"What did he say to you later?"
Beijing.
Pan-Asian Cooperation headquarters.
Li Guangya was walking in the corridor leading to the conference hall. Faced with Secretary-General Wu Shuhua's question, Li Guangya thought for a while and replied in a casual tone.
"He didn't answer me."
Hearing this unexpected answer, Wu Shuhua looked at him with some surprise.
"He didn't answer you?"
"Yes." Li Guangya shrugged and said with a helpless smile, "He said that I should find the answer myself … Of course, he may be simply not interested in things outside of academia."
Wu Shuhua was silent for a while and continued, "In any case, we have come this far."
"Yeah." Li Guangya nodded with emotion. He then raised his head and looked at the spacious door standing at the end of the corridor. "Good or bad, let the future judge."
…
On the sixth day of June, a major event happened at the Pan-Asian Cooperation.
To be precise, it wasn't just the Pan-Asian Cooperation, but the fate of the entire world was involved.
At the invitation of Beijing, hundreds of countries around the world put aside the position of regional alliances and sent representatives to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city group to participate in this meeting to discuss issues related to the future destiny of mankind.
At the end of the meeting, the organizer of the meeting took the lead and released a joint initiative on the establishment of a new, more internationalist community with a shared future for mankind.
The new alliance was named the Human Alliance. Its name was like the organization that died in its infancy a century ago.
However, the difference was that within the old framework, the people of the new era injected a new core into it.
Not only that, but under the guarantee of the absolute force of the First Fleet and the authority established by the ultra-high-speed passage, this alliance would be more reliable than any alliance born on this planet over the long years …
North Sea Alliance.
The campus of Oxford University.
Leonard, who was sitting in the library, was making final preparations for the upcoming most important speech in his life.
At this moment, sitting across from him was his old friend, Professor Feren, who was also his only colleague on this campus.
As the price of disagreeing with the mainstream school of thought, no one in the entire archaeology department would give him face — except for the person sitting in front of him.
Although they were 30 years apart in age, they surprisingly found a common language.
"Human Alliance … Tsk tsk, as long as you live long enough, you can see anything." Feren gently tapped his index finger on the holographic screen in front of him. He smiled and continued, "I still remember that your father once made a bet with me, saying that the Human Alliance went bankrupt only because it was ahead of its time, and that one day in the future, it would eventually be revived … Now it seems that he won."
Seeing that Leonard did not speak, Feren suddenly thought of something and continued apologetically.
"Sorry, did I say something that made you feel sad?"
"There's nothing to be sad about. My father always taught me that people have to look forward." Pushing the holographic glasses on the bridge of his nose, Leonard continued, "My father is a great scholar, and I will soon prove this."
"I think so too. It's just that the stupidity of a group of people overshadowed his talent."
Feren sighed softly, as if recalling the past. There was a trace of complicated emotions in his turbid pupils.
After a long pause, his index finger gently touched the teacup and continued, "I still remember that it was thirty years ago.
"I still remember it was thirty years ago. At that time, we discussed the future of human civilization … Although it sounded a little funny for two archaeologists to discuss this matter, his opinion didn't feel like that of an ordinary archaeologist at all. Instead, it was more insightful than some international relations experts."
The pen in his hand paused slightly. Leonard moved his gaze away from the holographic panel and looked at Feren.
Noticing that Leonard was interested in his topic, Feren smiled faintly and continued to speak.
"In his opinion, those China people have actually been planning for a long time."
"Planned for a long time?"
"Yes." Feren nodded and said with a smile, "The plan to establish a community of human destiny that includes the whole world … In fact, they have been laying out since a century ago.
"However, even with adequate preparation, this is still an extremely huge project, so huge that its span exceeds the short life of many people. It requires the joint efforts of countless generations of people. This requires them to be loyal to a common collective at all costs, and it is difficult for us to do the same thing. "
"This point of view is a bit unique." Leonard said after thinking for a while, "In your opinion, how exactly did they do it?"
"It seems that you still haven't understood the incredible nature of this. Everything they did was not a specific thing, but a promise that was fulfilled by the collective."
Leonard: "What promise?"
"Peaceful rise."
Feren smiled at Leonard, who had a surprised expression on his face. He continued in an admiring tone.
"Come to think of it, it's been a century. In this century, they have not launched a foreign war after ascending to the world's hegemony, even in the most difficult 50s of the 21st century. This has never happened in human history since the eighteenth century. "
War was a difficult choice, but it was a simple one.
There was no method that could transfer the contradictions, crises, and mistakes of a country to a foreign country faster than a war.
"Didn't you notice? This meeting didn't receive much resistance. "
Feren's index finger tapped lightly on the holographic screen. He looked at the news presented in front of him and continued.
"On the surface, it seems that the Pan-Asian Cooperation used fleets and stargates to blackmail other regional alliances, but in fact, in the entire process of the meeting, many things were done smoothly.
"Didn't you notice? This is quite incredible, as if … the world is ready to welcome its new master. Even though the culture is completely different, those allies who once belonged to us have changed sides faster than we thought. "
Feren looked at Leonard, who did not speak. He sighed softly and spoke with some fascination.
"If only we could live forever … Life is so short that most of us can't see the day when our research shines. I really want to know how future generations will evaluate this period of history."
"Maybe you can consider leaving a descendant and let him bring you a message 100 years later." Leonard looked at his watch and continued, "Anyway, my report is about to start …"
Feren: "Seriously, is it really useful for us to study those bugs?"
"The usefulness is that we can learn from their decline." Leonard said softly after turning off the holographic panel floating in front of him, "So as to avoid a similar ending."
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