"That's right, with the current military strength of the Star Alliance, it is indeed not appropriate to get involved in the war between the Centauri and Sirius binary systems.

The strength of these two galaxies is far from being comparable to the current Star Alliance, and from the perspective of the long-term interests of the Star Alliance, I advocate that the Star Alliance establish diplomatic relations with both systems at the same time and remain strategically neutral. ”

Another member of the Supreme Council of Representatives of the Star Alliance expressed his opinion.

"Yes, we are in favor of the Covenant remaining neutral and establishing diplomatic relations with the constellations Centauri and Sirius!"

"We're in favor of this plan too!"

As soon as the representative's voice fell, many representatives in the meeting immediately agreed, and it was obvious that the current leaders of the Star Alliance were still relatively clear-headed.

The strength of the Star Alliance has indeed increased a lot in the past few hundred years, but the universe is so vast, and the more they know, the more they feel small. No matter how powerful you are today, there is a possibility that you will face an invasion of a more powerful civilization, and it is always not wrong to be cautious.

"We don't think so, and while both systems have requested diplomatic relations with us at the same time, we believe that the Maltese are the least trustworthy in terms of their past aggressive warfare against the solar system.

The Covenant should form an alliance with the Sirius binary galaxy to face the aggressive war that Centauri is once again waging against the Covenant. ”

There are still many committee members who insist that they do not establish diplomatic relations with Centauri, and there is some truth in their words, after all, Centauri once almost destroyed Earth, the home planet of mankind, although more than 200 years have passed since the war, Centauri's image in the hearts of the Covenant people is still very poor.

"I am against this prejudice, although historically Centauri has waged devastating wars against the solar system, those have become history.

After the war, the Maltese did not start a new war against the solar system again, and did not pose a substantial threat to the solar system. We must remember history, but we cannot perpetuate hatred, hatred of Centauri will not do us any good for our future! ”

The commissioner, who insisted on diplomatic relations with Centaur, immediately fought back.

"Who says Centauri is not a threat to us? Isn't it enough to send Starship Centauri to Starship Centauri repeatedly after the war? To be in alliance with the tiger and wolf galaxy like Centauri is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, and the future of the Star Covenant can be tied to the chariot of this expansive galaxy! ”

The argument between the two sides suddenly became intense, and it was clear that both sides had a point.

"Silence, now adjourn the meeting for half an hour, and then resume the discussion in half an hour."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Sangeis, the secretary general of the Star Alliance, looked at the representatives from the planets of the solar system of the Supreme Council of Representatives at the meeting, and announced a temporary adjournment to ease the atmosphere.

The controversy at the venue suddenly stopped, and everyone still respected the authority of the Secretary General of the Star Alliance.

Half an hour later, the discussion resumed at the end of the break. Although the debate is still extremely hot, it is gradually moving in the direction of reaching an agreement.

After three hours of discussion, an agreement was finally reached at one o'clock in the evening and the voting process began.

In the middle of the summer Beijing night, the lotus leaf-shaped Star Alliance headquarters building suspended in mid-air is shrouded in flickering holographic lights.

The final voting procedures for the Covenant Supreme Council to discuss the draft "Bill on the Simultaneous Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Solar System and the Centauri Galaxy", the draft "Bill on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Solar System and the Centauri", and the draft "Proposal for the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Solar System and the Sirius Galaxy" were held in the rotunda on the top floor of the Star Alliance Headquarters Building.

The importance of tonight's meeting to the Alliance is undeniable, and the establishment of formal diplomatic relations with either side will affect the future of the Alliance for a long time to come.

Therefore, although the debate was extremely fierce during the discussion, when the vote was actually taken, the committee members became cautious again.

They knew very well that every vote in the hands of the 30,000 members present represented a huge number of human beings, and once they cast their vote, they would vote for the heavy future of the Star Alliance.

The voting scene was silent, the atmosphere was extremely serious, and each committee member pressed the holographic voting button in front of him after some weighing and ideological struggle.

After nearly an hour of intense voting, the results of the vote were displayed on the holographic projection:

The "Bill on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with the Centauri Galaxy and the Sirius Galaxy at the Same Time" received 57 percent of the votes.

The "Motion on Diplomatic Relations between the Solar System and Centauri" received 11.5 percent of the vote.

The "Bill on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Solar System and the Sirius Galaxy" received 31.5 percent of the votes.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the "Proposal for the Solar System to Establish Diplomatic Relations with the Centaurius Galaxy and the Sirius Galaxy at the Same Time" received more than half of the votes and was passed by the General Assembly."

After seeing the results of the vote on the holographic projection, the Secretary of the Star Alliance announced the results to the 20,000 delegates in the venue.

"Wow! Wow! Wow! ”

Thunderous applause suddenly rang out from the silent venue, and the Covenant delegates who heard the results of the vote stood up one after another, smiling triumphantly on their faces.

As if they had won a great victory, everyone had already put aside the unhappiness of dissenting opinions and arguments, as if the vote for the passage of the bill just now was their own vote. Perhaps this is what the Covenant is today, finding a better balance between democracy and unity.

The conference was broadcast live in hundreds of thousands of cities on the planets of the solar system through various media channels, and more than 35 billion solar system residents watched the live broadcast through the ultra-clear virtual holographic neural intelligence network.

Except for a small number of special posts, almost the inhabitants of the entire solar system watched the voting results for the first time. Even the small number of people who did not watch it in time did so soon after.

For a while, the establishment of diplomatic relations with aliens has become a topic that dominates the headlines of the media, and various related programs have emerged in an endless stream, both official and private media channels are frantically hyping the upcoming establishment of diplomatic relations between the Star Alliance and aliens during the festival.

After all, this is the first time in the history of mankind that it is preparing to establish real diplomatic relations with aliens, and it is normal for the media and the public to pay close attention.

The establishment of diplomatic relations with the aliens, as well as the news of the imminent visit of the alien envoys, continued to occupy an important position in the media, and almost became one of the after-dinner conversations of residents of the major planet cities of the solar system, until it gradually cooled down after a few years.

Even in the past few years, there are still many media outlets that specialize in tracking the flight trajectories of alien emissaries to spacecraft in the solar system, and publish relevant news from time to time, causing a sensation again.

What ordinary people don't know is that behind the excitement and joy of establishing diplomatic relations with aliens, a countercurrent quietly hides behind the bustle and hustle and bustle, threatening the future of the solar system in a covert way.

Fifty thousand kilometers deep in the eye of the Great Red Spotted Storm on Jupiter's surface, a fleet of several Covenant ships is hidden in it.

These ships are all civilian ships built by the Star Alliance in recent decades, which are specially used for the transportation and mining of interstellar ores, so they have strong high temperature resistance and protection capabilities, and their volume is also extraordinarily large, with the largest weighing one million tons.

Since the Covenant currently only allows Jupiter to develop to a depth of 20,000 kilometers below the Great Red Spot, and the construction is only a number of civilian facilities, these hulls hidden in the depths of the Great Red Spot Eye of Jupiter have not attracted the attention of the Covenant's competent authorities.

In the center of the fleet's largest megaton mining ship, hundreds of unidentified individuals in black masks are meeting in a modified conference room.

In front of each masked person, there is a symbol of the "Solar Hurricane" terrorist organization kneeling down to the black sun, which is the national emblem of this terrorist organization to establish the so-called "Solar Empire" of the unified solar system.

"Emperor, the proposal of the Star Covenant to establish normal diplomatic relations with Sirius and Centauri at the same time is very detrimental to our actions, some of the forces that originally fell to us have been shaken, and even the figures of the Star Alliance's intelligence department and the military have deliberately drawn a line with us, it seems that the benefits we promised to them after the founding of the country are not very attractive."

In the conference hall, a member of the Solar Hurricane wearing a black mask said to the emperor in his mouth, sitting in the center of the black mask man with some anxiety.

"Don't worry, the fact that the Covenant has passed a resolution to establish diplomatic relations with these two systems does not mean that the Maltese will trust them.

According to the reliable information I have received, the Maltese have no intention of establishing diplomatic relations with the Covenant at all, and are simply trying to delay time and cover up their intention to attack the solar system again.

And the Covenant spacecraft we control outside the solar system also received a secret communication from the Maltese envoy, which once again confirmed my judgment.

As for the Vajra people, we don't need to be too afraid. The Maltese held them back, and with their distance of 8.6 light-years from the solar system, they wanted to intervene in the affairs of the solar system, based on something beyond the reach of the whip.

The reason why we proposed to establish diplomatic relations with the solar system this time is at best just a gesture and does not have much practical significance.

Now that the Covenant is busy preparing for the establishment of diplomatic relations with these two systems, it is bound to be a good time for us to relax our intelligence work. We need to increase the frequency of our activities and destroy the Covenant's military facilities as much as possible, so as to prepare for the future military operations of the Maltese to attack the solar system. ”

The masked man in the center of the conference room didn't care about the masked man's words just now, and said with some smugness.

"The Emperor is wise, and his subordinates are willing to follow His Majesty the Emperor to the death, carry out the decrees and purposes of the organization, and strive for the establishment of a great Solar System Empire!"

The other members in black masks bowed their heads and gestured to the Emperor in the center of the room.

"Go your separate ways, be careful to hide your identities and don't divulge the organization's secrets."

The masked man in the center of the venue said in a deep voice.