"I killed those people. I also drugged and knocked out the security team soldiers. I admit that! And I was the one who ordered the kidnapping of more than twenty - thousand hostages... I admit all of this!"

"Why did you do that?" the judge snapped.

Calvin's face suddenly turned red. He paused for a moment, then his voice rose an octave. "I... I did it for all of humanity!"

"As long as these three people were alive, they would be persecuting all of humanity! Just think... If they were alive, could Captain Yu Yifeng have taken power?"

"I spent three years and countless efforts to finally see the future... If they were alive, there would be no hope for humanity! Their stupidity would destroy the entire human race!"

"Three years! In those three years, among the infinite possibilities of the future, I finally found a way out, and that's what I've done now!" Calvin shouted wildly. "Those three people were stumbling blocks, obstacles to humanity. I had to get rid of them! Only the Son of God... can lead humanity to find a way out!"

Calvin's voice grew louder and louder. He didn't think he had done anything wrong at all. "So, only by killing them can we survive!"

"Order in the court!" The judge slammed the gavel on the table.

Sitting among the jurors, Yu Yifeng felt that all eyes were drawn to him. Talk of the "Son of God" and such sounded absurd. Normally, no one would pay attention, but now many people were skeptical.

Humans were at the top of the Earth's food chain, yet in the face of this cosmic - scale disaster, they were so vulnerable and insignificant. Many people began to seek spiritual comfort. In the face of such a great disaster, if there really was a savior, why not believe?

Humanity urgently needed a backbone, a hero to lead them out of the predicament.

These days, every move of Yu Yifeng was in the public eye. For more people, Yu Yifeng's presence brought them a sense of security. Whether he was the "Son of God" or not didn't matter. They just needed a leader, a leader they truly recognized from the bottom of their hearts.

"Captain!" Someone tapped him on the shoulder from the side. Yu Yifeng turned his head and saw a middle - aged woman wearing glasses.

"My name is Anna. I'm a psychologist. I can tell when someone is lying. Judging from Calvin's expressions and movements... he seems to be telling the truth."

The woman with glasses shrugged and said with a faint smile, "Not to flatter you, but a consul like you, who is diligent, honest, hard - working, and full of charisma, is indeed much better than David Sen, David Poole, and Kashville."

"Within two weeks, you've almost gotten to know everyone, and you can even call each miner by name. Just this one point alone is beyond what those three could do."

"You don't know, but they were lousy bureaucrats. That Kashville came to govern the Moon base without knowing anything and made quite a few jokes. He was the son of an official, and coming to the Moon was just for show, to enhance his resume."

"Normally, even if they were a bit stupid, it wouldn't matter much. The base could still operate as usual. But now, times are different. I don't think they could have done a better job than you."

After she finished speaking, some people nearby nodded in agreement. They had seen Yu Yifeng's actions these days and indeed thought he was much better than the previous three.

"So, did Calvin do a good deed?"

"No, killing is killing. The two things can't be confused..."

"We should consider this carefully."

...

At this moment, the judge spoke again. "Calvin, you claim to have the ability to predict the future. Is this true?"

Suddenly, the entire room fell silent. This was also a question that everyone was very curious about. After all, Calvin had really predicted the destruction of the Earth. No one knew if it was a fluke or a genuine prophecy.

This was the ability to predict the future! If he could really foresee the future, then Calvin would undoubtedly be very important to humanity.

Calvin nodded slightly. "Yes, that's true. Sometimes I can see some fragments of the future... However, this ability is inconsistent. The more it concerns me and the more significant the event, the clearer I can see."

"Then tell us, what will happen in the future?" the judge asked.

"Okay, I'll try." Calvin nodded. He closed his eyes. Gradually, beads of sweat, big and small, emerged on his forehead, more and more, until they became the size of soybeans and rolled down to the ground...

His mind was working at high speed. In that instant, Calvin felt as if his soul had left his body, and he clearly saw the scene in front of him, even though his eyes were closed.

The entire hall curled up like a saddle - shaped surface. All colors disappeared, and the world was left with only black and white. Countless particles and lines moved ceaselessly, forming strange and abstract pictures.

Calvin was already used to this. Regarding his unique ability, he had consulted a large amount of information, but there was never any relevant content. It was somewhat in line with the descriptions in some science - fiction novels. Maybe what he saw was a time - passage in the fourth dimension... But this was reality, not a novel. In the end, Calvin didn't know exactly what he was seeing...

He only knew that, from his perspective, Yu Yifeng, sitting in the corner of the hall, radiated light like a star. This was the main reason he thought Yu Yifeng was the Son of God. Most people appeared as just a white dot in the picture, completely lacking presence, but there were also a few who radiated a faint light, and one of them was himself.

Then, the picture began to accelerate. The particles and lines collided at an increasing speed, quickly sketching out 一幅幅 pictures, from ten pictures per second, to a hundred, to a thousand, faster and faster...

Suddenly, Calvin felt a sweetness in his throat and spat out a mouthful of blood. It took him a long time to catch his breath. His eyes were dull, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.

"I'm sorry..."

"The future is not fixed. Every decision and every action of our fifty - thousand people will have an impact. I only saw that it seems a bit dangerous for us to stay on the Moon..." Calvin tried hard to recall every fragment, trying to make the picture clearer. "This danger seems to be coming soon... Whether it's big or small, and exactly what it is, I'm not sure."

So, what was the "a bit dangerous" he mentioned? Would it really happen? Judging from his actions, he even spat out blood?! For a moment, people didn't know whether to believe him.

After a long while, the judge came to his senses. "Then, the next question. With your ability to predict the future, you established a cult, the 'Void Sect', on Earth and instigated ten thousand people to set themselves on fire?"

"No... I didn't do that! That's a complete smear on me!" Hearing this question, Calvin, ignoring the blood in his mouth, shouted in pain. His body trembled slightly, as if recalling something unbearable.

"Jack, Lucien, such promising young men, and Lorna, such a beautiful girl... How could I have them set themselves on fire?"

"The real culprit... is... is the United Government!"

"When I learned about the existence of the perfect - element, I wanted to make its secret public because it belongs to all of humanity and should not be monopolized by the upper class!"

"This decision was agreed upon by everyone. We wanted to gather the strength of ten thousand people to force the government to compromise..."

"Unfortunately, I was wrong. I thought it was too simple... Incendiary bombs... Gasoline bombs. I underestimated the United Government's determination to keep the secret. They died in the sea of fire... It's all my fault, all my fault..." Calvin muttered, with tears streaming down his eyes.

This statement contained an enormous amount of information! The entire jury was in an uproar. They had all been ordinary people before and had never been exposed to the dark side of politics. After hearing Calvin's accusations, it was as if the world had been turned upside down.

It was hard to imagine that the United Government would wipe out some ordinary people just to protect a secret... If all this was true, it was terrifying!

"Quiet! Everyone be quiet!"

"What he said may not be true! He's lying..."

"I had a friend who was originally working at the Moon base. One day, he suddenly disappeared. I thought he had returned to the Earth, but I've lost contact with him ever since. Could it be..." Someone's face turned pale, showing a look of fear.

"There were some absolutely restricted areas in our Moon base originally. Now that I think about it, these restricted areas were all related to the perfect - element, right?"

People were talking animatedly, and the implications were terrifying. Not to mention on Earth, there were some very strange places on the Moon. People often disappeared without a trace, but the official explanation was that they had returned to the Earth. But had they really?

Surprisingly, the former security team members fell silent, standing awkwardly to the side. Some of their faces turned darker and darker, and their backs were already soaked with sweat.

"I'm guilty!" Captain Mark, who had lost an eye, suddenly knelt in the middle of the courtroom. "I've done a lot of bad things... My conscience has been tormented every day, and now I'm finally free!"

"I'm guilty too!"

"Me too..."

As one insider after another confessed their guilt, more and more of the dark side was uncovered. The truth of the matter often exceeded human imagination. The crowd became extremely angry. These were real lives!

Had so many people really been harmed to protect the secret of the perfect - element?

If it was all true, then these people... really deserved to be punished!