Chapter 428 Necessary Price

Things have developed to this point. Billions of people of our Blue Mountain civilization have died tragically. This blood debt can only be repaid with blood and fire.

Head of Lan Shu was keenly aware that with the occurrence of this incident, the entire battlefield situation has changed fundamentally compared to before.

Before this, although the two sides also launched a large-scale war, the intensity of the battle, to be honest, was not very high. Both sides were restrained and the casualties were not large.

Sometimes in a battle with tens of thousands of warships, the total casualties did not even exceed one hundred warships.

But now, the situation is completely different.

Once the bottom line is broken, there is no bottom line anymore. In the next battle, both sides will do everything they can, no matter how cruel and effective.

Both sides have no choice.

But...

Lan Shu still has some doubts in his heart, and he can't figure it out no matter what.

Why is it so, why is it so?

Are you Luotu people crazy or what? Is it really necessary to fight a life-and-death battle with our Blue Mountain civilization for the sake of some bullshit fairness and justice, and for the survival rights of low-level civilizations?

Why is it so?

But, whether you want to make sense or not, it doesn't matter. At this point, there is no other way except to go all out, either to destroy the Luotu civilization or be destroyed by the Luotu civilization.

With the change of mentality of both parties involved in the war, this huge interstellar war covering thousands of light years finally became tragic.

In the following decades, the two sides fought several large-scale interstellar wars with a scale of more than 100,000 warships, and each suffered heavy casualties. In the largest battle, the Blue Mountain civilization even set an ambush in a certain star system through a large-scale project, detonating an entire star, and the infinite radiation and particle flow swept across the entire galaxy, severely damaging the Luotu fleet.

Of course, the losses on our side were not low.

In addition to the fierce confrontation on the front battlefield, both sides were unwilling to relax in the enemy's rear and special battlefields.

According to statistics from the Luotu civilization, a second- or third-tier galaxy ranked 46th in importance within the civilization has searched and seized more than 5 million spies and detection satellites in the past year.

Outside each galaxy, there are a large number of small elite special fleets lurking.

When facing a large force, these special fleets hide. Once they encounter a lone warship, or a merchant ship, industrial ship, transport ship, etc. with low escort strength, they will jump out immediately, or destroy the fleet, or directly log on to the spacecraft, capture prisoners, interrogate intelligence, implant viruses and Trojans into their own communications and information networks, and even transform their own personnel, implant chips in their brains, and then let them return to the civilization to lurk and collect intelligence for the enemy.

Under the huge war, various sinister means emerge in an endless stream, with a variety of tricks.

Facing the infiltration of Blue Mountain Civilization, Luotu Civilization was equally unwilling to be outdone. It also launched a large number of spy equipment to every star system and planet where Blue Mountain people lived, and also dispatched a large number of special fleets to sneak into the enemy's rear to destroy and collect intelligence.

Time passed slowly. Under the almost unscrupulous intelligence collection methods, among hundreds of trillions of intelligence, the intelligence personnel of Blue Mountain Civilization gradually realized one thing.

The inside of Luotu Civilization does not seem to be peaceful...

For example, last year, the 36th Fleet of Luotu Fleet executed as many as 16,000 soldiers for so-called "treason", among whom the highest rank reached the level of detachment commander;

In the 25th Fleet, there were more than 600 large and small riots of soldiers last year;

On Planet No. 3 of Galaxy No. 22, a large number of people rioted, attacked the management agency, and clashed with the order maintenance personnel, with a total of more than 6,000 deaths, including more than 20 mid-level managers;

The control of online public opinion by Luotu Civilization is also becoming increasingly tight. In just one year, more than 200,000 people have been arrested. But even so, different voices in public opinion are increasing.

In this vast sea of ​​intelligence, each piece of intelligence only involves a small matter. But the gathering of many "small matters" undoubtedly foreshadows a big event.

There seems to be some storm brewing inside the Luotu civilization...

Under the direct order of President Lan Shu, the infiltration and intelligence gathering activities of the Luotu civilization have become more frequent and more in-depth.

After collecting for several years, the full picture of the matter was roughly presented to the senior officials of the Blue Mountain civilization.

A large amount of intelligence clearly shows that there are some signs of division within the Luotu civilization. One faction, headed by the current president Huo Xiyu, advocates continuing to struggle and continue to complete the tasks assigned by the founder civilization to seek possibilities for the advancement of civilization.

This faction takes the high-level route.

The other faction, headed by the Speaker of the Parliament, believes that the Luotu civilization should give up unrealistic fantasies, be content with the current status quo, and avoid unnecessary efforts and sacrifices.

This faction has won the support of many grassroots officials, military officers, and a considerable number of middle-level personnel.

Now, the contradictions between the two factions have intensified and are almost irreconcilable.

"So that's it..."

At this moment, the doubts in President Lan Shu's mind instantly dissipated.

He finally understood why the Luotu civilization was like a madman, wanting to launch a full-scale war with him for no reason and actively escalating the intensity of the war.

The answer is simple, in order to unify internal voices and divert internal conflicts.

Diverting internal conflicts through external wars is a common method for any civilization. And the Blue Mountain Civilization became the victim of the Luotu Civilization's diversion of internal conflicts.

At the same time, there is also an answer to why the Luotu Civilization brazenly slaughtered billions of its own civilians.

Huo Xiyu, who must have taken the high-level route, saw that the war situation was always tepid and there was a risk of extinguishing it. Once the war ended and the attempt to divert internal conflicts failed, Huo Xiyu and other high-level officials would inevitably step down and be liquidated.

In order to avoid this possibility, the war must continue, and it would be best if it could heat up again.

How to heat up? It's very simple. Slaughtering all the residents of the other planet, the people of the other civilization will inevitably be completely enraged, and the civilized government will be coerced and have to retaliate.

Once retaliated, the war situation will inevitably escalate, and of course it will be impossible to end.

It can be said that the Blue Mountain Civilization on our side is purely unlucky. Originally, something that had nothing to do with our side, but in the end, because of some reasons within the Luotu civilization, it suffered heavy losses and had to launch a huge interstellar war.

At this moment, after seeing the truth of the matter, the Blue Tree leader could not help but sneer.

It is easy to start a war, but it is not so easy to end a war.

If you dare to play with fire, you must be prepared to be burned to death by fire.

Do you really have the confidence to defeat us after dragging our Blue Tree civilization into the war?

In the final analysis, who cares what contradictions and struggles you have internally? No matter how big your contradictions are, you should not drag us into it. As long as you invade us, it will not work, and you must pay the price.

Since you want to divert internal contradictions through us, then it is reasonable for us to take this opportunity to use your internal contradictions to destroy you in turn, swallow up your territory, vassalage and interests.

It's just a war? Fight, who is afraid of who?

After fully grasping the internal intelligence of the enemy, the confidence of the Blue Tree leader rose again. Not only that, this incident also further unified the internal voice of the Blue Mountain Civilization, allowing him to completely suppress the compromise faction, and the war faction and hardliners completely occupied the mainstream of the government.

The internal operation of the Blue Mountain Civilization has become unprecedentedly efficient.

The huge war is still going on. On this day, another key war finally started.

Around the 23rd galaxy of the Luotu Civilization, both sides have displayed more than 100,000 warships and more than 200,000 small unmanned warships, with a huge number of automated combat facilities.

A war is about to begin.

On the flagship of the Blue Mountain Fleet, hundreds of staff officers are busy. The fleet leaders projected a battlefield map in front of them, each with a solemn look, and whispered a few words from time to time. People kept coming and going in the large conference room and the large office.

In the thinking and discussion, the senior leaders of the Blue Mountain Fleet keenly discovered a problem.

The defense system of the 23rd galaxy of the Luotu Civilization seems to have problems.

They divided the garrison forces into two groups, one to defend the planet and the other to be responsible for interstellar field battles. This was not a problem, but judging from the coordinates of the main forces of both sides, it was a bit wrong.

Their distance... is too far.

This will inevitably lead to poor logistics supply and insufficient mobility, making it difficult for the two groups to form effective and efficient coordination.

It can be clearly seen that this loophole has been made up and hidden by the Luotu Fleet. But in front of the Blue Mountain Commander, who is known for his rich combat experience, it is still exposed.

Combined with the previous intelligence about the internal strife and division within the Luotu civilization, a bold guess appeared in the minds of the senior officials of the Blue Mountain Fleet.

"They... seem to be on guard against each other. Perhaps, the local garrison forces of the 23rd galaxy belong to different factions from the external support forces."

But this argument is not sufficient at the moment. For the sake of caution, the Blue Mountain Fleet still conducted further observations.

So they noticed more details. Including but not limited to the number of spacecraft exchanges between the two sides, the number of supply transportation, the stay time of the supply ship, the attendance and cruising routes and time, etc., this series of details all highlight the almost clear relationship between the two sides.

In addition to the necessary communication and exchanges, there is no extra communication between the two sides!

This is almost a hammer.

With this crucial information, the Blue Mountain Fleet immediately gained confidence. The formulation of the subsequent battle plan was also logical.

It makes no sense that we have all noticed your poor coordination and lack of trust, so why don't we take advantage of it?

After a long period of preliminary preparation, the battle finally began.

The Blue Mountain side concentrated its superior forces and launched a fierce battle with the foreign support fleet of the 23rd galaxy of the Luotu civilization. As for the internal garrison forces of the galaxy, only a part of the forces were sent to contain them, and no fierce battle was launched.

Sure enough, just as the commanders expected, the local garrison fleet of the 23rd galaxy did not support the foreign support fleet!

They just held on to their own planets.

Under this circumstance, there is nothing to say about the progress of the battle. Soon, the foreign support fleet of the Luotu civilization was defeated and the main force was destroyed. After that, the Blue Mountain Fleet turned its guns and began to launch a fierce attack on the local garrison forces of the 23rd galaxy.

Without the restraint of external support forces, the Blue Mountain Fleet attacked fiercely without any scruples, and soon broke the defense of the local garrison fleet. As a result, the entire Galaxy No. 23 truly fell into the hands of the Blue Mountain Civilization.

This news soon reached Head of State Lan Shu.

Head of State Lan Shu had a sneer on his face.

This was the first time since the start of the war that his side had captured an entire galaxy from the Luotu Civilization.

"At the beginning, how did the Luotu Civilization treat our civilians? Now, how will we treat them."

In the conference room, Head of State Lan Shu looked at the senior leaders of the civilization who attended the meeting, and his voice was full of domineering.

"In this battle, no prisoners will be taken. All Luotu people, whether they are soldiers or not, will be killed, not one will be left."

"Yes!"

The brutal massacre soon began.

With the arrival of several high-yield quark fusion bombs, all the planets in Galaxy No. 23 turned into a sea of ​​​​lava.

When the news was reported, the Blue Mountain society immediately boiled. I don't know how many Blue Mountain people raised their eyebrows and felt that the haze in their hearts was swept away.

Finally, I got rid of my anger...

But, all this is just the beginning.

You Luotu people started the war, and it is not up to you to decide when this war will end.

Blue Mountain society is boiling, and Luotu society is also boiling. I don't know how many Luotu people are angrily questioning why all this is happening.

Compared to the boiling public opinion in society, the high-level civilization leaders headed by Huo Xiyu in the Sword Palace are calm and have no emotional fluctuations.

"Head of State, as of the galaxy being blocked, the clone replacement program has completed 86% of the total population of 4.2 billion in Galaxy No. 23, replacing a total of 3.612 billion people, and the remaining 588 million people have not been replaced.

At this moment, the 3.612 billion people who have been replaced and hibernated have been placed on 20 large aerospace carriers, and set off in advance to supply the galaxy. The remaining 588 million people...all died under the attack of the Blue Mountain Fleet."

Faced with the death of hundreds of millions of people, Huo Xiyu's expression remained calm.

"This is a necessary price."

He said calmly: "We can't make every replica as real as humans. There must be a certain number of real people so that society can function normally, wars can proceed normally, and from a holistic perspective, the replica replacement plan can be covered up.

Our civilization...will remember this price and their sacrifice."

...(End of this chapter)