" Lord Yun San, why don't we wipe out all the insects in the galaxy in one fell swoop?"
"We couldn't destroy the Insect Emperor. We only had this opportunity now that the Insect Emperor was in the evolutionary stage. Unfortunately, we didn't fight as well as you in the war in the fourth dimension. Advancing 25,000 light-years was the limit. Now that we have achieved our operational objectives, the next task is to strictly control the number of Insect swarms."
"In this war, the number of insects in the galaxy has decreased by at least 70%, and as long as the extermination rate is maintained, the remaining insects should not accumulate again."
"Yes, the most important thing now is to find a way to destroy the Insect Emperor, otherwise, once the Insect Emperor completes its evolution, it will summon even more insects from the Abyss."
" Lord Yun San, Insect Emperor, is the Matter River the one corresponding to the fourth dimension?"
"Yes, that's why I told you to advance a maximum of 25,000 light-years, meaning stop once you reach the vicinity of the Matter River. Even in its evolutionary stage, the Insect Emperor is beyond our ability to destroy."
"Clear."
The civilized fleet remained like a rapidly advancing steel wall, and wherever it went, insects fled in terror. Those that were slow to escape were mercilessly killed by the fleet.
Ten thousand small spaceships were flying in the fourth dimension. These spaceships were no more than ten meters long. Spaceships of this size could be well concealed not only in the entire Milky Way, but also in the Solar System. They were dispersed in the fourth dimension, heading towards the territories where civilizations were being cultivated.
On the mother planet of the Linglong Civilization, the leader had already entered a resting state when suddenly an antenna as thin as a hair appeared out of thin air in the distant starry sky. Then, this antenna began to slowly move towards the leader until it entered the heavily guarded leader's house, where a humanoid creature appeared out of thin air in front of the Linglong leader.
"Hello, Master Linglong." The visitor greeted Master Linglong with a smile as she awoke with astonishment from her sleep.
"Who are you, human?" The Linglong leader belonged to another Small Star Sector Civilization group, but was not unfamiliar with human beings, whether it was Hu Yu's side or Li Shun's side. However, he did not know which side this humanoid creature belonged to. But the Linglong leader immediately guessed that this was definitely not a human under Hu Yu's command.
"You could say that, as you've probably guessed, I am President Li Shun's special envoy."
"What are you doing here?" Linglong's leader prepared to get up.
"Mastermind, you'd better not make any move. I know your guards are outside, but trust me, I have the ability to end your life before they can rush in."
"Alright, tell me why you're here."
"I'm here to offer you benefits. Right now, you're just doing hard labor and acting as cannon fodder for a few Great Star Region Advanced Civilization and for Hu Yu. Although you call yourselves Small Star Sector Civilization, you know your own limitations. Your real technology has been completely blocked. You know better than I how long it will take you to break through on your own."
"So what? What we've gained far outweighs what we've given. We were originally just a Star-Level Elementary Civilization. Without General Hu Yu and the others, it's hard to say whether we could have survived."
"Leader Linglong, Hu Yu and several Great Star Region Advanced Civilization are merely using you. Have you considered what will happen to you once the insects are eliminated? Will you continue to be slaves to these advanced civilizations, or will you carve out your own territory and develop independently, perhaps even becoming a hegemon like them?"
"We never aspired to dominate the region; we just want a peaceful life. We'd be grateful if you didn't bother us."
"Every civilization thinks like you, but have you ever considered that there's simply no space for you to survive in this galaxy? The Star Ring Alliance alone occupies a vast area of over ten thousand light-years. If every other independently developed Small Star Sector Civilization were like the Star Ring Alliance, where would your two million cultivated civilizations be situated? Would they share territory with you? At best, they'd give you one or two planetary systems, confining you to a small patch of space, just like now, with hundreds of thousands of civilizations crammed together."
The Linglong leader fell silent upon hearing this. It seemed fine for them to be crammed together during wartime, but if things continued like this after the war ended, it would certainly not be what every civilization wanted. Civilizations need space and territory to develop, just as individual beings need personal space.
"Chieftain, I can grant you the complete technology tree of Small Star Sector Civilization, and even some of the technology of Great Star Region Civilization, so that you will no longer be subject to these true Small Star Sector Civilization."
What are the conditions?
"Given unconditionally and free of charge."
"Free of charge? Li Shun Shun's name is renowned in every civilization. You would be so generous?"
"You still have some misunderstandings about our leader. Our leader simply dislikes Hu Yu's current arrogant and domineering attitude."
"So, attacking the Far Watcher Civilization's territory was also because they disliked General Hu Yu?"
"That fleet was indeed ours, yet you could also say it wasn't. Hu Yu turned one of our leader's key generals against us, deliberately smearing our leader and incidentally teaching the Far Watcher Civilization a lesson. You've probably heard about the feud between Hu Yu and the Far Watcher Civilization. He knew that this fleet couldn't possibly destroy the Far Watcher Civilization, so he personally took action to destroy it to improve his own image. For so many years, we've been hunted down by Hu Yu, forced to hide in the Insect Zone and live among the Zerg. Hu Yu has also been relentlessly smearing our leader, but unfortunately, we're too weak to even have a chance to argue back. Alas."
As the envoy spoke, he even shed tears of grievance, which made the head of the Linglong Kingdom waver a little. The grievances between Hu Yu and Li Shun that these cultivated civilizations had all come from hearsay, and the information was not comprehensive. Just as the envoy said, it seemed that all the information came from Hu Yu's side, Li Shun had never sent out any voice.
"Fortunately, fate has not abandoned our leader. After countless hardships, grievances, setbacks, and sacrifices, we have reached the Great Star Region Civilization stage. However, the power of discourse is now in Hu Yu's hands, and he is on good terms with several Great Star Region Advanced Civilization. We still dare not return to the Milky Way. But we are working hard, hoping that one day we can defeat Hu Yu honorably and clear our leader's name."
"What does this have to do with us?"
"Giving you technology is our leader's intention. First, because our leader is upright, magnanimous, and selfless, and does not want you to become slaves or laborers of other civilizations. Second, we hope that when we deal with Hu Yu in the future, you will not help Hu Yu fight us. That's all. If you agree, I can hand over the technology tree to you now."
"It's that simple?"
"Of course, there are no other conditions attached."
"Okay, I agree."