"Antimatter isn't it okay?"

A leaping creature anchored near the antimatter giant asked, prompting an impatient reply.

"What's the hurry? Don't you know that this is the most troublesome strategic resource in the tribe to make? There is still plenty of time, quiet waiting. ”

"Oh."

Twenty-one years have passed since the last time the gatherers replied to the Carters, and the planets still exist in this star system, but there are already a few solitary solid cores floating in the universe, like poor girls stripped naked by hooligans.

In a composite channel constructed of a life field and a radio, the collectors browse through the resource information.

"Metallic hydrogen...... Adequate resources. ”

"Proton lattice...... Adequate resources. ”

"Solid helium...... Adequate resources. ”

"Ammonia monohydrate...... Adequate resources. ”

"Heavy water...... Adequate resources. ”

……

"Antimatter...... Stock. ”

After going through all the resource information, the collectors fell into thought.

"The star orbit has already been constructed, and we can set off with antimatter resources."

"The antimatter giants are already producing at full power, and it's only a matter of time before they're refilled."

"I knew that we wouldn't have traveled 23 light-years in one go, and if we were closer, we would have been able to get antimatter resources from our neighboring star systems."

"There's no point in complaining about this kind of thing, because it's already happening."

Beginning with the beginning, more and more gatherers are embarking on interstellar voyages on a larger scale, which is risky, but well worth it, and the experience of completing the voyage will be an invaluable asset of knowledge for the race.

However, these gatherers are still a little worse than the beginning, because at this point in time, the group led by the beginning has reached the level of thirty light-years, and is challenging the interstellar voyage of forty light-years.

At a certain point in time, collectors observed the appearance of more than 1,000 bright stars outside the star system, which showed obvious signs of blue shift, which is the photometric change of the frequency of light compressed under the Doppler effect, indicating that these luminaries are approaching the observer's position at a very high speed.

"They're coming!"

The gatherers were excited, this was reinforcements from the Clan.

When these leaping creatures get close enough to the star system colonized by the collectors, the collectors send a powerful radio message through the star.

"Welcome to this star system."

"This is your orbital route."

Following the route that the native gatherers had already planned into orbit, the leaping creatures who had come from afar were the first to ask for information about the new civilization.

Although during interstellar communication, collectors have sent as much information as possible to their peers twenty-three light-years away, but the information will inevitably be misunderstood, just like the Arabs wrote a '3', the British will think it is 'E' when they see it, and the Chinese will think it is 'mountain' after seeing it, even if it is the same language, there will be a wrong understanding.

In order to confirm the information, it is necessary to verify it several times and dispel misunderstandings, but on a large scale of 23 light years, it will take 46 years for the information to come and go, let alone go back and forth several times, at least more than 100 years.

"You've found something good, do you know everything about that civilization?"

"The civilization that is preliminarily judged to have mastered planetary-level resources may be at the same level as the Serens, and it is a civilization that needs to be vigilant by the race."

After receiving a reply, Yuejin Biotech continued to ask.

"And what are the number of clusters we have?"

"Plus your words about one thousand and a half."

"With such a small number, why do you think you can deal with a strong enemy like the Empire?"

The leaping creatures who rushed to support could only make judgments based on intelligence without knowing it, and they would be prepared for the worst according to their habits, that is, the strength of the new civilization would be as tricky as the empire, and they would initially have the ability to destroy the stars, but they had not yet colonized the stars.

"We're just leading the way to determine the opponent's combat power and technical level, and if we're wiped out, the community will have a reason to mobilize resources on a massive scale."

Also according to the tradition of gatherers, under the guise of the worst, the gatherers who don't know much about the Carters are regarded as opponents on a par with the Empire when they learn that the other party has at least planet-level resources.

As for whether they have the ability to destroy stars, they have not yet made up their minds, and they are going to wait for the initial temptation to consider this.

The way of temptation is very simple, their 1,500 or so number of leaping creatures arrive at the star system where the civilization is located to fight, and if they can survive, they will send back the information of the actual test, and in the next twenty years after departure, if there is no information, they will default to the total destruction of the leaping biological cluster, which also means that the technical level of the alien civilization is at a very high level, at least capable of destroying 1,500 fully armed leaping creatures, which requires a high degree of vigilance of the race.

"I see."

The reinforcements who figured this out did not express dissent, and it was a matter of course to sacrifice their lives for the community.

While the native gatherers were exchanging other information about the group with the reinforcements who had come from afar, the gatherers who had been observing the direction of Carter's home star reported in the channel.

"The alien civilization has sent another message."

"Translate and see."

The information is translated quickly, and once the text is translated, the translation becomes easier.

[Amoeba civilization, when you received this information, we have made full preparations, at a distance of 45 billion units from the star into orbit of a high-power signaling satellite, with the help of the star's gravitational waves, the signal radiation distance of the satellite will reach a hundred light years away, please give up going to our star immediately, let your fleet turn around, we will wait for your reply for ten years, when you reach the eleventh year according to your timekeeping, Whether you choose to remain silent or otherwise delay the information, we will immediately send the message of the destruction of our civilization to the universe. 】

"What are they going to do? I didn't get it. ”

"It's supposed to be a way to deter us."

Gatherers who understand the content of the information explain to their own people.

"How to deter?"

The gatherer thought for a moment and asked.

"Try to think about it, civilization A attacked civilization B, and civilization B sent the reason for its attack and the murderer who attacked them before attacking, and this information was learned by civilization C, so what would civilization C think?"

"Civilization A is a big threat and needs to be vigilant."

Of course, since civilization A can destroy civilization B, it is normal to destroy civilization C, and if civilization C does not want to be destroyed, it must be vigilant, and even use force against civilization A, and the gatherers who give the highest priority to the existence of the race will inevitably take such actions after obtaining information.

"Yes, this method will enhance the effect as the number of alien civilizations increases, especially after confirming that civilization B is indeed attacking, civilization A will definitely become a target of public criticism."

A few simple sentences will answer this complex question, and the Carter civilization wants to use this to make the collectors dare not act rashly, as long as there is a second high-tech alien civilization within a hundred light years of their star system, such information will have a deterrent effect.

"It's interesting, but it's a shame ......"

"Well, it's a pity that such a strategy makes no sense to us."

The gatherers who are committed to finding extraterrestrial civilizations are very aware of the rarity of extraterrestrial civilizations, and there is no high-tech alien civilization within this hundred light years, otherwise Amoeba would have established diplomatic relations with them a long time ago.

Almost five years have passed since then, watching the time come exactly to the eleventh year of the original message without waiting for any reply from the amoeba civilization.

Dopps. Stein, the third commander of the Carter civilization, fell.

"Mr. Dopps, what's wrong with you?!"

The assistant on the side shouted in panic.

"Heart...... The heart is not very good, it feels... Uncomfortable ......"

"Hospital, ambulance, someone! Call an ambulance! ”

In the hospital bed, the old man, who had brought knowledge of mass-energy equations, nuclear warships, the theory of relativity, and so on, to the Carter civilization held his assistant's hand tightly.

"Are you feeling better?"

The assistant asked with concern, and Dopps smiled bitterly back.

"Kid, I'm sorry, I'm an incompetent loser."