Chapter 136: Interference from the Star Alliance

The feud between Earth and Leite was known clearly throughout the entire Galaxy. Nowadays, the atmosphere between the two civilizations grew increasingly tense, and the deployment of interstellar warships became more frequent.

Leite was mobilizing its military forces on a large scale to the outer reaches of the Solar System. Its first, second, and third main fleets all gathered outside the Oort Cloud of the Solar System, pressing in from three directions.

Each fleet had a 20-kilometer-long Space Fortress as its logistical base, carrying 1,500 warships. Moreover, the Space Fortress itself possessed enough fire power to influence the outcome of a battle.

The strength of these three fleets accounted for only 60% of Leite’s total military power, yet in terms of scale, it had already far surpassed the total strength of Earth.

This was the comprehensive power of a mature Fifth-grade Civilization. If Earth did not currently possess the deterrent of the Planet Destroyer, the Layite People would have marched into the Solar System long ago.

On Earth’s side, the total number of warships possessed was only a little over 3,000, and they were all third-generation warships. As for fourth-generation warships, despite the humans’ desperate production efforts, they currently only had 121.

In this battle, the strength of both sides was very unequal, yet there was not the slightest panic in the human society on Earth.

For this battle, humanity had strived for a full 130 years. In the entire history of humanity, there had never been a period like now, where everyone’s beliefs were condensed into one, solely to complete this fated revenge!

On Earth, the people’s cries for war were surging. The entire human society was surging with an unstoppable tide, sweeping everyone within it, rushing fearlessly towards the future.

War was inevitable!

Humanity had truly fallen into an incomparable frenzy. In this battle, either humanity would crash and bleed, with their people dead and clan wiped out, or Leite would be shattered to pieces by this surging tide.

There was only the decisiveness of life and death, with no possibility of reconciliation! Because revenge had become the driving force supporting the advancement of the entire human society.

This crazy flame made the Layite People, as their opponents, tremble with fear. Anyone facing such an opponent would have a huge headache.

But just as the war was about to break out, an ambassador from the Star Alliance arrived to mediate the dispute.

High-level officials from both sides were invited onto a silver-white Ao Star spaceship, less than two hundred meters long, located outside the Oort Cloud.

The mediator for the Star Alliance was none other than Elder Yun!

The appearance of this Ao Star elder had not changed much, except for slight lines at the corners of his eyes, faint wrinkles on his forehead, and the light in his eyes appeared even more lifeless.

The representative from Leite was its Foreign Minister, Norance, while on Earth’s side, it was Lu Yuan, whose prestige among Earth’s high-level officials was increasing day by day, who was also Lin Lei’s incarnation.

Lin Lei looked at this Ao Star elder, feeling nothing in his heart. In his current view, Elder Yun was no different from an ant.

Lin Lei’s vision had already begun to surpass the individual of an intelligent being, focusing on the entire intelligent race. The Ao Star Civilization was worthy of his concern, but a single Elder Yun was no longer worth his attention.

So, he was calm and composed.

After the personnel from both sides were seated, Elder Yun began to briefly explain his purpose for coming here.

“The conflict between Leite and Earth is unavoidable, but the Star Alliance still hopes that both sides can treat this conflict with a more rational method, rather than fighting to the death.”

Norance stood up first. He bowed respectfully to Elder Yun before clearing his throat to express his views.

“Leite has no intention of going to war with Earth, but for a century, Earth has held the greatest hostility towards Leite! As long as Earth acknowledges that Leite possesses control over the star region outside the Oort Cloud, we will agree to reconcile. This also conforms to the Laws of the Star Alliance, as this happens to be the range of star region control for a Fifth-grade Civilization recognized by the Star Alliance.”

Elder Yun nodded, acknowledging the Star Alliance Law cited by Norance. A Fifth-grade Civilization did indeed possess the control rights over a 50-Light Year star region. Even from a certain perspective, the Earth of the past was also within the Layite People’s control area.

But the problem now was that Earth was no longer an uncivilized race, but a Fifth-grade Civilization with independent sovereignty.

What did these fifty Light Years represent? That was countless resources and space for the development of a race. How could Earth now stay cooped up in the Solar System?

Leite saying this showed that they had no intention of reconciliation at all. Did they think that Earth would submit to the pressure of the Leite fleet?

Earth had no such intention either. Even though Lin Lei currently held a high position, the tidal wave of Will of all humanity could not be forcibly twisted even by him.

He sat there arrogantly, showing no respect for the Star Alliance, and merely responded with a smile to the gaze Elder Yun cast over.

A hint of doubt appeared in Elder Yun’s eyes, but he did not think too much of it, and simply asked for Earth’s opinion according to common practice.

“On Earth’s side, there is no possibility of reconciliation. Even if all humans die in battle, there are still citizens of Digital Life to continue fighting!”

Lin Lei came to the Star Alliance’s spaceship only because the other party was the Star Alliance backed by the Watcher Civilization. As for Leite, he did not put them in his eyes at all.

This civilization seemed terrifying in the eyes of current Earth, but Lin Lei knew deeply that this civilization lacked imagination and creativity, and even lacked the boldness to develop.

Nowadays, Leite had been a Fifth-grade Civilization for over nine hundred years, with incredibly slow progress in technology. Its people had become comfortable and lazy due to the stable environment. The upper echelons of the entire society had no desire to advance and were full of a rotten atmosphere.

Even if it was a lion, it was an aging old lion with dull claws and loosened sharp teeth. As long as Earth could deal a head-on blow to Leite, this civilization would soon be defeated completely and never recover!

Only one decisive victory was needed to crush Leite!

Elder Yun was not surprised by Lin Lei’s words. He nodded and said, “Since there is no possibility of reconciliation, the Star Alliance must emphasize one point: the two sides in battle must absolutely not use any weapons to destroy the other’s Life Planet! This is the bottom line of the Star Alliance’s interference. If one side does so, the Star Alliance will revoke that side’s status as a legal citizen of the Galaxy and expel them from the Galaxy!”

It did not matter how many people died; the Star Alliance did not care at all. But Life Planets were incredibly precious. Civilizations could be destroyed and could start over, but if a Life Planet was destroyed, it was a tremendous loss for the entire Galaxy.

In the entire Galaxy, with its trillions of planets, what was the number of native Life Planets? Only about a hundred thousand! The proportion they occupied did not even reach one hundred-millionth, showing how precious they were!

If the Star Alliance did not set this bottom line, then the two sides, in their war madness, would very likely use this final means. Past experiences had already proven that at least the Earth side would do so.

So when he spoke the last sentence, Elder Yun’s gaze at Lin Lei was full of warning.

Norance from Leite repeatedly agreed, while Lin Lei from Earth did not speak either, which counted as tacit acceptance.

Since there was the strong interference of the Star Alliance, the true meaning of this war had evolved into a battle for Earth to seize development space from Leite.

Leite could not actively withdraw from the star region it already controlled and obediently handle the matter according to the default median line principle of interstellar civilizations.

The development space of Earth Civilization could only be seized in blood and fire!

The current Solar System not only had upper and lower Fortress Stars, but its bases set up on the satellites of massive planets in the outer reaches had all been constructed into War Fortresses, all possessing powerful Fortress Main Guns.

These Main Guns adopted a pure energy attack mode, with an abnormally huge launch power, enough to pierce through a Leite Space Fortress with a single shot, and the effective range was one Astronomical Unit.

Therefore, Leite’s warships could only swagger outside the Oort Cloud, not daring to easily intrude into the heavily defended Solar System.

Now, on Earth’s side, besides the people’s cry for revenge, humanity also faced the problem of increasingly scarce resources within the Solar System. These resources would be exhausted in the foreseeable future, lasting for a maximum of another 200 years.

The Layite People did not need to invade the Solar System; as long as they successfully suppressed humanity within this narrow space, it meant their victory.

The Layite People, possessing vast space, could in the future use massive amounts of resources to drag the Earthlings down alive!

“Humanity must conquer a vast territory for its descendants, so that humanity can develop to its heart’s content.” This was a very practical question Lin Lei raised in the parliament after returning to Earth.

Fifth-grade Civilization might be the limit for the Layite People, but it was definitely not the limit for Earthlings. Lin Lei’s ultimate goal was to make humanity step onto the peak throne of the Galaxy!