Chapter 169: Guilty of Guilt
Bender didn't know why Mark asked such a question without a head, so he had to answer no, he was born in the golden age, he had neither experienced the hijacking incident, nor experienced the hardships of rebuilding the earth, they were born to enjoy the convenience brought by the times, and enjoyed the welfare system and superior environment brought to them by society, but even so, a genius like Bender who went to college at the age of fourteen is also a minority, and he belongs to the group of people who are especially lucky in the golden generation, he was born in the Americas, But when the War of the Five Regions broke out, he happened to go to the moon to attend college, avoiding the terrible war.
Usually young people like him would choose progressives, but Bender is a maverick, has always supported the shady faction, and is the staunchest group of supporters, never wavering from beginning to end.
He doesn't have any special opinion about Mark, when he was born, Mark has been hibernating for more than twenty years, the media of this era only needs seven days of memory, with the recovery of economy and culture, society is back on track, and the spirit of entertainment is also returning, especially in the golden age, even the greatest figures, will soon be covered by lace news, the vast majority of people only retain Mark's deeds as a representative of the negotiations between humanity and the alliance, winning the right to fight for humanity, and also unveiling the shady era. This is the content of the textbook, so everyone knows about it, and few people know about Mark's other deeds, and even among young people, Mark has mixed reviews, some people think that he is a hero, and some people think that his actions have brought disaster to mankind, and maybe compromise can win a better ending for mankind.
"Of course not, my parents were still children at the time of the hijacking."
"If you had been through it, you wouldn't have come up with this stupid idea, all of you here...... If you had lived through that era, you would not have approved of his ideas. Mark said in a somewhat cold tone: "You should have at least heard about the events of that era, right?" ”
"Mr. Mark, I have a lot of respect for you, but what we are doing now is to solve the problem...... Instead of dwelling on the past, you're a hero of the times, but you have to look forward, you can understand. Bender pulled the conversation back to his side.
"Do you think I'm leaning on the old and selling the old?"
"No, no, how could I think that, I just don't know what's going on, and there's any reason why I shouldn't give this empty egg to the Alliance." Bender has been playing Tai Chi, allowing himself to take the initiative, avoiding the important when talking about problems, sleek and cunning, and Mark understands what kind of person he is in a few words.
"I want to ask you, why was Earth kidnapped by the Alliance's collectors at that time?" Mark is not in a hurry, his debating skills are not as good as Bender, all he has to do is pull the topic back little by little.
"It's not because of this damn empty egg, we should have handed it over a long time ago, how much effort have we wasted in these five days?"
"It's not just because of this egg, but because we're weak, the collector once emitted a signal when it was close to the earth, and the human technology at that time couldn't parse the encrypted signal, nor could it penetrate the signal shielding of the collector, and the collector judged the earth civilization to be free to collect. I've said so much, do you understand? Mark began to fight back: "Time has changed a lot, we have developed a lot in this time, we have changed a lot, but one thing has not changed, and that is that we are still as weak as we were when we hijacked the era!" For the Alliance, we are still the same as back then, we can let them eat and drink, there is an old saying, I don't know it has not been passed down to this day, but I hope you can listen to it, the puppet is not guilty, and he is guilty, and we are in this situation today. ”
Why should they do this? We have coexisted peacefully with the Alliance for so many years, and they have given us the life we have today! We are able to settle in this system with a comfortable climate and abundant resources, and this is all thanks to the Alliance! We can obviously coexist peacefully, but you have to take out yesterday's grievances and turn over old accounts! Bender insisted loudly.
"Giving?" Mark almost laughed: "Kid, this is not what they gave it, and we fought for it, at that time the lunar spacecraft was still a deterrent, and we confronted the Alliance army under the Pillar of Creation of the Aquila Nebula, and both our humans and the Alliance paid a terrible price!" At that time, we had nothing, a step back was the end of the world, the other party did not make concessions for no reason, everything today was bought with blood. ”
"But ......"
"This is not yesterday's grudge, this is a sword that still hangs over our heads today, I heard Sun Tan say it...... For some reason, the combat effectiveness of the lunar spacecraft has been greatly weakened, and the spaceship AI lighthouse has also entered a dormant state, this matter has been kept secret, and the empty egg incident is the same, this matter must not be allowed to spread to the alliance world, otherwise we will not be as lucky as last time. Mark said: "Last time, the alliance thought that the earth was just an ordinary civilization egg, and there was no value for them to die to the end, but this time, ...... What we have in our hands is their ultimate goal, the alliance world will attack with all its might, and the earth will be bloodied overnight, we are lucky to get it, but now we have no ability to protect and use this empty egg. ”
Mark's words quieted down, his words were supported by many people, especially the older generation who really experienced the era of suffering, the hijacking incident that made humanity leave their homeland and come here, in essence, was an invasion of foreign civilizations, the invaders killed hundreds of millions of our compatriots, the scars have not healed, and now there are still many people alive in the shadow of that incident, how can we easily believe the culprit of this series of events?
"They don't have to! I don't believe that there are still people who are willing to stain blood when it is clear that they can be solved peacefully, we have been in contact with the world of the Alliance for a long time, have you forgotten their civilization and development? We must not be blinded by the hatred of the past, we should look forward! Bender's voice is no longer as confident as it was at the beginning, and it is clear that he is no longer as confident as he was before.
Mark was about to refute him, but one of them stood up before him, holding the microphone and facing Bender.
"I would like to say a few words about this ......"