Chapter 474: Chapter 277: Helping an Old Friend_2
This is also the thought process of most Masters of Primordial Energy—everything is for their own people.
After all, a Master of Primordial Energy who has lost their civilization will not only lose the potential to grow stronger but also the meaning of living.
As for whether Shen Shi agrees or not...
You must understand, this has no loss for them. Even if it doesn’t succeed, it’s just a few less cannon fodder prisoners. As for exposure, it’s bound to happen sooner or later. Although they’re here to exploit the chaos, they’re not here to be rats. The goal for Shen Shi is to become a third party that truly profits from both sides by strength.
"I can impose another restriction on you," Shen Shi said, "and give you some autonomy, allowing you to activate this restriction to protect your own safety when you wish, but the time cannot be too long. Once deactivated, your words and actions will still be restricted, and only in this way will it be less likely to be discovered."
"This is enough," Icarus said without hiding his joy, "This is already much better than I expected. As cannon fodder like us, besides scheduled reviews, no one usually pays attention to us."
Inscribing such restrictions in the Consciousness World is not a very advanced technology; its trickiness lies in its destructiveness.
Just a slight movement would result in an explosive burst.
That’s why it’s so tricky; defusing it is countless times harder than making a bomb.
But for Shen Shi, it’s very simple, because at this moment he possesses strength far stronger than Primordial Energy, not to mention, he can control the time in a certain area. In an absolutely still world, he can dismantle it however he wants.
Shen Shi even prepared to study, modify it well, so that later he could "dig up" more people.
Profiting from cannon fodder seems not bad, and thinking further, when the Human Civilization establishes its own Interstellar Social System, these civilizations might become the foundation.
Finally, Shen Shi, with these people, began the research.
And during this process, he also dug deeper into their memories to learn more information related to the Thousand Alliance.
The entire process was extremely smooth.
After all, being in the Consciousness World of others, with personal assistance, it is always much more convenient.
And as Shen Shi learned more, he also began to realize that the Thousand Alliance is indeed different from the Mude System, yet so similar.
Just like the interpretive name, the so-called Thousand Alliance is indeed composed of a thousand civilizations.
Yes, only a thousand.
As for the rest of the weaker civilizations, they are not qualified to join the Thousand Alliance; they are merely affiliates or slaves to certain civilizations within the Thousand Alliance, not even enjoying independent rights.
To make a comparison, it is similar to D-level civilizations in the Mude System.
From politics to military, from culture to economy, all are strictly controlled.
For example, the civilization that Yilka belongs to originally originated from a naturally life-bearing planet in a dual Fixed Star System, but when they had not yet stepped into the interstellar, and were still in a feudal civilization, a Cosmic Battleship descended from the sky, directly destroying their upper system, and then all rights of the remaining people were strictly graded and controlled.
To what extent?
Every move!
Yes, everyone is implanted with chips sufficient to control the body, from their thinking to their actions, all are restricted by chips, and then uniformly managed by central intelligence.
This is the most commonly used method by the Thousand Alliance to treat weak civilizations.
Of course, there are other methods.
But all methods are for one purpose—control.
Using the reason of obtaining better development by joining the Thousand Alliance, forcibly controlling all the rules of weak civilizations and forcing them to accept all the rules of the Thousand Alliance.
If not to ensure their Primordial Energy Cultivation, they might directly control their thinking, but this indeed makes it seem more painful, or say, pain itself is the profit the Thousand Alliance hopes to see.
This approach is so similar to the Mude System’s methods.
Leaving a hope for resistance and a root of pain for better Primordial Energy Batteries.
As for any difference.
It’s just that the Mude System chooses to brutally destroy the culture of weak civilizations and then rebuild, while the Thousand Alliance chooses to take it slowly, gradually assimilating these civilizations through long-term control.
Like the Mude System, the Thousand Alliance also leaves these civilizations with the hope of promotion; as long as they become stronger little by little, they can obtain more resources, unlock more rights that should belong to them, and the ultimate goal is to become a member of the "Thousand Alliance," and then in turn continue to exploit even weaker ones.
Shen Shi calculated a bit.
The so-called minimum threshold for a civilization of the Thousand Alliance is around B5 to B6.
However, within the Thousand Alliance, there doesn’t seem to be an absolute ruler like the Pasture Master. Shen Shi believes that even when one becomes one of the "Thousand Alliance," there will still be higher layer competition, or even assimilation.
But these things are beyond what these cannon fodder can know.
Like the strongest among them, Yilka, is only from a civilization approximately equivalent to C6 Level, with strict internal hierarchy, yet Yilka already belongs to the highest level within the civilization, one of the most honored people in the entire civilization, so he began to step out of personal rights and interests, and think about the future of the entire civilization.
Speaking of it.
The Masters of Primordial Energy before his eyes are essentially the overlords of their respective civilizations.
"In this interstellar battlefield, it’s really like Emperors fly everywhere, and kings are no better than dogs." Shen Shi mocked secretly, but he also understood that this is due to the high level of warfare in such an interstellar social system.
As early as in Line One of the Future, a Master of Primordial Energy was enough to become the savior of Human Civilization, but now, it was merely at the cannon fodder level.
"It’s over now, you may leave." After obtaining everything he wanted, Shen Shi modified the restriction Steel Seals on these people, directly letting them go, but left a few people behind, as he still needed to thoroughly study the Primordial Energy Spores.
In fact, Shen Shi did not rely much on these "spies."
Otherwise, actually providing a personal terminal would undoubtedly be more suitable for undercover work, or simply sending a human equipped with a personal terminal to replace one of their identities.
But Shen Shi didn’t do that.
He needed these people to first provide him with "proof."
Proof of their worth.
"Next, I should explore a higher level," Shen Shi looked at the Star Map.
He already knew that, unlike the Mude System which directly let eighteen B9-level civilizations join the war, the Thousand Alliance System didn’t truly send its "upper levels," but used massive cannon fodder created from weak civilizations. Speaking of which, the eighteen B9-level civilizations are indeed powerful, not only in technology but also in magnitude, which is growth obtained from sucking the blood of lower-level civilizations in the Mude System over countless years. It’s likely that those now sent to the battlefield are the individuals from those civilizations that were annexed, absorbed, and eventually joined the Es and other civilizations.
But the levels of warships and weapons are not false.
Numerous powerful installations fill the entire battlefield.
Among them, there are even those that exceed the B9 level.
Clearly, for this war, the Mude System has permitted certain powerful technologies to these B9-level civilizations, which is probably one of the reasons the Es and other civilizations are so actively facing this war, even relocating their Mother Stars to the frontline.
However, precisely because of this, for humanity, there is trading value.
"Let’s pay a visit to our ’old friends’." Shen Shi pointed directly on the Star Map, at the defense position of the Mude System.
Since there aren’t many cards in hand, there’s no need to be frugal, and no choice to make; whatever is available is what’s used. Moreover, an intense war benefits the third party’s interests, and since the Mude System is at a disadvantage in this star system’s battlefield, Shen Shi will naturally also help the "old friends" properly.
Picking up some hardship fees along the way shouldn’t be excessive either.