A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 45 This mastermind is too cautious

Lu Shang lay comfortably in a wooden rocking chair, next to a fireplace with a fire burning, and on a carpet.

The cave where he now lives has been renovated and is no longer the bare place it once was. The rock walls and floor have been smoothed and leveled by worker bees, making them no less beautiful than ceramic tiles.

Then, a batch of lights and electrical appliances purchased from the aliens were installed, making the entire cave bright and filled with the atmosphere of civilization.

When he feels bored, Lu Shang can lie on the sofa and watch the news on the alien civilization's projection TV.

Lying in the rocking chair, Lu Shang's thoughts drifted back to the time when he threatened the crystal Bahton a while ago.

Lu Shang couldn't help but laugh when he thought about the other party's reaction at the time. In fact, he just wanted to scare them a little.

Although Bahadun's crystals are too weak to pose much of a threat to the current Babel Tower bee swarm, they can still manage to harass the swarm if they are determined to do so. For example, some of the crystals can hide, while the rest can multiply wildly and launch continuous harassing attacks on the swarm.

The swarm is currently dealing with the Star Alliance, and doesn't have the resources to divert their strength to find and destroy all of Bahadun's crystals.

That's why Lu Shang specifically sought out Bahaduner for a friendly talk, not because he was bored, but to achieve his goal.

What do you mean by "last bit of goodwill"? Lu Shang isn't a saint, so where does this "goodwill" come from?

It's just the art of language.

The final result was not bad; Lu Shang could tell the answer from Bahadun's reaction.

The rocking chair swayed gently, and Lu Shang felt as if he had returned to Earth. Suddenly, a swarm of messages pulled him back to reality.

The information was delivered to Lu Shang by Nanali, the former ruler and current mastermind.

Lu Shang's originally carefree expression gradually became complicated.

He abruptly sat up in the rocking chair and asked, "When did this happen?"

"Just now," Nanali said.

The attacks on the various administrative planets of the Star River Alliance have been ongoing, but Lu Shang has delegated these repetitive operations to other mainframes.

Although the Star Alliance fleet was desperately trying to stop them, which slowed down their advance, they were still managing to maintain their progress.

Just moments ago, the planetary creatures arrived at their respective destination star systems, but they did not find their target administrative star, nor did they find the Star Alliance fleet that was desperately attacking them.

There is not a single man-made object in the entire star system.

"Don't panic, I expected this," Lu Shang said.

"As expected of you."

Nanali breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. It hated unexpected changes the most, and since the plan did not mention that the enemy administrative planet would also run away at faster-than-light speed, it was a little flustered.

If Nanali could read minds, she would realize that Lu Shang hadn't actually anticipated this...

Lu Shang wasn't a prophet who could foresee everything; he was just an ordinary person who couldn't predict the technological explosion of the Star River Alliance. It had only been a little over a year since the last black hole-induced attack was used on the battlefield.

In just over a year, the enemy completed an industrial revolution, enabling all administrative planets to rapidly develop planetary warp drives.

The key issue is that Lu Shang didn't choose to delve deeper into the information transmitted by the intelligence network; otherwise, he should have been able to detect it earlier than Nanali and the other masterminds.

But none of that matters, as long as Lu Shang can come up with a solution.

"Nanali, do you remember the psionic intelligence network that the Swarm used to spread out through infection?"

"The Star Alliance's administrative planets cannot maintain their faster-than-light escape forever; they will eventually stop. The psionic intelligence network we previously established can provide the swarm with the locations of those administrative planets. You and the other mainframes will each command a group of planetary creatures to ambush these administrative planets at a distance of one light-year."

"Once you're all in hiding, I'll contact the Star Alliance. As soon as I smash the cup, you'll immediately attack the administrative stars I've designated."

……

The Star River Alliance meeting was filled with the noisy discussions of representatives from various member factions.

"Thanks to the realization of nanotechnology, the alliance was able to complete such a massive project in such a short time."

"Fortress ships that used to exist only on paper are now being built thanks to the development of nanotechnology."

"Once the size of the fortress ships increases, the Allied forces' reliance on war machine groups will be significantly reduced."

"Those damned swarm creatures can no longer use their war machine swarms to hold back the Alliance forces."

Yes, the road is bumpy, but the future is bright. As long as the alliance doesn't stop, the road ahead can continue to extend...

Representatives from all member factions believed that the faster-than-light speed of the Administrative Star would be a historic moment, the beginning of the Star Alliance turning the tide of the war.

Without the concerns of logistics and the public, the Allied forces will certainly no longer hesitate to attack the bee swarm.

The meeting was in full swing, but the excitement suddenly cooled down after a pop-up window appeared.

"Report! Diplomatic communication request received from the Tower of Babel swarm!"

"Then let's accept it... wait, what did you just say? Whose diplomatic communication request?"

The chairman of the meeting was about to agree as was his habit, but he suddenly stopped halfway through his sentence, realizing who he was supposed to communicate with through diplomatic channels with the Star River Alliance.

The members of the group were filled with astonishment—the Babel Bee Swarm actually knew diplomacy?!

In response to the meeting chair's inquiry, the subordinate in the pop-up window answered in great detail: "The Babel swarm captured our ships on the battlefield and sent diplomatic communication requests to us through the ships' communication equipment. Should we forward this to the meeting?"

After some discussion, the Star Alliance meeting unanimously decided to establish diplomatic communications with the Babel Swarm.

They wanted to see what the Babel bee swarm was up to this time.

"Access," the conference director said.

Lu Shang quickly appeared in the center of the meeting. After glancing at the group of representatives, Lu Shang said, "Nice to meet you. My name is Lu Shang. I am here on behalf of the Beehive to conduct political negotiations with the Star River Alliance."

"You are Lu Shang, the mastermind behind that mutated bee swarm in the Dias Empire star system?"

Lu Shang nodded. "Yes, it's me."

The Diaz Empire scoffed with disgust, "You, the mastermind of a hive, can represent the entire Tower of Babel hive? Where is the hive's ruler?"

Lu Shang smiled meaningfully and said, "There are too many superfluous overlords in the hive. The hive will never have an overlord again."

"And I, as the commander-in-chief who has led the swarm operations to this point, am not qualified. Who is more qualified?"

These words shook the entire Star Alliance conference.

They had studied the Tower of Babel bee colony for so many years, and this was the first time they had ever seen a mastermind so disrespectful to the colony's ruler.

Moreover, from the other party's words, they vaguely understood that the Babel Tower bee swarm after the mutation seemed to have no leader, and the decision-maker who had been leading the bee creatures in the war against the alliance was the mastermind of the mutated bee swarm in front of them.

The alliance chairman asked, "Bee colony bioland entropy, what would you like to discuss with us?"

"Of course, we're discussing matters related to surrender," Lu Shang said.

The Banner Alliance sarcastically remarked, "Are you Babel bees trying to surrender?"

Lu Shang shook his finger and said, "No, no, no, it's not the bee swarm that wants to surrender, it's some members of your Star River Alliance who want to surrender."

As he spoke, Lu Shang turned his gaze to the group of representatives and then solemnly began to speak.

"Dias Empire, Banner Union, Inlunhai Kingdom, Manft Star Cluster, Transa Alliance, I, on behalf of the Babel Swarm, demand your immediate and unconditional surrender and full acceptance of the swarm's spore infection. Otherwise, the swarm will launch a devastating attack on all your administrative planets that have not yet surrendered."

The representatives who were named suddenly stood up from their seats and glared angrily at Lu Shang.

"You can't threaten the entropy of bee swarm biodiversity..."

Before the representative of the Diaz Empire could finish speaking, he suddenly choked up and could no longer speak, as did the other representatives.

They received information that all faster-than-light administrative planets of their mother civilization were being attacked by planetary lifeforms.

(End of this chapter)