Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 610 - 606: Control the Dyson Sphere

Several expedition members said, "The Half-sphere Civilization we negotiated with is a fairly young third-level civilization."

"They are a civilization leaning towards mechanical evolution. How should I put it, other than a brain, they seem to have no other biological tissue. Their Mother Star is 189 light years away, which is not far from here. They want to develop a Planet Fortress of their own, and if the price is right, they’re also willing to sell it to us."

"How were the results of the geological survey?"

"Very good, quite excellent, the only drawback is that it’s not a sphere, there are some protruding edges."

Zhang Yuan looked at the photo. Indeed, the overall appearance of the planet was not a perfect sphere; the highest mountains on the surface were thirty thousand meters tall and there were many such mountains... However, this was also good, a slight flaw can make it cheaper.

The Half-sphere Civilization had been excavating this planet for over a thousand years, and all the massive underground spaces were already completed.

"If we really do buy it, it would save us a lot of time. The price pressed down to 1309 AmiBa Points... We wanted to round off this fraction, but the other party stubbornly refused, insisting 9 was a lucky number."

"What about the equivalent technology, do they need that?" People did not want to directly use AmiBa Points, this hard currency; if they could barter, that would also be fine.

"Of course, they need it, and are still negotiating. They desperately want brain-assist technology to enhance their Intelligence..."

"Brain-assist..." Zhang Yuan nodded meaningfully.

Anyway, regardless, it was considered as good news in recent years.

As for the other diplomatic negotiations, there were many setbacks. Humans coveted fourth-level technology, but the prices asked were generally very high, whereas negotiations with third-level civilizations were more amenable. But Humanity basically had no need for third-level technologies.

Unless Humanity was willing to directly purchase technology from the Level 5 Jihaman Civilization through the trading market, but that would also cost a great deal.

"It’s hard to integrate because political boundaries have already been drawn here."

Leading Diplomat Old Yang sighed and said, "How should I put it... because the trading market is about to relocate, but this neutrally aligned Dyson Sphere will stay. It will still produce antimatter energy, requires maintenance to some extent, and will provide living spaces."

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He clenched his fist, "Whoever controls this Dyson Sphere will become the boss of this piece of the starry sky!"

Lin Xuanyuan widened her eyes in disbelief and asked, "A Dyson Sphere... can be controlled?"

Mr. Yang explained, "To completely control a Dyson Sphere is of course impossible; how could it be easy to find a loophole in the Artificial Intelligence Omega? Maybe it has already become a Strong artificial intelligence! But it can be controlled from other angles..."

"First, inside the Dyson Sphere one can reside freely, but attacks between parties are not allowed, or they will be met with retaliation from its own defense system."

"Living areas need to be allocated, who will do the allocating? Which civilization will maintain the Dyson Sphere? This too is a form of power!"

"How do we determine the boundaries where attacks cannot occur? If I use an excavator to flatten the territory of another civilization, does that count as an offensive act?"

"These are all matters of power!"

"Will Omega not care?"

"I won’t manage! Even if it is a strong intelligence, its thinking logic is still different from that of normal life. It may not have concepts such as power, desire, survival... but the fact is just so, and these things are difficult for us to understand."

Old Yang continued, "Moreover, in the outskirts of the Dyson Sphere, there are a lot of meteorites and planets, effectively acting as a resource replenishment area. Most of the civilization’s spaceships also stay in the outskirts. Currently, the safety and order of the outskirts are provided by the trading market, which although does not meddle in affairs, also does not allow civilizations to attack each other in this region."

"In a dozen years, what if the Amoeba Faction’s trading market were to leave? Attacks between civilizations, as long as they don’t hit the Dyson Sphere, it would not counterattack..."

"Of course, once an attack reaches the Dyson Sphere, one might end up facing Omega’s launch of Jump Cannons and Antimatter Missiles."

"So under normal circumstances, there also wouldn’t occur overly huge and comprehensive melee battles. However, even so, it’s enough to form different political forces, probing and negotiating with each other... Whichever civilization controls the outer space of the Dyson Sphere becomes the implicit master of the Dyson Sphere."

"This is also precisely the main reason for the rise in the price of military goods over thousands of years."

Zhang Yuan frowned, finding this whole situation very bizarre, just like the human struggle for territory during the Earth Era.

A bunch of Level 4 and Level 3 civilizations, vying for control over the Dyson Sphere here, was simply...

Really audacious!

He again felt a bit sad for the Tabi Civilization that initially built the Dyson Sphere. This kind-hearted civilization, which had painstakingly built a Dyson Sphere, wanting to enlighten the entire Milky Way, could never have imagined what would transpire thousands of years later.

However, it’s incredible how much benefit it would bring to covertly control such a massive Dyson Sphere!

This Dyson Sphere is not only an antimatter production base but also a research site for various massive experiments and a war weapon capable of opposing a Level 5 Civilization!

Zhang Yuan frowned, "How did these Level 4 civilizations manage to control a Level 3 civilization? After all, it is also an interstellar civilization, how could it just listen to others?"

"We believe that most of the civilizations here tend to become Sinking Civilizations... Specifically speaking, they do not have much potential for further development," Mr. Yang said, sipping his soup contentedly and patting his belly.

Then, he dropped a bombshell, "From interacting with a race called ’Artush,’ we can get a glimpse..."

How to control a legitimate interstellar civilization?

There are many ways, first by providing them with standard technology, completely controlling them at the level of the scientific system.

A low-level civilization that uses this technology standard often knows the how but not the why and must continue extensive cooperation to proceed further.

"... just like with the Glizerians and their Universal Factory in the past; because of advancing too quickly, their foundation was unstable."

Recalling past experiences, Zhang Yuan somewhat understood; he sighed, "With ready access to a plethora of technologies, who wouldn’t take advantage of them! Once the entire industrial system was modified, it was found that it couldn’t be changed back."

Second is creating opposition!

For instance, a civilization has green-skinned sub-species and blue-skinned sub-species. Initially, these sub-species were just products of genetic mutations, without reproductive isolation, and everyone got along harmoniously, not seeing it as an issue.

However, in the course of long-term interactions, a more advanced civilization could blow this issue out of proportion. All they needed to do was periodically fund the blue-skinned sub-species, show a preference for them, and then disdain and reject the green-skinned sub-species.

Over time, divisions naturally arise within the low-level civilization.

Old Yang said, "This is a very simple yet very effective strategy."