How successful was Mu Chen's brainwashing?

Well, the group of people at the scene were filled with grief after listening to him.

"Waaah, what do we do? We're useless, we can't save more people!"

"It's all because we're too weak, there's nothing we can do!"

Lu Xiaoyao took the lead in wailing, and as Lu Xiaoyao's number one brother, Zhen Po followed closely behind. The two of them crying and howling silenced the NPCs who had been questioning them.

They were already crying and howling, so what else could the NPCs do?

"Did... did the leaders know about this beforehand?" After a long while, the NPCs asked another question. "They agreed to let us fight the star pirates, but what about... what about the Zerg?"

"I didn't mention the Zerg, but I did mention the star pirates."

With each word that Mu Chen spoke, Hu Yue's eyes widened a little more.

Until she couldn't widen them anymore.

Was this guy poisonous?!

No wonder Hu Yue had found Mu Chen's identity strange when they were on the ground. The higher-ups' attitude towards him was also unpredictable.

So that was it!

How could this guy be so sly?!

Seeing the incredulous look on Hu Yue's face as she looked at Mu Chen, Mingmei knew that Mu Chen hadn't told anyone about this.

Noticing Mingmei looking at him, Mu Chen gave Mingmei an innocent smile, which made Mingmei feel both amused and exasperated.

Mingmei thought to herself: No wonder people say he's sly.

Not everyone has a heart like yours; suddenly revealing a series of things like that is scary!

"Then now..."

Sure enough, the NPCs were also a little confused by Mu Chen, and their eyes turned to Lu Xiaoyao, who had started crying earlier, their gazes clearly asking, "Does that mean we'll do as she said earlier?"

"No need."

But Mu Chen shook his head and said, "We've already screened out the most suitable proportions of people from various industries, ages, the number of men and women, and physical conditions. Let those who have already signed up participate in the next genetic modification first."

Even though many older people had signed up before, Mu Chen and the others had screened them out through the mechanism. They had even selected many young and strong soldiers and police officers who were good at various construction tasks from the army, as well as some researchers requested by the higher-ups to participate.

Mu Chen meant to continue opening the entrance and prioritizing those who were queuing below to come up for genetic modification.

Check the remaining amount of the gene serum, and communicate with the people below to send up the corresponding number of people.

"Then... after screening one point two million people, how many people will be able to come up?"

"I've calculated it; there should still be enough for 200,000 people to undergo genetic modification."

Guderian knew this better; he had a clear understanding of all the data here.

As they were chatting, Mingmei suddenly saw Hu Yue turn around and leave with a sullen face. Seeing her leave with such an unpleasant expression.

She glanced at the others and quietly followed her out. Mu Chen was also aware of Mingmei's departure, and he felt a slight palpitation in his heart. Instead of following her, he spoke to the others about what to say to those who had successfully undergone genetic modification on the starship...

"What's wrong?"

Mingmei went out and saw Hu Yue stop at a corner and punch the wall, until her fist was covered in blood.

"Stop it!"

Mingmei was startled by Hu Yue's sudden outburst of hurting herself and stepped forward to stop her, but she was met with Hu Yue's cold gaze, and Mingmei immediately stopped her outstretched hand.

Realizing Hu Yue's terrible mood, she carefully asked, "What happened?"

"Mu Chen didn't even tell you about these things, aren't you angry?" Hu Yue suddenly asked, startling Mingmei.

"Why should I be angry?"

Mingmei wasn't even on the same mission as them in this game. She was selling boxed lunches, while Mu Chen and the others were trying to save as many people as possible. Even if she wanted to know, she was surrounded by Lu Xiaoyao, Zhen Po, Wang Dian, and the others, who were playing the roles of ordinary player; she wouldn't know much.

Mu Chen had been taken away halfway through and hadn't shown his face since. Even if he wanted to tell her, he couldn't.

But Mingmei also understood why Hu Yue was angry.

"You're angry because he kept these plans from you?"

"What else?" Hu Yue retracted her bloody hand and looked at Mingmei. "From the beginning, he was determined to select these people and abandon the vast majority.

He even coaxed me, saying that as long as we killed these star pirates, such a large starship could take more people away. If he really thought so from the beginning, he wouldn't have deliberately selected talents from all walks of life from the one million people this time.

He never intended to save more people from the start!"

"Then tell me, how many people do you think 'more people' is?" Hearing Hu Yue's words, Mingmei also became a little angry. "310,000 is also more people, 400,000 is also more people. This starship can indeed be squeezed; you can fit a million or ten million without any problem. So, how many do you think 'more' is? One million, two million?"

"I..."

"Even if there are enough gene serums." Mingmei didn't give Hu Yue a chance to speak and continued, "How much food is there on the entire starship? No one in history knows how long it took for the Empire and Federation armies to find us, or where they found us. Without food and water, how many people can ultimately survive?"

With each question Mingmei asked, Hu Yue opened her mouth and closed it again, but in the end, she couldn't help but ask, "Does that mean... those who aren't particularly useful are destined to die?"

Mu Chen's approach can actually be described with a simple term—survival of the fittest.

Many people were screened out from the qualifications to get on the starship.

The instability and side effects of the gene serum also screened out a batch, and those who ultimately remained were the ancestors of the Hua Lan Star who would eventually live on the interstellar.

"Since we know that gene serums are unstable and high-risk, wouldn't more people survive if the conversion rate is higher with the same amount of gene serum? If that's the logic, I think A Chen's approach is justifiable.

Although it sounds cruel. But, it's already come to this. Even if you're soft-hearted and choose a batch of pitiful people, or you randomly pick them based on luck, I won't discuss the process and method for now, but wouldn't you be sad when they die in the genetic modification stage?"

Wouldn't you be sad?

Because of your soft-heartedness, those who are full of hope of life die in the pain and despair of genetic modification failure.

Not giving them a chance to try is a kind of cruelty.

Giving them a chance and then letting them face despair is also a kind of cruelty.

Mingmei's question plunged Hu Yue into deeper silence.

"Short-term soft-heartedness will only make them feel more cruelty." Mu Chen came out at some point, not knowing how much he had heard, but Mu Chen looked at Hu Yue calmly and said, "How about we make a bet?"

"What bet?"

"Let's bet on revealing all the facts and see people's reactions. Let them decide their own destiny. Not only should the leaders know everything, but the people of the whole country should know everything."