Chapter 158 Extra 1
Kaili and others never imagined that the civilization friendly match that attracted the attention of the entire universe would be held in their college.
He knew that the Quesa Central Mecha Academy where he studied was one of the best in the universe, and that it often hosted grand cosmic events that attracted considerable attention, but this civilization friendly match was a completely different concept. Everyone knows why the Galactic Civilization initiated this event. They want to find out the intelligence of each civilization, and other civilizations also want to see their cards.
Both parties participated to gather intelligence.
From the very beginning, everyone was speculating that this competition would be held in a place where major forces converge. Because no matter which force is allowed to host the game, it will cause dissatisfaction among other civilizations. Even a fool knows how much benefit hosting this game can bring to themselves, so how could they be willing to give it to others for no reason.
Even though the Quessar Alliance was known to be a neutral alliance, no one speculated in this direction.
Unexpectedly, the policy finally agreed upon by the bigwigs actually benefited the Quesa Alliance.
For a time, the discussion about why the event was held at the Central Mecha Academy caused a stir throughout the universe. Except for the people outside the Quesa Alliance, everyone attributed the incident to various conspiracies, and they just stopped short of pinning the speculation of the intention to start a war directly on their alliance.
However, no matter how irrelevant people discuss and protest, the matter has become a foregone conclusion, and people from the Galactic Civilization have arrived at the Quesa Central Star early to prepare for the competition. The people of the galactic civilization are not familiar with the various facilities of the interstellar age, which is not conducive to the progress of the competition. In order to better cope with the event, they need time to familiarize themselves with it.
Of course, outside spectators have no way of knowing about this kind of thing. They can only receive news that the contestants from the galactic civilization have arrived at the central star, and then they know nothing else.
This also applies to the students of the Central Star Mecha Academy. They only attended a welcome party when the people from the Galactic Civilization arrived at the academy, and have never seen that group of handsome men and beautiful women again since then.
It was not until two days before the official start of the competition, when contestants from all sides arrived at the central star to begin preparations, that talents from the Galactic Civilization emerged from unknown corners.
After the Galactic Civilization obtained the Seal of the Controller, information such as their language and living habits were entered into the Star Network. With the help of translators, everyone has been able to communicate without obstacles. After several banquets, the most profound impression that the interstellar residents had of them was that they were unfathomable.
After the data was entered, everyone knew that the galactic civilization had multiple races, and all races and forces sent people to participate in the competition. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the interstellar media got to know them thoroughly.
Apart from the insignificant impressions such as magic, beauty, longevity, arrogance, evil, kindness, etc., the unfathomable strength is the most impressive point for the interstellar residents.
Each civilization basically has its own special abilities.
Kil'jaeden has an unpredictable mental power, the Onar crystal man can absorb the rays in the universe and travel the universe in his true body, the Quesa is a mechanical life form that can travel through the virtual world by nature, the Woshi lizardman can foresee the future, and the Smog elemental man can control ice...
There are also many civilizations that have disappeared into the depths of the universe. They also have a wide variety of abilities. In fact, the well-informed interstellar residents rarely make a fuss about a little ability.
But galactic civilization is different.
Their civilization encompasses more than ten races, which is equivalent to putting more than ten civilizations together to form a new civilization. Moreover, these races all have their own characteristics and have no similarities with other races.
Just by looking at some races, they can feel the pressure as heavy as a mountain. Even humans, who seem to be the weakest of all races, have powerful practitioners.
Before the contestants from various civilizations officially met the people from the Galactic Civilization, they all more or less held a somewhat contemptuous view of them. These contestants are also the proud sons of heaven who have long been famous in their respective civilizations, and many of them are even famous throughout the universe. Although this galactic civilization has saints like Nuwa and Xihe, it does not mean that the ordinary creatures below also have such great power.
They won't underestimate each other, but they won't treat each other as enemies either.
As a result, the originally proud contestants lost control of their facial expressions and revealed extremely ugly looks when they saw the Galaxy people who made the final appearance.
Although they quickly managed to control their expressions, the threat they just felt was still deeply engraved in their hearts.
At this moment, the arrogant future interstellar residents finally no longer underestimated the galactic civilization. The other side's strength deserves everyone's respect and fear.
Of course they knew that this was a silent declaration from the Galactics, or in other words a naked provocation, but they had no way to fight back. Even if you were caught off guard and overwhelmed by the opponent's momentum, losing is losing, and no excuse can cover up this fact.
However, this also aroused the blood of the interstellar contestants.
Being weak at this moment does not mean being weak forever. No matter how unfathomable the opponent’s strength is, they are not weaklings. During the official competition, it is still unclear who will win.
Of course, the people of the Galactic Civilization were not always so high-profile. They just made a scene at the first meeting, and then behaved very low-key and politely at the subsequent banquets. Among them, the contestants represented by the flower-growing forces are the best. They are extremely humble and can get along with any civilization without causing disgust from others. Apart from a race called angels, flower-growing practitioners are the most popular force.
Although everyone knows the dangers hidden behind them, their polite and measured attitude can really win everyone's favor.
If there weren't many considerations behind it, who would be willing to communicate with an arrogant person?
The representative of the vampire and the dragon was so annoying, more arrogant and rude than anyone else. He looked up to the sky and most of the time he didn't even look at the people he talked to. The same goes for the so-called totem believers. It’s not that they are arrogant, it’s just that they are simply impossible to communicate with. Both their appearance and their speech are primitive, and they even refuse to accept high-tech things!
Can you imagine that the entire civilization has entered the interstellar age, but they resist the existence of technology and blindly trust the so-called totem gods.
Even the equally stubborn, conservative and nature-loving Woshi lizardman is willing to accept the convenient life brought by technology. Otherwise they would have disappeared into the depths of the universe long ago. This cruel dark jungle cannot tolerate a civilization that is unwilling to progress.
All the interstellar spectators said that the primitive barbarians who believed in the totem god were fortunately born in the galactic civilization. With such a strong backing to protect them, they could continue to develop stubbornly. Otherwise, while guarding the precious treasures, they would not be able to avoid the attacks from countless civilizations.
Ever since the mysterious veil of galactic civilization was lifted a little, interstellar life forms have become interested in the strange existence of "God".
Why do the rules of the universe allow the birth of "Gods"?
Based on the analysis of the data of galactic civilization, they can know that the existence of "God" is equivalent to the embodiment of the rules of the universe. Each god has his own function. Not only tangible things, but also intangible things such as life, time, fate, darkness, light, love, etc. have corresponding gods.
But this raises a question: if God is the rule of the universe, then why do the rules go to the trouble of giving birth to God?
It is not difficult to see from the information that these gods all have emotions. They will be selfish, will prefer a certain life, and will also hate a certain existence. So by analogy, isn't this equivalent to a "person" who controls supreme power?
Just like the advanced civilizations that once used primitive civilizations for experiments, in the eyes of lower civilizations, those advanced civilizations with evil intentions are also gods from outer space. What is even more incredible is that the Galaxy people can advance to become "Gods" through their own efforts.
So isn't this horrible?
Higher beings with selfish motives cannot be as fair and just as the laws of the universe. When they favor a certain creature or hate a certain creature, all they bring to lower creatures is disaster.
This situation is not just speculation. There are countless such examples in the records of the Galactic Civilization itself.
Gods can create races at will, and can abandon a race at will. The abandoned races often disappear directly in the long river of history.
It is this kind of interstellar age that is even more difficult to understand. Once you peel off the colorful outer shell, isn’t this just the dark history of oppressors and victims? According to common sense, the people of the Galaxy should rise up and overthrow the control of the "oppressors", and should never try to become the "oppressors" themselves. Throughout the long history of the universe, countless similar civilizations have either successfully gained autonomy and struggled to move forward, or succumbed to oppression and became the dust of history.
Peaceful coexistence is simply impossible.
And the most crucial point is that in the records of the galactic civilization, these mythological systems had originally disappeared. Although the specific reasons are unclear, it can be proved that their speculation is accurate. But for some unknown reason, the mythological system was revived again, and the galactic people were dragged into the abyss of darkness again.
This in turn involves the issue of the abnormal development of galactic civilization.
Ever since the universe entered the interstellar age, countless civilizations have speculated on the direction of future development. According to their analysis, the end of civilization development is god-level civilization, but god-level is not God, the two are fundamentally different.
'Gods' are beings that are upgraded from a few individuals, and the god level is the pinnacle of the development of the entire civilization.
To explain it more clearly, 'god' is just a name for certain individuals who possess extraordinary powers, while god-level is the highest level that a civilized group can reach. In a god-level civilization, all individuals should be able to possess the same power as "God".
Whether relying on one's own strength or with the help of external forces, every person in the god-level civilization should be able to control similar abilities.
This is the correct development path. Individuals transcending levels are of no use to civilization as a whole and will instead affect the development of civilization.
Of course, there are also people who object, saying that all races of the galactic civilization are creations of "God", and that they are now able to become the overlords of the universe by relying on the power of "God". This is the unique way of existence of the galactic civilization, and there is nothing like those conspiracy theories they have.
Because of these banquets, the entire universe began to discuss the issue of galactic civilization.
Among them were civilizations with good intentions as well as those full of malice. But no matter how lively the discussion was, the people of the Galactic Civilization pretended not to see it and did not take it to heart at all.
There is an old saying on Blue Planet, 'Those who are not of my kind must have different hearts.'
This sentence can be used to refer to fellow races with different positions, and it can also be used to refer to real alien races, but now in the interstellar age, it represents civilizations other than one's own.
The concept of the dark jungle is not only understood by alien civilizations, but also by people of the galactic civilization. In this dark jungle of the universe, except for yourself, everyone else is an enemy. Don't believe in superficial friendliness and goodwill. They are just the sugar coating wrapped around the sharp fangs. After you lick the sugar coating, what you will face is a weapon that stabs into your heart.
No creature that is born with wisdom is a true fool. They respect the power of gods, but never believe in them blindly, otherwise there would not be so many human gods.
Alien civilizations themselves are nothing but speculations. This universe has not yet successfully broken through to an advanced civilization. Talk about god-level civilizations is all based on speculation, with no effective evidence. Just talking nonsense with your mouth, isn't that just hooliganism?
Maybe their galactic civilization is indeed not developing in the right way, but they have to find ways to solve it themselves. It is not the aliens' turn to point fingers or interfere.
After all, the sudden popularity of this topic on the Star Internet is just an attempt to plant a thorn in the hearts of the people in the Galaxy.
The power of saints like Nuwa and Xihe was too terrifying. This group of vultures could not find any flaws to attack, so they wanted to disintegrate from within and let the people of the Galaxy cause chaos themselves. Yinhe people are also people who have read "The Art of War", "Strategy" and "The Collection of Thick Black", so they can recognize this little trick at a glance.
Therefore, whether it was the contestants who came to participate in the competition or the compatriots who stayed in the Milky Way and watched the development of the situation on the Star Internet, no one took the heated discussions on the Star Internet to heart.
Their top priority at the moment is to crush other civilizations in friendly civilization matches and completely establish the Galaxy's reputation. As for the rest, we’ll slowly deal with the aliens after the game is over.
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The two days were so short that in the blink of an eye it was the day of the competition.
It is a pity that Kaili and others were not selected for the contest. They are still students of the Mecha Academy, and they have only participated in actual combat on Starnet. They have only participated in some actual competitions. It is impossible for them to stand out with this level of ability. The college did not even put them on the reserve list when they registered.
Fortunately, they relied on being students of the Central Mecha Academy and got a chance to sit and watch the event.
Sitting in the front row, Esther looked towards the contestants' entrance nervously and excitedly, "Who do you think will be the first match?"
For some unknown reason, the roster for this friendly match was not determined in advance, or the roster was not released. Everyone only knows that the order of the competition is from beginner to advanced, but the specific opponents in each round are not clear.
"I don't know, but I heard that the first match of the Galactic Civilization should be between the Flower Planting Forces." In such an exciting occasion, Kaili, who is always calm and steady, couldn't help but get excited. "The contestants prepared by the Flower Planting Forces for the primary competition should be mecha warriors, so they are likely to face Kil'jaeden."
"Hiss, Kil'jaeden..."
His friends did not doubt Carey's speculation, but they felt that the Galactic Civilization might not end up well this time.
"I read the information. Apart from becoming monks, other ordinary people among the flower growers choose to become martial artists or people with special abilities, right? From the information, people with special abilities are quite similar to the Kil'jaeden people. Maybe there is a chance of victory."
"But supernatural powers are not mental powers. They have many magical directions of development." Toynbee did not quite agree with Esther's statement. Although Kil'jaeden was notorious in the universe, his ability was indeed first-class. His all-pervasive and mysterious mental power was the nightmare of countless races. "As long as you can't defend against mental attacks, it will be difficult to gain the upper hand against Kil'jaeden."
"This tournament is about friendship first and competition second, but Kil'jaeden has plenty of ways to turn his opponents into demented fools. Anyway, there is no threat to life, so even if the galactic civilization is dissatisfied, there is no way to protest."
"I know that." Esther withdrew her gaze from the field and turned to look at her friend and classmate, "Toinbi, don't forget that those flower cultivators are experts in mental power, and their levels are even higher."
"I don't know if the information on the Star Network was released to confuse us, but according to that information, the spiritual power of a cultivator is the spiritual consciousness that can be cultivated to a certain level and can even exist apart from the physical body. Even Kil'jaeden's SSS-level spiritual power cultivators can't do this."
"But..."
Esther interrupted Toynbee's rebuttal, "Besides, cultivators can also make all kinds of magical weapons. I think it should be very easy for them to make a mental defense device."
"...You do have a point."
After a moment of silence, Toynbee was finally convinced by Esther.
His thinking just now was indeed not comprehensive enough. He only thought that Kil'jaeden's people were difficult to deal with, but he forgot that the galactic civilization was not a pushover either. Mental power is tricky for them, but for the Galaxy people who also have masters of mental power, it may not be a problem.
But then he added: "But in this case, the game will only be about the control of the mecha. The Galactic Civilization used the mecha they developed themselves, and their performance is probably not as good as Kil'jaeden's."
Esther did not refute this point, and he also agreed with it.
"No matter what, Kil'jaeden is a powerful civilization that has developed for thousands of years. The effort they put into mechas is unmatched by other civilizations. It will probably take some time for the galactic civilization to surpass them in this regard."
While the two were discussing at length, the lizard man Eisenhower, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up: "The game time is almost up, and we will know the specific results soon."
Esther and Toynbee quickly stopped talking and looked towards the competition stage, only to find that it was indeed about to begin, and the famous interstellar host was already warming up the audience. Wait another minute or two and the official competition will begin.
The host's lines were humorous and witty, taking into account the audiences of the new civilization and other civilizations to the greatest extent, but now no one cared about the host and just wanted the game to start quickly. Just when everyone was about to boo, the host finally got to the point and introduced the two opponents in their debut.
Esther and Toinby looked at each other and said with a smile, "It is indeed a battle between mechas."
This first match was exactly as they had guessed, with a flower-growing psychic versus Kil'jaeden's psychic.
They guessed the contestants correctly, but they didn't know whether the result of the game would be as they speculated.
There's not much to introduce about the contestants, except for letting the audience know their names and strengths. After quickly speaking the opening remarks, the host controlled the miniature floating platform under his feet and left the venue.
With a shout of "match start", both players quickly pulled out their respective armors from the space twister. In just a blink of an eye, the two figures disappeared from the field, and were replaced by two huge mechas.
Unable to help showing an expression of approval, Kaili said: "Based on this speed, the Galactic Civilization is indeed quite capable."
"Indeed, and it seems that they are even faster than Kil'jaeden's men."
Others also echoed that there are many points worth studying in mecha combat, one of which is the speed of logging into the mecha. You must know that on the battlefield, the enemy will not give you time to log into the mecha slowly. However, their current mechas have not yet developed to the point where they can be put on with just a click, so the speed at which the mecha pilot logs into the mecha is also an important assessment indicator.
"Look over there. Kil'jaeden's men look as if they have been defeated."
Esther's eyes couldn't help but drift to Kil'jaeden's seat, where sat a group of pale-faced Kil'jaeden people. It seems that the outstanding performance of the flower-growing contestants has dealt a heavy blow to their self-confidence, making them too lazy to even do basic disguises.
"Humph, I'm afraid they never thought that they would be defeated by the flower-growing players in this aspect." Toinbi snorted sarcastically, his face full of disdain, "This is just a beginner's arena. If they can't even win the lowest level competition, they will probably be spurned by the whole nation when they return."
"Based on their ruthless style, I don't think the loser will have an easy ending."
"Hiss! What kind of operation is this??!!"
Just as everyone was discussing the basic operations of the two players, the situation on the field suddenly changed in a way that no one expected.
Originally, the flower-growing players had the advantage, but after a short while, they were still no match for the Kil'jaeden's rich experience and super-high-performance mechas, and were suppressed by the opponent. Although it was a bit of a pity, the audience was not too surprised. They all knew the gap between the galactic civilization and Kil'jaeden. Perhaps in other aspects, they are no match for the Galactic people, but in the development of technologies such as mechas, the Galactic civilization is indeed very backward.
But it is precisely because of this mentality that everyone is so unbelievable when they see the changes that have just happened.
Many people even lowered their heads and rubbed their eyes hard, trying to prove that they were not dazzled or hallucinating.
"...I thought technology was the shortcoming of the galactic civilization. Now it seems that I was wrong. I was so wrong." Kaili couldn't help but mutter to himself, his pupils full of shock and admiration, "Their technology may be far ahead of us."
"...I agree." Esther said this in a sleepwalking tone, "They actually developed mecha mutation technology. With this alone, they can crush Kil'jaeden."
"If we were not limited by the population base, I'm afraid what we would have received was not an invitation for talks, but their gunfire."
"......"
Faced with this horrifying speculation, the group of companions fell silent.
This statement seems absurd, but it is really possible if you think about it carefully. The galactic civilization not only has gods, but also advanced technology. Apart from population restrictions, they really can't think of any reason to be friendly and peaceful with each other.
When talking about the development of civilization, the atmosphere in this small area becomes solemn.
After watching the intense battle in silence for a while, Esther changed the subject, "But I feel that the galactic civilization is not using pure technology. They definitely incorporated some mythological elements."
He had reason to make such a guess. Under the ultra-high-definition camera, everyone could clearly see the mysterious light flashing from time to time on the beast-like mecha. And the light did not flash randomly, but followed a certain pattern.
After several repetitions, the smart people of the interstellar age quickly figured out that it should be a magic array that was deeply related to the flower-growing cultivation civilization.
Although people in the interstellar age do not understand what a "magic array" is, it does not prevent them from understanding its meaning. In terms of what they can understand, it should be a special circuit.
"They dared to show it to us so blatantly. I guess they are sure that we can't learn from them." With a wry smile, Kaili lowered his shoulders a little dejectedly.
The Light Civilization he came from was nothing special and was ranked in the middle and lower levels within the Quesa Alliance, so he studied so hard and wanted to change his destiny through mechas. However, although the Central Mecha Academy is famous, Kil'jaeden is still more powerful when it comes to mechas. He had always dreamed of going there for further studies. Unfortunately, the other side’s top institutions did not accept students from foreign civilizations, so he could only read various military reports to satisfy his curiosity.
Originally, he was very excited to see that the Galactic Civilization had actually developed the technology for mecha alienation, and he fantasized about whether he could reach a cooperation so that they could experience the thrill of driving an alienated mecha in their lifetime.
However, this thought appeared for only a few seconds before it shattered on its own.
The development direction of the Galactic Civilization is different from theirs. After joining the Universal Federation, the other party also bluntly stated that people from other civilizations cannot learn except for the creatures created by their gods.
I think the same is true for the current mecha alienation technology. The only prerequisite for them to steal it is to master the cultivation secrets of the galactic civilization, otherwise there is no hope at all.
"Their civilization is so unique, and uniqueness means strength."
So they can only obediently seek opportunities for cooperation, hoping that the other party will maintain their usual friendly style and agree to their cooperation requests.
A few people were discussing casually while watching the game seriously. With no hope of getting started for the time being, they can only watch the actual combat carefully to measure the comprehensive indicators of the mecha alienation technology. Once upon a time, mecha alienation was just a concept proposed by scientists. Since they did not overcome the key technical points, they did not even build a model, and all statements about mecha alienation were fictitious. Now that they have finally seen a civilization achieve this, they naturally want to observe it carefully.
Battles are always a rapidly changing thing. At the beginning, the flower-growing players had the upper hand, but were soon suppressed by the Kil'jaeden players who reacted. After the flower-growing player used the means of mecha mutation, the situation reversed again, and Kil'jaeden's players were beaten so badly that they didn't know where to go.
But this does not mean the end of the battle. After a period of familiarization, Kil'jaeden successfully counterattacked with his rich experience in mecha combat and fought against the flower-growing beast mecha with great success.
Overall, this was a perfect opening.
It's just a pity that the two sides didn't really decide the winner. Until both players had no strength to fight anymore, they were still evenly matched. In the end, the referee could only give a draw decision, which made all the spectators boo.
"It ended up being a draw. This is too unreal, isn't it? Was this really not a script that was discussed in advance?"
Esther felt that this matter was particularly false. After all, there had been frictions between Flower-Growing and Kil'jaeden, so how could they end up in a draw? Let's talk about conspiracy theories. Maybe this game was a game set up for them by the Galactic Civilization and the other three big guys. He didn't know what the purpose was, but there must be some inside story.
However, the audience's discussions and doubts could not affect the game on the field. After the first battle ended, the second battle was soon started.
The second match was between a player sent by a human force called Country Y in the Galactic Civilization, and the player they faced was a half-insect from the Theresa Civilization, who was selected by the Quesa Alliance. Theresa civilization is very similar to the Zerg invented by Blue Star. Both have insect characteristics, but the difference is that they are not complete insects, but insect mimicry.
The Theresians have insect-like features, such as carapaces, elytra, and compound eyes. In addition, they walk upright like humans and have extremely flexible hands, which enable them to perform delicate movements such as operating mechas.
And because insects have relatively well-developed muscles, their flexibility and durability far exceed those of most mecha pilots.
They are considered to be the main group of mecha warriors in the Quesa Alliance.
“I think there is no suspense in this game.”
Crossing her arms, Esther's tense body slowly relaxed as she watched the one-sided battle from the beginning. After the attack from the flower growers, he almost thought that the people of the Galactic Civilization were so powerful that they could reach a draw with the big guys right away. Now it seems that other people are still within common sense. The only abnormal ones are the flower growers. They are full of abnormalities just like the entire civilization.
"The battle will probably end faster than the first one. The player's level is not bad, but he is still not good enough to face Theresa's insect man. Even if he uses the mecha transformation technology, it is estimated that he will not be able to save the defeat."
Not only Esther, everyone else is also pessimistic about the Galaxy people.
Sure enough, the second battle ended much faster than the previous ones, and there was no reversal in the ending. The player representing Country Y suffered the first defeat of the Galactic Civilization. I don’t know why, but the opponent didn’t use any means of mecha transformation, which made the whole battle seem a bit boring.
"Which two forces will be next?"
Rubbing his palms together, Esther cheered himself up, hoping that something exciting would happen next.
In fact, what he and other viewers are most looking forward to are the contestants sent by Zhonghua in the advanced competition area. There is no doubt that the beautiful host who presided over the Joint Conference of Cosmic Civilizations was one of them. She is a big shot who can move freely in the cosmic environment. You can imagine how exciting her battle will be.
Her action can also help them understand the actual level of the so-called high-level cultivators, making it easier for everyone to form their attitude towards growing flowers.
The galactic civilization is powerful, so they have to temporarily avoid the attack, but that doesn't mean the aliens will retreat from all forces in the galaxy. Without sufficient strength, even with a powerful civilization behind you, you cannot gain the respect of outsiders.
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