Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 618 - 614 Arrival of the Amoeba Civilization

The gentlemen around were quietly exclaiming, "The mission this time is very important."

"Indeed!"

"It even determines the direction of our future development."

Over four thousand AmiBa Points were indeed a huge sum.

Before everyone set off, Captain Feng couldn’t help but remind them, "We’ve already discussed the general mission many times. First is the construction device for the curvature engine... as soon as possible, very urgently!"

Although the engineering teams of the New Human Civilization had been working overtime, in these few short years, they had not even completed one-tenth of the workload.

Many new devices still needed to be developed and produced on the spot, and now the entire New Human Civilization was not like before where everyone was an engineer, there were other technologies to develop, where could they find the same speed as before?

Therefore, purchasing some engineering devices became the top priority.

"The second matter is to purchase some technologies from Level 5 Civilizations... even if the price is a bit higher."

Level 5 Civilizations had already touched the threshold of space science and could create materials with unimaginable performance, all of which were valuable for research and urgently needed by humans.

"Third... well, plans cannot keep up with changes, so everyone, be ready to adapt as needed."

The captain spoke a great deal, actually repeating what had already been discussed several times, but she still incessantly went over it again.

She really was worried!

"Finally, if there’s anything uncertain, Mr. Zhang Yuan from the Scientific Staff Department and Mr. Yang from the Foreign Ministry will be in charge."

"Thank you, everyone!"

"No problem, rest assured," Zhang Yuan nodded slightly.

With that, a group boarded the transport ship, heading towards the distant Dyson Sphere.

The atmosphere on the way was very silent, lacking any sound of conversation. Everyone present was no longer young, they all knew the significant meaning of this journey.

As for communication, it had already been discussed hundreds, thousands of times ahead of time, there was no need to repeat it here. As for the so-called excitement, it had long been exhausted in the lengthy preparation process.

Time slowly passed by, and although the exterior of the Dyson Sphere showed little change after its complete construction, its functions underwent a radical qualitative transformation.

Firstly, the surrounding 20 astronomical units became a "Space Barrier Zone," where curvature navigation was prohibited.

This was technology that at least a Level 5 Civilization could possess, able to effectively intercept curvature navigation.

As for the so-called principle...

People were not clear, it might involve extremely small twisted spaces, these twists could disrupt the operating environment of a curvature bubble. Just like a needle popping a soap bubble, but such a "needle" was very, very small, so small that it was utterly unobservable.

Secondly, within the surrounding 30 astronomical units, a marvelous site emerged that enabled point-to-point superluminal communication.

There were 108 rotating planet fortresses near the Dyson Sphere, and the communication between these fortresses actually exceeded the conventional speed of light, enabling real-time communication!

This was yet another powerful technology beyond human understanding, known as the "Negative Energy Space Network System."

The term "Negative Energy Space Network System" was not new to anyone; each interstellar trading market between them had this kind of network system in place for point-to-point communication.

Mr. Zhang Yuan’s quantum consciousness had ventured beyond the Milky Way during his conversation with the Hicks Civilization, utilizing this network system.

According to scientists’ conjectures, this represents a unique subspace technology, that is, drawing a "negative energy space" at the Planck scale within conventional space.

What is "negative energy space"? It is the space where a portion of the vacuum zero-point energy has been extracted. Within a space in a state of negative energy, electromagnetic waves are able to exceed the conventional speed of light, achieving genuine superluminal velocities.

This layer of network system is hidden within space, and even if a human body were to pass through it, there would be no sensation, because it is too small, possibly on the Planck scale.

However, as to what multiples of the speed of light electromagnetic waves moving inside it can reach, people are unable to speculate. For humanity at present, vacuum zero-point energy can only be applied very simply through the Casimir effect, and the possibility of large-scale extraction is almost non-existent.

With the ability for superluminal communication comes the capability for superluminal observation, which, needless to say, has profound implications on the battlefield.

And then there are all kinds of odd defensive functions, true and false, hard to distinguish, like the antimatter transition cannon within 30 astronomical units—a weapon akin to wormholes, capable of traversing space and greatly surpassing the speed of light!

These are all legends, Mr. Zhang Yuan did not know whether they were true or false.

Not just humanity, but other fourth-level civilizations also did not know. These are technologies that only level 5 civilizations, or even level 6 civilizations, could possibly develop. They are simply beyond belief and surpass current levels of comprehension.

In any case, the builders of this Dyson Sphere, the Tabi Civilization, were quite benign; most of their contraptions were defensive, and unless attacked or in violation of the originally established regulations, they would not initiate a counter-attack... And for the civilizations here, finding loopholes in the regulations was extremely difficult, especially since the Dyson Sphere’s superintelligence "Omega" might be the strong AI of legend.

The essential difference between strong and weak AI is that the former can repair its own logic flaws after making mistakes, so no civilization dared to provoke it.

Half a month quietly passed, and after the spaceship docked at one of the Starry Sky Ports of the Dyson Sphere, Mr. Zhang Yuan and others came to rest in the New Human Embassy. He let out a sigh of relief, stepping on the territory that belonged to him within this Dyson Sphere, and felt much more grounded in his heart.

"We’ve clarified some general content... there are a total of 3 rather powerful political forces," Old Yang, the Foreign Minister, observed as he gazed at a screen on the wall.

Displayed on the screen, a mass of alien spaceships was heading towards this Dyson Sphere, also here to participate in the big auction event.

"...One of these forces has its stronghold quite close to that planet fortress of ours. Its primary civilizations, at least sixteen of them, are all fourth-level civilizations, which we collectively refer to as the ’Walker Alliance.’"

"It doesn’t include some of the hidden civilizations either."

"The other two great powers are the Arida Alliance and the Radno Alliance, and we don’t interact much with them, know little about each other, and haven’t traded."

"The Walker Alliance... have we had contact with them?" Mr. Zhang Yuan frowned as he spoke.

Old Yang replied, "We’ve made contact, both parties simply introduced themselves briefly, then had some barter trade... Uh, we exchanged seeds of native plants, you know, just small tokens."

Mr. Zhang Yuan nodded; indeed, it was just some seeds, nothing of consequence...

"We haven’t signed any military agreements, and these past years have passed without incident. Some of those high-value ’Extra Colors’ papers were sold to another civilization called the Apollo Civilization."

"The territory controlled by the Apollo Civilization is fairly distant from us. They seem to be a neutral civilization and haven’t joined any alliance..."

Mr. Zhang Yuan nodded; the old adage "make close friends and attack distant enemies" still applied in this era.

The universe controlled by this "Walker Alliance" was alarmingly close to the planet fortress that humanity was developing.

The risk of selling these high-value papers directly to them was just too great. Humanity itself didn’t wish to sell all the papers on magnetic field perception, revealing their unique technology, so they only sold a small portion.

He exhaled and said, "All in all, we still need to quickly develop the War Star, and once it’s developed, we can leave directly, without the need to get involved in military power games. Staying under the radar isn’t a bad thing; at least if other civilizations can’t fathom the truth, they’ll be somewhat cautious."

After resting for about two days, people finally received the notification that the Amoeba Civilization, a level 6 civilization, had arrived at the Dyson Sphere!

The final big auction, had started!