Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones-Chapter 342: Then War It Is !!

Along with the return of their own detection data, the Purple Moon Civilization’s second message arrived.

The tone in this message was much less polite.

"Respected foreign civilization, since your side already possesses the ability to embark on deep space voyages, you should be aware of the rules of interaction between unfamiliar civilizations.

By disregarding our warnings and forcefully entering our stationed solar system, does your side intend to initiate a war with us?

Our side is a peace-loving civilization, but in the face of external aggression, we will not show the slightest fear.

We advise your side to immediately stop, cease deceleration, and leave this solar system!"

Facing such a stern warning from this powerful civilization, Tom not only felt no fear in his heart but was instead filled with a powerful will to fight.

"Respected Purple Moon Civilization, our side is the Bluetoth Civilization from the ’Blueprint Starfield’.

We have heard that within your civilization, there are some captives from the Human Civilization. For certain reasons, these Human Civilization captives are extremely important to our side.

We hope that your side can transfer these captives to us. Although our technological level is somewhat inferior to yours, we believe we possess many unique technologies that your side may not have mastered.

Our side can provide a list for your selection as compensation.

Our entry into this solar system is not out of hostility towards your side, nor an attempt to start a war; it is merely to conduct a transaction with your side.

Our side sincerely hopes to reach a deal with your side. May peace endure forever."

After learning from the Recorder Civilization that those Human compatriots who became captives of the Purple Moon Civilization for unknown reasons were in a poor situation within the Purple Moon Civilization, suspected of being treated as pets or animals, this Purple Moon Civilization had already entered Tom’s kill list.

Moreover, there was also the matter of having promised Electric Disaster to avenge them.

A major battle was inevitable between himself and this Purple Moon Civilization.

However, at this stage, the Purple Moon Civilization was unaware of his hostility. So, it would be better to first bring the compatriots back before slowly settling accounts with this Purple Moon Civilization. If a fight truly broke out and the Purple Moon Civilization killed those compatriots out of spite, it would be troublesome.

Tom never hesitated to use deceptive tactics against enemies.

At this moment, Tom even directly spoke their true name, unceremoniously exposing their disguise.

This was both a display of strength and an indication that their arrival was not accidental but rather that they had been observing them for a long time, indirectly demonstrating their determination to obtain those Human captives.

The Purple Moon Civilization’s reply arrived after some time.

"It seems your side’s arrival this time was not accidental... You already knew our true name in advance.

May I ask, how did your side come to know our name? How did you know there were Human captives within our fleet? What do these Human captives mean to your side?"

Seeing that Tom had already obtained their intelligence, the Purple Moon Civilization did not deny it and directly admitted it.

Tom breathed a slight sigh of relief, an uncontrollable surge of excitement rising in his heart.

Thousands of years had passed... At this moment, he had finally found his Human compatriots.

"Sorry, I am not at liberty to answer these questions.

Our purpose in coming here is merely to conduct this transaction with your side.

The Human captives belong to our side, and our unique technologies are available for your selection; the specific quantity and types can be negotiated.

After the transaction is completed, both our sides will set sail, the starry sky is vast, and perhaps we will meet again in the future, how about that?"

Tom was quite confident that the Purple Moon Civilization would agree.

The reason was simple: what value could some intelligent beings treated as pets or rare animals possibly have for the Purple Moon Civilization?

It would be more cost-effective to trade them as bargaining chips for some unique technologies. If they refused the transaction, given the other side’s determined attitude, war would likely break out.

No one wanted to fight a war for no reason.

But Tom received a very unexpected result.

"We are also sorry, these Human captives also possess extremely high value for our side, and we refuse the transaction.

We advise your side to immediately leave this solar system and not continue to approach. Otherwise, to defend the safety of our civilization, we will have no choice but to take a series of necessary measures."

Tom’s brows furrowed slightly.

This is illogical!

Why would the Purple Moon Civilization refuse the transaction?

What do these Human captives mean to them that would make them risk initiating a war, leading to their own losses—although on paper, the Purple Moon Civilization’s technology is superior to theirs, even so, once war breaks out, they will inevitably suffer significant losses—and still refuse his side?

From any perspective, these Human captives did not seem to possess such high value.

Unless...

These Human captives were involved in certain factors he was not yet aware of.

Recalling the strange disappearance of the Human Civilization at that time, with almost all traces erased, and the inexplicable appearance of these Human captives within the Purple Moon Civilization’s fleet, Tom immediately made a judgment: the reason the Purple Moon Civilization refused to trade these Human captives with him was almost certainly related to the disappearance of the Human Civilization back then!

Upon realizing this, the value of this Purple Moon Civilization in Tom’s eyes suddenly soared again.

No matter the cost, he had to acquire these Human captives and this intelligence.

If negotiations could not achieve the goal, then war!

"If that’s the case, then... war!"

"Since your side is so stubborn, our side has no choice. Coincidentally, our side is also very interested in a civilization near the Strong Nuclear peak. If we can acquire those unique technologies of your side, our side will have even greater confidence in impacting the Gravity stage..."

After a brief exchange, the arrival of a war was already predetermined.

Facing this unprecedentedly powerful civilization, Tom felt an unprecedented solemnity in his heart.

A large number of probes departed from within the solar system to conduct reconnaissance on Tom’s fleet. Tom also launched a large number of probes into the solar system.

In the dark space, almost unnoticed, reconnaissance, counter-reconnaissance, espionage, counter-espionage, sabotage, counter-sabotage, a series of extremely covert yet more brutal engagements constantly unfolded.

Time quietly passed amidst these small-scale engagements, and eventually, Tom’s fleet docked at a larger dwarf planet.

This dwarf planet was approximately 15 billion kilometers from Southern Fish H11 and approximately 4 billion kilometers from the outermost large planet.

Both sides had deployed a large number of spy satellites and probes within the solar system, estimated to exceed a billion in total, allowing a clear view of each other’s fleet movements.