A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 310 This mastermind is too much of a movie star

Lu Shang, playing the role of Fuwahu, breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought it was something else, but it turns out it refers to this. Isn't this something I could have guessed?"

The soldier on the right said, "Is this just a guess? Do you think you can believe what you're saying?"

Lu Shang replied matter-of-factly, "How is that unbelievable? You can put yourselves in their shoes. Imagine a bunch of your mortal enemies are closing in on you. What are they planning to do next? Does that even need complicated thinking? If they're not trying to form an encirclement, why don't they line up and head straight for the Nista Nebula battlefield?"

"However, it is very difficult to create an encirclement on the interstellar battlefield. Even if a large fleet is at a disadvantage, it can still enter faster-than-light speed in advance for a temporary strategic relocation."

"Therefore, such an encirclement is not very meaningful; at most, it can only capture a dilapidated battlefield position."

The two soldiers exchanged glances, briefly communicating their thoughts through eye contact.

Lu Shang pretended not to see it and continued, "Since it doesn't make much sense, why would the enemy do it? It can't be because the enemy is stupid, right? So I can only assume that the enemy has some way to prevent our fleet from strategically retreating through the gaps in the encirclement. That's the worst-case scenario."

The soldier on my right asked, "If it's just a guess, why were you so certain about it when you wrote it down and even sent an email to headquarters? Don't you think that's contradictory?"

"Is this a contradiction?"

Lu Shang replied with a strange look, "I am a freshman at the Academy. After leaving the Academy, I will be working in the military. I am confident that I can take a position in the General Headquarters as a staff officer or fleet commander with my own abilities.

"If that's the case, why can't I demonstrate my military capabilities to my future military superiors in advance? Do I have to wait until a military leader discovers my talent before I can put my military abilities to use? I don't want my future to be buried."

Looking at the two soldiers who seemed lost in thought because of his words, Lu Shang continued, "Even if I predicted wrong, and the situation on the front lines is completely different from what I wrote in that email, what have I lost? The military won't lose anything because of that email, will they? Besides, this is wartime. Military leaders have mountains of military affairs to deal with every day. Who would bother with a far-fetched email from a freshman at an academy? Wouldn't it be better to use that energy to quickly finish the work at hand?"

"From a moral, rational, and self-interested perspective, I was compelled to send this email. So, where does the contradiction lie?" Lu Shang asked earnestly.

"..."

The two soldiers from the general headquarters were completely speechless.

Yes, from a moral, logical, and practical standpoint, this freshman from the academy had every reason to send that email predicting the front-line battlefield, so it didn't seem like a big problem.

If everything is fine, then what does that mean?

If people in the past were like shining gold, then people now are like shining gold mines!

……

After the questioning, Lu Shang was invited to dinner by the two soldiers who had questioned him. Their attitude was surprisingly kind, a stark contrast to their aggressive attitude in the governor's office not long ago. It was as if they were not the same person at all, or perhaps a schizophrenic.

His attitude was so good, it was obviously to apologize. The two soldiers from the general headquarters understood that if this man joined the general headquarters, it wouldn't be surprising if he rose to the position of commander-in-chief.

Anyway, at worst he won't be that bad. With such extraordinary military talent, he'll definitely become a big shot in the military's top ranks that no one dares to mess with.

The best course of action is to resolve the conflict now.

On the other hand, with the plan progressing to this point, and with Lu Shang making contact with and intervening in the military affairs of the Prinka civilization, the swarm breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that they hadn't encountered any unexpected changes.

A medium being observing the front-line battlefield of the Pulinka civilization and other interstellar civilizations in space said, "The plan is finally nearing its end. Next, we'll eliminate the other troublesome civilizations."

After eliminating other interstellar civilizations, the Pulinka civilization will become the sole superpower. At that point, driven by self-interest, they will open a wormhole leading to an unknown spacetime bubble.

Then, the swarm can indirectly determine the situation inside that spacetime bubble by observing the situation of the Princau civilization.

Finally, the bee colony will take different actions depending on the situation.

If it's harmful to the bee colony, then kill it.

If it's beneficial to the bee colony, then take it.

Either way, the swarm wins.

As for what will happen to the Princa civilization, the Babel bees don't care; it's just a pH test strip used by the bees to probe the internal conditions of that unknown spacetime bubble.

One of the mother universes advised: "We cannot destroy those civilizations ourselves. We must let the chosen civilization 'naturally' eliminate the other troublesome civilizations."

"Yes, it must be natural and harmonious, without appearing abrupt," a worker bee agreed.

Although this is troublesome, it makes it appear that "everything was done by the Prinkia civilization itself," thus concealing the existence of the swarm.

The Babel bees, hidden behind the Principe civilization, were always able to maintain their initiative, able to attack or defend as needed.

Even if the unknown spacetime bubble truly contains the ultimate destruction that led to the demise of the Unity Civilization, the swarm has a choice: to fight or to temporarily make a strategic retreat.

As the swarm of bee creatures went over Lu Shang's plan again, one of the planetary creatures said, "By the way, the exploration swarm sent a message that they seem to have discovered traces of the Nanali mainframe."

"Huh? Why use 'seems'?" a certain mother universe asked, puzzled.

The planetary creature replied, "Because I only sensed psionic energy, I'm not sure if it's them."

A beehive incubating worker bees wondered, "Is this another case like Moston's?"

"That's hard to say," the planetary creature said.

The swarm obeyed Lu Shang's commands. The situation on the Pulinka civilization's side had entered the latter half of the plan, and Nanali, who had been searching, had made some new discoveries. Therefore, one of the swarm's creatures asked, "How is Lu Shang's mainframe handling Nanali's situation?"

The planetary creature inhabiting Lu Shang's main body replied, "He said that we need to investigate first and then act according to the situation. The swarm's current focus is still on the Pulinka civilization. The things inside the unknown spacetime bubble need to be confirmed, and the swarm also needs to maintain a certain level of combat power. We cannot relax our vigilance regarding matters related to ultimate destruction."

"Let the medium creatures search for Nanali slowly. Anyway, they've been separated for so long, if she was going to die, she would have died long ago, and if she's not, she won't die anytime soon."

The planetary creature repeated the landing entropy's words verbatim, without embellishment, because that was the instruction being conveyed.

If it were a human, or a Plinka, they would think that the person who said such a thing was probably not very humane, but the bee swarms found it perfectly normal, as the Tower of Babel bees have always done.

"Yes, that's true," one of the worker bees agreed.

(End of this chapter)