In the information age, it was impossible to completely hide something.
What's more, at the behest of some people, some things were like a red cloth covering the bride's head, and they were leaked without much effort. Almost at the same time that the Earth Defense Alliance Congress was announced, some rumors about this conference were leaked on the Internet.
In their memory, the first two Earth Defense Alliance Congresses were held, one was because of the threat of the Gliese System, and the other was because of the incident in Finland. They didn't know whether the starship found under the ice sheet of Europa was a blessing or a curse, and many people began to feel nervous.
"I don't know what those aliens look like? Are they four-legged or two-legged this time? "
"Maybe they don't have legs!"
"Logically speaking, since the alien ship can drive under the ice sheet of Europa, there is no reason why it can't come out. This must be a conspiracy of those aliens, deliberately waiting for us to save them, and then taking the opportunity to plot against us! "
"Drinking gutter oil, worrying about the United Nations, even if the sky falls, there are still tall people to hold it up. Why do you care so much?"
"…"
For the rumors on the Internet, Celestial Trade rarely did not refute them. It was as if it didn't notice at all, and it didn't even express any opinions. However, it was precisely because of this attitude of allowing public opinion to ferment that the discussion among the people became more and more heated.
All kinds of discussions surrounding this mysterious starship could be said to be very imaginative. Among them, there were rational analysis, unwarranted speculation, and even pure rumors. However, Celestial Trade and governments didn't seem to take this matter to heart at all, until a march in Los Santos.
Twenty thousand people took to the streets of Los Santos and marched along the road to Los Santos International Airport. They wore blue headscarves on their heads and waved flags in their hands. The flags were painted with a blue Earth surrounded by olive branches, and they shouted slogans such as "Abolish Borders", "Universal Love", and "Towards the Future".
The cause was because of a paper published by a professor at Coro University, which analyzed from the height of civilization why the previous contacts of Earth civilization with alien civilizations ended in failure, and vaguely pointed out the hidden concerns faced by Earth civilization on the road to future development.
In terms of reputation, the professor who published this editorial wasn't a big name in the academic world. However, Hawking's name appeared in the signature of the paper, which suddenly pushed this paper to a new height.
"When we come into contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, we don't do it as a whole, but as a country or even an enterprise. In the eyes of the extraterrestrial civilization, we are in a state of chaos and disorder. They can't even interpret our language because even we have not formed a unified language. In such a state, we can't start a dialogue with extraterrestrial civilizations. We can't expect them to understand our 'chaos' as' political and cultural pluralism 'instead of being backward and weak. "
"In fact, we are indeed weak enough. In the Mother Nest incident in northern Finland, the Finnish army and the British navy launched two rounds of attacks on the Mother Nest, but the final result was tragic. If we had dealt with the threat from the extraterrestrial civilization as a whole from the beginning, the final result might have been much better than it is now. "
"As time goes on, the possibility of us reaching a reconciliation is lower, and even in the near future, we may split into two or more distinct civilizations because of differences. If a unified political organization cannot be formed, the second level of the Kardashev scale is the ceiling that Earth can reach … "
Perhaps even the professor didn't expect that his paper would be reprinted by major media and become the fuse that ignited the voices of the globalists.
From the beginning to the end, the march had been carried out in a peaceful atmosphere. The Los Angeles police dispatched helicopters and police cars to accompany the march, but they did not drive the crowd away. Observant people could see that the Capitol showed unexpected calmness to this march.
Sitting in the police car outside the march, two Los Angeles police officers bit into sandwiches while staring at those people, wary of them doing anything out of line.
"Globalists? I've seen black people, Indians, and women on the street, but this is the first time I've seen these people cause trouble. "
"It's quite rare, but I heard that they have a powerful background. Do you see the helicopter above your head? SWAT has been mobilized. "
"Who's the investor behind them?"
"I heard it's Celestial Trade."
"Really?"
"I don't know. I only know one thing. The base of these globalists is in Penglai City. They are calling for the establishment of an Earth Federation on top of the Earth Defense Alliance. The ultimate goal is to eliminate borders. If there are no borders and tariffs, only those people will benefit. UA companies don't want to take off their own tariff protection. They would be stupid to pay for these people. "
A demonstration of 20,000 people was nothing for a big city like Los Angeles. Trump could even proudly say that on the day he took office, the number of people on the streets of Los Angeles who gave him the middle finger was more than ten times this number.
However, interestingly, following Los Angeles, many big cities around the world also launched similar initiatives in different ways. It was as if overnight, these idealists, who had never expressed their political aspirations, had all turned into unwavering actionists.
The more direct ones included demonstrations, lighting candles, balloons, and running marathons on the border.
Anyone with the slightest bit of international perspective could see that there was an invisible hand behind the scenes adding fuel to the fire.
It had been a week since the meeting with Lavrov, and there was only less than a week left before the Earth Defense Alliance Congress.
In this week, Jiang Chen met with almost all the foreign ministers of various countries. The issues discussed were nothing more than Europa, the starship found under Europa's ice sheet, and the upcoming Third Earth Defense Alliance Congress.
After dealing with these matters, Jiang Chen got in touch with Ge Luowen again. Still in the holographic conference room, he sent an electronic file of a document, or rather, a "script" over.
Ge Luowen glanced at the document with indifference. He waved his hand, and the document composed of holographic images turned into 0 and 1 numbers before he looked at Jiang Chen.
"What's the point of doing this?"
"In order to have a higher chance of winning in the face of the invasion of the Harmony Camp, and to avoid our self-destruction because of internal contradictions before the arrival of foreign enemies," Jiang Chen smiled. "You used to be like us and should be able to understand the situation we are facing now."
"I can lend you Ge Luowen's mind system," Ge Luowen said.
"We don't need that kind of thing." Jiang Chen shook his head.
"Why?"
"If in order to refuse to be assimilated, and actively accept another sense of assimilation, then what's the point of our resistance? It's better to put down our weapons and embrace evolution. "
Jiang Chen smiled, left this sentence, and ended his last meeting with Ge Luowen before the Earth Defense Alliance Congress was held …
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
