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Chapter 217 You Have to Choose One

The situation is now completely clear.

The initiative of how to make the decision lies in the hands of the Robot Scourge.

But Li Qingsong only left them with two options.

100. If you lose 100%, I will lose %, and we will all perish together.

Second, you lose 95%, but I don’t lose anything.

You have to choose between facing the wrath of a stellar explosion or the ambush of a hydrogen bomb trap!
This is Li Qingsong’s entire plan.

After more than two hundred years of preparation and several adventures in the process, Li Qingsong finally led the situation to its current state.

Li Qingsong himself would of course prefer to let the Omnic Scourge choose the second option. After all, that way, he wouldn't have to abandon everything he had and start over.

Over two thousand years of hard work, not daring to relax or slack off for a single moment, have we finally reached this stage. Is it easy for me?!

only……

If it were him, Li Qingsong knew that he would definitely choose the first one.

In his opinion, there is not much difference between a loss of 95% and a loss of 100%.

Since there will be heavy losses in the end, we might as well make the losses even greater and let the opponent die as well.

It’s better for us all to lose than for you to win alone!
It wasn't just Li Qingsong. He knew that any legitimate intelligent civilization, as long as it was led by intelligent life, would most likely choose "double loss is better than single win."

However, his opponent is not an orthodox intelligent civilization, but an intelligent mechanical disaster!
What will it choose?
Li Qingsong didn't know. He only knew that he was ready to face any consequences.

Whatever you choose, I'll follow!
Inside the supercomputer mothership, the logic operation unit is still running frantically.

"If we refuse to retreat, the probability of the prey civilization detonating their hydrogen bomb spacecraft, triggering a stellar explosion, is 100%. Therefore, the probability of our frontline fleet being completely destroyed is 100%.

If we retreat and encounter numerous hydrogen bomb traps and ambushes, our front-line fleet's estimated loss rate is: 95%.

After all of us perish together, we will completely lose the probability of capturing even one intelligent life form from the prey civilization, with a rate of return of 0%.

If we retreat, even if we lose 95% of our front-line fleet, given the strong fighting will and solid defense line shown by the opponent before, our remaining combat forces will not be able to capture the prey civilization.

But once we recover in the future, there will still be hope of catching him.

Based on the principle of maximizing benefits and minimizing losses, after comprehensive analysis, our best option is to retreat."

Then... retreat!

Based on the long-distance communication mode, the instructions from the supercomputing mothership were instantly sent to the front-line fleet.

At this moment, Li Qingsong saw that the countless stars surrounding his fleet in space suddenly became brighter.

In an instant, the space was filled with splendor, as if the vast galaxy had actually landed right beside them.

The madness in Li Qingsong's eyes gradually dissipated, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

He knew that he made the right bet.

After all, the intelligent mechanical disaster fleet is different from the orthodox intelligent civilization fleet.

At this moment, it made the choice that maximized its benefits. The reason those stars suddenly brightened so dramatically was because they simultaneously activated their thrusters and fled at full speed away from the star. They began to retreat.

However, even though the robotic Scourge fleet began to retreat, Li Qingsong did not relax his guard at all.

Under his control, hydrogen bomb spacecraft continued to explode, releasing powerful energy in the atmosphere of the huge star V432 Pegasus, but at a lower frequency.

The reason for this was that Li Qingsong was warning his opponents that a large-scale explosion could occur at any time. If you want to escape, it's best to flee quickly. Don't try to escape slowly, searching and clearing the hydrogen bomb trap before escaping.

If that happens, don't leave.

Li Qingsong can only achieve his goal if he makes his opponent truly believe in his determination.

But does Li Qingsong have this determination?

The answer is obvious, yes!
Although I don’t want to reopen, if the time comes when I have to reopen, then I will reopen it!

If you really dare to remove the hydrogen bomb trap, I will really detonate the hydrogen bomb spacecraft!

You only have two options: a 100% loss or a 95% loss. Any unnecessary attempts will lead to my misjudgment and a mutually destructive decision.

That hydrogen bomb spacecraft that keeps exploding at a lower frequency is proof of my determination!

Under such circumstances, the huge intelligent Scourge fleet truly began an all-out, almost desperate escape.

Faced with the almost infinite number of asteroids in space, the Mechanical Scourge Fleet chooses to charge forward whenever possible and smash them whenever possible. Only when it is unavoidable will it slightly adjust its course to avoid a direct collision.

During this process, where is the time and energy to determine whether the enemy has placed hydrogen bombs on the surrounding small celestial bodies?
Run away, run away with all your might, get out first.

So in this situation, the hydrogen bombs that Li Qingsong had spent a lot of effort and countless industrial forces to deploy in the asteroid belt began to be triggered in large numbers.

In an instant, Li Qingsong saw that tens of thousands of "stars" that had not existed before suddenly appeared in the asteroid belt.

Those stars appeared for only a few seconds before extinguishing, but new ones appeared after they extinguished, endlessly.

Countless fireworks, countless stars, went out and lit up, lit up and went out, and this cycle continued, just like a grand fireworks show.

One after another, the protective shields of the intelligent Scourge warships were shattered, and they turned into fragments or dust and dissipated in the vast space.

It was a hydrogen bomb after all! It was the most powerful weapon in the electro-weak and strong nuclear stages!

In a real battlefield, hydrogen bombs wouldn't have much practical significance due to their limited mass and inability to be delivered quickly. But as a trap, they had no limitations at all.

Its power and energy can be released without any scruples and unbridled efforts.

"Fortunately, the Pegasus V432 galaxy is too young and hasn't yet formed a stable ecliptic plane. These small celestial bodies are wrapped around the stars in a spherical shell shape, rather than a ring shape like the solar system. This is how I can completely arrange the hydrogen bomb trap without leaving any loopholes.

Otherwise, the Omnic Scourge Fleet could easily break through this line of defense by simply choosing another direction."

Looking at the fireworks flashing in the space, Li Qingsong had this thought in his mind.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that Li Qingsong chose to come to the Pegasus V432 galaxy and set this trap here.

If not for this, Li Qingsong would not have come here at all.

(End of this chapter)