Falling into the Trap
"Another factor is Mu Ri's activity level. For the next few years, Mu Ri will almost never stay in the Civilization Development Site Tracing Light civilization, but will instead wander around outside, ensuring the Tracing Light Civilization Development Site remains empty."
"Finally, the entire civilization of Tracing Light made the decision to concede again and again, and then, just as the Continued Battle was about to end, to unleash its full power to annihilate the Silent Civilization."
Sarah listened to Xiao Xiao Luo's story and remained silent for a moment:
"You mean to continuously strengthen the Silent Civilization to boost [Jin's] confidence, and then put pressure on him at the last minute so that he has to come up with a different, unexpected way to break the deadlock?"
Xiao Xiao Luo nodded slightly.
"The unconventional tactics are also fixed. Tracing Light's ultimate attitude towards the Silent Civilization is absolute annihilation. Having developed to this point, the Silent Civilization Tracing Light no chance of resistance or survival. The Silent Civilization can only change its fate by first defeating Tracing Light."
On the front lines, the Silent Civilization was no match for the Light of Tracing Light, and could only resort to other tactics.
All the paths on the main battlefield are blocked, leaving only one—to raid their base. To launch a surprise attack on Origin Star, to destroy Tracing Light's homeland, and to create a situation that forces Tracing Light to be distracted.
"Aren't you afraid of messing things up? Our civilization is hollow; if we go back to the Tracing Light, many, many people might die," Sarah asked one last question.
"No need to worry. We are aware of every move [Jin] makes on the field, and even if things go wrong, or he doesn't show up, your reward will not be less, and we don't need your concern." Xiao Xiao Luo fully understood Su Luo's plan and spoke calmly.
"Hmph, I only care about improving my base Attributes; that was agreed upon beforehand!"
The three Clones stood beside the Black Hole, looking at Origin Star, waiting for a change to occur.
Since we don't know the frequency of Future observations or the specifics of [the mechanism], we can only wait here.
It's possible that nothing will happen even after the Continued Battle, or the outcome might be decided in the next instant.
The Void was silent, the starlight cold and sharp. In the distance, the Origin Star slowly rotated, watching over this Void where a storm was brewing, awaiting its arrival.
The show is about to begin.
"The twenty-second observation..."
[Jian]'s eyes were bloodshot. He finished observing, put his hand in his mouth, and bit down hard, drawing blood.
This was an unconscious action he took when under pressure. The wound on his finger repeatedly healed and reopened, the pain piercing his chaotic consciousness and keeping him alert.
"Why... why, even though the Zerg battlefield and the Mechanical Civilization's operations were pushed to their limits, and they even began to counterattack the Suguang Civilization, did the Suguang Civilization ultimately choose to withstand the siege and annihilate the Silent Civilization?"
He put down his bloodied hand, wiped it on his clothes, switched to his other hand, and his brain was working at high speed.
"It's clearly a personal grudge. The Scholar would rather the Suguang Civilization not settle accounts at its peak than allow the Silent Civilization to be wiped out. He must have given a death order."
This is the only explanation. The Tracing Light a rational civilization, and its decision-makers would not abandon their interests for personal feelings. If it were for the sake of "Humanity Above All" to eliminate non-human races, it would never have waged war solely against the Silent Civilization.
"I must take action against Tracing Light!"
He chewed on his hand for a full half hour, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. He felt as if he had forgotten something very important.
The feeling was subtle, like the smooth folds of the brain, a strange smoothness of "there should be something there but there is nothing there," like the bewilderment of suddenly forgetting what you're supposed to be doing.
"Hiss... What's that? Something's not right... Could it be that the Survivors of the Mechanical Civilization have some other tricks up their sleeves?"
After a moment of anxiety, [Jian] suddenly stopped. His eyes slowly and Godless widened, looking quite frightening, his pupils dilated and his focus disappeared.
In my mind, twenty-two folders are neatly arranged.
[Keep silent] After reviewing them one by one, I noticed something amiss when looking at the files from the last few observations.
"Information volume, information volume! The information volume is wrong! The last few files clearly have less information!"
[Keep silent] He began searching for the reason with great excitement.
But after a while, he disappointedly ruled out the anomaly because he really couldn't find the problem.
"Perhaps it's simply because the amount of information decreased significantly after the Continued Battle, resulting in a significant reduction in the amount of information brought back."
[Jian] ignored the fingers that had been chewed into deformities, lowered her gaze, and hesitated for a long time.
Suppression techniques, breaking through desperate situations, proving oneself, reaching the peak, overcoming shackles, finding answers, relying on the end, interpreting calmness, facing adversity with boundless confidence, breaking through predicaments, doubting, reversing, honing limits, dojo...
"Pass on my orders," he finally spoke, his voice hoarse, "Recall the [Gate of Aberrants] that was lent to the Heavenly Sun Zerg. Simultaneously, make contact again with the beings in the Mist..."
After issuing the command, [Jin] sat Jingjing, his consciousness drifting aimlessly in the Pure White Space.
When the final moment arrives, he will once again exert all his efforts to observe and see if his risky actions are truly safe.
Besides, we have other backup plans...
Tracing Light the timeline, there is still one year left until the end of the Continued Battle.
In recent years, many things have happened. The forces of the Tracing Light have suffered greatly and lost many opportunities in the conflict between the Zerg and the Mechanical Civilization.
But it's nothing more than a little hardship.
On an asteroid millions of kilometers away from Origin Star, two powerful life forms are once again in hiding.
A person dressed in a black robe, with pale skin, was speaking.
Another being was shrouded in Mist, remaining Jingjing and seemingly devoid of consciousness, merely suppressing its Essence to prevent Diffusion and being exposed.
[Jian] glanced at the small door in the System Space and said to the Mist beside him:
"Remember? Our mission is simple: deploy [Gate of Aberrants] on Origin Star and cause as much damage as possible to their home planet."
Although the influence of the civilization of Tracing Light has long since extended beyond Origin Star, most of the major buildings and talents still reside on Origin Star, enjoying the flow of time. Approximately 80% of Tracing Light's population lives there, making it the undisputed heartland of the entire civilization.
"I had no choice. Tracing Light, silence will lead to certain death."
[Jin] sounded weary. He observed twice more afterward, once trying other methods.
No matter what methods were used, even if the Mist were directly involved in the massacre, the impact and losses on Tracing Light were not significant enough to make Tracing Light abandon the Silent Civilization. All of his pawns planted within Tracing Light were also captured.
For this civilization, no sacrifice is too great, and no betrayal too small.
They were too extreme. If they weren't focused on the Silent Civilization, they probably would have wiped out all non-human civilizations before the Continued Battle ended.
The final observation was what he was doing now: he deployed the [Gate of Aberrants] on the homeland of Tracing Light, causing Tracing Light's higher-ups to be enraged...
Then, the Silent Civilization survived, but it didn't bring back a lot of information, perhaps because the existence at the end of time wouldn't allow it.