Having figured this out, Lu Yuan's pupils dilated, and cold sweat covered his forehead.
This damned world—was it really true that the more one knew, the greater the risk? How was that any different from the Dark Forest?
When two civilizations that knew nothing gathered together, they could live peacefully with one another, even "become brothers" and "form an offensive and defensive alliance"! Just like Human Civilization and the Lize Civilization—their initial friendship had indeed been precious.
But when someone informed met someone ignorant, they might cooperate, or they might go to war. It depended on what the informed party was thinking.
But when two informed parties came together, they truly had to be cautious beyond caution... Neither side knew whether the other harbored murderous intentions!
One wrong move, and the whole game would be lost!
There was no choice. They could only rely on the rules of the Eighth Era to eliminate the risk of war.
The Translation Ability User shouted through a large loudspeaker, "Gambling duel!"
The sound carried across the distance.
The people in the meeting room were also somewhat tense and uneasy, and they began discussing the theoretical combat power of this group of fishfolk.
"A civilization possessing large numbers of Nuclear Bombs should be rare..."
"Because the cities selected by 'God' are usually representative cities of their civilizations, with large populations. Ordinary civilizations would not be insane enough to deploy large numbers of nuclear weapons within cities."
"Besides, with a population of one million, maintaining several dozen Nuclear Bombs is already difficult. Maintaining thousands would be beyond their industrial capacity."
Lu Yuan raised his brows. "So you mean... even if that civilization has Nuclear Bombs, they only have a few dozen? They can't possibly destroy Sky City?"
"Yes. And you may be overestimating the offensive