Xinghan base camp, the solar system Mars Yanhuang Palace.

Qin Yi, as usual, came to his office early, ready to start a busy day.

Over the years, the development of Xinghan has been very smooth, relying on many national policies formulated at the time of establishment, the development of Xinghan has been smooth.

The population has been growing, which makes the development momentum within Xinghan very strong, although there is no large-scale expansion and round after round, but the territory of Xinghan is still expanding, almost every year there is an expansion of the surrounding galaxy.

Three are one or two galaxies, and most are three or four galaxies, and over the years, all the planetary systems within twenty light-years of the solar system have been included in the territory of Xinghan.

The Centauri Galaxy, which was first incorporated into the territory of Xinghan, has now become the center of Xinghan, and the Yandi Star and the Yellow Emperor Star are not only very developed in agriculture, but also in the high-tech field, and the warp speed engine manufacturing, spaceship manufacturing and other related industries can almost compete with the solar system.

The rapid growth of the population, the continuous expansion of the territory, coupled with the development and trade of the Xinghai, have made the entire Xinghan prosperous and thriving.

As the leader of the entire huge country, Qin Yi's life is naturally very good, there are not many things that he needs to really worry about, and many times he can immerse himself in the laboratory and concentrate on studying some things he likes.

"The total population has exceeded 50 billion, and this big base has finally come up."

Qin Yi was naturally most concerned about the population of Xinghan, and almost every once in a while, he would pay attention to the total population of Xinghan.

In the interstellar era, it is definitely not possible without a huge population, especially now that Xinghan is vast and sparsely populated, with dozens of planetary systems and dozens of life planets, if you count the planetary systems and life planets on the route to the Star Sea, the number of life planets owned by Xinghan has exceeded a hundred.

There are hundreds of living planets, and the total population has only exceeded 50 billion until now, and the average number of people on this living planet is only 500 million.

An ordinary living planet has no problem casually feeding tens of billions of people, and some large living planets have no problem with tens of billions or hundreds of billions of people.

The population is still too small, too small.

The civilization in the sea of stars, pull out a civilization at random, even if it is a level 1 civilization, the population is tens of billions casually, as for the level 2 cosmic civilization, it is hundreds of billions at will, and some powerful ones even have trillions.

As for the level 3 cosmic civilization, occupying a rich star field, the population is even more huge, and it is a huge population calculated in trillions.

Compared with these civilizations, this bit of population of Xinghan is not enough to see at all, that is, here in the solar system, the distance between the surrounding stars is too large, and there is no powerful civilization, so a small life can be so comfortable.

If Xinghan is in the sea of stars, the distance between the stars is close, the number of civilizations is large, and the strength is strong, this population is really worrying.

Even the current earth, after years of continuous population expansion and explosion, the number of people on the earth has exceeded 50 billion, and now the Earth Federation is worried about satisfying the stomachs of these 50 billion people, and a living planet has more than 50 billion people, which is really a lot of pressure.

For this reason, the Earth Federation also proposed a plan to Xinghan's side every year to exchange the earth for a few life planets, and Qin Yi has not agreed.

Because the Earth Federation not only wants to exchange for a living planet, but also for a lot of technology, space warships, etc., which is absolutely unacceptable to Xinghan.

Even though the earth has a special status, it is just an ordinary living planet in the vast universe, and it is not worth spending too much money on it.

You must know that this warp engine technology, Xinghan's space battleship, etc., these are things that even a third-level cosmic civilization does not have, and the Earth Federation is also ignorant and fearless.

Even if the civilizations in the sea of stars knew about it, they would all think that the Earth Federation was whimsical.

"The population is still too small, when will it be able to have trillions of people."

Qin Yi shook his head slightly, he had seen too many, too many powerful civilizations in the Science and Technology Tower, the number of this population was unimaginably large, and the Xinghan people still had a long way to go.

"Huh?"

"Huang Zhibin's letter?"

Just when Qin Yi was reviewing the documents and thinking about the future development of Xinghan, the letter from Huang Zhibin, the commander-in-chief of the Xinghan First Fleet, was finally sent to Qin Yi.

As soon as Qin Yi's mind moved, the virtual world began to read the letter sent by Huang Zhibin.

"Honorable leader, the First Fleet has completed the mission of the surprise attack on the Lea Galaxy, and returned to the Loulan Galaxy to rest, I have been fighting against the Black Yan Empire in the Star Sea for all these years, after my research and discovery of the Black Yan Empire."

"This Heiyan Empire has developed to a level 3 cosmic civilization as early as hundreds of millions of years ago and has become the overlord in the sea of stars, but after such a long time, the Heiyan Empire has never made any progress, and has always stopped at the peak of the level 3 cosmic civilization, and has not been able to break through to the level 4 cosmic civilization."

"There have been many in-depth analyses of this within the Heiyan Empire, and the general view is that it is very, very difficult to break through to the Level 4 cosmic civilization, it takes a very long time, and the accumulation of the Heiyan Empire is not enough."

"There is even a view that the Heiyan Empire has developed to the extreme of civilization and cannot go any further, otherwise the Heiyan Empire would have broken through a long time ago."

The content of the letter written by Huang Zhibin is very long, and the first thing he talked about is why the Heiyan Empire has been stuck in the level 3 cosmic civilization and has never taken a step forward.

Seeing this, Qin Yi also paused slightly, and began to think about it in his mind.

In the Science and Technology Tower, Qin Yi also learned a lot of information, similar to the Black Yan Empire, the Purple Moon Federation, and other civilizations have been stuck at a civilization level, and it is very common for them to have no way to break through.

There are endless civilizations in the universe, but there are very few cosmic civilizations that can develop to the intermediate level, and even fewer can break through to the advanced cosmic civilization.

Level 1-3 cosmic civilizations belong to low-level civilizations, and if these level 3 cosmic civilizations can break through to become level 4 cosmic civilizations, then they can enter the stage of intermediate cosmic civilizations.

The Black Yan Empire and the Purple Moon Federation are indeed in this most difficult breakthrough bottleneck period, and there are countless civilizations in the universe that are stuck in this bottleneck period, and they don't know how long it will take, and even until the entire civilization is destroyed, there is no way to break through.

The Heiyan Empire is only in this bottleneck period for hundreds of millions of years, which is nothing at all, and some level 3 cosmic civilizations will even stay for a longer and longer time.

In addition to the difficulty of breaking through the levels of civilization, the development of this civilization is often related to the potential of the civilization race itself.

There are countless civilizations and races in the universe, and each civilization is completely different, some civilizations have great potential and naturally develop quickly, while some have low potential and naturally develop slowly.

Not to mention anything else, on the earth alone, when the civilizations of Asia, Europe, Central Asia and other regions have been dazzling, the civilization in Africa has not developed at all, and even until modern times, Africa still cannot develop, and there is a feeling of mud that cannot be supported.

This is enough to illustrate the huge difference between civilized races, and when you zoom in on the interstellar universe, the difference between these different civilized races is even greater.

Civilizations with potential develop rapidly, and it may not take millions of years to develop to an intermediate civilization, while civilizations without potential may spend hundreds of millions or billions of years without being able to break through to an intermediate civilization.

As for the breakthrough of this mid-level civilization to an advanced civilization, not only does it require the amazing racial potential of this civilization, but it also requires time and luck.

With the accumulation of time, coupled with enough luck, it may be possible to break through to an advanced civilization.

In addition to its own racial potential, it also has a lot to do with the external conditions for the development of civilization and its own development direction.

Some civilizations with strong potential are unlucky, in a place as competitive as the Star Sea, they are already dominated by other powerful civilizations when they are still very weak, and it can't develop if they want to.

Or in the starry sky around the solar system, if it does not develop the warp engine technology, it has been confined to an isolated island, and it is difficult to contact other civilizations, so as to absorb the achievements of other civilizations to break through itself, and it is also possible to eventually slowly disappear into the vast universe.

External conditions are also an important factor in the development of a civilization.

A good external condition can greatly promote the development and progress of a civilization, and vice versa, it will greatly stifle the development and progress of a civilization.

Thinking of this, Qin Yi continued to look at it, wanting to see what Huang Zhibin's unique views on the Heiyan Empire were.

"Based on my personal understanding and opinion of the Heiyan Empire, I think that the reason why the Heiyan Empire has been unable to break through and has not made the slightest progress is inseparable from the prevalence of hedonism within the Heiyan Empire."

At this point, Huang Zhibin finally expressed his opinion.

"From the time the citizens of the Heiyan Empire were born, everyone could get ten interstellar slaves for free, so the people of the Heiyan Empire have almost always opened their mouths and stretched out their hands with food and clothes since they were young, and they have no ability to be independent."

"In addition, because of the overlord in the sea of stars, the Heiyan Empire occupies the most prosperous and fattened star field in the sea of stars, and at the same time has the largest number of subsidiary civilizations in the sea of stars, and every year, the tribute of the civilization of the affiliated universe alone is enough to make the citizens of the entire Heiyan Empire live a carefree life."

"In addition, the currency of the Heiyan Empire is an interstellar currency in the sea of stars, and it can take advantage of the third-level cosmic civilization to rely on the huge industrial scissors difference to plunder the low-level civilization."

"Therefore, the citizens of the Heiyan Empire never have to worry about life, the most popular thing in the Heiyan Empire is hedonism, and it is not at all to describe it as a drunken gold fan."

"The whole civilization is addicted to pleasure, there are not many people to do scientific research at all, and the working hours are very, very few every day, and there are all kinds of holidays every three or five days, and the work efficiency is extremely low."

"Even the hedonistic people of the Heiyan Empire are reluctant to have children, so that the population of the Heiyan Empire has been decreasing all the time, even if the Heiyan Empire's official side has issued countless measures to encourage the remainder, it has no effect."

"I think this is the fundamental reason why the Heiyan Empire has never been able to break through to a high-level civilization, a civilization is too comfortable, too much pursuit of enjoyment, then the entire civilization will be completely decadent."

Seeing this, Qin Yi also nodded slightly, there are indeed too many civilizations in the universe and the Heiyan Empire, dominating one side and being powerful, but indulging in everything in front of him, and finally slowly falling into pleasure, just like a hero indulging in the land of beauty, and finally losing his heroism.

The situation of this Heiyan Empire is almost identical, as the overlord of the Star Sea, the Heiyan Empire's life is too comfortable, that is, every once in a while, it needs to clean up the newly rising level 3 cosmic civilization in the Star Sea, in addition, the Heiyan Empire is really carefree.

Naturally, it is inevitable that they will indulge in enjoyment, and eventually gradually fall, and the entire civilization will be completely abandoned.

"But this is not the main reason why I wrote to you today, the main reason why I wrote to you, Leader, is because I saw the signs of our Xinghan developing towards the Heiyan Empire here in the Loulan Galaxy."

"Here in the Loulan Galaxy, the interstellar slave trade is very popular, and the interstellar slaves from the sea of stars are constantly imported into our stars, among which slaves who look very similar to our humans are the most popular commodities, the price is extremely expensive, and the supply exceeds demand."

"Throughout the history of the development of our human race, and then throughout the history of the development of countless civilizations in the entire sea of stars, there are too many, too many powerful civilizations and kingdoms that have finally been destroyed in the hands of slaves and in the import of foreign populations."

"We Xinghan have finally got into the current good situation, we still have a very long way to go, and occupying the sea of stars in the future is just the first step for our Xinghan to rise in the universe."

"But if our Xinghan is also addicted to hedonism like the Heiyan Empire, and uses a large number of interstellar slaves, it is very likely that our Xinghan will become the second Heiyan Empire in the future, and after it develops to a certain point, it will no longer be able to make progress, and even continue to regress."

"So I implore the leader to order a ban on the interstellar slave trade for the sake of the future of our star!"

PS: I have a cold and cough, but fortunately, I don't have a fever, and I still have a runny nose~~ I'm much more relieved to have a runny nose!