155: Chapter 155 The First Warship to Fly a White Flag

All 660 warships of the Wandering Earth fleet simultaneously began passively playing the footage sent from the Blue Planet.

Chu Yuhang was extremely puzzled. "Didn't the Xingyang Civilization just send a segment? What are they sending now? There are over eighty thousand high-yield nuclear bombs on their planet that I can detonate at any time. Do they still have the heart to try and recruit us again at this stage?"

"We can only blame them for styling themselves as a Civilization of Gods; they are so arrogant that they don't take us seriously at all!"

Hearing this, the hearts of all the high-ranking officers present tightened. They all realized the Emperor wasn't merely making a threat. If the people on the Blue Planet didn't yield, the Emperor would resolutely detonate those eighty thousand Earth Humans.

He would make them perish together with the Blue Planet!

At this moment, Hope had already finished analyzing the Blue Planet's video data, meaning she had long since finished browsing the footage.

She widened her eyes and shook her head blankly. "It's useless. Those eighty thousand-plus human bombs have long been deactivated."

Chu Yuhang's eyes bulged as he shouted frantically, "Impossible! How could they have failed? I've been receiving reports from those team leaders this whole time, and there haven't been any anomalies!"

Amidst his roars, the footage transmitted from the Blue Planet began to play.

Everyone in the Earth fleet watched with wide eyes.

The opening scene showed Earth Humans on the Blue Planet lining up in long queues in front of medical rooms.

The background audio was Wei Wei's explanation: "We conduct a thorough full-body check on every Earth Human who comes to the Blue Planet. Naturally, we quickly discovered the high-energy liquid bombs integrated into their bloodstreams."

"Once ignited, the power generated by each person could easily destroy several surrounding cities along with themselves. At first, we thought these people had volunteered to be suicide bombers so that Earth could seize our Habitable Zone."

"But later, during our interrogations, we discovered these people didn't even know they had become human bombs. Even among the hundreds of team leaders, only Du Fei was aware."

As the voiceover paused, the screen switched to scenes of the Gospel Army's Blue Planet Guard arresting the team leaders.

Compared to the other Earth Humans, these individuals were clearly absolutely loyal to the Emperor.

Every one of them resisted fiercely.

The Blue Planet Guard even had to use Square Box Static Force Fields to prevent them from sending messages to Earth before being captured. Thus, the Emperor had been kept in the dark, believing his suicide human bomb plan had never been seen through by the Blue Planet.

The following scenes showed those Earth Humans undergoing major blood exchange surgeries inside small glass cabinets.

The blood of every individual was drained, the liquid bombs were washed out via centrifuge, and then the blood was returned to their bodies.

Wei Wei's voice rang out again in the video: "Chu Yuhang turned you into human bombs, into terror weapons, with absolutely no regard for your lives."

"We on the Blue Planet could have used the simplest method—killing you—and those liquid bombs would have naturally been deactivated. But the Great Deity Xingyang has mercy on all living things, so we did not do that."

"Instead, we spent a vast amount of manpower and resources using medical equipment to remove the liquid bombs from your bodies."

"But mercy is not endless. Now, make your final choice. Will you continue to follow Chu Yuhang down this dark path, or will you convert to the great and benevolent Xingyang God!"

The footage came to an abrupt end.

The 660 Earth warships fell into a long silence.

The Emperor looked furious, his shrill voice echoing through every ship in the fleet: "Yes! I did turn those who moved to the Blue Planet into bombs! I used the lives of 856 Earth Humans in exchange for the total destruction of the Absolute Core!"

"But these sacrifices were necessary! For the sake of all humanity, everyone has an obligation to give their lives! Including me! Humanity supreme!"

But his explanation was rather pale and weak.

Many sailors whispered below decks, "But Emperor, you're still alive, aren't you?"

"You abandoned those 856 observers, you abandoned over eighty thousand people who went to the Blue Planet, yet you are still alive."

"Sacrificing the individual for the greater good does indeed align with certain human spiritual qualities. But it shouldn't be done through concealment and deception!"

"More importantly, you haven't achieved anything. Every step you took was calculated by the Blue Planet."

As everyone grew disillusioned with the Emperor...

Unrest began to surface in many of the warships.

Xie Miaomiao, the captain of ship no. 23 of the Second Fleet, struggled for a long time. Finally, facing the holographic image above the captain's chair, she initiated a ship-wide vote.

"Alright, no more nonsense. Majority rules. Blue Planet or Earth—please choose, everyone."

Hearing the captain's words, the crew members stared at the selection boxes before them, which had a one-minute time limit.

Two voices were fighting a fierce battle in their minds.

"Go live on the Blue Planet; the birds sing, the flowers are fragrant, and the sun is bright. Most importantly, the people of the Xingyang Civilization didn't treat us differently!"

"If you're an Earthling, you should defend the Wandering Earth to the death! This is our home, our origin!"

But no matter how much they struggled, the one minute passed all the same.

Xie Miaomiao announced the statistical results.

"Fifty percent chose the Blue Planet, ten percent chose Earth. The remaining forty percent of the crew did not make a choice within the minute."

In the command center of ship no. 23, everyone looked at their captain with tense faces.

Xie Miaomiao took a deep breath. "Majority rules. Everyone, I may not still be your captain after we reach the Blue Planet, but working with you has been the greatest honor of my life!"

After speaking, she gave the Helmsman a firm look.

ship no. 23 immediately raised a white flag and sailed out from the formation of 660 Earth warships.

It sped toward the five warships of the Blue Planet.

Zhang Fang, the General Commander of the Second Fleet, turned ashen, her usual elegance completely gone. She screamed at the top of her lungs, "ship no. 23! What are you doing?"

Xie Miaomiao's eyes streamed with tears as she choked out, "Thank you, General Commander, for your mentorship. In my heart, I have always seen you as my mother. But now, your daughter is going on a long journey!"

Inside the flagship of the Earth fleet, Chu Yuhang jumped up. "Desertion in the face of the enemy! Execute them by military law!"

He immediately ordered all warships to open fire on ship no. 23.

However, aside from his flagship and a few other warships firing various torpedoes and laser beams, the other warships didn't move at all.

Even so, ship no. 23's energy shields were completely stripped away.

The tottering warship flying the white flag looked as if it would be destroyed by the next round of fire.

Xie Miaomiao stood tall in the command center, her gaze resolute. "This is my choice; I will not regret it!"

The other crew members also stood up. "No, Captain, it's our choice too! Being your crew has also been the greatest honor of our lives!"