"How are things on the battlefield?"
After a moment of silence, Lü Yongchang asked again, "I mean, what are Human Civilization's chances of winning?"
At that, Zhao Zijie could not help giving a bitter smile.
"Not very good."
"The simulations show that even if the Gardener Faction's five-dimensional being stays out of the fight, the chances of victory for Human Civilization and the Neutral Faction will gradually fall to 40% within thirty years."
"Unless we achieve a breakthrough in hundred-light-year-scale Tachyon Computer technology."
"How could that happen?" Lü Yongchang froze for a moment, then looked at Zhao Zijie in surprise. "Hasn't the Human Fleet been growing all this time?"
Zhao Zijie spread his hands helplessly. "Yes, our strength is indeed growing, but you seem to have forgotten that the Neutral Faction has suffered the greatest losses in this war."
"According to incomplete statistics, the Neutral Faction has lost fifty billion warships since the war began."
"Although we've shared dimensional ascension and dimensional reduction technology with every civilization in the Neutral Faction..."
"Very few civilizations can 'digest' those two cutting-edge technologies in the middle of a war."
Lü Yongchang sighed softly.
Indeed, not every civilization was like Human Civilization.
"What about after thirty years?"
A faint smile finally appeared on Zhao Zijie's stiff face. "Then things will be different."
"Thanks to the growth of our fleet, Human Civilization's chances of victory will keep rising until they approach 80%."
"The remaining 20% mainly accounts for the variable represented by the Gardener Faction's five-dimensional being."
"Since we don't know how powerful five-dimensional beings are, that estimate is bound to be inaccurate."
"On the other hand..." Zhao Zijie hesitated for a moment before continuing uncertainly, "the Cleaners are dispatching fleets from across the universe to reinforce the Shapley Supercluster. We may very well not