Chapter 414 The Gears of History
Collection Planet No. 35 - New Shanxi.
Standing in front of the porthole, Li Longcheng looked faintly at the ruins of the colony outside the window - this was the trace of the first time humans fought against the Turi people. Their colony was attacked by the Turi people and occupied. Then the Star Alliance counterattacked and recaptured the colonial planet from the Turi people.
Now, this place is still a dilapidated scene. The once vigorous reclamation and construction have disappeared completely at this moment. In order to escape the terrible alien invaders, most of them fled back to their home planet. It is also because of this that the usual lively colony has now become like a ghost town, and all this comes from an invasion, an attack from an alien race.
“Look at this.”
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 next to him smiled.
"They have long been used to servitude and do not understand at all what a unified civilization needs. It is no wonder that since the disintegration of the Roman Empire, it has always been a chaotic battlefield."
“That’s right.”
Li Longcheng nodded. As the representative of the Star League''s main battle faction, he has been under a lot of pressure.
Especially since they discovered alien forces, they finally abandoned restrictions between countries and formed a unified star alliance of human civilizations.
But on many issues, Li Longcheng felt that he was out of place with his Western colleagues.
Just like this time.
The Turi attacked their fleet without warning and attacked their colonies. As a representative, Li Longcheng firmly demanded to go to war with him and beat him up. After all, their long history of civilization has told Li Longcheng that in the face of the invasion of barbarians, there is no other way to go except to rise up and fight.
However, those Western representatives do not think so. They do not value human dignity, but only benefits. In their opinion, the war with aliens is an opportunity. They can use this platform to make Star Alliance jump into the top-ranking forces in the entire Milky Way.
Li Longcheng is not surprised by this. After all, this has always been the case in the West. 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 become a nobleman. However, this is obviously in a completely different way from his thoughts. However, for those white skins, they obviously would not care about their losses.
In their opinion, taking the initiative to show friendship can make these aliens have a good impression of humans and join the other party''s camp. But in Li Longcheng''s view, even if we want to negotiate peace, the other party must ask for it, so that we can gain the initiative.
Of course, they don’t understand this principle, and Li Longcheng is also very clear about the reason why he doesn’t do this.
New Shanxi is the territory of the Asian League to which Li Longcheng belongs, not a colonial planet of the peace faction. Therefore, for those white guys, this is not their loss, so they don’t feel sorry for them. They might even celebrate secretly. That''s why they used the excuse of "for all mankind" to coerce the Asian League to swallow this breath, and even hoped to take this opportunity to greatly weaken the influence of the Asian League.
But it is different for Li Longcheng, although humans form a unified star couplet. However, there are still factional disputes within, and the former battle between the Asian League and NATO has not stopped. At present, the Asian Alliance forces are damaged, but NATO wants to take the opportunity to take office. Politics... has always been a headache.
However, it also takes courage to persevere in war.
Because they are not only facing the Turi people, but also the allied force behind the Turi people - the Divine Castle Council.
Just a few days ago, the Divine Castle Council sent representatives to the Star Covenant. They showed humans a picture that was completely beyond their imagination - a force composed of more than a dozen powerful alien races in the huge Milky Way, and they came here to mediate, and hoped that the Star Covenant would also join in with humans as representatives.
Faced with this invitation, the Lord and the Peace Sect were ecstatic, but Li Longcheng''s face was gloomy. He knew very well that the representatives of the Divine Castle Council did not bring mediation, but threats. If Star Alliance really wanted to reject the Divine Castle Council''s proposal, it meant that they would completely break up with the huge forces composed of more than a dozen alien races to start a war.
Is this worth it?
The Lords and Peace keep saying the survival of mankind, but what is the survival of mankind?
Living like a beggar? Or die like a hero?
Without dignity, what value does human beings have in this universe? Is it just a simple begging for life?
Dignity does not come at no cost.
But once the war begins, the suffering of life is coming.
The peace faction questioned Li Longcheng more than once.
Is it worth going to war for the illusory dignity and letting mankind die in the war?
Is it worth it?
This question seems really funny to Li Longcheng.
Of course it''s worth it.
A unified civilization has never been gentle and kind, iron and blood are its fuel. Without the mighty power to resist the enemy, how can we talk about the prosperity?
If they can''t beat the other party in pain, how can they know how to respect humans?
The carrier-based aircraft landed steadily on the ground, and Li Longcheng withdrew his gaze 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 did not see it. Shortly after he entered the base, the fleet wandering outside the planet left quietly.
And of course all this cannot escape Duanmu Huai''s eyes.
"Look, it''s so stupid."
Duanmu Huai looked at the screen in front of him and curled his lips.
"Humans are in a great enemy, but they are still fighting?"
"Why must war be launched..."
Ailable sighed helplessly, while Duanmu Huai glanced at her.
"In order to tell others that it is difficult to mess with, it is the same whether it is a country, a civilization or a person. Or when someone harasses you next time, you should not fight back but wash yourself and take the initiative to deliver it to your door?"
"Well………"
Hearing Duanmuhuai''s answer, Aycler immediately said nothing.
“This is not the same thing…”
"This is one thing. Think about it carefully. Others'' goal is just their body. If you resist, it will take your life. Then, wouldn''t it be enough for you to lie flat and let the other party enjoy it? Why risk giving up your life for your meaningless dignity?"
“Uh…this…”
Aixel sweated profusely and didn''t know how to refute it. In the end, she chose to raise her hand to surrender.
"Okay, I was wrong."
"But no matter how powerful this civilization is, it is impossible to defeat so many alien races."
An also raised his own questions. As a princess, although there are far different scientific and technological civilization, it will not change much in a few thousand years when it comes to the political level.
"Indeed, it is unrealistic 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 can they know that humans are not easy to mess with, and they are not a vocal insect that says whatever you say. In this regard, a firm attitude and firm will are necessary."
Duanmu Huai stared at the scene silently. The second reason why he chose to intervene was that Duanmu Huai wanted to cooperate with this civilization. After all, both Guardian civilization and UNSC were the kind that could not care about themselves. On the contrary, Star Alliance not only had a developed technological level, but also had a military capability. If they could cooperate with them, the natural benefit was that they were much stronger than other civilizations.
The only problem is that those stupid bureaucrats who are no different from those in the Southern Song Dynasty... it depends on whether they are saved this time.
Just as the group was discussing, suddenly, a warship quietly emerged from the depths of the dark universe. It stopped at the edge of the planet. Then several transport planes emerged from it and flew towards the colonial base.
The dilapidated colonial base seemed to have no idea about the arrival of these transport planes. The transport planes were parked not far from the colonial base, and then the hatch opened, and then a team of alien aliens wearing cosmic armor and holding weapons walked out of it. They have green skin, locust-like heads and four eyes.
“Batari, 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, Serari and Turrui are "permanent members" and have the greatest power of the entire alliance council. Asari is good at resolving political disputes, Serarui is good at scientific research, and Turui is a military expert.
Among the races other than this, the most unpopular one is the Batari people, which is a cosmic rogue race. When it comes to Batari people, everyone’s first impression is criminals - well, the only one with worse reputation than them is Wocha.
In fact, in the game, most of the people who attacked the human border were criminals funded by the Batalis. Moreover, the Batali people actually hate humans, so their appearance here is not beyond Duanmuhuai''s expectations.
Duanmu Huai is even sure that behind this mission, he must have received the default and support of the representatives of the three major races of the Divine Castle Council. Unfortunately, no one from the three major races came forward this time, otherwise he could have grasped this point and caused the three major races to bleed.
But Batari...it''s better than nothing.
Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai cleaned up the outfit in his hand.
"Okay, everyone, let''s go."
(This chapter ends)