Chapter 163: Traces of Level 5 Civilization
0.6 light-years away from the Centauri Galaxy, 1.2 million Covenant warships are in battle formation, paying close attention to the movements of the native pentagonal fleet of the Maltese Blue Star, and they dare not relax in the slightest.
The situation is now extremely delicate, and negotiators from Earth and Sirius are entering the airspace of the Centauri system.
Although the Maltese side had already made a statement about the negotiations six years ago, Sirius did not reduce the size of the fleet except that the gravitational fleet stopped approaching the Centauri system, but on the contrary, it was still recruiting troops in large quantities, apparently not having much hope for the outcome of the negotiations.
The Star Alliance has not been idle all these years, the number of warships has been increasing, and there is also a plan to start a war if the negotiations break down.
At noon, the blue planet Centauri is in the sky under a scorching sun, shrouded in the red dwarf star as high as 170 degrees Celsius.
At this time, the star is closest to the planet, and it is also the hottest time of the day for the planet, when the huge sun hangs in the sky, and the dazzling bright light is cast on the surface of the planet, which is five times more metal than the earth, increasing the planet's temperature above the boiling point.
The heat has not hindered activity on the planet's surface, and the Maltese cities, accustomed to such heat, are still busy. Pentagon warships of various sizes frequently take off and land on a variety of oddly shaped structures.
General Gao Hu stood in the command center of the Star Alliance battleship "Peace", looking at the increasingly clear image of the Maltese planet in the hologram.
This was the first time that the Covenant battleship had been so close to the Blue Star of Centauri, and it was also the most special moment in General Gao Hu's expeditionary career.
After six years of flying, the fleet of 10,000 Star Alliance negotiating delegations led by General Gao Hu finally entered the Alpha Centauri system.
Although the Covenant had ordered the fleet to be on alert, this trip was still full of danger for General Gao Hu. Judging by the usual arrogant attitude of the Maltese, it is unclear how sincere this negotiation was. Whether it will suddenly turn around and detain or even destroy the Star Alliance negotiation fleet is still a matter of two words.
General Gao Hu is very aware of what going to Centauri to negotiate means to his military career, and if he is not careful, he will face unpredictable risks.
However, with millions of Covenant ships approaching the constellation Centauri and the King Kongs agreeing to send a delegation to the Alpha System to negotiate, from the perspective of the Alliance's long-term interests, the Covenant cannot sit idly by and let the two originally hostile galaxies put the Covenant aside and shake hands and make peace, reaching some agreements that are unfavorable to the system.
Since the Centauri's statement asking for negotiations was so sudden, it was clear that the Covenant had sent a negotiating delegation from the solar system. In the absence of diplomatic relations, he, the commander of the Covenant's frontline fleet, could only venture to go as a negotiator.
"General Gao, welcome to the Alpha System." The hologram shook suddenly, and a familiar Maltese appeared on the projection.
"It's been a long time, Mr. Cloned Thousand Three." General Gao Hu was stunned at first, and then showed a hint of surprise on his face. The Maltese sent to greet the Covenant delegation turned out to be the envoy who had traveled to Earth to participate in the negotiations, Clone Thousand Three.
"General Gao has come from afar, and I would like to extend a warm welcome on behalf of the Alpha Galaxy." Unexpectedly, Clone One Thousand Thirty-One changed the arrogant attitude in the image of General Gao Hu, and said words of welcome in the Maltese language, which was very enthusiastic.
"Thank you Alpha Galaxy, and I hope you and I have a happy cooperation." General Gao Hu promised it in his mouth, but he didn't have much affection for this guy in his heart. The image of the other party pointing out the inevitability of the light space city appeared in his mind at this time.
It's really feng shui in turns, and now the Star Alliance has also impressed Centauri.
If it weren't for the fact that the Centauri side had no sincerity in establishing diplomatic relations and put forward an impudent request to control the Covenant fleet, the negotiations for the establishment of diplomatic relations would not have failed. If diplomatic relations are successful, the Covenant will not necessarily take the risk of forming an alliance with Sirius and sending a large fleet to the Alpha system without potentially threatening it.
And the Centauri, who has always been tough, has been a little chaotic and incomprehensible recently.
From declaring war on the Covenant and sending pentagonal warships close to the Covenant fleet to issuing a peace statement, it didn't take long to be willing to hold tripartite negotiations.
What caused the sudden change in the attitude of the tiger-like Maltese to allow the Covenant and Sirius fleets to enter the Alpha system?
To say that they are suddenly peace-loving, General Gao Hu will not believe it.
Under the guidance of small pentagonal warships, 100 Covenant warships led by the "Mir" entered the airspace 50,000 kilometers above the planetary orbit of the Alpha System and approached the planet's atmosphere, while the other fleets of the Covenant remained in the airspace two astronomical units away from the planet.
Looking at the planet in front of him, which looked extremely similar to the Earth, General Gao Hu couldn't help but be a little moved.
The Centauri side did not ask the Covenant fleet to stay outside the planet's atmosphere, allowing a hundred Covenant warships to approach the Blue Star mainland.
This was somewhat unexpected, although this was a Centauri, and the Covenant fleet could not pose a substantial threat to planetary security, even the Covenant would not want to do so by allowing a hostile galaxy warship to approach his home planet.
The Covenant warship docked at a spaceport near the airspace of 1,000 kilometers above the Maltese Blue Star, and General Gao Hu led the negotiation delegation to enter the Alpha Space City Interstellar Negotiation Center in a small shuttle.
At the same time, the Sirius delegation led by General Xiao Bo also reached the distance of two astronomical units in the Alpha Galaxy, and went to the Interstellar Negotiation Center of Alpha Space City under the guidance of a pentagon battleship.
Three days later.
The city of Alpha Taicheng is heavily guarded over the planets of the Centauri Galaxy.
It was a small, improvised space city that could only accommodate less than a million people, and it looked inconspicuous in the space city where there were so many Centauris, and it was clearly built by the Centaurs for this negotiation.
Inside the Space City.
There are already members of delegations from the solar system and Sirius, making Space City a lot more lively.
Ten o'clock in the morning Centauri time.
In a spacious hall in the Interstellar Negotiation Center, negotiators from the three parties sit in a triangular shape in front of a holographic negotiating table displaying images of their own galaxies.
It was a closed-door meeting that was closed to the media.
Outside the hall, hundreds of thousands of reporters from different media outlets across the three galaxies almost surrounded the negotiation hall, waiting for the results to be announced.
The Covenant delegation was headed by General Gao Hu, and the Sirius Twin Star was led by General Xiao Bo.
To the surprise of General Gao Hu, the negotiator on the Centaur side was not Clone 103, but Clone 5, who had led a fleet on an expedition to Earth, and it seemed that the Maltese had realized that Clone 1003's clumsy negotiation skills were not conducive to this negotiation.
This Maltese who have traveled on an expedition to the earth, Gao Hu is no stranger. I thought that I would meet this enemy general who almost destroyed humanity on the battlefield.
And Sirius, whose name sounds somewhat similar to that of a human, is representative Xiao Bo, and General Gao Hu can't help but take a few more looks. In addition to the obvious difference between the skin and humans, this King Kong man has a high degree of resemblance to humans.
"Clone Five, what are your intentions when you suddenly ask for negotiations? To say that you are here to keep peace in the galaxy, Sirius will not believe it. "At the beginning of the negotiations, General Xiao Bo looked at this old rival and first asked questions on behalf of Sirius Binary.
"Hmph, Xiao Bo, don't think that you Vajra people had a slight advantage in the last encounter, and I cloned the fifth and scared you. If there is no 100,000 urgent situation, do you think the centaur will compromise? Clone Five's fanged mouth let out a strange grin, and the scarlet snake's eyes stared at Xiao Bo, the Kongo negotiator.
"Hmph, Clone Five, you don't act. You've been fighting against Sirius for so long, when has there ever been a 100,000 Burning Crisis? The King Kong Man asked with a sneer on the crystal clear face of General Xiao Bo, obviously not believing Clone Five's words.
"Can you explain what the emergency is on the Alpha side, the solar system is also concerned about your system's intention to negotiate." General Gao Hu stared at the Scarlet Snake Eyes of Clone Five, indicating the position of the solar system.
"Don't worry, General Gao, the Centaur will give you enough reason. I can't imagine that the solar system, which was a low-level civilization hundreds of years ago, has now become a force to be reckoned with, which is really terrifying. Clone Five's eyes were full of anthropomorphic complexity, and he said in the language of Alpha Star.
"Clone Five, let's talk about your so-called emergency, the solar system is listening." Of course, General Gao Hu knew the meaning of Clone Five's words, and without his failure in the solar system back then, there would be no Star Alliance today.
"Well, since the two of you care so much, then the centauri has nothing to hide, please see the information."
At Clone Five's orders, holograms in the hall began to flicker.
"Ninth Expeditionary Fleet, has this news been confirmed?" In the holographic projection, the Maltese intelligence chief, Clone Ninety-Three, looked at the pentagonal fleet group in the distant starry sky, his voice was a little anxious, and the big tail of the bone spur behind him was subconsciously under the buttocks.
"Report to the Director, the speed of this fleet has been repeatedly tested, and it is indeed half the speed of light." The commander of the Maltese fleet in the distant starry sky straightened up, and his fanged mouth opened and closed in reassurance.
"Half the speed of light, it seems to be far more than us, and there has been another technological explosion and evolved to a fifth-level civilization." After listening to the report of the pentagonal fleet in the distant starry sky, the eyes of the cloned ninety-three scarlet snakes showed anthropomorphic gloom.
"Lord Director, according to the flight speed of the unknown fleet, it will soon approach the distance of thirty light-years east of the constellation Centauri, threatening the security of the Blue Star mainland." The Maltese commander reminded.
"Ninth Expedition, you continue to monitor the unidentified fleet and try to communicate with it, and I will confirm the results and report to the Blue Star Supreme Military Control Council." Clone Ninety-Three gives orders to the fleet commander on the holographic projection.
Immediately after the image screen turned, a high-speed aircraft appeared on the holographic projection. Judging by its flight trajectory, its speed far exceeds the maximum speed of the three galaxy vehicles.
"Half of the Lightspeed Fleet, Clone Five, when was this discovered and how far away?" Vajra Dai Xiao Bo still looked disapprehensive at first, but when he heard the report of the Ninth Expedition of Centauri and saw the trajectory of the distant starry spacecraft, he finally couldn't sit still.
"Seven years ago, it was discovered in space 40 light-years east of Centauri, and at this fleet's flying speed, it will soon threaten the safety of Centauri.
The two of you should know that in front of the high-speed warships of the fifth-level civilization, the fleets of our three parties are not vulnerable at all.
If this fleet attacks us, neither side will have the ability to deal with it alone, which is why the Centaur suddenly announced the holding of peace negotiations. Clone Five's snake eyes looked gloomily at the unidentified fleet on the holographic projection.
"If the information is correct, we really can't fight against civilizations above level 5 alone." General Gao Hu was also taken aback by the speed of the unknown fleet.