The Storm Civilization Leader only reacted after the Devouring Zerg left.

"Damn it, I didn't expect it to exploit this loophole."

Actually, it could have detected it earlier.

It's just that there have been too many things recently.

It has always been paying attention to the movements of the three major Civilizations.

In fact, it also had some doubts about the motives of the three major Civilizations.

It might not really intend to block the wormhole within the black hole, but rather wants to use this to create a barrier.

In the central area, the various Civilizations have always had no protection.

That is a shared area.

One or two Civilizations making trouble there would not cause much, they would only be attacked by everyone.

And now, they are very likely to gradually control the central area under the pretext that "Human Civilization is going to attack."

The Claw Star Cluster indeed has no black hole technology.

But that is only temporary.

As they knew the Dimension War was about to begin, they also had a sense of urgency, and since then, the division of black hole areas has always been a problem.

For Civilizations like their Storm Civilization, the star systems bordering the central area are not large, so they are naturally excluded.

This time, the Civilizations proposing defense are those with a large contact area in the central region; they might use this to gain control of the black hole and develop spatial studies.

Other Civilizations, including the Storm Civilization, naturally had to find ways to obstruct this.

It was thinking about this matter.

In addition, the Devouring Zerg recently only had minor friction with the Claw Star Cluster.

The Storm Civilization Leader thought there was nothing wrong with contacting the Devouring Zerg now.

As a result, the Devouring Zerg came to incite defection.

And revealed enough information.

This means that the Devouring Zerg will still launch a large-scale offensive later.

And the Devouring Zerg also said at the end that it was not the only Civilization it contacted, which also made it somewhat complacent and did not think of the true purpose of the Devouring Zerg's actions in the first place.

And at this moment, it reacted.

"It should be too late!"

As expected, information arrived very quickly.

It pointed out that the Lishou Civilization greatly criticized the Storm Civilization for contacting the Devouring Zerg, a major enemy, and angrily stated that the Storm Civilization was a traitor to the Claw Civilization Alliance.

Next was the Sacred Civilization.

As the frontline against the Devouring Zerg, and the Civilization that suffered the most severe losses under Devouring Zerg attacks, they directly cursed out all sorts of obscenities.

Other Civilizations also responded one after another.

The situation changed in an instant, and the Storm Civilization became the target of public criticism.

The Storm Civilization Leader knew that this matter could not be explained clearly and could only wait to prove it with actions later.

However, the necessary explanations still had to be made.

It notified other Civilizations to start a Leader's meeting.

It explained these matters once.

It emphasized that it was innocent and that all of this was a conspiracy of the Devouring Zerg.

The Lishou Civilization Leader did not believe this explanation, and under its instigation, the Sacred Civilization Leader was so agitated that it wanted to directly punch it on the spot, so the meeting naturally ended unhappily.

After the meeting ended, doubts arose in the Storm Civilization Leader's heart.

"Why is the Lishou Civilization even more active than the Sacred Civilization regarding the Devouring Zerg matter?"

It then thought of what the Devouring Zerg said at the end.

"Could it be…"

It couldn't afford to think too much; the situation was too chaotic now, and the Storm Civilization was clearly at a disadvantage in public opinion.

If this continued, the Storm Civilization would be isolated in many businesses, causing huge losses.

At that time, its position as Leader would also come to an end.

Therefore, these conflicts must be transferred out and borne by other Civilizations.

Before the Storm Civilization Leader could even think about what to do, the Devouring Zerg contacted it again.

This time it was direct communication.

Looking at the fat and ugly Devouring Zerg face opposite, the Storm Civilization Leader felt a wave of nausea.

"If this is your goal, then your goal has been achieved."

The Devouring Zerg knew it was very angry at the moment and chuckled, "No hurry, no hurry!"

"Actually, we still have the possibility of cooperation."

"Whoever cooperates with us can actually be convicted with just a word from us; as long as you cooperate with us and agree to the previous demands, then this charge can appear on another Civilization at any time."

The Storm Civilization Leader replied without thinking:

"Dream on!"

"This is impossible."

"For me to cooperate with you, I'd have to be dead!"

The Devouring Zerg laughed heartily.

"I hope you can still be so stubborn later!"

The communication ended.

The Storm Civilization Leader's face was unpredictable.

In fact, the main reason was their internal discord.

Its heart stirred.

Could it be that the news of the Civilization Federation attacking the Claw Star Cluster was actually spread by the Devouring Zerg?

The purpose was to create internal discord among them through this, thereby dividing them.

"Such a simple scheme must not succeed."

The Storm Civilization Leader contacted the Mind Civilization separately.

The two Civilizations could be considered "brother Civilizations"; in the previous meeting, only the Mind Civilization did not use the matter of contacting the Devouring Zerg to pressure the Storm Civilization.

The Storm Civilization Leader revealed this matter to the Mind Civilization.

"Now the Lishou Civilization, the Winged Civilization, and the Stone Sculpture Civilization are all blinded by the matters of the central area."

"The only one I can trust is you."

"Now I'm afraid the Devouring Zerg has another move to guide our internal division, and it's possible that in the end, a Civilization might truly side with the Devouring Zerg."

If what the Devouring Zerg said was true.

The Devouring Zerg they faced was only a tiny fraction of the Devouring Zerg.

"I know about this."

"Actually, we have already started investigating what the Devouring Zerg said, but we haven't received a response yet."

The Mind Civilization's influence outside the Star Cluster is the most among the Eight Great Civilizations.

It can extend as far as 2000 light-years away.

Actually, even earlier, the Mind Civilization had planned to understand the origin of the Devouring Zerg, Human Civilization.

It's just that it's too far away.

7500 light-years, even if it's just the active area of Human Civilization, around 7000 light-years, it's very difficult for them as a Level 2.6 Civilization to reach.

This is actually almost equivalent to Human Civilization before the war with the Flying Civilization.

Without any superluminal movement technology, and no near-light speed navigation technology.

At that time, the speed of Human Civilization warships was only 160,000 kilometers per second.

The Eight Great Civilizations of the Claw Star Cluster, having inherited technology from previous Civilizations, have relatively rich and advanced technology, especially in core technologies like engines.

Their warships can reach a maximum speed of 210,000 kilometers per second.

But that's all.

7000 light-years is exactly a distance spanned in 10,000 years, and this is without considering other influences.

In fact, the swarm is too vast, with obstacles throughout the vast Star systems, making it difficult for the Mind Civilization's dispatched warships to travel at maximum speed.

Often, they encounter many swarms midway, leading to energy depletion and forcing them to enter a Stellar System to replenish energy.

However, this did make the Mind Civilization Leader think of something.

It did not tell the Storm Civilization Leader but gathered a large amount of data after the communication ended.

Looking at the various data, its heart grew heavier and heavier.

In fact, there were many problems before.

For example, outside the Star Cluster, they clearly found the main force of the Devouring Zerg in Stellar System A, but then they were attacked by a large number of swarms in Stellar System B.

In the past, these were all judged as having internal spies who leaked their intentions.

But combined with what the Storm Civilization Leader said, it had a bold hypothesis.

In many cases, points A and B are hundreds of light-years apart.

No matter how prescient the swarm is, it is difficult to arrange completely.

The Mind Civilization Leader felt that they had encountered another group of Devouring Zerg.

"Within just a few hundred light-years, perhaps 3 to 5 swarms are active."

"It's just that the one attacking us is the largest swarm."

"But these swarms combined can still cause terrifying destruction, not to mention the possibility of combining with other, larger swarms."

The Mind Civilization Leader's confidence in facing the Devouring Zerg was now shaky.

Perhaps the Eight Great Civilizations of the Claw Star Cluster would be removed within 1 Hao Xi.

The Mind Civilization is among the weaker of the Eight Great Civilizations, actually second to last, only behind the Merchant Civilization, which has almost no combat capability.

And it is on the second line of defense against the Devouring Zerg.

It also suffered relatively heavy losses in the Devouring Zerg war.

If the Devouring Zerg really launched a destructive war, the Mind Civilization Leader felt that the Mind Civilization would be a breakthrough point no matter how it looked at it.

On this matter, it was somewhat afraid.

It convened an emergency internal meeting, gathering officials of its own faction to discuss.

The final result was.

They could contact the Devouring Zerg!

"There are no so-called idealists here, and I am very happy."

"Let's proceed according to our decision."

"We are not betraying, but merely trying to protect ourselves."

The Mind Civilization Leader gave itself a set of values, legitimizing this matter.

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