Chapter 666

Svarog looked at the light screen, the red light in his single eye flickering.

"Nuclear war..."

For any individual who has come into contact with the galactic network, nuclear physics is not something strange.

Rather, it is commonplace, like common sense in life.

In a normally developed interstellar civilization, even an elementary school student who has only been educated for a few years can casually talk about the process of nuclear fission.

The games they play from childhood are also filled with the figures of such weapons—nuclear torpedoes, nuclear shells, neutron annihilation.

These weapons are not even regulated by treaties in the current galaxy.

"Mr. Svarog, what does that mean?"

Clara blinked her watery eyes, confusedly waiting for an explanation.

The big robot was silent.

He didn't know how to tell Clara, a child who grew up in a lost civilization, why humans would constantly innovate the boundaries of technology to kill each other faster, eventually seizing the authority of the sun.

But he decided to try.

Taking all the wars in galactic history as training data and analyzing the current situation of the Foundation, the simulated result is—

There must be a war between the Foundation and the "Insurgency."

It's just that, before the Foundation's infighting begins, there will be a chaotic battle of human civilization.

Moreover, it is highly probable that it will be related to what the Foundation calls 8260, which is nuclear fission.

"That is the most cruel war that a civilization before entering the interstellar era can conduct."

"No matter what type of civilization it is, if it wants to enter the interstellar era, it will inevitably study nuclear physics and discover nuclear fission and nuclear fusion."

"Clara, the reason why stars can constantly emit light and heat is because they are undergoing nuclear fusion at all times."

"But without exception, the discoverers of nuclear fission, the scenes of their first application of nuclear fission, are always used to manufacture weapons—that is a weapon that can easily destroy Belobog."

Clara was stunned.

She had never thought that when human civilization was not much more advanced than Belobog, it could manufacture such terrifying weapons.

Used to kill another batch of humans.

"Then wouldn't it be fine if the Foundation just contained this technology?"

"But, it seems impossible..."

Clara suddenly remembered what O5-7 said, that this phenomenon was independently discovered 8 times.

This is the biggest difference from previous anomalies and containment objects.

Other anomalies and containment objects have laws that are not connected to each other, and there is no possibility of being independently discovered at all.

Moreover, this technology seems to have long been popularized in the galaxy.

Then why does the Foundation want to contain it?

The white-haired, red-eyed girl fell into a contradiction for a while.

【File? -008】

【To O5-7:】

【The intelligence you obtained from observing parallel worlds before is accurate. We are now very certain that Germany hopes to provoke a war.】

【Number One sent me a letter, and he suggested that I lobby the British and French governments, suggesting that they support Germany's claim to annex the Sudetenland.】

【I really don't think this can have much effect, but if it is not supported, war is indeed likely to be on the verge of breaking out.】

【Now it seems that many of the measures we previously thought could delay the arrival of war—including facilitating the easing of relations between the Alliance and Germany—etc., may have actually accelerated the arrival of war.】

【Number One was right back then; the seeds of war were already buried after the end of the last world war.】

【I have no confidence in how much certainty we have to stop this war. I can only delay it as much as possible to buy some more time for us to seek countermeasures.】

【—O5-4】

【To O5-4 and O5-7:】

【Congratulations to you both.】

【Britain, Falanxi, and Germany have already signed an agreement in Munich.】

【In this way, the contradictions between the three should ease a bit. They also seem willing to assist us in doing such work.】

【We can now estimate a bit more optimistically that this war will be avoided, or at least will not break out so early.】

【This is your achievement; congratulations to you, and congratulations to all members of the "Insurgency" project.】

【You are fighting in the dark. The Foundation will never forget the sacrifices you have made to maintain normalcy and protect humanity.】

【—O5-1】

【To O5-7:】

【My informant in Germany told me very certainly that Germany wants to sign an agreement with the Alliance.】

【I also found out the content of the agreement... on the surface, it is mutual non-aggression, but Germany intends to start a war to invade Poland, and the Alliance will attack the eastern part of Poland in the name of protecting Poland.】

【Both sides have a plan to partition Poland's territory.】

【How ironic.】

【It was also us who hoped that their relations would ease, but now they intend to turn the thing we worry about most into reality.】

【If they invade Poland, Britain and Falanxi cannot sit idly by, and war will definitely break out.】

【Based on my understanding of Germany, I also don't believe that they and the Alliance will not go to war after this agreement; they know this well.】

【I have already sent someone to tell Number One, the British, and the French governments this news. They realize Germany's ambition, but still pin their hopes on negotiating with Germany.】

【In short, just as you thought, I no longer have any illusions about avoiding war.】

【Things have developed to this point, and it is no longer something the Foundation can control.】

【—O5-4】

【To O5-4 and O5-7:】

【You should already know that at 4:45 this morning, the German army entered Poland.】

【That war we hoped to avoid at all costs has started as scheduled.】

【But it's not over yet!】

【We must adjust our plans and protect the normal operation of our containment system at all costs, especially by ensuring that anomalies are not rediscovered by scientific research institutions outside the veil.】

【—O5-1】

【To O5-4:】

【We already know what Germany or the Japanese will do if they win this war, right.】

【Information on "Containment Object-8260" has been irreversibly leaked; you should know this too.】

【Maybe we were slow to act? Not clear, but regardless, the Alliance, the United States, and Germany have all noticed it.】

【Containment measures are no longer useful, but we still have a glimmer of hope.】

【If there is no interference, the one who will undoubtedly be the first to use "Containment Object-8260" to develop weapons will be Germany.】

【I intend to transfer some intelligence within the Foundation about "Containment Object-8260" to the US government and the Alliance government.】

【If only one side masters this technology, it will be a disaster; but if everyone masters this technology, then they will spontaneously form a balance of deterrence.】

【I need to see high-level personnel of the US military, which may require some of your help.】

【—O5-7】

【To O5-7:】

【The whole world noticed that mushroom cloud today; just one bomb relying on anomalous technology destroyed this city.】

【Why did the most critical "Containment Object-8260" fall into the hands of the United States?】

【Don't use poor work to prevaricate; weapons of this level cannot be completed without the assistance of people who have been in contact with related technology before.】

【Before this, the only organization that had been in contact with "Containment Object-8260" was the Foundation.】

【From what I have grasped, you did indeed go to help the United States develop weapons based on "Containment Object-8260."】

【As a physicist, the original discoverer of "Containment Object-8260," you must have been very clear in advance about how terrifying "Containment Object-8260" is.】

【I really don't understand why you would do this.】