Chapter 2565: Base Planet? Racial Beacon?
In the main island meeting room of the Nine Archipelago, all the high-level members of humanity gathered together!
Even members of the Human Spirit Martial Alliance, including Yao Hong, had all arrived!
After all, the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle was a test of a race's overall combat capability. The entire human race needed to move like a precise instrument, coordinating comprehensively, switching to war mode, operating like a war machine!
Only then would it be possible to fight this battle beautifully!
And this meeting was mainly to establish the general action guidelines for the preparation period!
The meeting room was filled with people, some familiar faces, others unfamiliar. Humanity's operation was getting bigger and bigger, naturally requiring more and more personnel!
Freya was seen sitting sprawled on her stool, her hair a messy mess like a bird's nest!
She kept knocking her own head and sucking in cold air incessantly, clearly suffering from a hangover!
Ba Di's mouth twitched: (￢﹏￢٥) "Boss lady, this is supposed to be a full high-level human meeting. Aren't you going to freshen up? Don't you care about face?"
Freya looked completely matter-of-fact:
ʅ(･´～･｀#)ʃ "Face? What face? Wasn't all our face already lost during the Cosmos Grand Hunt?"
(#•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Do you have any face? Huh? Do you?"
At that question, the faces of Xiao Chuihuo, Odin, and the others all darkened!
(̿▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿(̿▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿(̿▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿)̄…
They had just finished having fun and forgotten about that incident. Why did she have to bring it up again?
Indeed, no matter how bad their image was, it couldn't be worse than the side effects of the Strongman Pill exploding!
Freya suddenly froze: =͟͟͞͞(꒪ー꒪‧̣̥̇) "Wait, what do you mean by 'Boss lady'?"
Ba Di was stunned: (•́ω•̀٥) "You forgot? After we drank that day, we all sworn brotherhood! You enjoy the blessings, and we bear the hardships!"
"Right? Third, Fourth, Fifth Brothers?"
The faces of Odin, Martin, and Zhao Dezhu grew even darker…
(̿▀̿皿▀̿̿(̿▀̿益▀̿̿(̿▀̿益▀̿̿ꐦ)̄…
What the hell was all this?
Freya rubbed her head:
୧(๑•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Did… did that really happen?"
Kuopo gritted his teeth. Did it happen? If they hadn't stopped her, after swearing brotherhood, she would have been marrying someone next!
Just then, Jiangnan suddenly appeared in the meeting room, his face covered in graffiti. He lunged at Xia Yao, wrapping his arm around her neck and drilling his chin into the top of her head!
(●┏益┓ರೃ〃) "Confess! Was it you, you little troublemaker?"
"When the cafeteria auntie was serving me food today, she burst out laughing and spit her false teeth right into my plate!"
Xia Yao was laughing so hard her stomach was cramping. She covered her head and begged for mercy nonstop:
୧(☍ヮ⁰。)୨ "I won't do it again! Yaoyao won't dare! Stop drilling, or you're going to drill a hole in my head!"
Seeing Jiangnan's face covered in graffiti, everyone couldn't help but laugh. Laughter echoed through the meeting room!
The Spirit Martial Alliance high-level members watched this scene and couldn't help but cover their faces. Was the mighty Era Lord really so without any airs?
But perhaps this was just who Nan Shen was?
Getting along with him felt more like communicating with a friend, completely without pressure.
Yang Jian was also smiling. Just a few days in, and he was already full of energy. He seemed to be recovering well.
Jiangnan used the eraser mode of the Bull Horse Pen to clean his face. Then he looked at Yang Jian excitedly:
(๑◔◡◔ิ) "So? What are the rules? How do we snatch points from other races?"
At that mention, a look of worry spread across Yang Jian's face!
"The rules have indeed come down. The changes aren't small, and they're not very friendly to humanity!"
With that, he opened a holographic projection, displaying the specific regulations of the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle issued by the Sacred Law Council!
It was a long, sprawling document, making everyone's scalp tingle!
Jiangnan's eyes widened: ∑(°口°๑) "Damn! It's this complicated?"
Yang Jian rubbed his temples: "It's not that complicated, just a lot of rules!"
"First, the preparation period is 180 days. The Offensive and Defensive Battle will last a total of one month. After that, points will be tallied!"
"Star Devourer-level existences still cannot participate in the battle. This is similar to the Cosmos Grand Hunt!"
Everyone nodded. That wasn't surprising. Once a Star Devourer entered the field, a single big move could destroy the Sea of Star Embers. What would be left to fight? The battlefront would collapse immediately, making the whole thing impossible.
Jiangnan suddenly froze: "Since Star Devourers aren't allowed in, what about Chong Feiyu's insect swarm?"
Yang Jian shrugged: "That's covered in the regulations too. The insect swarm of a Star Devourer-level Insect Emperor cannot participate in the battle either. Because the insect swarm is part of the Star Devourer Insect Emperor's power…"
At this, everyone's faces fell!
Humanity's population base was too small. In a race war of this scale, even if they threw every single human combat unit into the fray, they might not even match the numbers of a single reconnaissance unit from another race!
Originally, Chong Feiyu's insect swarm could have compensated for humanity's lack of manpower. Now that was restricted too!
Chong Feiyu shook her little hand:
(°～°〃) "This has been the case in every previous sequence. Otherwise, insect races could just deploy their Star Devourer Insect Emperor's swarm into battle. Wouldn't that be a total stomp?"
Jiangnan leaned back in his chair, rocking it:
(꒪ͦ～꒪ͦ) "Hmm… Is insufficient manpower really a problem?"
"And what about points? How are they calculated?"
Yang Jian's expression grew serious: "The points earned in the Cosmos Grand Hunt will be converted into Base Planets and distributed to each race! One Base Planet is worth a thousand points!"
"That means humanity's over ten million points will give us over ten thousand Base Planets!"
"These Base Planets are what we earned in the Cosmos Grand Hunt! Additionally, each sequence will receive ten Base Planets as initial points for the second phase. That's ten thousand points!"
"So in the second phase, the total points pool will become over two hundred million!"
Odin's mouth twitched: (•́口•̀٥) "Tsk… So that's how it works? The lead from the Cosmos Grand Hunt becomes the advantage points in the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle? Starting with over ten thousand planets?"
"And these planets can be snatched, right?"
Yang Jian nodded: "Correct! Points is no longer static. It can circulate! An advantage is indeed an advantage, but you have to hold onto it for it to count!"
"The more initial points you have, the larger the territory you're allocated, and the harder it is to defend. If you're not careful, you might even lose all the advantages you earned in the Cosmos Grand Hunt!"
"Base Planets can not only be obtained through snatching, but can also be traded. The Sacred Law Council won't interfere. That means the number of Base Planets you hold is the measure of your bargaining chips."
A grin spread across Jiangnan's face:
(*ﾟﾛﾟ) "Oh hohoho? That makes things very flexible then!"
Chong Feiyu added: "There's one more thing worth noting! Besides Base Planets, Racial Beacons will also be distributed!"
"These are like racial flags or headquarters. And Racial Beacons must be placed on a Base Planet to be effective. They can't be carried around!"
"Once the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle begins, once a Racial Beacon is lit, it cannot be extinguished! If a Racial Beacon is extinguished or destroyed, it means that race has been wiped out and loses all eligibility to participate in the battle, including reinforcements and so on!"
Baldr clicked his tongue. This really was simulating a real interstellar war, huh?
The design of the Racial Beacons directly increased the difficulty of the battle!
You not only had to be able to attack, but also defend!
Having both offensive and defensive capabilities reflected a race's overall combat power!
Jiangnan tilted his head: (๑◔～◔ิ๑) "We shouldn't have to worry too much about defending home, right? Just move the Base Planets and Racial Beacons entirely into the dimensional gap?"
"That would put us in an inherently unbeatable position, wouldn't it?"
Yang Jian pointed at the projection of the rules!
"The Sacred Law Council thought of that too and made corresponding countermeasures!"
"Base Planets and Racial Beacons cannot leave the range of the Sea of Star Embers. If they leave, they lose their eligibility!"
"Additionally, four-dimensional space and the 3.5-dimensional dimensional gap don't count as part of the Sea of Star Embers. So they can't be moved in there!"
"Even if they were moved in, if various races entered the dimensional gap to attack and Black God intervened, that would violate the rule that Star Devourers and above cannot get involved. So it's still not allowed."
Jiangnan was covered in black lines: "They really are targeting us quite specifically, huh?"
The Sacred Law Council was afraid Jiangnan would pull some tricks and mess up the entire battle. So they had formulated more rules than in previous sequence editions.
Many of them were disadvantageous to humanity!
Humanity had so few people, Chong Feiyu's insect swarm couldn't be used, and the geographical advantage of the dimensional gap had been cut off!
With over ten thousand Base Planets in hand, how were they supposed to defend them? This was like a little chicken loaded with gold driving straight into a bandit's den!
Yang Jian continued: "Although the Base Planets and Racial Beacons can't be moved into the dimensional gap, using the dimensional gap itself is not restricted!"
Mo Mo's eyes lit up: (งᵒ̌ﾛᵒ̌)ง "So can we summon a dimensional creature legion as reinforcements?"
Black God shrugged: "I do have a bunch of them, but does humanity have enough spiritual power to summon an army of a hundred million dimensional creatures?"
Dimensional creatures staying in three-dimensional space consume a massive amount of spiritual power. The bigger they are and the higher their level, the more it costs!
Summoning a small number is manageable, but for a large-scale war, there simply isn't enough spiritual power to go around!
And on the Extremely Dark Starry Sky side, the reason the dimensional war had been going on for hundreds of millions of years was precisely because it was at the intersection of three-dimensional and 3.5-dimensional space!
Dimensional creatures appearing there weren't restricted, but they couldn't break out of the Extremely Dark Starry Sky either!
At this moment, everyone started scratching their heads, looking utterly dejected!
Humanity's advantages were indeed great, but if they couldn't hold them, it was all for nothing!
Yang Jian spoke up: "There's another move. Currently, only three races have mastered the Star Path: humanity, Bose, and silicon!"
"Once the war starts, blocking the Star Path and restricting passage is also a method. Historically, the Bose race and silicon have done this too…"
But Xiao Chuihuo shook his head: "That won't mean much. The reputation of Dimensional Star Navigation has just been established. Trust relations have just been cultivated!"
"Once we block the path during wartime, the trust we've just built with the myriad races will be destroyed. It won't be good for the future development of Dimensional Star Navigation!"
Yao Hong nodded: "And if we block the path while Bose and silicon don't, it's useless. Instead, it will push our customers to them. Plus, every race maintains their own transport starships capable of warp-speed transportation. It takes time, but it still works."
Everywhere were difficulties. Yet Jiangnan was rocking in his chair, humming a tune, looking completely relaxed, as if he wasn't worried at all!
He even burst out into "Honk hehehe" laughter from time to time, as if thinking of something amusing!
What wicked trick had Nan Shen thought of now?