Chapter 413: Chapter 247: Agreed Integration Terms
The message Collector Gong Mo received wasn’t actually accurate news, just bold speculation based on some clues.
But honestly, when he heard this information, Shen Shi was still surprised.
The entire Mude System is a breeding farm established by the Pasture Master, exploiting masses of life from G-level to C-level. As for B-level, due to a lack of information intelligence, it’s impossible to know the specific situation, but according to Shen Shi’s speculation, B-level Civilizations have likely also been exploited by the Pasture Master to some extent.
It’s just that Shen Shi never imagined that these B-level Civilizations might have a possibility of rebelling against the Pasture Master.
Not only because the B-level Civilizations are themselves beneficiaries of the Mude System’s interests, but also because the Pasture Master, as the founder of the Mude System, must have unimaginable power.
This is not a system of peaceful development, but an exploitation system.
For countless years, countless intelligent individuals from different civilizations have been gathered under the Pasture Master’s control, and the Pasture Master must have used this to achieve unimaginable empowerment. Fundamentally, from the breeding system’s perspective, the benefits the Pasture Master gains are unimaginably vast, and the strength that these enormous benefits transform into cannot be weak.
So, rebellion theoretically shouldn’t occur.
Unless...
Something has happened to the Pasture Master!
"How likely is this information?" Shen Shi couldn’t help but come to the trading market to have a face-to-face communication with the Collector.
"The likelihood isn’t small," the Collector’s emotions were also quite excited, "I haven’t received direct evidence, but I am thirty percent certain that, including the Es Civilization, more than ten civilizations within the B-level are consolidating their forces, which is clearly not just a kind of tacit agreement, but more likely a collaboration. More crucially, these B-level Civilizations maintain high secrecy for this action; if they were acting under the Pasture Master’s orders, they might not be so discreet. Of course, the most important intelligence source isn’t from these, but some slight sounds divulged from Gus Land."
"Gus Land? They are involved too?" Shen Shi’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.
He already had a considerable understanding of Gus Land, whose cultural characteristics favor peaceful development, mutual assistance, and mutual benefit. Generally, it is impossible for them to participate in particularly contentious affairs.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t choose such a path of Eternal Voyage.
However, if there is really some message intentionally revealed to the Collector, indeed, it is somewhat unusual.
"Gus Land hasn’t directly participated recently," the Collector said, "but the actual connection between Gus Land and the Mude System is quite close. The main members within the core region essentially encompass all the B-level Civilizations within the Mude System. Moreover, the reason they revealed some messages to us this time isn’t about Human Civilization, but about the Star Sea."
"Star Sea?" Shen Shi’s brows furrowed more tightly.
"Yes, the information I got at the time was—if there is sufficient power, this is a good opportunity for division." The process through which the Collector obtained this information was quite special.
Because he did not receive any direct information from Gus Land.
However, he discovered many traces.
Many things that appear to have no relation to Gus Land, but in the Collector’s eyes, were evidently related to Gus Land.
Let’s just say, places like Gus Land seem quite glorious on the surface, but in this matter, they must be careful just the same.
Combining all this, the Collector boldly made the speculation of "launching a rebellion against the Pasture Master."
"Try to subtly relay this information to the Es Civilization within Gus Land," Shen Shi gave this final directive, "regardless of whether the Es Civilization plans to rebel, this can demonstrate our knowledge level of internal affairs, and can also serve as a card for negotiation."
Shen Shi also hadn’t forgotten his mission.
Actually, if he could choose, he definitely wouldn’t want to be involved in events of this level.
Because what humanity needs most is stable development.
However, since it can’t be avoided, it can only try to acquire more benefits for himself.
At this point, he somewhat missed the feeling of being a "Prophet." In matters like this, even getting a few words from the future is far better than making choices based on speculation.
In general.
In the subsequent time, Human Civilization did not cease its negotiation with the Es Civilization, and throughout this process, it continually tried various ways to increase its benefits.
This is another relatively long and challenging process.
However, as time progressed, Shen Shi clearly felt that the Es Civilization began to make concessions.
Some conditions that they originally resolutely opposed were gradually relaxed.
For example, a certain degree of autonomy.
Before Human Civilization truly integrates into the Es Civilization, it can still maintain development as a whole without being scattered or required to obey every command from the Es Civilization.
This is also one of the bottom lines that humanity insisted upon.
Because it means that after integrating into the Es Civilization, Human Civilization won’t be sent directly to perform cannon fodder missions or used as a group to be exploited for Primordial Energy.