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TheLunarRefuge

Finally，humaionswiththealienemissaryshowedsomesmallsignssyieldedtothedemandfe。

‘Humaalgiccreatures。’theSecretary-Generalhadexplaiheirmeetings，tearsinhiseyes。

‘SoaretheDevourers，eventhoughwenolongerhaveahome。’Fangshadsympathetiswered，noddinghishead。

‘So，willyouallowafewofustostaybehind?Ifyoupermit，theywillwaitfreatDevourerEmpiretospitouttheEarthafterithasfinishedi。Afterwaiti’stransfeologytosettle，theywillreturntorebuildourcivilization。’

Fangsshoantuanhead。‘WhentheDevourerEmpirees，itespletely。WheheEarthwillbeasdesolateasMars。Yourworm-teologywillorebuildacivilization。’

&ary-Generalwouldnotbedissuaded。‘Butwemusttry。Itwillassuageoursouls，anditwillbeespeciallyimportantforthoseofusintheDevourerEmpirebeingraisedaslivestock。Itwillsurelyfatteheykbatheirdistahissolarsystem，evenifthathomenolongernecessarilyexists。’

FangswherewillthosepeoplegowhiletheEarthisbeingdevoured?BesidesEarth，wealsowilleVenus。Jupiteraeforustoe，butwewilldevourtheirsatellites。TheDevourerEmpireisiheirhydrodillalsotakeabiteoutofthebarrenworldsofMarsandMercury，asweareiheirdioxideahesurfacesofalltheseworldswillbeeseasoffire。’

&ary-Generalhadananswerready。‘WetakerefugeontheMoohattheDevourerEmpireplanstopushtheMoonoutoforbitbeforeih。’

Faisright。ThebiatioheDevourerahwillbeverypowerful。TheycouldcrashtheMoonintoourship。SuchawouldbeenoughtodestroyourEmpire。’

&ary-Generalsmiledeversoslightlyashereplied。‘Allrighttheafewofusliveupthere。Itwillbeoyou。’

‘Howmanydoyouplantoleavebehind?’Fangsqueried。

‘Theminimumtopreserveourcivilization，ohousaary-Generalaly。

&hen，youshouldgettscluded。

&oork?’theSecretary-Generalasked，perplexed。

‘Pushiofitsorbit。Forus，thatisalwaysagreatingsanswereddismissively。

‘But，’saidtheSecretary-General，graspinghishairindespair，‘Sir，thatwouldbehandenyinghumanityreandpitiablerequest。Sir，youknowthatwedoeologicalprowess!’

‘Ha，worm，whyshouldIdbesides，don’tyoustillhaveaury?’Fangscludedwithachuckle。