Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

Earth

Office of the Speaker of the SUPP.

The office door slowly opened, and Fang Xu's voice came from outside.

"Speaker Hong, are you free now?"

The sound of a chair moving and footsteps rang out simultaneously, followed by Hong Qiming's somewhat muffled voice.

"Academician Fang, it's been a long time!"

Accompanied by hurried footsteps, the deep voice gradually grew louder: "Quick, please come in!"

Looking at the familiar face with a few wrinkles in the office, Fang Xu smiled again after a long time.

"Long time no see, long time no see. The last time we met was probably hundreds of years ago, wasn't it?" Fang Xu looked at Hong Qiming with a teasing expression and strode into the office.

"Sigh!" Hong Qiming waved his hand helplessly, "If you include the time spent in hibernation, it's been almost eight hundred years since we last met."

"When I woke up this morning, I even felt like I was falling behind the times."

"Warp drive... something I never even dared to dream of before has actually come true!"

Faced with Hong Qiming's exclamation, Fang Xu sat down in the chair with a smile.

"How is it?"

"Are you free now?" he asked with a smile.

"I'm free! Of course I'm free!!"

Hong Qiming said repeatedly, "The council has just woken up from hibernation, and now no one knows what to do."

As he spoke, he spread his hands, looking at Fang Xu with a helpless expression: "There's nothing we can do. Apart from the academicians of your Academy of Sciences, no ordinary people can be awakened. We can't do anything even if we want to."

Fang Xu smiled and looked at Hong Qiming: "Don't worry, Chairman Hong."

"Well, that's why I'm here to cause you trouble, isn't it?"

Hong Qiming: "???"

Is that how you talk?

Or is he simply out of touch with the times?

"Currently, human civilization has entered a Type V civilization, and we have the basic ability to protect ourselves." Fang Xu's expression became slightly more serious. "Therefore, Professor Lü has decided to change our policy towards extraterrestrial civilizations."

"We need to develop our own power."

Hong Qiming's eyes flickered slightly.

"you mean……"

"ally?"

Has the Academy of Sciences discovered other civilizations yet?

"Not an ally." Fang Xu shook his head slightly, correcting Hong Qiming's statement. "To be precise, they are vassals."

Hong Qiming abruptly stopped speaking, then asked in an incredulous tone, "Vassal?"

"Not bad, a subordinate civilization."

Fang Xu explained in detail: "We need to provide our subordinate civilizations with crucial technologies, and in return, they will have to give up various resources and even their lives!"

"This model of civilization development imitates the civilization of cleaners."

"The development of advanced civilizations requires more and more resources."

"While the universe is not lacking in resources, it is simply...too vast!"

"To ensure the rapid development of human civilization, it is necessary to absorb a sufficient number of subordinate civilizations."

Hong Qiming nodded silently: "I understand."

"So, Professor Lü means..."

"As you know, the people at the Academy of Sciences love doing research. It would be better to let them die than deal with these complex relationships between civilizations," Fang Xu laughed self-deprecatingly. "Therefore, Professor Lü wants to select some people from the council for training to be specifically responsible for liaison between human civilization and other civilizations, as well as the absorption of affiliated civilizations."

"Don't worry about the theoretical aspects; the Department of Sociology will provide them with full assistance."

Hong Qiming suddenly realized.

He frowned slightly and began to think carefully.

"Let me think about it..."

As he spoke, he reached out and pulled up the information on the councilors, and began to screen them one by one.

"Pro-foreignism... I'm afraid we have to exclude these lawmakers first," Hong Qiming muttered to himself. "But such people are an outlier in the parliament anyway."

Fang Xu didn't speak, but simply nodded in agreement.

Subordinate civilizations are just a nice-sounding term, after all.

A "good legislator" who adheres to pro-foreign principles is incapable of doing the "dirty work" of absorbing subservient civilizations!

"To be honest, I sometimes admire you," Fang Xu said with a wry smile. "I just can't understand how pro-foreign figures could appear in Parliament under those circumstances, and how you managed to tolerate them?"

Hong Qiming shrugged: "Simply put, if a bird is big enough, it can be found in any kind of forest."

Fang Xu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"As for how to put up with them..." Hong Qiming waved his hand, looking at Fang Xu with a helpless expression, "This is the parliament after all, I can only pretend I didn't see their proposal."

As he spoke, Hung Chi-ming crossed out the names of some councilors again: "Extreme xenophobic, these also have to be excluded."

"Otherwise, forget about absorbing subordinate civilizations; who knows what kind of trouble they might cause..."

This time, the list was quickly reduced.

Clearly, extreme xenophobia is the prevailing ideology among lawmakers.

Hong Qiming carefully examined the list in front of him, which had been streamlined several times, and pondered for a moment.

"Got it."

He raised his hand and circled a name: "Lin Shuguang, I remember this kid, he's good material."

Fang Xu curiously clicked on Lin Shuguang's identity information.

"Wow! A member of the new generation born on Dawn Star!" he exclaimed with some surprise. "To become a councilor at such a young age, his abilities are extraordinary!"

Hong Qiming smiled and affirmed Fang Xu's words.

"It's extraordinary."

"Born into the social welfare system, they received a good education."

"Having a strong sense of belonging and responsibility to human civilization, and being xenophobic but not extreme, perfectly meets Professor Lü's requirements."

"His ability to perform under pressure was also satisfactory..."

"However, just to be on the safe side, the sociology department may need to conduct a few more tests."

Hong Qiming smiled and nodded, saying, "That's only right! After all, this is a major event concerning civilizations, so being cautious is definitely the best course of action."

"By the way, Speaker Hong," Fang Xu said as he stood up, "help me pick a few more people. We can't assign him to all the tasks, can we?"

"Good, good, good!" Hong Qiming's smile grew even wider. "Give me a day. Once I've selected the candidates, I'll have them report directly to the School of Sociology."