness.

The leadership of this empire once again bet the hope of civilization's survival on the trust in Chen Feng and Fanxing.

Of course, this is a manifestation of extreme legal system, and it is also an adventurous act of walking on a tightrope.

If Fanxing betrays or is controlled by the enemy one day, the system on which human civilization depends for survival will become extremely fragile, and may even collapse.

In a sense, this is a harm to the Republic, but extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, and the then-empire leaders decided to take this step bravely.

This generation of leaders knows that perhaps in the future, they will be labeled as butchers, executioners, anti-human criminals, tools of artificial intelligence, and mindless humanoid machines.

But the leaders represented by Zhou Donglai don't care.

They even look forward to being scolded.

Because when future generations have the energy to reflect on whether the various policies of the war years are correct, it has been proved that mankind has escaped the crisis of extinction.

People must first be full and warm before they can think about rainy days.

To use Zhou Donglai's original words, "If someone really comes to dig up my grave and whip my corpse a hundred thousand years from now, if I still have a spirit in heaven, I will not be angry, but will smile in my grave. The harder the whipping, the better. After all, I will be dead by then, and it has to be painful for me to feel it."

Someone else said, "We made a choice similar to a gamble. From an individual perspective, the treaty has no mandatory enforcement power. But if you magnify the individual to the entire empire with a population of millions of trillions, this Pact of Destiny will connect the minds of countless people, allowing us to be united both actively and passively, forming a bond that cannot be broken in the short term."

After a year, after the last person's transformation surgery was completed and the mark of the Pact of Destiny was successfully engraved, something incredible happened.

A unique and complex emotion began to rise up in everyone's heart.

This was the resonance of the soul, the perfect blend of collective wisdom and individual wisdom.

At this moment, all human beings became "heartless".

This emotion was so hot that it seemed to jump out of people's hearts, pierce the sky, and burn the universe.

At this moment, millions of people in the Morning Wind Empire ignited a strong sense of belonging to themselves as human beings, expressed the deepest love for themselves and the existence of the entire civilization, and at the same time expressed the most profound hatred for visible and invisible enemies.

Those compatriots and ourselves who died under the enemy's butcher knife in real history and imaginary history are no longer imaginary stories, but have become memories shared by everyone.

Dong Shan, 81 years old at the time, was already the head of a core scientific research project in the School of Earth Sciences and a top scholar who had just attended the highest leadership meeting of mankind. He issued a deafening cry in the high-level report.

"Although the universe is vast, if we don't kill the enemy, human beings will never have peace and will never have a place to survive. Our sparks have already set out, and it is their job to try to leave hope. And our mission is to hold our ground, not only to block the enemy in the Milky Way, but also to destroy the enemy in the Milky Way. We are the scientists who stay in the universe..."

Yes, Old Dong has grown up.

Although Old Dong is not an old man now, he is often called "Little Dong" by others. He is young and has little experience, but he has proved his talent and proved that it is no accident that he can hold a high position and make outstanding contributions in every timeline.

Every senior leader knew that the young Dong Shan was trusted and valued by the sage Chen Feng.

Dong Shan was a very special person in the hearts of the empire's senior leaders, and people placed special feelings on him.

His words were contagious in a way that ordinary people could not, and would make people follow and agree unconsciously.

On the expeditionary side, Zhou Donglai couldn't help but say: "We are the expeditionary force that is rushing to 20,000 light years..."

Dong Shan's voice spread out.

One after another, people opened their mouths.

"We are the engineers who build the fortress..."

"We are..."

Dong Shan: "From today on, mankind has officially completed the difficult journey from Earth humans to Milky Way humans, and then to the universe humans. We are the embryo of the universe humans! Our mission is to stand at our post and kill the enemy without leaving a single piece of armor in the Milky Way! The Milky Way will eventually belong to the universe humans, and the universe will eventually belong to the universe humans!"

Millions of trillions of voices echoed throughout the Milky Way.

After the voice fell, endless silence enveloped civilization for a full five minutes.

During these five minutes, except for the artificial intelligence machines that were still busy, everyone put aside their work and closed their eyes, quietly feeling the fiery mark of the Fate Convention beating deep in their hearts, until tears welled up in their eyes and they woke up with horror.

...

In the command room of the core squadron of the Nameless Fleet, a handsome young man with a cold expression but a pair of smart big eyes was looking at the back of the middle-aged man in front of him with a slightly admiring look.

"Teacher, you are an amazing person. Not only did you solve the potential crisis within our fleet, but you also helped the entire civilization solve a huge potential crisis."

said the young man.

The middle-aged man turned around and shook his head slightly, "This is just the beginning, and I just inherited my teacher's work and did what I should do. By the way, Xiao Tang, I have read the technical report. The engraving of your destiny mark was also successful."

"Yes, teacher."

"Congratulations."

"Huh?"

"I also got a piece of news. The empire gave the hundreds of existing colonial transformation predecessors the right to choose independently, and they took the initiative to ask for the mark. They also succeeded. This proves one thing, reproductive isolation has not excluded you and those colonial transformation predecessors from the large collective of human civilization. What determines that we are compatriots and family members is not our bodies, but our hearts."

After speaking, Zhou Donglai pointed to his head.

Tang Xiaao showed a long-lost smile on his face, "Thank you, teacher."

"No need."

"Teacher, I didn't participate in the last sudden battle. When can I..."

"Don't think about these nonsense, you are still not ready. Get out."

"Okay, teacher, I got it."

Watching Tang Xiaao leave, Zhou Donglai turned around and pulled the fleet to report the data.

Ten years have passed since the split. When the core fleet was split, the resources, productivity and population left behind were ten times that of other small teams, so the fleet size expanded very quickly.

At present, the size of the core fleet has expanded to 963 ships.

Among them, there are 322 combat ships, 406 resource ships and scientific research ships, and 235 population reproduction ships.

The combat ships can accommodate 1.03 million combat personnel at full strength. The resource and research ships can accommodate 2.09 million staff at full strength.

However, the total number of adults in the fleet is less than 200,000, and there is a large gap in personnel at various positions. Most ships can only operate with the assistance of artificial intelligence. The total

number of children under the age of ten growing up in the breeding ships is nearly 10 million, and the age ratio is very harmonious. This year, nearly one million children will turn ten years old and can continue to study while gradually taking up positions.

If everything goes well, the core fleet will have at least 30 million people, 30,000 manned ships and 80,000 unmanned ships around 2940.

The development speed of other teams is much slower, but they are basically expanding steadily.

However, not every team is lucky enough.

After ten years, there are only 11,300 teams left of the 12,000 teams that set out at the beginning.

On average, more than 60 teams are lost each year, and several teams die every month.

Whenever there are reports of casualties and war damage, Zhou Donglai's heart will be filled with lingering grief and a deep sense of guilt.

Especially when he thinks of the growing children who were caught up in the war, his heart will surge with real pain like a knife and fire.

He felt so guilty that he couldn't tell anyone.

He almost couldn't bear the pressure.

But now, the mark of fate gave him a brief spiritual liberation.

Another new report appeared in front of him. The 8763rd Squadron, whose population had grown to 830,000, encountered a strong enemy. After resisting for a month, they chose to flee in different directions. They persisted for another three months and all died three minutes ago.

The sacrifice of the 8763rd Squadron was not meaningless. They successfully led the enemy's pursuit army away for dozens of light years, covering the smooth sneaking of the other seven squads.

Zhou Donglai sighed and said to himself, "I know I have committed serious sins. Like the ancient sages, I have countless apologies to say to countless people. I know my apologies are as light as a feather, but I have no choice. If there is a spirit after death, I will kowtow to them one by one. But now, let me hide my apologies deep in my heart."

...

"Keep moving forward! Target the Yunding star field!"