This is the overall strategy that comes from human civilization, was deduced and formulated by many staff officers and senior military officers, and was finally approved by Zhao Changxing to deal with the multi-civilization coalition.
deterrence.
There is no doubt that if a full-scale war breaks out between the two sides, the Iron Blood Nebula Civilization Alliance is determined to fight against human civilization to the end. With its huge fleet of more than 3 million warships, even if human civilization can win, it will definitely be a tragic victory.
This is the danger of this interstellar war. Because of this, when deciding whether to return to the Iron Blood Nebula as originally planned and start transactions with many civilizations, so many high-level officials of the civilization were hesitant.
To avoid risks, we must avoid the emergence of a full-scale war. To avoid a full-scale war, it is necessary to use super force to deter the other party.
Now, the deterrent is complete.
"Let's see how they react."
Zhao Changxing said lightly.
At this moment, in the central conference room of the flagship of the Basilissa Civilization, all participants fell into a deathly silence in the face of this latest piece of information from human civilization.
Kindness, kindness...
Something seemed to be completely subverted at this moment.
Not long ago, our side was full of confidence. Now, it's like falling from the sky into the quagmire.
how so? How could this be?
Could it be that the Basil Galaxy, which is densely populated with troops, is like its own garden to the civilization that calls itself human, where it can come and go as it pleases?
They passed through the neutron star defense line that they were proud of without any effort.
In just a few hours, they defeated the huge fleet defending Planet 16.
But……
Originally they could occupy Planet 16. But they didn't. They did not destroy civilian bases, massacre civilians, or destroy their own industrial facilities.
Even if there are stray bullets flying there, they will take the initiative to intercept them.
They could have wiped out all the planet's garrison, but after taking control of the situation, they did not continue the killing, but only made their own warships lose their combat effectiveness.
They could have stayed on the planet, deployed a defense line and waited for backup. In this way, they can have a large planet with a steady stream of logistical supplies. In this way, even if our own side has a strength of more than 3 million warships, it will be extremely difficult to defeat them.
But they eventually left. Like a sword, it floats in, strikes once, and then floats away immediately.
Its power has been fully demonstrated in these short few hours.
After a long silence, a staff officer murmured: "At least, at least we know now, they really have never thought about invading us."
This is correct nonsense.
If they really want to invade us, why would Planet 16 come back?
So……
The information previously exchanged with human civilization once again appeared in the minds of many civilization leaders.
"We are not here for war, but for peace and friendship..."
Before, everyone had sneered at this. But now, people have to think about this sentence with a more cautious attitude.
Basil looked at the current state of the other civilization leaders around him. He could clearly feel that the newly established Iron Blood Nebula Civilization Federation was showing signs of collapse at this moment.
His voice couldn't help but become a little hoarse and low.
"Ask human civilization what they want to do!"
The rest of the civilized leaders tacitly acquiesced.
After a moment of communication delay, information from human civilization arrived again.
"I said, what we want is just an equal, just, mutually beneficial scientific and technological exchange between multiple civilizations. We want your scientific and technological system and data, and at the same time, we will also use our own technological system and In exchange for data, we can ultimately achieve the goal of improving the technological level of all our civilizations, so that we can become a level four civilization as soon as possible, escape the influence of the 'star disaster' at a faster speed, and better protect ourselves in this dark universe.
We never wanted to keep all the benefits to ourselves. Equality, justice, and mutual benefit are our principles. "
These words are like fantasy, seriously challenging the previous worldview and cosmology of civilization leaders. But now, the hard facts are before their eyes, forcing them to believe these words.
"It will take a while before we can make a decision."
"We're happy to wait."
After ending the call, Basil took a deep breath.
"Everyone has heard it. How to decide, let's discuss it internally first."
He put down a word and left here in a hurry. The other civilization leaders also left.
One civilization after another held the highest level meeting within its own civilization. In one flagship after another, the core conference room lights were on all night long, and countless messages were quickly shuttled between different ships and between different people.
"This is a conspiracy! It must be a conspiracy! The enemy is dividing and disintegrating us! We must understand their sinister intentions. Taking advantage of the fact that we still have a certain advantage in overall strength, launching a full-scale war is the only option to save civilization!"
"This is a matter for the Basiltisa civilization! Now, human civilization has shown that it will not take the initiative to invade. The crisis has been resolved. What are we still doing here? Or should we hurry back to our galaxy? They love the things here. Whatever happens, it has nothing to do with us!"
"I agree with evacuation. We do not have enough information and ability to judge the enemy's goodwill and malice. To avoid risks, evacuation is the safest."
"If humans are malicious, do you think we have a chance to evacuate safely?"
"I think we should trust humans! Equal trade and mutual benefit are also good for them. At least their motives are not problematic. The benefits to us are not small, so why not do it?"
"Frankly speaking, do we have a choice? The human fleet has crossed such a long distance and paid such a huge price, how can it return empty-handed? Refuse? Do you really want to fight a full-scale war? With human performance Among our allies, how many of us will be able to stand on our side in the end?"
…
The core meeting rooms of every civilization are filled with heated arguments. Various different opinions meet and merge here, but they are still unable to merge into a unified opinion.
The civilization of Basiltisa is better, after all, this is the homeland of civilization. For other civilizations, they can only make decisions on the spot. Because the main body of civilization is too far away, it is too late to ask for temporary instructions.
These heated discussions lasted for several days. In the end, the top leaders of the seven major civilizations once again gathered in the central conference room of the flagship of Basiltisa Civilization.
As the host, Basil was the first to make a statement.
"After discussion, our final opinion is that we agree in principle to carry out exchanges of technology and resources with human civilization. However, human civilization needs to provide us with further explanations and guarantees. For example, the details of these exchanges are What, how to ensure fairness and justice, etc.”
As a neighbor of the Basil Tisa Civilization, the leader of the Dark Moon Civilization who was in power from the "pro-Lolet faction" within the civilization immediately made the same statement: "I agree."
After a moment, Salter Civilization representative also said: "Agree."
Several other civilizations also expressed their opinions on making early contact with caution. Only Vice President Salik of Moyunlitar Civilization clearly expressed his opposition.
"Our civilization is not interested in scientific and technological exchanges. We also don't believe at all what human civilization calls 'star disasters' and 'free access to the Iron-Blooded Nebula'. We decided to withdraw from this coalition and retreat back. Our civilization goes.”
Basil's smooth scales tightened slightly.
"What's your opinion?"
The remaining participants were silent for a moment to express their attitude.
"I regret."
"I believe that the Moyun Litar civilization will miss an excellent opportunity."
It doesn't matter if it's none of your business. They obviously have no interest in interfering with the decisions of the Moyun Litar civilization.
but……
Basil said calmly: "I believe that only between two parties of equal strength, a truly fair, just, and mutually beneficial transaction can be achieved. If the strength is not equal, the original fairness and justice will most likely be lost."
In the central conference room, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
As things stand now, the coalition's strength can barely be considered equal to that of human civilization. Therefore, it is barely acceptable to carry out subsequent transactions.
Moyunli Tal Civilization chose to withdraw, which originally didn't matter. However, their withdrawal will directly cause the coalition to lose the combat power of 300,000 warships!
This affects the interests of other civilizations that decide to participate in the transaction!
Before thinking of this, other civilizations were indifferent to this. But now, Basil made this clear. The atmosphere in the conference room immediately became different from before.
The tentacles of Salik, the vice president of Moyun Litar Civilization, turned slightly yellow.
At this moment, he made a split-second decision.
In order to protect the fleet, he said solemnly: "I changed my mind. Our civilization will also participate in subsequent transactions."
The scales on Basil's body relaxed quietly, and his voice became lighter: "Very good, then this issue is passed unanimously."
When Zhao Changxing received a message from the Federation of Civilizations requesting further elaboration on the details of the exchange, he was not surprised at all.
Because the facts are right in front of you. It is also obvious which path is more beneficial to civilization. A rational civilization should be able to reasonably weigh risks and benefits and make the final correct choice.
He knew that with the success of "deterrence", the most dangerous part of this trip had been completely passed.
