Chapter 490: Council of Elders (2)
Rather than saying that the technology of the Nemesis galaxy has been improving, it is better to say that as scientists have a deeper understanding of the ancient objects more than 2,000 years ago, the level of technology has been restored.
To put it simply, they have been eating their laurels and trying to get back to the top.
"Two thousand years ago, facing the Zerg attack, we took countless embryos and led the fleet to escape here..."
Perhaps it was because they hadn’t spoken for a long time. One of the elders began to reminisce about the past. After a long time, he expressed pessimistically that once the Zerg really launched an attack, it would be difficult for the civilization of this galaxy to survive.
These words made the other elders hold their breath and did not immediately refute the proposal. They were the first-hand witnesses and knew how terrifying the Zerg was.
Frankly speaking, a civilization alone in the isolated universe cannot resist at all.
"Things are not so bad. The Zerg will not mobilize all forces to launch a general attack on this galaxy. In addition, we still have alliances, and they have the strength to contain the Zerg army."
"You are right, but there is no harm in preparing in advance. You must prepare with both hands."
"agree."
"agree."
In a few words, a major event was decided, but it was only an episode.
The old man who presided over the meeting quickly brought the topic to the main topic, "No matter what, the frontier post cannot give up."
"Generation after generation, it took more than two thousand years to develop this galaxy. There is no reason to retreat without a fight."
In an instant, there was a sound of echoing.
More than 300 living planets, with a total population of more than 10 billion? No matter how you keep the fire, you can only take away tens of thousands of people. As for the fate of other residents, it will be self-evident.
The most important thing is that it is difficult to find galaxies suitable for human habitation like Nemesis, and there will be too many unexpected situations on the long journey, which is extremely risky.
At this time, the door of the meeting room was pushed open, and a handsome old man with silver hair walked in. He was over a hundred years old, but in front of these ancestors, he was not even a baby, let alone a baby. Not sure what to call them.
"What's the matter? Just say it."
One of the congressmen attending the meeting knew that the person who arrived was his descendant, the current head of the family business, but after countless generations, he didn't even know the name of this little guy.
"Everyone... Forerunners."
Wood organized his wording, bowed slightly, and called these ancestors who climbed out of the eternal life capsule the forerunners.
Then, going straight to the topic, he said: "There is news from the forward outpost that they have repelled the advance army of the Zerg, and they are in urgent need of reinforcements."
If Lu Li had been there, he would have felt that Will looked somewhat similar to the silver-haired old man Wood.
"Repelled?"
"Only with an army of criminals?"
There was no joy in the speaker's heart, only doubts. In fact, he was ready to regroup and take back the frontier post again.
"With the efforts of the New World Bank and Roche Biological, the Zerg advance army was completely wiped out."
Wood explained in a deep voice, and put his own business first.
After all, at a critical juncture, all the heirs have arrived at the front to fight against the alien race, which is definitely something to show off.
"Do you know the details?" The speaker who got the answer nodded and asked.
On the side, Wood, who was surrounded by a group of old antiques, shook his head, the long-lost tension filled his heart. From the outside world, he was a famous interstellar banker, standing at the top of the pyramid, but in front of the pioneers, he could only remain humble.
You must know that even though this group of people is lying in the eternal life cabin and falling into a deep sleep, they still hold a force in their hands that is enough to rebuild order.
"Sorry, due to an unknown energy riot, the interstellar communication was disturbed, and it didn't take long to recover..."
Before he finished speaking, Wood was interrupted by his ancestor, "What about the current situation, is it not difficult to achieve interstellar communication?"
"yes."
"Very well, then contact the front line as soon as possible."
After a few minutes, the holographic projection became clearer, and the facial outlines of several young people began to appear.
After a while, the speaker fell into silence, and Wood never imagined that the younger generation he was going to praise in front of his ancestors was eating and drinking.
In the video, four men and three women are surrounded by an oven, feasting in the training cabin, and there are various kinds of wine beside them, such as dark beer, red wine, and sake.
There was silence in the conference room. Unlike the imagined tense atmosphere, the appearance of these seven people did not look like they had experienced a war at all, but rather like going on an outing to the edge of the galaxy.
"It's good to have tension and relaxation." The speaker spit out an ancient vocabulary.
the other side.
Lu Li put down the bottle and looked at the virtual image behind him. The correspondent said that the higher-ups had requested a remote video conference. He and Luo Yi thought it was an acquaintance, so they didn't pay attention.
However... the person who requested to communicate turned out to be a row of withered ghosts in coffins with pipes stuck in their backs.
Although Lu Li didn't communicate with them face to face, he could still smell the rotten smell of these people through the screen, and felt that just a breeze could knock them down.
How many years have you lived?
Considering the maturity of the sleeping cabin technology, these old people should have lived for at least two hundred years.
It can only be said that Lu Li's knowledge is limited.
For two thousand years, the forerunners have been sleeping in the eternal life cabin, and will only be awakened by the servants when encountering major events related to the existence of the galaxy.
The so-called sleep cabin is actually a bit of fur that scientists have researched from the immortal cabin.
"Congratulations on your victory. This will be recorded in the history of human foreign wars."
After staring at Lu Li for a long time, the speaker knew that the young man on the other side was the leader of the outpost defense, and he subconsciously sighed.
Humans' desire for living space is engraved in their bones, but repeated failures make them have to stop, shrink their sphere of influence, and form alliances to resist alien races.
Back then, in the war against the Zerg civilization, the number of victories of the human race could be counted on one's fingers. It was even necessary to find some bright spots from a failed battle to use as promotional materials to boost morale.
Of course, Lu Li didn't know what the other party was thinking, so he couldn't help but sighed, "It's just a small victory. In order to solve them, we lost a lot of elites."
It was planned to use human lives to fill it, but in the end, the entire mech team was folded in.
one hundred people.
Compared to the base number of thousands of people, it is indeed insignificant, but if he had a choice, Lu Li would prefer to sacrifice all the defenders of the base in exchange for their resurrection.
Mecha warriors can crush the Zerg race, and they are stronger than breakaway fighters equipped with individual weapons. They are strategic equipment...
At this time, Lu Li, who was in deep thought, heard a voice from the other end of the screen.
"The first batch of support will arrive in three days, and you will still be in charge."
three days?
Facts have proved that if starting from the nearest living planet here, the fleet needs to fly at super-light speed for half a year to arrive.
This time, Lu Li finally began to seriously examine the old people on the screen.