"Humans, we need to discuss this."
"Sure, we have plenty of time. You can discuss it at your leisure."
After finishing the call, Hu Yu let out a long sigh of relief. Human Civilization is only a little over ten thousand years old, and he had spent a third of his time attacking the Xuan Star Civilization. The time span was incredibly long. In these three or four thousand years, countless people had worked hard, shed countless drops of sweat and endured countless days and nights to achieve today's results. Hu Yu couldn't even imagine how long it would take to defeat the Fish Horse Star Civilization.
" Old Hu, do you think the Xuan Star Civilization will hand over its entire technology tree?"
"Give in a fit of pique versus reason, I believe they will choose reason; giving in out of pique is not worthwhile."
"If they really hand over their technology tree, are we just going to let them go like this?"
"Of course not. If I had the means, I would definitely destroy the Xuan Star Civilization Xuan Star Civilization. I hope they won't really be so stubborn as to choose annihilation over handing over their technology!"
"That's good. I was worried you'd be too stubborn and wouldn't keep your promise to the Xuan Star Civilization."
"Let's get the technology first; the Xuan Star Civilization isn't that stupid."
More than 300 years have passed since the start of the war. The Xuan Star Civilization has lost nearly 400 million warships and 200 billion people, while humanity has lost more than 100 million Grim Slayer and zero people. However, the foundation of the Xuan Star Civilization has not been shaken. The giant energy spheres only killed ordinary people. With its huge population base, the Xuan Star Civilization can quickly make up for this loss. Replenishing the population is much simpler than replenishing the fleet.
"Humans, what if you back out if we hand over the technology tree to you?"
" Xuan Star Leader, we humans are a civilization that keeps its promises."
"A promise? In the world of civilizations, promises are a joke. Let's get real. Let our civilian ships leave, I'll stay. Once they're safe, I'll give you the tech tree."
"No!"
"Then what do you suggest we do?"
" Xuan Star leader, you need to understand your situation. I'm not negotiating with you now! I've waited so long for you to discuss this, and this is the lousy plan you come up with? It seems you won't understand your predicament until I teach you a lesson."
The Grim Slayer dispersed, revealing a massive transport ship over 50 kilometers long. Despite various lightweight designs to reduce its weight, its own weight was still terrifying. To power this behemoth, there were tens of thousands of engines alone. The various large and small protruding turrets on its surface added to its menacing appearance.
Now, these transport ships, fully loaded with energy orbs, have become death ships, radiating an aura of destruction. One transport ship suddenly swelled up, as if a gigantic creature was moving inside. In less than a ten-thousandth of a second, the massive transport ship shattered into fragments, which snaked forward—a manifestation of spatial distortion. A second later, hundreds of thousands of Star System Level warships from the nearby Xuan Star Civilization exploded in a tumbling motion. Warships in the distance were also propelled further away by the energy surge, colliding with warships even further away.
Ablaze filled the airspace, with warships burning in the far distance, inside which were still-alive Xuan Star people struggling and crying out, but no one could save them. Hundreds of millions of warships nearby could only watch helplessly as the human warships wreaked havoc, daring not to make any rash moves. If all the human transport ships exploded, their own people would be few and far between.
Seeing all this, the leader of Xuan Star Fish Horse Star Civilization Xuan Star Civilization had been struggling to survive. He had not agreed to the Fish Horse Star Civilization Insect Race's request to raise the Zerg, but only agreed to assist the Mu Star Civilization. He originally thought nothing would happen, but he never expected to encounter humans.
They refused the demands of the Fish Horse Star Civilization, but the secret revealed by Fish Horse Star Civilization was too shocking. If that day truly came, apart from the Fish Horse Star Civilization's camp, no other civilization would have a chance of survival, and according to the Fish Horse Star Civilization's plan, their chances of success were very high.
The leaders of Xuan Star wouldn't dare to openly raise Insect Race like the Mu Star Civilization. Moreover, their own civilization doesn't need to raise Insect Race to exchange for technology. These Insect Race that raise Zerg will definitely be the first victims. They won't live to see the day the Fish Horse Star Civilization succeeds before they are wiped out by other Great Star Region Civilization or eliminated by the Fish Horse Star Civilization.
Agreeing was impossible, refusing was also impossible; knowing the secret meant certain death. Finally, the leader chose a compromise: the Fish Horse Star Civilization surprisingly agreed. However, this meant the Fish Horse Star Civilization wouldn't offer any help; even if they were wiped out, Fish Horse Star wouldn't intervene. They only promised the Xuan Star Civilization a way out after the plan succeeded. The Xuan Star leader knew these promises were meaningless, merely a temporary measure. He hoped to reach the Great Star Region Civilization before the Fish Horse Star Civilization completed its plan, perhaps then they would still have a fighting chance.
"Leadership, what do we do? We've just lost another billion people! Humans are bastards!"
" Bi Cha, don't be angry. Have you forgotten? When we were wiping out humanity, we never showed any mercy. Now we're just reaping what we sowed."
"Chief, how about we hand over some of our technology?"
"It's no use. Humanity will never let us go. Let me talk to them one more time. If we can't reach an agreement this time, then let's detonate the antimatter star and our civilization will be wiped out from the Milky Way."
"Summit!"
"The weak have no right to live; this is the law of the universe. Ever since the Fish Horse Star Civilization found me, we've been dancing on the edge of a knife. This time, we've finally been stabbed."
The leader of Xuan Star looked at his people in the distance. Their fate was sealed. Everyone waited quietly for the final moment. Their good manners allowed them to maintain the elegance of Xuan Star Civilization even in the final moments.
"Humans, I cannot give you the tech tree. I know that even if I did, you wouldn't spare our civilization. It's all my fault. Although I won't give you the tech tree, I have a secret, a secret about the Insect Race. I want to use this secret to exchange for the survival of our remaining three hundred billion people, and leave me to bear the responsibility for all of this."
"I don't think this secret is worth 300 billion people."
"There's no point in lying to you now. This secret is not only worth 300 billion people, but it's also related to the survival of your civilization and all civilizations in this Milky Way. Moreover, you've already stepped into the Small Star Sector Civilization. As long as we reverse engineer our warships, whether or not you need a tech tree won't make much difference to you."
"If that's the case, why not just give us the entire tech tree?"
"Every civilization has its own secrets, and our Xuan Star Civilization is no exception. These are secrets we don't want others to know, just like your civilization. Can you honestly say you don't have your own secrets and special technologies?"