"You really were a little too immoral with this move." In the hospital room, Steve folded his arms and watched Schiller administer psychological treatment to Star-Lord. "You used Peter to obtain the Outer God's forbidden knowledge, then had Jarvis hack into the Shi'ar Empire's ship systems and spread that forbidden knowledge, making them willingly sacrifice themselves and become offerings, then summoned Hydra over here—you really outdid yourself."
"Forget whether it was immoral. Was it effective or not?" Schiller said as he lowered his head to examine Star-Lord's brainwave data. "Where do you think the Three Great Empires' greatest advantage lies?"
Steve thought for a moment. "Against Earth, they have advantages in almost every aspect. Technology level, scale of weaponry, population..."
"You're right. Their greatest advantage is actually their population." Schiller scribbled across the data as he spoke. "At present, the Three Great Empires have a combined population of more than 600 billion. And that's only their resident population. The other two Mechanical Civilizations can raise forces roughly three times their resident population in a short period. Aside from the Shi'ar Empire, the other two nations have universal conscription. Their available manpower alone can reach over a trillion. And the Shi'ar can be resurrected, which means their troop numbers are practically limitless."
"Although they also have plenty of ships and weapons, ships and weapons are more technologically demanding, require rare materials, take longer to manufacture, and cost far more than soldiers. So when this war reaches its end, what matters will still be troop numbers."
"Humanity can fight many with few. The Three Great Empires' individual soldiers can hardly affect us at all. But we aren't robots. Carbon-based lifeforms get tired. That's our greatest weakness, and their greatest advantage."
"Besides, once humanity starts taking casualties, it will deal a massive blow