Logically speaking, the relationships between various civilizations in the universe should be as Da Liu described, essentially existing in a dark forest state, where each civilization should be cautious and prudent when expanding outwards.
However, the Snail People -Snail People's actions clearly exceeded their assessment of cosmic forces; his behavior resembled that of a local warlord leading an expedition.
Judging from this action alone, either the Snail People has developed to the point where he has conquered everywhere without ever being defeated, or he doesn't even have a worthy opponent.
Alternatively, the current cosmic order is like the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, where powerful civilizations have already established their own territories and made contact with each other.
Only under such circumstances would they dare to attack any unknown civilization without fear.
They don't even have the strength to carve out a territory in the starry sky, so going up against them wouldn't be a big problem.
In their view, this operation was probably no different from a typical bandit suppression campaign in feudal times.
Even before Divine Land came into contact with space knowledge, they were too lazy to bother with it. In their eyes, a native civilization that had not come into contact with key information was no different from a primitive animal.
This is similar to toy manufacturers selling pirated toys. If you pirate something, you don't make much money, and the legitimate copyright holders simply won't bother with you because you're giving them indirect advertising.
But once you've earned enough money, you'll be bombarded with lawyer's letters, lawsuits, fines, and all that stuff, leaving your pockets completely empty.
After listening to Lin Chong's introduction, the commanders present felt somewhat heavy-hearted.
According to Lin Chong, the Snail People is very likely to belong to the latter category.
In other words, the current cosmic landscape is not as empty as it appears; in places unknown to the world, there may already be a relatively stable order among the various star sectors.
This is not a good thing for Divine Land.
A stable order is certainly desirable, but that's predicated on the assumption that one is a beneficiary of the existing system.
They weren't involved when the order was established, but only appeared in this pre-defined fishpond after it was established; they were born into a situation where they were destined to be slaughtered like pigs.
The emergence of a new civilization will inevitably be accompanied by power struggles and territorial divisions, which will also cause changes to the existing order. In a chaotic world, naturally few people will care about this. However, in a prosperous world, as soon as they show their faces, they will likely be suppressed.
The current situation is not good for Divine Land.
Even if we repel the Snail People's attack without damaging their core, simply defending like this is useless.
but...
The commander shook his head; there was no need to think about it so much now.
Only after winning the battle right in front of us can we even consider anything else.
If you lose, then there's no point in thinking about it anymore.
The cultivators led Lin Chong on a tour of the existing positions. This was the first time Lin Chong had seen such a defensive method used by the Earth Star cultivators.
After all, previous civilizations didn't have the capability for individual space combat. Their defenses were generally centered around their own space docks and a few military planets they had already occupied, with battles taking place on the ground and in space.
Most battles take place between warships, and there is a fatal flaw in warship battles: the dock.
No matter how many warships you have or how much visible combat power you possess, if they can destroy your space dock in one shot, then all those warships are merely one-off combat forces. Once the battle is over and you lose access to replenishment of energy and ammunition, they are nothing more than big toys.
But cultivators are different. Although they have White Jade Capital, they never need this thing as a backup for their combat power. They fight until they are exhausted, then find a corner to rest for a while, and once their strength is restored, they are good as new.
Even if White Jade Capital were to be destroyed, the cultivators would only need to expend a little more Magic Power to enter and exit the atmosphere; it wouldn't be enough to effectively damage their attacks.
In fact, this alone was beyond the Snail People ' expectations. If they had continued with their previous tactics, they would have suffered a great loss.
But now that Lin Chong has joined the fray, letting them suffer a loss is not the Divine Land military's objective at all.
How to take down their star destroyers is the question that the Divine Land military needs to consider.
"Your fighting style is something the Snail People have never seen before, so I think we can hold off on showing this defensive method for now."
After surveying the position, Lin Chong had an idea.
How so?
The commander was somewhat curious about his idea.
"Your biggest advantage right now is your unique fighting style and the stealthiness of cultivators' methods, so I think we can proceed in this way."
"On the surface, adopt the defensive posture of a typical civilization: deploy several space warships and arrange them in formation for defense. Then, disperse these fortresses disguised as asteroids and conceal them. When engaging in direct combat, the disguised cultivators will not attack immediately; instead, let these warships fight and retreat, luring the Snail People's main warships over."
"Because they are determined to acquire habitable planets, their warships will definitely not get too close to the planets. Instead, they will begin deploying cannon fodder troops into the planets from a certain distance in orbit to 'wash' the land."
"At this point, we can have the cultivators lurking nearby launch a surprise attack on the warship."
It has to be said that, given his profound understanding of the Snail People's attack methods, only he could have come up with such a tactic.
Although the strategy is very simple, it is absolutely impossible to succeed if you don't have any understanding of your opponent.
Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory in every battle. War is all about exploiting information asymmetry.
The Snail People don't know much about the current situation on Earth Star. The information that Lin Chong and his ship sent back was very limited. They only knew that the Earth Star People had strong physical abilities and could move in space, but that was all.
The Snail People's reconnaissance ships were clearly not limited to just this one team, but with so many planets in the Solar System, they were the only ones assigned to Earth Star.
After all, according to the analysis of the Snail People warship, Venus is the core planet of this civilization.
After all, the entire surface of Venus is covered by an energy shield (an array Li Xingkong adjust the intensity of the Venus sun), and there are several points where very powerful energy weapons appear to be brewing.
Only a small portion of Earth Star is covered by shields; the rest lacks any decent defense. It's easy to tell which planet's leader is on which planet.
"To catch the thief, first catch the king." Although the Snail People doesn't understand military strategy, anyone who has fought a war would understand this concept.
Moreover, according to the information transmitted back by the reconnaissance ship, the Earth Star People are of considerable value. Even the Snail People cannot move around in space without the protection of their exoskeleton armor.
Such a civilization is extremely valuable, whether it is kept as cannon fodder or taken out for research.