Most of the time, the sky of the universe is pitch black, empty and lonely.

Even if you take a hyperspace route and go to a battle, it will take three or four months.

All this time needs to be slowly passed away in an empty and lonely state.

Not everyone is idle, though.

Eve has a job to do every day, because the earth sends in technology update files every day.

The comprehensive scientific and technological level of human civilization is still around 1.6.

However, they have mastered some level 3.0 technology, which makes the level of human technology very confusing.

A technological breakthrough will drive the rapid development of neighboring technologies.

In particular, after the successful development of quantum computers, Yang Yuping almost single-handedly simulated the scientific and technological route of mankind in the next two hundred years.

This allows humanity to have a technological update every day.

Among them, there are many technologies that are used on space warships.

Every day, Eve checked the technical update documents received by the Shenzhou, and then began to tinker with the Shenzhou.

Moreover, she herself is a senior engineer of the Academy of Military Sciences, plus the "Heart of Machinery" and the "Metal Master", she can do almost whatever she wants on the battleship.

Although there are some minor glitches from time to time, there is always a way to fix them in the end.

The "mechanical heart" is such a scoundrel, and even if you encounter a problem, you can talk to the main control computer and you can self-check and recover.

In the past, the old Shenzhou was tossed like this, and it was changed all the way.

Now the new Shenzhou will not be able to escape this fate.

……

Two and a half months later, the Combined Fleet arrived in the star system of α211 in the constellation Shield.

This is the nearest galaxy of α217 Shield, which is 2.05 light-years away from Α217 Shield.

At the extreme speed of the "photon jump", the combined fleet can reach the star system of α217 in the constellation Shield in half a month, approaching the hyperspace defense circle of Palest.

After the Combined Fleet arrived in the Shield Constellation α211 star system, Pigs communicated with the Machine Empire and the Three-Eyed Civilization to confirm the time of the joint operation.

After the time was accurate to the minute, the combined fleet began to determine the course, moving at full speed and flying straight towards the constellation Shield α217.

This time, the strong enemy is getting closer and closer, and the atmosphere in the fleet is gradually becoming tense.

Especially the army of the photosynthetic civilization, they are used to following the powerful fleets of the other two carbon-based civilizations, and the combat target this time is much more pressure on them than before.

On the 10th day of the voyage, the photosynthetic civilization obtained feedback from proton observers.

"We've been discovered." Pigs immediately informed the Shenzhou of the situation.

"Is there any movement in the defensive fleet of Palasse?" Fang Yuan asked.

"No, their fleet is not moving, but they have spotted us, and upon entering the range of Shield-217, they were detected by their proton observers." Pigs was still nervous.

This feeling of being discovered by a strong enemy and being attacked at any time is very bad, and there is no strong fleet around to support it.

"Discover what you find, find out what's strange about being discovered." Fang Yuan had an indifferent expression on his face.

In fact.

The movement of the "photon transition" is inherently large.

This is not an ability that can hide its whereabouts, but with a much faster speed than the enemy fleet, to seize the opportunity.

Therefore, being found is not the key.

The key is that it is discovered, and the enemy cannot do a better way to deal with it.

At least, now that the Palese civilization has discovered the photosynthetic civilization fleet, it is too late to send a fleet to support.

The carbon-based alliance spiraled from Perseus to α217 Shield, adding up to more than four months.

There are still five days to reach the battlefield, and in such a short time, even if Palese sends a fleet to support it now, it will take three or five months, and it is too late.

"The Palasse defense fleet of Shield α217 really didn't react at all?" Fang Yuan asked again.

"No, I didn't even move, I just anchored over the planetary fortress." Pigs replied as he transmitted the information obtained by the proton observer to the Shenzhou.

"I mean, you're too frustrated, aren't you? With such a large fleet, there is no way to make the other party move. Palasse really doesn't take you seriously. Fang Yuan complained.

Pigs was stunned, a little confused.

Although he knows some human culture, after all, it is a completely different civilization, and he really can't understand the meaning of some words.

In particular, these words with special emotions, coupled with the fact that the Chinese language is indeed broad and profound, the same sentence, spoken in different tones, has completely different meanings.

"Our fleet is indeed relatively weak in combat effectiveness in the carbon-based alliance." Pigs replied helplessly.

"So, in the past tens of thousands of years of war, you have all played soy sauce?" Fang Yuan couldn't help but laugh.

Pigs felt that there was a mockery in his words, but he was not very sure, and hurriedly defended: "The photosynthetic civilization focuses on the development of prosperous technology, and military technology is indeed weak. This is determined by the type of civilization, and we are only unfortunate to be born in the War Galaxy. ”

Fang Yuan actually agreed with Pigs' words.

With the development direction of photosynthetic civilization, if it is born in a quiet galaxy, it will be very beneficial to them to develop safely and steadily.

It's a little bit similar to humans.

There are some differences, though.

Human civilization, when purged by Palese, learned to fight back, baring its fangs like wild beasts.

This is a change in the direction of the development of civilization.

This may also have something to do with the fact that humans themselves often call back and forth.

Fang Yuan asked curiously, "Is there rarely a war within your civilization?" ”

"A war within a civilization? Why is there a war internally? Pickers asked in amazement.

Fang Yuan could actually probably think of it.

A mild civilization like the photosynthetic civilization, the main body of their civilization, is itself very mild, and it is very comfortable to bask in the sun lazily, so why bother calling around.

Moreover, when there is a strong external enemy, there is indeed unity within the civilization.

Just like humans.

After the baptism of the war of the star beast civilization, the human civilization has undergone a structural adjustment, and the civilization is very stable, forming a civilization centripetal force to jointly fight against Palasse.

Sometimes, the foreign enemy is indeed a very peculiar factor.

This factor can not only unite civilizations, but even unite several civilizations that have a normal relationship with each other.

"Then I'm even more curious, you guys have been playing soy sauce in the war. The Three-Eyed Civilization will definitely not do it, how much military spending do you give them a year? Fang Yuan asked again.

"This ...... According to the official data released by the home planet, it is about 10% of the civilization tax. Pickers replied casually with a number.

Fang Yuan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this number.

10% of the tax revenue of a higher civilization, which is a very exaggerated military spending, is not spent on its own fleet, but is sent to other civilizations.

No wonder the Three-Eyed Civilization was able to tolerate the photosynthetic civilization hiding behind and playing soy sauce, it turned out that it had collected protection money.