Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 416 The Bright Oceanism Must Be Realized! (3k)

Thinking of this, Lan couldn't help but sigh softly again.

Since returning to Earth, this commander of the carbon-based Federation fleet has been taking on a human form, not for any other reason than for Xiao Qing.

Under the cover of Lan's intelligent field, Xiao Qing, who was standing nearby, also learned what Lan was thinking and couldn't help but feel more confused.

Xiao Qing then pointed to the six purple dots of light and asked, "It's understandable that our carbon-based federation has so many gods, but why does the silicon-based empire also have six gods? This doesn't make sense."

Upon hearing this, Lan said calmly, "There are always some idle and wicked gods who want to play proxy wars."

"A wicked god who has nothing better to do?"

"Life is incredibly long, and these guys always like to find some fun. After all, that's the meaning of their existence. They're of no benefit to the universe, and they don't even make any artistic contribution." A hint of disgust appeared on Lan's face.

In the war 20,000 galactic years (200 million years ago), although the silicon-based empire swept through half of the galaxy in the early stages, that was purely due to the silicon-based empire's overwhelming force and did not mean that the silicon-based empire was stronger than the carbon-based federation.

If prepared in advance, any one of the seventy-four top carbon-based civilizations has the potential to single-handedly defeat a silicon-based empire.

But there is no if in reality.

Military equipment was in disrepair, and there had been no fighting for a long time; this was the most accurate description of the carbon-based federation at that time.

Before the war 20,000 galactic years ago, the Carbon-Based Federation enjoyed nearly 600,000 galactic years (6 billion years) of peace.

Among them, the numerous wars of destruction waged by the God civilization, as well as the annihilation campaigns against the invaders of the Andromeda and Large Magellanic Clouds, earned the Milky Way a formidable reputation in the Local Group and even the Virgo Supercluster.

The newly formed carbon-based federation, under God's protection, has forgotten what war is.

Only after the gods departed or grew old did the Carbon-Based Federation develop limited military force in order to protect itself.

Moreover, although the carbon-based civilizations at that time were called federations, they did not have a unified military force. Each carbon-based civilization was in a state of independent governance and self-sufficiency.

The silicon-based empire at that time was nothing more than the legacy of the joint invasion by Andromeda and Magellanic Clouds, a 'silicon-based self-replicating cannon fodder army' casually created by the invaders.

After being abandoned, this silicon-based self-replicating cannon fodder army has been living in the border area between Silver Cloud and Silver Disk, and its strength is weak.

Out of respect for silicon-based life and faith in the Bright Oceanism, the Carbon-based Federation has never launched a campaign to annihilate this "posthumous child" of the invaders.

Although named as such, the Carbon-Based Federation is actually a composite of many element-based civilizations, including carbon-based, silicon-based, nitrogen-based, phosphorus-based, and plasma-based civilizations, with carbon-based civilization being the dominant one.

Within the carbon-based federation, all element-based civilizations are equal.

For example, the famous 'cavitation civilization' within the carbon-based federation is one of the original silicon-based civilizations in the Milky Way, and it is extremely friendly to any civilization.

This is precisely why the development of the 'silicon-based self-replicating cannon fodder army' has been allowed to continue unchecked.

Moreover, the 'silicon-based self-replicating cannon fodder army' was located in the countryside of the galaxy, where there was a large amount of dark forest warfare. Throughout the long war, the development of the 'silicon-based self-replicating cannon fodder army' was always limited by resources.

Therefore, the carbon-based federation, which had enjoyed 600,000 galactic years of peace, never anticipated an attack from the silicon-based empire, just as a megacity could not have foreseen a village-wide suicide attack.

And so the disaster struck.

In the 23,000th galactic year, the weak silicon-based empire experienced a series of technological explosions at an inexplicable frequency. Within a mere 3000 galactic years (30 million years), it developed from a 6A-level civilization to a 3S-level civilization. It then exhausted all its civilization potential and converted it into an invasion fleet, launching the Dark Forest War against the long-peaceful carbon-based federation.

This is the first time that young carbon-based federal youths, immersed in the fantasy of a bright ocean, have witnessed the dangers of the Dark Forest Law brought about by the [Chain of Suspicion] and the [Technological Explosion].

A seemingly controllable Class 6A civilization under one's nose expanded into a behemoth in three thousand galactic years, and then devoured most of the Milky Way in just a few galactic years, with even the core sphere and the galactic center falling one after another, forcing the carbon-based federation to regroup in the galactic disk region of the third and fourth spiral arms.

The rout lasted for six thousand galactic years, the strategic stalemate lasted for eight thousand galactic years, the great counter-offensive lasted for five thousand galactic years, and the decisive battle of the second spiral arm lasted for another thousand galactic years.

It wasn't until a galaxy year ago (1 years) that the Second Spiral Arm Great Battle finally came to an end, with the Carbon-based Federation Allied Forces achieving a complete victory and all the living forces of the Silicon-based Empire being annihilated.

The silicon-based empire, which once dominated most of the Milky Way, is now reduced to the 'land of origin' at the end of the first spiral arm.

Before the [Starless Isolation Zone] plan was proposed by the Federal Parliament, the real mission of Lan, the fleet commander, should have been to lead the main force of a fleet consisting of one million galactic-class warships to completely eradicate the silicon-based empire, as a tribute to the trillions of lives lost in the past 20,000 galactic years.

Having grown up in war, the carbon-based federation naturally no longer harbors any illusions about the silicon-based empire.

However, a black swan event forced the Galactic Carbon-Based Federation fleet to abandon its plan to completely annihilate the Silicon-Based Empire, and instead pursue the conservative "starless isolation zone" plan. This pathetic plan was a reluctant compromise by the Carbon-Based Federation.

The reason is simple: a galaxy ago, on the eve of the collapse of the silicon-based empire, a "god" appeared behind the silicon-based empire.

If a god were to appear, the carbon-based federation would have to pay the price of offending this god and annihilate the silicon-based empire.

Even if it means declaring war on this god and imitating God's civilization to destroy the god, the Carbon-Based Federation will not hesitate.

But within the silicon-based empire, six gods appeared.

A total of six.

He is not a useless god like Entropy Flat Light Amber, nor a mass-produced god like Ideal Black Body. He is a true god-level individual whose individual combat power is comparable to one of the three gods of art.

These six pseudo-Dark Forest Gods appeared simultaneously at the Carbon-Based Federal Council, jokingly indicating that this was nothing more than a boring game in the long life of gods.

They were merely trying to extinguish this tiny candle burning in the dark forest of the universe.

They were simply bored, but feared that directly attacking the Carbon-Based Federation, this "cosmic wonder," would incur public wrath and provoke a siege by a large number of the Gods of Light and Ocean, so they came up with this proxy war method.

It was only then that the Carbon-based Federation realized that the Silicon-based Empire's continuous technological explosion over three thousand galactic years, as well as its invasion war that lasted for twenty thousand galactic years, were all thanks to the six idle gods behind the scenes.

The seeds of deep hatred were sown in the hearts of the Carbon-Based Federation.

The Federal Council knew that the three gods of art would not fight to the death for the Carbon-based Federation. In the Carbon-based Federation's understanding, the God who remained could not possibly fight six against one. Moreover, these idle gods did not directly take action; they were merely playing a small game about the "Dark Forest Theory."

Having survived the silicon-based empire, the gods of the universe can now witness a "teetering on the brink of collapse, then resurrected from the shadows" spectacle.

Unable to withstand the silicon-based empire, even the gods of the universe could only lament that this small flame of idealism was ultimately extinguished by the tide of the Dark Forest Law.

The fact that the silicon-based empire was forcibly preserved by Liushen only means one thing.

These six idle gods haven't had enough fun yet.

Given the speed at which silicon-based civilizations recover, the shadow of war could loom over the carbon-based federation at any moment.

Such as now.

After explaining everything to Xiaoqing through the intelligent field, Lan turned her attention back to the star map in front of her.

As can be seen, at the end of the fourth quadrant of this magnificent Milky Way star map, at the tail of the first spiral arm, there appears a distinct dark line, which is 10,000 light-years long, 3,000 light-years high, and 500 light-years wide.

This is the [Starless Isolation Zone] that the Carbon-Based Federation has completed in the last hundred time particles (500 years) using one million Carbon-Based Federation warships. Although this large-scale project cannot compare with the Galactic Center Isolation Zone or the Antimatter Cloud Great Wall in the Galactic Corona region, it is indeed a galactic spectacle when placed at the end of this small Orion Arm.

The carbon-based federation has not only prepared passive defenses based on the [starless isolation zone].

Even though they were intimidated by the power of the Six Gods and could not directly destroy the Silicon-based Empire, the Carbon-based Federation tried every means to slow down the Silicon-based Empire's recovery speed.

For example, deliberately leaving gaps in starless isolation zones to block bridges and use entrapment tactics for law enforcement.

Another example is sending a small fleet to leapfrog into the end of the first spiral arm via a stellar system, disguised as an ignorant local civilization, to launch a Dark Forest attack on the remnants of the silicon-based empire.

Furthermore, in the past galactic year, the Carbon-based Federation also persuaded a god of art to be stationed in the [Starless Isolation Zone] region to prevent the untrustworthy sudden attack of the pseudo-Black Forest God behind the Silicon-based Empire.

And this god is the famous stellar musician in the universe.

Code name: [Mirror]

However, the fleet commander of the carbon-based federation was unaware that, influenced by some unknown force, a true Dark Forest God, disguised as a pseudo-Dark Forest God and infamous throughout the universe as the [Star God], had broken the Six Gods Agreement and brazenly appeared in the Trisolaran system, 1400 light-years away, intending to directly attack a Class 6B carbon-based civilization.

Meanwhile, Luo Qing and Li Bai, who are stationed in the solar system, have devised a simple and brutal plan to encircle and annihilate this star god.

An unexpected divine war, far beyond the expectations of the Carbon-Based Federation, is about to erupt.

(End of this chapter)