Chapter 352: S: The Radiant Event (27)

Stark looked up and examined the details in the reception room. At this time, Charles frowned at Stark and said: "Your bandwidth is a bit too open. I think you'd better..."

A few light sounds of "whoosh whoosh" came. Several people turned their heads to look outside the window. The first things that fell were just some mechanical parts with smaller volumes. Soon, the parts fell from the sky like a torrential rain, and the pattering sound echoed in the room.

With a "bang," a corner of the room in this manor was smashed down, followed by a continuous loud noise of "boom boom boom." Charles waved his hand, and several people appeared on the sea surface, watching from afar as that manor was submerged by countless strange mechanical parts.

Stark crossed his arms and said: "This is the consequence of you forcibly hypnotizing me. At the time, I was thinking at high speed, and you just pulled me into your consciousness space like this. If the parts I constructed in my brain didn't submerge this place, it would be strange."

Following his words, the mechanical rain in mid-air finally slowed down a bit, but this entire beach had been smashed beyond recognition, and countless strange mechanical parts were piled higher than a mountain. Charles sighed and said: "It's very obvious, someone suggested I..."

"I certainly know." Stark turned to look at Schiller and said: "Someone who only knows how to screw in lightbulbs will never understand a scientist's obsession with thinking..."

"Alright, you collapsed the base we built." Schiller put his hand to his eyes, looked far into the coastline, and continued: "You have to find a place for us to talk, right?"

"You call that place with only one small house a base? If you only have this much ambition for this organization, don't look for me next time."

Saying that, Stark floated up from the sea surface. He spread his arms, and his eyes emitted a faint light.

In an instant, a bright sun rose from behind him. That was a furnace with endless energy. Immediately after, countless parts flew up, forming a storm around him. More and more parts appeared in mid-air, constantly intersecting, merging, reorganizing, and upgrading...

In just a few seconds, the dazzling mechanical storm swept through the entire consciousness space. After the sea breeze blew away the white fog, a huge mechanical city appeared in the dream.

That was a huge city difficult to describe in words. Every building there was refined down to gears and bearings. Skyscrapers, highways, streets, alleys—the luster of metal and machinery showed coldness, but it was also crowded and lively.

Loki also narrowed her eyes. She had traveled in the universe for many years and had seen huge fleets of advanced civilizations cruising between galaxies, and also seen powerful demon gods who could create or destroy stars in a single thought. But she had to admit, no matter at what level, the mechanical city Stark created in his dream could be called a perfect combination of technology and art.

Following Charles's wave, several people appeared on the roof of the building in the very center of the city that had Stark's signature.

Entering the top floor of the building, it was a wide and bright hall full of floor-to-ceiling windows, prettier than the top-floor viewing platform owned by the Stark Tower now. There were several circular bases in the hall, surrounded by screens. A small floating robot brought over a tray, and Stark picked up a cup of coffee from it.

"Drinking coffee in a dream? You really have your ways." Strange said.

Schiller also took a cup of coffee from the tray and said: "Actually, this is just giving oneself a psychological suggestion, which can make the train of thought more smooth."

Charles examined this hall. He shook his head and said: "It's very advanced here, but I still prefer old-fashioned decoration."

Saying that, he also picked up his coffee cup and clinked it with Schiller's. Stark snapped his fingers, and a door appeared on the wall. He pointed at the door, and the figures of Schiller and Stark appeared in front of the door. Schiller pushed the door with his hand, and behind the door was the reception room from before.

"It seems your application of dream power far exceeds ordinary people." Schiller turned back to look at Stark and said.

"Consciousness space and Mind Palace are not anyone's patent. Also, Stark exceeds ordinary people in any aspect."

"Can we talk about business now?" Nick yawned and said: "I want to leave more time for a good sleep."

Stark snapped his fingers again, and a circle of semicircular sofas fell from the ceiling. After several people sat down, a circular base appeared in the middle, and the screen lit up.

"The problem now is whether we want to participate in the Andromeda war, and in what way we participate." Strange also picked up his coffee cup and took a sip.

Stark glanced at Schiller and said: "The first question, I think we don't need to discuss. Perhaps from the very beginning, we were aiming at Andromeda."

"But I don't quite understand. You asked me to send a message to Chthon through the Sanctum Sanctorum, telling him that Knull absorbed chaos power, leading him to find trouble with Knull, and then inducing the Sulfur Dwarves to declare war on the United Civilization. What is the benefit of this?" Strange asked.

Nick had a deeper understanding of this plan. He said: "This has to start from the plight of mutants. Earth is really too small and very fragile. It is not suitable for humans and mutants to live together here."

Charles sighed slightly and said: "If it weren't for being forced, no one would want to leave here. Mutants aren't unable to compete with humans for Earth, it's just that I'm afraid that in the process of competing, Earth would have already turned into scorched earth."

"What mutants need is civilization, a society established within civilization, not a ruin starting from scratch."

"The weakness of ordinary humans in physical strength has prompted their thinking to become increasingly crazy. Any group that dares to go to war with them, even if they can win in the end, will only get a radioactive ruin that has been plowed several times by their big bombs."

Charles folded his hands together and said: "I have never supported mutants and humans going to war head-on, that is the reason. We might have to pay a huge price, but in the end, we get nothing."

"For this problem, we have already reached a consensus. Now the only problem is, where exactly is the home you promised to mutants?"

"It's in the Andromeda Galaxy." Schiller answered very simply: "That place will be an enclave of human civilization. You will become the vanguard of humanity's march into the universe, receiving a continuous blood transfusion from the mother planet, and finally establish a civilization belonging to yourselves there."

"But how to satisfy the several conditions I mentioned?" Charles asked him.

"What is obvious is that Andromeda is a galaxy possessing advanced civilizations. Even the civilizations there are much more prosperous than the Milky Way. Just the civilizations that have entered the cosmic level are three, and other indigenous civilizations are countless."

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"Of course, most of the civilizations here have owners, but that was in the past. Now, the Sulfur Dwarves have actively provoked the flames of war between civilizations."

"Are you trying to have the snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman benefit?"

"Something like that, but it's more complicated than that." Schiller conjured a jigsaw puzzle on the coffee table and explained: "Among these three major civilizations, the symbiote civilization can almost be ignored. They don't have their own civilization at all. Their mother planet is also a prison for their creator. If it weren't for their unique way of survival, they wouldn't be able to compete with the other two civilizations at all."

"Then these two biggest tenants of this galaxy are the Sulfur Dwarves and the United Civilization. Although the Sulfur Dwarf civilization is advanced, their living conditions are very harsh because their physical fitness is much stronger than humans. A surface temperature of several hundred degrees is still a suitable climate for them. The planets they manage are not suitable for humanoid organisms to survive."

"So, the Sulfur Dwarves are dead? How do you plan to kill them?"

"This part of the plan is temporarily confidential. Let's talk about the United Civilization. This civilization is much better. Their racial composition is very complex, there is almost no unity to speak of, and there are all kinds of ecological planets. Here, it will be a good stage for mutants."

"This also perfectly meets your requirements." Schiller looked at Charles and said: "Ready-made civilization, prosperous interstellar society, many, many civilization achievements..."

Then, Schiller changed the subject: "Of course, if mutants join the United Civilization now, they will definitely be very passive, because so far, this civilization has a general governing body, and the various races are still stable, and they don't welcome outsiders."

"So, it's best for mutants to appear on the eve of the entire civilization being weakened to the limit and falling apart, appearing with the posture of a savior, saving all races from fire and water..."

Nick understood and continued: "Then they voluntarily accept mutant garrison troops, warmly welcome mutants to move into the best ecological planet, and express their willingness to unite around mutants and build a harmonious interstellar society together."

Stark took a deep breath and said: "I understand, mutants are going to keep the peace."

"And how to force the United Civilization into this situation, we have to start from the Sulfur Dwarves..."

At this time, Loki spoke: "I think the Sulfur Dwarves do have the ability to force the United Civilization into a desperate situation, but the problem is, after achieving this effect, how do you handle this group of Sulfur Dwarves? Aren't you afraid they will eat too many resources of the United Civilization, leading to them being too big to fail?"

"This part of the plan is temporarily confidential. Let's talk about the third civilization, the symbiote civilization."

"The symbiote civilization and the United Civilization have a very good relationship, so when the United Civilization is subjected to fierce attacks, they will definitely ask the symbiotes for help."

"These parasitic organisms are best at improving individual quality. If the symbiotes on Klyntar come out in full force and arm the United Civilization, then maybe the United Civilization can really survive in a desperate situation."

"So you told Chthon that Knull wasted chaos power, letting him go find trouble with Knull, and letting him surround the symbiotes on Klyntar, so they can't support the United Civilization?"

"That's right. Another reason is that once the United Civilization is on the verge of collapse, the symbiotes will also face a very awkward situation, that is, they will no longer have so many hosts to choose from, and there are Sulfur Dwarves eyeing them covetously on the side."

"And at this time, mutants who have had good cooperation with them come to this galaxy. Establishing a good symbiotic relationship again shouldn't be difficult, right?"

"Still that same set." Nick put down his cup, his tone somewhat cold: "Kill the strongest local snake and the bird that sticks its head out, so that a group no longer has a leader."

"Then weaken the middle class, making them so weak that they can be easily controlled."

"Finally, support the weakest force, letting the lower and middle classes fight internally and consume each other, while the upper class sits back and reaps the benefits."

Several people thought of some examples and felt a chill down their backs.

Schiller leaned on the back of the chair and placed his hands on the armrests. He closed his eyes, as if feeling sleepy in the dream, his voice sounding as if it came from the distant void.

"Humanity has been tossing and turning in a square inch for many years, developing from tribes to countries, from primitive to advanced, but the fighting has never stopped."

"In terms of war, oppression, and exploitation, there will no longer be any race as cruel as humanity."

"If those moving virtues are not enough to resist the dangers that strike at any time in the endless deep space..."

"If our sun is too dim and destined to be unable to light up the entire universe..."

"Then let us become the most dangerous existence, like a black sun rising above the dark forest..."

"Radiance is no more, and radiance is eternal."

---Author's Note---

The world line has converged. ===== CHAPTER 353 =====