Ten years later, the Earth's calendar.
The edge of an inconspicuous, unnamed small galaxy within the Shapley Supercluster.
A spacetime fluctuation flashed by, a wormhole appeared, and then quickly dissipated.
In this short period of time, the "uninvited guests" from afar have already stepped into this nameless star system.
The fleet of hundreds of starships, like a group of celestial ghosts, glided silently across this unfamiliar starry sky.
Only the ripples that constantly echo on the ocean of time and space can prove the existence of this fleet.
The hatch on the side of the starship quietly opened.
A large number of silvery-white spherical self-splitting probes swarmed out from it, rushing towards the surrounding star systems.
Unlike previous interplanetary probes, the self-splitting probe carries a large number of basic production devices.
Guided by their internal weak artificial intelligence [One], they can spontaneously search for suitable planets and mine resources using nano-mining devices, thereby completing their self-replication.
Just like bacteria.
Since the human fleet left the M87 system, this operation has become routine—every time they arrive at a new system, the fleet will sow a "seed" of self-splitting probes.
This is a product of human civilization's "Cosmic Listening Project".
The plan was proposed by Lü Yongchang. As the name suggests, its ultimate goal is to deploy self-splitting detectors throughout the universe, thereby achieving high-precision monitoring and detection of the entire universe.
The reason for proposing this plan is that Lü Yongchang discovered the shortcomings of human civilization in the super-large-scale wide-area tachyon broadcast of the Sekor civilization.
As a newly emerging Level 8 civilization, compared with the established Level 8 civilizations in the universe, the biggest deficiency of human civilization is not its own combat power, but the lack of an "intelligence network"!
Before mastering wormhole technology, even a level eight civilization's battlefields and territories were still confined to a single star system.
But once wormholes are mastered, the battlefield and territory will begin to expand rapidly!
This is a leap forward, and also the biggest gap between top-tier level eight civilizations and ordinary level eight civilizations!
At this point, established Type 8 civilizations that have developed for countless years will have a tremendous advantage—their understanding of the universe far surpasses that of human civilization.
The Cleaners and the Pastoralists need no introduction; as the two oldest and most powerful factions, they possess an intelligence network spanning the universe.
As for the neutral faction... with so many civilizations filling the ranks, they're not much different.
Even the Tenth Empire, with the support of the Silicon-based Alliance, possesses a formidable intelligence transmission network.
In comparison, human civilization is like a greenhorn who has just left his village.
He possesses immense strength, yet he is all alone.
Apart from a few galaxies, we have virtually no knowledge of the surrounding environment.
If a war were to break out between galaxies, galaxy clusters, or even superclusters, human civilization would likely suffer a great loss!
After discovering this problem, the Academy of Sciences began corresponding research work.
At the beginning, Fang Xu proposed a plan to develop a subordinate civilization.
Like the Cleaners civilization, they rely on a large number of subordinate civilizations to solve the problem of intelligence gathering and transmission.
but……
This plan is too time-consuming and, in today's cosmic environment, extremely unstable—if the war between the Cleaners and the Pastoralists escalates, even a Type VII civilization could be completely wiped out in just a few years.
Lü Yongchang didn't want to see his hard-earned "downlines" disappear into the universe for no apparent reason.
Therefore, he rejected the proposal.
Following that, Tao Yuda proposed a plan to manufacture a large number of interplanetary probes.
According to his vision, interplanetary probes would normally be in a semi-dormant state.
Once a phenomenon exceeding the threshold is detected, the warning information will be transmitted to the fleet's main brain, Zero, after initial screening by [One].
In this way, the problem of zero computing power consumption can also be solved, and the stability of the "intelligence network" is greatly improved.
But... this still doesn't solve the fundamental problem.
It is not only time-consuming, but also consumes a lot of resources.
To manufacture probes that are spread throughout the universe...
Even if there were no human civilizations at all, this project would probably take tens of thousands of years to complete.
Then came the third, fourth, and fifth options...
After more than ten rounds of discussions, inspired by the Lost Zerg, Lü Yongchang proposed a bold idea—a self-splitting detector.
By incorporating a large number of basic production devices, the detectors can autonomously find resources and replicate themselves, thereby achieving exponential growth!
It consumes few resources to start up and has an extremely high expansion speed...
It's practically the perfect vehicle for the "Cosmic Listening Project".
The only drawback might be the accuracy of self-splitting detectors—detectors made in this way will certainly not be as accurate as interstellar detectors made by human civilization itself.
But this is not a big deal.
For the first phase of the "Cosmic Listening Project," detection accuracy is not that important.
...
As the probe was released, the full picture of this unnamed galaxy gradually came into view before human civilization.
The accuracy is low, but it is enough to give human civilization a basic understanding of this galaxy.
This is a very small galaxy.
Its size is even smaller than that of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy surrounding the Milky Way.
It was precisely because of its small size that the Cleaners civilization did not transform it into a node of the Ring Universe Accelerator.
Without nodes for the Ring Universe Accelerator and with scarce resources, there is no sign of a pastoral lifestyle here.
To some extent, it is the place where Silicon Ray has been longing to "lay low".
Resource scarcity, lack of external stimulation...
Under the combined influence of a series of factors, almost all civilizations within the galaxy are below level five.
The few remaining Type 5 civilizations are scattered sparsely in the central region of the nameless star system.
Looking at the galaxy outlines that kept appearing in the holographic projection, Lü Yongchang shook his head repeatedly.
It's a really poor place.
"Head to the central region of the galaxy immediately."
After confirming that there was no danger in the galaxy, Lü Yongchang immediately issued the order: "Send tachyon broadcasts to those Type V civilizations."
The purpose of radio broadcasting...
Needless to say, the message is to tell the other party to be sensible and not to be so foolish as to disturb human civilization.
Similar to releasing self-splitting probes, such actions have almost become routine procedures for human fleets arriving in new star systems.
Bearing the names of the Silicon-based Alliance and the Neutrality Faction, coupled with their own strength, they chose star systems that were all remote and "no man's land"...
You know what?
To date, human civilization has never encountered a civilization that is blind to human potential.
"Once the microcosm's resources are replenished, activate the wormhole again."
"The Tenth Empire is about to reach the Boötes Void, we need to speed things up."
As Lü Yongchang's voice rang out, the fleet began to slowly accelerate, like a sharp arrow piercing towards the center of the star system!
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