617: Spreading despair

"What do I think?" Lei Ming lowered his head and thought for a moment, then offered a different opinion:

"I think to avoid prolonged complications, we should directly launch a full-scale attack to clear out the Tiannan Star United Army."

Their opinions diverged, so they both looked at Chen Ci.

Facing the gaze of the two big shots, Chen Ci lowered her head and pretended to ponder:

"How about Commander, you take charge of shattering Tiannan Star's core to accelerate the Dimensional Fusion process."

"The Expeditionary Force will be responsible for dealing with high-level weapons that may or may not exist, to prevent the United Army from acting desperately."

"As for the task of liberating the people of Tiannan Star from the United Army government's oppression, perhaps it should be left to ordinary people?"

Speaking of which, she glanced around the vast Tiannan Star:

"Just as there are still wild giant beasts on the Lizardmen Alien Planet and sporadic anomalies on Strange Star, we don't necessarily have to completely liberate Tiannan Star before we can turn it into our Blessed Land."

Yang Dian smiled and pointed at Chen Ci:

"You certainly know how to keep everyone happy and offend no one."

Yang Dian clearly approved of Chen Ci's idea.

As for whether the people of Tiannan Star agreed to be liberated, or whether the current Dominator of Tiannan Star was willing to be liberated?

Liberating them had nothing to do with them.

There is no morality between civilizations; if I covet this land, it is mine.

As for the indigenous people on this land?

Either light the Spark, or die.

There would be no third option.

'Tsk, I used to condemn Xiao Mei for her massacres on the American continent, but now...'

One can only say, condemn the US, understand the US, become the US, and finally surpass the US.

As for becoming an executioner?

It's better than sitting on a mighty warship plowing through the vast ocean without erecting a monument at Yanran; or having iron cavalry galloping across the wilds without expanding the territory of Fenglangjuxu... On Origin Corpse City, Yang Dian raised his hand to open a spatial gate. The new era of Huaxia people, who had already returned home, lay in virtual pods, eager to become Interstellar Pioneers, either piloting mechs or controlling biological weapons, flying out of the spatial gate in a continuous stream, stepping into this region that humanity had never touched.

In Nantian City, the capital of the Tiannan Alliance, within the ancient yet endlessly luxurious Tiannan Palace, the United Army Dominator had also gathered his confidants, the rulers of Tiannan Star, for a meeting.

After a long silence, Lin Nan, sitting at the head, suddenly opened his tightly shut eyes and turned to look at his deputy beside him:

"Lin Qi, what's the situation like outside now?"

The slightly hoarse voice broke the Bottleneck, and the hearts of dozens of people in the conference room stopped as they followed Lin Nan's gaze to Lin Qi.

Lin Qi's hand trembled imperceptibly, then he spoke:

"It's similar to the information we obtained from Subspace."

"According to the records of the Alien Civilization in Subspace, from the beginning of the world's 'mutation,' no matter how much effort is made, the Dimensional War cannot be prevented, at most it can only be delayed."

"Interdimensional warfare is divided into an invading side and a defending side, with the invading side having an absolute first move."

"It's regrettable that our Tiannan Star's first interdimensional war is as the defending side, having lost the advantage."

At this point, he tapped the table twice, instructing his assistant to turn on the projector. Above the conference table, in the center of the crowd, a globe was projected.

"Currently, there are a total of 206 domains on our Tiannan Star."

"Domains vary in size."

"Each domain occupies an area with a diameter of 300 kilometers, totaling approximately 14.56 million square kilometers, which is one fifty-fifth of Tiannan Star's surface area."

"If the interdimensional war fails, according to the information we've obtained from Subspace..."

"Tiannan Star is very likely to collapse and fall into Subspace."

"Even if it doesn't collapse, Tiannan Star, having lost one fifty-fifth of its volume, would become a desolate land, no longer suitable for human survival."

Lin Nan took a deep breath:

"These are the consequences that will occur if our interdimensional war fails."

"I don't want to hear that!"

"I just want to know, can we win?"

Lin Qi snatched the remote control from his assistant's hand and projected three videos in front of everyone.

The first video showed Yang Dian and the two others chatting casually above Origin Corpse City, as if no one else was around.

The video clearly recorded their expressions as they looked at the dark muzzles of the cannons on the Walled City.

Lei Ming's expression was one of surprise, confusion... and amusement, as if the cannons were toys.

Chen Ci's was curiosity and inquiry.

As for Yang Dian.

Watching Yang Dian's gaze as he surveyed the Walled City, or even the entire world, in the video, Lin Nan, who was already silent, became even more so.

Yang Dian only showed a curious expression at first, then his gaze at Tiannan Star's technology was like looking at an ant on the side of the road, carrying a dry blade of grass in its mouth.

Completely indifferent.

As Lin Nan remained silent, Lin Qi's voice spoke again:

"Their gaze at the Walled City, at Tiannan Star, is like our gaze at animals in a zoo, or at those zombified animals."

"Haughty, disdainful, yet with a touch of novelty and inquiry."

"Coupled with their ability to float in mid-air without external assistance, at least not with external assistance that we can observe, I think their level of technological development, or rather, their civilization Rank, must far exceed ours."

After explaining the first video, Lin Qi pointed to the second video.

The second video had nothing to do with Yang Dian and the two others, and the video was divided into two screens.

In the left screen, the viewpoint was fixed and continuously rising.

In the right screen, the video viewpoint locked onto a helicopter and followed it as it flew towards the spatial node in the sky.

Half a minute later, the helicopter approached the dark yet transparent light curtain in the sky.

Just as others were still expecting something to happen, a somewhat ethereal blood-colored large hand suddenly reached out from the light curtain, grabbing the rapidly rotating helicopter's rotor, directly pulling the helicopter along with the United Army soldiers inside into the light curtain.

"The helicopter, snatched away by an unknown civilization through unknown means, was our Canghai II armed helicopter."

"Although it's not our most advanced armed helicopter, it is one of our main combat armaments."

"The Alien Civilization being able to directly snatch it away through methods like immortal Dao or martial Dao also indirectly proves what I said before."

"That is, their power, especially individual might, might be beyond our imagination."

After speaking, he raised his hand again, gesturing towards the third video.

"Also, everyone, look here."

The third video paused, showing Yang Dian summoning a Dimension Butterfly to open a spatial gate to retrieve a smart wristband from the other side of the spatial gate.

When the video paused, Yang Dian's hand was still on Tiannan Star and was shown in a magnified close-up.

When the video resumed playback, Yang Dian's raised palm could be seen disappearing from the screen.

When it reappeared, there was already a wristband on his hand.

A wristband that integrated functions such as storage and communication.

Then, the wristband in the video projected two illusory figures.

One was Ya Zi, with a sword in its mouth.

The other was a map of Tiannan Star.

In the conference room, those privy to the secret fell silent one after another.

But Lin Qi still spoke, stating the reality they didn't want to accept:

"According to the information collected from Subspace, during the Dimensional War, technological items cannot pass through the interdimensional passage to another world."

"Clearly, this unknown civilization has bypassed, or rather, broken through this law."

As his voice fell, silence once again descended upon the conference room.

A sense of despair gradually began to spread.