Trading Cosmic Battleship From The Start
Chapter 173 - 127: The Collector Reappears

Chapter 173: Chapter 127: The Collector Reappears

Shen Shi’s appearance surprised all the human warriors.

Upon hearing Shen Shi’s words, the warriors felt even more ashamed.

Especially those human warriors standing before Shen Shi, who had just lost the training match, each hung their heads in silence.

"Raise your heads! Stand at attention!" Shen Shi amplified his voice.

"Yes, sir!" All the warriors stood up straight.

As for the Worren, including their previously loud Guard Commander, they were now lying flat on the ground, filled with extreme fear and anxiety.

"Answer me loudly." Shen Shi looked at the warriors before him and said in a deep voice, "Why did you let a group of captives boast in front of you?"

"Reporting, sir!" The squad leader’s face flushed, yet he still had to speak loudly, "Because we lost the training match!"

The rest of the team members behind him reacted similarly.

On the awareness platform, everyone’s emotions are often harder to conceal.

Besides, in such a setting, recounting their failures before the Commander-in-Chief, who has provided them with powerful equipment and led them to multiple victories, how could they not feel ashamed?

Especially when they saw the Worren who became so fearful after the Commander’s arrival.

These warriors felt they had tarnished the honor of both the Commander-in-Chief and humanity.

However—

In response to his answer, Shen Shi raised an eyebrow.

"Is it just because of that?"

"..."

This squad leader and many warriors didn’t quite grasp Shen Shi’s meaning; thus, they were stunned.

"You lost a training match, and you forget it was your effort and sacrifice that led to victory, forgetting that those before you are just defeated captives?"

Shen Shi indeed felt somewhat disappointed.

But he understood that it wasn’t the warriors’ fault; these warriors just hadn’t fully adapted to interstellar warfare, adapted to fighting different interstellar races.

Their understanding of war and captives was still rooted in Blue Star’s conflicts.

Yet, interstellar wars with different races differ from Blue Star’s various countries and forces.

Empathy has been weakened to the extreme.

"You’ve only been undergoing interstellar forces training for a few months. Is losing in a training match really embarrassing?" Shen Shi amplified his voice, "Or do you think if it were you who were captured, the enemy would respect your individual strength because you lost in a training match? Respect the premise of ’equal equipment’?"

Some warriors seemed to gradually understand what Shen Shi wanted to convey.

They either appeared thoughtful or their faces remained flushed, feeling ashamed for different reasons.

"I push you to train with all your effort just hoping you can fully utilize the power of your equipment, hoping for a higher survival rate on the battlefield, hoping you can defeat stronger enemies. It’s not for you to respect a group of defeated captives!"

Shen Shi looked at everyone, his voice growing ever louder.

The emotions conveyed were even more resolute.

"Remember, interstellar warfare differs entirely from any of our past wars. Here, only a genuine victory matters!

If we lose, even if our enemies are just a foolish, weak alien race that can be crushed with a single finger, we will still lose everything! Don’t expect to gain any respect; the enemy will only mock us for having strong individual strength yet charging at their gunpoints with shabby shields! Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

The squad leader in front of Shen Shi and all the observing warriors stood straight and shouted their response with maximum volume.

Including some captains who came over upon hearing of Shen Shi’s appearance.

They also felt a bit guilty at this moment.

Originally, they permitted those Worren captives to boast like that, thinking their experience and strength were indeed greater, aiming to motivate the warriors to keep striving.

But now they’ve realized.

How could they justify the powerful equipment brought by the Commander-in-Chief, justify the comrades who sacrificed on the battlefield?

The identity of the victor! Belonging to them but not just to them!

Sometimes, people just need a shift in mindset to realize how absurd their past beliefs were.

And Shen Shi, at this moment, turned to look at the Worren Guard Commander named Feiji.

"Due to your foolishness, I’ve decided on a different way to motivate your training of our warriors—if you lose ten times, you’ll be made into a battery."

"Thank you for your mercy."

Feiji trembled all over, his heart already filled with regret.

But he dared not utter any struggling words.

Not being made into a battery on the spot was already the greatest mercy.

His regret was only because he initially assumed that this entire race was equally foolish; yet now, it seems, the fleet’s highest commander is evidently a true Interstellar Commander—had he known this earlier, he never would have adopted such a posture.

But regret holds no meaning.

As for a promise?

This is also what Shen Shi aims to convey to the warriors.

A promise to captives holds no meaning, for humanity neither needs their gratitude nor their respect. Moreover, such a promise may only garner their mockery.

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