Chapter 414 The Gears of History

The 35th colony planet—New Shanxi.

Standing in front of the porthole, Li Longcheng looked at the ruins of the destroyed colony outside the window. This was the trace of the first battle between humans and the Turians. Their colony was attacked and occupied by the Turians, and then the Star Alliance fought back and recaptured the colony from the Turians.

And now, it is still a dilapidated scene. The once bustling reclamation and construction have completely disappeared at this moment. In order to escape those terrible alien invaders, most people fled back to their home planet. It is precisely because of this that the colony, which is usually bustling, has now become like a ghost town, and all of 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 John doesn't think so."

Hearing what Li Longcheng said, an old man sitting next to him laughed.

"They have long been accustomed to groveling and have no idea what a unified civilization needs. It's no wonder that since the disintegration of the Roman Empire, there has always been a chaotic battlefield there."

"That's right."

Li Longcheng nodded. As a representative of the pro-war faction of the Star Alliance, he has always been under great pressure.

Especially since they finally abandoned the restrictions between countries and formed a unified human civilization Star Alliance after discovering alien forces.

But on many issues, Li Longcheng felt that he was incompatible with his Western colleagues.

Just like this time.

The Turians attacked their fleet and their colonies without any warning. As a representative, Li Longcheng insisted on going to war with them and hurting them. After all, the long history of their civilization has told Li Longcheng that in the face of the invasion of barbarians, there is no other way to go except to fight.

However, the 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 use this platform to make the Star Alliance leap up and become one of the most powerful forces 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. Just like a local rich man wants to become a nobleman with honors. However, this is obviously the opposite of his idea. However, for that group of white people, they obviously don’t care about their losses.

In their view, taking the initiative to show friendship can make these aliens have a good impression of humans and join the other side’s camp. But in Li Longcheng’s view, even if they want to negotiate peace, they must ask for it from the other side, so that they can seize the initiative.

Of course, they are not ignorant of this truth, and Li Longcheng is also very clear about the reason why they don’t do this.

Xinshanxi is the territory of the Asian Alliance to which Li Longcheng belongs, not a colonized planet of the peace faction. Therefore, for the group of white people, this is not their loss, so they don’t feel bad, and they may even celebrate secretly. That's why they used the excuse of "for all mankind" to force the Asian Alliance to swallow their anger, and even hoped to use this opportunity to greatly weaken the influence of the Asian Alliance.

But it was different for Li Longcheng. Although humans formed a unified Star Alliance. But there were still factional disputes within, and the fight between the Asian Alliance and NATO had never stopped. Now that the Asian Alliance's power was damaged, NATO wanted to take the opportunity to rise to power. Politics... has always been a headache.

However, it also takes courage to persist in the war.

Because they are facing not only the Turians, but also the allied forces behind the Turians-the Citadel Council.

Just a few days ago, the Citadel Council sent representatives to the Star Alliance. They showed humans a picture that was completely beyond their imagination-a force formed by a dozen powerful alien races in the vast Milky Way, and they came here to mediate, and hoped that the Star Alliance would also join with humans as representatives.

Faced with this invitation, the peace faction was ecstatic, but Li Longcheng was gloomy. He knew very well that the representatives of the Citadel Council did not bring mediation, but threats. If the Star Alliance really wanted to reject the proposal of the Citadel Council, it would mean that they would completely tear their faces and go to war with the huge forces composed of more than a dozen alien races.

Is it worth it?

The peace faction kept 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 value do humans have in this universe? Just begging for life?

Dignity is not priceless.

But once the war starts, the lives of all living beings are imminent.

The peace faction questioned Li Longcheng more than once.

Is it worth going to war for the illusory dignity and letting humans die in the war?

Is it worth it?

This question is really funny to Li Longcheng.

Of course it is worth it.

A unified civilization has never been gentle and refined. Iron and blood are its fuel. Without the strength to keep the enemy out, how can there be a prosperous world?

If they can't hurt the other side, how can they know how to respect humans?

The carrier-based aircraft landed steadily on the ground. Li Longcheng retracted 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 that shortly after he entered the base, the fleet hovering outside the planet left quietly.

And all this, of course, could not escape Duanmu Huai's eyes.

"Look, it's really stupid."

Duanmu Huai looked at the screen in front of him and curled his lips.

"Humanity is facing a great enemy, but they are still fighting among themselves?"

"Why must we start a war... ... "

Eclair sighed helplessly, and Duanmu Huai glanced at her.

"To tell others that you are not easy to mess with, whether it is a country, a civilization or a person, or when someone harasses you next time, you should not fight back but clean yourself up and take the initiative to send yourself to the door?"

"Uh... ... "

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Eclair was speechless.

"This is not the same thing..."

"This is the same thing. Think about it carefully. Others' goal is just your body. If you resist, it will cost you your life. So why don't you just lie down and let them enjoy it? Why risk your life for your meaningless dignity?"

"Uh...this..."

Aclair was sweating profusely. She didn't know how to refute. In the end, she chose to raise her hands and 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 her own questions. As a princess, although there is a big gap in scientific and technological civilization, 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 will they know that humans are not easy to mess with, and they are not a yes-man who does what you say. In this regard, a firm attitude and a firm will are necessary."

Duanmu Huai stared at the screen silently. The second reason he chose to intervene was that Duanmu Huai wanted to cooperate with this civilization. After all, both the Guardian Civilization and the UNSC were too busy to take care of themselves. On the contrary, the Star Alliance not only has advanced technology, but also has military capabilities. If they can cooperate with them, the benefits will naturally be much stronger than other civilizations.

The only problem is that group of stupid bureaucrats who are no different from the Southern Song Dynasty... It depends on whether they can be 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, and then several transport planes emerged from it and flew towards the colony base.

The dilapidated colony base seemed to be unaware of the arrival of these transport planes. They stopped not far from the colony base, and then the hatch opened, and then a team of alien aliens wearing space armor and holding weapons walked out. They have green skin, locust-like heads and four eyes.

"Batarians, well, this is not surprising."

Seeing this, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly. He knew the race of this alien alliance very well. In this alien alliance, Asari, Salarians and Turians are "permanent members" and have the greatest power in the entire alliance council. Asari are good at resolving political disputes, Salarians are good at scientific research, and Turians are military experts.

Among the other races, the least popular are the Batarians, who are a cosmic rogue race. When it comes to the Batarians, everyone's first impression is criminals--well, the only one with a worse reputation than them is the Wocha.

In fact, in the game, most of the criminals who attacked the human border were funded by the Batarians. And the Batarians actually hate humans, so their appearance here is not unexpected to Duanmu Huai.

Duanmu Huai can even be sure that this mission must have been tacitly supported by the representatives of the three major races of the Citadel Council. It's a pity that no one from the three major races came forward this time, otherwise he could seize this point and make the three major races bleed.

But the Batarians... it's better than nothing.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai packed up his clothes.

"Okay, everyone, let's go."