Rebirth of the Super Battleship

Chapter 780: Moir My Life

After the Pegasus Civilization leader noticed this matter, he immediately understood the changes it could bring to his civilization. He was also a faithful supporter of this article. He keenly sensed that his civilization was about to enter a period of rebirth from the flames, and this article was the spark that lit that blaze.

While he began actively guiding positive public opinion and continuing to expand the influence of this article, he also started working to find the whereabouts of the article’s author, Moir. But in the end, he was disappointed. Moir seemed to have vanished from the world. Only some of his deeds still circulated within the Pegasus Civilization. In the chaotic society of the Pegasus Civilization, making a person vanish was truly too easy. Almost every moment, people died without explanation and then disappeared without a trace, and no one could find them. They might already be in the belly of wild dogs, or in some dark, damp cave, or already reduced to ash mixed into the soil.

Xiao Yu quietly watched all of this. Xiao Yu had no intention of handing Moir over. Sometimes, a sense of guilt was also a force powerful enough to drive progress. Now was not the time for Moir to appear.

In the first month after this article appeared, the crime rate that had remained stubbornly high finally showed signs of loosening. Although it was still at a relatively high level, this was a good beginning. People began to spontaneously go to areas where Moir had once been active, seeking the real Moir from life. More people began asking a question, “Where is Moir now?”

Moir had disappeared. This was the answer the Pegasus Civilization leader gave. Through various monitoring methods, the Pegasus Civilization leader fixed Moir’s last known location at a dilapidated, uninhabited room, and confirmed that Moir vanished at night.

The Pegasus Civilization leader said, “As far as we know, Moir’s leg injury worsened at that time, and he came here. In the howling wind and rain, in the cold wind, he used his last strength to write this article. After that, he vanished. He may have been persecuted by nearby criminal forces, or he may have been bitten to death and eaten by wild dogs passing by. We cannot determine Moir’s final end, but we know Moir has been swallowed by darkness.”

“At the same time, we also know that up until the moment he was swallowed by darkness, Moir never abandoned the longing and desire for light in his heart. Moir had a very high IQ. If he had used his intelligence to improve his own conditions, he would certainly have obtained a life far better than most people. But he did not. He used all his ability to help others, holding fast to the spirit of our civilization. Yet when he died, it was on such a pitch-black night. I think that Moir, at that time, must have felt very sad in his heart. I do not know whether he regretted being born into our civilization. I, the highest leader of the Pegasus Civilization, at this moment, feel ashamed to be a Pegasus Civilization intelligent being.”

After the Pegasus Civilization leader personally announced the news of Moir’s death, countless people across the Pegasus Civilization began to weep quietly. Many people spontaneously went to the place where Moir had last appeared, lingering before that abandoned room and refusing to leave for a long time. Many people knelt and prostrated before that room, confessing to Moir who had vanished, reflecting on their past. The dark forces in this entire city suffered collateral damage from the people’s rage. Many were beaten to death until the government had to dispatch forces there to maintain security and order.

That abandoned room had now become a holy site in the hearts of the Pegasus Civilization people.

Moir’s article was quickly published under the name Moir – My Life, printed into a paper edition. Although current technology no longer needed paper, people generally believed paper books carried greater spiritual power. Several tens of billions of copies were printed. Almost every Pegasus Civilization person had such a book in their hands.This book quickly set many records. From the emergence of the Pegasus Civilization until now, there had never been a book that spread as widely as this, and brought such enormous change to the entire Pegasus Civilization.

The crime rate was plunging in a straight line at a speed that shocked the Pegasus Civilization leader. Countless criminals who had once been ruthless streamed into security offices in groups, asking to surrender. Countless people cried hoarsely there, demanding punishment. The numbers were so large that the Pegasus Civilization prisons could not hold them all. Many criminals infamous for their cruelty even chose to end their sin-filled lives by suicide.

As this situation spread, the Pegasus Civilization leader had to urgently revise legal clauses, moderately relaxing punishment standards. For those whose crimes were light and who truly repented, they were sentenced only to a period of volunteer work. For those whose crimes were heavier, they were also dealt with as lightly as possible. Finding a balance between the dignity of law and the warmth of humanoid feeling was always a basic quality of a qualified politician.

There was even an official-background website commemorating Moir that went online. Almost every Pegasus Civilization person treated it as a place they had to visit daily, to confess past wrongs.

The Pegasus Civilization people erupted with a massive enthusiasm they would never have dared imagine before. The ruins-clearing projects that had been dragged out for several hundred years were all completed in only several decades. Cities once again returned to peace and cleanliness. Tall buildings symbolizing vigorous vitality rose once more on the life-bearing planets of the Pegasus Civilization like bamboo shoots after rain.

Scientists began withdrawing from the chaotic arena of fame and profit to focus on scientific research. Politicians began focusing on how to let the people live better. Merchants stopped caring about petty gains and took integrity as their business principle. Government offices representing the dignity of law began truly becoming the nemesis of crime…

Everything was developing in a good direction. Finally, the Pegasus Civilization leader’s face showed that relieved smile. His body rapidly regained vitality. Wrinkles vanished from his face, and his slack skin became taut again.

The starting point of all these changes came from that crippled, down-and-out person, the ‘fool’ Moir.

Moir’s image was forever kept as a cripple, in tattered clothes, filthy all over, yet with a warm, heart-soothing smile always on his face. It was carved into statues and placed in Moir memorial halls visible everywhere within the Pegasus Civilization. Every major festival or celebration, Moir memorial halls became the liveliest places. Moir’s statue witnessed countless people’s rebirth. Moir had become the symbol of the Pegasus Civilization’s spirit.

Moir was even called ‘Founding Father’ by everyone, because people knew that the second rebirth of the Pegasus Civilization was given by Moir. If not for Moir’s spirit infecting everyone, the Pegasus Civilization might already have destroyed itself by now. For a great person like Moir, no honorific was enough to express the reverence in their hearts.

One hundred eighty years passed. Xiao Yu’s voyage had reached its end. Ahead lay the Ursa Major Dwarf Galaxy. Compared to one hundred eighty years ago, the Pegasus Civilization had undergone earth-shaking changes. They once again possessed many beautiful qualities, courage, confidence, toughness, kindness, trustworthiness, and so on. With Xiao Yu’s help, the Pegasus Civilization also truly reached peak Level 6 civilization technology. Although there was still some gap compared to Xiao Yu, that was only because they had not yet fully digested the technological materials Xiao Yu had given them.

The Pegasus Civilization had finally been reborn from the flames. Xiao Yu believed that after rebirth from the flames, the Pegasus Civilization would go even farther.

Seeing his ally, his loyal comrade-in-arms, finally restore its glory again, Xiao Yu also felt deeply gratified. After all, all of this began because of him. Being able to do something for the Pegasus Civilization in this matter was already enough to calm his feelings of guilt.

“Moir, it’s time for you to go. It’s time to return to your civilization.” In the Earth Planet-Class warship, Xiao Yu said to Moir, who had long since recovered his health. “Keeping you here for nearly two hundred years was not out of any selfish motive, but for the good of your civilization.”

Moir smiled and said, “I understand. Thank you for everything you have done for our civilization. In some sense, it was you who saved our civilization.”

“Your civilization is my loyal ally. Naturally I did not want to see you sink like this.” Xiao Yu said. “Alright. Your civilization’s leader has already conveyed to me the intention to depart. From now on, your civilization will live freely in the Ursa Major Dwarf Galaxy. You should go back. But before you go back, I must make some changes to your appearance and give you a brand-new identity. You should know that within your civilization, you are only suitable to exist in people’s minds, and not suitable to exist in people’s lives.”

“For our civilization, I am willing to pay any price. This is nothing.” Moir said with a smile. “Farewell. If there is a chance, perhaps we will meet again.”

“I am looking forward to that day.” Xiao Yu said. “You can board this vehicle. It will take you to the boarding gate, and then a small ship will secretly send you to your civilization’s capital. There, you can begin your brand-new life.”

A creation resembling an automobile was already parked before Moir. Moir hesitated for a moment and did not step onto it. He stood there again, facing Xiao Yu, and said, “Do you want to hear something I want to tell you? About Luck Value…”