Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 274

A peaceful resolution

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"You are making a joke with the survival of the entire fleet! There is absolutely no way I can agree!" Zhang Zihao shouted.

"What?! With the leader's authorization, I must accept your orders three times unconditionally! Ridiculous, how can such a thing be possible!"

"..." After confirming the code that Chen Hui said, Zhang Zihao fell silent. As expected, Chen Hui, who had handed over all his net worth, had indeed received an incredible authorization.

Zhang Zihao's rebelliousness did not last long, and soon the authorization to use the field shield generator was transmitted to Chen Hui's terminal. She did not give the input rights to Narga. She also had her own scheming.

"Okay, now I can control the field shield generator, what do I need to do?"

Narga also understood that it was impossible to gain higher trust, so she had to instruct Chen Hui to adjust the field shield generator to a frequency similar to Swarm Network.

When the frequency adjustment was completed, Chen Hui made some mental preparations and pressed the button. She was going to just press it once to see. After all, this kind of thing was really risky.

However, the external Swarm Network almost had a mental shock effect and almost knocked Chen Hui unconscious. Fortunately, she was a powerful Psionics person. She used her mental power to protect her consciousness and released her fingers.

This moment was enough for Narga. She and Koret completed the communication, and the two Swarm Node reached a consensus in the network.

Chen Hui was a little angry. She thought this was Narga's conspiracy against her and wanted to destroy the Peacemaker's field shield.

She was about to get angry when she was interrupted by Narga, "Swarm on the opposite side said that the war can be stopped. As long as you get out of the way, no one will die again."

Chen Hui's expression changed from angry, to surprised, and then to disbelief. Everything was communicated in just a moment? Is it so efficient? Doesn't the other party even need to confirm your authority and identity?

Although very suspicious, Chen Hui told Zhang Zihao what Narga said.

Zhang Zihao, who didn't want to fight in the first place, immediately asked the fleet to change their lines and get out of the way of the hyperspace channel. The Swarm fleet, which had just fought to the death with them, immediately stopped attacking, ignored them and entered hyperspace.

The departure of tens of thousands of Swarm fleets lasted for more than an hour, and the entire battlefield fell into an eerie silence.

Except for Narga, Chen Hui, Zhang Zihao, and Feng Huo, all were stunned. Such a scene had never appeared in the encounter records of Stellaris Council and Swarm. Cruel, crazy, and unrelenting have always been adjectives for Swarm.

Now they were able to reach a consensus with the warring fleets and leave peacefully. Even the fighting bugs on the ground stopped attacking and retreated back to the North Pole.

"What happened? The bugs just left... and they stopped attacking?" Feng Huo immediately asked Zhang Zihao via communication, and the answer he received was just that he didn't know.

Zhang Zihao wanted to ask Chen Hui, but was told that the communication was refused and Dr. Chen wanted to conduct research.

He didn't dare to disturb, after all, Chen Hui's two communications saved the fleet, so he had to give Chen Hui some respect regardless of circumstances.

Chen Hui was also asking Narga the same question.

"We are different from you. We never bully or coerce our fellow clansmen, nor do we lie when we communicate with our clansmen. The channel you just called up is our communication channel. Your body and spirit are too fragile. I just asked the Swarm fleet to cease fire, and they agreed, that's all."

This is a lie used to deceive Chen Hui.

Narga first asked Koret to determine his node number and mental frequency, then told him that he had resurrected Overmind, and asked him not to waste time here and let him go to Overmind's star field to protect Overmind.

Koret was originally a relatively traditional node. After learning that Narga was a compatriot, he immediately agreed to the request.

It is not complicated for him to change his thinking. In the past, Overmind asked him to fight with the Star Council, so he fought. Now that Overmind has been resurrected, he should go to protect it.

"A request? Is it that simple?" Chen Hui felt even more incredible.

"Yes, it's that simple. I understand that it's hard for you to believe it. But the social structure of Swarm is very simple, and this is where we are advanced. We don't need to establish a complicated governance system, and we don't need to deceive each other, be suspicious of each other, fight, and have internal conflicts."

"You... you are very similar to the Intelligent Gestalt of the Silicon Alliance, but no... you are different. The individual emotions of the Gestalt are very indifferent, and can be regarded as clones of the intelligent core. You... individuals like you have very rich emotions, and you also have love and care for your children."

Chen Hui was completely immersed in her own world, "Is this the original social model of Swarm? Can it be understood in this way? In fact, smart Zerg like you are all born from an original Zerg. You have established a bond of power due to your blood relationship."

"Loyalty goes up layer by layer, and the ones who inherit your position in Swarm are your children, so you don't care about your own life, nor the lives of low-intelligent bugs, but you care very much about your blood descendants!"

Chen Hui pulled out an input terminal and started typing on it, "So the stability and trust of your society are based on blood ties! This is also easy to understand. In ordinary society, the smallest unit is the family, and it is easiest for families to have trust and mutual help relationships."

"..." Narga didn't know how to answer. Chen Hui's guess was quite similar. At least Narga knew that the first thing to do when merging Hatchery was to reduce the number of Swarm that were merged with Hatchery, in order to prevent the Swarm with different ideological trends from having a large impact on the Swarm Network.

But she probably couldn't guess that Swarm Network existed as the core of the Swarm system. In order not to reveal more information, Narga said, "I have fulfilled my promise, it is your turn."

"Well, I will try to use my influence to cancel this expedition. I have gained enough this time. At least I know that Swarm is also a sentient and rational being. There will be the possibility of communication in the future. The Peace Messenger is also injured and needs repair."

At this point, Chen Hui stopped typing on the keyboard, looked at Narga, and asked, "Can you tell me something more about the social structure of Swarm?"

"No, I will say something, but only after you fulfill your promise." Narga refused bluntly. She did not intend to tell the truth, and it would take time to make up a detailed lie.

"By the way, the command of Hatchery on that planet is already in my hands. I can silence them, but you have to inform those Antilians not to engage in any more hostile actions."

Narga connected to Koret's Swarm Network, which is equivalent to becoming his subordinate node. Korrit was reluctant to part with his Swarm, so he could only use this method to hand over the command to Nargar.

Chen Hui felt that her outlook on life was shocked again. The handover of command was completed in an instant? Just two seconds at most!

And what mode is used to determine it, and how does Narga communicate with Swarm? She herself is obviously still locked in an energy barrier.

Swarm's system is indeed much more efficient than ordinary civilization, and it also contains too many secrets. Chen Hui has both questions and emotions.

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