Chapter 2060: Trial of the Gods
Zhao Chen scanned everyone present.
There were nine representatives in total, including him.
"Gentlemen, I have called you all here for this meeting."
I got straight to the point.
It's not about any current war or the distribution of benefits.
It is for the future of all of us.
I don't know if the authorities have spoken to you about this.
Therefore, I want to have a frank and open discussion with you all here! Emperor Zhao Chen's words surprised everyone.
Lilith, the secretary standing behind Emperor Xiaolong, was observing the expressions on the faces of these people.
Sometimes, a person's expression can reveal changes in their inner state.
For example, right now.
Lilith's secretary noticed that some of them had strange expressions.
"What? Order?"
"What's going on?"
"Could it be that the Order has already set its sights on us?"
Emperor Zhao Chen of the Dragon King did not hide anything and directly played the video footage of the previous Order Consciousness entity, making it public.
This surprised everyone present.
Whether the surprise was genuine or feigned, only the parties involved know.
"What's going on? A god-level civilization?"
"Could it be that we were wrong? All along, the order has been protecting us from the threats of these god-like civilizations."
We have now broken this balance ourselves!
"Then aren't we doomed?"
Everyone is now in a state of panic upon learning of this.
After all, if all of this is true, then they haven't had much time to be happy before they are about to face annihilation.
This is something no one can accept.
Most importantly, the vast majority of these people did not receive the spark of order from the plan.
"I will not hide it from you."
I did not accept the Spark of Order plan.
"If I had accepted it, I wouldn't be here today telling you all this," Zhao Chen said frankly.
This point will become clear if you think about it for a moment.
"But I know that among those of you here, there must be some who, like me, have had contact with order."
Whatever choice you make, that is your right.
However, I hope that you can consider our shared history of fighting together.
"To be frank, the choices you made..." Emperor Zhao Chen said after finishing these words.
His gaze was fixed directly on Diablo, the God of Destruction.
If Order were to select candidates for the Spark Project here...
The conqueror civilization must be one of them.
Emperor Zhao Chen was not wrong either.
Diablo, the God of Destruction, smiled and said frankly, "I didn't expect His Excellency the Dragon Emperor to be so frank."
However, I didn't expect you to reject the Spark of Order's plan.
"It seems you've accepted it." Emperor Zhao Chen looked at Diablo, the God of Destruction, without surprise.
Diablo, the God of Destruction, crossed his arms and said calmly, "Of course I accept."
What reason is there to refuse?
You should know that what we are about to face is a true T7 technological civilization.
It is a T7 interstellar civilization capable of destroying order.
Given our current strength, a head-on confrontation with them would only lead to one outcome.
That would mean dying without a burial place.
"In that case, the Spark Program offered by Order is our only chance."
"Which of his proposals did you accept?" Emperor Zhao Chen asked directly.
"After that, I will lead my starfleet and related personnel to a T7 interstellar civilization organization recommended by the Order," Diablo, the God of Destruction, said calmly.
Emperor Zhao Chen nodded: "Then I wish Diablo, the God of Destruction, a safe journey."
Diablo, the God of Destruction, smiled slightly and looked at Zhao Chen, the Emperor of the Dragons, saying, "I can leave you a gift before I leave."
I can bring all the families and cosmic territories left behind by my conqueror civilization to your side.
Although I think what you're doing is courting death.
But I still have high hopes that you can make it on this path.
Because I also want to be able to eliminate you honorably on the battlefield!
As an opponent, Zhao Chen would still believe what Diablo, the God of Destruction, said.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony. Thank you in advance, Lord Diablo, the God of Destruction." Zhao Chen didn't stand on ceremony either.
Why not take it if it's free?
Although it will most likely still be a mess by then.
"Besides Diablo, the God of Destruction, are there any other arrangements for the others?" Emperor Zhao Chen looked at the others.
Quiet, quiet, quiet.
Is Diablo, the God of Destruction, the only candidate for the Spark Project?
"I neither accepted nor rejected the Spark of Order plan."
"We're still in the consideration stage." At this moment, the representative of the Fabardos Interstellar Federation, a former near-T7 interstellar civilization, stepped forward and said.
"Could I hear your reasons for hesitation?" Emperor Zhao Chen asked curiously.
Perhaps it's because they're reluctant to part with it.
We are a union, and of the choices given by the order, we can only take a small portion of the people with us.
That means we will have to leave our homes and many more of our compatriots here.
Therefore, this proposal was not adopted within our Falbados Interstellar Federation.
"It's still in the planning stage," the representative of the Fabardos Interstellar Federation replied.
So that's what happened.
Emperor Zhao Chen looked seriously at the representative of the Fabados Interstellar Alliance: "Your Excellency."
Here, as the Emperor of the Dragon King, I sincerely invite you to stay.
Although I know I should stay.
The challenges we may face next are enormous.
However, I firmly believe that as long as we continue to work hard...
We will definitely overcome these difficulties.
This is our home.
It is an interstellar civilization that we built with our own hands.
Once we leave here, we will lose our roots.
How far can an interstellar civilization that has lost its roots go?
Diablo, the God of Destruction, scoffed at the statement, clearly not agreeing with it.
"Everyone knows the situation now."
We are now completely in the same boat.
"So we must work together to figure out how to overcome this difficulty!" said Emperor Zhao Chen.
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At that moment, applause broke out from the side.
Diablo, the God of Destruction, smiled as he looked at Emperor Zhao Chen, then glanced around at the surroundings.
Then, looking at Zhao Chen, he said, "Now I'm a little curious, what good ideas have you, the Emperor of the Dragon, come up with to deal with those T7 interstellar civilizations?"
"Are you really relying on your dozen or so T7-class starships?"
Emperor Zhao Chen of the Dragon King did not hide anything.
He stated bluntly, "In a direct armed confrontation, we are no match."
Therefore, we need to think of other solutions.
We are going to venture into the vast ocean of the universe to search for other cosmic civilizations and find our chance to survive.
Simply put, it's about finding a big tree.
"But why would anyone help you for no reason?" Diablo, the God of Destruction, shook his head mockingly.
"I know this is all very difficult."
But on our path of development, which time has it not been fraught with difficulties and obstacles?
If you give up just because it's difficult.
Then I think many of the interstellar civilizations here wouldn't have made it this far.
This difficulty is actually the same as the difficulties we have encountered before.
If we can't overcome this obstacle, we will be eliminated.
If we overcome this obstacle, we will usher in a brand new era!
After listening to what Emperor Zhao Chen of the Dragon Emperor said.
Some people at the scene were also stirred up.
"Breaking through the wind and waves!"
Damn it, it's just a T7 interstellar civilization.
"At worst, we'll fight them to the death!"
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Dragon is right. As long as we find a way, we will always have an opportunity."
The meeting ended quickly.
According to the deployment and arrangements of Emperor Zhao Chen of the Dragon Clan.
In the time to come, all wars and disputes between each other shall be set aside.
First, clear out the remaining remnants of the Three Gods' civilization.
Then, each interstellar civilization will eliminate outdated industries and accelerate the research and upgrading of T7 technology and industry.
Establish a powerful T7 interstellar warship fleet as soon as possible.
Only in this way can they have the ability to defend themselves.
Therefore, we must make every effort at all costs.
As for Diablo's conqueror civilization, it was naturally excluded.
The higher-ups also strictly controlled these kinds of news regarding order.
At least for now, it cannot be disclosed to the outside world.
Meanwhile, some family factions secretly made contact with the conqueror civilization.
The intention is quite clear: they want to catch the last train of the conqueror civilization.
Diablo, the God of Destruction, did not refuse these offers. As long as he was given enough, bringing along some people was not a problem.
Later, someone discovered...
The isolated Holy Nether Civilization completely lost contact with the outside world, becoming the second civilization to disappear after the Holy Maiden Civilization.
Emperor Zhao Chen naturally guessed the reason.
The strength of the Holy Nether Civilization is beyond doubt.
Its disappearance must have been an acceptance of the spark of order's plan, as for which one it chose.
That's something only the Holy Nether Civilization itself knows.
For Zhao Chen, this incident was just a minor episode.
What he needs to focus on now is the problem at hand.
Right now, he is chairing a small meeting.
Before me is a team assembled by Lilith's secretary specifically to investigate and research this incident.
"According to the information provided by the order."
We can roughly deduce the power structure of the universe's oceans.
In the ocean of the universe.
The Five Gods Civilization is the strongest existence, a true god-level civilization.
Below the Five Gods Civilization lies the Quasi-Gods Civilization.
The number of quasi-god civilizations is estimated to be thirty-eight, according to known information, but whether there will be more is unknown.
The number of demigod-level civilizations is quite large, numbering in the thousands.
These sub-god-level civilizations are also quite unique; they have become T7 civilizations in the cosmic ocean and have survived to this day.
They all have their own methods.
In terms of military strength, they are no match for the Five Gods Civilization and could be easily wiped out by them.
Therefore, they each have their own value.
The most common approach was to directly attach themselves to the Five Gods civilization, thus gaining protection and ensuring their continued existence.
The remaining small group seeks to find some value within themselves.
For example, civilizations and races with certain special abilities.
They survive by relying on their own value.
And if we want to survive the impending disaster...
The optimal solution is to seek the protection of the Five Gods civilization.
With a big tree behind you, you can naturally survive.
However, the Five Gods civilization has always had very strict requirements for interstellar civilizations that rely on it.
It is said that because the resources and space of the universe's ocean are limited, the five divine civilizations are all purposefully controlling the number of T7 interstellar civilizations.
Therefore, they might even intentionally reduce the number of near-T7 interstellar civilizations!
To this end, they also established a trial of the gods.
This trial of God was also discovered in the documents.
Perhaps this is the best way for us to survive.
The Trial of God.
When Zhao Chen heard this word, he felt as if he were listening to a novel.
"Tell me more about it," Zhao Chen said.
"The Trial of God".
As the name suggests, it is a trial organized by the civilization of gods every thousand years.
To avoid conflict among themselves, the five civilizations would place matters that required war into the Trials of the Gods.
The rules of the Trial of the Gods are to arrange for one hundred interstellar civilizations to enter the world of the Trial of the Gods.
In this world of divine trials, the flow of time is different from that in the outside world.
But life and death are the same.
It's even rumored that it can annihilate some races that claim to be immortal.
At this point, Secretary Lilith glanced at Emperor Zhao Chen with a serious expression.
The Dragon Star Empire's advantage has always been based on a cutting-edge technology that allows it to continuously revive its soldiers and crew.
If none of these can be achieved in this trial of God.
That means that people who might die inside are truly dead.
"Go on," Zhao Chen said calmly.
"The requirement for these 100 interstellar civilizations is that they can be sub-god-level civilizations or selected near-T7 level interstellar civilizations."
The leaders of each interstellar civilization are required to lead a certain number of people into the Trials of the Gods.
Simulate a war within it.
As for what kind of war it is, it will be different every time.
It is said that the previous simulation was an interstellar war in a universe.
The participants are placed on different planets in the universe, but given the same resources.
Then let them develop rapidly until they wipe out other interstellar civilizations.
What takes a year in the outside world takes a thousand years in the trial space.
From the initial T1 civilization to the T5 civilization, one important civilization wiped out all the other ninety-nine civilizations.
They became the victors.
And this victor will receive the protection of the five divine civilizations for the next million years.