"Perhaps, Becca didn't see Delia as an ally, but she didn't see him as a tool either."

Chu Tianjiang sighed, and then Ali's words said, "Obviously, Becca used us as tools. ”

"Now, do you think we can rely on Becca?"

Chu Tianjiang laughed and said, "Ali, from beginning to end, I didn't feel that I could rely on Becca, and we really didn't rely on him. ”

"Not only can we not rely on him, but we have to guard against him."

"You have to use him even more."

Ali smiled and said, "Perhaps, we can take Bea to the test." ”

"Testing?"

"If my guess is correct, then as long as we don't touch Beka's core interests, he will not stop us, he will support us."

"Support?"

"Obviously, I don't have the ability to defeat Bea directly, and without his support, we would have to stop expanding and let Beya, or some other family member, face Delia." Ali smiled and said, "Obviously, this is something that Becca has been avoiding. ”

"Bea is a member of the family council."

"I'm not one yet."

Chu Tianjiang nodded slightly and said, "If Beya goes to war with Delia, Becca is very likely to be involved in the war, at least under a lot of pressure. ”

"On the contrary, if we had gone to war with Bea, Becca would have been in a different situation."

"We're not strong enough, and our power is far from the center of the galaxy to pose a threat to Becca's core interests, nor to the interests of the key members of the Family Council, so there's not much pressure on Becca."

"And you."

Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "At this point, it doesn't matter what kind of combat selection it is. ”

"That's at least a plausible reason." Ali also smiled and said, "Of course, the key is what you mentioned at the beginning. Deria is already very powerful, and with his power in the heart of the galaxy, his presence poses a serious threat to the members of the Family Council. It's just that so far, he hasn't attacked a member of the family council, so Becca can stay out of it. If he attacked a member of the House Council, even a low-ranking member like Beya, he would convince the other members of the House Council that they would be targeted before long. Obviously, they will pressure Becca to take action against Delia, or at least allow them to participate in this war and deal with Delia. To avoid something like this from happening, Becca will have no choice. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded, and he also meant what he meant.

"If these speculations are correct, then our future may not be as bad as we think."

"What do you mean?"

"Obviously, Deria also knows that attacking the members of the Family Council in the center of the galaxy is tantamount to starting a war against Becca, or breaking the secret agreement he reached with Becca, so he has not moved those members of the Family Council, but is expanding outward." Ali paused slightly, then said, "What will happen if our strength increases and we block Delia?" ”

"This ......"

"Obviously, this is the equivalent of keeping Delia in the center of the galaxy, allowing him to compete with Becca for resources, while we get the outer regions of the galaxy."

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

"Although the density of star systems in the outer regions is very low, and most of the star systems are too small to compare with those in the central region, in terms of the total amount and the resources they have, there are actually not a lot of resources, as long as they are fully developed, enough resources can be obtained."

"That is, to be able to surpass Delia?"

"Even more than Beka."

"This ......"

"Of course, it takes enough individuals."

Chu Tianjiang sighed and said, "It's a pity that we don't have enough individuals. ”

Ali smiled and said, "You know, I've always admired Zhang Xiaogang. It's not that he's strong, it's that his vision is really above and beyond everyone. ”

"Really?"

"Obviously, you didn't tell him these things, at least not all of them, and he was able to see the future through limited clues."

Chu Tianjiang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"Don't you think that everything he did is in line with our assumptions? He first proposed to form an alliance with a weak and intelligent civilization as a way to make up for the lack of population of human civilization. After you offered to keep the Arcadians, he didn't firmly oppose it, and ended up giving the billions of Acadians enough autonomy. There were also the later Debarans, who did the same and brought trillions of Debarans into the Alliance. In addition, human civilization has been marching towards the central region of the galaxy, and even if he encounters many powerful intelligent civilizations, he has not changed the main direction of his march. What he did was actually enhancing human civilization. ”

"If I were to arrange the expansion strategy of human civilization, I would do the same."

"The point is, he probably expected it."

"What?"

"Guessing the possible outcome, so from the very beginning, he made targeted deployments to strengthen our position in the triumph as much as possible."

Chu Tianjiang smiled and did not comment.

"Anyway, we're not at the point of despair."

"The premise is that our guess is correct, and Becca will let us go against Bea in order to avoid fighting Delia, and even support us to deal with Bea."

Ali nodded and said, "If it weren't for that, it would be useless for us to do anything. ”

"So, how do we prove this hypothesis?"

"Don't worry, we've returned to Shouxing, and before returning to the human civilization station, we went somewhere else, and Becca must know that we're back."

"He's coming to us?"

Ali smiled and said, "As long as he comes to us, then our guess is not wrong." To put it bluntly, if our guess is wrong, he won't come to us, won't even let us leave the first star, and may even kill us directly. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded, indicating that he understood what Ali meant.

"Isn't that proof that we're still alive?"

"Ali, I'm not as optimistic as you."

"Obviously, I know Becca better than you do." Ali said with a smile, "This war has been fought so far, and the battle situation has basically become clear. As you can see, even the representatives of the intelligent civilization know that as long as Delia continues to expand, unless he finds a better way out, he will inevitably become Becca's enemy. Becca needs Delia, but it just doesn't make Delia strong enough. I am the only one who can stand up and stop Delia and make Delia stop expanding. He had no choice but to come to Becca. ”

"Anyway, we just have to be patient."

Ali nodded and said, "Don't worry, you won't have to wait long." ”

Chu Tianjiang glanced at Ali and said, "You are so confident, you won't be without basis, right?" ”

"Absolutely."

"What?"

"In the family, it's not just Deria who has taken refuge in the side branch, we've met two, and Barkley has received substantial help."

"What does this mean?"

"Obviously, the war has broken out in full force, not only us, but also in the side branch family, there must have been a war of wisdom and civilization."

"This ......"

"For all families, this is an opportunity to consolidate their strength and meet the family war. Only those families that can complete internal integration as quickly as possible and accumulate strength to expand externally will be able to gain an advantage in the upcoming family war. The key is who can seize the initiative, or whose territory is the war fought. Becca clearly doesn't want to turn her star system into a battlefield. In order to seize the initiative, he will end the war within the family at any cost, and he can only support us. ”

"If that's the case, Becca will come to us right away."

Ali nodded and said: "Although relatively speaking, our expansion speed is not slow, and by now, the star systems we control have increased by hundreds of times, surpassing Delia, but our foundation is very weak, so our expansion speed is also not fast, at least our current strength is not strong." If Becca pins his hopes on us, he needs to provide us with more direct support to expand our survival area at a faster rate, and through us we will end this war of intelligent civilizations. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded slightly, of course he understood what Ali meant.

"Actually, that's the main purpose of our return to Shouxing."

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

Ali nodded and said, "If I had told you at the time, you might not have believed it, and you might not have promised to let me return to the first star." Bea is embroiled in the war, and the rest of the family council is on the sidelines. That alone would make it clear that she wasn't under Becca's protection. Besides, her status is really not high enough, otherwise the star system she created would not be far from the central region of the galaxy. Family members like her, even if they have a special relationship with Becca and have many common descendants, may not be able to get Becca's attention. ”

"Obviously, there are many more family members like her."

Ali smiled and said, "Actually, most of the members of the family council are the same as her, otherwise, they would not be able to become members of the family council. ”

"In that case, it's not a problem to deal with Beya."

"The question is, in what way can we take out Bea at the lowest cost, and seize those star systems controlled by the Elam civilization."

"Bea will rebel against Beka?"

"She's also intelligent and self-aware, and she doesn't want to die, so she may not follow Becca's orders."