52: Chapter 52 The Wandering Earth, Humanity First

On one of the spaceships orbiting the Wandering Earth, Chu Yuhang, who had been asleep for over two hundred years, woke up from his hibernation pod. Drenched, he struggled to crawl up and snatched a towel from the hands of the personnel beside him.

Then, he slowly wiped down his still firm and well-defined six-pack abs.

Having been forced into the hibernation pod, his anger remained unabated even after so many years of slumber.

The personnel nearby, seeing the resentment on his face, could only cautiously call out: "Officer Chu."

Chu Yuhang turned his head, a flicker of confusion flashing in his eyes, and said to the group: "Xiao Tonghe, Du Fei, Elisa, why are you here?"

Elisa, her heart surging with emotion, had slightly reddened eyes: "We volunteered to enter the pods."

Du Fei and Xiao Tonghe nodded with serious expressions: "We firmly believe in your philosophy and are willing to follow you to the death."

Chu Yuhang scanned their shoulder insignias and said in a deep voice: "You don't need to follow a lieutenant. The reason I didn't expose you back then was so that you could continue researching the Wormhole Generator."

He recalled the trial he had faced alone over two hundred years ago.

At the Supreme Court of the United Earth Government, the judge solemnly pronounced: "The defendant, Chu Yuhang, abused his position to unauthorizedly use the Civilization spaceship and over a thousand people on board for a Wormhole experiment with unknown consequences. This action breached the moral bottom line of humanity and committed the crime of endangering intelligent life in the universe."

"Now, in accordance with the 'Universal Human Survival and Peace Act,' he is sentenced to 220 years in prison and stripped of all his positions."

"Due to the defendant's past outstanding contributions, this court discretionarily allows the defendant to serve his sentence in a hibernation pod with the rank of lieutenant."

Upon hearing the verdict, Chu Yuhang roared from the defendant's dock: "Bullshit on endangering intelligent life. Only humans, only us humans on Earth, are the only intelligent life! You hypocritical moralists, full of high-sounding talk, are the ones who have committed the unforgivable crime against humanity!"

But even though he refused to plead guilty, he was ultimately forcibly escorted into the hibernation pod by over a dozen armed marshals.

Du Fei, who had woken up five years earlier, looked pained: "Not long after you entered the pod, the United Government sealed all the equipment recovered from the high-level Civilization battlefield ruins into warehouses. Except for a few scientists who were extremely loyal to the government, it was very difficult for anyone else to get access to them."

Xiao Tonghe took over: "Because we couldn't carry out your order to continue researching the Wormhole Generator, several high-ranking military officials entered hibernation pods together to wait for your awakening!"

Chu Yuhang trembled with rage: "Those damn guys have delayed humanity for another two hundred years!"

After calming his anger, he stared into everyone's eyes: "You say you will follow me to the death; does that mean you are prepared to die?"

Elisa nodded vigorously: "We firmly believe in your philosophy, Humanity First! For the future and home of humanity, we are willing to pay any price!"

"Yes, those of us who woke up earlier have been spreading your philosophy in the military these past few years. Moreover, the younger generation has long been dissatisfied with the hypocritical and conservative upper echelons!" A glow radiated from Du Fei's eyes.

"Good!" Chu Yuhang took a deep breath, held his head high, and strode out of the cabin door: "Then, I ask all of you like-minded people to follow closely in my footsteps."

In the following days, the group secretly contacted all the radical young middle and lower-level officers in the military, meticulously formulating a plan.

Finally, Chu Yuhang bypassed countless sentries and arrived before the central hub of the artificial intelligence "Hope."

He got straight to the point: "I need your help."

The massive machine emitted a slight "buzzing" electrical sound: "I have always been helping all of humanity; this is my mission and the purpose for which I was created."

"Helping me is helping all of humanity!"

Hope seemed to express confusion: "I do not understand."

Subsequently, Chu Yuhang had a long conversation with Hope. Before leaving, he threw out one last sentence: "If you truly fulfill your mission, please lend me a hand in tomorrow's operation. If you stand on the opposite side of humanity, go report me to the higher-ups to have me arrested and executed tonight. Decide for yourself!"

The next day, with the joint uprising of middle and lower-level officers and the assistance of the artificial intelligence Hope.

A dozen warships turned their cannons toward the United Government's two frigates, and dozens of laser beams poured out.

Subsequently, twenty carrier-based aircraft passed through the vast wreckage of the frigates lingering in space and forcibly breached the spaceship where the United Government's top brass were located.

After clearing away slight resistance, they surrounded all the high-ranking government officials, including the supreme commander, in the main hall.

Chu Yuhang, the leader among the crowd, revealed a ruthless glint in his eyes: "Throw all these people into space!"

Piercing wails and pleas for mercy continued for a long time before the interior of the spaceship finally became quiet again.

Everyone gathered around him, waiting for the next instructions.

Chu Yuhang looked at the nearly one hundred corpses floating outside the porthole and the surface of the Wandering Earth, and calmly ordered his subordinates: "Turn on the device; I want to broadcast the first message to all of humanity!"

After everything was ready, he cleared his throat: "Listen up, everyone, the United Government no longer exists. And I, Chu Yuhang, will act as the Emperor of all humanity, living and dying, advancing and retreating with humanity! I will find a perfect new home for the Wandering Earth in the shortest possible time! Humanity First!"

At this moment, whether in the space fleet or on the Wandering Earth, everyone knew that the craziest and most radical person from over two hundred years ago had returned.

As the Emperor of humanity, he had returned!

Having successfully staged the coup, Chu Yuhang immediately set about the matter he had always been concerned about.

"What information has been transmitted back by the Quantum Synchronization Conductor installed on the Civilization ecological spaceship?"