Chapter 341: It's Time for Them to Be Shocked

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Two days later, Big Tooth once again provocatively initiated a holographic call with Lin Sen.

Baring his teeth again, Big Tooth said, "The Devouring Empire demands that the human government interception warships immediately open a passage, otherwise, the Empire will launch a strike against your interception warships!"

Then, as if to console Lin Sen, Big Tooth continued, "These past few days, you should have realized that we bear no ill will towards you, we even hold the greatest goodwill.

"Under normal circumstances, when we enter a stellar system, we would use our warships in advance to eliminate all intelligent life within that system.

"We did not do this to you, which shows our greatest tolerance.

"But you also need to see the situation clearly, our not wishing to start a war with you does not mean we care about your military power, rather, our military might is beyond your imagination.

"If you do not yield, our tens of thousands of warships could also easily destroy your interception warships.

"Interstellar war is such a gamble, you have no chance left. Accepting reality is the best choice, we just want to go home.

"You should feel lucky that, in the Dark Forest, we still maintain the greatest goodwill towards you. If it were before, we would have eliminated you without hesitation."

What Big Tooth said did have some reason. In the Dark Forest, to maintain goodwill towards humanity was indeed a rarity. Lin Sen also believed that the ones named after devouring were definitely not a benevolent civilization, their goodwill might be reserved only for humans.

Lin Sen glanced indifferently at Big Tooth, ready to lay his cards on the table. It was time to give them a shock; he hoped that in a moment, Big Tooth would gape even more impressively.

Lin Sen seemed to say casually, "Have you always wondered why we were able to defeat the Trisolarans even though our technology was blocked by the Sophons?"

Big Tooth was somewhat puzzled, mostly about why Lin Sen was bringing this up at such a time, "Indeed, this has puzzled us. Our elders have speculated somewhat, but they still have questions. Can you tell me?"

"Of course, I can. I can explain to you the entire 400-year struggle of humanity against Trisolaris," said Lin Sen, manipulating the hologram to start from the 30th year of the Crisis Era.

One by one, humanity's grand plans unfolded before Big Tooth. Humanity faced an unprecedented climate disaster and had to build underground shelters, but astonishingly, the Moon Base had started preparing for the great disaster 20 years in advance.

Subsequently, the Underground City Era began. Under the guidance of the Moon Base, Island Project, Lagrange Project, and in just 200 years under the Sophon blockade of technology, humanity still advanced from a 0.7 level civilization to a 1.0 level.

In these 200 years, humanity's technology exploded rapidly, and the structure and form of human society also completely changed, which perhaps was the most important thing for humanity.

Of course, humanity suffered untold hardships during this period, but in the end, humanity persevered. Big Tooth also became infected by the grand epic of humanity. This is the indomitable spirit of humanity, he thought. His own understanding of humans had been too narrow before, and it also proved the dangerous nature of humanity.

Then came the battle of the doomsday, humanity's final battle against ten Waterdrops. Humanity's stratagems left Big Tooth so shocked that he was dumbfounded, step by step luring the Trisolarans until the appearance of the Super Collider, which completely defeated the Waterdrops and captured one, winning the war for humanity.

Big Tooth was shocked and sat down at the appearance of the two Super Colliders in the final moments. When everyone was thinking about how to resist the Trisolarans, Lin Sen was already thinking about capturing the Waterdrop, and that plan had been devised 200 years ago.

Was Lin Sen even human? This was the only thought in Big Tooth's mind at the moment, and he even forgot to report such important information immediately to the Dinosaur Empire.

In his heart, Big Tooth might have already developed a fear of humans. At this moment, he might have realized something—if humanity had already been a 1.0 level civilization 270 years ago, what level were they at now?

As expected, what followed in the hologram was the battle in the dust, human Sophons, Glue Bullets, Waterdrops, Curvature Propulsion Defense, Glueball Oscillation Beams appeared one after another, refreshing Big Tooth's understanding of the conflict between humanity and Trisolaris once again.

Both civilizations had amazing potential, and the speed of technological development of both sides was stunning enough to dazzle the entire Galaxy. How could two such "chosen" be born within just four light years?

This is too terrifying, thought Big Tooth internally, admitting that the Dinosaur Civilization might be on the brink of defeat. If they already had Glue Bullets and Glueball Oscillation Beams 200 years ago, what about now?

The hologram continued, depicting humanity's expedition to Trisolaris, the Trisolaran haze defense, both sides entering a truce period. But the breakthrough speed of human technology continued, right up until the appearance of the Neutron Star Warship, then the hologram ended.

The cunning of humanity almost surpassed the limits of the dinosaurs' imagination. Perhaps they initially thought the Trisolarans were just too stupid, but now it seemed the most foolish were themselves.

Humanity's technology had completely surpassed that of the Devouring Empire. In a direct conflict, the Devouring Empire would have little chance of winning.

At this moment, Big Tooth looked at Lin Sen with anger. It was humanity that had deceived him, and he had become a sinner of the Dinosaur Civilization. The blow from humanity was too big, so big that he could hardly catch his breath.

Now it seemed that from the moment Big Tooth entered the Solar System, he had fallen into the human conspiracy, with humanity planning to lure the Devouring Empire into their trap all along.

Only then did Big Tooth come to his senses, realizing the importance of reporting such vital information to the Empire at once. Big Tooth immediately opened his personal communication device to the Dinosaur Empire, "We've been tricked, run, this is not home..."

Suddenly, Big Tooth's faster-than-light communication device was disrupted, naturally the handiwork of humans. It was enough that this message had reached the Devouring Empire.

Big Tooth collapsed completely on the floor, never before had he felt so helpless. His feelings towards Lin Sen no longer contained hatred, only boundless dread. When struck to a certain extent, what comes is not anger.

With dread mingled with recklessness, Big Tooth said, "You are... too... despicable!

"With such strong technology, you could have directly attacked us, why did you play us for so many years?

"Is it just to satisfy your pathological need for plotting? Can trifling with your opponents and clapping your hands compensate for your unique emotional deficiency?"

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"I've seen a saying of yours, 'The best riders fall off their horses, the best swimmers drown in water,' so the people adept in strategy will also die by strategy."

Big Tooth was going all out, and in the end, he had to vent the anger in his heart.

Lin Sen was helpless: "This is not a game; we just want more.

"I have shown you our developmental process, so you should understand that at every step, we want more than you could imagine.

"During the Battle of Judgement Day, others might ponder how to defeat The Waterdrop, but we aimed to capture The Waterdrop.

"During the Battle of Dust, others might consider how to break the Trisolaran Interstellar Fleet, but what we wanted was to capture the Trisolaran Interstellar Fleet and take Trisolarans prisoner.

"It's the same now when you appeared, it was destined that we would obtain what we desired."

Big Tooth struggled: "Don't even dream of enslaving us; we Dinosaurs will never submit.

"Although you may be able to defeat us with your technology, that doesn't mean we are without dignity to be insulted by you, we still possess enough strength to contend with you.

"Even at the last critical moment, we may launch a Dark Forest broadcast; you can defeat us, but you cannot utterly vanquish us."

Big Tooth was still naive; why did he think Lin Sen was explaining so much to him? Was it just to make a fool of him?

If Lin Sen had that much free time, he would be no different than Big Tooth.

Lin Sen was just reconfirming his information; what Big Tooth had just said provided Lin Sen with plenty of intelligence; given Lin Sen's skill in emotional manipulation, he didn't believe that Big Tooth could transmit false information to him right now.

Lin Sen: "This is not for you to decide.

"Contact your King. I, Wallfacer Lin Sen, demand a dialogue with him!"

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A few minutes earlier, back in the Devouring Empire, in the giant supreme council chamber.

The Dinosaur Elders were seated in the massive chairs on either side, and in the central high seat was the King of the Devouring Empire; their expressions were relaxed, the atmosphere, congenial.

The King joked: "It seems we have entered into the encirclement of Humanity. Is this their attempt to blockade us?

"Interesting, humans seem to wish to prevent us from going to Earth, still foolishly believing we would continue to trade with them.

"I never imagined they could be so naive, still living in their own fantasies.

"Prime Minister Elder, it's time to give them a shock."

Nobody knew that the King's phrase "it's time to give them a shock" and Lin Sen's phrase "it's time to give them a shock" were uttered almost simultaneously, marking the beginning of the formal clash between two civilizations.

The Prime Minister was also all smiles: "Looking at Humanity's military power shown in the war now, we are a hundred or a thousand times stronger than them.

"Through millions of years of arduous journeys and the tempering of war, we have forged an unparalleled conviction.

"We will let humans know that in the face of our art of war, they are still but naive apprentices.

"Command Headquarters, Staff Headquarters, Intelligence Headquarters, Logistics Headquarters, prepare for war against Humanity.

"Let's set an initial goal to annihilate these 2000 human warships that are surrounding us."

Command Headquarters: "Prime Minister Elder, I feel we should also regard Humanity seriously, for their ability to achieve victory in wars against other civilizations might be indicative of some hidden ace they hold.

"Besides, Humanity has surely been preparing for our civilization's invasion for 30 years, and it's best that we pay them sufficient attention.

"I suggest we first dispatch the warships that we've phased out long ago for a confrontation with these 2000 warships; although it's possible to eliminate them all, we would need to sacrifice a few dozen.

"By giving Humanity a false hope of overcoming us in a desperate struggle, we can draw in their entire military force and even detect if they have any other aces up their sleeve.

"Finally, we will deploy our most advanced million-strong fleet and annihilate all of Humanity's military forces in one fell swoop.

"Of course, we can allow humans to exist as common citizens in our Empire; after all, they too are children of The Sun. Certainly, their number cannot be too large, to prevent a repeat of the old affairs of the ant civilization."

The King nonchalantly said: "Agreed, but proceed according to your plan. It's necessary to remain vigilant at all times."

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