Zhang Xiaogang is here, Luo Jinyong is here, even Clara is there, and there is a representative of the alliance, and Clara is talking to this representative.

After the formation of the alliance, a new problem arose, that is, diplomacy.

Although many people believe that there is no need to engage in diplomacy with those allied intelligent civilizations, after all, in the alliance, human beings occupy a dominant position, and other intelligent civilizations are dependent relationships, even if there are exchanges, they are also human-led exchanges, and other intelligent civilizations have almost no right to speak, but Zhang Xiaogang feels that it is necessary, and has set up a diplomatic agency in the management authority, which is specifically responsible for interacting with the allied intelligent civilizations. After human civilization took the initiative, other intelligent civilizations have also set up similar institutions, and sent diplomats to their second home to communicate and negotiate with human civilization and solve problems that arise in exchanges.

It is in this way that Clara volunteered to serve as the "foreign minister" of human civilization.

Of course, Zhang Xiaogang did not object, and thought that Clara was the most suitable candidate. On the first star, she has been in contact with representatives of other intelligent civilizations, and knows more about those allied intelligent civilizations, and she is good at interacting with strangers, and she is better at dealing with complicated trivial matters. In the mutual interaction between wisdom and civilization, the most encountered are all kinds of trivial matters, and with Clara's assistance, Zhang Xiaogang can be freed from them.

Seeing Chu Tianjiang and Ali coming, Zhang Xiaogang nodded to Clara before greeting him.

Chu Tianjiang noticed that Clara had sent the representative of the wise civilization away after persuading him.

"What's going on?"

"Something happened to the Akachi system."

Chu Tianjiang's brows jumped a few times, and then he remembered that the representative was an Akachi person.

The Akachi civilization is very weak, and when it joined the Alliance, there were only three star systems, and only one star system had more suitable conditions, and the other two star systems only had the value of exploiting resources. According to the rules of the Alliance, the Akachi civilization retains its home system, and retains 50 billion individuals on its home planet. After degrading to the natural evolutionary stage, the Akachi civilization also handed over all the resources of the three star systems.

The Akachi system is about one hundred and fifty light-years away from its second home, at the outermost part of the Alliance.

"What's wrong?" Ali asked.

"We have lost contact with the Akachi civilization, and the two-way space bridge has been closed."

"Close?"

Zhang Xiaogang nodded and said, "I asked the professor to close it." If the Akachi system is invaded, there is a good chance that the enemy will take advantage of our two-way space bridge. ”

Ali immediately frowned.

There is a real possibility that the two-way space bridge could be exploited by the enemy, as it is an open circulation system that any intelligent creature can enter. In order to ensure the safety of the second home, Ali has long mentioned that in case of danger, the first thing to do is to close the two-way space bridge.

"What now?"

"We're waiting for you to come back." Zhang Xiaogang sighed and said, "If the Akachi system is invaded, we must first find out the identity of the invaders. I've rallied the legions, and if it's a powerful and intelligent civilization, I'm afraid we'll have to give up the expansion war for the time being. ”

"Give up for the sake of the Akachi civilization?" Arley didn't quite understand.

In Ali's understanding, the main value of the existence of a weak and intelligent civilization like Akachi is to provide a security shield for human civilization.

"Not just the Akachi civilization, but the entire Alliance." Zhang Xiaogang smiled reluctantly and said, "Although I have ordered the news to be blocked, and the other intelligent civilizations in the alliance don't know what happened to the Dao for the time being, but the paper can't contain the fire, and the news will spread sooner or later." When the time comes, if we don't take action to protect the Akachi civilization, I'm afraid that all the intelligent civilizations in the alliance will be completely disappointed with us. ”

"The alliance will fall apart." Chu Tianjiang added.

"It's not that serious, but for those intelligent civilizations that are on the margins, it is very likely that they will make other choices, such as turning to other powerful intelligent civilizations. The alliance has just been formed, and we must not let this happen, otherwise we will not want to expand the size of the alliance. Zhang Xiaogang paused slightly, and then said, "Instead of conquering weak and intelligent civilizations, it is better to let them join the alliance." ”

Ali nodded slightly, indicating that he understood what Zhang Xiaogang meant.

"Of course, we first have to figure out the situation of the enemy."

"What should we do?"

"It depends on the actual situation. If it is a not-so-powerful intelligent civilization that has invaded the Akachi system, we only need to recapture the Akachi system, and at most arrange for a few legions to launch a counterattack. It would be great if you didn't need to spend too many troops to destroy that intelligent civilization. If it takes a lot of troops to destroy it, we'll have to think about putting this matter aside for now. ”

"Drop?" Ali looked surprised again.

"A not-so-powerful intelligent civilization will not control too many star systems to meet our needs. In order to solve more important problems, we must concentrate our efforts on destroying a sufficiently powerful intelligent civilization. Of course, we could consider launching a next round of expansion wars specifically against weaker intelligent civilizations, eliminating these potential threats and establishing a line of defense on the periphery of the alliance. ”

"But ......"

"Lao Zhang is right, we don't need to waste time on an extraordinary intelligent civilization." Chu Tianjiang stood on Zhang Xiaogang's side. "Our immediate priority is to find a way to earn a living for the hundreds of billions of Acadians and to harness that many human resources. If we don't solve this problem in time, the problems created by those Arcadians will outweigh the threat posed by any intelligent civilization. ”

Ali sighed to herself, she had to accept this reality.

"Of course, it could be a different story." Zhang Xiaogang smiled and said, "Perhaps, it is a very powerful intelligent civilization that has invaded the Akachi galaxy. ”

"Are you sure?"

"In the vicinity of the Acachi Galaxy, there are two intelligent civilizations that are no less powerful than the Arcadians, and neither of them is more than twenty light-years away from the Acaccia Galaxy. The war has been going on for decades now, so both intelligent civilizations have enough time to launch a war to invade the Akachi system. At the beginning, the Akhachi civilization joined the alliance, which was also related to these two powerful intelligent civilizations. ”

Ali frowned, then nodded slightly, indicating that he understood what Zhang Xiaogang meant.

In fact, most of the weak and intelligent civilizations like the Akachi who joined the alliance were under urgent threat before choosing to take refuge in human civilization. The reason is simple, only human civilization has given them the right to live, and other powerful intelligent civilizations will definitely not let them exist.

"If that's the case, we'll have to consider adjusting our war deployment and waging war against the intelligent civilizations that have invaded the Akachi system."

"Is it too late?" Chu Tianjiang asked.

Zhang Xiaogang nodded and said, "In the organization and planning stage, we did not select a target, and we formulated a battle plan based on all the powerful intelligent civilizations that could be selected, including the two powerful intelligent civilizations near the Akachi galaxy, so it will not have much impact." Protecting the Akachi civilization through warfare and punishing invaders also helped greatly in expanding the Alliance's influence. ”

"In that case, why don't you start a war directly?" Arley didn't quite understand.

Zhang Xiaogang smiled faintly and said, "That's right, we can start a war directly, and after something like this happens, even if the invaders are not those two powerful intelligent civilizations, we can also take this opportunity to wage war against one of the intelligent civilizations." The problem is that our current military strength can only wage war against one powerful intelligent civilization, and it is not strong enough to fight two powerful intelligent civilizations at the same time and win two wars at the same time, so we must first find out the identity of the invader. Of course, as long as the situation is clarified, even if it has nothing to do with these two intelligent civilizations, we can start a war against one of them. ”

Ali nodded, indicating that he understood what Zhang Xiaogang meant.

"So, we have to go to the Akachi system first?"

Zhang Xiaogang glanced at Chu Tianjiang and said, "You go to the Akachi galaxy with Ali, and after figuring out the situation, open the space bridge." If necessary, I will commit all the legions, at least a hundred of them. Of course, if our goal is to start a war, I will use more legions. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded and looked at Ali.

"Let's go to the Arcads now."

"One more point." Zhang Xiaogang stopped Ali, "If the invaders weren't for those two intelligent civilizations, you might have met the creators." ”

Ali was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood what Zhang Xiaogang meant.

"Although this is not very likely, after all, a war involving the creator is unlikely to invade the Akachi system first, and will directly attack the second home, but you still have to be careful. I advise, don't go straight into the Akachi system. Zhang Xiaogang paused slightly, and then said, "Besides, if the war is over, and our warriors who stayed in the Akachi system have not surrendered, then the Akachi system is very likely to have been destroyed." Entering the Akachi system directly is very risky. ”

Chu Tianjiang and Ali both understood this, even if they were not reminded by Zhang Xiaogang, they would not have entered the Akachi galaxy directly.

If the stars of the Akachi galaxy collapse, a black hole will form enough to suck out any intelligent life that enters the galaxy, and the creator is no exception.

Even for creators, going to the star system to make a living is a very risky move.