161: Chapter 160 The Choice of Civilization

"Your Majesty."

The Lux Civilization has a total population of nearly one trillion.

Previously, the ten expeditionary forces mobilized nearly one hundred billion troops, which means each fleet was equipped with over ten billion Lux Aliens warriors.

"Your Majesty, excluding the necessary production craftsmen, our Lux race can mobilize eighty to ninety percent of the total population into the army."

The elder Lux Aliens reported to the Queen, "This means that we are far from the limit of our military; we can assemble a force of up to nine hundred billion."

Hearing this satisfactory figure, the Queen immediately issued her next instructions:

"Expand our army to two hundred billion, and split our forces into two paths: one will advance toward the humans' Hive World, and the other will push toward our Origin Star System."

The Hive World the Lux Queen referred to was the Hive City in the Ultima Segmentum.

Because the massive population turned the entire planet into a city that never sleeps, in the eyes of the Lux Aliens, this was absolutely the capital world of humanity.

And the Origin Star System they spoke of was exactly the Daxia Star System currently controlled by Xia Xingchen.

Just as the Queen and her subordinates were discussing the plan, no one noticed a figure in a corner of the palace.

A purple Lux Aliens had heard the entire content and then silently retreated to the side.

This purple Lux Aliens passed through the maze-like palace and arrived at a secret chamber unknown even to the Queen.

It walked quickly to the King and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty the King, the Queen's plan is to concentrate forces and split them into two paths: one to attack the human capital, and the other to attack the Origin Star System."

At this moment, the King was surrounded by a group of purple Lux Aliens loyal to him.

After hearing the Queen's plan, the King pondered to himself:

If the Queen wanted to mobilize two hundred billion troops, it meant that his own army would also see an expansion.

But the problem was that no matter the scale his army reached, the absolute sovereignty of the military remained in the Queen's hands.

At this time, a subordinate seemed to see the confusion in the King's heart:

"Your Majesty, the Queen has always treated us only as tools. We must devise our own way out."

The King also understood this point, but he did not have the strength to confront the Queen head-on.

"What is the use of saying this? The Queen always holds the dominance over the military. Even if I am unwilling, it is impossible for me to possess the strength to oppose her."

Just then, the subordinate proposed a completely different plan:

"What we must do is never a head-on confrontation, but to accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity."

The Lux King heard this and signaled: "Continue."

The subordinate paused and looked at the King.

The King immediately understood its concerns and promised:

"Speak, no matter what you say, I will not blame you."

The subordinate then raised its voice:

"Your Majesty the King, the scales of war cannot always tip in our favor. If we could truly defeat the humans, we would not have been driven to this remote star system by them tens of thousands of years ago."

After saying this in one breath, the people around were already stunned, not expecting this colleague to say such treasonous words.

What surprised them even more was that the subordinate's words were not finished:

"I have a premonition that the Queen's attack will surely end in failure. And once we lose two hundred billion troops at once, our opportunity will come."

The King understood.

Simply put, every opportunity for victory had to be borrowed from the hands of others. If the humans or other races held off the offensive,

and wiped out all two hundred billion of the Queen's troops, his own era would arrive.

One must know that he controlled over one hundred billion troops, and the Queen would be unable to quickly restore her military strength in a short time.

"Specifically, what should we do?"

"Therefore, we must continue to obey the Queen, while refusing all requests to send troops, and keep all forces stationed in the Lux Star System."

The King nodded upon hearing this, since the plan was finalized:

"Everyone, execute according to this plan. I will find a way to transfer you to insignificant positions, but will retain your actual power."

Everyone nodded. With the King's protection, their plan only needed to wait for the opportunity.

Soon, under the Queen's new round of orders, the entire Lux Star System began conscription again.

This time, another full one hundred billion of the population became new recruits, supplementing the massive army.

And under the King's secret operations, many purple Lux Aliens began to infiltrate the command system.

They were not sent to the battlefield; only a few became expeditionary officers, while the vast majority remained stationed in the Lux Star System.

No one discovered anything unusual; all plans were proceeding in an orderly manner.

The Queen's military expansion plan was exceptionally smooth.

The King, who used to go against her, supported her one hundred percent this time.

The entire Lux Civilization now thought in one direction and exerted effort in one place, and the plan was executed exceptionally smoothly.

Except for one fleet that returned to defend the homeland, the other seven expeditionary fleets were reorganized into new combat units.

The two units were commanded by members of the royal family, namely the seven princes cultivated by the Queen.

Lux Seven led his troops back to the Lux Star System, the First to Third Princes were sent to attack the humans' Hive World, while the Fourth to Sixth Princes were responsible for retaking the homeland, the Origin Star System.

Two hundred billion troops surged toward the two star systems like a tsunami.

The Lux Civilization's troops mainly relied on giant ships with a scale comparable to the battleships of the Imperium of Man to transport troops.

Compared with the imperial warships, their defensive capabilities were not outstanding.

In other words, these battleships were more like oversized troop carriers.

As the movements of the Lux Aliens became increasingly intense, many other forces in the entire Ultima Segmentum also sensed that something was wrong.

The United Alliance had originally not paid much attention to the Lux Aliens, but as the number of attacks increased, the United Alliance had to attach importance to them.

In the K1 Star System, formerly belonging to the Empire, the Alliance assembled a fleet of over two hundred warships.

They ambushed the expeditionary force of the Lux Aliens here.

But unexpectedly, as the Lux Aliens continuously committed military force to the battlefield, the United Alliance had to choose to avoid the brunt of the attack.

After this battle, the United Alliance fully realized that the Lux Aliens was a significant threat, its threat level being on the same level as Xia Xingchen's troops.

This urgent intelligence was soon delivered to the Leimu Star System.

This sudden situation immediately touched the nerves of all the top brass of the United Alliance.

In front of the holographic star map at the Alliance Command Center, the core members looked grim; they had to make a choice immediately:

With their limited troops, should they prioritize dealing with Xia Xingchen, or prioritize intercepting the Lux Aliens?

Everyone knew that Xia Xingchen's expeditionary fleet was advancing step by step in the west, continuously annexing star sectors and expanding his territory;

while the Lux Aliens's expeditionary army swept in from outer space, with worlds falling wherever they passed, their momentum was equally fierce.

Both sides were expanding at high speed, but their troops were simply not enough to support a two-front war.