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The Human Overlord Senate Building is designed to imitate the U.S. Senate building eight hundred years ago, rather than the grand architecture of the North American Republic or the First World Conference.The main conference hall is very large, surrounded by corridors, enough space to accommodate more than 300 senators from various worlds of Wanxing.com, as well as official representatives from more than 70 territories and colonies.The carpet is deep burgundy and radiates from the central seat.Those seats are for the interim chairman, the chairman of the all affairs council, and, like today, the president of the Balian.The senator's tables are all made of cedar donated by the Templars of the Valley of the Gods, who hold the cedar sacred.The brightness and aroma of this polished wood filled the space even on a crowded day like today.

inside.Graystone had just finished speaking when Hunter and I walked in.I pressed a button on my comm and quickly read her speech.It was as short as most of her speeches, simple enough, without condescension or exaggeration, but with some lightness and imagination added to the original speech to make it more powerful.Graystone recalled some of the past events and conflicts that led to the current state of war with the Ousters, and called for future peace, which remains the highest principle of Hyperion policy, as well as within Starnet and The territories are united to survive the current crisis.I listened attentively to her final conclusion.

Citizens, this is the situation: After more than a century of peace, we are once again struggling to maintain the rights our society gave us before the planet was destroyed.After a hundred years and more of peace, we must now take up again, however unwillingly, however however loathing, the shield and the sword to the defense of our birthright and the securing of our well-being, that the regain peace. We should not and cannot be misled by the turmoil and passion that inevitably accompanies a call to war.Those who fail to learn the lessons of history from the folly of war are bound to be forced to do more than save them and may be forced to die.All of us may face enormous sacrifices.Some of us will face great grief.But whether success or defeat is inevitable, I will tell you now that we must first remember two things: First, we are fighting for peace, and we know that war must not be a necessary condition, but only a temporary condition The calamity of God is something we must bear, like a child who has a fever, knowing that after a night of pain he will recover, and peace is health.Second, we will never surrender, never surrender, or waver, or yield to the voice of a minority or the more favorable impulse, never waver until victory is ours, aggression defeated and peace attained.Thank you all.

inside.Hunter leaned forward and watched intently as most of the senators stood up to salute Graystone. We are coming.Most of the senators.I could see Hunter counting those who were still seated, some with their arms folded, many with distinct frowns.It has only been two days since the war started, but confrontations have already arisen. First, those colonial worlds are worried about their own safety under the situation that the overlords are concentrated in Hyperion, and then there are opponents from Greystone. less, since she has been in power for as long as she has been without a host of enemies; and finally, from members of her own coalition, who see war as a folly that would destroy unprecedented prosperity.

I watched her walk down the podium, shake hands with the old chairman and the young speaker, and then go out from the central aisle to shake hands with many people all the way, with a familiar smile on her face.The cameras of the All Things Council network followed her, and I could feel the pressure surge on the debate network as billions of people voiced their opinions on the interactive level of the giant datasphere. I've got to see her now, Hunter said: Did you know you were invited to the state dinner at the Treetops tonight? Know. Hunter shook his head slightly, as if he couldn't understand why the president always wanted me by his side.The banquet will be late, followed by a meeting with Overlord Command, and she wants you to attend both.

I will be there.I said. Hunter stopped at the door again.Do you have anything to do back at Government House before the dinner? I smiled at him.I'll work on my portrait sketches first, I say: Then I might go for a walk in the deer park.And then I don't know maybe take a nap. Hunter shook his head again, and hurried away.