mesbooks Chapter 278 Historical Overlap
Chapter 278 Historical Overlap
When dealing with non-human races, Zhang Beihai's strategy has always been simple, direct, and efficient.
"Humanity united does not need slaves."
In the first year after Green Star completed its basic construction, the first thing Zhang Beihai did was to send out a reconnaissance fleet to search for possible life in nearby star systems.
Once the observation window discovers that the planet may harbor life, without hesitation, we'll unleash an orbital barrage.
Only after ensuring that all life on the planet has been largely wiped out will Zhang Beihai send landing troops to explore the planet for any rare metals that can be mined.
The Federation assigned class numbers to these planets.
If there is no life on the planet, it is defined as safe.
If a planet has life but no intelligence, it is defined as a planet that needs to be explored.
If a planet harbors intelligent life but lacks the ability to enter the universe, it is defined as needing to be cleaned up.
If a planet harbors intelligent life and possesses the ability to observe the universe, it is defined as dangerous or must be eradicated.
Later, everyone found that this efficiency was still not high enough, so they simply skipped the detection process altogether. As long as they sensed life, they would treat everyone equally and aim to exterminate them all.
Some have questioned Zhang Beihai's decision, arguing that such actions amount to massacres and that frequent genocide would also consume a lot of the spaceship's energy.
Zhang Beihai had no intention of arguing with him about this, because in his view, the safest approach was to nip the threat in the bud.
As for the accusations against him by the People's Federation, he doesn't care. He will only offer an explanation if such behavior makes Liu Chang and others, who are the third-ranked members, feel dissatisfied.
Zhang Beihai was like a cold-blooded killing machine; all his actions were solely for the purpose of keeping people alive.
He is willing to use any means necessary to achieve this goal.
Some people compare Zhang Beihai with Wade, but in reality, their philosophies are completely different.
Thomas Wade was a complete madman who had no regard for the feelings of those he was protecting, while Zhang Beihai was simply fulfilling his duty as a soldier.
With the assistance of the Human Alliance, the two civilizations developed at an extremely rapid pace, and Green Star gained unprecedented vitality.
But Liu Chang discovered a problem: how come the development of this tree-man civilization is becoming more and more similar to the early development of humankind?
The Tree People civilization is developing very rapidly. Less than a hundred years have passed since Liu Chang first met these Tree People, but their technology has already advanced to the point where they can break free from the constraints of the ground.
It took humanity thousands of years to develop to this point.
However, looking at history, Liu Chang discovered that the history of the tree people has a high degree of overlap with human history over the past few decades.
The Industrial Revolution, the Enlightenment, the fall of feudalism...
It was as if Liu Chang had quickly reviewed human history from primitive times to the present day once again.
Interestingly, if we compare the history of the Tree People civilization with human history using a timeline, we will be surprised to find that the Tree People civilization's development speed slows down as it gets closer to human civilization.
Their development speed is like that of a huge mountain.
Before meeting Liu Chang and his group, their development was extremely slow, and they remained in a primitive society for a very long time.
After Liu Chang and his group arrived on Green Star, the development speed of the Tree People civilization soared and began to climb rapidly until Zhang Beihai returned, after which it began to decline and even hit a bottleneck.
At first, Liu Chang thought it was because of the suppression they faced by the People's Federation, but Shi Qiang immediately saw the crux of the problem.
"Isn't this just copying homework?"
Shi Qiang lit a cigarette and took two puffs.
"Old Liu, the reason why the Tree Man civilization developed so quickly in the early stages was that it was completely copying the homework of our ancestors. Now that there's nothing left for them to copy, their development has naturally slowed down."
Liu Chang paused for a moment, then looked at Shi Qiang, who had a smug look on his face.
“You’re right, but there’s a problem. How did those tree people manage to copy the homework? Back then, it was just the two of us on Green Star. I’ve never talked about the history of Earth and humanity. Could it be that you did?”
Upon hearing this, Shi Qiang was immediately shocked!
"Old Liu, you can't slander me, Shi Qiang! You know I'm very tight-lipped!"
Liu Chang rubbed his head helplessly.
“I know that, but it wasn’t you who said it, nor was it me. They couldn’t have developed into what they are now out of thin air. You have to think of a way, otherwise we’ll be hard-pressed to clear our names of leaking information.”
Upon hearing this, Shi Qiang's expression immediately froze.
"Goodness, we've been in jail for years, and we finally got out thanks to Zhang Beihai. But I have a feeling we'll be back in a few days."
The two stared at the two timelines in front of them, pondering where the problem lay.
Suddenly, Shi Qiang's stiff expression changed slightly, and he turned to look at Liu Chang.
“Principal Liu, I suddenly remembered a case I handled a long time ago. There was a couple who were both imprisoned for intentional homicide. They were both orphans and had no relatives, but they had a child who was less than a year old and needed to be raised.”
“At that time, we had no choice but to send the child to a foster family to be raised. Later, when I finished hibernating and went to check the case file, I found that the child had also been imprisoned for intentional homicide.”
"What do you want to say?"
"What I mean is, this child has hardly ever seen his parents since he was little, yet he still committed a crime and went to jail. This actually has little to do with whether his parents taught him or not. Once this kind of influence occurs, it will subtly begin to affect you. So is it possible that the Tree People civilization was already so influenced from the first time they met us that they were unable to leave their own path of civilization?"
Liu Chang listened to Shi Qiang's analysis without commenting.
“What you said makes sense, but this analogy is not appropriate. After all, genetic factors can also be one of the triggers for crime. There are too many influencing factors, and it is not always easy to determine what exactly is playing a role.”
"Do you remember Tianchen? He's the fifth observer. When he came to us, he mentioned something to us."
"Knowledge sealing principle?"
"Yes, the knowledge sealing principle. He was deliberately avoiding telling us some things. I suspect it was to prevent us from being influenced by them, just like the current tree civilization."
"But there's one thing I don't understand. So what if we're affected by him? It should be a good thing for him, so why is Tianchen avoiding this matter like the plague?"
"Moreover, I always felt that Tianchen didn't have any good intentions!"