Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 624 - 620: Multiple Preparations

This news was too horrifying!

Not just the Captain, but almost all the bystanders felt a surge of shock and awe.

"This footage is from that time, take a look first."

Zhang Yuan sighed, knowing it might take them a while to digest this news.

But, no matter what, this was the fact.

Without long-term considerations, there will be immediate worries. The grand environment of the Milky Way was changing, and humans had no way to stop it. Like an ant facing an impending storm, all they could do was to try and find a way to shelter before the storm arrived.

Perhaps in a hundred years, or maybe in a thousand or ten thousand years, humans would inevitably face such issues and meet the so-called "Governors" face to face, ensuing a series of contradictions and conflicts.

Another government think tank member said, "According to the current and future information, these so-called Milky Way governors are not elected by voting but are truly established through practice... They turn this practice into their civilizational philosophy and then go on to change the entire universe."

"The Milky Way is like a barren land, growing various low-level civilizations, equivalent to different fruits; higher-level civilizations have ideas and thus they try to cultivate it."

"Some civilizations want to make this barren land more orderly, making it grow fruits; others want to make it their permanent private land... They enjoy this ceaselessly and will never tire."

"We can oppose, we can interfere, we can also engage in dialogue with them, but whether they listen or not is another matter."

Zhang Yuan remained silent for a while, then nodded in agreement, "Yes! However, this is not the main issue at hand. Our current situation, to finish developing the planet curvature engine, still needs at least twenty more years!"

"And obviously, after this news broke, the strategic value of the Dyson Sphere will greatly increase, and this place will experience significant turmoil. The onset of the turmoil happened much earlier than expected!"

This was the most headache-inducing point. Initially, when humans bought a semi-finished War Star, they also made a certain prediction about the interstellar situation in this region.

Back then, the situation could fully support humans in completing this task, which is why they decided to buy this War Star. Because even if the transaction market left, there was a certain degree of social inertia that wouldn’t immediately lead to chaos; it could still support them for decades.

But now it was completely different!

"So that’s why you bought so much military hardware?"

"Yes, we had no choice, we couldn’t afford Fourth-level Civilization’s military hardware, we could only buy from Third-level Civilizations." Zhang Yuan sighed again, speaking in a low voice. "Although the quality of these military supplies isn’t great, at least they are usable. Since they are automated, it’s not too heartbreaking even if they get destroyed."

This batch of military equipment was mostly composed of lasers and ion cannons, and it also included some low-quality radars, all conventional weapons that could be installed on a planet’s surface.

Although the destructive power of these light-speed weapons wasn’t great and their accuracy was low, sheer quantity made up for some of the quality deficiencies. If a planet’s surface was covered in such firepower, there would be a decent hit rate.

For humans alone to produce so much military hardware could take more than a decade.

Two hundred points in exchange for more than a decade of production capacity was still quite cost-effective under current circumstances.

Several generals nodded, discussing quickly, "Understood. We will utilize this batch of military hardware as soon as possible... and the training of soldiers will also start immediately."

"Alas, the entire trade market will completely depart in half a year. What will happen by then is still uncertain."

"Some neutral Third-level Civilizations have already hurriedly left... I don’t know if we can withstand these 20 years."

Captain Feng said, "Everyone, do not panic, but no matter what, as long as we build the first War Star, we will have much more confidence in our subsequent actions."

War Stars and spaceships, after all, cannot be compared; the standout feature of a War Star is its ability to withstand attacks.

If a spaceship were hit by an antimatter curvature missile, it might suffer significantly, causing extensive casualties even if it’s a Titan Level Spaceship.

But for a Planet-level Fortress, it would barely lose a "fur".

Simply put, to completely destroy a Planet-level Fortress, one would need about a trillion tons of antimatter!

A trillion tons!

And a conventional Fourth-level Civilization could not afford to store so much antimatter, nor would they choose to extravagantly destroy a War Star. Typically, when battling a War Star, the strategy would be to completely destroy the surface facilities of the planet and then proceed with a ground invasion.

Invading the interior of a War Star is a relatively good choice.

In short, even a very powerful Fourth-level Civilization would find it difficult to destroy a War Star. Only the combat power of a Dyson Sphere level could ruthlessly obliterate a planet.

After a while, Captain Feng asked, "So, what do you think our plan should be? Do we stay here, or do we venture out?"

Staying here isn’t necessarily safe, and going out isn’t guaranteed to be safe either; it truly puts us in a difficult position.

Zhang Yuan took a deep breath, "I think we need to venture out... Staying here, getting involved in complex political struggles where only one can emerge victorious is far too dangerous."

"Why should we humans be the ultimate victors? Some civilizations have been established here for tens of thousands of years and have formed military alliances with other civilizations; some have controlled many civilizations through invisible means... We still haven’t fully investigated all these myriad pieces of information."

"We don’t even have a clear understanding of who is allied with whom, how can we compete against them? A proxy war alone could give us a hard time."

A military expert agreed, "Yes, we have too few tools at our disposal. We don’t have many cards to play, and our military strength isn’t great. The probability of us being the ultimate victors is extremely low, almost zero."

After hearing this, there were hardly any objections from the crowd.

Even the most optimistic didn’t believe that we could win in this game.

Dyson Spheres might be great, but it’s ludicrous to think that ants could swallow an elephant.

"Besides, only by venturing out to investigate more samples can we achieve lasting progress... We surely wouldn’t modify our genetic philosophy based on some principles of Cosmic Governance, right?"

"Have you considered advancements regarding the concept of a Level 5 Civilization?"

This question was too vast and too difficult; it hadn’t even been officially addressed yet.

People had always thought that a Level 5 Civilization was still very, very far off...

But hearing Zhang Yuan mention it, how could it still seem so distant? If we don’t prepare now, when will we?

"I actually have a special thought."

Zhang Yuan briefly shared his conjecture about the Level 5 Civilization.

"Numerous Fourth-level Civilizations that became Level 5 Civilizations shared a core concept: shaping the grand objective of the whole civilization! By embedding a grand goal into the genes of every individual to prevent the civilization from declining and degrading."

"That’s why their will becomes very purified."