Chu's Fury

"Bad news. The negotiations failed."

"We expected that. It was the most likely outcome."

Although every Collector involved in the negotiations with the Coordinators had died, the details of the talks were still relayed word for word to the rear through radio transmissions.

The Collectors had already foreseen the failure. Earlier, they had learned from the Shepherds that the enemy currently fighting them was not the Coordinators' full force. That greatly increased the likelihood of failed negotiations. For negotiations to succeed, either both sides had to be evenly matched, or the stronger side had to take the initiative. In any other case—such as the weaker side proposing talks—success was not impossible, but the odds were extremely low. It depended entirely on the stronger party's mood.

Therefore, the Collectors were not surprised by the outcome of the negotiations with the Coordinators.

But the attitude displayed by the Coordinators filled the Collectors with profound anger. It was a collective fury. Their entire race had been so contemptuously dismissed by another species, even regarded as slaves that could be slaughtered and exploited at will. It was like shoving Jesus' head into a toilet and grinding it around in front of Christians.

Fortunately, that anger did not deprive the Collectors of their ability to think.

From the information exchanged during the negotiations, the Collectors learned a fact.

"The Coordinators already knew that we are not a species under the Holy Worm State."

The Coordinators had so quickly concluded that Amoeba was not part of the Holy Worm State. They had neither disputed it nor demanded proof that Amoeba truly did not belong to the Holy Worm State. This minor detail meant that the Coordinators had long known that their opponent was not the Holy Worm State.

Just as the Collectors had rashly attacked the