At a certain stage, population growth was a delectable feast that people found hard to give up, but at another stage, it would turn into a lethal poison.
When Lu Yongyi finally finished his impassioned shouting, the others sitting in the cabin offered neither objections nor agreement. Naturally, a trace of pity surfaced on everyone's faces. They exchanged glances and imperceptibly shook their heads.
"What a great leader," they thought. "We've barely even started, and he's already lost his mind."
Indeed, after witnessing his outburst, not a single person in the room took him seriously. Even the captains who had previously been his staunch supporters now wore expressions of loneliness and bewilderment, having completely lost all hope for the future. Now that the situation had spiraled out of control, their large ships were, at best, slightly sturdier ants. In the face of a true disaster, they were utterly powerless to resist.
