Chapter 211: Chapter 210: The Final Situation Becomes Clear
Before Shen Hao entered her life, Xi Qing was actually extremely confident in herself.
A Golden Legendary Talent, a chance that only one in a million could possess!
Such a rare probability was encountered by her.
Therefore, in the first Civilization Trial, Xi Qing truly felt that in this life, she was the “Chosen One.”
It wasn’t just her who thought this way—many others, including the Military God Mu Zhan, did too.
It was as if her emergence was destined to lead the Great Yan, to shepherd their civilization to ever-increasing strength, until they overcame the Trials and reached heights previously unimaginable.
Driven by a mission sense that had long since integrated into her heart, even without a craving for the Emperor’s power, Xi Qing still actively took the position.
But, it wasn’t until she met Shen Hao that her confidence was shaken.
She never doubted that she was the Great Yan’s “Chosen One,” but she began to wonder if she could indeed take Great Yan to the very end.
Compared to Shen Hao, who wasn’t a true Emperor but had class-changed to an [Emperor], and her—who sat on the throne accepting the worship of her subjects—the difference was huge.
There was simply no comparison!
“If he weren’t an ally, but an enemy… Or if, on the path ahead, we also encountered enemies with Mythical Talents, how would we defeat them?” Just the brief thought of viewing Shen Hao from an enemy’s perspective was enough for Xi Qing to feel an oppressive desperation.
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Even the Civilization Trial had never brought her such a sense of despair.
Overwhelmingly powerful, inconceivably so!
“Sigh—” Xi Qing let out a long breath, expelling the unease and pressure from her heart, and ordered, “Hold another state banquet, and invite the human envoys.”
Before this, in the entire history of the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty, there had been fewer than ten occasions when someone was invited to a state banquet!
Yet, such an event was happening again within just a few short days.
And additionally, this was the collective call of all the civil servants.
This clearly showed that within a short period of time, the strength and status of Human Civilization had deeply impacted the hearts of the entire high level of Great Yan.
This fact was profoundly felt by Kong Zhaoxia when she came here again.
However, facing the terms proposed by the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty, she slowly shook her head.
In the face of everyone’s shifting expressions, she spoke out, “The relevant technology can indeed be given to you, but even if it were, with the current capabilities of the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty, it would be very difficult to replicate and optimize.”
“…” The banquet fell silent.
Everyone looked at each other.
In the end, it was a top-ranked civil servant who asked, “Could it be that this technology is related to science and technology?”
They all knew that Human Civilization mainly followed the path of science and technology.
However, Kong Zhaoxia shook her head again, “Not only that. This technology is a fusion of the different essences within Human Civilization. Firstly, it’s from a Golden Legend Civilization Treasure that was obtained as a ranked reward; secondly, it involves related inheritances and materials from a high-quality store; thirdly, from the Wing Sky Clan that joined our Human Civilization. These three elements are the foundation. Moreover, there are researchers with special class-changes, a scientific mindset, the President’s support…”
In the current Trial, there were no opposing civilizations, so such information could be disclosed without worry.
But as she explained further, not just the Great Yan civil servants but even Xi Qing herself began to look increasingly distressed.
They were irritated.
Not at Human Civilization, but at their own weakness.
Indeed, they had recognized the strength of Human Civilization, but never before like this moment did they so vividly realize their own frailty!
Frailty to the extent that even if the technology were willingly shared, they still wouldn’t be able to learn or realize it!
This wasn’t just a lag in a certain area, but a comprehensive lag!
“However, this technology is indeed beneficial for war,” Kong Zhaoxia added at the end, “I have received an order from the President, your side can exchange this technology for technology, resources, or even talent. But the main trade proposal should focus on existing military equipment; we will mass-produce equipment and trade it to Great Yan to comprehensively increase military strength and eradicate the Undead.”
Xi Qing was silent for a moment, then slowly exhaled.
“Just as the envoy suggested,” she glanced at the other civil servants, no longer speaking.
This proposal was indeed the most suitable one for the current situation, yet the military formations that rightfully belonged to them were quickly optimized by Human Civilization, and then resold to them.
The taste of this, only the Great Yan Monarch and Ministers could fully understand.
Xi Qing felt more apprehensive than ever.
Initially, she just wanted to suppress the blind arrogance of the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty slightly, but now, even she was clueless about the path forward in the Civilization Trials.
Maybe they could win this Trial with the help of Human Civilization, but what about the next?
With their inability to implement the technologies they acquire?
“…”
The pressure Xi Qing felt at this moment was unprecedented.
However, this pressure naturally belonged only to the Great Yan Civilization.
At this moment, Shen Hao’s mood was actually quite good.
Because he indeed saw the first light of the end of this Trial.
“The military formations indeed have a remarkable effect on the Transcendent battlefield,” Shen Hao was looking at the drill data summarized by Fiora.
There were twenty-three different types of military formations in total, each able to play a significant role. The elites from the Analysis Department even carried out various complex combinations, not only for use on the frontlines but also for homeland defense, including that of the Sky Spirit Civilization, where they could also make a huge difference.
Especially for the Sky Spirit Civilization.
Under the effect of defensive military formations, their defense of the Magic Barrier nodes was greatly strengthened.
The situations where defenses were breached, leading to catastrophic fatalities, had become extremely rare.
Moreover, with the Senya people actively helping them build Underground Cities, it wouldn’t be long before the security of the Sky Spirit Civilization could be assured.
In this final war, the position of the Sky Spirit Mother Planet was anything but ordinary.
The entire population of the Desert Tower Civilization and Louis Civilization would have to be relocated to the Sky Spirit Mother Planet.
After all, with the mobility of the Undead laid out like this, instead of letting them shuttle randomly between different planets, it would be better to concentrate the battleground on a single planet.
The Sky Spirit Civilization had such conditions.
On the one hand, with vast territory enough to accommodate these two hundred billion people, there was no problem at all.
On the other hand, it was close enough to the Human Mother Planet to make support very convenient.
Within this distance, Shen Hao could even share some of Human Civilization’s trump cards directly with the Sky Spirit Mother Planet!
“The Undead must be realizing the crisis soon,” Shen Hao recalled all the arrangements and narrowed his eyes slightly, “But even if they realize it, they don’t have much choice.”
Another five days passed, and as the expedited military formations began to take effect on the frontlines, the casualty ratio between the Alliance and the Undead Army continued to narrow further.
At first, it was one to three.
Now, it had even reached one to eight!
After all, the total number of troops the Alliance had deployed on the Desert Tower Mother Planet had reached as many as three hundred million!
And the number of Desert Tower People being relocated had also surpassed one hundred billion.
Nearly all transport spaceships were involved in the transportation, and Shen Hao had even spent points to add quite a few more transport spaceships.
Under such circumstances, just as Shen Hao had guessed, the Undead also felt the sense of crisis.
Shen Hao didn’t know what the outcome would be for the intelligent Undead survivors after their defeat, but clearly, they could not accept such an outcome and would struggle with all their might.
“The Undead Army is now consolidating its forces,” Dong Gong was reporting to Shen Hao the summary of the results of the ten-day war, “Since the Undead inter-realm war began, a total of 1.34 billion Undead have been annihilated across various planets, and it’s estimated that there are 960 million, Level 8 or higher, remaining Undead. In addition, there are also about 8.3 billion newborn Undead hiding on the Wing Sky Human Mother Planet, with an average strength estimated around Level 4.”
“8.3 billion?” Shen Hao repeated the number.
This was civilian casualties caused by these Undead during these past ten or so days.
Mainly concentrated on the Desert Tower and Louis Civilizations.
The Desert Tower Civilization now had only a little over one hundred sixty billion left, with almost thirty billion casualties, though most of these casualties were concentrated in the beginning.
On just the first day, thirteen billion Desert Tower People perished.
Now, the situation on the Desert Tower Mother Planet had basically stabilized, and although the Undead were still continuously harassing, only close to ten million people perished each day.
A world apart from the beginning.
On the contrary, the Louis People suffered even greater losses than the Desert Tower People after the Undead changed direction to attack.
The number reached a staggering forty billion.
After all, even though Human Civilization had already taken control of the management of all nations within the Louis Civilization, the Louis People were far less disciplined than the Desert Tower People, and the order of their combat and evacuation was more chaotic, so such losses were to be expected in this situation.
On one hand, Human Civilization did everything they could, and on the other, they also used this catastrophe to accelerate the unification and integration of the entire Louis Civilization.
Nowadays, although only a little more than fifty billion remained, those who were left had undergone profound changes compared to before.
Shen Hao planned to relocate these people to the Sky Spirit Mother Planet as well.
They were also a non-negligible force, especially considering the remnants and technology of the Ancient Civilization that they held, which were of great importance in some fields.
As for the remaining ten or so billion, they originated from civilian casualties on the Sky Spirit Mother Planet and the Great Yan Mother Planet.
The Undead never forgot to harass their Mother Planets, forcing them to retain forces to defend them.
Even Human Civilization had also suffered millions of civilian casualties during these ten or so days.
In the Civilization Trial, individual lives were more often than not just numbers.
However, as the reports from various parties went further, the situation of the last battle of this Trial became clearer and clearer.
960 million main forces, and about 8.3 billion newborn reserve troops, this was the current number of enemies of the civilizations!