CHAPTER 248: CHAPTER 164: HISTORY OF THE NEW FUTURE LINE_2

This pressure is immense, yet it’s an unavoidable goal.

In the Starry Era year 220, the Daike envoy arrived at Blue Star.

Calling it an envoy, it’s actually just a part of the reconnaissance force, with a larger force following closely behind, set to arrive at Blue Star directly in at most ten years.

It’s a fleet far stronger than the Worren.

A total of three C3-level main warships!

Each main fleet’s size is several times larger than the Moon, capable of accommodating thousands of sub-fleets! With the jump engines of the main fleet, this massive fleet could directly reach Blue Star, rendering humanity’s trap tactics meaningless.

Blue Star, like wearing a thin paper armor facing countless enemy turrets, would be utterly defenseless.

However, the Daike brought the Mude Treaty.

According to the rules within the Mude System, humanity’s strength has reached D-level, and as long as it is willing to abandon culture, offer compatriots to the Mude System, and accept the supervision of the Daike Civilization, it can be spared from war and destruction.

But, Shen Shi and everything he possesses that surpasses D-level civilization devices, technology, and knowledge must be handed over!

After defeating the Worren Fleet, the choice Shen Li once faced came before Shen Shi.

Seeing this, Shen Shi couldn’t help but narrow his eyes slightly.

At this moment, he naturally understood his choice.

Because the inheritance of this future line has not been severed.

This indicates that he chose resistance on this future line.

Instead of surrender.

Shen Shi saw some annotations in this record from future generations.

"This was the greatest decision made by human civilization in the Starry Era—Mo Cheng, author of ’Starry Era History’

"If the Sage Saint at this time chose self-sacrifice, he would become a hero, but he didn’t, so he became a Sage Saint—Alfred Heitz, author of ’Changer of Human Destiny’

"The Sage Saint doesn’t want to be a hero because heroes are often tragic, while the Sage Saint always strives for the best outcome—Li Shangfu, author of ’On Saints and Sages’

"Today’s human destiny is brought by Mr. Shen, so he is qualified to bet today for a better future!—Starry Sky Magazine, April 1, 0220 edition"

"A truly powerful ruler will only make decisions based on their own heart, and once they made a decision, they won’t hesitate, even if it might destroy everything they care about—Ben Terrance, author of ’Qualities of Rulers from the Perspective of Saints’

"..."

Shen Shi could tell from these records and the opinions of future generations that at the time, many people probably leaned toward surrender, to secure a certain future.

After all, even if it came at a painful cost, human civilization would survive, grow stronger, and have an established future.

If Shen Shi were one of the other rulers, he might seriously consider this future.

However, when this choice required his life, the scales tilted toward another choice.

Yes, Shen Shi is very clear about his inner self.

The only possibility for him to be heroic is if there’s truly no retreat left, in scenarios like previous sacrifices, he could sacrifice his life for his family, and the whole of human civilization facing a true dead end.

But as long as there’s even the slightest hope.

He wouldn’t choose to be such a hero.

Moreover, he evidently succeeded in the end.

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Shen Shi looked forward significantly as he continued reading.

He was even slightly impatient to know how he won.

Then he saw that at that time, having already become a Master of Primordial Energy, he led a group of humanity’s strongest warriors selected and, relying solely on the starship Iwen, went to intercept the Daike’s main warships.

Iwen’s jump engine was even more powerful.

So when the Daike’s three main warships were still ten light years away from their journey, Iwen could already find them first.

Subsequently, with superior mobility, he engaged in a frenzied "assassination battle."

Yes, it was "assassination tactics," which means engaging in frenzied attacks targeting the curvature engines of enemy main warships within the curvature bubble, as success would result in the entire main warship undergoing mass-energy transformation due to drastic changes in curvature.

This is an extremely crazy tactic.

Because one’s own warship is also in the curvature bubble, destroying curvature engines would not only target the enemy but also affect oneself.

And the entire "assassination process" is very difficult.

Because the enemy not only has Masters of Primordial Energy but also has vast forces providing Primordial Energy.

Just like the number one future line, humanity civilization at the cusp of C-level can resist the fleet of already C-level peak Daike Civilization with the assistance of Gong Chu and the rest of human civilization.

The appearance of Masters of Primordial Energy enables each individual within the race to exert significant effect.

However, this time, it’s the Daike Fleet using numbers to resist larger technology.

Relying on the Masters of Primordial Energy and tens of millions of Daike people in the fleet, they can persist even when faced with technology far surpassing them like Iwen.

Not to mention, they’ve already dispersed all secondary fleets while focusing on protecting the main fleet with jump engines.

However, Shen Shi’s assault was incredibly insane.

Completely unrestrained on consumption and cost, seizing every chance for continual attack.

If he couldn’t hit the Daike Civilization’s main warships, he’d destroy secondary warships one by one.

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Unable to handle their Masters of Primordial Energy, he’d deal with other Daike people individually.

After a stalemate of almost five years, Shen Shi eventually succeeded in destroying one of the Daike’s main warships.

Another three years later, he destroyed another.

According to this record, Iwen bore considerable scars by then, and even Shen Shi was heavily wounded from repeated high-density Primordial Energy assaults, while the elite warriors he led suffered more than half casualties.

You could say he was powerless to stop the last Daike main warship’s arrival on Blue Star within the final two years.

In theory, this should count as failure.

However, the Daike halted their tracks.

Their Master of Primordial Energy dared not gamble anymore.

Because the opposing side has a Master of Primordial Energy, and such a powerful warship—once on their Mother Star, even the weakest, worst civilization-level device, after consolidating the power of the entire civilization, they could hardly resist with their only remaining main warship.

Moreover...he couldn’t imagine the probability of safely returning after truly destroying the opponent’s Mother Star.

Shen Shi’s displayed frenzy didn’t frighten him.

But this determination, combined with Iwen’s achievements, ultimately became the last weight on the scale.

Just for a D-level civilization, losing their invaluable Master of Primordial Energy wasn’t worth it for their Mother Star.

Therefore, the last warship chose a tactical retreat.

He aimed to return, dispatch more forces, and prepare thoroughly.

The performance of the enemy’s warship exceeded expectations.

Next time, it won’t just be three main warships coming.

Then, Shen Shi in this record watched himself return to Blue Star, facing the tsunami-like grand cheers, and looked further at the featured photograph, showing Iwen’s outer armor already scarred extensively.

However, Shen Shi didn’t feel similarly excited but remained silent for a long time.

This evidently extremely critical history differed from what he initially expected.

Because he realized that this future line version of himself, upon being unable to acquire new equipment, chose a path of total struggle.

Struggling to seize even faint hope.

He didn’t even know if he could achieve success in assassinating enemy warships with just Iwen, or if he could block the enemy’s arrival, and from this piece of history, it was truly like dancing on a tightrope, a desperate struggle in the face of utter adversity.

This most crucial victory was actually won by the narrowest of margins.