Xianyu had heard what the universe said about him: he was vicious beyond measure, addicted to killing. Even his subordinates had been branded inhuman villains, as though they slaughtered everyone wherever they went.
In truth, aside from planets destroyed by Intellitrons and the Swarm Disaster, the Xianzhou still established diplomatic relations with other star systems through normal means.
Using a Colossus cost the Xianzhou resources, too. He did not deploy one every time he encountered a planet.
Xianyu had no interest in losing money.
Want me to use a Colossus? You'd better make it worth my while.
Previously, he and his subordinates had worked for love rather than pay, fighting monsters with everything they had and containing the disasters within a handful of star systems.
Later, Xianyu had withdrawn for various reasons, and the Intellitrons and bugs had started wreaking havoc everywhere again.
Could the present-day Xianzhou handle them? Naturally, it could. It would simply cost a considerable amount of resources.
This time, Xianyu did not intend to fight alone. He needed to recruit more NPCs.
The entire universe needed to participate in fighting these two great calamities.
Previously, the universe's other powers had stood by and watched while only Xianyu and his subordinates devoted themselves to fighting monsters and saving other planets from disaster. What tremendous merit they had earned.
How could he not bring everyone else along for something that earned so much merit?
As for those who had watched indifferently... Xianyu did not mind. He was broad-minded and held no grudges. He intended to team up with the NPCs to farm merit and, along the way, max out the Xianzhou's deterrence through battle.
Once that was maxed out, he could leave the Xianzhou the star-system-destroying Heaven-Burning Divine Weapon and his final contingency, the Aether-Phase Engine.
Then he