Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 769: The Pegasus Civilization’s Choice

Whether or not to help the Divine Ark Civilization was a very difficult choice, and for the Pegasus Civilization, which had only just regained prosperity, it was even more so.

The leader of the Pegasus Civilization stood atop a building on the highest level of this planet, looking down at the land beneath his feet. What he saw were countless vehicles shuttling back and forth, near-ground aircraft that could only be used for atmospheric flight, and spaceships that could travel between different planets and different star systems. On the ground, there were also countless leisure-type transportation tools similar to cars. Between the skyscrapers, streams of people moved everywhere, and every Pegasus Civilization citizen wore a confident smile.

This was only what the Pegasus Civilization leader could see. He also knew that in places he could not see, more people were striving for the civilization. Whether on cold, lonely alien industrial planets, in the deep and dark universe, or on habitation planets that had not yet been fully transformed and whose environments were still harsh, countless citizens were fighting on.

To reach the present level, the entire Pegasus Civilization had overcome difficulty after difficulty, endured blow after blow, and only then finally welcomed this situation long dreamed of by countless people. The Pegasus Civilization leader knew that if they chose to confront the Sweepers Civilization and help the Divine Ark Civilization, all of this would be lost.

From a interest perspective, he should have abandoned the idea of helping the Divine Ark Civilization without hesitation, yet no matter what, the Pegasus Civilization leader could not make that decision. He recalled what he had said back then, when the Divine Ark Civilization had twice saved his civilization.

“We of the Pegasus Civilization will definitely repay you, the Divine Ark Civilization, even if the price is everything of our civilization.” The oath of the past still echoed by his ears, yet now the Pegasus Civilization leader hesitated in his heart.

“I think we should withdraw our strength, conceal ourselves with everything we have, and when the situation becomes impossible, we can even abandon this place to evade the Sweepers Civilization.” a high official said. “We have no need to sacrifice the interests of our own civilization to help an enemy who once destroyed our civilization.”

“Yes, we absolutely do not need to pay such a huge sacrifice. The current situation was obtained by how many of our citizens sacrificing, by how much suffering we endured. How can we give it up so easily?”

“I oppose rescuing the Divine Ark Civilization.”

“I oppose it.”

The high officials participating in the meeting unanimously chose opposition. Yet the Pegasus Civilization leader’s gaze grew even more distant.

“I have decided to launch a civilization-wide vote to determine whether to go rescue the Divine Ark Civilization.” the leader said softly. “On this issue, none of us is qualified to make a decision. I have decided to hand this issue over to all citizens of our civilization to make the choice.”

Under the leader’s instruction, a grand press conference was held. Within the Pegasus Civilization, all media with any weight gathered here. Countless recording instruments were aimed at the leader standing on the podium.

“I apologize for disturbing everyone, because I have an important matter to tell everyone, a matter related to our civilization’s future. This issue is very difficult to decide, so I have decided to hold a civilization-wide vote so that we may all make a choice together.”

The leader’s voice was transmitted through various instruments to every place within the Pegasus Civilization. Whether prosperous cities or quiet villages, or desolate undeveloped planets, mining planets, every place where Pegasus Civilization citizens existed could receive this message.

Workers stopped working, tourists stopped sightseeing, students stopped studying. Scientists stopped researching…

“This is the situation.” the Pegasus Civilization leader said calmly. “Our 715th research base detected such a scene some time ago. Through analysis, we have confirmed that this is two Level 6 peak civilizations at war.”

“Two Level 6 peak civilizations are at war? Our Pegasus Civilization has only just entered the Level 6 civilization category. We have not even mastered the method of small universe slicing, and our ship speed has only just broken one hundred times the speed of light. Our civilization does not have the strength to participate in such a war…”

“Are we going to abandon the current living environment and once again step into exile… Level 6 peak civilizations are not something we can resist…”

Such discussion arose across the Pegasus Civilization.

“According to the intelligence we have obtained, we confirm that these are two Level 6 peak civilizations in the late stage of war. Their current total number of warships does not exceed one hundred thousand, and the largest warships are only Nation-Class spaceships. This means our civilization already has the strength to intervene in this war. Our Pegasus Civilization currently possesses around ten million warships in total, and our civilization flagship is a Planet-Class spaceship. Our strength is sufficient to intervene in this war, but we must go all out to do it.”

“This means that if we choose to intervene in the war, our thousands of years of accumulation will be destroyed in a single moment. Our quiet and peaceful life will be shattered, and we will lose everything… We can choose not to intervene in this war, but I must tell everyone, in this war between Level 6 peak civilizations, one side is the Divine Ark Civilization, and the Divine Ark Civilization is at an absolute disadvantage. If we do not intervene, the Divine Ark Civilization will be annihilated.”

After saying this, the Pegasus Civilization leader paused. At this moment, an uproar surged through Pegasus Civilization society.

“It’s the Divine Ark Civilization? When the Divine Ark Civilization saved our Pegasus Civilization twice, we once swore that when the Divine Ark Civilization faced danger, no matter what price we paid, we would save them and help them, to repay their debt of kindness.”

“But we experienced countless hardships to reach our present achievements. Our civilization is once again full of vitality, once again full of hope. Countless people’s sacrifices, countless people’s struggle brought us here. If we intervene in this war and help the Divine Ark Civilization, we will lose all of this…”

“Don’t forget, the one who destroyed our Pegasus Civilization back then was precisely the Divine Ark Civilization! If not for the Divine Ark Civilization, we would still be developing slowly in our original star system. Our civilization would not have collapsed, and we would not have embarked on the road of flight. The culprit behind all of this is precisely the Divine Ark Civilization!”

“But the reason the war broke out was on our side. The Divine Ark Civilization came with the purpose of peaceful trade. It was our previous leader of the Pegasus Civilization who issued the order to attack the Divine Ark Civilization… This is not the Divine Ark Civilization’s fault.”

Countless voices of debate rose in all corners of the Pegasus Civilization.

“I know this choice is hard. Although I am our civilization’s leader, in such a matter, I also do not have the right to use my will to intervene. So I have decided to launch a civilization-wide vote to decide this matter. Any citizen with independent criminal capacity may cast a ballot. We have two choices, help the Divine Ark Civilization, or not help the Divine Ark Civilization. The future fate of our Pegasus Civilization rests in the hands of each of us. Starting now, you may use any personal computing terminal to complete the vote. The voting time is three hours.” the Pegasus Civilization leader said.

Countless Pegasus Civilization citizens immediately opened their personal computing terminals. Sure enough, a voting interface had already appeared on their personal computing terminals.

“Before everyone begins voting, I want to ask everyone one question.” the Pegasus Civilization leader said softly. “I want to ask everyone, what is the driving force and source that has supported our civilization to develop to the present degree?”

“I know everyone has their own answer, and likewise I have my own answer. My answer is: the driving force and source that has supported our civilization to this day is only one thing, and that is our civilization’s spirit. It is our national spirit of never giving up, never admitting defeat, persisting to the end, tenacious and unyielding, keeping our word, repaying hatred, repaying kindness. It is precisely because of this spirit that our civilization has been able to cut through thorns and brambles all the way, to keep walking until now, and to achieve accomplishments we previously did not even dare to imagine. When we encountered a black hole, we did not give up, and in the end held on until the Divine Ark Civilization came to save us. There, we made our first promise. When we were trapped inside an abandoned Level 6 civilization small universe, we held on until the end, and then were saved by the Divine Ark Civilization once again, even though in the end we still lost that small universe.”

“The Divine Ark Civilization saved our civilization twice. We made two promises, when the Divine Ark Civilization faced danger, no matter what price we paid, we would save the Divine Ark Civilization. Now, Heaven has placed this test before us. Whether our civilization’s spirit is as tenacious and indestructible as we imagine, now is our chance to verify it.” 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

“I am thinking, in order to maintain this spirit of our civilization, I am willing to make any sacrifice. If in the end our voting result violates our civilization’s spirit, then I will personally pilot a spaceship to rescue the Divine Ark Civilization, using my personal death to mourn our dead civilization spirit. This is my personal choice. As a citizen of the Pegasus Civilization, I choose to cast an approval vote. I approve going to rescue the Divine Ark Civilization. Now, make your choice.”

The vote began. The Pegasus Civilization leader gently closed his eyes. Three hours later, his eyes opened again.

At this moment, tears could not help but flow down his face. He murmured, “Our civilization’s spirit will continue forever, and will never be destroyed.”

“I order for the fleet to depart, rescue the Divine Ark Civilization!”

[T/N: Independent criminal capacity means the legal ability of an individual to be held responsible for their actions. When I first saw it I thought it was translated wrong but it’s just some legal term.]