"We took the initiative to wipe out a part of the population before the resources were exhausted." Thanos said.

"What!" Quite a few people were shocked.

One person even slapped the case and angrily rebuked: "Slaughter your own people, Sanos, are you kidding? ”

Sanos looked at him: "So what do you think?" If we do not take the initiative to reduce the population, we will be wiped out within a hundred years, and then not only some, but all of them will die. ”

Not to be outdone, the man said, "No matter what, we can't swing the butcher's knife at our own people!" ”

"So you don't have any opinions?" Sanos said.

The man froze.

Sanoston snorted coldly: "Hmph, don't criticize without advice, otherwise it will only look like you are stupid." ”

"You call me stupid?" The man asked angrily.

"Yes." Thanos simply admitted, staring at him coldly at the same time.

"You!"

Kronos knocked on the table, "Silence." ”

The hall finally became quiet, but someone said, "I don't approve of such an offer, it's ridiculous." ”

Kronos also said: "Sanos, your proposal just now really does not have to be considered......"

"Does this need to be considered?" Unconvinced, Thanos rhetorically asked, "Total extinction or partial extinction, does anyone want to choose the former?" ”

He looked around at the audience: "Of course you can refute my proposal, but you should do so with a better proposal, instead of childish, worthless complaints like "this is too cruel" and "it's ridiculous." ”

One hesitates and says, "We can moderate the use of resources......"

"We've been in moderation." Sanos looked at him, "Of course you don't feel anything, but the lives of most people have long been hovering on the subsistence line. ”

"No amount of economy can be saved. If the Eternal Protoss wants not to exterminate the Immortal Race, they can only destroy a part of the population by themselves first. ”

Kronos looked at him, "What part of the clan do you plan to exterminate?" ”

"Random." "I devised a plan that would ensure that the whole process was fair, and that everyone would decide life and death with equal probability," Sanos said. ”

“…… Those chosen by death can die quietly by taking medicine, instead of being brutally killed by famine and war in the future, and our race can be continued, which is the best solution, and the only solution is to perish. ”

Dozens of people looked at each other and didn't speak.

Sanos looked at Kronos: "Grandfather? ”

Kronos was silent for a moment, but finally shook his head: "Let's control our resources first...... Starting today, all members of the clan will be given daily necessities according to the minimum standards. ”

"Alright, let's all go back."

With that, he got up and left the hall, and the group dispersed, leaving Thanos alone.

Thanos sat alone in the room, silent for a long time, until the evening, and finally had to leave in silence.

The hall is still splendid, but as soon as you come out, you can't go far, and there are all kinds of withered scenes as far as the eye can see.

Buildings in disrepair, dilapidated roads and bridges...... And the dim sky that underpins it all, it's almost an apocalyptic scene.

In the distance, a red sun slowly set, making the sky darker and darker.

"Thanos."

Sanos turned his head when he heard this, and then showed a rare smile: "Cehira, long time no see." ”

Behind him was a beautiful woman with short black hair, who walked over and asked with a smile, "Did you just go to the meeting and what did you talk about?" ”

Sanos sighed: "No, nothing to talk about, no progress, they vetoed my plan." ”

"What's your plan?" Cehira asked.

Sanos said slowly: "In another one or two hundred years at most, the resources of the Titan Star will be exhausted. The only thing we can do now is to avoid the worst outcome and wipe out a part of the population in advance to ensure that the Eternal Protoss does not become extinct, which is exactly my plan. ”

Cehira was silent.

Thanos waited for a few seconds, then couldn't help but look directly into her face, only to see a look similar to that of most of the people in the hall before.

This made him clench his fists, deeply disappointed and a little angry: "Don't you approve of my plan either?" ”

"This ...... It's cruel. Cehira said with her head bowed.

Her words made Sanos's face churn for a while, and it took a long time to regain his calm.

Thanos took a deep breath: "There is a similar problem circulating in most civilizations in the universe, commonly known as the "tram problem". ”

"What do you mean by the tram problem?" Cehira had apparently not heard of it.

Sanos continued: "There was a tram that was traveling along the tracks, and its controls failed, so it could only steer, not stop. ”

"At this point, there are two tracks in front of this tram, one track with five people and the other track with only one person, as a driver, would you choose to crash into those five people or would you choose to crash into that one person?"

Cehira's brows furrowed when she heard this, and she fell into thought.

Thanos replied on her behalf, "There is no doubt that everyone will choose to sacrifice that one in order to save those five...... Isn't that exactly what I'm proposing? ”

"Nope." But Cehira shook her head.

Sanos stopped and looked at her in bewilderment.

Cehira also paused and listened to her, "It seems like this, but what if it were a different scenario?" ”

Sanos: "What's the scenario?" ”

"There are five dying patients in the ward, one who needs a heart transplant, one who needs a lung transplant, one who needs a liver transplant, one who needs a kidney transplant, and one who needs a spleen transplant," Cehira said. ”

"At this moment, a healthy person passed by the ward, and if you were a doctor, would you choose to sacrifice all of this person's organs to save the five people in the ward?"

Sanos was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, but his brows did not stretch, but he was a little flustered: "No, no, Cecila, you must have stolen some concepts, let me think about ......"

Cehira didn't give him time to think, and then said, "Thanos, you have admirable courage and wisdom, you were my idol, but I have to say that there are some things you don't understand. ”

Sanos looked at her, his mouth open as if he was about to say something, but he couldn't speak for a long time, as if petrified.

"I still have something, I'll go first." Cehira then said goodbye to him, turned and hurried away, disappearing into the night.

Looking at her vanishing back, Sanos clenched his fists and roared.

"Boom!" He destroyed a stone pillar beside him, and rubble flew down.

"It's the only solution!"