Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1398 Reflections of the Second Type of Boundary Breaker

"Talk? You think you can just talk like that? How can the long-standing grudges between us and the Abyss and Blue Ocean expeditionary organizations be resolved with just a word like 'talk'?" Seeing that the Grand Master did not express his opinion, some powerful figures among the boundary breakers hurriedly voiced their different opinions.

A former high-ranking member of the Breakers said, "That's why we don't talk to them, we talk to the String Piercers!"

"Oh, what do you mean?" some of the boundary breakers asked curiously.

“Simple!” The high-ranking official who advocated for negotiations continued, “They are three long-range shipping organizations. The Abyss and Blue Ocean Long-Range Shipping Organizations came to us first, and we did indeed stop them for more than 20 million years. Regardless of right or wrong, we stopped them based on our own interests, and they have no reason to blame all the losses on us.”

"As for the String Piercers, they only recently arrived in our star system. In reality, their conflict and hatred with us are not that great. Think about it. We have been fighting the String Piercers for so many years, how many of their warships have we destroyed? None at all. What losses have they suffered? Not a single one!"

"Furthermore, given the power of the String Piercers, they must be the leaders of their organization. Talking to them is talking to their organization. As long as the String Piercers' organization doesn't become our enemy, who cares about the Blue Ocean or Abyss Voyage organizations!"

"If those two expeditionary organizations disagree, we don't need to bother with them. We'll just agree not to attack the String Piercers, and they'll beg for mercy on their own."

Another high-ranking Breaker expressed some concern: "That makes sense. Their goal is to go to the Great Void. In fact, if we don't stop them, they might not even bother fighting us! But even so, how can you guarantee that they won't come looking for trouble after they successfully advance to a cosmic-level civilization? Are we so desperate that we have to rely on those technologically advanced civilizations for our survival?"

Seeing his colleague pressing him so hard, the high-ranking Breaker became somewhat annoyed and retorted sharply, "Then what do you suggest? Are you still going to stop the String Player? Are you going to stop them yourself or send your clan's warriors? How many high-level individuals do you have left? And how are you going to deal with the String Player? Are you going to throw your lives away?"

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Seeing that the other party was speechless, the senior Breaker softened his tone: "Hey, if you ask me, our thinking from the beginning was flawed. We shouldn't have stopped them. Let them go to the Great Void. We'll just live our lives. Anyway, they probably won't succeed. Have you forgotten how our predecessors failed?"

“Of course we haven’t forgotten!” an ancient boundary breaker said with some emotion. “That was the Great Void. Our predecessor was a great civilization that flourished for a time, but we were ultimately powerless in the face of that dark abyss. From the moment I gained consciousness, I remember that my predecessor launched one great expedition after another, and countless massive projects were built along the way, all for the purpose of allowing fleets to successfully enter the Great Void.”

“My predecessors made thorough preparations for every expedition. They dispatched fleet after fleet, just for that sliver of hope, entering the Great Void time and time again. But what was the final result? There was no news at all. For many years, fleet after fleet sank to the bottom of the sea. The Great Void was like an abyss that swallowed life; no one who went in came out alive.”

"Later we realized that the idea that the Great Void was the only hope for advancing to a Level 7 civilization was merely a misjudgment by technological civilizations. So we abandoned it and turned to embrace dark matter, becoming the great dark matter life forms we are today!" "You should understand that the movement speed of our advanced individuals is actually the movement speed of a Level 7 civilization. After becoming dark matter life forms, we achieved the movement speed of a Level 7 civilization. This is the best proof that embracing dark matter is the correct path. As long as we hold onto dark matter tightly and keep moving forward on this path, we will eventually be able to break through the final fog and successfully extract the vacuum zero-point energy hidden deep within the mysteries of the universe."

"Based on this, from my personal perspective, I'm not worried that they'll successfully advance after entering the Great Void; on the contrary, they'll all perish." At this point, the ancient World Breaker used his sensory organs to assess the condition of the other World Breakers around him, and then continued to elaborate on his analysis: "Most importantly, even if we negotiate with them, we can break the contract at any time. Think about it... before they enter the Great Void, don't they need to rest and recuperate in the star system at the edge of the Great Void?"

Seeing that everyone agreed with this statement, the ancient boundary breaker continued, "That means they either leave some of them in the star system at the edge of the void, or they gamble everything and enter the void. No matter what they choose, the initiative will be in our hands."

"The String Piercers' strength lies in their flagship. What do you think they'll choose? Will they all enter the Great Void, or leave some outside? If it's the former, we won't have to face them. If it's the latter, do you think they won't bring their flagship in as well?"

"Therefore, I think it's possible to negotiate. If only a portion of their civilization enters the Great Void, we can take advantage of their weakened state when they split their civilization in two and control that portion. Even if the other part succeeds, we'll still have leverage. They can't possibly abandon the other half of their civilization, can they?"

"Of course, I always believe that entering the Great Void is a dead end. In fact, what we should do is continue to delve into dark matter and advance ourselves into cosmic-level life forms! Haven't you noticed how much our current inability to travel across galaxies due to our limitation of dark matter resembles a weak technological civilization that can't even leave its home planet?"

In fact, the idea of ​​fully embracing dark matter has always existed among the boundary breakers. It was also the basic concept behind their transformation into dark matter life forms. Therefore, none of the boundary breakers believed that there was anything wrong with this concept.

Of course, since none of the boundary breakers have become cosmic-level life forms since they became boundary breakers, the idea of ​​fearing the success of the Great Voyage Civilization has arisen, leading to the decision to obstruct the Great Voyage Organization.

Since its implementation, this decision has never encountered the problems it has now. The Breakers never imagined that one day a Great Voyage Civilization, which they could not defeat at all, would appear.

In fact, some of the boundary breakers present had already considered the possibility of the Great Voyage succeeding, but they felt that even if a civilization did succeed, it would be many years from now. Even if they were to face retaliation at that time, it would be better than going to the battlefield to die now.

Some high-ranking Breakers thought, "Maybe we should find a corner to hide in? Besides, the other side might not even retaliate."
This is clearly a typical case of wishful thinking.

(End of this chapter)