Chapter 897: Curtain Fall |
“Just as you said, my existence has already been exposed.” Xiao Yu said to the Architectural Civilization, “After breaking away from acting alone and gathering into large and small power groups, they will possess strict organization and reliable channels for obtaining intelligence. Under such circumstances, the blockade I am carrying out hundreds or thousands of light years away can no longer remain hidden. This starry sky has now calmed down. I am certain they are now concentrating on discussing how to escape from here…”
“Even though the Virtual Life Civilization’s power has been greatly reduced, in terms of overall strength they are still no match for you, but you still do not have the confidence to annihilate them completely, do you? They have already begun acting according to reason. They have already realized that they cannot continue consuming themselves internally. They know that at this moment, the most important thing is to unite and first break through your blockade… So at this time, what should you do?”
“In truth, to put it bluntly, there is no reason these groups absolutely must attack each other.” the Architectural Civilization continued. “Wars happen because resources are insufficient. And as long as they break through your blockade and reach other galaxies, resources can be said to be endless. In the era of chaos, they had no ability to break through your blockade, so they could only seize from within their own civilization. Now, this situation has been changed…”
“From this perspective, they can even be regarded as a community of shared interests. Breaking through your blockade is the greatest interest. And because of this interest, they will definitely unite. Thirty billion ships… how will you stop them?” the Architectural Civilization asked.
“The formation of these separatist power groups is precisely the foundation for carrying out a united breakthrough of my blockade.” Xiao Yu answered with a smile. “Then, as long as these power groups are broken apart again and made to fall once more into melee, would that not solve the problem? I do not believe that after experiencing another great chaos, many of these power groups could still remain… Just watch.”
Each separatist power group was equivalent to a small Virtual Life Civilization. They adopted the same social model as when Virtual Life Number One still existed. Within one separatist power, there existed a main body, while inside the other ships, construction bases, and detectors were all its replicates. So now, as long as Xiao Yu once again killed the main bodies of these approximately one thousand five hundred separatist powers, they would inevitably fall into chaos once more.
“But how are you going to kill these approximately one thousand five hundred main bodies? Inside their own power groups, they are all under the strictest protection, and if you launch a large-scale attack, they will immediately unite and counterattack you. The decisive battle will erupt ahead of time. Could it be… you intend to use those replicates you turned before as the breakthrough point? But after such a long period of chaos, how many of them could still remain, and besides, can you completely control them?” the Architectural Civilization asked with some concern.
“You are thinking too naively.” Xiao Yu said with a smile. “Although they clearly know that at this time they should unite together to deal with me… the suspicion and cracks caused by more than ten years of conflict are not so easily erased. Just a little chaos, just a little chaos will be enough…”
As Xiao Yu spoke, he issued an order in his mind.
At this moment, these more than one thousand five hundred power groups had all gathered together. They were discussing matters related to uniting together to break through Xiao Yu’s blockade.
“But… how much basis of mutual trust is there between you? Although all of you know this meeting is dictated by the greater situation, you still have no choice but to remain on guard, guarding against being devoured by your enemies. You must know, as long as you are destroyed, then those ships in your power group that you executed the die together strategy upon will become ownerless objects, and whoever devours this power will greatly increase their own strength. Here, every main body has a string stretched taut in its heart. The chaos now will be like a bomb whose fuse has suddenly been lit, and the situation will immediately fall into disorder.”
“That alone is still not enough. They will soon discover the truth behind these events. If there are no follow-up actions, then the chaos here will quickly subside. However… since I started this chaos, how could I allow it to subside just like that? Let me show you what kind of things I have built over these past few years…”
A new order was issued. Several hundred million warships quietly left their station and approached the chaotic battlefield in an extremely concealed manner. The appearance of these warships completely did not conform to Xiao Yu’s construction style. Instead, they looked exactly the same as the warships of the Virtual Life Civilization.
In this extremely short period of time, these warships, belonging to Xiao Yu yet bearing the appearance of the enemy, mixed into the chaotic battlefield and completely disappeared.
“Make this chaos as great as possible… then amid the chaos, kill all one thousand five hundred main bodies, let these thirty billion warships once again fall into complete chaos… As long as they go through one more such chaos and then one more such developmental process, their total number of warships will drop to below two billion. At that time, I will have the ability to wipe them all out in one sweep.” Xiao Yu said, “This is my entire plan. Very fortunately, my plan has been carried out up to now without any mistakes. This vast empire, the Virtual Life Civilization, has, through my step-by-step execution of this plan, been forced step by step into a dead end by me.”
“In the end, the Virtual Life Civilization still has a gap compared with me. The facts prove that I am the highest-level existence, that my form of existence is the most excellent, is it not?” Xiao Yu murmured to himself.
These several hundred million warships of Xiao Yu were the most powerful force on the battlefield at this moment. It must be known that before this, the ‘warlord’ with the greatest number of warships had only a little over one hundred million warships. This basically meant that Xiao Yu could do whatever he wished here.
Because these thirty billion warships were not a single whole… They each had their own thoughts, their own interests, they were mutually suspicious, doubtful, and distrustful of one another…
Xiao Yu first destroyed the main bodies of several of the smallest powers. Thus, some replicates under their command gained freedom. They immediately became independent existences, and based on their own interests, they began seizing those ownerless warships. As a result, the chaos further erupted, and their existence also threatened the other larger power groups, because their attacks did not distinguish between enemy and ally. Under such circumstances, the warships of the other power groups were also restrained. So Xiao Yu’s fleet gained the advantage once again.
“I have already destroyed more than seven hundred main bodies. More than one-third of the warships have once again become independent individuals. Under the present circumstances, they simply do not have the ability to think about so much of the greater picture. They can only put their own survival first.” Xiao Yu said, “The situation is already beyond saving. No one can calm this chaos anymore.”
The Architectural Civilization merely stared blankly at all of this, not knowing what it was thinking. Perhaps it had been shocked.
“Alright, all the main bodies have already been destroyed by me. All the warships here have fallen into chaos. The warships belonging to me are also joining together in full force to eliminate the other warships, and they themselves are also attacking one another… Mm, my plan has been successfully completed. This was a very simple matter.” Xiao Yu said with a smile.
Xiao Yu knew that the Virtual Life Civilization would once again go through the previous chaotic situation. They would once again gradually form small groups, the small groups would merge with each other into larger groups, and in the end they would once again form large-scale ‘warlord powers.’ However, during such a process, a large number of warships would be consumed. In the previous chaos, the total number of warships in the Virtual Life Civilization had dropped from more than one hundred billion to thirty billion, and in this chaos, it was estimated that their total number of warships would drop from thirty billion to below two billion…
Time slowly passed. In the blink of an eye, several more years went by.
“Their chaos has already subsided, and new power groups have appeared once again. This time… hm, around two thousand main bodies have appeared. The larger ones have five million warships, the smaller ones have fewer than one hundred thousand warships. The total number of warships is 2.3 billion. The number is slightly beyond my estimate, but it does not matter.”
“It is time to carry out the final step of the plan. After several hundred years of war, the entire Virtual Life Civilization has finally been destroyed.” Xiao Yu sighed inwardly. “It is time to end the matter here.”
The several tens of billions of warships belonging to Xiao Yu no longer made any attempt to hide. They openly formed an encirclement, then sailed toward this stretch of starry sky.