There are about 200 to 300 million Scarlet Stars, which is a reasonable number based on their similar social formation to that of medieval Europe, as well as the geography of the archipelago planet. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

And the Qimu people, a mothership about the size of an asteroid, carried more than 20 million people. Although Wizard Ma Youwei explained to Xia Ming the reproduction methods of the Qimu people, this number of people still made it difficult for Xia Ming to grasp the social form of the Qimu people.

After interrogating Wizard Ma Youwei again, Xia Ming felt a heavy pressure.

More than 20 million people are nothing to the Qimu people......

There are no accurate demographics of the Qimu people, but according to the wizards, the Mayuwei family is only a third-rate nobleman in the Qi Empire, but the total population is calculated in tens of billions. In the war of aggression against alien civilizations, the total number of troops dispatched at each time will not be less than 100 million, and if you add minions and slaves, it will not be less than 1 billion.

It's just the number and nothing, from mutant Borg to Super Mart whip, when has the Star Alliance not faced a massive number of enemies? The Strange Wood People are not mutant Borgs, although they lack advanced technology in computers, materials, etc., but the gravitational technology is far superior to that of the Star Alliance.

On the other hand, the wizards in the Qimu people are equivalent to the officers and soldiers of the Star Alliance Universe with a high degree of consciousness and activity. Although they attribute this ability to the soul power in the magical worldview, which is very problematic to use, it can't stand the crowd. Every young member of the Maywe family is a shaman, and in the total population, their proportion is close to 5%.

Wizard Mayuwe also said in a threatening tone that the receiving party was not an army, and that the family's army also had more powerful warships, more powerful wizards, and countless alien slaves with different abilities. It took you Blue Star people so long to break through the defenses of the "civilian mothership", such a force, in front of the family's army, is completely an ant-like existence.

Regardless of the factors of technology and equipment, against the Qimu people, the Star Alliance is too weak in terms of scale.

In addition to the left-behind members of the Earth Branch, the total number of Starlink is now less than 200,000, one-third are soldiers, one-third are scientists, one-third are family members and engineering personnel such as Starlink Infrastructure and Char Heavy Industries, and there are more than 10,000 deceased people among the soldiers. Counting Ma Guling, it is less than 300,000.

The total number of space immigrants with the Ammen as the main body is now less than 4 million, and these people cannot enter the Star Alliance system except for a few exceptions, after all, they have the possibility of mutation, and they can only count on the next generation.

On the other side of the planet, due to the boycott of the national movement of consciousness active training by various governments, even if the Star Alliance promotes the Blue Cross and UNEC, the results are not obvious, and now it is still only relying on the Star Alliance educational institutions to send talents, and it is optimistically estimated that it will not exceed 30,000 people this year.

The only advantage that the human race represented by the Star Alliance has in this vibrant multi-dimensional world is the spiritual web. The foundation of the spirit net is built on the unique characteristics of Xia Ming and Qianyan's simulated high-dimensional consciousness, just like having both human and divine nature, and having the ability to observe and operate at two scales at the same time.

However, the spiritual network depends on the expansion of people with high enough consciousness activity, if there are not enough people, the advantages will not be revealed, and this gap is not something that Ma Guling, robots, or even old people can fill.

Fen and Su, as well as all the Scarlet Stars, escaped from the catastrophe of the end of the world, and they all waited in fear for the "Blue Star People" to deal with them, but the humans could not spare a little energy to think about their affairs at this time.

Su Yu commanded the fleet to gather and guard the Qimu captives distributed in Scarlet Star and Muxing, the main force of the fleet monitored the surrendered mothership, the Academy of Sciences collaborated with the front working group through the spirit network to begin to study the strange stones on the star ring, and Xia Ming held an emergency countermeasure meeting with Lin Cheng, Xiaotang and other core layers.

"The faster-than-light leap of the Qimu people relies on the star ring for positioning and guidance, and the star ring is equivalent to a mobile star gate. Much like us, they have to rely on wizards who specialize in this area to make the transition. We were fortunate that when we bombarded the mothership, their navigation wizard was not used to such a precise strike, and was never able to make the jump, otherwise the mothership would have run away long ago. ”

Xia Ming's explanation made everyone sweat, if this mothership was not left, the Star Federation would immediately face the attack of the Qimu people, even if it was just a small family, in terms of scale, it would be an unprecedented challenge to the Star Alliance.

Lillo asked, "Are you sure they didn't report back about the situation here?" ”

"They relied on the strange stone device on the mothership for faster-than-light communication, and they also relied on wizards, but the strange stone on the mothership was destroyed by us when it supported the gravitational barrier. Even their high-ranking wizards, including the leader and deputy leader of the receiving team, were killed, so they surrendered. ”

Xia Ming wasn't very sure, but combined with the confessions of the captives on the mothership and the wizards he had captured before, the Ma Youwei family still didn't know what was going on here.

Lou Xinghai let out a long sigh: "The star ring of the developer association is controlled by us, and the mothership is also controlled by us, and they haven't had time to send back the news, so it seems that we haven't been exposed for the time being." ”

"Our time is very limited", Xia Ming said, "According to the captive, originally the upper echelons of the Ma Youwei family and the developer association thought that the scarlet cultivation operation had failed, and this reactivation, they were already a little vigilant, and if there was no response from the receiving team, their reaction would definitely escalate." ”

"Although it is no longer possible to jump directly through the Star Ring Guidance, the Developer's Guild's expedition ship did not originally jump directly, but relied on the original space navigation method, which is a route. They can jump to nearby rings and then fly over them by regular sailing, which is about 200 to 300 years old. ”

Hearing this time, everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Xia Ming said again: "But their Star Ring ship has a similar curvature navigation technology, if they send a Star Ring ship to fly over first, and then open the Star Gate to meet their fleet, the time will be shortened to 5 to 7 years." ”

Xia Ming smiled bitterly: "It is expected that the enemy will be lenient, in 5 years, there will be at least ten warships about the same size as the current mothership, and the protection and attack level of each mothership will be 10 times stronger than that of Yongshu 1." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the fleet that went out almost emptied the main force of the Star Alliance Space Force, relying on Brunhilde's command, and it took great effort to force a civilian mothership of the other side to land. 10 military motherships that are ten times stronger in terms of protection and firepower, no matter how powerful Brunhilde is, they will not be able to resist if they do not have enough firepower to shake the opponent.

Dongfang Sheng scratched his head and said a little anxiously: "Such a powerful Qimu person suddenly appeared, didn't Qianyan observe it before?" ”

"Qianyan is not 100 billion, and the high-dimensional vision she has gained is limited to the multi-dimensional universe that can be directly linked to her surroundings", Xiaotang explained, "Outside of this connection, the Qimu people are less than 10 light-years away from the nearest star ring of Eternal Dawn 1, and we will run into them at any time." ”

Lin Cheng looked at this matter from a different angle: "Is it possible to live in peace with the Qimu people?" ”

Everyone was stunned, to be honest, from the beginning, everyone didn't seriously consider this possibility.

"From a rational point of view, I think we should seriously explore this issue and make efforts", Lin Cheng's expression made everyone feel that he was in the state of a human flesh computer, abandoning all the emotional constraints that ordinary people would have, and all brain cells were operating around efficiency and results.

"Initially, we decided to just erase the Scarlet Stars, which was the best option based on efficiency. We need to develop as soon as possible, expand the high-dimensional space-time where the hundreds of billions of stars are located, produce more Zhiyin cores, and expand our super-intelligent team. ”

"Now, the situation has changed dramatically, and all we have access to is a team of Qimu engineers, forcing us to use most of our force. Obviously, the Qimu people are very powerful beings. ”

"I am sure that in the next 5 years, we should be able to digest the technology of the Qimu people that we are currently exposed to, so that we can take another big step forward in the level of science and technology. However, the Qimu people do not have only one galaxy, but an incomparably large alien civilization, and our war with the Qimu people must be long-term. They can stand up to attrition, can we? ”

Lin Cheng said something that Xia Ming was also worried about: "The power of our Star Alliance not only comes from technology, but also from the spirit network, and the foundation of the spirit network is a new human with a high degree of consciousness and activity. But the fourth evolution is on the earth, and everyone can see how the progress of the entire human race is, and it can be said that it is difficult. The basic resources are in such a situation, will we be able to survive the long war in the future? ”

Liluo's mode of thinking was in tune with Lin Cheng to some extent, and she said: "We need to further dig out all aspects of the information of the Qimu people, and according to this information, let Qianyan make a judgment, if there is a full-scale war with the Qimu people, what are our chances of winning." If we don't have enough odds of winning, I think it's an option we have to seriously consider. ”

Hassabis, He Xinghui, Dongfang Sheng and others all nodded in agreement, which seemed to be an obvious thing. If you are sure that you can't beat it, or you don't have enough odds to win, why bother to fight?

"Reality needs it", Xiaotang was a little interested: "Our Star Alliance has finally come to this point, follow reason, obey the reality ......"

Lilo said angrily: "Don't talk about it, just say it if you have any ideas, aren't you also making our meeting the style of those politicians on the planet?" ”

"When everyone decided to erase the scarlet people directly, I didn't think it was a big deal, what does the scarlet people have to do with us? Can you compare to our Maguling? If we want to burn the wasteland and farm, we will inevitably burn the suffocated moles, rabbits, foxes and even countless ants, and the Scarlet People are such victims. Later, Xia Ming discovered the gravitational technology of the scarlet people, and everyone changed their minds......"

The pen in Xiaotang's hand turned like a windmill, and her tone was also a little depressed, but it was not a mood problem, it seemed that it was difficult to straighten out her thoughts for a while, so she was a little irritable: "The fundamental reason that determines what we do is not because of the balance of power?" The Scarlet people are weak, so even if their culture is similar to that of humans, even if they are also advanced intelligent beings, they cannot escape the fate of being destroyed. The Qimu people are powerful, even if their social structure, their culture, their beliefs are incompatible with us humans, oh, they are still unisexual, in short, we have to seriously consider making peace with them. ”

She shook her head and said, "This is the rational choice of human beings, or all high-level intelligent beings, but it doesn't seem to be the belief of the Star Federation. ”

There was silence in the virtual room for a long time, and Vasily spoke first: "For me, aliens are either enemies or potential enemies, either destroy them or turn them into minions or even slaves. But...... The balance of power determines everything, this is an unbreakable law. ”

Xiaotang raised his index finger: "First of all, I don't insist that I must fight the Qimu people to the end, and I don't think that having to fight them must be a life-and-death relationship. I think that we shouldn't use the reality as the basis for choosing what to do, so what is the difference between us and the mortals on Earth who are fighting among themselves? Aren't we here because we believe in something and then make a choice? ”

"Secondly", she raised her middle finger: "The balance of power, this power, I don't think it is violence brought together by technology and military power, what to believe, is also a kind of power." ”

After that, the ring finger: "Third, I think it's wrong to treat the Qimu people as an isolated existence, don't forget, we can't wait to develop, to advance into the silver core, for what?" ”

This question not only made Lin Cheng frown, but the others were also thoughtful.

"The civilization behind the Ultra Matt Whip, and even the chaotic thinking string movement behind this civilization, can completely rule out the relationship between the Qimu people and them? The low-dimensional universe controlled by the Qimu people is only one layer away from us. The disintegration and chaos of the high-dimensional consciousness we were in before, will it not affect the Qimu people at all? ”

Xiaotang's words made the venue continue to be silent, this is indeed a question that cannot be ignored, even more important than how powerful the Qimu people themselves are.

"Fighting is inevitable, for a period of time in the future, our work will have to revolve around how to defeat the Maywe fleet, if we can't defeat this fleet, it's pointless to say anything."

Xia Ming felt that he couldn't be silent, in fact, Xiaotang's words also made him think about some things more clearly.

"It's okay to talk, we can do some tentative, at least we can get to know the Qimu people more deeply. However, after all, talk is only a tactic, not a strategy. ”

He looked around at everyone and said in his heart that after the Armageddon, the Star Alliance had indeed lost something, and now it was necessary to regain it.

"What determines what our relationship with the Qimu people should be is not power, Xiaotang is right, what should be believed. In the words of the Scarlet and Kimu, it is a matter of the soul, and in our words, a matter of autonomous consciousness. ”

Xia Ming sighed and said, "I saw the shadow of a human being on the body of the scarlet star. Don't you think the difference between the heavenly nobles and the underground people is very similar to the relationship between the Star Federation and the earth? ”

Many people are stunned, can this be the same?

"On the surface, it really doesn't look like it, we were originally just scientists, and in order to resolve the looming crisis, we have become warriors again. We have always wanted to be the guide, we just want to be the beacon, waiting for the spontaneous awakening of human beings. But the reality has forced us to step deeper and become a huge organization with a mixture of Scientology, multinational corporations, international organizations, and even states. ”

"The more we get involved, the more we hate dirty politics, the numb people, the more they feel that they are above and close to gods. I'm not saying that this mentality is wrong, but it has led our beliefs to drift off course. ”

"What do we believe in? It is through the fourth evolution that leads to the ultimate liberation of mankind. Therefore, no matter how dirty the politics are and how numb the people are, this is a difficulty for us to overcome, not a reason for us to escape. ”

"We have built our own palace in the heavens, we have embarked on a journey of the stars and the sea, and we have thought that these things have nothing to do with mortals, and gradually everything we have done has become only the pursuit of our ultimate liberation. Don't you think this mental journey is no different from the heavenly nobles of the scarlet people? ”

"From the attitude of the scarlet people, I thought of more. Xiaotang is right, what you believe in is also a kind of power. We believe that self-consciousness, that is, the soul, is the most precious, that the soul is constantly evolving, and that the evolution of the soul is the only ladder to contact and master the multidimensional world. ”

Xia Ming's next words stirred up a wave of turmoil in people's hearts, which meant the new direction of the Star Alliance.

"There are countless civilizations in the multidimensional world, and we have also seen that whether they are scarlet people or Qimu people, they also have the concept of souls. I think that by extension of our Starlink concept, then no matter what genes, what society, or what looks, as long as they are like us, have souls, and believe in the same philosophy, they are all our partners. ”

"From the perspective of the concept of Heavenly Dao, there are two Heavenly Dao in this multidimensional world. One is the lodge of the chaotic thinking strings, which evolve by fusion, represented by the Ultra Mart Whip and the civilization behind it. One is the individual evolution of the thinking strings, and we believe in this path. ”

"On this road, we humans should not be the only ones walking, all those who walk on this road should be our comrades and comrades-in-arms. This is the basis for what we should choose when faced with a foreign civilization. ”

Liluo held her chin and her eyes flashed with stars: "Good guy, our Star Alliance not only wants to liberate all mankind, but also the whole universe!" ”

Xiaotang blinked his eyes for a while, applauded gently, and everyone applauded too.

"It's not my own opinion, it's just a matter of picking up the wisdom of the past. What are our goals, who are the enemies, who are our comrades. Who can mobilize and who can unite, this method, from ancient times to the present, should be the truth that is not contradictory. ”

Dongfang Sheng thought for a while, nodded and said, "I understand, it seems that a multi-dimensional world united front must be established." ”

Vasily quipped: "Our idea has become the ultimate emancipation of the whole universe, and it should be mobilized for mankind itself, right?" ”

"This is a must", a scene popped up in Xia Ming's virtual vision, and Fen and Su stayed in the reception room, still with a dazed and bewildered expression.

"Whether it's a scarlet star or an earthling, you should know what kind of truth this world has."

Xia Ming said playfully, he was looking forward to what kind of impact this pair of scarlet girls would have on human beings when they received the impact of a new world view. (To be continued.) )