The Incident Ends

At this point, Karl's tone shifted as he spoke with a meaningful edge: "So? Which will it be? The first option—I send the resources to you, you take your warships back to your respective civilizations, and we part ways with no further ties."

"Or the second option—you wait until I crack the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization's shielding device, then join me in conquering them, and I'll reimburse you with all the resources afterward?"

No wonder Morgana said that Death God Karl was full of schemes!

Just look at the things he did!

Was there a single one that didn't screw over these secondary civilizations?

He claimed to offer them two choices, but no matter which path they took, Karl would end up losing nothing in terms of resources!

Take the second option first. Death God Karl made it crystal clear: as long as these secondary civilizations didn't demand resources from him, then when the next assault on the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization came, he'd give them a ticket—a chance to get in first and reap the rewards.

If none of these secondary civilizations chose the second option and instead went for the first, that was fine too!

Because Death God Karl had already dispatched the Nether River Civilization's fleet to block their way home!

If they dared to take that route, Karl would unhesitatingly send them to heaven to meet God!

That was why it was said earlier that no matter which road these secondary civilizations took, Death God Karl would lose nothing in the end!

Or rather, from the moment these secondary civilizations agreed to join Karl's alliance, their lives no longer belonged to them!

They were firmly in Death God Karl's grasp. He could decide when their fleet groups would die, and die they would.

Time passed slowly. After who knows how long, the main gods of these secondary civilizations, after repeated struggles and deliberation, ultimately chose the second solution proposed by Death God Karl!

There was no other way. They had already invested so much for the sake of the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization!

These secondary civilizations had long since lost any retreat!

If they slunk back home empty-handed like this, they would never be satisfied!

Hearing the main gods of various civilizations in the "Alliance" channel all pick the second option, Death God Karl, standing in the Death Academy, nodded and revealed a faint smile.

At least these secondary civilization main gods knew their place. Otherwise, even if Karl had other contingency plans, it would still waste a lot of time and energy!

With the secondary civilizations in the "Alliance" channel dealt with, Death God Karl turned his attention back to the "Top Civilization Alliance" channel.

Compared to those secondary civilizations in the "Alliance" channel, the people in the "Top Civilization Alliance" were a much tougher bunch to handle!

After all, these were mostly old hands in the Known Universe. Trying to outsmart them would be a losing game!

Facing them, Karl had to offer real, tangible benefits to keep everyone in the "Top Civilization Alliance" firmly stabilized.

Sensing the difficulty, Death God Karl, standing in the Death Academy, shook his head and let out a long sigh before speaking in the "Top Civilization Alliance" channel: "The Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization possesses a shielding device. Until I manage to crack it, we probably won't be able to locate the entire civilization!"

"But this is actually a good thing for us. A civilization that uses such shielding technology likely isn't a powerful one—it's probably a civilization with strong technology but weak individual combat strength!"

"After all, if their individual strength were formidable, they wouldn't resort to a shielding device to hide their entire civilization from discovery!"

[Morgana: "Damn it~! Karl, you sick freak, don't give us that useless crap. Just tell us straight—how are you going to compensate us?!"]

[Du Kao: "Exactly! Do you realize the timing, Death God Karl? Civilizations across the universe are finding ways to upgrade their armies! If you hadn't dragged us here, some of us might have already made it onto the Ranking System!"]

[Pan Zhen: "What the Solar Star wants is simple. Add three times the resources to what you promised us before, and we'll let this go."]

"Mm." Hearing the voices coming through the communication channel, Death God Karl nodded, agreeing to Pan Zhen's demand.

There was no choice! Karl had to keep Pan Zhen on his side!

After all, in Death God Karl's future plans, he needed the power of Solar Star to help him blow open a Black Hole and obtain Void Particles!

[Morgana: "Damn! Karl, you sick freak, you agreed just like that? Then the Demon Civilization won't ask for much either—triple the resources on top of the original terms!"]

[Du Kao: "In that case, the Super Seminary of the Shenhe Civilization will also triple its share, same as Solar Star and the Demon Civilization!"]

"Fine!" Hearing the voices of Morgana and Du Kao, Death God Karl gritted his teeth and ultimately agreed.

With Death God Karl's consent, the whole matter came to a close!

Except for those secondary civilizations that had been played for fools, all the top civilizations walked away with generous rewards that satisfied their needs!

With these rewards, they could rapidly expand their armies in a short time, giving their civilizations a better chance in the Ranking System's competition.

But while the other top civilizations were celebrating, Death God Karl was in agony!

After all, just to invite these top civilizations, he had already spent a considerable amount of resources!

Now, tripling that would drain the Nether River Civilization's accumulated reserves completely!

To make matters worse, those resources were originally meant for expanding the Nether River Civilization's army and vying for a spot on the Ranking System!

Now, with this turn of events, his Nether River Civilization would be completely shut out of this Ranking System!

How could Death God Karl, who had so wanted to experience the wonder of the Ranking System firsthand, let this go?

With that thought, Death God Karl glared bitterly at the location he believed the "Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization" occupied!

In his eyes, if it weren't for the appearance of the "Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization," he wouldn't have ended up in this mess!