Upon hearing this, Zhao Chen wore an expression of disbelief.
He looked at the little girl sitting on the desk, swinging her legs, looking innocent and naive, but with a hint of sadness in her eyes.
It's hard to believe that she actually did all these incredible things.
The war that has spanned thousands of years in this universe was actually a 'game' controlled by her!
The little girl continued to recount her 'game': "However, I must say, you are still far behind the previous Gaia Empire."
Although you only acquired a portion of their technological legacy, it took you thousands of years to barely recover to the level of T4 technology.
The Angel and Demon races fared slightly better, having recovered to T5 technology level.
However, it is still quite a distance from the Gaia Empire at its most prosperous period.
They can even build an expeditionary fleet and travel to other universes. Their technological level is naturally far superior to that of the various interstellar powers at present.
"As I envisioned, I will monitor your development."
Then there are essentially two plans.
If no suitable leader emerges from among you in the future, I will absorb your technology and elevate my mechanical race's technological level to surpass that of the previous Gaia Empire.
Then, organize an expeditionary fleet to search for the Gaia Empire's expeditionary fleet and eliminate that powerful extraterrestrial enemy.
The little girl paused for a moment and continued, "Another plan is that if a leader I approve of is born in this universe..."
"Then I will cooperate with him, unite this universe once more, and face the extraterrestrial threat together!"
After saying that, the little girl stared at Zhao Chen.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Have you chosen me?" Zhao Chen looked at the little girl in surprise.
The little girl lowered her head, as if looking at her wobbly toes, and then slowly said, "Right now, you are the most suitable candidate among all the people I'm considering."
The only drawback is that the level of technology you possess is far from meeting my expectations.
My original idea was that it would have to reach at least the near-T6 technology level to fully meet the requirements.
But many things that have happened recently have disrupted my plans.
And you've also learned some things you shouldn't have known.
One of the options is to either keep the secret hidden...
"Tell me, what should I do?"
The little girl's lighthearted and humorous voice gave Zhao Chen the feeling of standing at a crossroads.
This is the little girl asking Zhao Chen to make a choice.
Either eliminate Zhao Chen and his forces, and let the secret continue.
She continued to select a suitable person and carried out her plans step by step.
As for the remaining option...
It goes without saying that Zhao Chen was the first choice to be considered.
"Do I have any other choice?" Zhao Chen shrugged.
The current strength of the Dragon Legion is insufficient to fight against the Machine Race.
Moreover, based on the clues from the conversation just now, Zhao Chen guessed a certain possibility.
At its peak, the Gaia Empire had mastered near-T6 technology. Did the Machine Race, who fully inherited the technological legacy of the Gaia Empire, also possess near-T6 interstellar warships?
Considering the long history of the Machine Race and their terrifying industrial production and construction capabilities.
So, how many of these near-T6 starships are there...?
Therefore, if we were to actually go to war with the Machine Race, we would have virtually no chance of winning!
"I didn't force you." The little girl smiled slightly, looking at Zhao Chen with an innocent expression.
Zhao Chen spread his hands, not caring that the other party was playing tricks on him, and said, "So, shall we officially start our cooperation now?"
If the two sides have begun to cooperate, does that mean Zhao Chen can use the power of the Machine Race...?
The little girl held up her finger and shook it slightly.
Then he said, "You are still in the evaluation period."
It's just that due to these objective factors, you have the highest priority.
But we are still not partners.
Zhao Chen frowned slightly.
The little girl continued, "I need you to handle the demon race's affairs on your own."
At that time, you will officially become a partner of our Mechanical Clan.
You will also receive help from our mechanical race.
Join us in fighting that enemy from beyond the borders!
Zhao Chen fell silent.
It must be said that the test arranged by the little girl was very precise.
Given the current situation on the battlefield, Zhao Chen is not entirely confident that he can handle the existence of the demon race.
This is a very threatening test.
"But that's not fair."
The Demon race has received support from the Machine race and the Cult of Machine God!
Having mastered some of the techniques taught by the Mechanical God, Zhao Chen wanted to find some opportunities.
The little girl said calmly, "There are inherently unfair things in this world."
We may be very powerful in this universe, but in other places, we might just be ants being looked down upon.
When they want to get rid of us, it's as easy as crushing an ant.
At this point, would you talk to them about fairness?
Do they even care about the fairness you're talking about?
Faced with the little girl's question.
Zhao Chen was actually very clear about this principle.
Zhao Chen took a deep breath and, seeing that the little girl was completely unresponsive, could only say, "Alright, I promise you."
"Hehehe, that's good."
Actually, I quite like older brothers.
Big brother, keep it up! If you can fulfill my request...
"I'll prepare a huge gift for my big brother!" The little girl smiled and gestured.
Zhao Chen was really looking forward to the help the mechanical race could give him.
After all, this is the legacy of the legendary Gaia Empire.
"However, if I were to actually cooperate with you..."
I still have a lot of things to sort out internally.
After all, it's not something that can be changed in a short time.
"It's not an easy task." Zhao Chen scratched his head.
The high command of the Dragon Legion and the three major empires had some suspicions about their contact with the Machine Race.
However, due to the special circumstances at present, and the fact that Zhao Chen did not make it public.
So nobody cared about it.
However, if Zhao Chen were to make this public at that time, he would definitely face considerable resistance.
Especially those high-ranking members who have a blood feud with the Machine Race.
There's one right next to him.
“You’re right, but even if you don’t wage war against us, you’ll still wage war against each other,” the little girl said, blinking.
Zhao Chen understood this, but he could only shake his head: "You can't understand this kind of emotional matter."
"However, if you want to talk about the Chu family..."
Actually... I didn't kill everyone who fought against us back then.
