Blue Shark said, "Didn’t you say they have help from a higher civilization? If they’re so powerful, surpassing these affiliated civilizations shouldn’t be hard, right?"
"Exactly, this plan is very reasonable!" Blue Dragon said, "The Conch Civilization is also weaker than other civilizations, I didn’t even object, what’s your issue?"
Red Scale said, "The winner should naturally receive more resource allocation!"
The Great Elder witnessed and decided, "Alright, since everyone’s of this mind. Then this matter is settled!"
"The observation period will last a hundred years! Whichever affiliated civilization develops faster, we will favor with priority resources!"
"As for the Blue Star Civilization, this civilization is not yet one of our affiliates, so there’s an extra condition. Not only must they develop the fastest, but they must also rank in the top ten of the newcomer’s competition for us to assist them!"
Bai Ningxiang’s small face was full of grievance and discontent, the other elders seeing this, secretly chuckled to themselves, what can a little girl use to contend with them?
The figures of the elders gradually faded, they had already left the conference hall.
Bai Ningxiang also withdrew from here, her consciousness returned to the Blue Star, loading into the body of that white dolphin.
"He Xingzhou!!!" Bai Ningxiang opened the communication device specially configured for her, calling out to He Xingzhou.
He Xingzhou’s holographic projection appeared in front of her, he asked, "What’s up?"
Bai Ningxiang propped herself up on the water surface with her fins, saying proudly, "I just accomplished something big again!"
"Hmm?" He Xingzhou curiously asked, "What big thing?"
Bai Ningxiang briefly mentioned something about the Black Sea Civilization without revealing any information about them, she just said, "In any case, if you can achieve the top ten in the newcomer’s competition and surpass those competitors. Our Black Sea Civilization will assist you!"
He Xingzhou asked, "Your Black Sea Civilization, are you planning on making us an affiliated civilization?"
"Yes." Bai Ningxiang didn’t deny, "That’s what those elders think, but I feel it’s impossible, you definitely wouldn’t agree."
"Indeed impossible!" He Xingzhou said directly.
"Don’t worry about so much now!" Bai Ningxiang said, "As long as you become strong, they won’t think that way and will just see you as allies."
"What’s in it for us?" This was He Xingzhou’s most pressing question.
Bai Ningxiang said, "Those elders are very stingy, and I don’t have much voice in the Civilization Council. Forget about superweapons or any civilization technology."
"The greatest benefit is one thing, we can help you fend off the Maoshi Star Union’s expansion!"
"Some members of the Maoshi Star Union are too close to the Solar System!"
"For example, the Southern River Civilization, located in the Southern River Three Star System, is 11.4 light-years away from the Solar System; the Heavenly Garden Civilization, located in the Tianyuan Four Star System, is 10.5 light-years away from the Solar System; the Sirius Civilization, located in the Sirius Star System, is only 8.6 light-years away from the Solar System!"
"They all have sub-light speed deep space probes that move at over 90% of light speed! It probably won’t take them ten years to find the Solar System!"
"Once they’ve determined your coordinates, can you withstand them?"
He Xingzhou shook his head, saying, "Really can’t be sure, the time is too short!"
In ten years, the Blue Star Civilization probably hasn’t even built ships capable of 50% light speed. Not to mention they still face the Zerg, how would they handle an invasion?
"Exactly!" Bai Ningxiang said, "It takes them ten years to find you, then organize their forces and send a fleet to invade the Solar System, which will take another twenty to thirty years."
"By then, no matter how you develop, facing both the Zerg and the Maoshi Star Union’s fleet, you surely won’t withstand it!"
"If we had the Black Sea Civilization’s help, it would be different, we would send a fleet to interfere, or use military force to deter them so they wouldn’t dare invade so easily! You could gain precious development time!"
"Besides that, we also have some confidential information about the Zerg that we could share."
"Sounds pretty good." He Xingzhou said, right now what they’re lacking most is time.
If they’re invaded by alien civilizations before they can even grow, it would be a devastating blow.
"But I have a question." He Xingzhou asked, "This newcomer’s competition, the duration is a hundred years! If you only help after a hundred years, by then we’ll either be extinct or no longer need your help!"
Bai Ningxiang rolled her eyes, saying, "Do you think I’m slacking off? As long as you show an advantage in the newcomer’s competition, I can convince the Great Elder early to give you some aid, allowing you to avoid attacks from the Maoshi Star Union in the short term!"
"That’s certainly possible!" He Xingzhou said, "If this thing can really succeed, on behalf of the Blue Star Civilization, we’ll remember your goodwill."
"Hmph!" Bai Ningxiang snorted proudly, saying, "Then hurry and have someone send me food!"
"Don’t let this biological machine of mine starve to death!"
He Xingzhou sighed, "This white dolphin just ate, it’s already grown a whole circle!"
"I wasn’t here just now!" Bai Ningxiang said reasonably, "It’s not like it was me who ate, I didn’t get to taste it! And it’s not me who’s gotten fat!"
He Xingzhou had no choice but to say, "It’s been notified, don’t let this body overeat and die!"
Towards Bai Ningxiang’s words, He Xingzhou was skeptical. Whether the Black Sea Civilization had malicious or benevolent intent towards human civilization, he couldn’t judge.
If it’s true, it’s naturally a good thing; if it’s false, he still needs to be vigilant.
In any case, the current mission is to build the civilization as quickly as possible!