When the fact that the new human civilization might have allies was discovered, the skin of more than 20 large squid turned dark blue. At the beginning, the squid who swore that the new human civilization was bluffing, also made a noise.

Obviously they were in a very bad mood, terrible. This color seems to be able to pollute the entire pool of water.

However, it is extremely impolite to spit ink into the pool water, just like in human civilization, spitting in front of someone else's cup, and there is no squid to do so for the time being.

"Why did they show this hole card?"

"It should still be ...... Don't want to go to war. ”

"Find out who their allies are?"

"It's hard! This starry sky is too complicated...... There are many, many civilizations, all of which are fictional. ”

Of course, the Apollo civilization can continue to increase its military strength and continue its strategic blackmail plan, and they also have another war star, but this other war star is not directly controlled by their political power. If you ask for help, it will be very costly.

Even, they can turn to the big forces in the rear...... It is only a matter of minutes to crush the new human civilization.

But if there are too many legions in this starry sky, and the decisive battle is fought in advance, it will completely cheapen other big forces......

There are so many civilizations on the horizon that they wish the big forces behind the Apollo civilization were involved!

"The suzerain's civilization won't agree."

"But if we just leave, our political career is over...... We'll be saddled with a soft egg. ”

In this type of civilization, the division between classes is very strict, and it is easy to fall and difficult to go up. And once you fall from this position, it is likely to implicate a series of subordinates behind, and maybe someone will lose their lives because of it.

They are still unwilling to fail outright.

One of the big squid suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Actually, it doesn't necessarily bear the infamy, we have a big victory now...... Ahem, at least this victory, the people have begun to believe. As long as we achieve more military feats, even if we don't grab the battle star, we will not be infamy. ”

"Even if we withdraw our troops, we should extort them a lot of money before leaving! The opponent exposes his hole cards, indicating that he is unwilling to go to war directly. As long as there is enough loot, we will be able to hold our position. ”

That's true!

As long as you don't go home empty-handed, have a sufficient record, and have a plausible excuse, there is actually no big problem with withdrawing troops.

"Then ...... Signal to them for political consultation! ”

……

In the past few days, Zhang Yuan has spent almost all of his time in nightmares, not thinking about work during the day, and wandering restlessly in his room all day long, in a state of mental trance. Every time I sleep, I have nightmares, and after waking up abruptly, I find that I am still alive, so I pat my chest with palpitations.

The other party did not reply, as if he had fallen into silence, not knowing what was happening.

Sometimes, in order to sleep better, he will choose to take some sedative drugs to force sleep.

This is also a matter of necessity, because the human nervous system has a limit, and it is necessary to rest well when it is time to rest, otherwise the work efficiency of the brain will drop significantly. If you get drowsy at a critical moment, it's really troublesome......

The soldiers at the front have been on emergency alert, closely monitoring the reaction of the enemy spacecraft to prevent a full-scale war that may arise at any time.

For now, there is no news in particular.

Seeing his restless appearance, Lin Xuanxuan sighed: "Another day has passed...... The planetary curvature engine finished a little more. ”

Zhang Yuan also sighed: "Yes, I don't know how many days I have to suffer." I really hope that these four years can pass sooner. ”

“…… You say, can it succeed? ”

"I don't know."

This time, Zhang Yuan really didn't know, and it was difficult to judge.

As for the condemnation statement after the ultimatum, it was a method that the human top brass racked their brains to deliberately exaggerate their own battle damage to test the reaction of the other side......

For now, the enemy did not attack immediately, which seems to be good news? Is it following the steps deliberately fabricated by human beings?

He looked up in the direction where the "Qicheng" Titan-class spacecraft had left, Li Zhendong and a group of other scientists had been away for many years.

As expected, the Departure had already reached its destination a year or two ago.

The agreed meeting place is about 20 light years away from here, and I don't know what their situation is, but they must be concerned about the front line, and it is impossible for them to develop with peace of mind.

At this time, Zhang Yuan received a short message from the captain's office: "The other party has replied to an ultimatum and asked for political negotiations!" ”

When he saw this line of text, Zhang Yuan's heart immediately let go, and he waved his arm fiercely, and even couldn't help but turn up a little at the corner of his mouth!

Since political negotiations are requested, it means that the reaction of the other side is in line with expectations!

All in all, peace negotiations are more likely.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xuanxuan hurriedly asked.

"Haha! Good news! Good news, I'm going out first! Zhang Yuan picked her up and walked around the room. Then he got dressed again and hurried out.

At this moment, the captain's room was already crowded, and the captain's face was slightly better than before. This one's captain used the latest life extension technology, so the term of office was appropriately extended. The Council of Sciences is considering extending its mandate again to accommodate the interstellar age represented by Level 4 civilizations.

Seeing that all the high-ranking officials had arrived, the captain announced a short message sent by the Apollo civilization to mankind.

“……”

Zhang Yuan frowned, reading the barrage of words on the screen.

As expected, the Apollo civilization will not withdraw its troops directly, how can there be such a good thing in the world!

In its announcement, as in the past, it strongly condemned the false thesis of the new human civilization for selling "extra color perception", and demanded a certain degree of amoeba credits. The Apollo civilization demanded that the new human civilization carry out the original interstellar court trial and compensate for the losses before withdrawing the army.

Of course, this is just an excuse for negotiations.

It's still the same excuse, but it's been here and there for a long time.

More than 4,000 amoeba points, human beings do not have so many, and it is impossible to compensate.

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Hey, every day here is talking about fake papers and fake papers, in fact, not a word is fake!" It's cheap and good! I knew that I wouldn't have sold this knowledge to this damn Apollonian civilization in the first place. ”

Diplomat Lao Yang shook his head: "If you don't sell it to this civilization, who will you sell it to?" We can't tell the prophets, maybe sell them to another civilization, and the same thing will happen. Alas, it is always a good choice to negotiate first. ”

The captain said: "Then let them show their sincerity first, withdraw the troops farther away, and then negotiate on the border." What are the specific conditions, we will talk about it when the time comes! ”

"This time, because of the ultimatum, we must seize the initiative!"

"That's right."