Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones-Chapter 278: I Want To Talk

At this moment, the atmosphere in the entire conference room suddenly became solemn, quiet enough to hear a pin drop.

Every high-ranking civilization official looked pale, and their bodies were even trembling uncontrollably.

It’s over, it’s over, everything is over.

Although the enemy’s main fleet was still far from their side, the enemy’s detectors had already arrived nearby and had actively sent messages to them.

This meant that their coordinates were completely exposed, and it was no longer possible to escape the enemy’s tracking.

Even dispersing and fleeing at this moment would be useless, completely useless.

Heimerlan took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, saying, "Fellow citizens, the enemy has already made the choice for us.

At this very moment, besides fighting to the death, we have no other path to take

Order: prepare for battle, prepare for war! Let us carve a path with our blood!"

"Yes!"

With their retreat cut off, everyone forced themselves to brace up. The entire Havilah fleet finally abandoned the concealment of previous years and began to maneuver freely, lighting up their lights and initiating electromagnetic wave communication.

As things stood, concealment was useless; it was better to stand out openly.

In the distance, the fleet deep in space slowly approached, and an encounter battle suddenly erupted in the interstellar void where there were no natural macroscopic celestial bodies.

"Fellow citizens, charge!"

"For the civilization!"

"Either victory or death! The enemy has left us no third path!"

At this moment, emotions ran high. At this moment, everyone was united. At this moment, the Havilah Civilization unleashed its strongest combat power within the permissible limits.

Three months later.

Heimerlan sat blankly before the viewport, gazing at the constantly appearing and disappearing stars outside, his expression filled with pain.

They lost. Their side lost, without any surprise, without any hope.

Their side had only less than 200,000 warships in total, and most were damaged. The opponent, however, had over 2 million warships, ten times their number.

Furthermore, the opponent’s technological level was higher than theirs.

Although the opponent’s combat mechanism was somewhat rigid and their intelligence seemed low, highly suspecting them to be a Mechanical Disaster fleet, the slight combat power reduction caused by their low intelligence was easily offset by their higher technological level, greater numbers, and more ample logistical supplies, leaving no opportunity for their side.

Which interstellar war does not last for years, or even decades or centuries? But this interstellar war lasted only three months, and their side had already completely collapsed.

Of the 200,000 warships, less than 10,000 remained, and they were still being rapidly annihilated.

The enemy’s fleet had completely surrounded their main fleet.

Their main fleet was like fish on a chopping board, completely losing the ability to resist, at the mercy of others.

The fires of war outside the viewport slowly subsided. Another message was sent to the Havilah fleet.

"Greetings, prey civilization.

We are the Black Mountain Civilization. As you can see, we have completely won this war; you have lost any possible means of resistance.

Immediate surrender and joining our civilization is the only wise choice.

Only then can your civilization have a chance to continue, and your civilization’s beings will not die in vain.

We promise that if you surrender, we will provide your beings with enough food and water to sustain life, and an environment and security sufficient for survival. Unless necessary, we will absolutely not abandon you, and so on.

If you refuse, we will have no choice but to capture your beings by force. At that time, more of your people will die, and the final outcome will still be incorporation into our civilization; the outcome will not change in the slightest.

When the outcome is certain, any rational life knows how to choose. Therefore, please immediately abandon resistance and accept our arrangements."

In Conference Room One, the high-ranking civilization officials exchanged desperate glances, completely resolving to commit suicide.

Encountering a Mechanical Disaster, being captured by a Mechanical Disaster, and becoming slaves was a more terrifying outcome than death.

If they had encountered a fleet from a legitimate intelligent civilization, although they would also be hard-pressed to escape death, dying on the battlefield would be better than suicide.

Now... the opponent wouldn’t even leave them the chance to die on the battlefield.

Then suicide was the only option.

At this most critical moment, Heimerlan surprisingly remained calm. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

His brain was working frantically, with elements and events spinning wildly in his mind.

A Strong Nuclear level Mechanical Disaster fleet, suspected of insufficient intelligence, and there was almost only one reason for the Mechanical Disaster fleet’s insufficient intelligence: an insufficient number of subordinate intelligent life forms;

Their fleet had been well hidden before, making it almost impossible for their coordinates to be leaked. Otherwise, why would the Human Civilization have chosen their residing star system to enter, leading to a series of subsequent events?

Under normal circumstances, because Mechanical Disasters have lost most of their development potential, and because for Mechanical Disasters, the "performance" of intelligent life forms of different civilization levels is roughly consistent, they tend to target civilizations of a lower level.

Although the Human Civilization was also a Strong Nuclear Civilization, it had clearly just broken through recently and still retained a large number of Electroweak Civilization stage characteristics, only gradually improving during the subsequent war with their side;

The Human fleet had been fleeing for unknown reasons, seemingly to avoid something;

The Mechanical Disaster fleet arrived in this star system without their side being exposed.

Then...

There was only one truth.

This Mechanical Disaster fleet came for the Human Civilization. Their side merely encountered them in space due to bad luck.

If that was the case, if that was the case...

Heimerlan’s breathing suddenly became rapid.

Our civilization still has a chance, still has a chance.

He suddenly stood up and roared, "Secretary! Immediately send a message to the Black Mountain Civilization, tell them that I, Heimerlan, the Havilah Civilization’s Head of State, want to talk to them!"

The high-ranking civilization officials looked at Heimerlan with shock.

What was there to talk about with a Mechanical Disaster?

Heimerlan roared again, "Immediately!"

"Yes, yes!"

In a moment, the secretary quickly replied, "Message sent."

Time slowly passed, and in a moment, the Black Mountain Civilization responded. But the reply was still the same surrender message as before, completely ignoring Heimerlan.

Heimerlan roared again, "Tell them, if they don’t talk to me, our Havilah Civilization will... all commit suicide!

I will detonate the ammunition depots, destroy the nuclear fusion reactors of every spaceship, blow up all the spaceships, and kill all the people of our civilization... all of them!"