Trading Cosmic Battleship From The Start-Chapter 275 - 178: Methods to Address Shortcomings

They are now a small nation, a small nation daring to resist the Empire. In this situation, the route of dominance is more advantageous than the peace route, and force and fear are more effective than the so-called friendly attitude.

Just as the councillor said earlier.

In this dark interstellar backdrop, peace is merely the outcry of the weak.

Of course, some expressed concern: "These civilizations should all be within the Mude System. We are still outside the Mude System. If we come into contact with them, would it trigger interference from more advanced civilizations within the Mude System?"

Shen Shi answered this question:

"A more advanced civilization in the Mude System is none other than the Daike Civilization, isn’t it?"

"..." The person asking the question was instantly rendered speechless.

"Once reaching C-level, it already assumes the role of a manager within the Mude System. As for higher B-level civilizations, they have little interest in managing matters of E-level and D-level civilizations. Even if we defeat the Daike Civilization and replace their role, the B-level civilization won’t interfere; they might even see it as beneficial. After all, the Mude System is primarily a system of cultivation and oppression in the interstellar realm, where interest and value are eternal cores," continued Shen Shi. "So, if we’ve prepared to challenge the Daike Civilization, we need not worry about pressure from the Mude System before succeeding."

This is also the historical experience of the human civilization in the second future line.

After reversing the power dynamic with the Daike People, the Daike People did indeed seek assistance from other civilizations within the Mude System.

All resulted in cold rejections.

Just like how the Daike People treated the Worren in the history of the first future line.

This is the Mude System.

Here, there are no relationships, fame, or reputation to worry about.

No constraints of morality and the supposed peace-focused ethos.

Everything is cold, hard interest.

However, although this is a cruel environment for the weak, for the strong, it is a place to gain vested interests and a place for rapid development.

Human civilization now must strive to transform from the weak to the strong.

And having received Shen Shi’s loan, many people have somewhat breathed a sigh of relief.

After determining the main tone, some people’s thoughts became active suddenly.

"Councillor Shen, may I ask, apart from technology, industry, is there another most important criterion for C-level civilization, the Star System Fortress standard?" someone suddenly asked.

"That’s right." Shen Shi recognized the person’s intent and replied, "The Star System Fortress is essentially a concentration of technology and industrial level, and it is a symbol of authority for a C-level civilization—the entire Star System Fortress can restrict other ships and warships from translocating into the star system without permission."

This became an important review standard because of this.

Only having achieved this step qualifies one as a local dominator.

"I think our human civilization is currently very distorted in developing in this aspect." The speaker continued sharing their thoughts, "On one hand, we have Councillor Shen’s support, possessing powerful force, numerous powerful devices, and even high-tech level production lines. Yet, on the other hand, we lack enough population, lack high-quality technical personnel, lack an adequately massive industrial system, which severely hampers our development speed. So I wonder if we could use our force advantage to compensate for our deficiencies in scale."

This time, not only Shen Shi but everyone else understood what he meant.

Many began to ponder.

The more they pondered, the brighter their eyes became.

If there’s no need to worry about the Mude System’s interference, then this is indeed a very good idea!

Concentrate the power of those weaker civilizations into the human civilization!

On Blue Star, if small nations surrounding the Empire want to challenge its status, they wouldn’t start by confronting the Empire directly but by dealing with other even weaker countries first, rapidly augmenting themselves.

Not to mention!

This indeed could greatly compensate for humanity’s shortcomings in "scale."

More and more people began discussing.

"This is also a way to weaken the Daike Civilization. According to Mude System’s rules, C-level civilizations also need to offer substantial tribute to higher-level civilizations, right?"

"But travel time is also a big problem."

"And transportation issues!"

"Thinking carefully, it’s not that simple, and our civilization’s development also needs to catch up quickly." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"And it might cause a premature collision with the Daike Civilization; we should also find ways to conceal ourselves."

"The balance between conquering territory, building high walls, storing ample grain, and delaying the king’s proclamation needs to be carefully managed."

"We need to understand what our biggest advantage is?"

"..."

With everyone’s discussion, gradually, everyone’s eyes focused again on Shen Shi.

After all, their greatest advantage is Shen Shi.

"There’s also good news." Shen Shi squinted slightly, his consciousness conveying obvious pleasure, "You all should have already guessed, I have certain assets and a network in the Star Sea. Recently, I made a risky investment to acquire Iwen. Fortunately, I succeeded, just as I’ve always said, my personal interests are increasingly intertwined with those of the entire human civilization. My success, combined with this victory, and the challenge and threat to the Daike Civilization, allow our entire human civilization to gain more support from the Star Sea."