Because he couldn't stand the gloomy atmosphere on top of the city, Xue Hua finally chose to leave.
He turned around and walked down the tower and returned to his tent outside the city.
As he passed through the city, he saw many civilians kneeling in front of the ruins of buildings and crying.
Their homes were brutally destroyed, and many people were separated from their loved ones.
Although this tragic city defense battle ended with the victory of the human side, the aftermath of the war caused countless tragedies of separation of flesh and blood, separation of loved ones, and separation of relatives and friends.
Xue Hua saw a little girl about five or six years old, holding a rag doll with half of her body burned, standing in front of a collapsed ruin with a confused face.
She was too young to understand what happened to her family, and she didn't understand why her parents didn't come to find her.
Xue Hua stopped, stunned for a short while, then shook his head helplessly, turned around and left.
He can help one person, but he cannot help thousands.
What's more, staying with him may not necessarily mean safety.
Xue Hua walked for a while and passed by a man with a dull face, covered in dust, and his hands stained with blood - two mutilated and charred corpses were placed in front of him. One of the corpses had a
A damaged magic pendant is still emitting a faint blue light.
In the blue light, there is a gentle-looking woman holding a three- or four-year-old boy, nestled in the man's arms with a happy face...
"Alas..." Xue Hua walked very far forward, but in the end he couldn't help but sigh.
He couldn't tell what it felt like. All in all, it was very uncomfortable...very, uncomfortable...
In this way, Xue Hua walked and looked all the way. He saw countless ukiyo-e paintings of joys and sorrows in the world, and also saw the deep suffering that war has brought to mankind.
Until he returned to his tent, his depressed mood due to the sad atmosphere on the city wall not only did not ease at all, but became even heavier.
"Isa, are you there?" Xue Hua pulled up a chair, sat down on it limply, and softly called the adjutant's name in the main nest mind.
"Yes, Lord."
For some reason, Isa's voice became very soft, and she seemed to be aware of his current mood.
"Talk to me."
"What do you want to talk about?"
"...You have accompanied the Queen of Blades to countless planets and experienced countless bloodier and crueler battles than this one. Can you tell me what the essence of war is?"
Xue Hua's voice was ethereal and void, with a hint of unspeakable fatigue in his tone.
He suddenly wanted to have a cigarette, so he reached into the inventory and took out the white jade pipe that had not been used for a long time. However, after searching for a long time, he could not find the tobacco. Then he remembered that the tobacco had been used up and he had not replenished it at all.
.
Apart from the empty cigarette box, all he could find in his inventory were high-priced trophies left by various monsters from the first world.
It turns out that these things make him feel very happy and satisfied, and he can even recall a certain battle long ago with some specially left things.
But now, he felt a little disgusted with these things for no reason.
"Isa cannot understand the master's current mental state, but Isa can answer your question."
"For the insect swarm, war is survival, war is evolution, and only war can make the insect swarm stronger.
Only by being strong enough can the swarm and you have a foothold in any world."
"Isa is not a human being and cannot understand the human definition of war, but when we look into the fundamental understanding of disputes by countless beings in the universe, it is nothing more than interests and survival."
"Humans in this world must fight, just like the war between the worms, protoss and humans in another universe and the war with Amon.
If you don’t fight, you will be destroyed.”
"You once discussed a theory called the 'Dark Forest' with Isa in your spare time. Isa did not answer your question at that time about why the two hunters did not cooperate but must kill each other."
"But now, I can answer you."
"No matter how big the dark forest is, it has its limits. There are only so many resources in the forest.
If a hunter wants to survive, he must get rid of other competitors. This will not only capture more forest resources, but also rob each other's materials.
Even if there is cooperation, it is only for better confrontation in the future.
This is Isha’s understanding of this theory and Isha’s understanding of the nature of war.”
"A race that doesn't know how to fight or fight, and is indifferent to the world cannot survive for a long time in this cruel and cold universe.
Even if you are willing to treat other ethnic groups with kindness, other ethnic groups may not be willing to treat you with kindness."
"A universe without disputes is equally terrifying. The absence of competition will only lead to slow destruction. Just like the evolution of the insect swarm, uncompetitive evolutionary branches will be mercilessly eliminated by the insect swarm. Similarly, there is no
Competitive ethnic groups will also be mercilessly eliminated by the universe."
"To use a sentence you once said, this is called 'natural selection, survival of the fittest'."
Uncharacteristically, Isa narrated a long paragraph to Xue Hua. Although her tone was still emotionless and cold, Xue Hua still heard the seriousness and thoughtfulness in her words.
"...Natural selection, survival of the fittest, right?"
Xue Hua sat in a daze for a while, raising his head and staring blankly at the roof of the tent.
After a long time, he sat up straight again, his eyes flashing with determination again.
"I understand, thank you, Isa."
"This is what I'm supposed to do, and it's nice to see you regain your spirit, Lord."
"So, is there anything I should pay attention to now?"
"Just in time, Stukov just sent me a message through your will clone on another planet. Our first fleet discovered something extraordinary in another nearby star sector. You should go
have a look."
Isa nodded and then sent a report to Xue Hua.
This report briefly describes two psychic disturbances detected by the surveillance king worms deployed at the edge of the sector around a star system in the neighboring sector.
According to Stukov's analysis, these two psychic disturbances were most likely caused by the fleet's passage.
According to Xue Hua's previous instructions, the First Fleet is currently patrolling around the star system where the Sanctuary World is located to guard against raids by the Xel'Naga fleet.
Therefore, the psychic disturbance may come from the Xel'Naga fleet.
But as to why there are two places, Stukov said it's not very clear.
The psychic properties of these two psychic disturbances are completely different, and they should not be two fleets under the same force.
Stukov reported to him, hoping to get the fleet to take a closer look to see if he could discover any valuable information.
"Two fleets?" Xue Hua was stunned and blinked, feeling a little confused.
If one of the fleets is the Xel'Naga fleet, where did the other fleet come from?
Could it be the fleets of other civilizations in this universe?
Xue Hua thought for a while, and suddenly an idea came to his mind, and he thought of another possibility... (To be continued)