【in addition……】
Just when Lü Yongchang thought the communication was over, [Nus] sent several new messages.
If possible, please bring some healthy, abandoned giant insect larvae.
I can handle the data collection and filtering for you.
Lü Yongchang raised an eyebrow.
Nus's request far exceeded Lü Yongchang's expectations.
Logically speaking, when a civilization is facing extinction, it should only care about the interests of its own race.
This unusual phenomenon quickly piqued his curiosity.
Give me a reason.
Nus's response appeared before him quickly.
The lost giant worm holds extraordinary significance for our Nus civilization.
In the past, when Kukukan darkened, it was these things that helped the Nus civilization survive the crisis.
Therefore, once the brightness of the Kukukan population returns to normal, we will intentionally protect them and increase their population density.
Their excrement and corpses are also an indispensable source of nutrition for us.
【so……】
Lü Yongchang chuckled and turned to Mao Zhengzhi beside him, asking, "A symbiotic species?"
Mao Zhengzhi nodded: "Judging from the description, it does indeed belong to a symbiotic species."
"Professor, I suggest bringing a certain number of giant insect larvae."
"Why?" Lü Yongchang looked at Mao Zhengzhi with great interest. "Given sufficient energy, the giant tree should not need to prey on anything. As for nutrients, we can also artificially allocate them."
“Starship space is limited, and I don’t think it’s worth wasting energy on these low-level creatures.”
“You can’t say that!” Mao Zhengzhi’s expression turned serious: “Professor, if you want to recreate the Nus civilization, these giant insects are indispensable.”
"Furthermore, we need to artificially create an environment where the radiation intensity varies."
"Otherwise, the Nus civilization, without the pressure of survival, might degenerate its roots, which is unacceptable for human civilization!"
Lü Yongchang suddenly realized.
"You mean, it was because of the existence of these giant insects, coupled with that unpredictable Radiant Star, that the Nus civilization evolved such a flexible root system?"
"If that's the case..."
As he spoke, he raised his hand, preparing to edit a message again.
Suddenly, a new message from [Nus] caught his attention.
Furthermore, based on my observations, the giant insects have also developed a rudimentary form of intelligence.
Although it cannot compare to me, it has already transcended the lowest level of life.
It might become a powerful weapon in your arsenal.
Lu Yongchang's hand suddenly stopped moving, and then he entered a line of information with unwavering determination.
According to you.
...
The exchange has come to a temporary end.
Looking at the thriving "sapling" in the biology lab, Lü Yongchang sighed with some emotion.
"A perfectly good civilization has become a subordinate civilization to other civilizations."
Having resolved this long-standing major issue, Mao Zhengzhi's expression relaxed considerably. However, upon hearing Lü Yongchang's words, his relaxed expression turned serious once again.
To become a subordinate civilization.
A simple sentence, but the consequences are not so simple.
First, after becoming a subordinate civilization, the Nus civilization lost its ownership of the Lost Star.
Lu Yongchang has issued orders to dispatch engineering ships and robots to the Lost Star to mine and manufacture some essential resources.
In this process, many of the lost giant trees will inevitably lose their lives.
But it has no right to oppose this command from the main civilization.
Secondly, regarding warfare, the Nus civilization, due to its inherent characteristics, does not need to worry about this.
However, for ordinary subordinate civilizations, once war breaks out, they will inevitably be sent to the battlefield, serving as indispensable cannon fodder in the interstellar war.
Ultimately, it all comes down to ability.
Mao Zhengzhi sighed softly: "If one day, human civilization encounters a more advanced civilization, perhaps..."
"That's impossible!"
Lü Yongchang interrupted him directly: "Human civilization has no choice but to surrender and become a subordinate civilization!"
"Even if we face the Cleaners' Civilization and the Pastoral Civilization, we will only die on the road to our charge!"
...
With the conclusion of the Lost Planet incident, the Earth gradually became deserted.
One after another, academicians have entered hibernation.
Of course, Lü Yongchang was no exception.
According to the plan, Zero will implement the wake-up plan the moment it receives abnormal data.
Inside the starship, one by one the lights went out.
Only the high-energy particles ejected from the antimatter engine nozzles proved that the fleet had not perished.
In the distance, within the Lost Star, the giant trees also began their "war for the continuation of civilization."
The ground occasionally experiences a slight tremor.
This is the commotion generated by the underground tree roots working together to create the core of the network.
Manufacturing this core was clearly no easy task.
The once lush and verdant forest now showed signs of decay.
Meanwhile, a large number of the giant insects that were left behind were killed by the tree roots, leaving only a portion of the selected superior larvae, which were "imprisoned" by the tree roots near the core of the Italian web—that is, next to that 10,000-meter-tall giant tree.
...
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a hundred years have passed.
The black hole's originally enormous accretion disk has dimmed considerably, and the intensity of its radiation has also weakened significantly.
The once vibrant, verdant lost star has become a brownish-green planet.
Decline has become the dominant theme of this planet.
The lack of energy, coupled with the laborious task of creating the new Internet of Things core, caused the forest area to shrink again and again.
The camera gradually zooms in, passing through the dense atmosphere, and arrives at the surface of the lost planet.
The tremors that had lasted for a century finally subsided.
In the North Pole of the Lost Star, near the core area of the Old Internet, a huge sphere with a diameter of 100 meters, constructed from countless tree roots, lies quietly on the slightly sunken ground.
This is the core of the new network created by the Nus civilization.
To ensure the growth of future generations, [Nus] stored all memories of civilization into the core of this new network.
[Nus] carefully examined the state of the core of the New Idea Network by using the surrounding radiation.
This is something left for future generations of civilization.
It must ensure that the core functions properly under any circumstances.
What if human civilization changes its mind?
Over the course of this century, this question has flashed through its consciousness countless times.
but……
There is no answer to this question.
[Nus] looked at the much smaller disc in the sky and sighed inwardly.
This is the end of civilization, but also the beginning of a new one.
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