Chapter 173: Chapter 173: The Desert Tower Civilization Must Pay the Price!
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The consciousness of the Life Mother Tree was actually quite immature, and it hadn’t developed overly complex cognitive abilities, but it had the instincts of life. After perceiving the consciousness of Shen Hao, it instinctively came to seek help again!
For the Life Mother Tree, it might have been just a subconscious reaction.
But for the Senya people in this place at the moment, it was a tremendous shock.
After all, the revelations regarding the Life Mother Tree prior to this were only known from Wakah, who was still in a coma. Yet now, this scene was unfolding before the eyes of all of them!
Every person heard the Life Mother Tree’s painful cries, heard it pleading for help from this God from a strange civilization!
This emotion was simply indescribable.
Some Senya people could no longer control their emotions, their eyes brimming red as they knelt on the ground, choking up.
The Life Mother Tree was the shared deity of every Senya person, but wasn’t it also the child of the entire Senya Civilization?
Their ancestors created it, and then generation after generation invested in it. Countless Senya people watched it grow little by little, spread across the world, creating how many stories, leaving behind how much history over three thousand years?
It was both the mother growing alongside every Senya person and the child jointly created by the Senya Civilization.
But now, it was in such pain, so desperate.
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Yet, they could only watch helplessly, incapable of doing anything other than kneeling on the ground to beg.
“As acting Great Leader, I convene a major vote,” Jokah took a deep breath. This healthy, strong, resilient warrior’s voice trembled noticeably as he looked at everyone and said slowly, “Choose death or give everything to save our Life Mother Tree.”
Such a vote had only occurred once in history.
That time, it ended the greatest war in this world and saw “Senya,” alongside the emergence of the Life Mother Tree, appear after the flames of war.
And this time, the vote they were about to make would decide the fate of their entire civilization.
The result was unchanged.
Despite hesitation, despite doubt, in the midst of the Life Mother Tree’s cries, everyone made their choice.
They gave up their own civilization and threw themselves under the banner of this unfamiliar deity.
After the vote, Jokah suppressed all restlessness and adopted a different way to prostrate.
That was the posture they took when worshiping their ancestors, worshiping the Life Mother Tree.
At least nominally, at this moment, the Senya people belonged to Shen Hao.
However, the Chosen One interface did not respond, just as it had not with the Siti people before. The Civilization Trial had a more rigorous definition when it came to the integration of different civilizations. Probably, only after bringing these Senya people back would there be a reaction reflected in the performance value.
But that’s the definition of Civilization Trial.
Not the definition of “Emperor.”
From the moment these Senya people declared their loyalty, Shen Hao could feel the connection they had established with him, although it was very weak and not yet firm, even not as strong as the current Siti people, but it had indeed been established.
With this, the purpose of sending an envoy for the first time to investigate was perfectly realized.
Even better than anticipated.
Human Civilization also had a compelling reason to intervene!
The next moment, a continuous surge of power emanated from the engravings on Feng Ping’s hand, an almost tangible suppression, but without any leakage, all pouring into the sprawling roots.
Just at the moment of contact, the cries of the Life Mother Tree visibly lessened.
Shen Hao was right, the consciousness of the Life Mother Tree had indeed been severely damaged. It was squeezing out its own power to protect the planet, and what Shen Hao was doing now was to guard its consciousness and reduce its pain.
This evident change also made the Senya people present take notice. One by one, they lifted their heads and could clearly feel the Life Mother Tree’s pain easing.
This alone brought such excitement to some that they were brimming with tears.
What they wanted to give everything for but were powerless to do had been accomplished by the foreign deity!
Just as both were great beings, this one was indeed far more powerful than their Life Mother Tree!
“Gather your people and have them hide as much as possible,” Shen Hao said after soothing the Life Mother Tree, leaving one last sentence, “Now that you’ve joined our civilization, the Desert Tower Civilization should pay for their actions.”
Shen Hao’s tone was very calm, without much emotion, as if stating something self-evident.
But this very statement clenched every Senya person’s fists tightly, with a thrill indescribable in words.
They had thought that at best, only the Life Mother Tree and some of their people would be taken away.
The civilization of the deity might be powerful, but the power of the Desert Tower Civilization was also visibly formidable.
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They had no reason, nor the necessity to wage war on the Desert Tower Civilization just to seek revenge for them!
But was that really the case?
Did they truly intend to make the Desert Tower Civilization pay?
The mere thought of such a scene was enough to make all the Senya people utterly unable to contain their emotions.
Their hatred for the Desert Tower Civilization had been etched into their bones in just over twenty hours!
“Understood!” Jokah replied heavily, and even though Shen Hao’s consciousness had already disappeared, he still maintained a prostrate posture towards Feng Ping, issuing orders in that very attitude, “Command all the clan members to go into hiding immediately.”
At this moment, the vast majority of people from each tribe were resisting with all their might.
They rapidly cultivated various plants, fighting the endless enemies pouring down from the sky amidst extreme cold and storms.
What Jokah had said before was correct, the number of Senya people indeed wasn’t large, but their strength was formidable.
Apart from the children, the average Extraordinary Level of the adults was around Level 6, and those who could be called priests were at least at the Extraordinary Second Stage; even those who were not Chosen Ones possessed immense combat power.
If it were not for a lack of vigilance against the sky, being crazily bombarded by the Desert Tower Civilization with nuclear weapons, they would not have fallen into such a dire situation in such a short time.
But even after being bombarded with nuclear weapons, to accurately kill the Senya people hiding underground still required the deployment of a large number of war machines.
This campaign of civilization extermination would probably be more difficult than what the Desert Tower People had anticipated.
And at this moment, the first thing Shen Hao did after withdrawing his gaze was to send the intelligence along with the message to the Global United Front.
“The Senya people have decided to join us.”
Just with this single message, coupled with specific intelligence on the Senya people, everyone understood that this battle had to be fought!
Two hundred million Extraordinary beings, all following the way of the Plant Priest—wasn’t that the equivalent of two hundred million skilled Planters?
Whether it was magic or cultivation or most Extraordinary paths, they all fundamentally required various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures!
Cultivation had its Spiritual Medicine, and Magic had its Magic Potions!
Just by looking at the average Extraordinary Level of the Senya people, one could tell that by merely relying on nature, without large-scale cultivation and production, they still managed to cultivate such a massive number of Extraordinaries. The inclusion of such a species would bring far greater benefits than the Siti people.
Not to mention the more than ten thousand Chosen Ones and a Spirit of Nature!
“We must deal a heavy blow to the Desert Tower Civilization!” some radical members even shouted at the meeting, “We need to solidify the cohesion of the newly joined species and also provide a warning to the Desert Tower Civilization and other civilizations!”
“That’s right,” supporters were no less numerous, “The benefits of interaction between civilizations are enormous. The Desert Tower Civilization not only poses a threat to us but also provides an opportunity; we need such an adversary to show our strength and style to other civilizations.”
“If we can make a quick decision, just seriously cripple them and push them back, we won’t need to sacrifice too much,” others considered rationally, “The strength of the Desert Tower Civilization is indeed formidable, but we have President Shen Hao; the advantage is on our side.”
“The Sky Spirit People can also join the battle; later, the Senya people can in turn support them, as the Senya people are quite adept at dealing with the Undead.”
“Right! And the Senya people’s ability to build Underground Cities is also strong; plants are natural burrowing machines!”
“After this battle, four out of the nine civilizations will stand together, which is enough to form an interstellar order with us at the core!”
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Contrary to what the Senya people believed, from the perspective of Human Civilization, there was no lack of reason to fight the Desert Tower Civilization.
On the contrary, there were far too many reasons.
The Senya people had been at peace for so long that they had forgotten sometimes war can yield benefits on multiple fronts.
Moreover, at this point, Human Civilization’s confidence in itself was indeed unprecedentedly strong.
They were the first in performance value among the nine civilizations, they possessed the strongest warriors, they had the highest-level marketplace!
Of course, what was even more important was that Shen Hao supported this war!
In fact, just this point alone was enough to obviate any need for discussion.
The Global United Front swiftly allocated resources, and the first batch of soldiers who had been ready boarded the warships purchased directly from the marketplace, including the Purple Epic Mother Ship extracted by Shen Hao, forming a fleet of no less than thirty warships, heading towards the direction of the Desert Tower Civilization.
The fleet did not conceal its presence, and the moment it set off, all civilizations that were closely observing their planet could see it!
After all, it was not only Human Civilization that was closely observing other civilizations; other civilizations were also closely observing them.
In this empty, and ever-darkening expanse of space, countless observation posts lay hidden.
And at this moment, most civilizations already knew, a truly important conflict in the Civilization Trial was about to erupt.
