Winds of Change
"I can go, but what use is the Zerg civilization? What can they do besides eat, reproduce, and destroy? And you're making a Gaia Consciousness cooperate with the Zerg civilization, isn't that just setting them up to fight amongst themselves?" The Silicon-Based Collective expressed its confusion.
The Zerg are the mortal enemies of Gaia Consciousness; the two are natural adversaries.
The Silicon-Based Collective's Deformed Metal is now extremely curious about how the Silver Heart Alliance managed to get these two mortal enemies on the same side. Moreover, the Deformed Metal is now puzzled as to how the weak carbon-based Zerg managed to reach interstellar space and even become a Level Six Civilization.
"It's a parasitic, evolved insectoid race, which emerged after a Level Six Civilization was infected," the Silver Heart Alliance warship replied, adding at the end, "Controllable."
In fact, the Silver Heart Alliance knew that the Silicon-Based Collective did not care about the rampant Zerg in the Milky Way Galaxy. After all, before these Silicon-based life reached the level of Level Six Civilization, they also expanded wildly like a Milky Way Galaxy catastrophe. However, they were eventually scared by the Harvesters and all went to hide in their Small Universe.
Therefore, the meaning of the Silver Heart Alliance's additional statement is quite clear: the so-called Zerg civilization is nothing more than cannon fodder in this cooperation. I'm telling you about the Silicon-Based Collective in advance, so don't make a fool of yourself later.
"In that case, they might actually be of some use." The Deformed Metal of the Silicon-Based Collective understood. He not only knew that the Zerg were cannon fodder in this cooperation, but also knew that the Level Six Civilization that the Zerg were parasitizing lacked Characteristic Technology.
The fact that the Silver Heart Alliance was able to draw them into the battle is probably because they valued the Zerg civilization's effectiveness against Electron Warship.
"Since you've agreed, we won't waste any more words. The Zerg civilization's Mother Body has already the Remnants, and I'll send you the star systems where the Remnant has appeared in the last thousand years. You two go there; I'm going to the Perseus Commonwealth. We'll meet here in six hundred years," the Silver Heart Alliance said.
Upon hearing the number "six hundred years," the Silicon-Based Collective's Deformed Metal was clearly taken aback, and at that moment, its appearance transformed back into that of the Silver Heart Alliance warship.
However, after receiving information about the Remnants from the Silver Heart Alliance, the Deformed Metal finally understood why the story was set 600 years in the future.
The reason is that the given star field coordinates are all at the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy Galactic Disk. At the normal travel speed of Level Six Civilization, it would take about 467 years to cross the entire Milky Way Galaxy Galactic Disk, which is about 100,000 light-years wide.
It would take about three hundred years to travel from our current location to the star region marked on the star map where traces of the Remnants have appeared, and about six hundred years for a round trip.
"What about that civilization from Extragalactic Civilization?" The tone of the Silicon-Based Collective, which had already shown a willingness to cooperate, softened considerably.
"When we get back, we'll look for them together. We've already spread the word, and I believe the Harvesters will soon know that such a being has come to the Milky Way Galaxy. At that time, they will definitely stand on our side." The Silver Heart Alliance seemed confident.
"I'm not too worried about that. What I mean is the role that Extragalactic Civilization is playing in this plan. Also, I need a detailed plan for this operation against the Electron Warship. I need to know where your claim of a 50% chance of success comes from. And again, I need to know what methods you intend to use to destroy the Electron Warship. I need to see the possibility of the Electron Warship being destroyed."
"You'll have to ask Gaia Consciousness about that. Anyway, this plan doesn't require you to directly confront the Electron Warship, so you don't need to know too much. Just do your own job. Alright, we're leaving now. You should get moving too."
After sending out its last information by vibrating spacetime, the Silver Heart Alliance warships, enveloped in Star Gleam, entered Warp like fish diving into water and quickly disappeared into the visible universe.
After a while, the Deformed Metal's body rippled with metallic flow, then took the form of a Warp Engine, and the next moment, it disappeared into the visible universe.
With the departure of the two beings, the starry sky returned to its former tranquility.
Oh no, this place wasn't exactly peaceful in the past either, after all, the Silicon-Based Collective's Small Universe has been here for who knows how many years.
After what seemed like an eternity, the Deformed Metal finally broke free from Warp drive and returned to the visible Great Universe. Beside him were many other Deformed Metal clumps similar to him.
"Leader, I always feel..."
An internal communication signal flowed through these metal masses and entered the Thinking Organ of the Deformed Metal that had previously communicated with the Silver Heart Alliance warship.
It is real-time communication information.
However, before this message could be fully conveyed, it was interrupted by the leader's Deformed Metal: "You think this is a conspiracy by the Silver Heart Alliance, right? That's right. They definitely want to use this opportunity to do something, like that Parasitic Zerg Civilization is doomed. But what does it matter? As long as there is hope of destroying the Electron Warship, we have no reason to refuse. Even if we can only hold off the Electron Warship, this cooperation is worthwhile. As long as we are not facing that warship, we have nothing to fear. The humiliation of millions of years ago must be washed away with the lives of the Harvesters."
The leader's fear of Electron Warship has become so open that he no longer bothers to make any polite remarks.
After pausing, he continued to the other deformable metals, "Although the Silver Heart Alliance didn't tell us the specific methods for dealing with Electron Warship, they wouldn't lie to us about something so crucial; it wouldn't benefit anyone."
And although I hate to admit it, Gaia Consciousness does have an advantage over us in dealing with Electron Warship. Besides, there are still the Remnants this time; they might actually be able to take down the Electron Warship.
It's clear that the leader of the Silicon-Based Collective wasn't very confident in telling the Silver Heart Alliance that they could destroy the Electron Warship, because no one understood the power of the Electron Warship better than him; it was simply utterly unreasonable.
"Such the Great Voyage"—another flow of information from other Deformed Metal appeared in the leader's Thinking Organ.
"It might not be true. Even if it were, we could only say so after the Harvesters are eliminated. The Harvesters wouldn't allow any Level Six Civilization to leave the Milky Way Galaxy because they don't believe in the so-called the Great Voyage; they think it's the Great Voyage an escape lie fabricated by the Silver Heart Alliance," said the leader of the Silicon-Based Collective.
"But the appearance of Extragalactic Civilization this time seems to really prove that the Silver Heart Alliance was right. Of course, the greater significance for us is that there really is a route to Extragalactic Civilization. The civilization from Extragalactic Civilization must have had a shortcut to reach the Milky Way Galaxy."
You must remember, this time our cooperation with the Silver Heart Alliance is primarily aimed at the Electron Warship, but not solely at it. We have another objective: to find the passageway from that Extragalactic Civilization to the Milky Way Galaxy. If necessary, we can safely leave the Milky Way Galaxy via that passageway."