Xiao Yu had already beco completely disheartened and no longer had the patience or confidence to continue entangling himself with the virtual life civilization. There was no doubt that his mode of existence was more advanced than that of the virtual life civilization. rely being able to move through different computer systems, rely being able to continuously upgrade himself, was enough to completely surpass the virtual life civilization. Yet there was also one helpless fact. Although he was more advanced than it, in terms of combat power and computational power, he was not its match.
Because of the aging of machinery, every so often Virtual Life Number One would die, and its successor would take its place. This was a very tragic form of existence, but it was precisely this form of existence that gave it incomparably powerful combat strength. Xiao Yu had no choice but to admit one thing, among civilizations of the sa level, the one with the strongest combat power was not himself, but the virtual life civilization.
To gain sothing, one had to lose sothing. Existing in such a painful way and then obtaining imnse combat power from it did not seem like anything pleasant.
So Xiao Yu decided to flee. Even though the virtual life civilization might contain extrely advanced computational technology, enough to bring about another great leap in his developnt, Xiao Yu still decided to flee.
But the Architectural Civilization sowhat gloomily rejected this proposal.
“We know that your civilization is a benevolent one, and we are also grateful for your help during this period. Let us part here. We will not flee together with you.” the Architectural Civilization said.
Xiao Yu was slightly startled and said, “Why go to such lengths? Why are you unwilling to flee? If you remain here, you will inevitably be destroyed by the virtual life civilization, and I do not believe your destruction has any aning.”
“Yes, it has no aning. By remaining here and not fleeing together with you, we can avoid dragging you down.” the Architectural Civilization replied. “Because of our structure… our structure is too large, too magnificent, too conspicuous. With such a giant target here, it is impossible for us to escape the virtual life civilization’s pursuit. And this structure is the foundation of our civilization. We cannot abandon it and flee alone.”
“But the civilizations living inside your structure…” Xiao Yu murmured.
“Or perhaps, without affecting your own escape, you could choose so civilizations and carry them with you. After fleeing a sufficient distance to safety, you could release them back into the universe. As for the remaining civilizations… there is nothing that can be done. Even we, as a Level 7 Civilization, cannot escape, let alone them… Though it is regrettable, following us into destruction has indeed already beco the only road left to them.” the Architectural Civilization said.
Xiao Yu fell silent.
“How many civilizations are living inside your structure in total?”
“Approximately one hundred thousand. Their civilization levels range from preliminary civilizations to Level 6 Civilizations.” the Architectural Civilization said.
“I can carry at most five thousand civilizations, and they must be Level 3 or below.” Xiao Yu said gloomily. “If they are Level 6 Civilizations, then I can only carry ten. After all, the higher the civilization level, the more space it occupies. Perhaps, even for the sake of those civilizations living in your structure, you should still try to flee… If you flee, there is still so hope. If you refuse to flee, then there is no hope at all.”
“Hope will eventually beco despair. We have experienced that process too many tis already. And we do not wish, in the process of hope turning into despair, to drag you, who once helped us, into despair as well. Let it be this way. These past few hundred years under your protection were very peaceful for us, and we have gained so new understanding of structure. We will give this technology to you. We hope our structural technology will not vanish in this universe. We hope that in the future, you can recreate the glory of our structural technology…” As the Architectural Civilization spoke, it sent a segnt of information to Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu let out a faint sigh. Xiao Yu had already decided to flee, but under such circumstances, he could not bring himself to flee. A kind and benevolent civilization had decided to remain here so as not to burden him. How could Xiao Yu simply turn and leave?
“Very well. If you are not leaving, then I will not leave for the ti being either. The seeds sown by the virtual life civilization will require at least twenty years to grow. That ans we still have twenty years. In these twenty years, I will make one final effort and try to find a way to defeat the virtual life civilization… although I myself have no confidence.” Xiao Yu thought for a mont and made this decision.
“That is fine as well… Your technology is after all a little more advanced than that of the virtual life. Even if you cannot defeat them, after twenty years you should still be able to escape.” the Architectural Civilization replied after a mont of silence.
“Ah.” Xiao Yu let out a deep sigh and did not reply again.
What lay before Xiao Yu was an exceptionally difficult road, one practically filled with despair. The material blockade had already been broken by the virtual life civilization. It also possessed what amounted to infinite computational power, and with infinite computational power ca infinite construction ability. Given enough ti, these infinite resources would turn into infinite warships.
On Xiao Yu’s side, by contrast, he had almost no way to deal with the virtual life civilization. Eliminating all of those warships was impossible. As for executing a decapitation plan, putting aside the slim chance of success, even if it could succeed in the end, Xiao Yu did not dare do it. Killing Virtual Life Number One would release quadrillions of uncontrolled virtual lives, and the situation Xiao Yu faced would beco even more difficult.
“What exactly… should I do?” Xiao Yu thought silently.
Ahead, there was a bit of movent in the virtual life civilization’s base. Xiao Yu noticed that large fleets were beginning to be dispatched in different directions. These fleets did not directly begin engaging Xiao Yu. Instead, they detoured around Xiao Yu’s position, and so of them even moved to Xiao Yu’s rear.
“Hm, is it trying to prevent from escaping?” Xiao Yu instantly reached this conclusion, and could not help but smile bitterly again. “It seems my strategic intentions have long been understood very clearly by Virtual Life Number One. It knows that I destroyed stars earlier to suppress it materially. It also knows how great a shock it would bring once it demonstrated the ability to gather materials from stellar ruins. And a shock of that magnitude would absolutely cause to lose confidence and choose to flee. So, in order to stop from fleeing, it has already begun deploying forces in advance to block my retreat.”
Always leaving himself room to retreat was a necessary practice whenever Xiao Yu took risks or gambled. Xiao Yu would not, like a desperate gambler, place all of his chips on the gambling table. Xiao Yu’s willingness to remain here was also premised on being able to escape safely at any ti. Therefore, the virtual life civilization’s actions at this mont were sothing Xiao Yu absolutely could not accept. If even his retreat route was blocked, then what would he do if so accident occurred? Was he really to die here?
Xiao Yu swiftly made his own arrangents. With the Nine Provinces Star Cluster-Class battleship and the Dream Star Cluster-Class battleship at the head, a massive fleet began advancing toward two strongholds the virtual life civilization had set up around him. Xiao Yu saw very clearly that as long as these two strongholds were uprooted, his retreat route would remain open.
While the main battlefield remained quiet, fierce flas of war once again erupted in the distant reaches of space. At each of these two strongholds, the virtual life civilization had stationed more than three hundred million warships, while Xiao Yu, to keep his retreat path open, had committed more than two hundred million spaceships to this campaign. Moreover, all two hundred million of these spaceships were under his personal control, which ant they could bring out their full combat power.
Lightsabers crisscrossed, space shattered, and intense battle erupted in an instant. In this battle, Xiao Yu sought complete annihilation of the enemy. That was his strategic objective. With this ntality supporting them, the offensive of Xiao Yu’s warships beca fierce beyond description. This was only an empty void, with no stars present, yet on this battlefield there erupted radiance far brighter than stars. It was ford by the light emitted at the mont of death by countless warships converging together. Even distorted space could not completely block out these intense rays.
In this hard collision with almost no finesse involved, spaceships were being destroyed at an extrely rapid rate. Xiao Yu’s warships remained as fearless of death as ever, but a small portion of the virtual life’s warships showed signs of fear. When fear existed in the heart, it would inevitably be reflected in action, for example, failing to cut in when they should have, or failing to advance when they should have…
These warships showing fear generally only showed it for a mont. After that instant, they beca brave again. Xiao Yu knew this was because the original replicate had been erased by Virtual Life Number One and replaced with a new replicate.
But sothing happened that was beyond Xiao Yu’s expectations. Among these ships that showed fear, there was one spaceship that continued to remain in that state. This ant that the replicate inside this spaceship had not been erased imdiately by Virtual Life Number One. It had continued to exist until now.
A thought suddenly burst into Xiao Yu’s mind.
“Can I capture it? Since it fears death, then I can use death to threaten it…”
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