Earth
Office of the Speaker of the SUPP.
The office door slowly opened, and Fang Xu's voice came from outside.
"Speaker Hong, are you free now?"
The sound of a chair moving and footsteps rang out simultaneously, followed by Hong Qiming's somewhat muffled voice.
"Academician Fang, it's been a long time!"
Accompanied by hurried footsteps, the deep voice gradually grew louder: "Quickly, please come in!"
Looking at the familiar face with a few wrinkles in the office, Fang Xu smiled again after a long time.
"Long time no see, long time no see. The last time we met was probably hundreds of years ago, wasn't it?" Fang Xu looked at Hong Qiming with a teasing expression and strode into the office.
"Sigh!" Hong Qiming waved his hand helplessly. "If you include the time spent in hibernation, it's been almost eight hundred years since we last met."
"When I woke up this morning, I even felt like I was falling behind the times."
"Warp drive... something I never even dared to dream of before has come true!"
Faced with Hong Qiming's exclamation, Fang Xu sat down in the chair with a smile.
"How about it?"
"Are you free now?" he asked with a smile.
"I'm free! Of course I'm free!!"
Hong Qiming said repeatedly, "The council has just woken up from hibernation, and now no one knows what to do."
As he spoke, he spread his hands and looked at Fang Xu with a helpless expression: "There's nothing we can do. Apart from the academicians of your Academy of Sciences, no ordinary people have woken up. We can't do anything even if we want to."
Fang Xu smiled and looked at Hong Qiming: "Don't worry, Chairman Hong."
"That's why I'm here to cause you trouble."
Hong Qiming: "???"
Is that how you talk?
Or is he simply out of touch with the times?
“Currently, human civilization has entered the fifth level of civilization, and we have the basic ability to protect ourselves.” Fang Xu’s expression became slightly more serious. “Therefore, Professor Lü has decided to change our policy towards extraterrestrial civilizations.”
"We need to develop our own power."
Hong Qiming's eyes flickered slightly.
"you mean……"
"ally?"
Has the Academy of Sciences discovered other civilizations yet?
“Not an ally.” Fang Xu shook his head slightly, correcting Hong Qiming’s statement. “To be precise, they are vassals.”
Hong Qiming abruptly stopped speaking, then asked in an incredulous tone, "Vassal?"
"Indeed, a subordinate civilization."
Fang Xu explained in detail: "We need to provide the subordinate civilizations with key technologies, and they, in turn, need to give up various resources and even their lives!"
"This model of civilization development imitates the civilization of cleaners."
"The development of advanced civilizations requires more and more resources."
"Although the universe is not lacking in resources, it is just... too big!"
"In order to ensure the rapid development of human civilization, it is necessary to absorb a sufficient number of subordinate civilizations."
Hong Qiming nodded silently: "I understand."
"So, Professor Lü means..."
“As you know, the people at the Academy of Sciences are all into research. It would be better to let them die than deal with these complex relationships between civilizations,” Fang Xu said with a self-deprecating laugh. “Therefore, Professor Lü wants to select some people from the council for training to be specifically responsible for liaison between human civilization and other civilizations, as well as the absorption of affiliated civilizations.”
"Don't worry about the theoretical aspects; the Sociology Department will do its best to assist them."
Hong Qiming suddenly realized.
He frowned slightly and began to think carefully.
"Let me think about it..."
As he spoke, he reached out and pulled up the information on the councilors, and began to screen them one by one.
“Pro-foreignism… I’m afraid we should exclude these lawmakers first,” Hong Qiming muttered to himself. “But such people are an outlier in the parliament anyway.”
Fang Xu didn't speak, but simply nodded in agreement.
Subordinate civilizations are just a nice-sounding term, after all.
A "good member of parliament" who adheres to pro-foreign principles is incapable of doing the "dirty work" of absorbing subordinate civilizations!
"To be honest, I sometimes admire you," Fang Xu said with a wry smile. "I just can't understand how pro-foreigners could appear in Parliament under those circumstances, and how you tolerated them."
Hong Qiming shrugged: "Simply put, if a bird is big enough, it can be found in any kind of forest."
Fang Xu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"As for how to tolerate them..." Hong Qiming waved his hand, looking at Fang Xu with a helpless expression, "This is the parliament after all, I can only pretend I didn't see their proposal."
As he spoke, Hung Chi-ming crossed out the names of some councilors again: "Extreme xenophobia, these also have to be excluded."
"Otherwise, forget about absorbing subordinate civilizations, who knows what kind of trouble they might cause..."
This time, the list was quickly reduced.
Clearly, extreme xenophobia is the prevailing ideology among lawmakers.
Hong Qiming carefully examined the list in front of him, which had been streamlined several times, and pondered for a moment.
"I've got it."
He raised his hand and circled a name: "Lin Shuguang, I remember this kid, he's good material."
Fang Xu curiously clicked on Lin Shuguang's identity information.
"Wow! A member of the new generation born on Dawn Star!" he exclaimed in surprise. "To become a councilor at such a young age, his abilities are extraordinary!"
Hong Qiming smiled and affirmed Fang Xu's words.
"It's extraordinary."
"Born into the social welfare system, they received a good education."
“He has a strong sense of belonging and responsibility to human civilization, and is xenophobic but not extreme, which perfectly matches Professor Lü’s requirements.”
"His ability to perform under pressure was also up to par..."
"Alright, let's go with him!" Fang Xu interrupted Hong Qiming and made the decision directly. "I trust the candidate recommended by Speaker Hong."
"However, just to be on the safe side, the Sociology Department may need to conduct a few more tests."
Hong Qiming smiled and nodded, saying, "That's only right! After all, this is a major event concerning civilizations, so it's always good to be cautious."
"By the way, Speaker Hong," Fang Xu said as he stood up, "help me pick a few more people. We can't assign him to all the tasks, can we?"
"Good, good, good!" Hong Qiming's smile grew even wider. "Give me a day. Once I've selected the candidates, I'll have them report directly to the School of Sociology."
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