CHAPTER 365: CHAPTER 223: ABLE TO LIVE COMFORTABLY

Shen Shi didn’t exactly want anything other than a stable and steady path of development.

If possible, the path of the Ten-Mile Slope Sword God is undoubtedly the most desirable way to develop.

With a 3,000-year time difference maintained here, as long as human civilization is given enough time to grow, not to mention reaching the level of a B-level Civilization, even reaching the heights of an A-level Civilization or the stature of the Pasture Master, Shen Shi has some degree of confidence.

Yet, the starting point was not in a low-level area.

Big powers gathered all around.

The possibility of proceeding without taking any risks is practically non-existent.

"Gus Land is a civilization with openness and inclusiveness as its core public strategy. I am not without knowledge about it, I even understand a lot, and I have some confidence in this action. Once successful, there’s a chance to liberate us from the threat of advanced civilizations within the Mude System, and the other various benefits are also extensive. Therefore, this is an action crucial to the survival of human civilization..."

Shen Shi did not elaborate on the specific threat of the Es Civilization.

Rather, he linked it to the aftermath of the support brought by "Star Sea."

It can be said that human civilization’s survival from the invasion of the Worren Fleet, and even having a certain level of assurance to resist powerful civilizations like the Daike Civilization, basically relies on the support from Star Sea Company.

Without this support, human civilization wouldn’t exist as it does now.

However, everyone should clearly know that Star Sea doesn’t belong to the Mude System. At this moment, human civilization is akin to a slave nation obtaining foreign support to shed its slave status, with interests not aligned with the place it belongs, whose risk level may even surpass an agent in enemy territory—in a certain sense, it is life on the edge.

Only previously, everyone believed that once human civilization entered the Mude System as a C-level civilization, it wouldn’t be subjected to overly stringent scrutiny and caution.

Yet, Shen Shi’s current words directly revealed the deepest underlying pressure on every council member’s mind.

"From the very beginning, our enemy has not been the Worren nor the Daike, but the Mude System! As long as we still aspire to strength, truly free, and truly safe, we have irreconcilable conflict with the Mude System whose core development interests are brutal cultivation." Shen Shi looked at everyone in conclusion, "Therefore, we must abandon delusions and prepare early. Star Sea’s subsequent investment in us will also depend on this, and when we officially step into C-level, the easy upgrades and the easy novice period are over!"

These final words were not only spoken to others but also to Shen Shi himself.

The Time Crystal is simply too powerful.

Strong enough to make any challenge seem insignificant.

Yet investigations from other star domains have clearly told Shen Shi that no matter how strong or fearsome the origins of the Time Crystal, Shen Shi and human civilization at this moment are still incredibly weak.

Thus, silence fell at the scene.

There wasn’t much discussion.

Because there was no need for discussion; reality and considerations were already displayed openly within the spoken words.

"Now, proceed to vote on the project I’ve proposed." Shen Shi finally said.

Today’s supreme council is not the same as some past meetings on Blue Star; the most noticeable difference is that not every matter requires a vote through the council. That would be a tremendous waste of resources and procedures.

Generally, each council member has jurisdiction over certain areas.

In usual times, when handling their governed authority, all decisions do not need consent from the supreme council; it only has supervision authority. If a matter involves other council members’ authorities, a small-scale meeting occurs, gathering all relevant members, calculating the voting rights proportion based on the scopes involved, and if no result is reached, an application can be made for higher-level members to participate.

Overall, this seems quite complex, but all complicated parts are simplified through technology.

For instance, the voting rights proportion is calculated by the Star Spirit.

Furthermore, some genuine ideas can apply to the Primordial Energy World, or even ask Shen Shi himself, a Master of Primordial Energy, to conduct psychological scrutiny to judge whether decisions are based on their authority rather than personal interests or other factors.

All these systems down form today’s supreme council.

And according to such procedures, even Shen Shi must go through a vote by the supreme council when executing such projects; this is why he initiated this meeting and clearly described the necessity of this matter.

If it were an ordinary time.

A vote on a project proposed by Shen Shi would effectively just be a formality, requiring no explanation from him, as his personal prestige and the trust he has garnered would ensure easy approval of these projects. He even possesses the highest level of voting rights, and to oppose one of his projects, over eighty percent of the council members, including several senior members, would need to oppose to counter Shen Shi’s voting rights.

Even if it truly reaches such a stage, Shen Shi can petition for a reevaluation of council membership qualifications, which requires widespread human participation.