Xia Jin's primary purpose for coming here was to sign the armistice treaty with the other side.
Agreements like this were essentially for psychological comfort; they provided a sense of security when both parties wished to halt hostilities.
If one side's strength far exceeded the other's ability to resist, it was only natural for the stronger party to tear up the agreement.
It was a cold, hard reality.
Compared to the relations between nations on a single planet, the nature of cosmic civilizations was even more nakedly ruthless.
Once war broke out, defeat often meant total annihilation for the losing side.
Orbital bombardments lasting months could result in tens of billions of deaths.
Life became nothing more than a statistic, devoid of meaning.
Countless families were shattered, and every death represented unimaginable suffering.
Unfortunately, no matter how much pain it caused, war never truly ceased. The cruelty of cosmic warfare lay in the vast differences between civilizations; behaviors that might be restrained when dealing with one's own kind became commonplace between different species.
Many civilizations banned "cruel weapons" internally, yet they showed no hesitation in deploying them against others.
After Xia Jin used a specialized high-energy pen to sign her name on the metal treaty plate, the armistice between the two sides was officially finalized.
“In that case, I shall take my leave.”
Xia Jin smiled and took a step back as she looked at these creatures with long, soft limbs and a single eye, which gave her the feeling of facing a fantasy creature.
“Is there some connection between the Zerg and human civilization?” a reporter from the Black Forest media asked at this moment.
“Well... you could say that our Swarm chose this appearance during our long evolution because we find it aesthetically pleasing.”
Right in front of the Black Forest people, Xia Jin extended her hand, and her arm transformed into a mass of soft flesh, which she wiggled in the air.
For some reason, many of the Black Forest people present shuddered instinctively, raising their tentacle-limbs and widening their eyes.
“Oh, My Lady, you are truly beautiful. Is this your true form? It's... it's so cute! I love it!”
For some reason, it felt as though the Black Forest person before her had been smitten, as they began showering her with praise.
Xia Jin: “???”
Something was wrong.
She looked down at her hands.
Slender... tentacles...
No way.
Dark lines formed on her forehead.
The Black Forest person actually lowered their “tentacle-head” shyly and turned away in embarrassment.
“Ahem, well, I'm leaving now. Goodbye, everyone.”
“Goodbye. Let me see you off.”
The Black Forest representative took several deep breaths before dragging their grotesque body over.
...
The live broadcast of the scene left many Black Forest people sitting in front of their screens stunned.
“Is that the Zerg's true form? It's like a fantasy creature has come to life.”
“Exactly. A fantasy creature.”
The most beautiful 2D creatures in the Black Forest people's fantasies were things they had only seen in videos and games. They never expected that the Zerg girl, who appeared as a human maiden, would have such a “cute” true form.
After leaving the scene and returning to her ship, Xia Jin rested her chin on her hand, lost in thought.
“Why do I feel like I've just hit the Black Forest people's fetish?”
This was too absurd.
If she had known, she wouldn't have revealed her powerful Zerg arms.
“I'm totally speechless.”
Sometimes, the world was just that strange.
She had no idea what kind of impact this would have on their relations.
But regardless, a brutal war had taken place between the Zerg and the Black Forest people.
Therefore, a random alignment of aesthetics couldn't fundamentally improve their relationship.
But time could...
The cosmic civilizations of this era had not solved the problem of immortality. It wouldn't take many years before this generation of Black Forest people died off, and the hatred of the next generation wouldn't be as deep.
As for the Zerg, they might be able to use this civilization as a starting point to slowly break through the defenses of the Starsea Alliance.
“The Faluer Civilization, the strongest within the Starsea Alliance... its scale is indeed a bit large for the current Swarm.”
They wouldn't be easy to handle.
If diplomacy was possible, once the Swarm was strong enough, they could try to divide the alliance from within while attacking weaker civilizations.
But not yet.
Bullying those on the periphery was fine, but the core civilizations had reached their current state by swallowing others. None of them were to be trifled with.
The current Starsea Alliance could be said to have entered a period of equilibrium.
Wars between civilizations often led to destruction, and since no one wanted to perish—nor did they have the confidence to defeat their enemies outright—they established this alliance council for the sake of “peace.”
But as a whole, it was still just a game of big fish eating small fish.
The inclusion of the Zerg was a variable.
However, this variable was fundamentally rooted in the Starsea Alliance's lack of understanding regarding this sudden newcomer.
Biological civilizations were the rarest type in the entire universe.
Because the probability of entering space solely through biological evolution was far lower than through technological flight.
If the Swarm failed to provide sufficient deterrence to those powerful civilizations in the future, they would surely be swallowed by the Starsea Alliance, led by the Faluer Civilization.
“Let's take it slow. We didn't participate in the last Star Martial Arts Tournament. I wonder if the Swarm will be invited to the next one.”
Xia Jin thought to herself as she watched her Small Leviathan take flight.
Outside the window, the highly technological planet gradually receded.
It had to be said that the architecture of the Black Forest Civilization was perfectly sci-fi. The various lights and skyscrapers stretching for kilometers satisfied the most common human conceptions of the interstellar era.
The Zerg home planet, under Xia Jin's direction, had been kept in its original, authentic state.
An ancient style with a beautiful natural environment (referring to it being covered entirely in creep).
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