The advantages are hardly visible, but the drawbacks are numerous.
However, the Thousand Alliance must have a reason for arranging things this way.
"Right now, you are captives. You don’t have the right to ask questions." Shen Shi did not display any oppressive or indifferent stance.
Because there was no need.
He had already discovered that these over a hundred intelligent beings before him were all Masters of Primordial Energy, and even among the Masters of Primordial Energy, their strength wasn’t weak. This scale, in the Mude System, could only be easily matched by C9-level civilizations.
And as Masters of Primordial Energy, threats were indeed the least meaningful method. What Shen Shi needed was to directly present reality and reveal his trump card, as negotiations between Masters of Primordial Energy tend to be relatively simple.
"You should have already tried; you can’t obtain the information you want from our minds, so we do have the right to negotiate." The Primordial Energy Consciousness of the person who stood forward conveyed communication information to everyone present, including their own people, "And my civilization is the first point of negotiation, of course, you can refuse, or even kill us all, I cannot calculate the actions you might take."
"You are correct." Shen Shi nodded, "Everyone evacuate, take this group of people with you."
He did not intend to waste time here with this person.
In this battlefield, staying in one place for a long time is quite dangerous. After taking them away, he would have enough time to obtain the information he wanted.
Thus, with a command, all warships, including the fixed equipment, began to rapidly withdraw and evacuate.
The near-infinite space attached to personal terminals by the Holy Land once again played a significant role, revealing the power of the Holy Land.
Shen Shi also noticed a slight change in the emotions of the not weak captives in front of him when the action began.
It was surprise and shock.
Although they were trying hard to control, Shen Shi’s strength was ultimately much greater than theirs. Perhaps the confidentiality program within their consciousness world was a bit tricky, but at this distance, delving into their consciousness to observe their emotions was quite simple.
It was not until the massive human fleet was left with only the Iwen that Shen Shi faced the captives and slowly said, "To answer your earlier question, we are not support from the Mude System, to be precise, we are not part of the Mude System."
With one sentence, under Shen Shi’s observation, the emotions of these people in front of him fluctuated even more.
"Your weapons are very similar to those of the Mude System!" The person in charge did not disbelieve, just asking for more evidence.
"This is merely our disguise," Shen Shi said calmly, "We didn’t want to expose our information so quickly, but were heavily focused on your battlefield. After all, we already have some understanding of the Mude System, but for you, we remain entirely ignorant."
"...Proof." The emotions of the leader seemed somewhat shaken, yet the surface emotions remained like a calm lake.
He clearly realized that the person before him was much stronger than him.
In front of the opponent, he might not be able to hide his deepest emotions.
If this were true, then the strength and Primordial Energy Technology of the opponent were indeed terrifying, because their consciousness world was equipped with self-made barriers that would activate at the possibility of intelligence leaks, yet the opponent happened to be at the level of observing their emotions without triggering the barrier activation.
"Proof is simple, Kaiel, that’s the name, right." Shen Shi slightly squinted his eyes, clearly feeling the ripples growing beneath the seemingly impenetrable consciousness world of the opponent. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel-fire.ɴet
Probing a name is inherently harder than probing an emotion!
"If I’m not mistaken, you hid those Primordial Energy Weapons within the depths of your consciousness, and the manufacture of these weapons isn’t without cost. You should have sacrificed your fellow tribesmen to barely control these weapons, based on the lives of your tribesmen, as Masters of Primordial Energy. No wonder you come from different races, different civilizations—people like you should be the ’Advanced Cannon Fodder’ of the Thousand Alliance, made from a multitude of weak civilizations to create Special Forces." Shen Shi further exposed the truth the opponent desperately tried to hide and radiated pleasure as he watched their emotions stir up again.
The greater the turmoil in the opponent’s mind, the more flaws exposed in front of him.
Despite deliberately showing this mysterious and powerful posture, Shen Shi was still quite impressed with the methods of the Thousand Alliance in his heart.
No wonder the opponent could suppress the Mude System despite being technically inferior at the top levels.
The reason lies in this Primordial Energy Spore Weapon!
In the Mude System, those qualified to act as cannon fodder in the war between interstellar social systems must be at least C9-level civilization, not even enough to count as cannon fodder. As for weaker civilizations, their only function is probably to act as Primordial Energy Batteries to contribute their share of strength.
But the Thousand Alliance is different.
This Primordial Energy Master squad that had just wiped out thousands of warships from the Es Civilization had a substantial portion coming from very weak civilizations.
Placed within the Mude System, they are at the D-level, even E-level!
This is weak to the point of being terrifying.
D-level civilization’s species knocking down a B9-level fleet?
In the Mude System, even Shen Shi would think it’s mere fantasy.
But the fact is laid out before his eyes.
Precisely because of this Primordial Energy Spore Weapon!
If Shen Shi didn’t mistake, these Primordial Energy Spores are housed inside countless individuals of a certain civilization, absorbing Primordial Energy, and developing consciousness. Only thus the cultivated Primordial Energy Spores can be controlled by the civilization’s Master of Primordial Energy.
In other words, the Thousand Alliance could use numerous lower-level civilizations to manufacture weapons sufficient to threaten B9-level civilizations!
By this token, numbers will take advantage.
It’s no wonder the Es and other civilizations were urgently moving most of their production facilities and defense forces from their mother star area to the front line; the logistic pressure, production pressure, consumption pressure, already all landed on the Mude System’s side!
Yet now, speaking directly about the greatest secret of the Thousand Alliance, some of these people were even unable to control their expressions, and more horrifically, despite the opponent probing their brain intelligence and even exceeding their emotional control lines, their consciousness world’s defense mechanisms did not erupt.
They were still alive.
Yet remained deeply terrified by their own survival.
"I am starting to believe you are not part of the Mude System."
Kaiel still maintained a neutral expression, yet inner emotions stirred beyond even Primordial Energy Masters’ control with bitterness.
If truly a powerful third-party emerged, the war would grow more difficult and complicated.
No matter who would ultimately emerge victorious.
As long as the war persisted, their civilization, their species, would endure the brutal toll.
The weak never hope for war to continue since their gains are minimal and their losses maximal.
"Just so much, the Mude System has fought you for so long yet remains unaware?" Shen Shi expressed a bit of surprise and didn’t bother to conceal it.
"They won’t realize, only us on the front lines, aside from that, all preparation is conducted far behind, even if captured, the Mude System cannot breach our consciousness defenses, betrayal doesn’t exist," Kaiel this time responded a bit candidly.
Since to the opponent, guessing this information was achievable.