Deep Space Wandering Fleet

Ma Mingtao furiously wrote on the screen, "In summary, self-awareness signifies randomness and creativity, and it's not necessarily all bad."

"Half-sphere civilization's self-awareness has not been completely neutered, only a small part has been removed. Innate memories are instilled, but how they develop subsequently still depends on them. The growth trajectory of every Half-sphere person greatly varies."

"It cannot be denied that they remain a creative race, even though they possess less diversity. They have a unified set of values and undoubtedly strong cohesion, far stronger than what we, as the New Human Civilization, have."

"In our civilization, we have fearless warriors, cautious wise men leading the way, and silently devoted common folk. We pride ourselves on striving and view decadent indulgence as shameful. However, we must admit that our cohesion hardly compares to theirs because their values are utterly unified, almost monolithic."

"Of course, there's no need for us to be frustrated by this, as the Half-sphere people are just a third-level civilization and also good mentors for us."

"At the end of the article, I have a very bold idea. What if we, like the Half-sphere civilization, imprint socially recognized fundamental values in newborns? What would our civilization be like in the future? Would every newborn be more outstanding, and society more beautiful?"

After pondering for a while, Ma Mingtao deleted the last sentence. He himself didn't know whether the idea was good or bad, but presenting it would definitely spark extensive debate and might even lead to losing followers.

Because this idea was a bit radical—what exactly are these universally recognized fundamental values? Everyone has their own opinion, which makes it difficult to discuss.

Moreover, these so-called memory templates cannot be fabricated out of thin air, just like the DNA sequence of life. Humans can modify it to a certain extent for optimization, but cannot build from the ground up or fabricate it themselves.

Someone must provide the memory template, but who would that be?

Nobody is qualified to provide such a template.

Yet, upon further reflection, Ma Mingtao added the last sentence back... Losing followers is just losing followers, doesn't the "Key Governance Bureau Director" care about one or two fans anyway!

"As long as I'm content, that's what matters; I think so, and if you don't like it, stop reading!"

After clicking send, the article was posted online.

He felt a bit nervous, constantly refreshing the post to see if anyone responded...

As long as the responses weren't vile, he could accept them.

One could predict that a wave of public opinion stirred by the "New Human and Tos Civilization Alliance" was steadily brewing.

The governmental announcement had only just been released and only a few people knew about it, but as time passed, it would create a massive wave, sweeping across the entire civilization!

Zhang Yuan was also somewhat nervous. He tossed and turned in bed unable to sleep, eventually sitting up and turning on his computer to see what people were saying online.

The social media group was already in chaos, with a bunch of "99" unread messages—he didn't even need to read them to know what everyone was arguing about.

The government's approach, though risky, could resolve most problems at once and reduce many hassles.

By this hour, it was late at night, most people were asleep, only a few night owls were still surfing the web.

Zhang Yuan noticed a few topics rapidly gaining popularity, rising exponentially in just a few minutes to take the top three spots on the rankings!

And all these topics were related to the Half-sphere civilization.

"What's up with the Half-sphere people? Did the results of the math competition come out? Did we lose? That can't be, right?"

"Alliance, damn, alliance?!"

"What's going on, is this for real, or just rumors?"

"Why are we suddenly forming an alliance with the Half-sphere civilization?"

There weren't many supportive voices; skeptical ones were significantly stronger. That was actually expected—normally, upon hearing such news, most people would first doubt rather than accept directly.

Since he couldn't sleep anyway, Zhang Yuan began typing in the chat box, patiently explaining, hoping that with his influence, he could persuade many online friends to make some helpful contributions…

Just like that, a vigorous social debate was ongoing…

Deep Space University, dormitory building D-601.

University student Zhou Yu was confessing his feelings to a lovely junior. University always seemed to be the most aspiring age for love—even though not many end up together—having a highly probable breakup relationship was considered an elective course of these years.

The girl replied, "Alright, I'm going to sleep now! Goodnight meow! As for your confession, I need to think about it more."

"Stop thinking about it, you've thought about it for so many days already."

"I really need to sleep, I have class tomorrow."

"Then it can only be goodnight. Let's talk tomorrow!"

"Mm-hm!"

"Goodnight."

Zhou Yu felt a bit sweet inside; the so-called confession phase should be considered a banner of victory, not a clarion call for charge. This time, he was almost certain he had succeeded.

Zhou Yu wanted to share this good news with his sister, "To let her often mock him for not being able to find a girlfriend. I'm someone with a girlfriend now!"

He opened the messaging app and found that all the chat groups were passionately discussing the same topic, whether gaming groups or novel groups, the content being discussed at the moment was unexpectedly the same!

"What's going on, so many people chatting!"

He curiously clicked to see and couldn't control his emotions, shouting out loud, "Holy moly!"

His shout woke up all the roommates in the dormitory, and one slightly annoyed roommate knocked on the bed frame.

"What the heck?" someone grumbled groggily, cursing, "I need to sleep if you're not!"

This guy wasn't embarrassed at all and kept shouting, "Get up, why are you still sleeping? An alliance? Is it about the alliance?! It's incredible!"

"We are going to ally with the Level 5 Civilization... ah, Level 5 Civilization!" Overcome with excitement, he stumbled and couldn't make a coherent point, "You guys check the news yourselves, quickly check the news!"

"Level 5 Civilization! Is it true? Are we going to cling to their coattails?" one of the roommates, still half-asleep, said.

"No... ah, Level 5 Civilization, I misspoke," Zhou Yu nervously stammered.

Then a buzzing discussion erupted in the dormitory, and everyone started to feel restless. The potential alliance was a huge matter, affecting the next hundreds or even thousands of years.

They began to incessantly search for news about it, seeking to confirm its authenticity.

"The Half-sphere Civilization is actually gifting us a complete War Star?!" One tall guy was stunned, "Damn, is it true? I kind of want to enlist now."

"This negotiation has already been settled, are they really that generous?"

"It's called presenting a fait accompli, you know? A third-level Civilization obviously has to pay a higher price, we also provide them some weapons and a massive amount of technology, who knows, in the future, they might even learn Curvature Technology."

…

"I saw Ma Mingtao's article! It analyzed the pros and cons after the alliance. I think, the bigger impact on us is their social system. By the most rational judgment, their potential is indeed somewhat greater than ours."

"Are we going to learn their memory infusion technology?"

"I don't know... perhaps there really is such a possibility..."

As dawn broke, it was supposed to be a leisurely and beautiful weekend, but this day, unexpectedly, a mass social debate involving engineers, scientists, and students began!