The quarrel lasted for a long time, and everyone was tired of arguing, so they stopped.

Zhang Xiaogang failed to convince Chu Tianjiang, in fact, he couldn't even convince himself. After arguing with Chu Tianjiang, he also realized the seriousness of the problem.

It's just that this quarrel also affected Ali.

"It seems that we have to re-select our goals, and even adjust our overall strategy." Zhang Xiaogang was indeed tired of arguing with Chu Tianjiang. "What we need is not more star systems, but time. If we take the expansion of military strength in the standard, we have enough resources at our disposal. Although we can't stop the pace of expansion, we can choose some relatively weak intelligent civilizations to expand the scope of potential. ”

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

"Of course, it's all about time. Once you have enough legions, attack the Elama civilization. ”

"How much time does it take?" Ali asked.

Zhang Xiaogang thought for a while and said: "The specifics are not clear, mainly because we don't know much about the Elam civilization, for example, we don't know how strong the Elam civilization is. It's just that according to my estimates, I'm afraid it will take a hundred years. ”

"A hundred years?" Arley was clearly unhappy with this answer.

"The point is, the native galaxy of the Elam civilization is extremely large. In the case of the Second Home, if we want to quickly conquer this star system, we need to commit at least ten legions at the beginning of the battle, and immediately surround the home planet to prevent the native civilization from destroying the star system. If there are several home planets, more legions will need to be used. Obviously, the Elam civilization has many star systems that are larger than their second home. Even by the standard of attacking a star system with ten legions, it would take more than 10,000 legions. If it were to the highest standard, it would have to be 50,000 legions. With the resources we have, and the rate at which they are being exploited, 100 years is the most conservative estimate. ”

"Does it actually take longer?"

Zhang Xiaogang nodded slightly and said, "Perhaps, it will take hundreds of years." ”

"So, have you ever thought about another question?"

Zhang Xiaogang was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly.

"We are developing, and so is the Elamaic civilization. By the time we had 50,000 legions, perhaps the Elam civilization already had 10,000 native systems. Ali paused slightly, then said, "Don't forget, the Elam civilization is extremely special, not only is it a fusion of all the intelligent civilizations created by Beya, but it can also integrate the intelligent civilizations of other creators, and it can also turn the star systems of other creators into their native galaxies. The Elam civilization is much larger than us, and has more resources, and Bea also has a much higher status and much stronger influence than me, so the Elam civilization must be expanding much faster than us. Not to mention that in a few hundred years, even a hundred years from now, the gap between us and the Elamaic civilization will widen to an extent that it is difficult to bridge. ”

Zhang Xiaogang sighed and didn't say anything.

"Obviously, the Elam civilization will come against us before we have the strength to defeat the Elam civilization."

Chu Tianjiang had already heard it, and now it was not Zhang Xiaogang who insisted on fighting this battle, but Ali. It's just that Chu Tianjiang also knows that the problem is not so simple.

Ali is no longer dependent on human civilization, because the survival of human civilization has little to do with her.

The question is, why should she be so active in her actions?

Obviously, if Ali is completely for Chu Tianjiang to assist human civilization, it is obviously unlikely, after all, insisting on attacking the Elam civilization is not only not good for her, but also bad for human civilization, Chu Tianjiang will also not get any benefits, and even have to take a lot of risks.

If Ali thinks about Chu Tianjiang, he should support Zhang Xiaogang along the river.

There must be other reasons.

"If we want to fight, we have to reformulate our war plan."

"Is there any way to do it?"

Zhang Xiaogang shook his head, it was not that he didn't think about it so much, but he couldn't think of a suitable way at all. The difference in strength is too great, and the strategy is not useful.

"Perhaps, we can use means other than war." Chu Tianjiang said.

Ali and Zhang Xiaogang looked at him at the same time, waiting for him to continue.

"The Elam civilization is special in that it is both a strong place and a weak point."

"Weakness?"

Chu Tianjiang nodded slightly and said, "The key is that the Elam civilization rarely directly destroys other intelligent civilizations in expansion wars. Even those intelligent civilizations that did not belong to the descendants of Beya were treated reasonably, obtained the right to live, and had the opportunity to merge with the Elam civilization. Obviously, if we lose to the Elamaic civilization, we will not necessarily perish. ”

"What is the difference between being fused by the Elam civilization and perishing?"

"Aren't we doing the same thing now?" Chu Tianjiang glanced at Zhang Xiaogang and said, "Although our integration with other wisdom civilizations is not so complete, we are accepting the cultures of other wisdom civilizations and being influenced by them. For us, culture is at its core. To put it more directly, if we do not limit the degree of development of other intelligent civilizations and let them gain the right to self-evolve, then the degree of integration between us and these intelligent civilizations will definitely not be inferior to that of the Elam civilization, and on this basis, a new integrated intelligent civilization will be produced, and human beings are only a part of this intelligent civilization. ”

Zhang Xiaogang was silent, Chu Tianjiang was indeed not wrong in saying this.

"Of course, even if we continue to develop in the current way, as long as there is enough time, after we absorb the cultural essence of other intelligent civilizations, even if our physical form does not change much, what we represent is actually all intelligent civilizations. What is the difference between such a fusion and the Elamaic civilization? ”

"But not now, and no one can accept such a future now."

"It's inevitable."

Zhang Xiaogang sighed and did not quarrel with Chu Tianjiang.

"Obviously, there is no essential difference between merging with the Elam civilization and merging with these intelligent civilizations that are getting along with us now."

"Absolutely." Ali couldn't hold his breath. "The creators of these intelligent civilizations now are all losers, and the creators of the Elam civilization are Beya."

"Ali ......"

"Of course, that's just my opinion." Ali has already reacted, that is, she is no longer dependent on human civilization, so the fusion of human civilization with the Elama civilization has no effect on her.

"Even so, we have a chance." Chu Tianjiang didn't say it thoroughly.

"What chance?" Zhang Xiaogang asked.

"Even if you don't count the intelligent civilizations that merged into it after the outbreak of the war, the Elam civilization is a combination of hundreds of intelligent civilizations. In other words, none of these hundreds of intelligent civilizations played a leading role, and they did not account for a large proportion of the Elam civilization. ”

"What does it matter?"

"Obviously, we can take advantage of that."

Zhang Xiaogang was stunned for a moment, and then frowned.

At this time, Ali had already reacted and looked at Chu Tianjiang in surprise.

This method is to concentrate on expanding the scale of human civilization, increasing the number of individuals, and then merging into the Elamaic civilization and becoming the dominant force in the Elamaic civilization. If we can do this, even if we are defeated, we will be able to win the last victory. ”

"It's a real solution, but there are a lot of problems."

"Questions?"

"The number of individuals in the Elam civilization has exceeded 50 trillion, while we only have 20 trillion, and the population gap is as high as 250 times." Zhang Xiaogang paused slightly and said, "This means that each of us will have to reproduce two hundred and fifty offspring before we can reach the scale of the Elam civilization. Putting aside whether there are so many resources for the time being, as long as it is a mass-capable life, the resources in the four thousand star systems must be enough. The question is, how much living space does this need to take up? Based on the average star system providing 20 trillion, 250 star systems are needed. The premise, of course, is that the star systems are large enough, the best ones we have. Because none of the galaxies we control are large enough to accommodate 20 trillion people, the actual number of galaxies needed will definitely increase several times, to more than a thousand. Obviously, this is tantamount to depriving other intelligent civilizations of their living space. ”

"That is, the current system of alliances will collapse immediately."

Zhang Xiaogang nodded, indicating that he meant so much, which is what Ali summed up.

"There's also the question of timing, even if there are enough resources and everyone wants to have offspring, it will take enough time to raise those offspring."

"It will take at least a few generations, that is, more than a hundred years."

Ali sighed and said, "Obviously, if Bea discovers that the human civilization is too large, and the fusion of human civilization will cause the Elam civilization to deteriorate, then she will definitely make another choice." If it were me, I would also consider the elimination of human civilization as the most ideal way. ”

"Obviously, we can't increase the population by a factor of two hundred and fifty in a single generation."

Zhang Xiaogang and Ali, you and I said one sentence, Chu Tianjiang was speechless.

"However, this can be regarded as our last resort." Zhang Xiaogang smiled reluctantly and said, "If the war is defeated, maybe this is the only way to preserve human civilization." Of course, this solution will not allow us to control the Elamaic civilization, only allow us to survive. ”

Chu Tianjiang sighed secretly, because he also realized that this was indeed the case.

If human civilization is cornered, then turning to the Elam civilization may be the only way out.