Chu Tianjiang was silent, whether he was willing to admit it or not, he couldn't avoid the question raised by Zhang Xiaogang, that is, what did Becca choose human civilization for.

"You asked me a question before."

"What?"

"Why do we want to limit the scale of human civilization?" Zhang Xiaogang paused slightly, and then said, "Obviously, you think that I am doing this to kidnap human civilization, so that Ali will not dare to deal with us rashly after becoming an enemy of human civilization." But human civilization has long been no longer the carrier of Ali's wisdom, and Ali is no longer the creator, and there is still your relationship with her. ”

Chu Tianjiang frowned and said, "You have proposed to increase the scale of human civilization by five times, or even ten times. ”

"This is only expansion, and it does not change the most fundamental thing, which is that the scale of human civilization is controlled and will not expand indefinitely."

"This ......"

"Obviously, increasing the number of individuals is characteristic of the development of all intelligent civilizations. Not to mention strong intelligent civilizations, even weak intelligent civilizations are constantly increasing the number of individuals. In anyone's opinion, a civilization is strong enough only if it has enough individuals. ”

"So, you have other ideas?"

Zhang Xiaogang smiled faintly and said, "That's right, at the beginning, I was indeed guarding against Ali, after all, we can't obey the creator like other intelligent civilizations. If we want to grow and grow, sooner or later, we will be enemies of the creator who created us. Obviously, at that time, we will have to contend with the capital that is against the creators, and controlling the size of the population is the only way I can think of, and it can even be said that it is the only way that will be useful under the circumstances. It's just that we need a place that is obviously not just Ali, but also a more powerful creator. In addition, in the circumstances of the time, we needed stronger support. ”

"Becca?"

"For Bekaa, a small human civilization is obviously not too much of a threat."

Chu Tianjiang nodded, indicating that he understood what Zhang Xiaogang meant.

"Of course, we kept a tight lid on the population and sent more information to Beka."

"What do you mean?"

"There is no doubt that Bekaa will find that we don't get along well with Ali, at least we control the population to prevent Ali. Obviously, if there is a contradiction between human civilization and Ali, it will be a good thing for Becca, at least there is no need to worry that Ali will support the development and growth of human civilization, and there is no need to worry that human civilization will enhance Ali's strength after it develops and grows, so there is no need to be afraid of the threat from Ali. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded again, this was easy to understand.

"It's just that when I was thinking about this at the time, the first thing that came to my mind was not to guard against Ali."

"Against Becca?"

Zhang Xiaogang smiled and said, "To put it bluntly, from the very beginning, I believed that you could influence Ali and control her, and your existence was enough to eliminate the threat that Ali posed to human civilization. Besides, the development and growth of human civilization is also of great benefit to Ali. At least until the defeat of Becca and the defeat of the other creators, human civilization is aligned with the interests of Ali and will definitely not become an enemy. It's not Ali who really needs to be wary, it's Beka. If human beings are also like other intelligent civilizations, they continue to expand in the scale of expansion wars, such as the Yamora created by Delia, then sooner or later, the Becca will find that it is almost impossible to control human civilization, and will regard human civilization as an enemy, and will even personally deal with human civilization and eliminate the threat fundamentally. It's a pity that until now, we haven't directly confronted Becca's strength, let alone the early stage of the Smart Civilization War. ”

"So, you decided to control the scale of human civilization and form an alliance of intelligent civilizations."

Zhang Xiaogang nodded and said, "This is the only choice, and it is also the only way to go." As long as we don't show much ambition, or don't show enough threat, Becca won't pay attention to us, at least not before we lose our usefulness. ”

"Obviously, we still have value now."

"So, what about after the family war?"

"This ......"

"That's right, Becca said that after the family war, Deria and Ali will each form their own families to replace the two defeated side branches. The question is, do you find his words credible? Obviously, if Becca can become the winner of the family war, and after taking so much effort to defeat the two side branches, will he make the two ambitious creators a new threat in the near future? What's more, Ali is no longer the creator, so he can't create a family that belongs to her. If Becca really gave all the star systems of a side branch family to Arleigh, it would be equivalent to handing over to human civilization. Obviously, with your relationship with Becca, there is no reason for him to let human civilization dominate hundreds of millions of star systems after the family war, becoming the most threatening potential enemy. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded, of course he understood this truth.

"Obviously, as you speculated, we still have value to use, so Becca is not dealing with us, but continues to use us, just like Delia." Zhang Xiaogang paused slightly, smiled, and said, "The point is, what do we have that is worth using Becca?" ”

"This ......"

"Obviously, Becca is interested in the scale of human civilization."

Chu Tianjiang frowned, not quite understanding what Zhang Xiaogang meant.

"To put it more bluntly. The scale of human civilization is too small to be nothing. Even if it is fully militarized, the survivability is very limited. There is no doubt that the family war is certainly more brutal and the losses are greater than the war of intelligent civilizations, and only twenty trillion people obviously cannot become the ultimate victors in this war. For this reason, I propose that the scale of human civilization should be expanded before the outbreak of the family war, and at least one hundred trillion people, preferably two hundred billion. It's just that for Bekaa, unless we completely loosen the restrictions on the population, no matter how many people we increase, it is nothing. The problem is that, as things stand, it's impossible for us to let go of restrictions. Among other things, our primary aim is to achieve full militarization, not to increase the number of people. More people means more difficult to fully militarize, and it also means that it takes more time to prepare for the outbreak of war. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded and said, "So we should consider expanding the size of the population after we are fully militarized." ”

"I've already said it, it's not here."

"This ......"

"There is no difference between 20 trillion people and 200 trillion people, even if it expands tenfold to 20 trillion of the average number of individuals in intelligent civilization, there is not much difference."

"And what do you mean?"

"In this war, we may not be able to emerge victorious at the end of the day."

"What?"

Zhang Xiaogang sighed and said, "To put it bluntly, even if we are fully prepared, we may not be able to become the last victor in the family war. ”

Chu Tianjiang frowned and thought seriously.

"In the war with the Yamora, whether we are at a disadvantage or in an advantageous position, it will not have much impact on the final outcome, that is, sooner or later the Becca will come forward to quell this war, and neither will we destroy the Yamora nor the Yamora will destroy us. It is precisely in this way that in the war with the Amouras, we can play our full role, and we do not need to look ahead and backward. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded, indicating that he understood what Zhang Xiaogang meant.

"The question is, who else can we rely on in the next family war? In terms of situation, we can't even compare to Delia. ”

"This ......"

"Obviously, Delia has taken refuge in Becca, but he still has options, such as rejoining the powerful beings of the side branch. Unfortunately, we don't even have that option. Becca is defeated, and we're finished. Even if Becca wins, we may not be able to reap the benefits. ”

Chu Tianjiang sighed, he had thought of this question a long time ago, but he hadn't thought about it seriously.

"The key to Becca's selection of us is that human civilization is easy to deal with, and it is not difficult to eliminate at least 20 trillion or 200 million people." Zhang Xiaogang smiled and said, "Actually, this is the main reason why Becca chose us, and it is also the main reason why I control the size of the human population. ”

"You've thought of it a long time ago?"

Zhang Xiaogang sighed and said, "If there is no other way, I will not do this." Unfortunately, we have no other choice. ”

Chu Tianjiang also sighed, this is indeed a fact.

"What's more, our current situation is no better than that of the underground civilization period."

"This ......"

"To put it bluntly, as long as Becca has the upper hand in this family war, even if he has not yet achieved a final victory, he may be able to deal with us."

Chu Tianjiang was slightly stunned and said, "Without us, who will check and balance Delia?" ”

"Obviously, Becca will deal with Delia first."

"This ......"

"Based on my analysis, Becca will even ask us to deal with Delia and destroy Delia if necessary, so that we feel that we have a huge enough advantage to be able to fight Becca at some point, and even defeat the intelligent civilization created by Beka, so that we can go all out to participate in the family war. As long as we have such thoughts, then we are not far from perdition. ”

Chu Tianjiang let out a long breath, Zhang Xiaogang was right, this was most likely Beka's arrangement.

"When the time comes, we will be faced with a choice. Either sit back and wait, or go all out against Beka. Zhang Xiaogang smiled bitterly and shook his head. It's just that neither of these options is ideal, in my opinion. ”