On the last day of the meeting, Dr. Solstad, the director of the Institute, expressed his interest in magical technology, and hoped to communicate with the Shadow Chasers, who would show them some technical information in return.

This requirement is obvious, that is, I hope to obtain more technology from the hands of the shadow chasers, or learn from the ideas of the development of another civilization, and try to make my own technology show a blowout development.

Of course, the shadow chasers refused, but Shul would not say no so directly, he just naturally took out a stack of paper full of words, flipped through a few pages in a serious manner, and then ...... His face did not change and he rotated one hundred and eighty degrees, flipped through a few pages in a serious manner, and then handed it to Solsta, whose eyes were shining.

Well, Solstad can't understand it at all, even if it has been converted into the local language, he still can't understand anything, of course the words are recognized, but the combination is beyond the cognitive ability of this veteran researcher, and he can't even understand it, let alone apply it.

Xiuer's face was expressionless, but he kept a malicious smile in his heart, this is the research data of the Soul Clan's practical weapon Psychic Storm Generator in the insect world, and it has the dual attributes of magic and technology, which fully meets Solsta's requirements, the problem is that at the level of the local world, at least one more technological revolution, can barely understand half of it.

The request for technology was reluctantly dissuaded, and the other party understood that there was indeed a gap between the scientific and technological levels of the two sides, and also understood the implicit refusal of Shuer, the high-level of the city hall could only retreat, hoping that the shadow chasers could provide some artificial intelligence technical support, and it was best to develop the kind of harmful data that could completely destroy the entire mechanical camp after being put into the network.

This time, Xiuer was unusual, completely ruthless and directly rejected their request, and the rhetoric was naturally what he had said to the chairman before, and the practice of inter-world contact was not to interfere with the progress of the other party's civilization and not to affect the development of the other side, whether it was good or bad. Conflicts like the previous ones are just local wars, which seem to be very intense, but they have no effect on the entire civilization, but if harmful data is provided, it will directly change the course of civilization in the entire world, and such a civilization will no longer develop naturally, but will be artificially controlled.

Nonsense that leaves no room for refutation, nonsense full of reason, the top management of the brown star fell into great disappointment, these old politicians who have been immersed in the political arena for many years, actually showed a bitter expression that could not be concealed, which shows how much the impact of the rejection of the request has on them. However, Shuer's next sentence made their hearts, which were already completely cold, beat again.

"Technical information, including data and network technology, is the result of the joint creation of all members of the Parvatiga civilization, once exchanged with you, it is an interference between civilizations, and it is a taboo to communicate across the world, so we cannot agree to your request. Shul slowly stood up and paced slowly from his seat, "However, as we as individuals, some of our actions can only represent ourselves, not our civilization, so it is not civilized interference for us to help you." Of course, this does not mean that we can do everything, only do things that have no absolute impact, such as ...... Help you climb to the top of the Tower of Babel. ”

In an instant, the venue was in an uproar, the red light on the screen wall asking for a speech could no longer be described as flashing, it was completely bright, and in the venue, several high-level officials were also in shock, ignoring etiquette, and were quickly whispering exchanges.

In fact, after the president made this request before, and after Shuer used it back to ask his superiors to prevaricate, he knew that it was very troublesome to get them to agree to this request, so in today's negotiations, they first used scientific and technological exchanges as a temptation, and in their opinion, it was much more serious to let the shadowchasers do it themselves than to simply exchange technology, so they planned to further request assistance if the shadowchasers accepted the request for scientific and technological exchanges.

No one expected that after directly rejecting the proposal for scientific and technological cooperation, Shuer actually took the initiative to participate in the action and personally help mankind fight against the mechanical camp, of course, the high-level officials were ecstatic, but behind the ecstasy, there was also a trace of unease, because everyone felt that this inconsistent performance was not normal, and they suspected that the shadow chasers had some ulterior motives.

"I know what you're worried about, and I know what you're wondering, but I want to tell you that there are some misunderstandings about civilizational interference. The excellent quality of the priesthood made everything Xiuer say as if it was true, and he could almost deceive himself, "This time we participated in the war in our personal name, but it was not so serious, so to speak, it will not affect your civilization." ”

"Because our ontology has already reported the situation here, according to the analysis of the Temple of the Gods, relying on your own ability, sooner or later you will be able to break through the defenses of the Tower of Babel and climb to the top of the Tower of Babel, the difference is only a matter of time, without our help, maybe you will spend decades or even hundreds more, but the result will not change, and helping you achieve the result one or two hundred years earlier will not have a substantial impact on the process of civilization. ”

"Moreover, we have never said that we will 'help' you to climb the Tower of Babel, we will only assist you and 'help' the aborigines of your world to climb the tower, but there is an essential difference between the two. ”

I see, everyone actually believed it, but in the face of some veteran diplomats who have visited many worlds and have rich experience in cross-world exchanges, their rhetoric is naturally extremely credible, not to mention that if you think about it carefully, what they said is also very reasonable, our efforts are really right, we can survive the mechanical threat sooner or later, and now we are only seeking assistance to reduce losses.

However, help us climb the tower? Is this what it means for us to send an elite army to directly fight the machine head-on and attack the Tower of Babel? After the excited brain calmed down a little, the upper echelons of the sky city fell into an inevitable panic, what are the consequences of a frontal battle, several sky cities have already shown you with their own experience, it is good if it succeeds, if it fails, the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the city will be ruined.

"Oh, the Lord says, Whoever takes must first give, and whoever wants to get must pay the same price. Xiuer's indifferent voice still makes the high-level people remember deeply, hundreds of thousands of lives came out of his mouth, just the simple word of cost can be carried lightly, "If you want to save the fate of the entire race, the bet only needs hundreds of thousands of lives, which is already very cost-effective, you don't think that you can achieve your goal without paying anything." ”

The high-level people were speechless, if they were replaced by the top levels of the global government before the mechanical apocalypse, they might be able to see hundreds of thousands of innocent lives as a simple number, but after decades of living in a snail's home, these politicians' horizons are much smaller, and hundreds of thousands of people as a bet is indeed beyond their ability to bear.

"We ...... There are other costs that can be paid. In the end, Clement, who was the president of the black market, relied on himself to be a little familiar with the shadow chasers, and tried to persuade him, "Resources, products, equipment, no matter how much, we can accept it." ”

"It's pointless, and we can't take it away. Shure interrupted the other unceremoniously, "Seriously, if we weren't interested in the information hidden in the Tower of Babel, we wouldn't have spent so much energy controlling the body to report to the Temple of the Gods. For us, that information is the reward for entrusting us with assistance, but we must be 'helpers', this is an unchangeable premise, and if you can't accept the price, then we don't care, as if we haven't mentioned it today. ”

Silence, death-like silence enveloped the venue, and the prompt light on the display wall no longer flashed, although it has nothing to do with other cities, but the fate of compatriots, who are also the last survivors of mankind, is still very important. But they had no say in the matter, so they could only watch as a few of their colleagues were deeply entangled.

"We ...... With their own efforts, will they really be able to storm the Tower of Babel in a few decades?"

"It doesn't matter if it's true or not, they're right, a few decades won't have much impact on the progress of civilization, but it will have a direct impact on our city, can we really last a few more decades? This mechanical invasion is already very troublesome, what about next time?"

"However, hundreds of thousands of lives, as a soldier, I am not afraid of death, but I can't press the lives of those civilians, in case of failure, under the mechanical counterattack, they will all die, it is better to accumulate strength for decades. ”

"If we can't make it, they will all die, and no one will be spared. ”

After a heated argument, the speaker of the town hall showed the courage of the head of his city, and directly stood up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are mentally prepared to accept your offer to assist us in attacking the Tower of Babel, and we will not back down even if the whole city is buried for this act." ”

"Are you sure?" asked Shure, smirking.

"Yes, I'm sure. ”

"Very good, it's good to have this awareness. Shul suddenly smiled strangely, "The question is, when did I say that I wanted you to send troops to storm the Tower of Babel with us? ”

"Huh?"

"Do you see this child? Delia, she is the one we have chosen, and we will assist her to enter the Tower of Babel by sneaking in, and when it succeeds, I hope that her name will appear truthfully in the announcement to the people. This is what she asked for, and this is what we want, and we want to see her become a hero of the Brown Star. ”

So, after making comprehensive preparations and completing the arrangement of the last circle, the shadow chasers helped Delia, who was swayed by the wind, to look at the Tower of Babel from the edge of the city.

"...... Babel," Delia's expression was extremely complicated, "I'm coming." ”