At this moment, Chen Yue has two choices in front of human civilization.

First, find a way to integrate into the Star Alliance system, and use the protection of the Star Alliance to secretly develop strength and accumulate strength.

At this moment, Chen Yue has initially found an opportunity to join the Star Alliance system. If this plan is carried out, there is a great hope that human civilization will join in smoothly.

But this necessarily means great restrictions and unfreedom. There is not only the supervision and suppression of the suzerain's civilization, but also the secrets of one's own side that need to be guarded, and maybe sometimes you have to execute the annihilation of the evil civilization - this is the name given by the Star Alliance system for civilizations outside the Star Alliance, in short, there are a lot of rules and regulations, and if one is not good, it may be exposed, and it will not be able to run away when the time comes.

It's like walking a tightrope. Chen Yue must maintain the balance of power between the two sides with great danger. Once the balance is lost, there is no recovery.

The second option is to break away from the Star Alliance and become an evil civilization in the mouth of the Star Alliance.

It's free, of course, and uninhibited. However, this will face the endless pursuit and harassment of the Covenant civilization.

If this is the case, then Chen Yue is not afraid. It's a big deal to run diligently, as long as you are not too unlucky, you can always find a way to survive.

But the key problem is that the position of the solar system is too deep into the Covenant's sphere of influence.

The evil civilizations, or free civilizations, according to Odo, are mostly gathered at the edge of the galaxy, or at the junction of the spheres of influence of the five or sixth-level civilizations, and they are surviving in the cracks.

The solar system is more than 10,000 light-years away from the edge of the Milky Way. The nearest weakly regulated star field is also more than 3,000 light-years away. Moreover, Otto does not know the exact location, only the approximate distance.

After all, he was only a third-level civilization creature, and he really didn't know much.

With Chen Yue's strength as a third-level civilization at the moment, calculated at the speed of light at 50% of the maximum economic speed, it is simply unrealistic to sail such a long distance.

If you choose to break away from the Covenant, then the only feasible solution is to hide yourself while running towards the weak place of regulation, and at the same time seize the opportunity to do your best to develop yourself, and then count on God's favor to get there before the Covenant civilization is wiped out.

It's also a tightrope walk.

Both options are dangerous. But Chen Yue could only make a decision between these two options.

"It's a worse world."

Chen Yue smiled bitterly in his heart: "I have to choose one of the two choices that look so bad, and barely choose one that is not so bad." ”

Otto, Murdra and others also realized that this was the last meeting on the subject. In other words, in this meeting, this matter must be discussed to a result.

This is a discussion that does not involve any interests and no positions. The high-ranking members of the Three-Eyed Clan and the Dwarf Clan, purely from the perspective of the future of civilization, were divided into two camps and started their own arguments.

Some people support joining the Star Alliance temporarily and then hibernating, believing that choosing to run away is too risky and the future is unpredictable. There are also people who think that they should run away, no matter how dangerous it is, it is better than joining the Star Alliance and then dying.

They don't think that after joining the Star Alliance, they will eventually succeed in hiding.

The two sides insisted on their own words and argued endlessly.

In the blink of an eye, three days of discussion had passed, and the two sides still had not come up with a result. In the end, the decision-making power on this issue can only be handed over to Chen Yue, so that he can make the final decision.

During this period of discussion, Chen Yue was always quietly observing. Through the arguments of both sides, Chen Yue believes that he has mastered every advantage and every disadvantage of these two options.

So...... It's time to make a decision.

In the huge conference hall, hundreds of high-level civilizations sat solemnly, staring at the robot representing Chen Yue in front of them, waiting for him to decide the future path of civilization and the fate of civilization.

Chen Yue slowly looked at the high-level members of the civilization and said solemnly: "I have decided to join the Star Alliance. ”

Chen Yue originally thought that there would be discussions in the venue, but unexpectedly, the venue was still quiet, and there was no sound at all.

This clearly means that no matter what kind of decision Chen Yue makes, they are ready to accept it. Moreover, they followed Chen Yue's teachings that before the matter was decided, they could argue and find various arguments to oppose the other party's point of view.

But once the matter is decided, then everyone's mission is only to obey and then carry out. Even if you oppose this decision, you have to hold it back.

Chen Yue was very satisfied with the reactions of these people.

"I know there are a lot of people who don't understand this decision. Actually, the most important reason for my decision is one reason. ”

Chen Yue paused and continued, "Low-level civilizations are meaningless to high-level civilizations. This is clear to everyone. It is precisely because of this that the Star Covenant exists. Because the high-level civilizations need the low-level civilizations to be like soldiers, to destroy the evil civilizations in their place.

Here, I prefer to call the evil civilization a free civilization.

Free civilization is indeed free, and can develop technology without scruples. But there is one thing, the world of free civilization is not necessarily much better than the Covenant civilization.

At least there are rules in the Covenant. If you follow the rules, you can live. In a free and civilized world, there are no rules. In this case, the low-level liberal civilization meets the high-level liberal civilization, and I am afraid that the end will be as miserable.

Some people may think that everyone is a free civilization and has come to rebel against the Star Alliance, and everyone should coexist peacefully and help each other. But, it's a pity. ”

Chen Yue shook his head: "I don't think this will be the case. I think the competition and killing between free civilizations will be even more brutal. It's a completely dark jungle, and all civilizations do whatever it takes to stay alive. Even, if a fifth-level civilization can be promoted to a sixth-level civilization, will this civilization lead the rest of the civilizations to rebel against the Star Alliance?

No, it won't. They will only join the Star Alliance without hesitation, become vested interests, and then kill their former companions who were free and civilized with them. Because they are afraid that there will be more sixth-level civilizations and dilute their own interests. Just like what the Covenant had done to free civilization before they were promoted.

Don't have illusions about a free and civilized world. The situation of survival there will only be more difficult than in the Covenant. Although the rules of the Star Alliance are bad, no matter how bad the rules are, it is better than no rules. And, as long as there are rules, there are loopholes, there are ways to exploit them.

Our human civilization has great potential, but it is still very weak. We are so weak that we must take advantage of the rules and loopholes in order to be qualified to live.

This is the reality we are facing. ”