Chapter 143
When Qi Heng was satisfied with his harvest, he left the insect nest and returned to the ground... If someone stood outside Tianyun Star and looked at the planet, they would find that most of the planet had turned grayish white.
The snow near the C-class insect nest that had originally melted due to the aircraft was buried again by the increasingly heavy snow and wind. If you don't know the location, it will be difficult to find the entrance to the insect nest under the snow even if you look carefully.
Just as Qi Heng was looking at the images sent back by the aircraft's external sensors, A0's voice suddenly rang in his ears.
[Your Excellency, would you like to go to Deep Blue's location now?]
He said "hmm" as a sign of agreement.
After hearing his words, A0 immediately guided the aircraft to fly in one direction.
Qi Heng sat down, his expression unable to hide his leisurely and cheerful look.
He clicked on the personal attribute interface of the system panel, thinking that Shenlan's location was not too close, so he could find something to kill time.
"A0, how many energy points are needed to upgrade from level one to level two?" Qi Heng said after thinking for a while.
【10w energy points.】
The energy points doubled compared to the first level, but it was still within my expectations.
Qi Heng was thinking about this, but he actually asked something else: "Using the existing C-class Sky Crystals as an example, how many are needed to repair the escape ship Shenlan is on?"
As soon as he finished speaking, A0 gave the exact number.
【1200 pieces. 】
Hearing this number, Qi Heng quickly did a calculation in his mind.
One C-grade sky crystal contains 10,000 energy points, and 1,200 of them equal 12 million energy points.
...If all the mining bugs in the C-level insect nest work together to dig, they can produce 360 tons of green crystals every day. 10 tons is equal to one C-level green crystal, so 12,000 tons are needed.
There are still two and a half months, or seventy-five days, until the end of the harsh winter. Three hundred and sixty tons per day... that's twenty-seven thousand tons, which translates to about twenty-seven hundred green crystals... or about twenty-seven million energy points...
"Leave one hundred and convert the rest into energy points."
[Conversion completed. Current system energy balance: 27012.]
Under Qi Heng's command, 27 C-level crystals were removed from the folding space, while the system's energy reserves increased by 27w.
From now on, charging once a month, twice will basically be enough... He thought, his eyes fell on the system interface.
After upgrading from level zero to level one, some functions of the system were also upgraded and underwent significant changes.
[Civilization Simulator System]
[……]
He skipped the previous content which had not changed much and looked directly downwards.
[Star Power: 850 (Red) / 369 (Orange) (Half-Step Galaxy / Fusion Sealed)]
[Physical Fitness: 280/600]
~ Newly added [People: 323.]
[Money: 0.]
~Newly added [Skills: God's Chain, Between Time]
[Resources: Obsidian Ore Veins, Green Crystal Ore Veins, T-384 Metal Ore Veins]
[Subordinate Buildings: C-Class Resource Hive, Undersea Mining Area, Tianyun Star Bases 1, 2, and 3, Dead Egg Pit Base, Dungeon Under Construction (Construction Rate 0.95%), Deep Blue Escape Ship (Repair Rate 10%)]
[Special Resources:]
＞[Damaged Star Stone: 0.]
＞[Complete Star Stone: A2 (13000 * 1000 points) A3 (200 * 5000 points)]
[Subordinates/Loyalty: 14.]
＞[Solomon: 058 (66%), 051 (75%).]
>[Ikar: Lei (100%), Imper (100%), Nedo (5%), Jeyol (1%)]
>[Tianjia Civilization: Commander Qi Lan (100%), Chu Xiu (100%), Qi Lan (100%), Lin (95%), Yan (80%), Mo Nan (77%), Lan Yi (79%), Zhou Xing (73%), Luo Shen (70%)...]
[Original Zerg: 85819.]
>[Miner Engineer] 6.3w; [Blue Tail Butterfly] 3000; [Starting Engineer] 3000; [Lightning Bug] 10000; [Dream Creep] 600; [Slimy Bug] 3000; [Filacid Worm] 1000; [Swift Blade Worm] 1000; [Devourer] 1; [Metal Devourer] 15; [Nest Worm] 1; [Cerebrate Worm] 1; [Guardian] 100; [Digger] 300; [Boxer Bee] 100; [Drill Worm] 400...]
[Subsystems enabled:]
＞[Energy Conversion]: Energy conversion rate increased to 240%
＞[Subsystem Scan]: Range: 100,000 kilometers, constant consumption of 2 energy points per minute.
＞[Subsystem Analysis]: Analyze everything and obtain different levels of analytical information depending on the energy consumed.
＞[Subsystem Item Manufacturing]: With a complete blueprint and sufficient energy and raw materials, you can manufacture any technological/spiritual item, up to the civilization's current technological level.
(Note ①: This function is based on the system's built-in function 'Void Creation' and can greatly reduce the consumption of energy points.)
＞[Subsystem Biological Gene Evolution Tree]: A genetic map database that records all evolutionary directions during the evolution of the Tianjia civilization race.
(Note ①: Those who possess the titles of [Zerg Overlord] and [Lord of Tianjia Civilization] can use this system function to interfere with the selection of Tianjia civilization race genes, causing a certain gene to evolve or degenerate in a very short period of time (the length of the change is related to the number of energy points invested).)
＞[Subsystem Achievement System]: Every time you obtain a new achievement, you will receive a reward from the system, which can be checked in the system mailbox.
＞[Subsystem Historical Projection]: Extract the historical projections that have occurred in the long river of time as the trial world. The trial world that is materialized at a certain time actually exists in the real universe.
(Note ①: The Level 1 system can extract a spatial range with a diameter of one thousand light years centered on Your Excellency the Lord, and can trace back to the origin of Your Excellency the Lord's life...)
(Note ②: This subsystem cannot be used alone and must be combined with [Between Time].)
(Note ③: Systems below level three cannot precisely specify the historical fragment to be projected. The Lord can only select the time point and the three-dimensional world space coordinates...)
[System Energy: 27012.]
In addition to the newly added [People] and [Skills], the most useful thing is the upgrade of the scanning function... From the original one kilometer increase to the current 100,000 kilometers, 2 units of energy points per minute is no different from a free trial.
In addition, there are additional 'notes' added during the upgrade, which further explain how to use these subsystems and their limitations.
If it weren't for this note, he wouldn't have known that [Historical Projection] could be used in conjunction with [Between Time].
...He looked at the system's information push bar again and swiped through the information on it.
(Dear Lord, you have unlocked a new subsystem...)
(Dear Lord, you have upgraded the system...)
(Dear Lord, you have obtained a new achievement and are awarded the title [Civilization Reviver]...)
Qi Heng raised his eyebrows and finally remembered that he seemed to have obtained a title not long ago. He wondered if this title was counted in the achievement system.
He thought about clicking into the system mailbox and saw a reward waiting to be collected sent by the achievement system.
Click to receive, and a line of words pops up.
[Congratulations on receiving the system gift pack x1. After opening it, you will randomly receive a reward related to the title.]
Another lucky draw...
Qi Heng's mouth twitched slightly. Is it okay to have a system that allows you to get good stuff with a gift pack based on your luck? What if you get something useless? He recalled the painful experience of getting tons of cards ten times in a row due to bad luck.
Or should I wash my hands before smoking?
Qi Heng, who was still a little superstitious in some ways, was deep in thought, but his hand couldn't help but quickly tapped on the gift package.
——The supernatural cannot save the innocent, and money cannot change fate, so don’t think too much.
Looking at the rewards in the gift package expressionlessly, Qi Heng curled the corners of his mouth downwards. This... is really hard to say whether it is useful or not.
[Congratulations on receiving the 'Civilization Cohesion' bonus. The higher your people's happiness index, the greater the 'Civilization Cohesion' bonus.]
[Civilization Cohesion Effect: Increases the probability of civilizational technology and racial strength development. After receiving the bonus, scientific research is more likely to achieve breakthroughs, and the probability of strong individuals emerging within the race increases...]
Happiness index? Given the current situation of the Tianjia Zerg, thank goodness this item isn't negative.
But there seems to be a difference. The word "subjects"... doesn't it refer to all surviving Tianjia Zerg? But according to the social model of Tianjia civilization, shouldn't all Tianjia Zerg automatically become subjects of the "Tianjia Overlord"?
While Qi Heng was feeling subtly helpless about his own gains, a "trouble" caused by the choice he made was gradually approaching thousands of light years away.
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For civilizations with lower levels of sophistication, the Milky Way is vast and boundless.
Without any external help, relying solely on the power of their civilization, it would take countless years for them to reach the edge of the galaxy. If they were less fortunate, their civilization would perish before reaching the edge of the galaxy.
Therefore, after the few level six civilizations took the lead in forming an alliance, they used advanced technology to connect the intermediate and advanced civilizations that did not have the ability to navigate the river system.
——The [long-distance directional controllable wormhole generation technology] from the sixth-level civilization, combined with the hyperspace channel network, is enough to reach any corner of the Milky Way.
Well, that is, provided you can afford to use the technology.
After all, opening a wormhole is not easy.
As for the expensive issue? That's the buyer's problem and has nothing to do with the technology provider.
...Also because of the objective reason of 'poverty', few civilizations can afford 'private customization'. In most cases, or 99.9% of cases, they can only afford the public wormhole transportation routes established by the Interstellar Alliance.
The destinations of these routes are various famous star fields and star regions in the Milky Way. Some of them are tourist planets with different planetary styles and giant star-sea buildings and wonders as selling points, while others are trading galaxies where all kinds of rare items are bought and sold.
There are also resource galaxies that produce scarce metals, ores and other resources, and there are also some unspeakable star regions and galaxies hidden behind formal trading areas that are "understood by everyone who knows".
Among these star regions that everyone knows, there is a star region that is known to only a few people but exists in the public's cognition - the Lost Star Region.
On the surface, in the cognition of many interstellar civilizations in the Milky Way, the Lost Star Zone is the "civilized star field" left after the demise of the Tianjia civilization, the overlord of the previous era.
A civilized star field refers to a star field that is ruled by a civilization after its civilization level reaches level six. Currently, the number of "civilized star fields" in the Milky Way can be counted on one hand.
According to the records of the Star Sea Chronicles, when the Tianjia civilization was at its end, it used special technology to disrupt the entire star field.
To this day, the situation in which the Tianjia Star Region devours all other civilized races that enter it still exists, and the name of the Lost Star Zone comes from this... Only the Alliance can pass through it safely. It is said that this is because the Alliance has explored several safe routes at all costs.
And because the Tianjia Zerg are still active on the interstellar stage, the Lost Star Sector is often mentioned on the interstellar network.
In secret...
Everyone knows that you can buy "high-quality" products in the Lost Sector.
The Lost Star Sector's semi-annual shipping period always attracts slave traders crazily. They will select slaves and derivative products that meet their requirements as soon as the slave ships arrive.
Over time, the border of the Lost Star Sector became more and more prosperous. It was no longer limited to the delivery period of once every six months or twice a year, but gradually evolved into a huge black commodity trading market.
With the tacit approval of several permanent member civilizations of the alliance, the influx of major interstellar capital has made the entire market prosperous and vigorously developed, turning it into a lawless area.
——It is still a very safe no-man’s land.
Here, you can see various types of interstellar facilities. Interstellar spacecraft that are tens of kilometers long seem a little small compared to them, not to mention those smaller spacecraft.
The largest and most eye-catching symbol is a silver-white tower, tens of thousands of kilometers high and thousands of kilometers wide at its base. It has a strong presence even in the vast galaxy.
The periphery of the Lost Star Zone expands outward with the tower as the center, and uses it as a reference to delineate various peripheral areas.
West of the tower.
A medium-sized aircraft carrier docked in the interstellar port. There is a 'γ' logo on the hull, and the word 'Ikar' is written in the common language.
Inside the starship, conference room.
A middle-aged man with a small mustache slammed his fists against the alloy steel plate, resting his hands on the conference table with a gloomy face, looking at the others present.
"Still no news?"
"No." The person who answered was a little scared.
"Damn it!" He slammed the hammer down on the table again, causing everyone in the meeting room to jump in fear.
The atmosphere in the conference room became increasingly tense, making it seem as if one couldn't breathe, but no one was willing to be the first to speak and break the silence.
Don’t you see that Captain Kadar looks like he’s about to explode? Who would dare to offend him at this time?
Why does this scene appear before our eyes?
That's to blame on the fleet that should have arrived more than half a month ago. If they hadn't returned on time within the expected time, how could the subsequent events have happened?
The Ikar civilization has not encountered any problems over the years since it won the right to supervise Tianyun Star in the vote for the Lost Star Zone Supervisor Civilization in the last alliance election.
Who would have thought that the transport fleet, which was thought to be no different from usual, would actually encounter an accident this time.
Yes, after the fleet did not return on time, they were basically certain that the fleet must have encountered an accident. If nothing had happened to them, they would not have delayed their return.
The fact that the fleet did not return as scheduled was no secret on the ships of the Ikal civilization, but the only people truly qualified to discuss this matter were the few people sitting in the conference room.
As soon as the news was confirmed, Kadar, the trade executive in charge of this transaction, blocked the news and reported it to the main civilization.
The disappearance of the fleet transporting the Tianjia Zerg must never be spread, and the Star Alliance must not be informed before receiving a response from the main civilization!
This is because if the civilization acting as the supervisor makes a mistake, it will easily lose the position it has worked so hard to obtain, so their first reaction is to keep it secret.
The Lost Sector is not safe. Although there are safe routes opened up by the Alliance, there is no guarantee that there will be no problems.
The danger comes from the complex environment in the Lost Star Sector, as well as from the expedition teams that keep rushing into the Lost Star Sector... The latter are a mixed bunch, and some can transform into interstellar pirates and rob ships at any time.
These explorers came to explore the remains left over from the tragedy of the last era.
Despite the Alliance's repeated claims that the Lost Sector's internal environment is complex and fraught with danger, and that the closer one moves to the center and the closer to the central star region of the old Tianjia civilization, the more dangerous it becomes, many people continue to enter the Lost Sector, hoping to find the advanced technology left by the Tianjia civilization, the only known extinct level 6 peak civilization in the Milky Way.
The old Tianjia star field spanned nearly ten thousand light years. Even after some of the outer star fields were cut off, it was still more than seven thousand light years. It was impossible to block it completely, so the alliance could only turn a blind eye to this aspect.
——After all, if they could really discover some good things from the Tianjia civilization, it would also be a good thing for the several civilizations that are currently stuck in the middle and late stages of the sixth-level civilization.
Kadar calmed down for a moment and said, "According to the timetable, the survey fleet that set out later should have arrived at the Tianyun System by now."
After receiving the news, the main civilization asked them to conceal the news of the fleet's disappearance from the outside world and absolutely not let other forces know about it. At the same time, a new fleet was sent to quickly jump to the Lost Star Sector using the Alliance's public wormhole, and set off into the Lost Star Sector twelve days ago.
This fleet has two purposes: one is to investigate the reason for the disappearance of the previous fleet, and the other is to collect another batch of goods to fill the gap.
The Alliance has a set of rules and regulations for the supervisory civilization that monitors the Tianjia Zerg, but as long as you don't do anything that violates the Alliance's principles, you will be fine... and forcibly collecting Tianjia Zerg slaves in a short period of time using tough means is not strictly speaking a violation.
Whether for its own benefit or to cover up the loss of a group of escorts, the Ikal civilization must get another batch of slaves!
This is because the regulator civilization needs to pay 60% of its net profits to the alliance after each transaction, as an equivalent exchange for the right of supervision from the alliance... and if no goods are sold, they will have to pay the tax for this transaction out of their own pockets.
It would be terrible if it became like that.
...It is a huge burden for them, and if they are not careful, the economy of the entire civilization will come to a standstill.
"At the speed the fleet is traveling, we should reach the Tianyun Galaxy in two days."
Kadar looked serious and said "hmm" with some thoughts in mind.
No information coming back is both a good thing and a bad thing.
This time, considering that the previous fleet was missing and no news was sent back, the fleet they sent was doubled in both number and firepower, and it can be said to be the most elite fleet in civilization.
The previous fleet is completely incomparable to this investigation fleet. As long as they don't directly face warships of civilizations above level five, even if they can't escape, they will have enough time to send a signal to notify the interstellar patrol in the Lost Star Zone.
After receiving the signal, the Interstellar Patrol will arrive as quickly as possible, and no matter who is targeting them, they will not be able to escape.
Kadar thought with a cold face.
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