A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 193 Physical Diplomacy is Too Convenient

The universe is enormous in both size and mass, and it operates under the same physical rules as the attacking swarm that governs the universe. This factor led the swarm to immediately regard the universe as a hostile force.

Under Lu Shang's orders, the group of cosmic organisms that were exploring attempted to get close to the universe in order to obtain some internal information about it by attaching themselves to the outer membrane of the universe.

However, before the swarm of cosmic life forms could get close to their destination, they were attacked by an unknown force.

The attack was swift; the cosmic creatures didn't even have time to put up a fight or offer any resistance before they all perished.

Meanwhile, the Babel swarm only realized that the enemy had launched a terrifying attack on its cosmic creatures after the cosmic beings suddenly disconnected from the swarm network.

"Let's tentatively name this universe 'Mega Universe'."

"Many things about the mega-universe are still unknown, but some things are certain: there is at least one powerful civilization in the mega-universe whose technological capabilities are no weaker than those of the Cosmic Union."

"They already have the ability to set up a warning line outside the universe and accurately and effectively destroy the swarm of cosmic organisms that are exploring the universe. They have at least mastered technologies such as wormholes and the creation of cosmic entities."

"Regarding the size of the mega-universe, if the unknown enemy that plundered the mass of the swarm universe truly originated from the mega-universe, then a significant portion of that universe's mass was very likely plundered from other universes..."

Lu Shang shared with the group of masterminds some information about civilizations within the giant universe that he had analyzed from current military intelligence.

The civilization in this vast universe is arguably the most powerful civilization the Babel swarm has encountered so far.

The civilizations that can be compared to them are those of the members of the Cosmic Union, and they may even be stronger than those members of the Union.

After all, the member civilizations of the Cosmic Union lost their thirst for knowledge due to the unknown attack, resulting in the direct elimination of their overall development potential, and now they can only live off their past achievements.

The giant universe is different. The development potential of the civilizations within it still exists. At least the swarm has not seen any intelligence indicating that the native civilizations within the giant universe have collectively lost their thirst for knowledge, and their development potential has been directly cut off.

Listening to Lu Shang's analysis, the group of mainframes agreed, with mainframe Grana stating, "Indeed, the swarm's current strength is insufficient to fight such an enemy."

Lu Shang, who was still explaining, suddenly paused, looking puzzled and confused, and asked, "Who told you we can't fight an enemy like this right now?"

Grana was also taken aback. "Huh? The swarm now has enough strength to fight against the native civilizations of the mega-universe?"

The other mainframes were also somewhat confused. It seemed that the native civilization of the mega-universe was no weaker than the cosmic union.

No, it should be said that it is many times more powerful than the Cosmic Union.

How can a bee colony compete with such a super behemoth?

Has the mass of a mega-universe never been spied on by other universes? It certainly has.

But how has it managed to maintain this level of scale and stability? It's because of its strength.

For a giant universe to maintain this level of size in the cosmic ocean, the indigenous civilizations within it must possess terrifying strength.

Lu Shang was certainly aware of all this, but his thinking remained unchanged.

"If the swarm can't handle it, we can call on others to help," Lu Shang said.

"Those members of the Cosmic Union?" the mastermind asked rhetorically, but then objected, "If the main universe hadn't been attacked by an external enemy, the likelihood of them intervening wouldn't have been very high."

The Cosmic Union is a loosely organized, defensive entity formed to allow civilizations with the power to surround the universe to help each other and jointly safeguard the stable existence of the universe.

As for attacking other universes, plundering mass, or dominating other universes, the member civilizations of these cosmic alliances neither support nor oppose it, basically maintaining a non-participatory attitude.

Especially now, the development potential of each member civilization in the Cosmic Union has been cut off. Civilization development is like rowing against the current; if you don't advance, you perish. If they are forced to get involved in a cosmic war that has little to do with the main universe, and their opponents are even more terrifying than them, they will have little interest in joining in.

Lu Shang had naturally considered these things, but the Cosmic Union was not included in his strategic thinking.

Relying on mountains will lead to their collapse, relying on people will lead to their departure, relying on oneself is the most down-to-earth way.

"I never expected them to participate in this strategy against the enemy," Lu Shang said.

Lu Shang's words left the main AI members even more confused.

After careful consideration, they realized that apart from powerful cosmic alliances, only the Star Alliance remained as a viable alternative.

Are they hoping the Star Alliance will also join the war?

It's not that the mainframes look down on the Star Alliance; given the technological capabilities of those satellite civilizations, on the scale of cosmic warfare, there's not much difference between participating and not participating.

It doesn't really help the bee colony anyway.

So Kasha asked, "What should we do? Who can the swarm bring along to fight?"

Lu Shang replied, "Naturally, it's other civilizations. The universe is full of universes, and what the universe is full of is civilizations composed of intelligent beings."

Nanali paused for a moment, then replied, "Diplomatic processing takes a lot of time."

Lu Shang: ? ? ?

This time, Lu Shang was a little confused. "...Nanali, what does this have to do with diplomacy?"

Nanali asked curiously, "Isn't the goal to have civilizations from other universes unite with the swarm?"

Lu Shang rolled his eyes as usual. "How could such an inefficient way of civilizational negotiation possibly be applicable to interstellar warfare? When it comes to inter-civilizational politics and diplomacy, it will just be another endless round of wrangling."

Nunnally began to understand. "So, your strategy doesn't require diplomacy with civilizations in other universes?"

Lu Shang said, "That's right, no need. Why bother with logic when you can explain things using physics?"

"We don't even speak the same language, and our thought processes are different. We also have to consider whether contact might trigger other intergalactic wars, and so on."

Subsequently, Lu Shang explained his strategic plan to the various masterminds.

In fact, Lu Shang's strategic plan is the same one that the G Universe once used against the Cosmic Union. It involves randomly opening wormholes everywhere, deliberately provoking and angering civilizations in other universes, causing them to launch a counterattack through the wormholes. In this way, the native civilization of the giant universe will clash head-on with the civilizations of other universes.

What the swarm does is to constantly create such contradictions for the native civilizations of the vast universe.

Strength is always relative. There is always someone stronger than you, and in the vast universe, there will always be civilizations more powerful than this one.

If the swarm can make good use of this point, attract enough hatred to the mega-universe, and expose the coordinates of the mega-universe to more powerful civilizations, the collapse of the mega-universe will only be a matter of time.

(End of this chapter)