Chapter 814: Seeing the Wind Makes the Rudder
Among the many advanced civilizations of the Galactic Alliance, the Masons are definitely an outlier. This is www.biquge.info that is, the Mason people have been concentrating on scientific research for thousands of years, and although they are recognized as advanced civilizations, they are far inferior to other advanced civilizations in terms of scientific and technological attainments. In fact, it is the advanced science and technology that makes the other civilizations of the Galactic Alliance know and understand the Masons.
Although when they came to the Southern Alpha System, the Masons were no different from other civilizations, thousands of them escaped the Milky Way and arrived in the Southern Alpha System after 10,000 years of sailing, to be precise, the descendants of the Masons who fled the Milky Way were already hungry and cold when they arrived in the South Alpha System, and could no longer hold on. But compared with other surviving civilizations, the Masons are a little different, or have a huge advantage, that is, several human scientists who fled with the Masons are still alive, and these scientists left the galaxy with the scientific and technological achievements of humans in the Second Age, most of which have been preserved, and are stored on the ships from which the Masons fled. Although much of the technical data was destroyed in the ensuing rebellion, a few precious technical materials were preserved and handed over to the Mason people.
It's just that the Mason tribe at that time was very weak and not strong at all.
Subsequently, during the First Greenwich War, the native star system of the Masons was invaded. Although in the ensuing counterattack, the legions of the Galactic Alliance regained all the lost territory and the Masons returned to their home planet, the Masons did not recover quickly after the heavy losses. As a result, when the war broke out against the three first-class top civilizations, the Mason clan did not participate.
It's just that the Mason people are also a blessing in disguise.
Very simply, if the Mason clan participated in that war, the outcome would definitely be very tragic, because except for the four second-rate top civilizations such as the Kunyang clan, all other civilizations were destroyed by the Hidden Spirit Clan. More importantly, after the war subsided, in order to maintain the stability of the Galactic Alliance, the Bright Holy Emperor not only recognized the status of the four second-rate top civilizations, but also promoted and cultivated many powerful civilizations, including the Meisen clan. It was after this that the Galactic Alliance began to position civilizations by hierarchical. Although the original purpose of the Bright Holy Emperor was to win over those civilizations with some strength to achieve the goal of confronting and restricting the four second-rate top civilizations, no one could deny that high-level civilizations like the Mason had thus become vested interests in the existing system of the Galactic Alliance.
It's just that the Masons at this time are no longer the Masons they were when they came to the Southern Alpha System.
For the Masons, the greatest loss in the First Greenwich War was not the fall of their home planet or the devastating war of thousands of their people, but the loss of tradition. The point is, before the fall of the home planet, the Masons did not have time to send away precious scientific and technological materials and historical documents. Although with the help of other civilizations, the Masons regained their home planet, they also permanently lost these things from the Second Age that carried the traditions and beliefs of the Masons. What's worse is that most of the surviving Masons are civilians, and there are very few Masons who know this material, especially the history of the Second Age.
Because they were valued by the Holy Emperor of Light and assessed as a high-level civilization, after that, the Mason Clan became the most loyal companion of the Hidden Spirit Clan.
It's just that this relationship has lasted less than a thousand years.
After the end of the Second Greenwich War, with the decline of the Hidden Spirits and the rise of the Weavers, the Masons quickly took refuge in the Weavers and became their hardcore allies. It's just that the Mason Clan has always refused to admit that it was he who betrayed the Hidden Spirit Clan, but thought that he was betrayed by the Hidden Spirit Clan. That is, in the Second Greenwich War, the Hidden Spirits did not respond to the Masons' request, and did not send troops to help the Masons when they were attacked, but the first to arrive and help the Masons defeat the invading Silicon Charm army. Because they believed that the Weavers were the real allies, after the end of the Second Greenwich War, the Masons threw themselves into the arms of the Weavers.
Of course, this is not the end.
More than 2,000 years later, during the Fifth Greenwich War, the Masons changed their ways again and reenacted the scene after the Second Greenwich War.
It's just that this time it was not the Hidden Spirit Clan who was betrayed, but the Star Weaver Clan.
As for the reason for taking refuge in the Lei Ling clan, the Mason clan did not give a clear explanation.
Of course, this is enough to prove that the Meissen are originally a two-faced civilization, and it is impossible to follow a top-level civilization forever.
Of course, it cannot be denied that the Masons have indeed gained a lot of benefits.
When they took refuge in the Hidden Spirits, the Mason not only gained the status of a top civilization, but also obtained a lot of valuable resources through cooperation with the Hidden Spirits, successfully completed the post-war reconstruction, recovered their vitality, and laid the foundation for the next development. If there was no support and help from the Hidden Spirits at that time, even if the Masons could recover, it would have taken more time, and it would have been impossible for them to develop faster than other civilizations.
Subsequently, the Masons followed the Weavers to win two Greenwich Wars, and although the Masons' military power has always been negligible, their contributions in other areas are indelible. In the past thousand years, the Mason clan has not only consolidated the status of advanced civilization, but also obtained many substantial benefits, such as the number of star systems under its jurisdiction has increased by hundreds of times, basically solving the problem of living space and survival materials. In fact, there are many people who believe that the Masons turned to the Weavers because they could not get more star systems under the rule of the Hidden Spirits, so they had to rely on other civilizations, while the Weavers promised to let the Masons get more star systems. In fact, it was during this thousand years that the Meissen became a truly advanced civilization. Except for the lack of military power, everything else has reached the level of a high civilization. It is also through this rapid development of more than 1,000 years that the Mason people have laid a solid foundation.
However, this also made the ambitions of the Mason clan swell rapidly.
If it was said that they took refuge in the Weaver Clan for the sake of development, then before the outbreak of the Fifth Greenwich War, the Mason Clan took the initiative to throw themselves into the arms of the Lei Ling Clan. It's just that the Masons also gained the least benefit in this Greenwich War, at least not so obviously. At the end of the Fifth Greenwich War, the Masons had only acquired a few dozen star systems, all in remote areas, and had no valuable resources. Because a strong military force has not been established, and other advanced civilizations have grown rapidly during the war, the status of the Mason clan in the Galactic Alliance has not only not risen, but has declined, and they have almost lost the status of advanced civilization.
It is precisely because of this that even the intelligence agency of the Hidden Spirit Clan believes that the Mason Clan is extremely dissatisfied with the Lei Ling Clan, at least with the Wanluo War Emperor, so after the end of the Fifth Greenwich War, the Mason Clan did not defect to the Lei Ling Clan again, at least did not become a hardcore ally of the Lei Ling Clan. Continuing to communicate with the Lei Ling clan is only because the Wanluo War Emperor is the overlord of the Galactic Alliance, and the Mason clan is not strong enough to be able to confront the Wanluo War Emperor, and in addition, no civilization in the Galactic Alliance can support the Mason clan against the Lei Ling clan. In the absence of any other choice, even if the Mason Clan is extremely dissatisfied with the Lei Ling Clan, they must maintain friendly relations with the Lei Ling Clan.
As a result, the intelligence agencies of the Hidden Spirit Clan did not take the Masons very seriously.
Of course, the intelligence agency of the Mason clan can be said to be clear about the family background of the Mason clan.
The Mason people have been able to become a high-level civilization, and they have been standing for thousands of years without falling, and they can still grow steadily, not because they have seen the wind and made the rudder take refuge in the top civilization, but because they have always insisted on the development of science and technology. In other words, the Masons' greatest capital is advanced science and technology.
In fact, this is the key reason why other civilizations dare not offend the Masons.
Take the Human Federation as an example, although the relationship with the Meisen tribe for thousands of years is very ordinary, and it can even be said that it has always been dissatisfied with the Meisen tribe, the Human Federation has never regarded the Meisen tribe as an enemy, let alone actively provoked the Meisen tribe. Quite simply, the Human Federation needs to import technology from the Masons. To put it more directly, during several Greenwich Wars, especially during the Fifth Greenwich War, the Human Federation once asked the Masons for help, hoping that the Masons could provide necessary help, such as military technology used to arm the human legions, so that the Human Federation could block the powerful Silicon Phantom army before other civilizations sent troops, but the reply was unexpected, the Masons not only rejected the request of the Human Federation, but also withdrew all the technicians on the grounds of safety when the home system was besieged, Terminated all technical cooperation with the Human Federation. As a result, many military factories of the Human Federation had to stop working, and many advanced weapons and equipment development projects were forced to be discontinued. By the time the Lighthouse War began, the Human Legion would only be able to use many of the weapons that had been used during the Fourth GMT War and then sealed up against the Silicon Charm army, armed to the teeth. However, after the war, the Human Federation still took the initiative to restore diplomatic relations with the Meissen people, because the Human Federation needed the advanced technology of the Meissen people to complete the post-war reconstruction. As for the Masons' past treachery, the Human Federation can only choose to forget.
Obviously, the achievements of the Masons in the field of science and technology come from humans, those human scientists of the Second Age.
It's just that few Masons are willing to admit it, or not many Masons believe that everything they have now comes from human scientists. In fact, few people in the entire Meissen tribe are willing to admit the past, and almost all of them believe that this is an achievement they have achieved through hard work, and has nothing to do with other civilizations, let alone the backward and weak human federation.
So, just how advanced is the Mason's technology? (To be continued.) )