Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 609 - 605 Half-sphere Civilization (Five updates!)

"A civilization can only withstand a limited number of War Stars, and with such massive volume, the number of machines might reach hundreds of billions, requiring a significant number of engineering personnel to maintain every aspect.

Conventional civilizations usually do not endlessly expand their population; therefore, they won’t develop an unlimited number of War Stars.

In summary, after so many years, finally, a civilization is willing to sell their surplus planets, which is surely a good thing. However, since their asking price is rather high, both sides are still haggling over it.

Zhang Yuan exhaled a heavy breath and flipped through the information in his hands; this planet is about the size of the Moon, with a density of approximately 8.2 tons per cubic meter. This density is slightly greater than that of iron, which means it’s essentially a huge metallic lump.

Planets of this type often have quite good quality, whether it’s their mechanical structures, mineral composition, or their resistance to impact; they are somewhat better than ordinary planets.

The human geological survey team is still conducting its exploration.

Of course, just a raw planet itself would not sell for a particularly good price. These kinds of virgin planets are abundant in this region of space – raw materials are indeed not in demand!

The key is that the Half-sphere Civilization has already worked on developing it for over fifteen hundred years, excavating the groundwork for a planet engine, residential areas, and industrial zones, although the actual construction had not yet begun.

This situation was exactly what humans preferred. If everything was completely built, people would be less inclined to want it. As this Planet Fortress was meant to serve as a human main base, using someone else’s facilities always felt quite odd and insecure... so in the end, they would demolish and rebuild it, needlessly increasing the workload.

Now, with just the foundation dug, it seemed much more suitable.

For this reason, upon hearing this news, Zhang Yuan was in a particularly good mood and even specially bought a pound of "sweet-sour grass" as fruit for the banquet after work.

This was the latest antioxidant food, obtained from other civilizations, which was said to extend human lifespans if consumed regularly.

Well, since these kinds of antioxidant foods were as numerous as various health products, Zhang Yuan didn’t know whether the rumors about "increasing lifespan" were true or not.

In any case, this stuff was harmless to the human body, very expensive, and very delicious, that’s for sure!

Arriving home, he found his wife, Lin Xuanyuan, excitedly cooking dinner, which was a rare occurrence. They both worked on the ambassadorial staff and would be stationed here for five years; their work was usually hectic, and today marked their third year here...

Zhang Yuan arranged the fruits on the platter and then caught the aroma drifting from the kitchen, making his stomach rumble a few times.

Lin Xuanyuan’s culinary skills were undoubtedly excellent, but she usually couldn’t be bothered to cook herself. As for today—of course, it was because they had guests coming over!

Smelling the food, Zhang Yuan couldn’t help himself and sneaked into the kitchen to steal a chicken wing, which earned him a hard slap from his wife.

He felt a bit embarrassed, "You dare to hit me, today I shall go on a rampage!"

"What rampage are you talking about, don’t get in the way here!"

Then the doorbell rang, and he scurried to answer it.

Standing at the door was a group of weary Diplomats, who were all invited to this banquet, totaling seven or eight people.

Two of the scientists had just inspected the Planet Fortress offered by the Half-sphere Civilization. freёnovelkiss-com

"Please come in, do come in!" Zhang Yuan greeted them with a smile.

Such private banquets were only extended to friends with whom one had a good rapport; everyone had worked together for years, creating a harmonious atmosphere.

At six in the evening, the group enjoyed delicious food, chatted, and discussed the various Alien Civilizations near the Dyson Sphere, which was quite interesting.

"...Some civilizations are very stubborn, persisting with something to the end; others are very assertive, not wanting to lose anything in negotiations, only looking for advantages."

"Some civilizations, during negotiations, beat around the bush, talking about ’what they ate today,’ ’cultivating a precious alien plant,’ and so on, which can leave others somewhat baffled."

"...However, these Fourth-level Civilizations have one thing in common; their Innate Race Value is much higher than ours. I think, in the course of development, they have not necessarily suffered more hardships than us."

The Diplomats shared their opinions with each other.

"That’s not necessarily the case, it’s just your subjective impression, you haven’t delved deeply into these Alien Civilizations... We stumbled upon clues to Curvature Technology by chance, whereas these civilizations may have explored it themselves through the dense fog, which is a very remarkable thing..."

"To become a Level 4 Civilization itself implies their own superiority, whether it’s Innate Race Value or social systems... Oh, right, actually, some of the Level 4 Civilizations have been supported by other civilizations; their societal systems aren’t so great, but their Racial Value is very high."

"All in all, our human Racial Value definitely falls on the lower side..."

This Racial Value represents not just intelligence but includes ideology, Perception Ability, lifespan, and other factors as well. If that’s the case, Zhang Yuan also felt that human Racial Value wasn’t that high...

But there was nothing that could be done about it, as Racial Value is innate and very difficult to change.

Zhang Yuan laughed dryly, "Having a lower Racial Value also has its advantages, there’s more room for improvement! Our societal systems are quite advanced and might be more advanced than those of other civilizations."

But if a way could be found to step into Level 5 Civilization, all these natural factors would become irrelevant...

"There are Level 4 Civilizations that were fostered by others?"

"Of course, and there are quite a few, equivalent to Affiliated Civilizations, these are all rumors we have heard. How they really are, we also have no way of delving into so many civilizations."

"What about the Curvature Non-Proliferation Treaty? Does it apply to Affiliated Civilizations?"

"That I don’t know."

For a while, everyone fell silent. As far as the current intelligence goes, the gap between Fourth-level Civilizations is just too wide! Some civilizations’ Affiliated Civilizations have already climbed to the Level 4 tier.

Zhang Yuan suddenly asked, "Let’s talk about that War Star... How are the negotiations? Recently, there’s been a rising call among the people for a Planet Fortress."

In fact, when the government announced this major project, interest from the general public had always been high. No matter how many times an online poll was conducted, the support was overwhelming... despite the plan being fraught with difficulties.

Even a Titan Level spaceship pales in comparison to a real planet!

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