This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 584 A Hidden Link

Li Ming's eyes swept across Costat's seat, which was empty.

At this point, representatives of the three major civilizations have all gone offline.

The extent to which the mentality exploded is self-evident.

He didn't care and just pressed his hands down, and everyone sat down.

The council members appointed by the three major civilizations all looked unhappy at the moment. They did not choose to go offline, nor could they go offline.

Only by recognizing the rules of the organization can they act in accordance with the rules.

One of them said as soon as everyone sat down, "I also have a proposal."

The others had not yet recovered from Qinglong's series of actions and looked over in confusion.

But he soon became alert and wondered if it was a counterattack by the three major civilizations.

Although according to the charter, in theory, every board member, even ordinary members, are eligible to propose proposals, but being "eligible" to propose a proposal does not mean that one is truly qualified.

During the five or six years since its establishment, only a few actually made proposals, and the one that made the most proposals was Qinglong.

A proposal is not a clarion call to charge, but a stamp of approval when the dust has settled.

Li Ming looked over with interest. Ronald... a member of the Star Alliance, belonged to the Serentia race, had translucent silver-blue skin, and the surface was covered with bioluminescent patterns similar to water waves.

The head has no facial features, but instead has a "star map" composed of light spots for perception and communication. The ends of the limbs can split into tentacle-like structures to adapt to the use of a variety of tools.

The people from the Empire and the Federation also looked somewhat surprised that they had not received any relevant reminders.

Ronald said solemnly: "I think that the chairman of the Higher Life Forms United Organization should be someone with greater prestige and strength, such as His Excellency Qinglong."

"Mr. Gustav, you are no longer fit to continue in this position."

Li Ming was slightly stunned and couldn't help shaking his head. He thought it would be a shocking reversal, but it turned out to be an angry and embarrassing attempt to sow discord.

And everyone's faces couldn't help but be surprised, the board seats were replaced based on strength.

In the entire galaxy, there are only a handful of people who can definitely beat Gustav, and Qinglong is one of them.

However, a direct challenge would be too disrespectful to Gustav, and completing the replacement by voting is in line with the current situation of the Higher United Organization.

Everyone was thinking, their eyes constantly wandering around Gustav and Qinglong.

This is a simple plan, but Qinglong may have such an idea and may just go with the flow.

Gustav's expression trembled slightly, but he quickly calmed down. He seemed to be about to speak, but was interrupted by Qinglong beside him, "Your Excellency Gustav is highly respected. I think there should be no one who can replace him at present."

He had no interest in taking Gustav's place for the time being, and would not split up the now seemingly harmonious coalition.

It doesn’t matter who is the chairman, what matters is who has the final say.

Everyone was surprised that Qinglong did not continue speaking. It was obvious that he and Gustav were not on the same page, so it might be a good idea to take advantage of the situation to replace him.

Gustav's eyes flickered slightly, and he held back what he wanted to say.

This so-called proposal was rejected before it even entered the voting stage.

Ronald had a blank expression on his face, but he was not disappointed. It was just a casual remark anyway.

If Qinglong really has some ideas in his mind, then he will make money, but if not, it doesn’t matter.

"Oh, there's one more thing." Li Ming said, and then added: "Of course, this is not a proposal, just a small suggestion."

Everyone calmed down, thinking that Qinglong was going to cause trouble again, only to hear him continue:
"This is just a private meeting I held, but it's time to change our online communication method,"

"Can we have a meeting? We can't always ask for other people's opinions."

He looked at Gustav and asked, "Chairman, can you help us build a virtual conference room on the Black Hole Network?"

"That's no problem." Gustav agreed readily.

"Thank goodness you are here." Li Ming nodded helplessly and was about to end the meeting.

In the supervisory seat, a certain civilization representative suddenly stood up and called him, "Mr. Qinglong..."

A lot of eyes followed it. It was a half-human, half-bird creature, about 3 meters tall, covered with iridescent feathers, and had a pair of wings condensed from photons on its back.

He said in a deep voice: "The proposal just now rejected the X-level life forms cultivated by the three major civilizations, but the Star Alliance is special. It is a multi-civilization community. In essence, it is not the same civilization. How to calculate the member civilizations? Are they not allowed to join?"

Li Ming couldn't help but look at him with a warm smile on his face, "You are... the representative of the Light Wing Civilization, right?"

Tsk...the entry of this force was faster than he had imagined.

Light Wing Civilization... Everyone also discovered this person's origins, but they felt a little strange. Isn't this an attempt to destroy the Star Alliance?
"That's right..." He said solemnly, "This question is very important. Your Excellency Qinglong, please give a positive answer."

Li Ming hesitated for a moment, looking rather embarrassed, but he quickly responded, "I didn't think it through."

"Star Alliance, there are currently a total of 13,476 civilizations..." Li Ming thought.

The structure of the Star Alliance is actually very similar to the joint organization of higher life forms. The strongest few civilizations are leveraging the huge power of more than 10,000 other civilizations.

In terms of comprehensive strength, it can be regarded as the first among the three major civilizations.

Of course, whether they can be integrated is another matter.

"Let's put it this way." Li Ming pretended to say, "The Star Alliance mainly eliminates the five major civilizations, and other civilizations are not included."

At this point, he jokingly said: "After all, we are all oppressed."

Gustav didn't react at first, but when he heard these words, his expression suddenly became surprised and doubtful.

Is he also planning to bring this group of civilizations over?
He suddenly realized that preventing the three major civilizations from joining was not simply a matter of revenge.

There are not only three major civilizations in the interstellar space. The countless medium and small civilizations are the main force that makes up the entire interstellar space.

Among them, there are quite a few civilizations that can cultivate X-level life forms with the power of the entire civilization.

But their situation is far worse than that of wild X-level life forms, and they are also exploited by the three major civilizations.

This group of people can form a joint organization, and at worst they can just run away.

But these civilizations had nowhere to run and could only become food for more powerful civilizations.

And now, some smart people have realized that they can use the bond of X-level life forms to leverage the power of the united organizations of higher life forms.

Ordinary seats also have voting rights, which means that as long as there are enough X-level life forms crammed in, they can influence the final decision on certain matters.

The addition of X-level life forms can in turn leverage the power of those civilizations, complementing each other. And there is this hidden link!
Gustav's pupils shrank slightly. He could basically guess the purpose of anything Qinglong did in this meeting.

But I didn't realize this until this moment.

He was not the only one who realized this. Anatoly, Anduin and others also realized it.

In the past, they were used to fighting alone, and now they are not used to the existence of joint organizations. Qinglong's vision is already far-reaching, and he intends to incorporate more civilizations into his territory.

Upon hearing this, the representative of the Light Wing Civilization's expression changed, and he slowly said, "I understand."

In the supervisory seats, many representatives of civilizations have fallen into deep thought, and are even ready to take action.

Li Ming looked around and couldn't help but sigh. A great man in his previous life said it well: make as many friends as possible.

.........

"A bunch of idiots!"

In the joint command ship, Hines was still roaring, "Can't they see that Qinglong is using them to distract us?"

"He clearly wanted to delay time. Those bastards were used as cannon fodder by Qinglong. They are really a bunch of extremely stupid guys."

The soldiers around him were silent. Schmidt glanced at him indifferently and said, "I bet you that everyone who attended the meeting understands what Qinglong is doing."

"You understand everything?" Hines said grimly. "If you understand everything and still cooperate with Qinglong, you are a bunch of arrogant fools!"

"Haha..." Schmidt sneered, "This is just a game of mutual exploitation."

"Qinglong is using that group of people to distract us, and the Higher Life Forms Alliance is also using Qinglong to gradually eliminate our influence."

"Don't you realize that Qinglong is supported because everything he does is a win-win situation?"

The more Schmidt spoke, the more serious his expression became. "We want to suppress the United Organization of Higher Life Forms and trample Anduin and others under our feet, so he will help Anduin and others, cut off our possibility of entering, and give the voting rights to the ordinary members."

"And all the pressure is on him. Others just need to nod their heads. In this way, who would resist him?"

As Knox and the others listened, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

Such an enemy is too terrifying. If you put yourself in their shoes, if they did not belong to the three major civilizations, they would definitely not be enemies with Qinglong.

Costat sighed and said, win-win situations will bring friends, and the more win-win situations there are, the more friends there will be.

They also want a win-win situation, but the problem is that they can't help the Higher United Organization in order to suppress Qinglong. This is a dead end.

Qinglong discovered this death knot and tied more death knots around it.

"A win-win for them? What about us? Should we just swallow our anger?" Hines stared at the two men. "The reason for your failure this time is your indecision. I'll say it again. To deal with this group of people, we must use ruthless means to make them feel pain and fear."

Costat frowned. He had always resisted the suggestion of taking direct action, fearing that one move would lead to another.

Schmidt was also hesitating. He had not taken any action before, and now that the higher-level joint organizations were gradually coming together, it would be even more difficult to take action.

However, he did not hesitate for too long, as the adjutant beside him also handed him the smart terminal.

Just by looking down, his expression suddenly changed, and he shouted: "You are looking for death!"

Costat frowned, not knowing what accident had happened, but his secretary also handed him an urgent intelligence.

Within ten minutes after the routine meeting of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms ended, the number of its members exceeded one hundred.

Thirteen of them, all from the Sea of ​​Stars, are member civilizations of the Star Alliance.

It's really going to be a big deal!
click-
The smart terminal in his hand broke apart, and Costat's face turned cold, forgetting all about it.

In addition to those higher life forms, a large number of civilizations at the upper levels of the food chain are also their potential opponents.

Qinglong realized this and expelled people from the three major civilizations, but did not ban this group of people.

If they continue to let it go, let alone Qinglong, these guys will be enough to make them suffer.
"Knock the mountain to scare the tiger!" He spat out four words: "We can't let this go on any longer."

"Kill the chicken to scare the monkeys!" Schmidt also raised his head and spoke word by word with a gloomy face: "Before they really work together, break their spines!"

Hines just sneered. It turned out that one would be afraid only if he felt the pain.

Although violence is crude, it is also the most effective.

Outside the porthole, the party had begun to disperse and the higher life forms were leaving one after another.

Costat and others cannot take action now, they must report to the top level.

And you have to carefully select your goals and make plans to achieve the best results.

……

At the same time, in the Takhambuya interstellar volcano, red lava waterfalls were spewing from the broken void into the vacuum, and the boiling plasma was burning gaps in the nearby star rings.

The fire pillars wrapped with energy crystals radiated extremely high temperatures, burning honeycomb-shaped spots on the protective shields of nearby exploration ships that ventured deeper.

The void crater, whose diameter is comparable to that of a star, constantly spews out antimatter smoke. The aurora curtain formed by the collision of these charged particles with the stellar wind flashes a strange scene of multiple colors blending together.

Above the most spectacular crater, dark matter that has lost mass hangs down like silk, forming particle crystals under the high temperature around it.

There are also many exploration teams that risk their lives to obtain precious treasures.

At this moment, in the core area of ​​the volcano, there is an extremely advanced shuttle-shaped spacecraft.

In the room deep inside the spaceship, the virtual projection gradually spread out. Clarkson was full of emotion, "You are worthy of being the Azure Dragon..."

"We have taken revenge on the three major civilizations, weakened their influence within the organization, won over the people, and attracted more civilizations and forces."

This not only kills two birds with one stone, but several.

"However, the most amazing thing is that it can quietly influence the outcome of the challenge for the board seat." He was secretly amazed.

Only with the power of a great victory could Qinglong accomplish so many things. If it was just an ordinary meeting, I'm afraid so many results would not have been achieved.

The proposal to allow ordinary directors to vote might pass, but not many people would agree to prevent the three major civilizations from joining.

He pondered, "However, my civilization will benefit greatly from this. Since we joined the Advanced Alliance, we have been excluded a lot before. And this time, many X-level life forms cultivated by member civilizations of the Star Alliance have joined us..."

He didn't think for too long before he was interrupted by his subordinates' report. A dull voice mixed with electromagnetic fluctuations came from the channel, "General, we found Mr. Bertrand's spaceship."

Hearing this, Clarkson's face darkened.

(End of this chapter)