Chapter 413: The Gears of History

The thirty-fifth colonial planet --- New Shanxi.

Standing in front of the porthole, Li Longcheng looked faintly at the ruins of the ruined colony outside the window—this is the trace after the first battle between humans and the Turians. Their colony was attacked by the Turians and occupied, and then The Federation fought back, retaking the colony planet from the Turians.

But now, this place is still a dilapidated scene, and the reclamation and construction that used to be in full swing have completely disappeared at this moment. In order to escape those terrible alien invaders, most people fled back to their home planet. Because of this, the usually bustling colony has now become like a ghost town, and all this is due to an invasion, an attack from an alien race.

"Look here."

Li Longcheng pointed out the window.

"This is the humiliation brought to us by those barbarians, and we will never surrender."

"But that guy John doesn't think so."

Hearing Li Longcheng's words, an old man sitting beside him chuckled.

"They have long been accustomed to bowing their knees, and they simply don't understand what a unified civilization needs. It's no wonder that since the disintegration of the Roman Empire, there has always been a chaotic battlefield."

"That's right."

Li Longcheng nodded. As the representative of the main combat faction of the Star Alliance, he has always been under a lot of pressure.

Especially since they finally abandoned the restrictions between countries and formed a unified human civilization star alliance after they discovered alien forces.

But on many issues, Li Longcheng felt that he was out of step with his colleagues in the West.

Just like this time.

The Turians attacked their fleet without warning, raiding their colonies. As a representative, Li Longcheng insisted on going to war with him and beating him painfully. After all, the long history of their civilization has already told Li Longcheng that in the face of the barbarian invasion, there is no other way to go except to stand up and fight.

However, that group of Western representatives did not think so. They did not value human dignity, but only benefits. In their view, the war with aliens is an opportunity. They can take advantage of this platform to make the Star Federation become the number one force in the entire galaxy.

Li Longcheng was not surprised by this. After all, the West has always been like this. When they want to integrate into a certain circle, any humiliation and loss are worth it. It's like a rich man who wants to be an honored nobleman. However, this is clearly the opposite of what he thought. However, for that group of white skins, they obviously don't care about their losses.

In their view, taking the initiative to show their friendship can make these aliens have a good impression of human beings, and thus join the opponent's camp. But in Li Longcheng's view, even if he wanted to negotiate a peace, he had to be begged by the other party, so that he could win the initiative.

Of course, it's not that they don't understand this truth, and Li Longcheng is also very clear about the reason why they don't do this.

New Shanxi is the territory of the Asian League to which Li Longcheng belongs, not the colonial planet of the Peaceful Party, so for those white guys, this is not their loss, so they don't feel bad about it, and they may even secretly celebrate Woolen cloth. That's why they used the excuse of "for all mankind" to coerce the Asian League to swallow this breath, and even hoped that by taking this opportunity, the influence of the Asian League would be greatly weakened.

But it is different for Li Longcheng, although human beings have formed a unified star alliance. However, there are still factional disputes internally, and the battle between the former Asian League and NATO has never stopped. Now that the power of the Asian League has been damaged, NATO wants to take the opportunity to take over. Politics... has always been a headache.

However, it also takes courage to persevere in war.

Because what they were facing was not only the Turians, but also the allied force behind the Turians—the Council of God's Citadel.

Just a few days ago, the Citadel Council sent representatives to the Star Alliance, and they showed humans a picture completely beyond their imagination—a force formed by a dozen powerful alien races in the huge galaxy , and they come here to mediate, and hope that the Star Federation will also join in with human beings as representatives.

Faced with this invitation, the Lord Peace faction was ecstatic, but Li Longcheng's expression was gloomy. He knew very well that what the representatives of the Citadel Council brought was not mediation, but a threat—if the Star Alliance really wanted to reject the proposal of the Citadel Council, it meant that they would form an alliance with more than a dozen alien races. The huge forces completely tore apart their faces and went to war.

is it worth it

The Zhuhe faction keeps talking about the survival of mankind, but what is the survival of mankind?

Live like a beggar? Or die like a hero?

Without dignity, what is the value of human beings in this universe? Just begging for a job?

Dignity is not free.

But once the war starts, the loss of life will be imminent.

The Zhuhe faction questioned Li Longcheng more than once.

Is it worth fighting for the dignity of nothingness and letting human beings die in the war?

does it worth?

This question seemed really funny to Li Longcheng.

Of course it's worth it.

A unified civilization has never been polite, iron and blood are its fuel. Without the strength to resist the enemy, how can we talk about prosperity?

If they can't hurt each other, how can they know how to respect human beings?

The carrier-based plane landed steadily on the ground, Li Longcheng looked back and stood up.

This time, he came here not just for the past, but for the future.

the future of mankind.

"Order the fleet to stand by above."

"yes."

However, Li Longcheng didn't see it. Not long after he entered the base, the fleet hovering outside the planet quietly left.

And all of this, of course, cannot escape Duanmuhuai's eyes.

"Look, how stupid."

Duanmuhuai looked at the screen in front of him and pouted.

"Humanity's enemy is now, but they are still fighting?"

"Why do we have to start a war......"

Eclair sighed helplessly, while Duanmuhuai glanced at her.

"In order to tell others that you are not easy to mess with, whether it is a country, a civilization or a person, it is the same, or when someone harasses you next time, you should not fight back but wash yourself for nothing and take the initiative to send it to your door? "

"Well……………"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Ecclestone was speechless.

"It's not the same thing..."

"That's the same thing. Think about it carefully. Other people's goal is just your body. If you resist, it will kill you instead. Then you just lie flat and let the other party enjoy it? Risking your life for your own meaningless dignity?"

"Uh... this..."

Eclair was dripping with sweat, not knowing how to refute, and in the end, she chose to raise her hands in surrender.

"Okay I'm sorry."

"However, no matter how powerful this civilization is, it is impossible to defeat so many alien races."

An also raised her own doubts. As a princess, although the scientific and technological civilization is far apart, when it comes to the political level, there will not be much change in a few thousand years.

"Indeed, it is unrealistic to want to completely eliminate it, especially in the current situation of this civilization. But the problem is that the other party must be hurt. Only in this way, they will know that human beings are not easy to mess with, not you An answerer who says what he says is what he says. In this regard, a firm attitude and a firm will are necessary."

Duanmuhuai stared at the screen silently. The second reason why he chose to intervene was that Duanmuhuai wanted to cooperate with this civilization. After all, both the Guardian Civilization and the UNSC belonged to the kind that couldn’t take care of themselves. On the contrary, the Star Alliance not only has advanced technology, but also has online military capabilities. If you can cooperate with them, the natural benefits are stronger than other civilizations. many.

The only problem is that bunch of stupid bureaucrats who are no different from the Southern Song Dynasty... It depends on whether it can be saved this time.

While the group was discussing, suddenly, from the depths of the dark universe, a battleship quietly drilled out, it stopped at the edge of the planet, and then saw several transport planes emerging from it, heading towards the colonial base direction to fly.

The dilapidated colonial base seemed unaware of the arrival of these transport planes. I saw these transport planes parked not far from the colonial base, and then the hatch opened, and then a group of aliens wearing space armor and armed with weapons came out of it. get out. They have green skin, locust-like heads and four eyes.

"Battarian, well, that's not surprising."

Seeing this, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, he still knew the race of this alien alliance very well. In this alien alliance, Asari, Salari, and Turian are the "permanent members" and have the greatest power in the entire alliance council. Asari is good at solving political disputes, Salari is good at scientific research, and Turian is a military expert.

Among the other races, the Batarians are the most unpopular. This is a cosmic rogue race. When the Batarians are mentioned, everyone's first impression is criminals—— um, The only one with a worse reputation than them is Wocha.

In fact, in the game, most of the people who attacked the human frontier were criminals funded by the Batarians. Moreover, the Batarians actually hated humans very much, so their appearance here was not beyond Duanmuhuai's expectation.

Duanmuhuai can even be sure that behind this mission, there must be the acquiescence and support of the representatives of the three major races of the God's Castle Council. It is a pity that no one from the three major races came forward this time, otherwise he would be able to grasp this point , so that the three major races will bleed.

But Batary..... better than nothing.

Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai tidied up his outfit.

"Okay, everyone, let's go."