Why couldn't he have just put on a show then?
Pretend to be taken down by the meme, struggle to resist, and finally endure it with great effort and cost—humanity suffered heavy losses!
That way, not only would those civilizations regard humans as pure and harmless, but also some of the not-so-evil civilizations might even feel a bit guilty... Regardless of whether they actually did or not, as long as they didn't see humans as a threat, that would suffice!
Then humans could smoothly pretend to be part of the Silver Species and infiltrate them, gradually becoming familiar, slowly spying, and slowly obtaining information.
What a wonderful path that would have been!
But... he screwed everything up!
No... it was Tang Zhe'an who screwed things up!!
Looking back afterwards, Lu Yuanming remembered Tang Zhe'an's seemingly profound suggestions, and only then realized he had been trapped!
That's right, it was all Tang Zhe'an's fault!