Facing the Apocalypse with My Other Selves-Chapter 527 - 300: A New Stage in the Association System

The cost is so low that it’s completely imaginable.

And this might be the reason why the enemy continues to deploy these meteorite monsters even after confirming that they cannot destroy human civilization quickly and achieve their goals.

—As long as they can consume some of humanity, it’s worth it.

Shen Yu never imagined that the Association would be outmatched by the enemy in terms of combat cost.

However, this is precisely the feature of the technological path.

Most things, once proven successful, can be mass-produced and even repeatedly made on a large scale.

It’s not that the Association’s level of technology is inadequate, but rather that their level of technology hasn’t yet deeply integrated with the Extraordinary System to this extent.

"Regarding this situation, we currently don’t have a great solution, but since they want a prolonged battle, then let’s have a prolonged battle," Shen Yu proposed this approach at the meeting, "I have full confidence in the resilience of human civilization. As long as we are not annihilated instantly, the eventual victory will undoubtedly belong to human civilization—even the enemy is also a part of human civilization."

Yes, the purpose of this meeting actually isn’t to resolve the current crisis.

Rather it is to prepare everyone for a long-term war. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Shen Yu actually has ample confidence.

Time is certainly on their side.

Moreover, they have acquired a considerable amount of Gray Mist, and along with the ongoing war, the amount of Gray Mist continues to rise at a steady pace.

Once this Gray Mist begins to transform into tangible power, Shen Yu has every reason to believe that the power of the Association and human civilization will experience sufficient growth.

Choosing to engage them in a lengthy battle will be the enemy’s biggest mistake.

And along with Shen Yu’s words, most people have actually already understood the current situation.

They also simultaneously realized one thing.

The continuation of war will ensure that this highly centralized stance of power persists.

This is bound to have significant impacts.

At this moment, many among them have already lost considerable power because they must abide by most of the rules and even orders of the Human Civilization Alliance.

The consequence of defying orders is annihilation.

Nor does it require the Alliance to actively eliminate them; simply lowering their priority for rescue can directly lead to their destruction.

In reality, although human civilization currently has numerous casualties, the vast majority are concentrated within those civilizations that are uncooperative or do not comply well with the protective measures of the Alliance.

There have even been some typical cases.

For example, a second phase Qin dynasty appeared to comply falsely and did not strengthen the safety inspections of spatial defenses as required, causing the equipment to be destroyed, and the entire civilization was obliterated by countless monsters in an instant.

This made all civilizations aware of the importance of the spatial defense apparatus.

Even if unable to block some formidable monsters, it can still stop most ordinary ones, its status almost tantamount to the heart of a civilization; once destroyed, the demise of civilization is inevitable.

Thus, under these circumstances, even though aware of the tide of events, the powerful rulers of all civilizations are helpless.

And some truly wise individuals have even started to approach actively.

Many have decided to forsake the independence of their civilizations and fully join the Human Civilization Alliance, becoming worlds directly managed by the Alliance.

Thus, within just six months after the end of this meeting, roughly half of the seventy thousand foundational level Parallel Universes have fully embraced direct governance by the Human Civilization Alliance.

The other half is only a matter of time.

The situation of the entire Multi-Dimensional Parallel Universe has essentially formed.

At the Extraordinary Level, those below True Immortal belong to the Human Civilization Alliance.

And from Taiyi True Immortal onwards, those above belong to the Heavenly Court.

The war continues, with civilizations perishing daily, while more civilizations are being saved, and the regulations on the front lines are rapidly refined. The Human Civilization Alliance and Heavenly Court remain in a honeymoon period, their relationship very close and collaboration growing deeper.

Meanwhile, Shen Yu’s focus gradually shifts away from this already stable situation back to within the Association.

"Though the situation isn’t ideal, it is acceptable."

During an Association meeting, Shen Yu summarizes the situation within his world with this statement.

Currently, there are already twenty-three Shen Yus present at the meeting!

Indeed, due to the large amount of Gray Mist obtained from Shen Yu’s world, the pool for recruiting new Shen Yu is replenished, and following previously established regulations, once the number is reached, new Shen Yu must be recruited.

These newly emerged Shen Yus come from worlds not too noteworthy, some even quite ordinary.

Evidently, recruiting Shen Yus found in other All Heavens as opposed to those who arrived by themselves at Gray Mist Space shows a substantial difference.

The biggest change is that many of the Shen Yus in this new cohort can no longer obtain all realms directly from other Shen Yus.