Chapter 218: I Chose the Xia Kingdom

Yang Yi landed in her newly built manor, carrying Chris.

The manor is a complex of buildings; this is merely one villa completed first, while construction on the other structures continues daily.

"In fact, I am very satisfied with your performance." Yang Yi stroked his face with tender affection, her voice soft: "Please continue to maintain your persona until... the day you die..."

If a villain plays a good man for a lifetime, then he is a good man. To perform a role for a life is to become that role.

Yang Yi did not care whether he was performing; she only cared what his performance could provide for her.

She gestured toward her manor to introduce it to him: "There, this will be the theater for your acting from now on. Familiarize yourself with the environment first. Starting tomorrow, your role officially begins."

"Is this imprisonment?" Chris took her hand.

"You don't think the words I said about kidnapping you when we first met were a joke, do you?" she asked in surprise, then laughed, pointing to the villa beside them. "They built me a villa like an art gallery so I could house the world's most magnificent, precious, and meaningful artworks. At that time, I thought—aren't you that?"

Chris gazed at her in silence, his eyes full of sorrow.

"Darling, do not disappoint me." She gently patted his face, turned, and flew away.

Yang Yi landed directly at the political heart of the Xia Kingdom—Taiye Pool—and said to the Central Office Secretary who approached: "Summon everyone for an immediate meeting."

A few minutes later, amidst the hazy night, numerous government vehicles sped toward Taiye Pool from all directions to attend this meeting destined to alter the entire world order.

Half an hour later, the highest decision-making body, the military, the Academy of Sciences, and the senior leadership of the Awakening Bureau gathered in the Great Hall.

The atmosphere in the Great Hall was extremely solemn. Four hours after Yang Yi destroyed the thirteen military bases of the Ark Kingdom, everyone in their hearts already had a vague idea of what this meeting signified.

After the meeting began, Yang Yi first asked the National Space Administration and the Dark Matter Research Institute to report on the progress of the Interstellar Migration Plan.

Dean Liu Zhenbang, the chief engineer of the Interstellar Migration Plan, opened the PPT he had prepared long ago and began his report:

"Leaders, with the support of the cross-dimensional coordinates and space jump capabilities provided by Comrade Yang Yi, humanity has achieved instant colonization ignoring physical distance for the first time. Two off-world bases have moved from the survival verification stage to the stage of continuous expansion.

"Our goal is: before the Evil God descends, establish at least five survival bases capable of independent circulation for over a century. Currently, the two major bases are running stably, the coordinates for the third base have been confirmed, and construction is about to begin.

"Our core advantage lies in Comrade Yang Yi's coordinate anchoring and space jump capabilities, which allow us to skip all conventional aerospace technologies, such as energy propulsion, life support, and travel time constraints. Transportation costs approach zero; construction speed depends on material and personnel scheduling."

Yang Yi sat silently listening, her expressionless face showing no trace of arrogance.

Dean Liu Zhenbang did not stop his report: "Currently on Blood Moon Star, the number of resident scientists and engineers has reached 413...

"The challenge we currently face is establishing a main base on Blood Moon Star. We are preparing to construct a fully enclosed ecological dome with a diameter of two kilometers, simulating Earth's ecology inside to achieve preliminary self-circulation of food, water, and oxygen..."

When the image of the fully enclosed ecological dome of the first base on Blood Moon Star appeared on the PPT, a low murmur of admiration rose throughout the hall.

"Yellow Sand Star has no surface liquid water; it is a global desert with extreme day-night temperature differences, reaching -80°C to 70°C, but massive ice layers and geothermal activity have been detected underground.

"Our goal is to build an underground city, with the main base constructed 300 meters underground, utilizing geothermal energy and extracting water from the ice layers to form a stable underground ecosystem...

"We urgently need more experts in ecology, planetary geology, closed systems, and skilled technical workers.

"In terms of materials, we need to research special alloys, conduct gene bank backups, and develop large-scale ecological circulation modules...

"The greatest risk we face is that the survival of all bases currently depends entirely on Comrade Yang Yi's personal ability and will. We need to accelerate research into the nature of spatial coordinates and seek backup solutions.

"The external risk lies in the fact that we are still unclear whether the Evil God's harvesting scope is limited to the solar system or covers all places where humanity has set foot. Dispersing across star systems is an opportunity, but it may also merely postpone the end."

After Dean Liu Zhenbang finished his report, a buzzing sound filled the Great Hall, representing the top managers of the entire Xia Kingdom whispering to one another.

Especially when Dean Liu mentioned "depends entirely on Comrade Yang Yi's personal ability and will," many looked at Yang Yi, carefully observing her expression.

Yang Yi's fingertips moved imperceptibly; her face remained calm, as if she had already known the content of Dean Liu's report.

She spoke in a light tone: "Next."

The host immediately invited Professor Wu Qingyuan from the Dark Matter and Awakening Ability Research Institute to report on the progress of the National Awakening Plan.

Professor Wu went on stage to report: "Through induced directional environmental pressure and dark matter coupling factors, the global human awakening ratio has broken through the critical point and is growing exponentially... but the growth rate carries potential risks...

"Awakened population ratio: surged from less than 0.6% before the incident to approximately 1.7% currently. The total number of awakened individuals is about 31 million, with approximately 26.5 million registered and completed preliminary assessments. Our country has 3 S-class awakeners, 76 A-class, with B-class and below forming the majority..."

When numbers such as "Awakened population 1.7%, 3 S-class, 76 A-class" were projected on the PPT, the conference room fell into a deathly silence, with only the faint wind sound of the air conditioning system audible.

"The challenge we currently face is that the laws governing S-class awakening are almost impossible to predict with existing models...

"The key technical breakthrough we have achieved is confirming the dark matter coupling factor as the critical medium for awakening. We cannot create it, but we can temporarily increase its concentration in local environments through specific fields—combining the coordinate energy frequency provided by Comrade Yang Yi—raising the probability of natural awakening by 300-500%... This marks our transition from observing awakening to the stage of limited guided awakening..."

Yang Yi sat on the main platform, remaining silent throughout.

Only after Professor Wu Qingyuan left the stage did Yang Yi look around the entire Great Hall; under this gaze, the whole hall became so quiet that a pin dropping could be heard.

"Everyone present, above the physical rules of the world we know, there exists a layer of grander ecological rules. We can view the universe as a living organism; the Evil God, or the Death Star, is equivalent to the immune system and digestive program, periodically clearing overly active civilization colonies.

"This cycle is thirty million years, and now it is our turn, the human civilization...

"Facing this threat, humanity's current political structure—the United Nations based on sovereignty and gaming—is ineffective. It is a game designed to fight for chairs, but the house is about to collapse.

"I need a platform, one that takes the overall interests of humanity as its sole starting point and can be effectively executed.

"Looking globally, the Xia Kingdom is the only civilized entity possessing this potential. Not because it is the strongest, but because it is the most balanced—the core of the Xia Kingdom's system contains a gene where collective continuation surpasses individual infinite expansion; the Xia Kingdom's grassroots organizational capability, engineering mindset, and long-term strategic determination are the foundation for executing civilization-level survival plans.

"I grew up here and benefited from here. I am clear about the imperfections of this system, but I have also witnessed its relative effectiveness in curbing the worst aspects of human nature.

"I will not rule the Xia Kingdom, nor will I become a weapon for any nation. I will be the supervisor and guarantor of the Interstellar Migration and National Awakening plans.

"I will do my utmost to provide help and eliminate fatal obstacles in the execution of the human civilization survival plan.

"I give you 24 hours for preliminary assessment and strategic mobilization. Then, I need the Xia Kingdom to initiate a motion in the United Nations in the name of the representative of human civilization to integrate global resources.

"If any nation obstructs... the current status of the Ark Kingdom is the example.

"This is not a threat; this is a necessary means to save human civilization.

"We stand at a fork in the road of civilization. One path is to cling to old toys until annihilation; the other path is to undergo painful metamorphosis to fight for an uncertain, but at least existing, future.

"I have chosen the Xia Kingdom; I also ask the Xia Kingdom to choose humanity."