A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 172 These Civilizations Overestimated Their Strength

[A notice is issued to all civilizations in this universe—this universe has been completely controlled by our Babel Swarm. Any resistance is futile. Please refrain from any pointless resistance and surrender to our Babel Swarm in an orderly manner. In the name of love and dreams, the Babel Swarm will accept all civilizations in this universe as vassal satellite civilizations.]

An electromagnetic wave message has appeared in the universe, broadcast in various languages ​​on different electromagnetic frequency bands. The types of languages ​​correspond to the number of civilizations in that universe that currently possess radio technology.

In other words, any civilization in the universe that has mastered radio communication technology can receive this surrender notice from an alien civilization called the "Tower of Babel Swarm" as long as they point their antennas at the universe.

Don't underestimate this radio message. Any civilization with a modicum of intelligence, even without advanced technology, and as long as the decision-makers aren't hopelessly stupid, can discern the technological sophistication behind it.

Firstly, this radio message could radiate throughout the entire universe, notifying the entire universe in a very short time, thus developing a civilization with radio technology.

However, radio waves travel at the speed of light. Assuming the universe stops expanding and there are no obstructions, on the current scale of the universe, a single radio wave would take billions of years to cover the entire universe.

In other words, a communication method that could only travel at the speed of light has been accelerated to a speed exceeding that of light.

To use an analogy that Earthlings can understand, it's like someone on Earth using an ordinary bow and arrow to shoot the arrow onto the moon.

Secondly, there are the various languages ​​and civilizations used in radio communications.

Language and writing systems are constantly changing with different cultures and times. Take Earth as an example: the difference between modern Chinese and oracle bone script is obvious to anyone with eyes. However, from the Shang Dynasty, when oracle bone script appeared, to modern society, it has only been a mere 3,600 years.

On a cosmic scale, this amount of time is like the blink of an eye.

So what does it mean when a radio message contains multiple different interstellar civilizations, and even the language of their own mother civilization?

This means that the mother civilization has been under surveillance by an unknown civilization in recent years, and this surveillance was carried out without the mother civilization being aware of it at all.

Therefore, even without direct contact or even conflict with this civilization called the "Tower of Babel Swarm," all civilizations in the universe that have developed radio communication technology are already feeling immense pressure.

Those indigenous civilizations with very low levels of technology, who had not even left their home planet, directly triggered social unrest, bringing order to the brink of collapse.

Why did it crash?

It's simple. Aliens are attacking, so of course they want to have some fun before they die!

I don't care about the flood after I'm dead!

……

Many alien civilizations in the universe are uneasy, wary of the Babel swarm, the instigator that sent the announcement to the entire universe, while Lu Shang is under no pressure at all.

In this battle for dominance of the universe, Lu Shang has faced virtually no pressure from the very beginning.

It seems that none of the civilizations in this universe have developed the technology to reach beyond the universe. The only ones that are even remotely related are the technology of creating miniature universes and opening wormholes, and then... that's it.

From the very beginning of the invasion, the civilization in this universe was unaware that the swarm was trying to seize control of their mother universe. By the time they realized it, it was already too late.

In this situation, what kind of pressure could Lu Shang, as the commander, possibly feel?

You can win even if you just lie down and relax!

Ultimately, the civilization in this universe can only blame itself for its slow pace of development and low level of advancement. If they had developed the technology for inter-universe warfare and the technology for exploring beyond the universe, it would have been very difficult for the swarm to seize control of this universe.

Before the swarm of cosmic creatures can even get close to this universe, they will be intercepted halfway by a group of void entities built by civilizations on their way to this universe.

If you fall behind, you'll be vulnerable to attack!

"The development of civilization is like rowing against the current; if you don't advance, you fall behind," Lu Shang sighed.

At this moment, Lu Shang received a string of messages from a cosmic being within the swarm network.

The information is not complicated; it simply explains which civilizations in the universe, which has been controlled by the swarm, have chosen to surrender, and which are still putting up a stubborn resistance.

Lu Shang browsed through the information sent to him by the cosmic beings, raised an eyebrow slightly, and said with some surprise, "Hmm? Not all of them chose to surrender. Did the others escape into the microcosm?"

According to Lu Shang's thinking, after witnessing the technological gap between themselves and the swarm, all the civilizations in this universe should choose to surrender. After all, they can't win a fight, so why not surrender and wait to be wiped out by the swarm?

They couldn't possibly think that the swarm of bees would be merciful and, after defeating them, only destroy their civilization and leave them with something like their race, could they?

No civilization should be so naive. Interstellar civilizations are all large and rational, and survival is their primary need.

This was Lu Shang's original idea, but the current result is quite different from what he expected. There are some civilizations in the universe that not only refuse to surrender, but also try to resist the swarm's dominance over the universe.

To be honest, are all the decision-makers in these civilizations brainless?

Just as Lu Shang was puzzled, the cosmic creature continued to report to him: "Some civilizations have fled into the microcosm for refuge, some have opened wormholes to escape to other universes, and some interstellar civilizations have sent their civilization seeds into the microcosm. The mother civilization chose to stay and prevent the swarm from occupying the universe. The invading fleets that have recently appeared in the cosmic creature's body are from these civilizations."

"Anything else?" Lu Shang asked.

After a moment's thought, the cosmic being received all the information and truthfully reported to Lu Shang: "That's it. The remaining civilizations are very weak and primitive in technology. They don't even have the ability to fly out of their own home planet. Some haven't even developed radio technology and didn't hear the swarm's broadcast to the entire universe."

Lu Shang nodded slightly upon receiving the reply from the cosmic being.

The problem isn't too big right now. It's just that some people have developed microcosms and wormhole technology, and then they think that the swarm can't do anything to them or wipe out their civilization, so they have the confidence to challenge the swarm.

For a moment, Lu Shang was at a loss for words. He didn't know whether to say that these civilizations were brainless, that they were too clever for their own good, or that the radio messages were not clear enough, which made these civilizations arrogant and think they had the right to challenge the swarm.

However, regardless of the circumstances, this is the path they chose themselves, and they can't blame anyone else. You reap what you sow. If they try to rebel against the swarm, they should be prepared for extinction.

Lu Shang said, "Okay, as long as there aren't too many variables."

"Those civilizations that refuse to surrender to the swarm can simply be wiped out."

"Forced surrender is never sweet. Coercing surrender by force will make things very troublesome later on. After all, we, the Babel Bees, are not the kind of bad civilization that would force other civilizations to surrender. Whether to surrender or not is entirely voluntary."

The cosmic being agreed, "That's true."

Just as the cosmic being was about to disconnect and execute Lu Shang's command, Lu Shang suddenly called it back.

"Oh, right, remember to publish the information about those civilizations that were wiped out, otherwise if someone asks about the cause of death of these civilizations in the future, they won't even know how they died."

"Okay," the cosmic being replied.

The cosmic beings who had already gained dominion over this universe began to dart into the depths of the vast universe, into the intricate and complex spacetime roots, at Lu Shang's command.

These spacetime roots collide with the spacetime of the larger universe, distorting it and thus exhibiting a series of physical phenomena.

Because of the swarm network, all cosmic life forms begin to act at almost the same time.

Therefore, this series of physical phenomena is a physical phenomenon that spans the entire universe and occurs simultaneously!

……

"The fleet that invaded the coordinates of U-77349 has lost contact! The wormhole has collapsed and needs to be rebuilt."

"The engineering department responded that the new type of warship will complete its sea trials in three cycles and will soon be ready for combat."

A virtual space—this is the decision-making and command center of the Princeton civilization.

By shortening the distance through microscopic wormholes and then using entangled quantum encryption, the galactic hegemon civilization covering the entire galaxy was connected into a single entity.

Moreover, there is absolutely no possibility of being hacked because quantum entanglement encryption is used. The transmitted information can only be intercepted, but cannot be deciphered or read. To read it, one would need to resort to a technology that violates the law of causality, such as "foresight".

All combat information of the entire civilization can be carried out in an orderly manner in virtual space.

In the face of war, this quantum network covering the entire galaxy is playing an extremely high role in warfare, issuing instructions from the upper levels to the lower levels in a very short time, and reporting feedback from the lower levels to the upper command in a very short time.

Thus, the entire Princeton civilization became a galactic-scale war machine.

"There are no signs of an enemy attack yet, so I think we can focus most of our energy on offense. Offense is the best defense."

"I agree with this point. We cannot allow the Babel bees to have the opportunity to attack our mother civilization. The technology of the Babel bees is far superior to that of our Princeton. If the Babel bees launch an attack, our mother civilization's industrial system will probably collapse."

"I propose expanding industry; the victory of the Mother Civilization requires more Star Factories."

The military industry of the Primton civilization has reached its maximum output, but the military industry that had exploded in production capacity in previous wars seems to be insufficient in the current war against the Babel swarm.

The fleet was lost too quickly, and the scale of the losses was enormous.

Often, as soon as the Princeton civilization opens the wormhole connecting the Babel Tower swarm's microcosm, fleets passing through the wormhole are wiped out one after another, followed by the collapse of the wormhole.

No matter how many fleets were deployed, the result was the same; it seemed to only prolong the time until total annihilation by about ten seconds.

(End of this chapter)