In the technology tree, the brightness of the Level 8 civilization cornerstone technology indicator, "Preliminary Mastery of Vacuum Zero Point Capability," has reached 75%.

This means that human civilization has thoroughly mastered its theoretical foundation and is only waiting for its final application!

However... the process from theory to practical application is extremely long and difficult.

To extract vacuum zero-point energy from a space...

This level of difficulty is undoubtedly enormous.

As the chief scientist, Lü Yongchang was leading a group of Class I academicians in continuous experimentation in the laboratory.

"drop!"

A slightly urgent alarm sounded in the laboratory.

"Warning!" As the azure holographic projection turned orange-yellow, Zero's synthesized electronic voice rang out, "Anomaly in spacetime detected from an unknown source."

"Coordinate region:..."

Lu Yongchang stopped what he was doing and looked up at the orange-yellow holographic projection in front of him.

He frowned at just one glance.

That's a bit strange.

The intensity of this spacetime fluctuation is not high.

It could even be described as extremely weak.

Lu Yongchang did a simple calculation and estimated that it was roughly equivalent to the fluctuations caused by a Level 6 civilization fleet entering warp drive.

Theoretically speaking, this level of spatiotemporal fluctuation should not trigger such a high-priority warning message—most low- and medium-priority warning messages would not appear before Lü Yongchang's eyes.

However, the specific coordinates at which this spatiotemporal fluctuation occurred significantly increased the priority of the early warning information.

According to Zero's report, this unusual spacetime fluctuation occurred outside the neutral faction's safe zone, and is currently less than 1,000 light-years away from the human fleet.

This distance is quite sensitive.

For modern human civilization, 1,000 light-years is practically like our doorstep.

Furthermore, on a large scale, the spacetime fluctuation region is less than 50,000 light-years away from the central region of M87!

This can already be considered the front line of the battlefield!

These two extremely sensitive location factors directly elevated the priority of this early warning message to a level second only to war alerts.

After a brief moment of thought, Lü Yongchang issued the order without hesitation.

"Suspend all research projects!"

"Fleet, enter Level One combat readiness! Activate cosmic ports!"

"Immediately notify the Silicon Ray and the Seker civilization of the situation!"

...

The edge of the neutral faction's safe zone.

A silvery-white silicon ray lies lazily on the surface of a blue giant star, enjoying the pleasant sensation of the star's energy bombarding its body.

Unlike human civilization, he was not interested in the increasingly active quasar in the distance.

After a long and tiring journey, the silicon ray just wanted to rest comfortably for a "short" period of time.

Suddenly, a tachyon wave coming from not far away startled the resting silicone ray.

He violently swung his pectoral fins and burst out from the surface of the blue giant star.

That long, constantly wagging tail stirred up countless "stormy waves" on the surface of the blue giant!

After leaving the blue giant star, the silicon ray quickly entered warp drive mode and flew towards the human fleet.

On the other side.

Five starships of the Sekor civilization hover silently in the vast universe, quietly fulfilling their guardianship mission.

Starships come in all sorts of bizarre shapes and sizes.

However, this is understandable considering the unique aesthetics and artistic culture of the Sekor civilization.

Imagine if a starship measuring 100,000 meters in size were shaped like the Venus de Milo...

I would call it a top-notch work of art!

The reaction of the Sekor civilization was similar to that of the Silician civilization.

The moment the tachyon information arrived, these artistically crafted starships sprang into action.

Their destination was also the direction of the human fleet!

...

Human fleet.

Under Zero's command, a fleet of different types of main starships were passing through the microcosm port in neat formation.

Accompanied by two spacetime fluctuations of different intensities, the Silicon Ray and the Sekel Starship appeared one after another.

Almost simultaneously, a little further away, outside the boundary of the neutral faction's safe zone.

A dozen or so gray, shadowy structures slowly emerged in the dim universe.

At this moment, the four advanced civilizations gazed at each other from afar across that ethereal dividing line.

[Pastoral style!]

[Four-dimensional beings!]

In the tachyon communication, exclamations of surprise came from the silicone rays and the Sekor civilization.

Inside the Earth.

Lu Yongchang's face also darkened.

"Why are the pastoralists here? Isn't this neutral territory?"

Fang Xu's tense voice came from the side: "Does it mean they're planning to attack the neutral faction?"

No one can provide the answer.

Even Lü Yongchang's eyes were filled with confusion at this moment.

Although the Sekel civilization was somewhat unbalanced, it was still an eighth-level civilization.

The Pastoral Faction's opponent is the Cleaner Civilization. They wouldn't risk provoking an eighth-level civilization at such a critical juncture, would they?

As he looked at the dozens of gray, spherical shadows slowly floating in the holographic projection, a bad thought suddenly flashed through Lü Yongchang's mind.

These pastoral types...

Could they have come specifically to find them?

But the next second, Lü Yongchang put that thought out of his mind.

Since leaving the Milky Way, human civilization has always referred to itself as the Enrogett civilization, and the style of starship construction has also undergone tremendous changes.

Perhaps some details still bear traces of the past, but that is far from enough to prove the identity of human civilization!

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