A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 226 These Civilizations Are Overly Suspicious

At this moment, Nanali is with the inter-universe civilization Tucker Superintelligence. Lu Shang arranged for her to visit various civilizations belonging to Tucker Superintelligence, and at the same time learn how they absorb and utilize these civilizations' techniques.

At this time, Nanali sent a message to Lu Shang because Tucker Superintelligence and the Cosmic Union had successively found a special coordinate at other cosmic ruins of the Unity Civilization.

"Really? There are results from the investigation of the other space colonies of the Unity Civilization?"

Lu Shang was not surprised. It was hard to say how strong these two were in combat, but in non-combat aspects, they could leave the bee swarm far behind.

Unfortunately, emerging civilizations like the Babel beehive are destined to have a level of non-combat technology application that can hardly compare to that of established civilizations.

However, none of that matters. If you have enough strength, established civilizations will naturally show you sufficient respect. You can simply ask them to do things for you during diplomatic exchanges.

Upon hearing Nanali mention the Unity Civilization, Lu Shang's eyelids twitched slightly. He calmly asked, "What are the plans of the Tucker Superintelligence and the Cosmic Union? Are they intending to open a wormhole based on the coordinates?"

"Yes, they hope to conduct joint exploration," Nanali replied.

Then, Nanali added, "I can't make that decision; you'll have to make it."

Lu Shang paused, frowning and stroking his chin, before finally giving the order to Nanali: "Reply to the Tucker Superintelligence and the member civilizations of the Cosmic Union that we, the Babel Swarm, have no objection to this joint exploration."

"OK."

After receiving clear instructions from Lu Shang, Nanali immediately sent Lu Shang's exact words to the Tucker Superintelligence and the Cosmic Union.

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In the Vorsotis Galaxy, the leader of a member civilization of the Star Alliance was staring blankly at the paper in his hand.

"This is..."

Paper agreements are very ancient things. After entering the interstellar age, the leaders of the Star Alliance had only heard of paper agreements but had never seen a real one.

Of course, this is mainly because they don't need such paper agreements, so they didn't specifically order their subordinates to create such things.

But here's the question: why would the Babel bees specifically use this kind of paper agreement to negotiate diplomatic affairs with these satellite civilizations?

Moston, appointed by the Hive to be in charge of diplomatic affairs for the Star River Alliance and other satellite civilizations, explained to the actual leaders of the satellite civilizations: "This is a development agreement proposed by the Hive based on the development status of the various civilizations in the Star River Alliance."

"Our Babel beehive is undergoing a development model reform, so that each satellite civilization can have its own universe where it can develop to its fullest potential. You will have the greatest opportunity for development."

The leader of a satellite civilization pondered for a moment and asked, "The universe... you mean a man-made microcosm, right? If it's a microcosm, its mass is limited. How can our satellite civilizations develop to their full potential?"

Moston retorted, "Who told you that the mass of a microcosm can't be on the same level as that of a regular universe?"

Then, it addressed the representatives of the other satellite civilizations: "Have you forgotten history? Isn't the current main universe of the Vorsotis Galaxy a miniature universe built by a swarm of bees?"

"By reaching this development agreement with the hive, you will gain everything you need for development, including time, resources, and space. What are you waiting for?"

The leaders of the satellite civilization looked at the paper agreement that Moston had given them over and over again, and they always felt that there was something wrong with the agreement.

Unfortunately, the entire agreement was in the best interests of the satellite civilization.

This has led to deep doubts among the leaders of various satellite civilizations about this matter.

After all, everyone knows that there is no free lunch in this world. The agreements set by the ruling civilization must first be in the interests of the ruling civilization, and only then can they, the satellite civilizations, benefit.

An agreement that only benefits satellite civilizations seems like a blatant trap.

Finally, a leader of the satellite civilization couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Respected swarm messenger, I have a question, may I ask it?"

"Go ahead and say it," said Mastermind Moston.

The leader of that satellite civilization said, "I don't see anything beneficial to the Babel Tower swarm in this development agreement. What price will we, the satellite civilizations, pay to the overlord civilization?"

"Or is it that the sect leader civilization has prepared another agreement that we are unaware of? Will they sign this one first, and then sign that other one later?"

Moston then belatedly realized why these satellite civilizations were in conflict, and immediately asked in dissatisfaction.

"Do you think our Tower of Babel beehive needs the deceptive tactics of your satellite civilizations?"

The leader of a satellite civilization quickly explained, "Please don't misunderstand, we simply don't believe that we are important enough for the overlord civilization to sacrifice its interests."

"As satellite civilizations, we will unconditionally support all decisions of the overlord civilization. We humbly request that the esteemed Tower of Babel bees frankly inform us, the satellite civilizations."

Ultimately, it all boils down to suspicion that the swarm, as the overlord civilization, has ulterior motives...

Moston really wanted to command a huge swarm of bee creatures to beat up all the rulers of these civilizations present.

However, it suppressed its anger because the interests of the group outweighed its individual anger.

Moston explained, "Have you heard of 'tech batteries'?"

"Technology is not a tree diagram. Discovering a certain law of the universe does not necessarily lead to the development of a certain technology, nor does developing one technology necessarily lead to the development of another. Not to mention that there are so many universes and many different physical laws, so there are even more technology trees that can be extended."

Upon hearing Moston's explanation, all the satellite civilizations were utterly horrified. They had never imagined using other civilizations as technological batteries; doing so was simply insane.

"Does this mean that the overlord civilization is using resources to catalyze the development of our satellite civilizations, allowing them to reach a very high level, and then discovering technologies that have not yet been developed?" A civilization representative asked Moston in an inquiring manner.

Moston replied, "That's right, that's exactly it."

Then Moston added, "You satellite civilizations can object to this, because such cooperation is meaningless if it's not voluntary on the part of that civilization."

"However, I must remind you that this is a shortcut for you to go beyond the universe and become an intergalactic civilization. Think it through before making a decision, so you don't regret it later."

The representatives of each satellite civilization were persuaded.

As Moston said, in the universe, strength is the only true principle that governs everything. If you don't want to live at the mercy of others, you must make yourself so strong that others can only look up to you.

Seeing that it was working, the mastermind, Moston, continued to persuade: "Based on my personal assessment of the pros and cons, the development agreement is beneficial to you and will not cause you any harm."

"In the vast ocean of the universe, the destruction of the universe occurs every moment. The Babel swarm is not invincible. Sooner or later, a powerful civilization will emerge that cannot protect you. At that time, even being affected by the swarm could lead to the destruction of your civilization. What will you do then?"

"Therefore, the right path is to strengthen one's own mother civilization."

Now, the various satellite civilizations stopped wavering and immediately issued their own diplomatic statements.

"On behalf of the Daya Federation, I agree to sign a development agreement with the overlord civilization, the Tower of Babel Bees."

"On behalf of the Molide Group, I agree to sign this development agreement."

"On behalf of..."

The sound of people signing up rose and fell, and after waiting for a while, no one seemed to be stopping.

After scanning the room, Moston confirmed that no one was resisting the person in charge. "Very good, you have made a rational choice."

(End of this chapter)