Chapter 447: The Ignorant Silicon Star People_1

Upon hearing Number Three's words, Jiang Yu slightly hesitated for a moment, "Be more specific."

Bearded Colidin said, "Greetings, Wallfacer. It is through a series of reactions from the Silicon Star People that I've come to make such a guess.

"First of all, the fact that the Silicon Star People have not yet broadcast the New Continent Star System to the universe is extremely abnormal!

"Even now, they are almost a light-year away from the New Continent Star System. Could it be that they still haven't reached a safe distance?

"During the previous battle for the New Continent, both sides were 'under the light,' so nobody would be foolish enough to threaten the other with a universal broadcast!

"What's different now from the previous battle is that we are inside the New Continent Star System, 'under the spotlight,' whereas they have already fled to 'a place the light doesn't reach.'

"Logically speaking, when they are at a disadvantage, they should immediately threaten us with a universal broadcast to cease fire.

"But they haven't done that. Instead, they are making a great sacrifice in exchange for the survival of their main force!

"Can we assume that their understanding of the Dark Forest Law is not perfect?"

The more Jiang Yu listened, the brighter his eyes shone, "This speculation makes a lot of sense!"

Colidin continued, "A universal broadcast only needs two conditions: the first is a means for long-distance broadcasting, and the second is knowledge of the Dark Forest Law.

"This is, as far as we know, the most cost-effective and most powerful means of annihilation, and it is the lifesaving method for the weaker beings in the universe.

"Based on our observations of the enemy all along, they possess long-distance communication capabilities, but we have only ever detected directed gravitational wave signals from them and not any broadcast signals.

"This should indicate that there is a flaw in their understanding of the Dark Forest Law."

Jiang Yu pondered for a moment, "It's not impossible!

"Their instinctive flight after victory could very well be due to their cautiousness about humanity and not a complete adherence to the Dark Forest Law!"

The more Jiang Yu thought about it, the more likely it seemed to be the case, "We don't know about the Silicon Star People's previous encounters, but given their lack of scouting missions and their large-scale migration, they likely have not faced defeat at the hands of other civilizations!

"Before they encountered us, they might have believed that they were the sole advanced civilization in the universe!

"As far as humanity's struggle with the Trisolarans goes, once two civilizations come into contact, unless one side annihilates the other in a very short time, both civilizations could come to understand the Dark Forest Law.

"We've only had contact with the Silicon Star People for five years; it's very possible that they have not yet grasped this law!"

Many things started to make sense. No wonder they had tried to persuade us to surrender back then; they truly believed that there was an option to surrender in interstellar warfare.

Now, it's not that the enemy refrained from striking, but that they haven't even realized they hold a world-destroying weapon in their hands!

So, the previous wariness was entirely humanity's own overactive imagination!

Thinking of this, Jiang Yu couldn't help but shake his head. Luckily, he had decided to take a risk and attack two years ago; otherwise, they would have missed the opportunity once the Silicon Star People caught on!

With this in mind, Jiang Yu said to Galaxy III, "Connect me with Cao Yang."

The communication was quickly established, and Jiang Yu asked Colidin to restate his points to Cao Yang.

After listening, Cao Yang remained silent for a long time, then Jiang Yu said, "In the upcoming war, we must put enough psychological pressure on the enemy!

"Make them feel only fear towards us, leaving them no time to consider how to break through the situation!"

Cao Yang nodded, "Then..." He hesitated, "Our next target should be to intercept the enemy's fleet with weaker firepower, to see if we can exert enough pressure on them."

According to the observations by probes over the years, nearly all of the enemy's ships have weapon systems; it's just that some fleets have strong firepower, while others are weak.

And those with weaker weapon systems are very likely the enemy's civilian ships.

Cao Yang originally planned to clean them up last, but by dealing with them ahead of schedule, he would likely increase the feeling of powerlessness in the enemy's armed forces.

The only uncontrollable factor was that such conjectures could be wrong, such as if the enemy's entire population was armed, and ships with weaker weapon systems were just the weaker members of their race.

Intercepting them would not inflict much psychological burden on the stronger enemies.

"We'll do our best!" Jiang Yu saw Cao Yang's concern, "As for the result, we can accept whatever it is."

Cao Yang nodded, ended the communication with Jiang Yu, and began arranging new combat objectives.

Jiang Yu said to Number Three and Bearded Colidin, "Do you think it's ignorant for a civilization to embark on interstellar colonization in the Dark Forest without knowing the Dark Forest Law?"

He smiled and added, "If this conjecture is correct, then in the following decades, humanity will be able to tranquilly usher in a new era!"

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The subsequent battles were not worth mentioning, as in the first battle, Cao Yang had already decimated the elite of the Silicon Star People.

The rest were all easy prey, crumbling at the first fight!

However, this also posed a significant problem; as they began to scatter and flee, it would exhaust them if Cao Yang pursued each group one by one.

Thus, Cao Yang also began to divide his forces, with about fifty warships forming a squad, each squad equipped with a Monster Cannon and a dozen other types of warships.

According to the number of Monster Cannons, a total of fifty squads were divided to chase after the enemy.

All of the detectors also became busy, with one detector monitoring several of the enemy's scattered small fleets.

Fortunately, the detectors were capable of light-speed flight; monitoring one squad then another, unless the enemy's small fleets changed course several times in a short period, they would remain under human surveillance.

New detectors were continually deployed to the battlefield, but they were still inadequate, as the enemy seemed to realize their method of escape and began to scatter in small squads.

They thought humanity would be indecisive about which group to pursue, but Jiang Yu was already overjoyed in his heart. As long as they dispersed, they would always be thinking about evading pursuit, which would certainly delay their conclusion of the Dark Forest Law significantly.

The reason Logic understood the Dark Forest Law so quickly back then was intimately related to humanity's sufficient living space and the spirit of retaliation at the time.

If people were only focused on fleeing for their lives then, it was uncertain whether they could come to understand the law.

Even if they did conclude it, their forces were too scattered to know how to verify it.

Even if there was a way to verify it, being constantly under the enemy's watch, they would not dare to broadcast for fear of exposing themselves.

Following that, Jiang Yu's gaze turned toward the Silicon Star, 3.7 light-years away.

Silicon Star seemed to have realized the crisis and began to frantically build ships.

Their productive capacity was comparable to the Solar System State, with an annual output of several thousand warships of various types.

For the New Continent Star System, this was a significant threat that must be eradicated as soon as possible!

Therefore, at the beginning of Shelter Year 43, the Green Maiden Star Second Corps led by Betrand began their expedition to Silicon Star.

According to preliminary estimates, by the time Betrand arrived in the Silicon Star System, it would be the end of Shelter Year 47, and the enemy would have over a hundred thousand ships!

Betrand also prepared for a surprise attack, to catch the opponent off guard!

The Blue Maiden Star had now become a logistic support base for two fronts, and on this basis, further expansion was necessary, for in twenty-odd years a continuous stream of residents would be immigrating.

The residents of the Blue Maiden Star still had to bear tremendous pressure.