Getting a Technology System in Modern Day - Chapter 1016

Capítulo 1016: To control A trillion Krill, You Only Need to Kill One Whale

A few hours later, a letter with the Emperor’s seal was sent to everyone inside the VR, with a similar one being sent to all of the top ten civilizations still free.

It was quite long and got directly to the point, but anyone who read it would have most of their focus on a single paragraph: [We ought to end this one way or another, as only one of us can come out as a victor. To avoid needless bloodshed and the risk of your civilizations being reduced in number to the point of extinction, the Emperor gives you an imperial week to think and come to a decision to surrender. If you don’t surrender by then, we will destroy a random star system of high importance every five hours until you surrender or our patience runs out, and we go ahead with a total invasion, which will be brutal and undeserving to your people, who can live prosperously under the Terra Empire’s leadership. Don’t let your arrogance or hunger for power lead to the humiliation of your civilization in front of those you once brutally ruled over.]

Due to it being forwarded to anyone with VR, no one missed it, and it instantly became the topic of discussion for everyone. It also acted as the first time they had heard the Emperor’s words directly since the last time he had appeared to address the Conclave citizens who were in VR about the war.

@areck479: Do you think he is bluffing?

@TheNiniteGamer: Have you seen the Empire bluff even a single time? They always make absurd promises and always end up keeping them. What makes you think it is different this time?

@Ziegel: You humans have a saying that the scariest lie is the one told by the always truthful, since you won’t have any reason to not believe them after they have always been truthful in the past. I think your emperor was making all of those absurd promises and keeping them in preparation for the bluff of the universe, and it seems like it is already working.

@Wesley Spangler: It is good that you’ve learned something, but don’t apply it randomly. It might appear sound, but such a bluff would not only bring shame to the empire but also shatter the trust it has consistently built for the past decades. Such a gamble of a bluff would only be made behind closed doors, since it would give the other side the ability to pull back without shame. But the empire doing it openly breaks that. These are civilizations that are known for their pride. Do you think they would risk the harm to their pride when the empire has challenged them publicly? The Valthorins, for sure, will fight to the last man before they accept such a public surrender.

@Artega: I pray that they don’t accept the offer and the empire actually goes ahead with their threat.

@Bluestar_sword: @Artega, shouldn’t you be cheering for them instead of the Empire?

@Artega: The love of my life was forcefully taken by the Grand Xor’vak as a tribute when he fancied her, only for her dead body to be returned a week later. You think I would support them after that? Plus, they abandoned us to focus on themselves when if we had united, we could have delayed the inevitable longer.

@Great Saint: I can’t argue against such logic. But since when did Pangaea get united? Imagine my surprise when I saw a human reasoning with a Glukrar.

@Zabulus: Looks like it is a special access for the current topic. But it is quite bizarre that we are having a back-and-forth with people who are currently acting as our guards. What a time to live in.

@psy0nic: I’m tired of living in an unprecedented period. For a year, I really want to live in a precedented time and not have to experience what would be a nightmare for future students’ history classes.

@SL0: That is the thing, someone has to live in unprecedented times, and it just turned out that those people are us. Plus, I’m pretty sure what is to come is the rock bottom; after that, it is only upward movement from here, so rejoice and pray that you don’t die before seeing the rise after the dip.

@Guilherme Ferreira: Will the empire really broadcast them keeping their promise? If they do, I will swear a mana oath to be loyal to the Emperor.

@Sol_Invictus: @Guilherme Ferreira, you weren’t already? HERESY! @Imperialmilitary @Imperialpolice @Imperialpalace @EmperorAron @GAIA @…….

@Billiam: Damn, shouldn’t you be busy collecting MP? Why are you here reporting someone? Do you want him dead or something?

@Jeffrey Iverson: How do you think they will accomplish that? They say an interval of five hours, meaning the destruction of a star system needs to be over within five hours before they start the next. Do you think they will let the empire keep doing that when they can see them coming? What is to stop them from making a stand with the intention of lasting more than five hours?

@Aden Ignanga Moussirou: I can’t say he is always right, but I have yet to see him be wrong, so I will withhold my speculations lest I become part of history in a negative way, the same way Ea-nasir is.

@Norito Menteval: These are real people’s lives we are talking about. Why are we speaking about them as if they are pixels on a screen when the empire literally threatened to kill them?

@GripenSupremacy: That is because they have done and will do worse than this to you if they were in your position. Did you already forget the millions of our citizens who were killed without any provocation from our side when they decided to attack us without justification? This is us removing a problem so that it doesn’t come back as a problem in the future. Plus, the Emperor gave them the chance to surrender, and if they don’t, then the blame is theirs, not ours.

@Fraceball: What wouldn’t I give to be a fly on the wall as those arrogant pricks read the empire’s demands.

@Katherine: @Fraceball, quite a few things, but who am I to ruin the fun?

@jordan payet: I’m announcing that I’m ready wherever the Emperor needs us. I can’t die anyway, so why not have a story of me invading a powerful civilization for my grandchildren?

@Mohamed Arusad: May God guide them to the right path and decision.

@Jade: With the MP I’m about to earn from this, I will feed generations.

@EternalCosmos: The empire is taking its final steps to becoming a giant power broken in the galaxy. I can’t believe I’m alive to see it happen.

@SomeNotTakenName: Why limit yourself to a portion of the galaxy and not the full galaxy?

@Wolfsbubi: Can’t argue that. Just a few decades ago, we were a single planetary civilization, but look where we have come in that short period. I can’t believe it, man, and doing this without sending people’s children to needless deaths. What a time.

@Wait4Mi: What is with the wait, man? Why not start the broadcast now? I can’t wait for a whole week.

@Tobias Lauer: Patience, patience. As with all beautiful things, it takes time, but it is worth it.

@Jpo192: Who wants to guess how the Valthorins are reacting?

@Kryonic: I can bet half my MP that at least one of them died from sheer disbelief at the letter.

@Jeff Billon: LOL, can’t deny that at all…

The imperial citizens’ side was overwhelmingly positive, as many of them saw this as an opportunity to earn more MP. Although those conquered by the empire were not really on the empire’s side, they were rooting for the empire because they had suffered under the oppression of these top tens, and seeing them suffer a thimble of what they had dished out was worth it.

There was a vocal group who argued that the evil they knew was better than the one they didn’t, as they argued that they didn’t know how the empire would treat them, so it was better for the top ten to win, but they were being silenced by their own people.

The opinions were wide-ranging as each person interpreted the situation from their experience, but all of them wondered the same thing: how would the other side react, and what would their response be? The empire had just shot the first shot, and the ball was in their court, which also meant that the empire was fully ready and confident, considering that they took their time to shoot the first shot.