Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 313: Facing Trial

"Mr. Zhou, I strongly oppose the proposal for a global human consciousness scan," President Smith of Country M stated bluntly.

"Mr. President, why?"

"The independence of consciousness is human nature. If consciousness becomes a network, what is the meaning of human existence?"

"Mr. President, what do you think is the meaning of your human existence? To wage war against each other and destroy each other?"

Zhou Yuan's question left Smith speechless.

"Everyone, to put it bluntly, all of your consciousnesses exist solely for the sake of Lefia."

Zhou Yuan's words made the high-ranking government officials and military leaders present in the United States somewhat uneasy.

The co-speaker stood up angrily, "What do you mean by that? Are we all superfluous?"

Zhou Yuan gave a cold laugh, "Mr. Speaker, what I say is superfluous is superfluous."

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Lefia, who was sitting opposite Zhou Yuan, was a little worried and quickly tried to wink at Zhou Yuan, but he ignored her.

Lefia quickly stood up and smiled at Smith and the others, "I'm sorry, Mr. President, he's in a bad mood because of the loss of God-King Kalis."

To everyone's surprise, after Lefia finished speaking, the co-speaker burst into laughter, "I thought 'God' was something special, but he can't even protect his own woman." President Smith hurriedly gestured for the speaker to stop, but the speaker continued, "'God,' no matter how powerful you are, you're still just a human. Do you really think you're a 'god'?"

Zhou Yuan was taken aback by the co-speaker's words. He then burst into laughter, a laugh that sent chills down one's spine. "Speaker, you're right. I am indeed not a 'god.' Even the intelligent race and humans in the fifth dimension are not 'gods.' It is that mysterious being in the sixth dimension who is."

Zhou Yuan's last sentence stunned the co-speaker, Smith, James, and others. The five-dimensional intelligent race and the human race, and the mysterious existence of the six-dimensional space?

“Mr. Zhou, your previous order to destroy military prisons in Country C, our country, and Country R has caused global panic. Country C and Country R are secretly mobilizing their armed forces.”

"Are you going to fight me or fight me?"

Smith glanced at Defense Secretary James, who said, "Country C is using its Sky Eye to quickly search for signals near Earth. C and R are cooperating and have just launched four military satellites to conduct full-band surveillance of Earth's space. Country C's space-based mobile space station appears to be replacing its remote control system."

"What about you?"

James glanced at Smith, who nodded. James replied, "Under pressure from CR and the other two countries, we will also launch two military satellites. Of course, these military satellites launched by our three countries can also be used to detect the 'Ninth Planet' fleet."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "I understand. It doesn't matter what you do. I just hope that you will not fight each other and that you humans can unite to make human civilization evolve rapidly."

Smith and the others exchanged glances, their expressions varying. "Mr. Zhou, your idea is excellent, but Earth's resources will soon be exhausted, and human technology is not yet sufficient to achieve interstellar travel..."

“Mr. President, please stop. I know what you mean. I can rapidly improve your human technology, but you must undergo knowledge transfer, which is not much different from consciousness scanning.”

Smith and the others were initially delighted, but their joy vanished when they heard that a consciousness scan was still required.

"Mr. Zhou, in the end, you still hope that we will accept your suggestion."

"Yes. Otherwise, even if you had ten Earths, you would still destroy yourselves."

Seeing Zhou Yuan's resolute tone and the serious expression on Zhou Yuan's face, Smith looked at Zhou Yuan and said, "Mr. Zhou, we still stand by our previous stance."

“Alright. Then we have nothing more to discuss.” Zhou Yuan glanced at Lefia across from him. “Nana, Wei Shan… let’s go.” Zhou Yuan prepared to get up.

“Mr. Zhou, please wait,” Smith advised.

Zhou Yuan sat down again and looked at Smith.

"Mr. Zhou, please have Ms. Wei stay."

Zhou Yuan simply stared coldly at Smith, who felt a chill creep into his heart.

“Mr. Zhou, this captain of the guard ordered the killing of two of our compatriots.”

"Wei Shan, is that right?"

Wei Shan nodded. "That was when we were fighting over the 'Heavenly Book'."

Everyone was somewhat surprised by Wei Shan's quick admission.

"Smith, so what do you want?" This time, Zhou Yuan changed his form of address.

“We hope that Ms. Wei Shan will attend our court hearing, and if the judge finds her guilty, she must be punished accordingly.”

"Wei Shan, what do you think?"

“Brother Zhou, I am a guilty man and deserve to be punished.”

Zhou Yuan was surprised that Wei Shan willingly accepted the sentence. Leifia was also quite astonished, never expecting that the once domineering captain of the guard would become so reasonable. She never imagined that Wei Shan's experiences over the past two months would have changed her personality so drastically.

"Smith, I have ordered the destruction of military prisons in all three MCR countries. The number of deaths was not just two, but at least several hundred, right? If what you just said is true, then I will also have to face trial?"

Smith, the vice president, the co-speaker, the secretary of defense, and others looked embarrassed, their eyes all fixed on their president.

Smith coughed lightly. "Mr. Zhou, that's theoretically true."

"Heh, is that so in theory? Three years ago, you ordered two aircraft carriers to bomb a small island, resulting in the deaths of 20,000 island residents. Shouldn't you also face legal judgment?"

"Mr. Zhou, this is different!"

"What's the difference?"

"We are fighting against rampant piracy, and I am doing this for the national interest."

"Wasn't Wei Shan also acting in her country's interests? Even my order to destroy the military prison could be considered for the benefit of humanity. Why should Wei Shan and I be on trial, while you, Mr. President, are exempt from trial?"

Zhou Yuan's sophistry left everyone at a loss.

A strange light flickered in Lefia's eyes as she stared at Zhou Yuan.

"Wei Shan, let's go. There's no point in talking to these stupid humans."

Zhou Yuan stood up, moved a chair aside, and Wei Shan and Nana also left their seats, following behind him. Lefia subconsciously stood up as well, but then sat down again, her eyes following Zhou Yuan's movements.

Suddenly, an alarm rang in the conference room, the door was kicked open, and a group of White House Secret Service agents in black suits, each carrying a pistol, rushed in. There were about twenty-five of them.

More than ten armed agents surrounded Zhou Yuan, Nana, and Wei Shan, while the rest protected Smith, the Vice President, and the Speaker. Outside the conference room, alarms blared, and it seemed as if many people were running in unison; the floor of the conference room even trembled.

Twelve agents escorted the president, vice president, and others, slowly retreating towards the conference room door.

“Smith, it’s not too late for you to back out now.” Zhou Yuan’s words received no response from Smith.

The large iron door to the conference room suddenly slammed shut with a loud creak, startling the Secret Service agents protecting the president and his entourage. Several agents rushed forward, but despite their best efforts, they couldn't open the door. Outside, many people were pounding on the door, and there were even sounds of kicking. The security agents quickly moved Smith and the others to the side of the door.

"Hands up!" an agent shouted at the three men. The surrounding agents pointed their guns directly at them, their eyes fixed on them without blinking.

Zhou Yuan raised his hands, and Nana and Wei Shan also raised their hands. Several agents stepped forward and took out handcuffs.

"Brother Zhou, please don't be angry, let's talk this out," Lefia shouted.

As soon as Lefia finished speaking, more than twenty agents were lifted off the ground, their guns flying out of their hands. Smith and the others were astonished to see that the agents who had just protected them were now struggling in mid-air, their guns also suspended in the air, each muzzle pointed at its owner's head.

The sound of cutting came from the conference room door.

"Lefia, are you still standing with them?"

Lefia glanced at Smith and the others, stepped out from among them, and walked to Zhou Yuan's side.

"Nana, lock Smith and the others up in the Imperial prison. Let the Imperial Court interrogate them one by one. The four of us will go back to the flagship."

"Yes, Master."

The agents who were hovering in the air and struggling desperately saw two beams of light flash, and Zhou Yuan and others, as well as President Smith and others, disappeared.

The conference room door was kicked open with a bang, and the SWAT officers rushed in, but they were astonished to see that each agent was suspended in the air, kicking and struggling, with a gun pointed at their head.

"Bang bang bang bang..." More than twenty gunshots rang out, and blood splattered down, covering the faces of the special police officers. The officers quickly dodged, and the bodies of more than twenty special agents fell heavily to the ground.

In Zhou Yuan's flagship command center, Lefia looked at Zhou Yuan with a hint of pleading in her eyes.

"Wei Shan, how would you like to deal with them?"

“Brother Zhou, they didn’t really do anything wrong, there’s no need to hold it against them.”

"Lefia, what do you think?"

"Sister Wei Shan is right."

"Nana, what about you?"

Zhou Yuan turned his gaze to Nana, who was surprised that Zhou Yuan would ask her, "Master, although these people did not do anything seriously wrong, they should not have sent people to ambush us. In addition, these high-ranking officials who hold the power of humanity and control the lives and deaths of billions of people on the new Earth should be reformed and educated."

"Nana, well said."

Nana felt a little strange. Her master's personality seemed to be abnormal these past few days. He used to be compassionate and kind, but now he seemed to dislike the humans on Earth. Could it be that the fate of the God King Kalis and the war of the gods had hurt her master?

"Nana, please arrange for Lefia and Wei Shan to stay and rest. I have something to tell you later."

"Okay, master."

Nana responded, and Lefia and Wei Shan each glanced at Zhou Yuan before following Nana out of the command room.

Zhou Yuan sighed and then sat down in the command chair.

Half an hour later, Nana returned to the command room.

“Master, Lefia and Wei Shan have been settled. They are staying next door.”

"it is good."

"Master, is something on your mind?"

"Nana, where are the numerous consciousness scanning and storage machines we created previously stored?"

"Those machines are all sealed up in a large warehouse of the Imperial fleet at the Galactic Base. Master, you don't want them..."

"Yes, I want to perform a consciousness scan and store the consciousness of these new Earth humans. If possible, I also want to instill Imperial knowledge into these people."

"Master, isn't doing this contrary to your original intention from ten thousand years ago?"

“Nana, we need to assess the situation carefully. As you know, the fifth-dimensional human 'mother' is about to arrive. At that time, the fifth-dimensional intelligent race and the human race may have a great war. If Lefia's consciousness has not fully returned, who knows what unexpected things might happen.”

"Understood. Master, I'll take care of it right away."

"Nana, wait a minute."

"Master, do you have any other instructions?"

"Have the Imperial Star Bureau send people to form a court. You will investigate the crimes of all the heads of state and their officials of all the countries on New Earth, and then send them all to the Imperial prison for trial by the Imperial Court!"

"Yes."

Nana accepted the order and began swiping on the holographic screen, activating the imperial warships that were hidden above the capitals of various countries on New Earth one by one.