Chapter 310 A Simple and Brutal Solution

Aside from those special highly centralized civilizations, opposition parties and dissenting groups existed in any society—including the Erem Elves. These dissenting groups were not necessarily extreme or evil. In many cases, they also held good intentions, but due to the limitations of reality, their ideas were incompatible with those of the rulers. The situation in the Erem Kingdom was actually better. Compared to many mortal civilizations, they were quite united. Even if there were dissenters, these people also had the same idea in the general direction of "defending Erem civilization." It was this idea that allowed the Leto organization to gather a large group of elves who were unwilling to migrate.

To put it bluntly, they were just overly sensitive and concerned about this pie in the sky. It was human nature and understandable. If a group of aliens suddenly appeared on Earth, holding the elixir of immortality and saying they would distribute it globally for free, there would definitely be a group of people who refused to take the medicine. So, Hilda did not use force against these elves who disagreed with her. Instead, she used her special task force and some public opinion and political tactics to concentrate all the opposition parties on Darklight Island.

This was the same as "protests are allowed in designated areas only" on Earth, except the commotion on Erem's side was a bit bigger.

Hilda's plan was to temporarily leave these opposition parties aside and use facts to convince them to cooperate after most of the elves had completed their migration. However, the straightforward 883 obviously felt that this refined "queen's tactic" was a waste of time. He pointed to the vegetative (this word is really not wrong) named Keapa and introduced, "This is Keapa, a Wood Sprite, been friends with me for thirty years. He can help you deal with those holdouts."

"Wood Sprite?" Hao Ren looked curiously at Keapa. "Vegetative? Uh, sorry... I didn't mean to offend, but I really didn't expect plants to evolve intelligence."

"Haha, indeed, many people have the same reaction as you when they first see a Wood Sprite," Keapa waved its leaves at Hao Ren. "As far as I know, intelligent plant races only account for five percent of all intelligent creatures in the multiverse, and only one percent have evolved to the interstellar stage. Our lifeform basis is indeed not suitable for evolving a brain, but with the assistance of these devices, Wood Sprites are the most professional transportation experts in the multiverse."

Keapa showed off the marvelous machinery fused with its roots in its lower body. These devices obviously not only assisted its movement, but also greatly expanded the plant's perception and reaction speed. However, more than this plant's amazing life form, Hao Ren was more curious about how it could solve the problem of those elven holdouts.

"It's simple, just follow me and take a look," 883 immediately invited everyone into space. "I'm not used to staying on land, spaceships are more comfortable. The first batch of people should have boarded the ship by now, why don't we... go to the 'construction' site now?"

The first batch of elves to board the ship was not that many. In addition to the necessary personnel, more of what was being transported were various supplies and large equipment. The first batch of personnel had to send these things to their new home early and establish a base as soon as possible, so that the subsequent batches of immigrants could start their new lives smoothly. The speed of loading large quantities of supplies was much faster than that of personnel, and some freighters were equipped with hyperspace transporters, so many transport ships were almost fully loaded. After Hilda learned about this situation, she stood up, "I'll go with you, Vimm stay behind."

According to the plan, Hilda would go to the new planet with the first batch of personnel. She would serve as a spiritual pillar and supreme commander in emergency situations in this vanguard team. After that, until the great migration was completed, Hilda would be stationed at the outpost on the new planet. Vimm would stay on the Erem Island Chain from beginning to end to guard the rear and ensure the smooth conclusion of the entire migration process. Now that the first batch of ships was about to be fully loaded and ready to depart, it was time for Hilda and Vimm to say goodbye temporarily. The young elven Regent stood up and bowed to her mother, "I wish you a smooth journey, Mother. Don't forget to send back the scenery of the new home as soon as possible. I'm waiting for this surprise."

Hilda only left one sentence, "Take good care of the home."

The group left the Royal District platform. Hilda took one last look at the dome above the city. This dome had enveloped the Erem Elves for thousands of years. It was both the kingdom's shelter and a slowly dying prison. Now, an unprecedented scene was unfolding inside and outside this dome: a huge and bizarre alien warship hovered outside the dome, countless aircrafts loaded with personnel and supplies hurriedly evacuated the city, and under the dome was a busy but orderly elven crowd. The entire city was ushering in its last noise, which made the queen feel a little emotional, "I didn't expect it to end this way."

"At least it's a comedy ending," Hao Ren smiled. "Take my ship, there are a lot of people on the Petrified Tortoise Carrier too."

The Petrified Tortoise Carrier was still docked on the platform at the edge of the island. This ship was not a dedicated transport ship, but it had advanced space expansion cargo containers that all the ships present did not have. This allowed it to transport a considerable number of people and supplies at once. Hao Ren decided to let the Petrified Tortoise Carrier participate in the transportation operation, based on the principle that not using something you have is a waste and that you can do whatever you want with money. The data terminal remotely linked to the Petrified Tortoise Carrier's main unit and autonomous machine swarm. The ship had been busy stuffing things into its cargo hold with the help of some Erem staff since just now, and it was almost full at this time.

Hao Ren didn't need to participate in the whole process—anyway, he didn't know how to participate.

When 883 and the old drivers he brought heard Hao Ren say this, they immediately became excited, and a group of people surrounded him in an instant, "We want to go too, we want to go too..."

A female captain even added with a smile, "We usually don't have the chance to hitch a ride on an inspector's ship. Imperial official ships are considered one of the four mysteries in the universe. We finally caught a chance today!"

"Is it that exaggerated?" Hao Ren smiled and didn't refuse. Anyway, the ship had its own tiered locking agreement, and visitors couldn't enter those highly classified areas. The group soon arrived at the platform where the Petrified Tortoise Carrier was docked, just in time to catch the ship loading the last batch of passengers: a group of elven women and children carrying large and small bags were lining up to board the ship, and the one responsible for maintaining order next to them was actually a group of mechanical squids waving their tentacles. This scene... I'm telling you, if you change to a dirty-minded person, it would immediately become R-rated.

It must be said that although the autonomous machines were gentle in nature, their appearance was not very pleasing. In the aesthetics of most intelligent races, these cold mechanical monsters with tentacles were definitely not good guys. Although the elves boarded the ship in an orderly manner under the command of the autonomous machines, many children and women were obviously frightened. They looked at the mechanical monsters flying around them tremblingly, as if they were afraid that these guys would rush up. Hilda's appearance made these somewhat nervous elves suddenly stir, and the tense atmosphere finally eased. Hao Ren even heard a child shouting rashly in the crowd, "Her Majesty the Queen is here!"

"I'll go with everyone," Hilda waved to the crowd. "Hurry up and get on the ship, and listen to the robots' commands."

A group of elves felt relieved as if they had taken a reassurance pill, and lined up to enter the ship. 883 and a group of captains followed behind the team, pointing at the autonomous machines they passed by and muttering, "Do you think you can buy this thing on the black market?" "What are you dreaming about? This is military equipment! Trafficking this stuff is a crime that is punished first and then questioned." "But how did I hear that some black markets..." "Those are downgraded goods that have been modified after retirement, and they are completely different from the real thing." "What if we secretly take one away..." "I don't think it's realistic." "Why?" "Because there are two mechanical squids pointing engineering cutting knives at the back of your head." "Damn, can they understand?"

Hao Ren shook his head and sighed, thinking that he really couldn't be careless with these opportunistic profiteers and black market drivers.

The Petrified Tortoise Carrier soon took off and left Sun Island. At this moment, the space was full of shuttle-like small transport aircrafts and work-type ships. The airspace where the Erem Island Chain was located was bustling with activity, and several transport ships that were about to be fully loaded were turning on their lights to prepare to accelerate away to the open area. Hao Ren had the ship come to the sky above Darklight Island at the end of the island chain, and he found that it was indeed quiet here.

Those awkward holdouts still occupied this floating island, refusing to board the ship, and unwilling to negotiate with Hilda.

"They're all a bunch of stubborn guys," Hilda stood beside Hao Ren, with an embarrassed expression on her face. "Some of them have already softened after seeing the immigration fleet in space, but the senior cadres of the Leto organization are controlling the access channels to the island, and I can't send troops to forcibly take people away for a while."

The shipboard mainframe intercepted part of the communications from Darklight Island, and the content was basically the Leto organization's call: those stubborn doubters were still calling on the people on the island not to board the ship and not to rashly believe in alien civilizations of unknown origin. A hoarse voice was still shouting, "We will never leave the city, we will stick to it until the last moment..."

Hao Ren turned to Keapa, "How do you plan to forcibly stuff the holdouts above into the ship?"

Keapa waved its leaves, while connecting to its own transport ship and shouting, "Number one, number two, number three, start working! First, take care of this island that I marked!"

In the curious gazes of the crowd, three strangely shaped Wood Sprite spaceships suddenly flew in from a distance. These were three strange spaceships that didn't look like freighters no matter how you looked at them. They had a long and curved shape, looking as slender and elegant as a crescent moon. This was obviously not the structure of a transport ship. The three ships quickly approached Darklight Island and surrounded the floating island in a triangular formation. Then, a burst of light suddenly erupted from both ends of the ships, and the three ships jointly formed a huge ring-shaped structure.

A report came from a Wood Sprite spaceship in the communicator: "Force field activated, we'll take the first step!"

A Leto organization leader on Darklight Island was still shouting, "Don't give up our city, Her Majesty the Queen has been deceived..."

Before he could finish speaking, the three Wood Sprite ships and the huge ring they had created suddenly flickered, and the three ships disappeared along with Darklight Island in the encirclement.

Those holdouts didn't have to evacuate from their houses.

Because those crazy old drivers moved the whole house away.

883 chuckled, "This is a simple and brutal solution in the interstellar era."

Hao Ren: "..."

This was the true meaning of "moving"!