You're All Improving Too Slowly!

The Third Universe Military Tribunal. “Weren’t you appointed a Civilization Observer? Why are you interfering with other worldlines at will?” Looking at the prosecutor seated across from him, Wang Chen replied calmly. “They were progressing too slowly!” The prosecutor snorted. “Too slowly? How can you even say that?” Wang Chen nodded. “It took the Orion civilization a hundred thousand years to achieve faster-than-light travel.” “It took the Poshā civilization five thousand years to figure out nuclear fission.” “The Tianxing constellation species were even worse. It took them hundreds of thousands of years to grasp what fire meant.” “To me, all that was a complete waste of life.” His words caused an uproar. The entire courtroom descended into chaos, and representatives of countless species glared at Wang Chen in fury. The prosecutor sneered. “Are you saying human civilization progressed quickly?” “No! There is no human civilization anymore, only the Galactic Civilization.” Wang Chen spoke calmly. “I can smell the rot. I think you all need to make some progress, too!”