Chapter 1846 Defense
The Bronze Age returned to Earth, and countless Earthlings came to watch. They saw that the outer shell of the spacecraft was already mottled and had many patches. Obviously, sailing in the universe for twenty years is not an easy task. The crew on the spacecraft only wakes up once every few years, and they sleep more often and can only wake up when they are on duty.
When the spacecraft hits meteorite fragments or instrument failures, there are not many parts to repair, and they can only use things stolen from friendly ships to sew and patch, so the outer shell is so shabby.
You should know that when on Earth, the spacecraft must be maintained every year, and the Bronze Age has not been maintained for twenty years.
Outside the spacecraft are a large number of security soldiers, who are here to arrest the crew of the Bronze Age. Unfortunately, the crew is ignorant and thinks that these people are here to welcome them home.
When the crew lined up to leave the spacecraft, they had not had time to express their feelings about going home, and they were arrested by the security forces around them.
"We are not criminals, what are you doing?" The crew didn't understand what these people meant? Didn't the Earthlings call them home? Why were they arrested when they came back?
This scene was filmed by the onlookers and quickly spread across the Internet. Many netizens said that the arrest was good because they all knew what the Bronze Age had done, and what they did was anti-human.
All the crew members were brought to court and forced to state their actions.
It was a dark history. Not long after the five spaceships left the earth, they heard that the Earth Space Force had been completely destroyed. As the last spaceship to escape, they first thanked the defected Zhang Beihai, and at the same time formed the Starship Earth, hoping to continue the civilization of the earth and find a new home.
But the order only lasted for a short time, because they were at a loss and didn't know where to find a safe place. The resources carried by the five spaceships were limited. If they continued, they would have no future at all.
And the best solution at this time was to concentrate all the resources to ensure that a few people could live longer and live to find a place to live.
But who would live and who would die? All five spaceships had this idea, so a chain of suspicion was created, and finally the Bronze Age and Quantum took the initiative to destroy the other three spaceships.
"...We used subsonic missiles to bombard the other three spaceships, and then divided all the resources with the Quantum, and the wreckage of the spaceship was left in the universe as a tombstone."
At this time, the prosecutor said sternly: "Tombstone? I'm afraid there is no body in the tombstone. What you did is simply appalling. You are not a civilized individual with conscience at all. You are a barbaric cannibal."
The audience below also showed disgust, and some Trisolarans watched this century trial calmly. Duran and Luo Jie, who were disguised, were also among them. Luo Jie was not punished after being discovered. Of course, Luo Jie did not run away because Duran said he could take him to see a good show.
Luo Jie knew that the trial in front of him was a good show. Listening to the testimony of the crew, Luo Jie had mixed feelings. This terrible thing really happened, and what was more terrible was that the people on Earth had never experienced that kind of despair but were high-handed and accusing them.
Luo Jie couldn't help thinking that if it wasn't his father, then the Earth would be finished now. What qualifications did the people on Earth have to blame the crew for making choices under such circumstances?
Under the circumstances at that time, the five warships did not know that Luo Ji could turn the tide. It was already assumed that the earth was occupied and humans were destroyed. They were the last spark of civilization. In order to make the spark last longer, the five ships realized the best option, but the Bronze Age and Quantum took the lead. If they did not take action, the other three ships would have taken action.
At that time, they no longer lived according to human laws, but according to the laws of the universe.
The crew listened to the prosecutor's duties and just said in a low voice: "When fish leave the ocean and walk on land, fish are no longer fish. When humans leave the earth and fly into the universe, humans are no longer humans." However, this powerful speech obviously cannot shake the moral concepts of humans in peacetime.
Everyone still thinks they are guilty.
"Ahem." A cough suddenly came from the solemn and solemn courtroom, and Duran, dressed as a lawyer, slowly walked out from the side.
Luo Jie turned his head immediately when he saw Duran, and found that Duran, who was sitting next to him, had disappeared. This was a great change of life. At the same time, he couldn't help but think that Duran was really not afraid of death?
Duran walked slowly into the courtroom and was exposed to the spotlight. This was his first public appearance.
"I want to defend the Bronze Age." Duran smiled.
Everyone was stunned. This time, the Bronze Age did not have a defense lawyer, because there was solid evidence of their actions, so they were just defending themselves and there was no need to send a lawyer. Where did the lawyer come from?
This person looked familiar, and everyone said they seemed to have seen him before.
"Duran, he is the extremely evil Duran!" Finally someone recognized Duran, and the camera instantly transmitted his image to thousands of households. In the past, many people only knew this name and had no idea what Duran looked like. Now it seems that Duran is not a supernatural being.
The security forces rushed over, but Duran slowly took out the sword holder button: "If you don't let me defend, I will press it. Do you know what will happen if you press it? In fact, I don't know, so I have always been curious. You have to know how difficult it is to resist the urge to press the button."
Everyone was shocked. Didn't they say that the copied Sword Holder button had been destroyed? Even the Trisolarans confirmed this information. How come Duran still had the button in his hand? How many did he copy?
Everyone was afraid to do anything, so the judge could only agree to let Duran enter.
Duran seemed to find that everyone was very curious, and obviously wanted to know why Duran appeared at this time. He said: "Everyone says that I am a bad guy with heinous crimes, and the crew of the Bronze Age are also anti-human demons. Since we are all bad guys, of course we have to help each other, right?" This logic is really impeccable.
In this century's trial, there are really evil people, even the big villains who have been hiding for two hundred years have appeared, and the attention is full.
"Say what you want to say. In fact, no matter what you say, you can't deny their crimes." The prosecutor said coldly: "And the next person to be judged will be you."
Duran smiled: "Regarding this matter, the facts and the consequences are very clear, but I think they are at most excessive self-defense, not anti-human."
"Nonsense." The prosecutor didn't believe this nonsense.
"I have evidence." Duran took out the evidence, which was the black boxes of the 'Natural Selection', 'Enterprise' and 'Deep Space'.
The black boxes were not necessary resources, so they were left in the wreckage of the spacecraft. Unexpectedly, they fell into Duran's hands. The crew of the Bronze Age didn't know what happened on the three spacecraft, so they watched Duran's performance quietly.
Start playing.
It can be clearly seen from the records of the black box that before the 'Natural Selection' was hit, all the members had decided to attack friendly forces to seize resources. Zhang Beihai's finger was already on the button, but he was a step slower after all.
When he was attacked, Zhang Beihai's last words were "It doesn't matter, it's all the same."
This shows that whether it is killing or being killed, it is just fate. The important thing is that humans are aware of their situation and understand how to survive. As long as they realize this, there is still hope for humans.
Zhang Beihai's last words in the black box shocked everyone, and the court was silent.
After a long while, Duran said, "People always talk about great benevolence and righteousness, but they never think that for our civilization as a whole, sometimes great benevolence is great evil, and unkindness is great benevolence."