Aside from those highly centralized civilisations, any society, including the Aerymian elves, would have opposition and dissident groups. These dissident groups were not necessarily extreme or evil. Most of the time, they had good intentions. However, due to the limitations of reality, they were not compatible with the thinking of the rulers. The situation in the Kingdom of Aerym was actually better. They were much more united than most of the mortal civilisations. Even if there were dissidents, these people had the same general idea of "protecting the Aerymian civilisation". It was this idea that led the Lotto Group to gather a large group of elves who were unwilling to migrate.
To put it bluntly, they were just overly sensitive and suspicious of the big pie that had fallen from the sky. It was understandable and human nature. If one day, a group of aliens suddenly appeared on Earth with the elixir of immortality and wanted to distribute it worldwide for free, there would definitely be a group of people who refused to take it. So, Hilda did not use violence against these elves who disagreed with her. Instead, she used her special personnel, public opinion, and political tactics to gather the opposition on Darklight Isle.
This was the same principle as on Earth, "please carry out protests at designated locations", except that the movement in Aerym was much more dramatic.
Hilda's plan was to temporarily ignore the opposition. After most of the elves had migrated, she would use the facts to convince them to cooperate. However, the straightforward 883 obviously felt that this kind of "queen's tactics" was a waste of time. He pointed to the vegetative man called Kepa (this was the right word) and introduced him. "This is Kepa, a sylph. We have been friends for 30 years. He can help you deal with the holdouts."
"A sylph?" Hao Ren looked at Kepa curiously. "A vegetative man? Err, sorry... I don't mean to offend you, but I really did not expect plants to evolve into intelligence. "
"Aha, there are indeed many people who reacted the same way when they first saw a sylph." Kepa waved its leaves at Hao Ren. "As far as I know, only five percent of all intelligent plants in the Macro World have been discovered with the ability to think, and only one percent have evolved to the interstellar stage. Our life form is indeed not very suitable for the evolution of a brain, but with the help of these devices, the sylph is the most professional transportation expert in the Macro World."
Kaypa showed off the strange machinery on its lower body that had fused with its roots. Not only did the machinery help it move, but it also greatly increased its senses and reaction speed. However, compared to the wonderful life form of this plant, Hao Ren was more curious about how it could deal with the group of Elven holdouts.
"That's easy. Just follow me and take a look." 883 immediately invited everyone into space. "I'm not used to staying on land. Spaceships are more comfortable. The first batch of people should have boarded by now. Why don't we … go to the construction site now?"
The first batch of elves to board the ship was actually not many. Apart from the necessary personnel, most of them were actually all kinds of materials and large equipment. The first batch of personnel had to send these things to their new home and establish a base as soon as possible so that the subsequent batches of immigrants could smoothly start their new lives. The speed of loading large quantities of materials was much faster than the speed of personnel, and some of the cargo ships were equipped with hyperspace transporters. So now, many cargo ships were almost full. When Hilda understood the situation, she stood up and said, "I'll go with you. Vimm, stay."
According to the plan, Hilda would follow the first batch of personnel to the new planet. She would be the spiritual pillar of the advance team and the highest commander in case of an emergency. After that, until the Great Migration was completed, Hilda would be in charge of the outpost on the new planet. Vimm, on the other hand, would stay in the back of the Aerymian island chain to ensure the smooth completion of the whole migration process. Now that the first batch of spaceships was about to depart, it was time for Hilda and Vimm to say goodbye. The young elven regent stood up and bowed to his mother. "I wish you a smooth journey, Mother. Don't forget to send back the image of the new home as soon as possible. I'll be waiting for the surprise."
Hilda only said, "Take care of the home."
As they left the Royal District platform, Hilda took one last look at the dome above the city. The dome had covered the Aerymian elves for thousands of years. It was both the kingdom's sanctuary and a prison that was slowly dying. Now, the dome was experiencing an unprecedented scene: a strange alien spaceship was suspended outside the dome, and countless spaceships full of people and supplies were hurriedly evacuating the city. Under the dome was a busy but orderly crowd of elves. The whole city was ushering in its last hustle and bustle. The queen sighed. "I didn't expect it to end this way."
"At least it's a happy ending." Hao Ren smiled. "Let's go in my spaceship. There are many people on the Petrachelys."
The Petrachelys was still anchored on the platform on the edge of the island. It was not a transport ship, but it had an advanced space-expansion container cabin that none of the ships present had, which allowed it to transport a considerable number of people and materials at once. Hao Ren had decided to let the Petrachelys participate in the transport operation, thinking that it would be a waste not to use it and that he could do whatever he wanted. The MDT remotely connected to the Petrachelys' mainframe and autonomous droids. The spaceship had been busy stuffing its own cargo hold with the help of some Aerymian staff. By now, it was almost full.
There was no need for Hao Ren to participate in the whole process. He did not know how to participate anyway.
883 and the veteran pilots he brought along were excited when they heard Hao Ren's words. They gathered around and said, "We're going too. We're going too …"
A female captain added with a smile, "We don't usually get the chance to hitch a ride on an inspector's spaceship. The imperial official spaceship is one of the four most mysterious ships in the universe. Today is our chance!"
"You're exaggerating." Hao Ren smiled and did not refuse. After all, the spaceship had its own level-by-level lock-in protocol. The high-density parts of the ship could not be accessed by visitors. They soon arrived at the platform where the Petrachelys was moored, just as the ship was loading its last batch of passengers: a group of elven women and children were queuing up to board the ship, and a group of robotic squids were in charge of maintaining order at the side. This scene … Let me tell you, if you had a filthy mind, you'd be dead by now.
It had to be said that although the autonomous droids were gentle, their appearance was not very pleasing to the eye. In the eyes of most intelligent races, these cold, tentacled mechanical monsters were definitely not easy to deal with. Under the command of the autonomous droids, the elves boarded the ship in an orderly manner, but it was obvious that many children and women were frightened. They looked at the mechanical monsters flying around them with trepidation, as if they were afraid that they would rush up to them. Hilda's appearance caused a commotion among the nervous elves, and the tension was finally relieved. Hao Ren even heard a child in the crowd shouting, "Her Majesty the Queen is here!"
"I'll go with you." Hilda waved to the crowd. "Hurry up and get on the ship. Listen to the commands of the robots."
The elves were relieved and lined up to enter the spaceship. 883 and a group of captains followed behind them. As they walked, they pointed at the autonomous robots and muttered, "Do you think we can buy these things on the black market?" "You must be dreaming, this is a military product! Reselling these things is a sin of breaking down first and asking questions later. " "But why did I hear that on the black market …" "Those are degraded after decommissioning and modification, completely different from the real thing." "Do you think we should sneak one away …" "I don't think it's realistic." "Why?" "Because there are two robotic squids pointing at the back of your head with an engineering cutter." "Damn, they can understand us?"
Hao Ren shook his head and sighed, thinking that he should not be careless with these profiteers and unscrupulous drivers.
The Petrachelys quickly lifted off and left Dawnbreak Island. At this moment, space was full of small transport aircraft and operational ships. The airspace of the Aerymian island chain was busy. A few transport ships that were almost full were flashing their lights and preparing to head to the open area to speed up and leave. Hao Ren flew the ship to the sky above Darklight Isle at the end of the island chain. He found that it was really quiet there.
The holdouts who were in an awkward situation still occupied the floating island. They refused to board the ship and were unwilling to negotiate with Hilda.
"They are a bunch of stubborn people." Hilda stood next to Hao Ren, looking embarrassed. "Some of them saw that the immigration fleet in space has actually loosened up. But the senior cadres of the Lotto Group are controlling the access to the island, so I can't send troops to forcibly take them away."
The ship's mainframe intercepted part of the communication from Darklight Isle, the content was basically a call from the Lotto Group: those stubborn people were still urging the islanders not to board the ship and not to trust an alien civilization of unknown origin. A hoarse voice was still shouting, "We will not leave the city, we will hold on until the last moment …"
Hao Ren turned to Kepa and asked, "How do you plan to force the holdouts onto the ship?"
Kepa waved his blades as he connected to his transport ships and shouted, "One, two, three, let's get to work, let's get to work! Let's get this island I marked first! "
Under the curious gazes of the people, three strange-looking linen spaceships suddenly flew over from afar. They were three strange spaceships that did not look like cargo spaceships at all. They had a long, narrow, and curved shape, looking as slender and elegant as a crescent moon. This was obviously not the structure of a transport spaceship. The three spaceships quickly approached Darklight Isle and surrounded it in a triangular formation. Suddenly, a burst of light erupted from both ends of the spaceships, and the three spaceships combined to form a huge halo structure.
The voice of one of the linen spaceships came through the communicator. "Force field activated, we will leave first!"
On Darklight Isle, a leader of the Lotto Group was still shouting, "Don't give up on our city, Her Majesty has been deceived …"
Before his voice trailed off, the three linen spaceships and the huge halo they formed suddenly flashed, and the three spaceships disappeared along with Darklight Isle.
Those holdouts did not have to leave their houses.
That was because those crazy old drivers had moved the entire house away.
883 chuckled. "This is a simple and crude interstellar solution."
Hao Ren was speechless.
This was the real meaning of "moving house"!
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