Chapter 1064: Sacrificing Others for the Greater Good
Chapter 1064: Sacrificing Others for the Greater Good
December 29, 2022
Elizabeth fell into deep thought as she listened to Manina's words.
Manina paused for a moment before continuing, "So, we are left with only one path: defeating the Blue Star beings."
"By winning this war, we can gain an enormous amount of war spoils. The Super AI, Anthem, will reward us with a vast amount of psychic energy resources. The amount of psychic energy we receive could be as much as seven times the total amount we can mine from our planet, Skrull, over a thousand years!"
"With such a massive reward, our Skrull people have a chance to rise to unprecedented heights!"
"Moreover, Lord Plante and my ancestors have limited lifespans. Without this war bounty, they will likely not survive until the next war a thousand years from now."
"So, this battle must be fought, and we must win!"
"I see." Elizabeth nodded.
In the past, especially before her injury, the Solar Empire had never given her a compelling reason to fight.
In fact, she had not fully understood the "Civilization Ascension Plan." She only knew that the Blue Star was an easy target, so she had joined the war without much thought.
Now, she realized that the Skrull people had genuine reasons to win, even if the enemy's strength was much greater than they had anticipated.
However, upon further reflection, Elizabeth felt indifferent.
After all, she had already betrayed the Skrull people and joined the ranks of Dalak. The outcome of the war between Skrull and Blue Star no longer mattered to her.
As long as Lord Dalak could successfully deal with the Holy Silver Fleet, the indigenous inhabitants of these two planets would be obliterated in an instant!
Who would care about the war between the natives of these two planets then?
...
Seeing that Elizabeth seemed to understand, Manina continued, "Regarding the 'sacrifice' you mentioned, we have certainly considered it carefully.
The Blue Star has as many as ten god-level beings, three of whom are at the peak of god-level. Even if some of these god-level beings surrender in despair during the final stages of the war, the remaining god-level beings will have to pay a tremendous price to kill them.
However, these 'costs' are not solely borne by us, the god-level beings. In fact, we can use other means to compensate for these costs."
"Compensation? What do you mean?"
"Of course, the lives of cultivators below the seventh rank and god-level beings from other races!" Manina smiled, but his smile was tinged with a cold, cruel edge.
"Don't be fooled by the large number of god-level beings on the Blue Star. According to the AI Blue Devourer's estimates, the number of seventh-rank cultivators on the Blue Star is only half of ours."
As Manina spoke, the AI Blue Devourer promptly created a 3D projection on the empty space in the room, displaying a series of detailed statistics.
According to these statistics, the Blue Star had only about 50 seventh-rank beings, while Skrull had 104 seventh-rank beings and more, ready to participate in the war.
Strictly speaking, the number of seventh-rank cultivators on the Blue Star was indeed only half of Skrull's.
Councilor Kusman, standing beside Manina, added, "Your Majesty is right. Although the Blue Star has many god-level beings, the total amount of psychic energy resources they can obtain is quite limited.
With limited psychic energy resources, the number of seventh-rank and lower cultivators will definitely be small.
The Blue Star inhabitants have three main ways to obtain psychic energy resources:
The first way is through the Evolution game. Although this game offers a vast amount of psychic energy resources and significant opportunities for Blue star players,
However, this is the creation of the Holy Silver Federation, and they still value fair play in war. Therefore, it's impossible for them to miraculously mine a large amount of psychic energy.
The second method is to mine from psychic springs. This method seems to yield a significant amount of psychic energy, but many of the psychic springs on Earth have already been destroyed by our 'Anti-Gravity Crystal Devices.' So, in reality, they don't obtain much psychic energy.
The third method is to manufacture equipment and trade it with the various races on our side. This method did indeed net them a substantial amount of psychic energy in the recent past, allowing them to cultivate a large number of god-level beings.
However, in summary, the humans on Earth still have very limited access to psychic energy. It's already quite an achievement for them to have produced so many god-level beings and to have elevated Su Yu to the peak of the god level. The remaining psychic energy isn't as abundant, so their number of seventh-tier individuals is significantly lower than ours."
"Alright," Elizabeth nodded.
Manina smiled, "We have twice as many seventh-tier cultivators as they do, and a significant number more at the sixth tier. This is the confidence we have to take down ten Earth god-level beings!
We can use these fifty seventh-tier cultivators and the god-level beings from other races to surround and kill these Earth god-level beings, without us paying any price!"
A resolute glint flashed in Manina's eyes, "Even if it's my own son, Morgan, if he falls in battle, it will be a necessary sacrifice!"
Over the past month, Manina had gradually sensed something amiss with his son, Morgan. Despite Morgan's skillful concealment, Manina's intuition, honed over centuries as an emperor, made him increasingly wary.
The others in the meeting room now understood why Morgan was not present.
Kusman was very adept at reading the room.
Manina's words surprised him, revealing a significant rift between the father and son of the Sunfire Empire.
What had once seemed like a picture of paternal and filial harmony had now become a stark reality of "paternal and filial sacrifice"!
However, he didn't have the luxury to dwell on this. The current situation was enough to give him a headache.
Kusman organized his thoughts and said, "Let's set aside Prince Morgan for now. However, Prince Morgan and the various countries have recruited a large number of exchange students. Making these students make the necessary 'sacrifices' aligns with the interests of all of us, all the nations, and all the races. We can persuade them to 'volunteer' as suicide squads."
"Absolutely," Manina smiled again, "The races have invested a great deal in these exchange students, and now it's time for them to repay their mother planets."
Manina looked at everyone and declared, "Therefore, the purpose of this meeting is to reach a consensus.
We must stick together, and everything else can be discarded.
Only by doing so can we ensure that each of us survives this war. I hope everyone keeps this in mind."
"Very well said, I agree with your thoughts," Plante, the most powerful god-level being present, was the first to agree.
In fact, he and Manina had already discussed and aligned their opinions beforehand.
This was indeed the case. Without Plante's approval, Manina wouldn't have dared to make such a significant decision. After all, Manina is only a seventh-tier cultivator, and this decision affects the lives of half of the seventh-tier cultivators on Skroll.
"I agree."
"Me too."
The other god-level beings also voiced their agreement.
After a chorus of agreement, there was not a single dissenting voice.
(End of Chapter)
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