Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 646 - 642: The Last Planet Buster

Chapter 646: Chapter 642: The Last Planet Buster

After hearing this, Ye Kaifu shook his head, feeling slightly worried about the situation at the front.

"Alas, there’s not much help I can offer, I can only work overtime and complete this project as soon as possible!"

Zhang Yuan then asked, "By the way, how is the new brain chip working?"

"It’s quite good! At least everyone’s work efficiency has improved a lot, and their mood has also gotten better. We all know this mood improvement is because of the chip, but we are still using it..."

Zhang Yuan shook his head, "Sigh, these things will have to be canceled after the war ends. Long-term use might lead to dependency... special measures for special times."

After parting with these engineers, he checked the psychological impact of these new brain chips on the soldiers and engineers. Discovering no major issues, he boarded a transport spaceship and returned to his mother ship.

These chips actually contain a lot of high technology, and scientists in the Unreal Laboratory have also obtained quite a bit of effective data, believing that further advancements can be made in the future.

He was pondering the next feasible plan.

From the few encounters with the opposing fleets, it seemed that the new humans’ fleet was not at a disadvantage; they had also analyzed some performance parameters of the opponent’s spaceships. It was a tie, where the attacker always seemed to have the upper hand.

Of course, these were just the parameters between smaller fleets; the actual capability of larger fleets remained an unknown.

"In short, based on the current situation, it’s a fifty-fifty situation when it’s one small ship against another."

The reason they could match these old Level 4 civilizations was mainly because humans had acquired some electromagnetic technologies from the Tos Civilization.

The technology of the Tos people was indeed quite good, a cut above the other civilizations, and these electromagnetic technologies compensated for some performance deficiencies in the spaceships.

Zhang Yuan was considering, was there a possibility for negotiation or dialogue between the two sides?

If the new humans took a small step back, ceded a little benefit, and then the others just left, that would be ideal... but he feared that the other side might be insatiable, thinking that humans’ stepping back indicated cowardice.

Indeed, there were not a few people who entertained this idea, and the enemies were also negotiable. Would they really fight to the last soldier because neither side would give in? The combat power of the Apollo Civilization was about twice that of the New Human Civilization; was twice enough? Of course not.

That’s too naive!

But the premise of this idea was that the new humans had to sufficiently understand the opponent.

At present, people did not know the ideology of the Apollo Civilization, did not understand their social structure, and did not know what exactly this opponent was thinking, whether they were a smart opponent or a foolish one.

As for the current series of deterrent actions, all were based on the most basic speculation of interest relationships.

If both sides had political principles similar to humans, then it was possible to have dialogue; if the Apollo Civilization belonged to those who wouldn’t stop till their goals were reached, there would be no point in talking...

After arriving back at the mother ship, Zhang Yuan immediately went to the Captain’s Room to attend an internal meeting.

After finding his seat and settling in, it was just time for the meeting to start.

"Do they really not want to negotiate?" A general asked somewhat angrily.

Diplomat Mr. Yang said, "In the past few years, we have negotiated remotely with the Apollo Civilization, but the results were not good. The other side is too greedy, demanding that we cede substantial benefits before they would withdraw their troops, completely insincere... and then most of the time was spent in mutual recriminations..."

Negotiations could only proceed when both parties reached a certain tacit understanding; if humans kept unilaterally requesting negotiations, it would easily show weakness and make them seem timid, so they dared not always initiate negotiation requests.

"Do they really want to wait till the end and then attack?!" The general asked again.

"I don’t know." Old Yang spread his hands and said in a low voice, "We really don’t know what these damn ’Big Squids’ are thinking, insatiable creatures!"

Zhang Yuan coughed and said, "So let’s thoroughly introduce the ideology of the Apollo Civilization, by figuring out their ideology, we can better deal with them. Haven’t we traded with them before?"

A staff member took the stage and played a video from that time, "We had communicated with the Apollo Civilization for a while and sold the thesis on Extra Color Perception. Here is the video, you can see for yourselves."

The entire set of video footage was lengthy, with the human negotiators passionately negotiating prices with the Big Squids, back and forth in lively exchanges.

No one expected that selling this thesis would become the spark that led to the current situation.

Zhang Yuan squinted, scrutinizing every word and action of the Big Squids to gauge their logical reasoning.

Thus, a group of people fast-forwarded through several hours of the video.

"Based on the experience of negotiations at that time, I believe this civilization should be communicable, and their social division of labor might be similar to ours..."

"Any long-standing Level 4 Civilization should have a coherent social operating system, otherwise it would have collapsed long ago. Even those civilizations supported by other civilizations must have a high Racial Value. If they weren’t intelligent, who would bother to support them?"

There was some truth to this.

If humans wanted to recruit vassals, they would definitely choose the intelligent ones and those inherently easier to control. What does inherently easier to control mean? It means lacking a cultural backbone, just like some countries of Earth Civilization, for instance, India, which is easier to manipulate and tends to become a talent supply base, unlike Xia Country.

This indicates that the political sphere of the opposing civilization must have compromises and be compromised; it couldn’t possibly be an extremely rigid species.

Captain Feng nodded, "Yes, as long as they truly are as we predict, there’s potential for negotiation... Plus, after all the probes and feints between us, with no real fights breaking out, it shows that they too value their lives—or rather, they have considerable concerns."

"... I have no objections to negotiating with them."

Another general spoke, "But the opponent still harbors illusions. We must continue to prepare for battle. No one can be sure how great their appetite is!"

"Equal communication is based on having sufficient military capabilities. Our current military strength is far inferior to theirs; they even have a War Star!"

Another expert shook his head, not optimistic about the situation, "Indeed, no substantial large-scale war has happened yet. Suddenly going into talks, our position could be significantly undermined..."

"Our past attempts have failed; it’s hard to negotiate."

"What price are we willing to pay?"

In any case, preserving this War Star is the bottom line for humanity, and we cannot back down.

Regarding the cost, the New Human Civilization only has 400 AmiBa Points available, not more, and they do not wish to give up other technologies.

Zhang Yuan didn’t even want to directly offer these 400 AmiBa Points...

would be more reasonable!

Suddenly, a voice echoed in the venue.

"Ladies and gentlemen... Peace talks without warfare are inevitably tough and may involve setbacks. Therefore, I suggest that instead of waiting for their attack, we should strike first! The attacking party has a better advantage."

"Even... launch the last Planet Buster, but don’t kill too many of their population."

"Then, return to the negotiating table!"

At these words, everyone turned their heads, looking at a young senator who was making the suggestion.

Zhang Yuan was taken aback and immediately began to weigh the pros and cons...

This plan was too bold and could easily trigger an all-out war from both sides at any cost. Even some of the more aggressive military personnel were undecided for a moment.