Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 597: Surrender and Conditions
Xiao Yu believed that the leader would definitely accept his suggestion. Because he had no other choice, and his character dictated that he would not refuse. He might become numb with despair, disheartened and from then on never concern himself with state affairs, but he would certainly surrender. Because he was not the orthodox spiritual heir of the Pegasus Civilization. The true spiritual heirs of the Pegasus Civilization had already embarked on a distant wandering journey, searching in the depths of this pitch-black universe for a homeland suitable for their survival.
The battle that lasted for roughly three days destroyed about fifty million warships of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance and more than fifty planetary war stars. The overall strength of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance had already fallen to less than half of what it had been. At this level, even without the Specter companion, Xiao Yu could defeat them.
By now, the Level 5 Civilization Alliance had completely lost any possibility of turning the tables. So Xiao Yu very confidently pulled his fleets back a certain distance, and faced the Level 5 Civilization Alliance in a distant standoff separated by roughly three hundred million kilometers.
“Hey, Xiao Yu, this Level 5 Civilization Alliance still looks a bit unwilling. How about I go up and destroy some more of their warships to intimidate them?” The Specter companion, lingering at the edge of the Earth, said, itching to move.
“Forget it.” Xiao Yu rejected the Specter companion’s proposal and replied, “These people will all become the strength of our Divine Ark Civilization after they surrender. The initial deterrence is already sufficient. If we keep killing them now, it will instead arouse unnecessary backlash. You know this, do you not?”
“Uh? I know, of course I know.” The Specter companion said with a bitter smile. “If I think about it, I can of course think of this. But I really dislike thinking about such things. In the past, I existed alone and could only think about these things myself. But now it is different. You are a Technological Civilization, and a Technological Civilization is naturally good at these things. Why should I still expend the effort to think about them myself? After all, our glory is shared, and our loss is shared. I am not worried you will harm me.”
“Mm, alright.” Xiao Yu said, a bit helpless. “Then slack off and hand these matters to me. You just follow my command.”
After the brief exchange with the Specter companion, Xiao Yu received a reply from the Level 5 Civilization Alliance.
This message was obviously issued in the personal tone of the leader of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance.
“Leader of the Divine Ark Civilization. Hello, I am the leader of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance. It is regrettable that I became the loser in this war, but I hope you understand that from the beginning of the war until now, you have never truly held the advantage. If it were not for your endlessly emerging weapons that surpass our technological level, you could not have held out until now. Even if you had held out until now, without this unexpectedly joined Specter, you still could not possibly have truly defeated me. Therefore, even though I am now defeated, I can still proudly say that you are not my match.”
On this point, Xiao Yu was silent. Because it was the truth. Both Xiao Yu and the leader himself were well aware of these matters. There was no meaning in arguing this point.
“I can agree to surrender to you, but I believe I am qualified to put forward some conditions. If you agree to our conditions, the subsequent matters will be easy to discuss. If you refuse, then we do not mind perishing together. Believe me, before you truly destroy us, I have the ability to destroy all of our scientific and technological data.” The leader said.
Although Xiao Yu had captured a large number of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance’s ships, and analyzing these ships could indeed yield a large amount of technological data, this data was not complete. How could it compare in convenience and completeness to directly obtaining the complete technology tree from within the Level 5 Civilization Alliance?
“It is indeed as you say. In the matter of war, I am indeed inferior to you.” After a moment of silence, Xiao Yu replied, “But no one will care about these things. In our civilization there is a saying, the victor becomes king and the loser becomes the bandit. There is another saying, heroes are judged by success or failure. Failure is failure, success is success. No matter what means are used to obtain success, it is success. You must understand that it is because I succeeded that I am qualified to stand here and demand your surrender. I hope you can put yourself in the right position. Of course, out of my personal respect for you, I agree to your request to propose conditions, but I will not necessarily agree to the conditions you propose.”
“These are my conditions.” The leader paused, then said, “First, I hope that after our people surrender, they can obtain basic support for survival.”
“There is no difficulty at all in this, I agree.” Xiao Yu said. “Not only that, you will obtain more than you imagine. You must know that our Divine Ark Civilization is an open and inclusive civilization. We welcome any individual or group who harbors goodwill to join us. Therefore, after you enter the Divine Ark Civilization and after my evaluation, you will receive the same treatment as the original inhabitants of the Divine Ark Civilization. You will have your own residential Continent-Class spaceship, you will have your own cities, you will receive comprehensive social benefits, and you can freely travel among different Continent-Class spaceships, and so on.”
“Second, after we surrender, I hope that the previous war can be written off in one stroke, and that there will be no settling of accounts against our leadership or our soldiers.” The leader raised his second condition.
This condition was basically equivalent to not saying anything. Because they did not know the Divine Ark Civilization’s way of waging war at all. This was a protracted war, and both sides suffered heavy losses. But in Xiao Yu’s view, his side’s losses were merely losses of some raw materials and computing power. These things were of no real importance to Xiao Yu.
“Fine.” Xiao Yu said. “I can guarantee this. However, in view of your enormous prestige within the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, I hope you can cooperate with my integration plan. The integration plan is to let the intelligent beings of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance truly integrate into the Divine Ark Civilization, so that there is no longer any distinction between different systemic civilizations.”
Xiao Yu had already formulated a complete integration plan. Simply put, it was to disperse the residences of the beings of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, sever their connections with one another, strengthen their exchanges with the original inhabitants of the Divine Ark Civilization, and then, through a certain degree of guidance of public opinion, achieve this goal.
“I will cooperate with your plan in my personal capacity.” The leader’s answer was very skillful. He brushed past the issue lightly, then continued, “The third condition. I hope that after we surrender, we can possess a certain degree of armed force.”
“Do you know? Your request is excessive.” Xiao Yu said. “So I cannot possibly agree to this condition. There is no room for negotiation.” 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
The leader was silent for a moment, then continued, “Then let us compromise. We can forgo armed force, but we hope that after we surrender, we can possess a certain degree of autonomy.”
“This still is not possible.” Xiao Yu directly rejected the proposal. “All citizens of the Divine Ark Civilization must be under the management of the Social Committee. There is no possibility of any autonomy. Perhaps, if after you join the Divine Ark Civilization you perform outstandingly enough, it would not be impossible for me to ultimately have you serve as chairman of the Social Committee.”
“Hmm?” From this sentence, the leader keenly sensed a hint of implied meaning, so he asked cautiously, “May I ask how long you have served as chairman of the Social Committee?”
“You do not need to probe me or try to pry words from me in this way. It has no meaning.” Xiao Yu said very crisply. “The governmental structure of the Divine Ark Civilization is not the same as your Level 5 Civilization Alliance or the Pegasus Civilization. The specifics you will only know after you surrender. We will not discuss this now. In short, you seek autonomy, which is impossible. Propose the next condition.”
“Alright.” The leader said. “Since you have refused our condition of possessing armed force and also refused our condition of autonomy, then we can lower our conditions to the minimum. We request that our people be settled to live in one place, and that we not be dispersed. You must understand that as the defeated, and defeated ones who have caused you such grievous damage, if we live separately, our people will certainly be rejected by the original inhabitants of your Divine Ark Civilization. This is our lowest and final demand. I hope you can agree. Otherwise, the matter of surrender will encounter great resistance within our alliance.”
“This still is impossible.” Xiao Yu once again crisply rejected the matter. “There is no room for negotiation. Rest assured, rejection will not occur. I have already said that our Divine Ark Civilization is an open and inclusive civilization. Anyone who joins us will be treated equally. As for the resistance you encounter within your alliance, I do not mind using my warships to help you eliminate that resistance.”
Xiao Yu’s reply was extremely cold and straightforward. Previously, when the leader spoke of encountering resistance, it clearly hinted at the possibility of perishing together, that is, if you do not agree to this condition of ours, we may refuse to surrender and fight to the death. Xiao Yu directly replied that if you choose to fight to the death, he would not mind using his methods to beat you into submission.
After Xiao Yu gave this reply, the atmosphere of the exchange between the two instantly turned frigid, and an ominous aura began to spread throughout this sector of space.
