Chapter 1197 Life and Death Balance!

"When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. In the battle between the two behemoths, the Empire and the Holy League, our Federation is certainly not a fisherman, but we can also gain some breathing space from it."

Jiang Hailiu's opinion is similar to what Yifu Zhou said before the Nascent Soul Conference, "If there is only one superpower in the center of the Star Sea, the 'True Human Empire', then they can concentrate all their resources and military power to defeat the weak forces on the edge of the Star Sea. With our three Great Thousand Worlds, it is naturally not enough to compete with hundreds of Great Thousand Worlds."

"But now, the greatest enemy of the empire is the Holy League. The two sides are engaged in a magnificent millennium war in the middle of the star sea. Obviously, it is impossible to deploy too many troops to deal with us 'hillies' in the 'poor mountains and evil waters'."

Jiang Hailiu's self-deprecating statement caused a lot of laughter, which made the atmosphere in the venue much easier.

Jiang Hailiu also smiled slightly, and continued: "Most of the information we collected about the 'True Human Empire' came from the 'Star Child', and the Star Child also said in the battle with Li Yao, Luo Xingzi and other Taoist friends Well, the policy of the Real Human Empire is quite "magnanimous". If they are willing to cooperate with the Empire, the Empire can give the Flying Star Realm quite a high degree of autonomy, as long as the Flying Star Realm continues to hand over its population, resources and powerful gone."

"These words may have a certain degree of credibility. The Empire and the Holy League are engaged in a life-and-death war. In this war, both sides are desperately collecting more people and resources from the Great Thousand World, and throwing them into the burning world. In the purgatory of war, whoever can gather more people, resources and powerful people may be able to win the final victory!"

"Then, the purpose of the Imperial Expeditionary Force is clearly revealed."

"It's not for long-term conquest, but for plundering a large number of people and resources in the shortest possible time to deal with the real life-and-death war between them and the Holy League!"

"So, the expeditionary army we will face in a hundred or two hundred years may not be the strongest army of the human empire, but more likely to be the existence of 'slave catchers' and 'predators', who are here to find 'Cannon fodder'!"

"And we don't need to completely wipe it out, as long as it realizes that the resources it will consume if the war continues will far outweigh the benefits it can get after defeating us. Maybe he retreated in spite of the difficulties!"

After Jiang Hailiu made such an analysis, the eyes of many Nascent Souls lit up.

At first, everyone thought that the expedition of the Real Human Empire was a catastrophe, but when you think about it carefully, war is an extension of politics, and politics is about benefits, and no one will start a war without benefits.

As strong as the human empire, sending a huge expeditionary army to millions or tens of millions of light-years away is also a matter of nerves and bones and consumes countless resources. The imperial people may be evil, but they are by no means idiots , What is the picture?

cannon fodder! The purpose of their coming to the Federation is to collect a large amount of cannon fodder and go back to join the war with the Holy League!

In other words, as long as the Federation can inflict heavy damage on the Imperial Expeditionary Force and make the Empire realize that the input and output of this war are completely disproportionate, and the deal is very likely to "lose money", then the Federation may continue to guarantee its independence !

"Our Federation, of course, will not be limited to winning this small defensive battle, this is just our starting point!"

Jiang Hailiu said meaningfully, "War is the best catalyst for the advancement of civilization, and the fastest way to learn from advanced civilizations! If we can really survive the stormy offensive of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, then our civilization will definitely be able to leap forward. A big step!"

"And in the middle of the Star Sea, the Empire and the Holy League are fighting. The sky is dark and the sky is dark. The Empire must have developed many tactics and magic weapons to deal with the Holy League, and the Holy League will inevitably develop countless killers specifically for the Empire."

"If we federal people have the opportunity to go to the center of the star sea and learn how these two star sea behemoths fight, how to bite off each other's throat and dig out each other's heart, then we definitely have the opportunity to grow into a new star sea behemoth !"

"Everyone may think that I am whimsical, but we don't need to grow to the size of the empire and the Holy League, even if the overall national strength is only one-tenth of theirs, it is enough."

"As long as the Empire and the Holy League are still at the stage of being evenly matched, like a barely balanced balance, then even if we are just a feather or a straw, we can affect the result of this 'balance of life and death'!"

"Our principle is only one, 'weed the strong and help the weak'. If the Holy League is strong and the Empire is weak, then we will temporarily unite with the Empire to fight against the Holy League; We will unite with the Holy League against the Empire!"

"In short, maintain the balance of power between these two superpowers, and prevent any one of them from completely gaining the upper hand, so that they will continue to lose blood in the long war and lose both sides, and we will take the opportunity to learn their most advanced skills and methods of war until In the end, our claws and teeth are completely sharp, our wings are fully plump, and we become the top players in the sea of ​​stars!"

"In a word, there is hope for the Federation, and there is hope for the Three Realms! As long as fellow Taoists have a firm heart and work hand in hand, we will not only be able to resist the invasion of any foreign enemy, but one day, we will even be able to reach the center of the Star Sea and let 'humans The four words 'civilization' are shining again in their true glory!"

Jiang Hailiu's impassioned ending elicited thunderous applause, and all the Nascent Soul and the Demon Emperor were very excited.

As a Nascent Soul monster, who doesn't have the ambition to conquer the stars and conquer the universe? Who is really willing to be trapped forever in the backcountry on the edge of the Star Sea, and be treated as a "hillbilly" by the superpowers in the center of the Star Sea?

Especially knowing that there are countless ordinary people in the center of the star sea who have been ravaged by the empire and the Holy League, and their lives are worse than death, their Dao heart will never allow them to sit idly by.

"We are the most authentic spiritual heirs of the 'Star Sea Empire'! We are the last guardians of human civilization! Go to the center of the Star Sea and let the 'human civilization' regain its glory 10,000 years ago!"

Including Li Yao, every Nascent Soul, no matter whether it was fighting type or not, all had shortness of breath, and they uttered such a cry from the bottom of their hearts.

As for the feelings of those demon kings, it is even more complicated.

Perhaps they will not be able to understand the full meaning of the four words "human civilization" for a while.

But "returning to the center of the star sea" is a dream that their ancestors have dreamed about for 10,000 years, and it has penetrated into the depths of their blood!

For 10,000 years, the monster race has retreated steadily, lost one home after another, lost one piece of homeland after another, until today, the blood demon world has become one of the last few demon worlds.

Even in the past, compared with the Tianyuan Realm, the Blood Demon Realm was slightly stronger, but every demon emperor in the Ten Thousand Monster Hall also understands that "killing back to the center of the Star Sea" is simply nonsense, it is absolutely impossible A dream come true!

But now, if they are united with the Star Federation, there is such a slim chance to return to the center of the Star Sea?

Even if you want to change your banner, your identity, or even your appearance, but that... you're going back to your hometown after all!

For a moment, the demon emperors looked at each other, and their breathing became short of breath.

"Jiang Daoyou's words are true. I also think that the Federation has great hope. In fact, the strength gap between the Federation, the Empire, and the Holy League may not be as big as we imagined!"

Historian Zhou Fu spoke again, "That's right, now we only control three Great Thousand Worlds, and the Empire and the Holy League, which occupy the central elite area of ​​the Star Sea, may each control hundreds of Great Thousand Worlds!"

"But the comparison of our comprehensive national strength is by no means as simple as 'one to one hundred'!"

"I don't know if you have any understanding of the 'Empire Limit Theory'? Limited by the complexity of communication, transportation, and information processing, no matter how large an empire is, it has its expansion limit, just like no matter how powerful a prehistoric behemoth, It is also impossible to grow without limit, and it must stop growing when it expands to a certain size, otherwise it is very likely to be crushed by its own weight!"

"In the definition of modern cosmology, the vast world we live in is a resource accumulation area that can be reached in a short period of time through conventional navigation methods under sub-light speed conditions."

"In the same vast world, traffic can be exchanged at sub-light speed or even lower speeds. The exchange of resources and population is relatively easy, and the control is also the strongest."

"However, between different Great Thousand Worlds, it is necessary to rely on 'shattering the void', 'breaking the three-dimensional space barrier', and 'jumping through the starry sky' to communicate. Not only does it consume countless resources, but it is also extremely dangerous. Into the turbulent flow of the four-dimensional space, annihilated in the invisible!"

"Should we use sub-light or even light-speed navigation instead of 'star jumping'? The two great worlds that are 100,000 light-years apart will take a full 100,000 years to travel to reach, and that's not counting the expansion of the universe itself!"

"Think about it, everyone. Today we are only bringing together three strong men from the Great Thousand World. To hold such a meeting, we have to use the 'array-type interstellar sea communication array' to burn countless spars every second. Don't worry about the interference of high-dimensional space storms, there will be a signal delay of several minutes or even longer!"

"Then, even if the True Human Empire and the Covenant Alliance really own hundreds of Great Thousand Worlds, how much control do their rulers have over these Great Thousand Worlds? Tens of millions of light years away, where is the absolute control of another great world?"

"The wider the territory of the empire, the weaker the control over the frontier, and the higher the internal friction of the empire. Eight out of ten national power is not consumed in foreign wars, but wasted on the vast and boundless land of the empire. In the end, it may not be the foreign enemies that brought down the empire, but the size of the empire itself, and the bloated and clumsy bureaucratic system developed to deal with this size, this is the same as ancient and modern!" (To be continued.)