I Really Didn't Mean To Be The Saviour Of The World-Chapter 993 - 616 Defying Orders Old Friends Across Time
Chapter 993: Chapter 616: Defying Orders, Old Friends Across Time and Space_1
Chapter 993 -616: Defying Orders, Old Friends Across Time and Space_1
Lila Brown sent a message to James Wright.
James Wright looked at the private communication channel, hesitating for five seconds between deleting and opening the message.
“Your selfishness insults us. I used to be proud of you, but that’s in the past.”
Seeing this message, James’ facial muscles twitched slightly, and he replied, “I’m busy. You just need to obey orders.”
“I know you’re not busy because you haven’t found the right direction yet. You’re lying, and you’re avoiding. You have ulterior motives. I wasn’t sure at first, but when you lied to me, I knew the answer. Do you know what you’re doing? You’re heading towards the abyss of evil. You think you’re great, but you’re actually despicable. You’re committing a crime, and you’ll become a criminal in history.”
This message from Lila was in audio form.
The two eventually met face to face.
In the guest area of James’ office, they sat facing each other.
Lila stared angrily at James.
James, who usually showed no emotion, looked somewhat evasive for once.
“I know I’ve been a bit rude and disrespectful. At my level, I have no right to see you from a purely official standpoint. You could have stopped me at the door or ordered the guards to take me away. But you met with me, and that’s just another proof of my suspicion about your hidden agenda.”
As soon as Lila opened her mouth, she attacked fiercely.
James’ eyes narrowed slightly.
Lila: “You’re upset. You regret it. You’re wavering. Your will is no longer pure. Your self-deception of nobility is collapsing. You’re not a qualified politician, just a researcher. Appointing you as the head of our project was a mistake.”
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James remained silent.
“You have the knowledge, but you lack the cold-bloodedness to be a decent human being. Under your leadership, we couldn’t unleash our full potential. To prove yourself, you took on the role of project leader. But you didn’t do your job well. So, the reality we face is that an unqualified leader led us to conduct an unqualified scientific experiment, and we failed to maximize our abilities in reviving the sages. In a world where failure means death, there is no glory in defeat. Incompetence is a crime in itself. You’re committing a crime.”
James finally spoke, “Enough. I’ve searched my conscience. Except for the matter of you, I have no remorse.”
“Your true conscience should be to die with everyone else, not to try to push others off the boat.”
James Wright: “But that would be murder.”
“By your logic, every general should be sent to the gallows? No, the real ones who should be hanged are those who knowingly keep a helpful soldier out of a mission, even though the soldier still has the wits to help, and deliberately drive them away for selfish reasons, leading to an irreversible failure. That is murder. Those murdered are the tens of billions, hundreds of billions, or even quintillions of victims in future wars!”
“Your flowery words are meaningless. You’re trying to protect me, keep me alive. I admit my health isn’t good, but what does it matter? You should have my assessment data. As of yesterday, I became the best nutritionist in the base. Driving me away is both irresponsible to humanity and an insult to me.”
James stiffly turned his head away.
“James, if you’re truly selfless, you should let me stay. The sages still have hope. You know about the Tardigrade, right? Tardigrades that have been frozen for hundreds of millions of years can still revive in space, and reproduce. The underlying information of the sage’s genes is more primitive than that of the Tardigrade. As long as we can carry out the reverse inference for the living body, and deeply combine the sage’s genes with the Tardigrade’s characteristics, we have a chance.”
James shook his head, “It’s not realistic. The underlying information of human body and the Tardigrade is not the same after all.”
“But what if it’s a virtual energy life form that can exist widely in the universe, like the Crystal Tardigrade we encountered with the Nameless Fleet? According to my calculations, if we first stabilize the embryo conversion into virtual energy matter, then engrave the Crystal Tardigrade’s characteristics into it.”
“When the spaceship truly reaches the speed of light, as long as the sage’s consciousness remains, it will be infinitely absorbed back by the amplified Tardigrade’s absorption characteristic, allowing the sage’s last remnants of personality to enter the embryo without hindrance. Then, the integration will be complete. After that, it will be up to them. We will have no regrets whether we win or lose.”
“But I’ve only just begun to delve into the Nameless Fleet’s latest research on Crystal Tardigrades, and you want to force me out? You want to drive me away because of your selfishness?”
James was left completely speechless, unable to find any reason to refute.
It wasn’t long before a second person came knocking, an expert in the field of virtual energy.
His reason was similar to Lila’s: since the new direction just happened to be within the scope of his expertise, he shouldn’t leave.
James had no choice but to relent again.
The beauty of the system is that it cannot be easily broken for a specific individual. Once a loophole is opened and news leaks out, more and more imitators follow suit, and the original plan becomes unattainable.
Just as Lila had scolded him, James was neither a qualified politician nor a military man.
