Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 655: A Gamble

In Xiao Yu’s view, anything related to the Sweepers Civilization should be treated with the utmost caution. Upon hearing that the second soul stone he had obtained actually originated from the Sweepers Civilization, Xiao Yu’s heart immediately turned cold.

Xiao Yu thought of Vichy and of the most talented scientist within his Divine Ark Civilization, Xu Junpo.

One could say that Xu Junpo’s soul came from Vichy, and Vichy’s birth originated from the Sweepers Civilization’s imitation soul stone. This conjecture made Xiao Yu involuntarily feel a chill. Only now did Xiao Yu realize that the Sweepers Civilization had long since planted a nail within his own civilization through this bizarre method. But Xiao Yu instantly thought of other things, of the so-called rebellion, of Xu Junpo’s behavior, and of certain matters that did not accord with common sense.

The Sweepers Civilization was raising him as a gu insect, and the Sweepers Civilization’s ultimate plan was to kill him at the moment he was strongest. Then why had Xu Junpo been contributing to him all along, helping him solve many technical problems?

Second, why had the Taihao Alliance known Xu Junpo’s name long ago? Could it be that Technology Taihao had already known the Sweepers Civilization’s next move?

“You putting on a mystifying act that time, pretending to be me from the future to tell me about a rebellion, what was that really about? Why did you do that? And why did you know the name Xu Junpo?” Xiao Yu asked at once.

“The name Xu Junpo was something we casually made up. We are very sorry. At that time the invigilator’s supervision was stricter, and we could not contact you through normal means, so we could only approach you in this indirect way and try to tell you certain matters. Yes, the so-called rebellion was fabricated by us. The purpose was only to make you kill all intelligent beings within the Divine Ark Civilization. Because at that time we had already received intelligence that the Sweepers Civilization intended to plant a nail among the intelligent beings under you. To prevent you from being passive in the future, we came up with this plan. But unfortunately, you did not follow our suggestion then.” Technology Taihao answered.

As Xiao Yu silently pondered the information contained in these words, he heard Technology Taihao continue, “At the time, we also did not expect that the Sweepers Civilization would ultimately infiltrate your Divine Ark Civilization in this way. By the time the imitation soul stone was discovered by a citizen of your Divine Ark Civilization, leading to a soul combining with a computer and ultimately entering Xu Junpo’s mind, we were already unable to stop it. Therefore, we infiltrated your Divine Ark Civilization through certain methods and used those methods to influence the thinking of that pair of parents, having them give their about-to-be-born child the name Xu Junpo. The purpose was only to draw your attention.”

“You succeeded in drawing my attention. So that’s how it is. So that’s how it is.” At this moment, the problem that had troubled Xiao Yu for so long was finally clarified.

“Then what do you plan to do? Kill Xu Junpo?” Technology Taihao asked.

“If someone must be killed, I am very happy to do it.” at this moment Xiao Yu’s Specter companion suddenly said. “You know that for an existence that feeds on intelligent beings, to watch nearly a trillion intelligent beings moving about every day without being able to freely devour their life force is a very cruel matter.”

“When I encounter other civilizations again. Rest assured, there will be a day when you can devour to your heart’s content. How do the intelligent beings of the Guardian Civilization sound to you?” Casually responding to the Specter companion, Xiao Yu continued speaking to Technology Taihao, “I think I already understand the Sweepers Civilization’s purpose in planting Xu Junpo as a nail under my command. Their purpose was not to have Xu Junpo rebel. On the contrary, they intended to help me through the existence of Xu Junpo.”

“This is a lure, but behind the lure there is no sharp hook.” Xiao Yu said. “You are cultivating me. The Sweepers Civilization is also cultivating me. It is just that your purposes in cultivating me are different. You cultivate me in the attempt that, after I grow strong, I will eliminate the Sweepers and thus allow you to advance to Level 7. The Sweepers Civilization cultivates me with the intention of destroying me at my strongest point and thus advancing to Level 7.”

“Then what if I never manage to grow, and am slow to reach my strongest state? That is easy to handle. Through some covert means, such as manufacturing a genius within my civilization, to forcibly push my civilization’s progress.” Xiao Yu said slowly. “Very clearly, Xu Junpo is the existence sent by the Sweepers Civilization to help me grow rapidly.”

Xiao Yu’s words drew a long silence from Technology Taihao.

“I too look forward to growing quickly and ultimately standing before the Sweepers Civilization…” Xiao Yu sighed lightly. “This indeed accords perfectly with the Sweepers Civilization’s consistent style of action, overbearing, self-confident, arrogant. To make me reach my peak sooner, they even do not hesitate to help me through their own power. Then this gift, I am very happy to accept. I want to see how many problems Xu Junpo can help me solve in the future…”

“Perhaps it truly is so.” Technology Taihao finally spoke. “When you were still at Level 5, we used certain covert means to give Xu Junpo a comprehensive physical examination without drawing your attention. Our conclusion was that aside from being a bit smarter in the brain, Xu Junpo had nothing different from ordinary people. We can confirm that the Sweepers Civilization did not tamper with Xu Junpo. Although our technology is inferior to that of the Sweepers Civilization, we are confident that if they had tampered, we would certainly have detected it.”

“Yes, this is consistent with my conclusion.” Xiao Yu said. “After I became a Level 6 civilization, I also examined Xu Junpo more than once. Each time the conclusion was completely normal. It seems this Xu Junpo truly is only a gift sent to me by the Sweepers Civilization. Only…”

After pausing slightly, Xiao Yu said in a subtly gloomy tone, “It seems the Sweepers Civilization is very confident, extremely self-confident. Then do you still have confidence, Taihao Alliance? If I fail in confronting the Sweepers Civilization and am destroyed, I suppose your Taihao Alliance will not escape either.”

“In any case, this is the only path our Taihao Alliance can take. Whether we succeed or fail, we can only do this. If we act, there is a sliver of life. If we do not act, then there is certain death. We do not believe the invigilator will sleep forever. In this period, we must stake our lives.” Technology Taihao said, a note of grim decisiveness entering the tone. “We have already placed all our bets on you. The gamble is about to begin. None of us have any way to retreat.”

“Yes, none of us have any way to retreat… Whether it is you or me, we can only continue along this path, all the way to stand before the Sweepers Civilization, and then engage in the final battle within the Milky Way. This battle will determine the life or death of our total of six top existences within the galaxy.” Xiao Yu said with a slight sigh. “By the way, Specter Taihao, you once handed me something called a Specter Heart and told me to take it to search for the Micron Civilization’s corpse?”

“Yes,” the all-along silent Specter Taihao said. “Because after millions of years of discussion between me and Technology Taihao, we believe that the only thing that can contend against the Neutron War Star is the corpse of my former Main Civilization. I am no longer a pure Specter Race being, so the Specter Heart is no longer of use to me. But your Specter companion is pure. Perhaps, through the Specter Heart, you can find the remains of the Micron Civilization, and then pilot the remains of the Micron Civilization to ram the Neutron War Star. This is the only method on our side that might achieve final victory, according to our millions of years of discussion.”

“The Neutron War Star is too powerful, the Neutron War Star is too powerful.” Technology Taihao muttered. “Did you see it? Just earlier, a total of eight powerful existences joined together, this was already all of the high-end combat power in our Milky Way aside from the Sweepers Civilization, and what was the result of our joint effort? The Neutron War Star merely lost maneuverability for about an hour, and then was completely fine. We had no way to destroy it. This is simply not something at the Level 6 civilization tier that we can contend against.”

On this point, Xiao Yu felt the same deeply. As powerful as the spatial lifeform was, and even after obtaining the remnant technology of the Level 7 civilization in the space direction, the Taiyu Civilization, which could create zero-dimensional space to trap the Neutron War Star, in the end they still died. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

“If you had not ambushed the spatial lifeform, perhaps at this moment the Neutron War Star would already have been destroyed.” Xiao Yu said. “Eliminating the Sweepers Civilization is only your Taihao Alliance’s method of advancing to a Level 7 civilization. For me, it is not necessarily so. It is entirely possible that I could advance to a Level 7 civilization without confronting the Sweepers Civilization. You killed the spatial lifeform and then forced me to confront the Sweepers Civilization. I am very displeased with this.”

“Whether you are pleased or not, matters have already developed to this point. We should not make pointless complaints now. We should consider how to solve the problem.” Technology Taihao said.

“Remember this.” Xiao Yu said. “Because of practical reasons, we must unite for now. But after the matter of the Sweepers Civilization is concluded, if we are all still alive, I will come for you to avenge the spatial lifeform.”