Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 634: Alliance
“Wait? Then let us continue to wait.” After receiving Technology Taihao’s answer, Xiao Yu also fell silent, with many plans and many ideas circling in his mind.
“Perhaps these powerful existences are only waiting for the moment the ruin opens. This Level 7 Civilization’s ruin may have some restriction at the technological level, and such a restriction causes all the powerful Level 6 existences to dare not act rashly. After all, a Level 7 Civilization, even if it is only its ruin, could launch an attack that is unexpected and that no powerful Level 6 existence could withstand.”
Under such circumstances, Xiao Yu also quieted down. But the interior of the Divine Ark Civilization was not calm. Xiao Yu continued to set his vast industrial base in motion, manufacturing spaceships at every moment and increasing his reserve of warships, while convening scientists again and again to discuss every possible future situation and countermeasure.
Time continued to pass little by little, and a hundred years thus slowly went by. On the surface everything remained calm as before. During this period, these few powerful existences, including Xiao Yu, had already accompanied this absolute rectangular cuboid to revolve more than three times around the giant black hole at the core of the Milky Way Galaxy. But Xiao Yu knew that beneath this seemingly calm situation, many undercurrents were surging.
During this period, Xiao Yu did not reveal the existence of the Specter companion. A Level 4 Specter could be considered his trump card. Although most of those present suspected the relationship between him and the Specter companion, so long as the Specter companion did not appear, the other powerful existences would have to harbor scruples. This effect was far better than the deterrence caused by the Specter companion directly appearing.
Over these one hundred years, Xiao Yu received different messages from the Guardian Civilization, the Python Alien Beast, and the Crocodilian Alien Beast. The Guardian Civilization once sent Xiao Yu a message. “Divine Ark Civilization, greetings. In the past we had some unpleasantness, but I believe that since we have now both become Level 6 Civilizations, the things that happened before should be trivial matters to us. As things stand, we must also admit that your Divine Ark Civilization indeed has the strength to participate in the highest echelon of the Milky Way Galaxy. I have a proposal. Would you be willing to hear our detailed explanation.”
“Are you trying to win me over. I just do not know how much truth and how much falsehood there is in this.” Xiao Yu sneered inwardly. Xiao Yu had never forgotten how much trouble the Guardian Civilization had caused him when he was still weak. They even forced him to the point of almost having no way out. If not for his Specter companion appearing at that time and taking him on a flight of more than six thousand light-years to avoid that calamity, he might already be dead. Even so, the Guardian Civilization destroyed the star that had brought him great development, Tianyuan IV. This was a hatred etched into his bones. Xiao Yu could not forget it and had always been seeking an opportunity for revenge.
But there was no need to reveal this emotion here. So Xiao Yu quickly replied, “We would be happy to listen.”
“Very well.” the Guardian Civilization continued. “Perhaps you do not quite understand the situation here. We believe you have also deduced that the current stability of the situation is entirely due to mutual scruples, mutual guard, and mutual checks and balances. But you must know that the ruin of this Level 7 Civilization will open in several decades. At that time, at least thirty creations of a Level 7 Civilization will appear. That will be when the peaceful situation on site is broken. Frankly, our Guardian Civilization is not a match for the Taihao Alliance, so I hope your Divine Ark Civilization can become our ally, to obtain the greatest benefit together in this struggle.”
“Absurd.” Xiao Yu replied. “You must be very clear about my relationship with the Taihao Alliance. Why would I forgo forming an alliance with the Taihao Alliance, which has repeatedly shown goodwill to me, and instead ally with you.”
“Everything is interest.” the Guardian Civilization replied. “Although the Taihao Alliance has exerted great effort for the development of your Divine Ark Civilization, you must understand that the Taihao Alliance did so based on its own interests. To them, your Divine Ark Civilization is only a chess piece, the kind that, once used and of no value, can be casually discarded. Presumably you already know about the Arboreal Race Alien Beast. Then do you know why the Taihao Alliance incited the Arboreal Race Alien Beast to deal with you.”
A stir rose in Xiao Yu’s heart. In fact, Xiao Yu’s unhesitating rejection of the Guardian Civilization’s proposal to form an alliance was merely a retreat to advance. Xiao Yu’s true aim was to pry from the mouth of the Guardian Civilization some of the Taihao Alliance’s true intentions.
“Let me hear it.” Xiao Yu replied.
On this question, Xiao Yu had previously speculated that the Taihao Alliance had done this to pin down the Sweepers Civilization, which at that time was going all out to deal with the spatial lifeform, though Xiao Yu did not know why having the Arboreal Race Alien Beast attack him could affect the Sweepers, nor what relationship existed between himself and the Sweepers Civilization. But this speculation was rejected by Xiao Yu after the Neutron War Star was trapped by the spatial lifeform in zero-dimensional space and the Taihao Alliance helped the Sweepers kill the spatial lifeform.
“Your appearance is the result of support from both the Sweepers and the Taihao Alliance.” the Guardian Civilization replied. “Only the Sweepers Civilization was a step superior in technique, not acting itself, merely letting the Taihao Alliance toil here and there, escorting you, solving your problems, and finally allowing you to grow to where you are today. Otherwise, why would the Sweepers Civilization have remained indifferent to your emergence. You must know that acquiescence represents approval. It’s laughable that the Taihao Alliance has never perceived this point. It paid a huge price and instead helped the Sweepers Civilization a great deal.”
Xiao Yu pondered silently. He found it hard to distinguish truth from falsehood in the Guardian Civilization’s information. In certain parts, the information completely matched intelligence he already knew, which made it very difficult to judge the truth of those parts that could not be verified. Xiao Yu knew that the Guardian Civilization had successfully made him half-believe.
“Then why is my existence so special. Why do both the Taihao Alliance and the Sweepers want to support me.” Xiao Yu asked the most crucial question directly.
“I cannot answer that point. You only need to understand that you are extremely crucial to both the Taihao Alliance and the Sweepers. But the degree of this cruciality is not the same. Your importance to the Sweepers is greater than your importance to the Taihao Alliance. So you should be able to think of this. Eliminating you is something the Taihao Alliance would gladly do. To give an analogy, if eliminating you would cause ten points of damage to the Taihao Alliance but thirty points of damage to the Sweepers Civilization, would the Taihao Alliance strike at you. The reason they did not strike at you directly but instead incited the Arboreal Race Alien Beast to deal with you was merely that the Taihao Alliance did not wish to offend certain existences within the unseen. Of course, that operation failed. But this time, in the melee after the Level 7 Civilization’s ruin opens, the Taihao Alliance will absolutely not let you go. Believe me, if you wish to continue living and to obtain sufficient benefit, forming an alliance with our Guardian Civilization is the only way out.”
A chill flashed through Xiao Yu’s heart. Some parts of this information he had already confirmed, others he had not. But according to this logic, the Taihao Alliance indeed might strike at him. Suddenly, however, Xiao Yu thought of another possibility.
“Do not forget that after the Neutron War Star suffered the great threat of the spatial lifeform, it was the Taihao Alliance that took action, killed the spatial lifeform, and saved the Neutron War Star.” Xiao Yu said coldly. “If we reason according to your logic, then the Taihao Alliance had no reason to do so.”
“No, no, you have misunderstood, Divine Ark Civilization.” the Guardian Civilization replied. “Perhaps you have heard a piece of information and know that tens of millions of years ago our Guardian Civilization once joined with the Sweepers Civilization to eliminate an extremely powerful Specter Race. Our Guardian Civilization is unquestionably at odds with the Sweepers Civilization, so why did we unite at that time. The answer is simple. Interest. Because we knew that if we allowed that Specter Race to eliminate the Sweepers Civilization, our Guardian Civilization would be its next target. And if we allowed that Specter Race to eliminate our Guardian Civilization, then the Sweepers Civilization would not be spared either. So we united. The situation then was the same. If we had allowed the spatial lifeform to eliminate the Neutron War Star, the Taihao Alliance would have been the next to be destroyed, so they united briefly. Such a union serves only interest and does not represent a stance.”
Xiao Yu fell silent. He found that, at least in terms of logic, the Guardian Civilization’s account was unassailable. If destroying him would cause more severe harm to the Sweepers Civilization, then the Taihao Alliance indeed might take action against him.
Then what should he do. In such a situation, which stance should he choose.
“I accept. Our Divine Ark Civilization will form an alliance with your Guardian Civilization.” Xiao Yu replied.
