dark moon

Chapter 407 Assistance
During the discussion on the last day, Dr. Thorstad, the director of the institute, expressed his interest in magical technology and hoped to communicate with the Shadow Chasers. In return, they would also show their abilities to the Shadow Chasers. Some technical information.

This requirement is obvious. They hope to obtain more technology from the shadow chasers, or learn from the development ideas of another civilization, trying to make their own technology develop in a blowout manner.

Of course the Shadow Chasers refused, but Shuer would not say no so directly. He just naturally took out a pile of paper full of text, flipped through a few pages seriously, and then... without changing his expression. Rotated 180 degrees, flipped through a few pages seriously again, and then handed it to Thorstad, who had bright eyes.

Well, Thorstad couldn't understand it at all. Even though it had been converted into native characters, he still couldn't understand anything. Of course he knew the characters, but the combination was beyond the cognitive ability of this veteran researcher. He couldn't even understand it. It’s impossible to understand, let alone apply it in detail.

Shuer's face was expressionless, but he always had a malicious smile in his heart. This is the research data of the Soul Storm Generator, a practical weapon of the Soul Clan in the insect world. It has dual attributes of magic and technology, fully meeting Solsta's requirements. , the problem is that at the level of the local world, at least one more technological revolution can barely understand half of it.

The request for technology was helplessly persuaded. The other party understood that there was indeed a gap in the technological level between the two sides, and also understood Shuuer's implicit refusal. The top brass of the city hall could only settle for the next best thing, hoping that the Shadow Chasers could provide some The best support for artificial intelligence technology is to develop the kind of harmful data that can completely destroy the entire mechanical camp after being put into the network.

This time, Shuuer was uncharacteristic and rejected their request without mercy. Naturally, his reasoning was what he had said to the president before. The convention of contact between worlds is not to interfere with the process of the other party's civilization or bring any impact on the other party's development. No matter whether it is good or bad, it cannot be affected.Conflicts like before are just local wars. They seem very fierce, but they have no impact on the entire civilization. But if harmful data is provided, it will be different. It will directly change the civilization process of the entire world. Such a civilization It is no longer a natural development, but is controlled by man.

There is no room for refutation of the nonsense and the fabrication is full of truth. Brown Star's top management has fallen into great disappointment. These old politicians who have been immersed in the political arena for many years can hardly hide their bitter expressions. , it can be seen how much impact the rejection of the request has on them.However, Xiure's next words made their completely cold hearts beat again.

"Technical data, including data and network technology, are the joint efforts of all members of the Parvatiga civilization. Once exchanged with you, it is an interference between civilizations and violates the taboo of cross-world exchanges, so we cannot I agree to your request." Shuer slowly stood up, left his seat and walked slowly, "However, as individuals, some of our actions may only represent ourselves and not our civilization, so it is up to us to If you provide help, it does not constitute civilized interference. Of course, this does not mean that we can do everything. We can only do things that have no absolute impact, such as... helping you climb to the top of the Tower of Babel."

In an instant, the venue was in an uproar. The red light on the screen wall requesting speech could no longer be described as blinking. It was completely on. In the venue, several senior officials were also in shock and could not care about etiquette. Communicating quickly and quietly.

In fact, after the president made this request before and was used by Shuer to ask for instructions from his superiors, he knew that it would be very troublesome to get them to agree to this request. Therefore, in today's negotiation, they first used technological exchanges as a test. In their view, letting the Shadow Chasers do it themselves is much more serious than a simple technology exchange, so they plan to further entrust the assistance if the Shadow Chasers accept the request for technology exchange.

No one expected that after Shuer directly rejected the proposal for scientific and technological cooperation, he actually proposed to participate in the action and personally help humans fight against the mechanical camp. Of course, the senior officials were ecstatic, but behind the ecstasy, there was also a trace of uneasiness. , because everyone felt that this kind of inconsistent behavior was not normal, and they suspected that the shadow chasers had some ulterior motives.

"I know what you are worried about, and I also know what you are doubting, but I want to tell you that there are some misunderstandings in your understanding of civilized interference." The excellent qualities of the clergyman make everything Shuer says seem true. , he was almost able to deceive himself, "This time we are participating in the war in our own name, but it is not that serious. It can be said that it will not have an impact on your civilization."

"Because our body has already reported the situation here. According to the analysis of the temples, relying on your own abilities, sooner or later you will be able to break through the defense of the Tower of Babel and climb to the top of the Tower of Babel. The difference is only a matter of time. There is no Our help may take you decades or even hundreds of years, but the results will not change, and helping you achieve the results one or two hundred years in advance cannot be considered as having a substantial impact on the process of civilization."

"Moreover, we never said that we would climb the Tower of Babel for you. We would only assist and 'help' the indigenous people of your world climb the Tower. There is an essential difference between the two."

So it turns out that everyone believed it. They were facing some senior diplomats who had visited countless worlds and had rich experience in cross-world exchanges. Their words were naturally very credible, let alone think about it carefully. , what they said makes sense. Our efforts are indeed correct. Sooner or later we will be able to survive the mechanical threat. Now we are only seeking assistance to reduce losses.

But help us climb the tower?Does this mean that we send an elite force to directly fight the machine and attack the Tower of Babel?After their excited brains calmed down, the senior management of Sky City fell into unavoidable panic. Several Sky City have already demonstrated the consequences of a head-on war to everyone through personal experience. Fortunately, it is successful. If it fails, the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the city will be destroyed.

"Oh, the Lord said that whoever takes must pay first. Whatever a person wants, he must pay an equal price." Shuer's cold voice is still deeply remembered by senior officials, and hundreds of thousands of lives have been uttered in his mouth. , just the simple word "cost" can be easily mentioned, "If you want to save the fate of the entire race, the bet only requires the lives of tens of millions of people. This is already very cost-effective. You won't think that you don't have to pay anything." , we can achieve our goal.”

The senior people were speechless. If they were the senior leaders of global governments before the mechanical apocalypse, they might be able to regard hundreds of thousands of innocent lives as mere numbers. But after decades of living in a snail's nest, these politicians Their vision is much smaller, and tens of thousands of people as a bet is indeed beyond their ability to bear. "We... can pay other prices." Finally, as the president of the black market, Clement tried to persuade him by relying on his familiarity with the Shadow Chasers, "Resources, products, equipment, no matter how much, we All are acceptable.”

"It's meaningless, and we can't take it away." Shuer interrupted the other party unceremoniously, "To be honest, if we weren't interested in the information hidden in the Tower of Babel, we wouldn't have spent so much money. Pay more attention to controlling the main body and reporting to the pantheon of gods. For us, those data are the reward for entrusting our assistance, but we must be 'facilitators'. This is a premise that cannot be changed. If you cannot accept such a price, then It doesn’t matter to us, just pretend we didn’t mention it today.”

Silence, a deathly silence enveloped the venue, and the reminder lights on the display wall no longer flickered. Although it had nothing to do with other cities, as the last survivors of mankind, the fate of our compatriots was still very important.But they had no say in this matter, so they could only watch several of their colleagues fall into deep tangles.

"With our own efforts, can we really attack the Tower of Babel in a few decades?" Some people were already wavering.

"It doesn't matter whether it's true or not. They are right. A few decades will not have much impact on the progress of civilization, but it will have a direct impact on our city. Can we really sustain it for another few decades? This mechanical invasion is already very troublesome, what about next time?”

"However, the lives of tens of millions of people are worth it. As a soldier, I am not afraid of death, but I cannot put the lives of those civilians on the line. If it fails, they will all die under the mechanical counterattack. It is better to continue Decades of accumulated strength.”

"If we can't hold on, they will also die. No one will be spared."

After a heated debate, the Speaker of the City Hall showed his courage as the head of the city and stood up directly and said: "Dear envoys, we are mentally prepared to accept your offer to assist us in attacking the Tower of Babel, even if all Even if the city is buried with this act, it will not flinch."

"Are you sure?" Xiure asked with a half-smile.

"yes, I'm sure."

"Very good, it's good to have this consciousness." Shuer suddenly showed a strange smile, "The question is, when did I say that I want you to send troops to attack the Tower of Babel with us? You are willing to attack by force, but we are not willing Woolen cloth."

"what?"

"Have you seen this child? Delia, she is the one chosen by us. We will assist her and enter the Tower of Babel through infiltration. When we succeed, I hope her name will appear truthfully. In the announcement to the public. This is what she asked for, and it is what we hope for, and we hope to see her become a Brown Star hero."

So, after the Shadow Chasers made comprehensive preparations and completed the arrangement of the last magic circle, they supported Delia, who was swaying in the wind, and looked at the Tower of Babel from the edge of the city.

"Tower of Babel..." Delia's expression was extremely complicated, "I'm coming."

(End of this chapter)