Chapter 34: Choice

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The floating city’s celebration had a large number of people, but most of them were concentrated in the urban area center.

In this city, the closer the area was to the atmospheric protection shield, the more deserted it was. No one was willing to get close to this dangerous area. The only ones who would be here were the patrol team and the surveillance cameras with no blind spots.

The patrol team was a group of security guards responsible for the safety of the atmospheric protection shield. As long as they were in this area, their authority was unlimited. They could subdue or even kill any suspicious person.

For the residents here, there were two most important facilities in the floating city, which were the prerequisites for everyone to live a stable life.

One of them was the power core of the floating city, which was located in the deepest part of the island. Only the Chief Scientist and engineers could go there.

It was responsible for supplying energy to the entire city, and at the same time, it was also responsible for preventing the city from falling.

The other was this atmospheric protection shield.

It ensured that the air here was always maintained in a suitable state, and at the same time, it was responsible for keeping the city safe and sound in the terrible storm that occurred once every 60 years.

Even though today was a celebration day, the patrol team still did not relax their surveillance and patrolling strength.

At this time, the celebration was still going on steadily.

The synthetic humanoid under Li Wenyuan’s control had scanned every corner of the floating city in less than a day.

At the same time, he also confirmed the residence of the Chief Scientist and rushed there.

In this small floating city, every inch of land was precious. Even a person like the Chief Scientist lived in a large apartment.

The door was locked with an old electronic lock, and the synthetic humanoid opened the door easily.

As soon as the Chief Scientist who had just returned from the celebration entered the house, he ran into the synthetic humanoid.

To him, synthetic humanoids were no different from aliens.

“You are… What?” When the Chief Scientist said this, he even unconsciously took a step back.

After all, with an alien in the house, even if the Chief Scientist was knowledgeable, it was impossible for him to remain calm at the first instant.

“I’m the Administrator. I was the previous owner of this place.”

The synthetic humanoid’s fluent speech stunned the Chief Scientist, and what he said next shocked him even more.

“I expanded to this solar system and found you on this giant gas planet. I don’t mean to interfere with your lives, but I need scientists now.

“I’ve roughly observed your technological level. To be honest, you guys are no different from ‘Aboriginals’ now.

“But your ability as the Chief Scientist is indeed remarkable. I think you are valuable.

“If you’re willing to work for me, I can help you solve a problem. What do you think?”

The synthetic humanoid’s voice was flat, as if he didn’t care about the Chief Scientist’s answer.

This was indeed Li Wenyuan’s idea. If the scientist didn’t want to come, he didn’t care.

After all, he was just a native scientist, so he would not waste too much time on it.

He had already started building a star base in this system. When the time came, he would also build an invisible observatory to observe the floating city and provide a sample for sociological research.

In this galaxy, only this place could attract his attention.

The Chief Scientist took a long time to digest the words of the synthetic humanoid. Through observation, he found out that the alien in front of him was actually a robot.

Such fine robots only existed in science fiction in his civilization, so he soon believed the words of the synthetic humanoids.

Therefore, after taking a deep breath, he tentatively stated his request,

“Dear… Respected Administrator, can you take all of us, or even a portion of us, out of here and head to a habitable planet?”

He felt that his whimsical idea might anger the civilization that called itself ‘The Administrator’, but he still had to try.

This was because, for their race, there was no future in this floating city. They were likely to be trapped in this city until the end of their civilization.

Li Wenyuan looked at him and controlled the synthetic humanoid to shake his head.

“Your value is not enough for me to do such a thing. Even if I pity your lives, I have plans for every planet under my control.

“And you…” the synthetic humanoid looked at the Chief Scientist.

“The overall quality of your species cannot be considered highly efficient. If all of you want to live on the planet under my control, I think each person must at least reach your level.

“Of course, I can also satisfy your needs in another way. I’ll provide a colony ship and the accompanying star map. It can accommodate all of you and has a stable circulation system and energy supply, so it can travel in the galaxy for a long time.

“But I won’t provide any protection. You’ll have to solve all the problems you encounter in the galaxy by yourself.

“You can also choose not to leave and stay here with your race. I will not interfere with any of your actions.”

The Administrator’s words made the Chief Scientist fall into silence.

Of course, he didn’t think that this alien civilization would be kind enough to send all of them to a habitable planet, but this unexpected result still surprised him.

“I need to discuss this matter with the people. Can you wait for a while? You’ll get the results in three days at most.”

“Of course, I will stay here until I get an answer.”

“Thank you for your generosity…”

After the Chief Scientist finished speaking, he hurriedly left the room. Li Wenyuan also temporarily placed his attention elsewhere.

The resources consumed by a colonial ship were insignificant to him at the moment. He felt that it was worth it to exchange it for the loyalty of a capable scientist.

However, there was one more thing that he was very concerned about.

“The ancient star map had highlighted this galaxy, but I didn’t find anything worth paying attention to here.

“The civilization on this mining station is also a recent outsider, and there is nothing special about it.

“Is there anything in this galaxy that I have yet to discover…”

As he thought about this, he turned his gaze to the middle of the galaxy, the ring of asteroids.

This place was filled with a large number of small planets, making it a good place to mine minerals.

It was also because there were too many asteroids here that Li Wenyuan only made a rough exploration before shifting his center of gravity to another location.

Now, a space base located above the star was being built through engineering ships, and it would soon mark that the galaxy was under his control.

“Then, what’s so special about these asteroids?” He controlled the research spaceship and gradually approached the asteroid belt.

One of the asteroids, which was very far away, actually trembled slightly.

Some kind of extremely dim green fluorescent light began to slowly overflow from the cracks in the rock.