Chapter 423 423: Worm Location
"Ever since our civilization recovered its strength and embarked on a path of proper development, our civilization's highest goal was set, and even now, after ten thousand years, it has remained unchanged."
The Chief raised his head, looking directly at the robot questioning him, his whole body trembling slightly: "To destroy the Grey Worm Civilization.
In our view, allowing a group of Demonic Eyes to exist in this universe with an appearance identical to ours and a culture identical to ours is the greatest insult to our civilization.
It is for this reason that we changed our civilization's name to 'Moraise'. In our civilization's language system, this means revenge.
Only after destroying the Grey Worm Civilization will we be worthy of returning to our original name."
Tom nodded slightly.
The Chief continued: "What we didn't expect was that while we were plotting to destroy the Grey Worm Civilization, the Grey Worm Civilization was also plotting to destroy us."
"Oh?"
This once again surprised Tom. After all, from the perspective of the Demonic Eye Civilization, the plight of a native civilization seemed to have nothing to do with them, and they shouldn't care.
"The Grey Worm Civilization attempted to infect all of us in the Moraise civilization, turning us into Demonic Eyes.
This way, all of our civilization's technological achievements, all research capabilities, all cultural achievements, etc., would seamlessly integrate into the Grey Worm Civilization's system, causing the Grey Worm Civilization's overall strength to instantly skyrocket."
Tom slowly nodded.
He understood.
After being infected by the Demonic Eye, intelligent beings only gained the principle of "swearing allegiance to the Demonic Eye unto death" in their minds; otherwise, nothing would change.
Physiological structure, original culture, and even most of their original thoughts would remain the same.
Thus, the Moraise civilization, which originated from the same source as the Grey Worm Civilization, was the best target for assimilation. Once the Moraise civilization was infected, there would be no obstacles to subsequent integration, as the two were originally one.
If they were to assimilate other civilizations, they wouldn't achieve this effect. Because of fundamental differences in culture, physiological structure, language, writing, ways of thinking, and handling affairs, integration would be impossible.
Even if both had the belief of swearing allegiance to the Demonic Eye unto death, these real, objective obstacles would greatly weaken the power of the combined entity, making integration meaningless.
"The second thing we didn't expect was... the Grey Worm Civilization also advanced to the Gravity Civilization stage, and its overall combat power was stronger than ours."
"The Demonic Eye Civilization has extremely low internal friction and its organizational power is almost at its limit. Under the same technological level, it is indeed unlikely for you to defeat the Demonic Eye."
The Chief sighed: "We found out too late. In that war, we paid an extremely heavy price to barely escape.
And the Grey Worm Civilization pursued us. Just as we were about to be caught and destroyed, for some reason, the Grey Worm Civilization suddenly stopped and left, and our civilization narrowly escaped."
Tom understood in his heart that it was probably because the Space-level Demonic Eye issued a conscription order to the entire Milky Way, calling on all Demonic Eyes to come and assist in the war against the Red Star Alliance.
"After our narrow escape, we worked hard and continued to develop technology. But just over two thousand years ago, the long-disappeared Grey Worm Civilization reappeared and caught up with us again.
In this war, we failed again, fleeing thousands of light-years before finally shaking them off..."
Tom's heart suddenly stirred.
"The long-disappeared Grey Worm Civilization reappeared? Indeed! What the Recorder Civilization said was true, the Space-level Demonic Eye was destroyed by the Destroyer Civilization, and it was the only one that slipped through the net!"
"This solar system is the first solar system where our civilization finally confirmed shaking off the Grey Worm Civilization and stopped. We planned to rest here for a while and then embark on a long voyage again to find a safe place to develop technology, but we didn't expect..."
The Chief's face was full of bitterness: "First we encountered Star Beasts, and then we encountered you. When you asked us about the Grey Worm Civilization, we only thought you were also Demonic Eyes, coming to round us up, so..."
Tom exhaled softly.
This explanation was quite reasonable.
After all, for a civilization that had just escaped pursuit, like a frightened bird, to immediately ask about their mortal enemy would make anyone overthink things.
The information searched from the Moraise civilization's various databases and communication networks also confirmed the authenticity of this explanation.
This couldn't be faked.
Since that was the case... then the previous events between himself and the Moraise civilization were indeed a misunderstanding.
"Our Bluetoth Civilization is a benevolent civilization. Since we have confirmed that you are not Demonic Eyes, and that you have a mortal enmity with the Grey Worm Civilization, please rest assured that our Bluetoth Civilization will not take any malicious actions against you.
However, how to handle the aftermath still requires our deliberation and understanding of more information before a decision can be made.
You can go back and wait for news first."
The Chief suddenly looked up, his eyes flashing with incredible surprise.
He had originally thought that even if the civilization could continue, it would be severely weakened, but he didn't expect there to be a turning point now?
"Yes, yes, yes, thank your civilization for saving us. If it weren't for you, our civilization would have been destroyed by the Star Beasts long ago. We are willing to repay you with all our abilities..."
Amidst a string of thanks and promises, the Moraise civilization Chief left the interrogation room.
Tom, meanwhile, fell into thought.
"Although I haven't truly found the Grey Worm Civilization this time, I have gained a lot.
The last time the Moraise civilization encountered the Grey Worm Civilization was in the Draco T11 star system? Very good, I should be able to find some clues about the Grey Worm Civilization from that star system, which will provide a basis for my subsequent search.
However... how should I deal with this Moraise civilization? If I just let them go, what if they, for some reason, leak that I destroyed those Star Beasts, bringing me risk?"
Although this possibility was extremely low, even if it was low, Tom was unwilling to bear it.
Silencing the entire Moraise civilization was the most rational method. However, this conflicted with Tom's long-held principles.
This indeed became a difficult problem.