A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 81 The Swarm's Collective Choice of Silence

The native civilizations in the Mesa Galaxy once again dispatched their respective civilization agents to convene a civilization conference.

However, this time the meeting was no longer about the final battle against the Crystal Monster and the Void God, but about how to develop the two technologies of microcosm and wormhole.

Because it was related to scientific research, the Mesa Mechanical Corps had a very high say in the conference, and their scientific achievements were the highest among all the civilizations present.

Moreover, their scientific research capabilities are far superior to those of other civilizations.

So the meeting eventually turned into a discussion about how much resources to allocate to the Mesa Mechanical Corps, with the Mesa Mechanical Corps taking the lead in gathering the scientific research power of all civilizations to break through the two technologies of microcosm and wormhole.

"Creating black holes isn't the problem, but wormholes are. We lack data to support this type of spacetime configuration, and..."

The muffled voice of the Mesa Mechanical Corps' agent emanated from the mechanical body.

The agent from the Kingdom of Thyssen said impatiently, "Get to the point, time is precious."

The Mesa Mechanized Corps' agent said, "We lack resources and experimental data."

After some discussion, the representative of the Kingdom of Thyssen made the first statement.

"Our Kingdom of Thyssen will fully support you."

"I can represent Shalan and provide experimental support to your Mesa Mechanical Corps," the Shalan civilization's representative stated.

……

After each civilization made its statement, the representatives of those civilizations turned their attention to the representatives of those civilizations that had not yet made their statements.

The agent of the Banassis Empire rose to leave.

"Where are you going, agent of the Banassis Empire?" asked the agent from the Kingdom of Thyssen.

The Banassis Empire's representative said, "This meeting has nothing to do with our empire. I thought it was about how to fight the Babel swarm, but it turns out it's about how to escape."

"The meeting organizer should have informed me of this in advance, so I wouldn't have to make a special trip here."

The representative of the Shalan civilization retorted with dissatisfaction, "Does your Banassis Empire believe you have a chance of winning?"

The act of isolating the entire Mesa Galaxy is nothing short of a miracle. Compared to that, the massive invasion of the Crystal Monsters from outer galaxies is like a gentle greeting.

The Shalan civilization did not believe that the Babel Tower swarm, which broadcast gravitational waves throughout the entire galaxy, was an entity they could contend with, even if they gathered all the civilizations native to the galaxy!

The Banassis Empire's representative scoffed, "Is this a matter of chance? Did those civilizations that fought against the Crystal Monsters have a good chance of winning?"

"The Mesa Galaxy is the home of our Banathis Empire, and we will never allow an alien civilization to claim it for ourselves."

As he spoke, the Banassis Empire looked at the civilization representatives who had not yet chosen to speak, and then solemnly appealed: "Gentlemen, we should give time to civilization, not civilization to time. If it is only to extend the lifespan of civilization, we can simply send the entire civilization into the great black hole at the center of the galaxy and spend the long years under its protection."

"But is that meaningful? We should fight that Tower of Babel swarm to the very end! Just like we crushed the Void God and his crystal monsters!"

Many civilization agents responded to the call of the Banassis Empire.

Indeed, what interstellar civilization has no dignity? Not to mention resisting the galactic invaders and surrounding their galactic home that nurtured their civilization.

This is not a question of whether we can win or not, but a matter of having to fight.

For a time, the escape faction and the pro-war faction engaged in a fierce argument.

Some of the civilization's agents felt that this was not working, so they suggested: "Perhaps the situation is not yet at its worst. We can try to communicate with the Babel bees first, declare our ownership of the Mesa system, and ask them to leave the Mesa system and go elsewhere."

"Do you think this will be useful?" the representative of the war-loving civilization, led by the Banassis Empire, asked rhetorically.

The person who proposed it retorted, "Whether it works or not, we have to try it. What if it does?"

"What gives you the right to draw conclusions about something that hasn't even been resolved yet?"

At the end of the meeting, opinions were not unified, but they were roughly divided into three factions: one faction advocated escape and scientific research and development of wormhole and microcosm technology, while the other faction advocated war and insisted on fighting the Babel beehive to the end for the dignity and sovereignty of civilization.

The last faction was the diplomats, who believed that communication should be attempted first, and only if communication failed should they consider whether to advocate for war or to flee.

……

"A communication request?"

When Nunnally learned of the communication request from the planetary beings, the native civilization of the galaxy had sent her a message, because from the very beginning of Project Swarm, no one had considered that a civilization would choose to communicate with the swarm.

After all, communication could easily expose information about one's own civilization, and the swarm had already made its intentions clear in the gravitational wave information, so it's unlikely that any other civilization would choose to communicate.

The native civilization of the galaxy did not know where the Babel swarm was hiding. They dispatched all of their fleets, which sailed separately, departing at faster-than-light speeds within a light-year's distance, and then broadcasting their radio requests to communicate.

After thinking about it, Nanali felt that there was no need to bother Lu Shang with such a small matter; it could make the decision itself.

"Those civilizations that want to communicate, have they developed wormhole technology or microcosm technology?" Nunnally asked.

After gathering the information, the planetary creature replied, "Probably not. If it was developed recently, the scouts deployed should be able to detect the experimental phenomena. Moreover, if these civilizations possess this kind of technology, they should be able to openly display it to increase their confidence in communicating with the bee colony."

"So those civilizations have become so powerful that the swarm can't defeat them?" Nanali then asked.

The planetary beings replied, "In that case, the swarm would have long been unable to maintain the isolation between this galaxy and the main universe."

Nanali asked, "Why would the bees need to communicate with them?"

"In this universe, everything originates from matter, and matter is the foundation of everything. Everything should be explained by physics. These civilizations are clearly not qualified to communicate with the swarm. They are just some small civilizations and don't need to be taken too seriously."

Yes, they are just some insignificant little civilizations.

Even after the exploration fleet traversed the entire Mesa system, they still hadn't received the feedback from the Babel swarm that these civilizations had anticipated.

No complicated thinking is needed; silence is the best answer.

The third civilization, which had been wavering after the meeting of the native civilizations of the galaxy, quickly made a choice between the two factions: those advocating war and those advocating escape.

Regardless of the nature of these civilizations, some life forms that were originally in the Mesa system are indeed now safe.

In a void 533 million light-years away from the Vorsotis galaxy, a cluster of crystals stretching for hundreds of thousands of kilometers has gathered, resembling a natural meteorite belt from a distance.

"Thank you, my Lord... for saving Bahadur..."

Bahadun was incredibly relieved that after receiving and reading the gravitational wave broadcast, he confirmed that the information came from the Tower of Babel beehive.

The Void God then had it gather a sufficiently large crystal, and then opened a tiny wormhole, allowing it to escape the galaxy that had become a prison.

Otherwise, Bahadun couldn't even imagine how the bee colony would treat it next.

The Void God had no time to listen to Bahadun's gratitude; it was still reeling from the shock of the Babel bee swarm.

It learned from Bahadun that the Babel swarm could use psionic energy to throw black holes, dismantle stars, and multiply its numbers.

The Void God wasn't too afraid of this, because these things were hard to truly threaten it, including black holes. However... Bahadun didn't tell it that the Babel swarm could also warp spacetime to create miniature universes!

If you can create a microcosm, you can naturally create a frozen cycle of reincarnation!

The Void God no longer wants to experience the Frozen Cycle again!

Bahadun, did you deliberately keep it a secret from me?

(End of this chapter)