Above the equator of the planet caught in the flames of war, there is a fleet led by a giant mothership in space of more than 10,000 kilometers. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info this fleet to fly in sync with this troubled planet.

Dark red mechs that rose from the planets entered the ships. Among them, the giant mothership received the most mechs.

A mech with a distinctly different appearance from the others docked at its dedicated berth soon after entering the mothership. The berth holder fixed the mecha, and the red light inside the mecha slowly faded. When the red light faded, the hatch opened, and a brown-skinned alien flew out of the mech.

The alien quickly came to the mothership's main control room and said to another of his kind, "What's going on?" If it weren't for the mothership's summons, its mechs would still have the capacity to collect some "information".

"The three hundred and first fleet sent a report. ”

"Aren't they in Nursery One Thousand and Twenty-Eight?

"The seeds are fine. At least five batches of seeds are ripe and may be ready for harvest soon. But an alien civilization has emerged there. And it seems that the score has reached the level of the top civilization. ”

"Top alien civilizations?

"The report says that the target civilization has a thousand, hundreds of giant motherships. Much bigger than our Phantom Level. And judging from their level of use of energy, they are at least super advanced civilizations, or even top civilizations. ”

"Zafna's lackey?"

"Judging by the intelligence on the report, it doesn't look like it. ”

When the alien who had just come back heard this answer, his eyes were raised, and he laughed and said, "Since it's not." That's where we collect the 'information'. There are fewer and fewer different kinds of "information" being collected. We have only collected twelve valid 'information' so far when we came out this time, and that civilization should be a good specimen. ”

"We can't take it lightly. Ultra-advanced civilizations are not easy to deal with. And that could be a top-level civilization. ”

"What? That specimen is also an energy-type civilization?" "If it's an energy-type super-advanced civilization or above, it's definitely not easy to deal with. But it's not that it can't be dealt with, it's just that the losses will be greater.

"There is no mention of this in the reports received. ”

"That breeding ground seems to be an intellectual civilization. I think that since that specimen built such a large mothership, it should be intellectual. ”

"Bacontou, the master said that any advanced civilization that can develop in the universe should not be taken lightly. Since the first Zafna can appear, the second may also exist. "Specimens? That advanced civilization still doesn't know anything about it, so he treats the other party as something in his pocket, and this guy is starting to be arrogant.

Bacontou watched as the other party took out his master's words and pressed himself. Although he was dissatisfied in his heart, he also restrained his arrogance and asked, "Then you asked me to come back to tell me this?"

"That advanced civilization seems to have developed it as a base. The later we go, the more resistance we encounter. I think we should go to Nursery 1028 right away. ”

"But it's not cleaned up yet. ”

"The rest will be given to the new seeds!"

"Whatever you want. Bacantou whispered and left.

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And when Zhuang Bifan returned to the Yanhuang, Heiyan also reported some anomalies found by the fleet to him.

"Abnormal energy source?" Zhuang Bifan didn't think it was a fuss. Although there is a high chance of an anomalous energy source appearing in the universe. And a lot of it can be caused by celestial activity. But he doesn't think that Black Flame will be unable to distinguish the difference between man-made energy sources and natural energy sources. "Can you be sure that it's the energy released by civilization?"

"Yes. Pretty much sure. Although the unidentified energy source appears for a relatively short period of time, the entire process takes less than five minutes, and the purpose of its energy stimulation is unknown. However, it is aimed at the analysis of energy characteristics during energy excitation. Its frequency is variable and regular. Moreover, the energy level of that energy exceeded 10,000, but the source of the energy was not found, because no external radiation energy points were found. ”

"An energy source that does not radiate to the outside world. Zhuang Bifan leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and asked. "Could it be a black hole or something?"

"Black holes also form high-energy energy sources. But it still radiates energy outward. And the characteristics are simple. ”

Black Flame means that it can't be a natural energy source.

An artificial energy source that even Black Flame can't analyze. It was most likely created by a civilization with a higher level of technology than Black Flame's mastery. But that kind of civilization doesn't seem to exist in this galaxy cluster.

If Hei Yan's analysis is correct, the situation is a bit more complicated.

Zhuang Bifan felt a little headache at Hei Yan's discovery, and pondered for a while before asking, "You mean, think that is the source of the communication signal? Communication also requires energy transmission." Is it the same as us, who has mastered space displacement communication?"

"There was once a branch of the Three-Eyes civilization in the study of space technology, which was also an application of the Nyonier theory. In the case of high energy levels, after breaking through the energy transmission barrier, the energy can form a kind of high-speed transmission of dark energy that is incompatible with the mass energy of the universe. This theory has been applied to ultra-long-distance communication between galaxies. However, due to the huge energy consumption, after the emergence of space displacement technology, the Three-Eyed civilization finally abandoned this technology. ”

"You mean, that unknown energy source was generated by the kind of technology you just mentioned?"

"Although the energy level equivalent analyzed by the characteristics of that energy source is much higher than that applied by the Three-Eyed Civilization, there are indeed similarities. ”

Zhuang Bifan sighed and said, "Then do you think that if your judgment is correct." What kind of civilization does that civilization belong to?"

"In terms of energy application, it's at least an eighth-level civilization. ”

"Well, we're in trouble. Zhuang Bifan tugged at the corners of his mouth. "When did this energy source appear?"

Hei Yan said for a while.

Zhuang Bifan calculated for a moment, nodded and said, "I understand." Let the fleet use the resources in the artificial space to build an assault fleet with all its might. ”

"Yes. ”

"How many assault fleets can be built if all the resources in the fleet's reserves are used to build battleships?"

"About eleven thousand six hundred and ninety will be built. Hei Yan immediately gave the answer.

More than 50 million capital warships are more than twice as many as the motherships. This should be about the same. It just didn't necessarily take him as much time to build.

"How long will it take?"

"If you only use the dock inside the mothership, it will take more than 1,300 earth years to complete the construction. ”

1,300 years? For a while, mosquitoes were extinct.

"Order the motherships of each fleet to form space shipyards on the spot. Make every effort to exploit the resources of your system and build an assault fleet. ”

Zhuang Bifan suddenly had a premonition of crisis. At the moment, the Black Flame Space could not be connected, and after he had just annihilated the more than 200,000 Gutila fleets, a high-level civilization no less than the Three-Eyed Civilization suddenly appeared. He didn't think that civilization was here to inspect tourism.

Now it seems that that civilization may have arrived in this cluster before him. Even Gutila's operation of more than 200,000 warships was influenced by this civilization.

Without him, the cluster would have been in all-out war. Now that he is there, that civilization may have realized that it is only relying on the civilizations in its own galaxy cluster, and even if they are all united, they may not be his opponents. If the energy emitted by that energy source is really transmitting communication. That would most likely be a call for reinforcements.

The unknown enemy is the most terrifying, and he is never willing to fight a battle that he is not sure of.

Since he intends to gain a foothold in this space, resources can be slowly accumulated in the future, provided that he can ensure a stable base. His advantage is that he is not a country, he does not need to worry about the problem of uneven development, and it is not a big deal that all resources are used for the military. With enough time, he is confident that he will be able to gather enough resources to strengthen his military strength.

After exchanging some information with Hei Yan again, he saw that the time was almost dinner time, so he went back to eat with Ma Yun.

There is a suite specially prepared for him on the Yanhuang, the area is not very large, but it is also about two hundred square meters. That's the equivalent of a luxury home. It was his home when he was in the fleet.

When he returned to his "home", Sima Yun happened to make a meal. The two sat opposite each other at a small dining table to eat. Sima Yun looked at him a little absent-mindedly when he spoke, as if he had something on his mind. So he gave him a slice of boiled beef and asked, "What happened?"

"I don't know what it is yet. But it may be troublesome!" Now that the two are dependent on each other, he doesn't plan to hide anything from her. "Black Flame has discovered a civilization that may be of the same level as the Three-Eyed People, or even a higher-level civilization. It detects a powerful energy source. ”

"Is it an alien civilization?" Sima Yun also knew that the highest level of civilization in this galaxy cluster was only level six. Now it is suddenly said that there is an eighth-level civilization, which is definitely not an indigenous civilization. "Just discovered?"

As soon as they went out to play and came back from sweeping the bandit group in the star cluster, Zhuang Bifan got such not very good news. She felt that it should not have been received just now, and it was more likely that Hei Yan detected it, but did not notify Zhuang Bifan, who was outside.

Sure enough, Zhuang Bifan said: "It was detected three years ago." It's just that Heiyan can't be confirmed. If I hadn't asked on my own initiative, it wouldn't have bothered me with unconfirmed information. ”

Although Sima Yun felt that Hei Yan could indeed relieve Zhuang Bifan's pressure, it was also possible to miss some suspicious information. Like this time, the delay of three years also means that Zhuang Bifan has lost the opportunity of three years compared to that civilization: "I think you should find an adjutant with better military literacy." ”

Zhuang Bifan smiled and said, "Actually, I was just trying to talk to you about this. ”

For the past twenty or thirty years, Sima Yun has served as his aide-de-camp. In peacetime, his lieutenant only had to do some of the tasks of fleet resourcing and order transmission. During that period, Sima Yun was competent. But Sima Yun didn't have any military expertise, and he was indeed not the adjutant he needed.

"I'm also thinking about whether to promote one from one of the android commanders, or let Coster take the role. ”

Sima Yun knew that Zhuang Bifan asked her for advice, but she didn't answer immediately. She took a stick of green vegetables and chewed it slowly, swallowing it before saying, "Although the military literacy of the android commanders is not bad, they have too little experience in wars between civilizations after all. And it looks too old-fashioned. ”

What she meant was that she suggested that Koster should be in charge.

"I think so too, but Coster was originally the lord of a force, and I was a little worried about letting him be the adjutant. He thought for a moment and said. "Koster, he claims to be my king, and he usually behaves like that. But now that he is the commander of the Second Fleet, and he has been transferred to serve as my lieutenant, whether he will have no opinion is another matter. And who will take his place is also a difficult question?"

"That's a problem, too. Sima Yun knew that Zhuang Bifan appointed Coster, who was obviously the weakest of the four civilizations he depended on, as the commander of the Second Fleet because Coster showed enough loyalty to him. But no one can guarantee that such loyalty is true.

When Koster was attached to him, he dismissed most of his men, bringing only a few dozen of his subordinates who were said to be from the same civilization to join him, and swore an oath to serve him as king before the other three forces. That's why Zhuang Bifan decided to hand over the Second Fleet to him.

If Koster is given the position of lieutenant of the fleet, at some point, even the entire fleet will be handed over to him. Zhuang Bifan and Sima Yun didn't dare to be completely reassured.

But he seems to be the most suitable person.