Fight to the Death
After repeatedly requesting conditional surrender without any response, we realized that you humans have no intention of sparing any of us Kuntai People. We know that war is ruthless and cruel, and we understand that only the victors prevail in the war of civilizations, but you humans want to wipe us out completely.
You are no different from the Quell Civilization, so we have no choice but to fight to the bitter end. Yes, our remaining warships are no match for you, and we don't even have the fuel to fight again, but don't forget, we are willing to perish with you!
Perish together?
Yue Yuan's heart pounded. He continued reading, wondering what other tricks the Kun-Tai Civilization would pull if they had already reached such a desperate situation.
[Milky Way Galaxy Axis Alliance!!! Human Civilization, don't forget the Milky Way Galaxy Axis Alliance. As a fellow Tier 1 Civilization, you must have heard their broadcasts. To tell you the truth, our Kun-Tai Civilization's home planet was destroyed by the Quell Civilization in the same way. Of course, it was mutual destruction.]
We can use the same methods to take you all down with us. Hahaha, I'm sure you've already figured it out. That's right, we still retain the Milky Way Galaxy Axis Alliance's Intelligent Broadcast program. As long as we import that broadcast into our Central Computer, the Milky Way Galaxy Axis Alliance will soon dispatch a spaceship to Aldebaran.
Just like the Human Civilization that we defeated back then, do you know how fast it was from the time the Quell Civilization imported that broadcast into the Central Computer to the appearance of the Milky Way Galaxy Axis Alliance spaceship?
To tell you the truth, they possess spaceships traveling at speeds many times faster than light, so fast that we wouldn't even have time to escape Aldebaran. In other words, if we do this, you and we will be taken away by them, becoming the lowest level of that so-called alliance, forever stripped of our freedom as a civilization, and forever losing our right to be an independent civilization.
[Once I import the broadcast into the computer, the people of our two civilizations will no longer be our people, but resources to be arbitrarily demanded and allocated by the alliance. Our scientists will also lose the right to explore new things, and our two civilizations will forever be confined to endlessly and relentlessly performing alliance missions simply to exist.]
Yes, we didn't want to lose everything, so after our home planet, the Quell Civilization, was taken away by the so-called Milky Way Galaxy Axis Alliance, we, the remaining Kuntai People, became the last hope, and we became the new Kun-Tai Civilization.
But now, you humans intend to exterminate us, so don't blame us. Rather than wait to die, we'd rather perish together.
[Human Civilization! I, Pierce, as the leader of the Kun-Tai Civilization, hereby formally inform you that we will not surrender. We demand that you provide sufficient fuel to reach the next Star System. We are giving you 12 hours to consider. If you do not respond or agree within half a day, we will accept the broadcast from the Milky Way Galaxy Axis Alliance and perish together with you!]
The message wasn't long, much shorter than the previous conditional surrender treaties, but its content was far more explosive.
If Yue Yuan weren't currently immersed in the Acceleration Buffer Fluid, you could see the slight cold sweat seeping from him.
Who would have thought that the broadcasts of the Milky Way Galaxy Axis Alliance could be used in such a way?
After quickly reading the information declaration, Yue Yuan hurriedly pulled all the senior executives on the Lyra into an emergency video conference, and at the same time sent the message to their Personal Terminal.
After waiting a moment, Yue Yuan estimated that everyone had almost finished reading the message, so he spoke up, "What do you think of this message? Did the Kun-Tai Civilization really retain the broadcast information, or is it just bluffing? Which parts of this message are true and which are false?"
"Lies are usually half truth and half falsehood; only in this way can people believe them." In the emergency video conference, an expert spoke first, perhaps knowing the urgency, so he spoke quickly.
"Therefore, in this message, we only need to focus on its main points, because the other secondary information, such as the claims of the Quell Civilization and Kun-Tai Civilization' home planets, and the descriptions of the Milky Way Galaxy Axis Alliance, are probably true. So our focus becomes whether the Kun-Tai Civilization actually preserved that broadcast for that long!"
No sooner had the expert finished speaking than another expert chimed in, "Yes, all we need to know is whether the Kun-Tai Civilization was really that audacious. In my opinion, the Kun-Tai Civilization is bluffing!"
The expert first gave his conclusion, and then explained, "Think about it, a Tier 1 Civilization I civilization that understands the dangers of the universe would most likely do something similar to us humans after receiving that broadcast. They would delete it immediately, or even discard and destroy the receiver."
Since the Kun-Tai Civilization has experienced a catastrophe on its home planet, they must be extremely wary and have no reason to store such a dangerous Intelligent Broadcast Information for so long. I remember it's been several hundred years since the last Silver Heart Alliance Broadcast.
Another scholar shook his head and said, "No, no, no, perhaps it's precisely because their home planet was so harmed by the Quell Civilization that they deliberately saved the broadcast information instead of deleting it?"
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces turned serious.
It cannot be ruled out that there might be a madman carrying an unknown and dangerous bomb with him.
"The probability is not high, unless the Kun-Tai Civilization foresaw that they would encounter us during their subsequent voyage, or it is some powerful Alien Civilization." A sociologist shook his head, feeling that the possibility was slim, but he did not dare to say for sure.
At this moment, the Science Officer of the Lyra also spoke up, "I am not good at analyzing this matter from various relationships, so from the moment I saw this message, I only had one question: can that Intelligent Broadcast Information be stored for that long?"
At this point, he looked at Yue Yuan's profile picture and asked, "Commander Yue, the first broadcast message we received was deleted and the receivers were thrown away, but wasn't there another one later, which we also deleted and threw away?"
Yue Yuan recalled that it must have been during the time when humans were hibernating and embarking on long voyages.
Who was in charge of information-related work during that period?
Yue Yuan touched his head; he couldn't quite remember, but if his brain couldn't recall it, the computer would keep a record.
Without saying a word, Yue Yuan instructed 'Tianhe Light' to retrieve the hibernation duty schedule from that year.
The result came out as soon as the command was sent.
"It's Zhao Youqin?!"
Yue Yuan glanced at the results, then looked at the video profile pictures of the attendees, trying to find Zhao Youqin's figure among them.
"Where is Zhao Youqin?" Unable to find Zhao Youqin, Yue Yuan immediately consulted 'Tianhe Light'.
"Sir Leader, Professor Zhao Youqin is currently working on the Research Spaceship No. 1. Should we call him immediately?"
"Call!"
Yue Yuan wielded considerable power, but he couldn't intervene in everything, so he was unaware of how Zhao Youqin handled the situation after receiving the broadcast message for the second time.
Yue Yuan just checked the duty log, but it only recorded: "Handled according to management procedures".
Yue Yuan felt there was something fishy going on, because he remembered that Zhao Youqin had submitted a research grant application on the possibility of how human receivers could block Intelligent Broadcast.
He felt that Zhao Youqin must have done some research.