“…… Old cat, how are your observations lately? ”

"What else, that's it...... Let's be honest, AI is already capable of handling most of the problems, so why do we need to keep an eye on it artificially here? ”

At the deep space observatory of the Crebo Interstellar Trading Enterprise, the data loggers who are repeating the tedious work day after day have this complaint.

This is what they do on a daily basis, and even though this kind of profession of being able to "observe the universe all the time" is what each of them has aspired to since childhood, their learning career is also aimed at this profession.

But when you actually get to work, the enthusiasm and novelty quickly dissipate like a fire in water.

Repetitive behaviour is the main culprit of the erosion of enthusiasm for work, and it is the high salary that still supports the work of these recorders.

"Alas...... I don't know why, but I recently asked us to pay more attention to those A and B stars...... It's hard for a celestial system in that kind of cosmic environment to give birth to habitable stars, right? ”

The rats continue to complain about the "change in focus", they used to be able to fish in troubled waters, but now they have to work harder when they have orders.

What makes it even more difficult for him to understand is that the boss of Creb, who has always regarded population, labor and the market as the most important capital, would make the effort to pay attention to this kind of thing that only celestial scientists care about.

As we all know, stars are in the midst of fusion reactions, releasing energy all the time.

The hotter the star, the more energy it releases and the more intense the light it can see.

According to the classification of the stellar spectrum, stars can be divided from the brightest O-type stars to the faintest M-type stars, and the Sun is an intermediate G-type star.

O-type stars are rare in the Milky Way, and there are only a few records, but A- and B-type stars are not so rare, and basically every civilization has one or two on their borders.

Type A and B stars belong to the category of stars with extremely high surface temperatures, and they have grabbed a large amount of material from the nebula at the beginning of their formation, and the mass is much greater than that of other types of stars.

In the huge mass are violent nuclear fusion reactions, and their surface temperatures can reach more than 20,000 degrees, while the temperature of the sun's surface is only more than 6,000 degrees.

As a result, type A and B stars are always among the brightest objects in the universe, and their light can travel to great distances, and the spectrum has taken on a blue-white color.

But it is very difficult for a celestial system in such a stellar environment to have life.

It's not that there are no habitable zones, and the habitable zones of type A and B stars are much farther away than those of other stars, but they are not absent.

The biggest problem is that these stars are about to enter the next stage of life, and there is not much time left for life to be born naturally.

The excessively violent fusion reactions of type A and B stars lead to very short lifespans, which soon transition to the helium-fueled red giant stage.

At this time, the size of the star will expand dramatically, and it will choose to have an "explosion of passion" or "die quietly" in a faster time.

The former will blow itself up into a white dwarf in the form of a supernova explosion, while the latter will quietly lose mass in the stellar wind and become a black dwarf.

Either option would be suitable for the birth of life, and the time from the formation of type A and B stars to their death may not exceed 2 billion years, and it is not even possible to evolve planets from their primitive state to their normal state in such a short time, let alone the birth of life.

As a result, a global company like Crebo, which is only interested in population and trade markets, never pays too much attention to these starships where life does not exist.

Just passing by and exclaiming, "What a bright star!" He marked it on the star map and hurried away.

But lately, perhaps there has been some rumors from above that have begun to draw the attention of these paddling observers to the types of celestial bodies that they would never care about.

These observers are all old fritters who have been working for a long time, so they can naturally distinguish when to touch the fish and when to be serious.

It is rare for them to work hard for so long, but they have never been able to wait for the day to stop, which makes them guess the truth behind it.

Gossip is a rare stress reliever, even in the interstellar age.

"I have a friend who is a student of a relative of a person who works in the headquarters of ......the Community"

"Let's just say it, we all know that friend is yourself, so you don't need to talk so much about the identity of the relationship."

“…… Well, it seems that the community has passed an agenda and decided to build a 'common Dyson sphere' to alleviate the galaxy's energy problems. ”

"Although the topic has been decided, there has been a debate about where to build it.

"Some people want to build on M-type stars with a life span of 10 billion years once and for all, but there are also people who want to build on A-type stars, and come with a big wave first."

"Most of our bosses want to see if we can make a fortune in this matter......

The well-informed observer gushed about what he had heard, and after watching the stars for a long time, it was also a good spice to occasionally have a little interstellar social phenomenon.

The audience listened to the story with relish, making some comments from time to time, until someone noticed anomalous data from the monitors observing type A and B stars.

“…… Stop bragging and look at the data. ”

One of the observers also looked at the fluctuating data, and then showed an incredulous expression.

Someone noticed it and came over to check on the situation.

Having received a similar education, he naturally understood the data, and he quickly realized the seriousness of the matter.

“…… From our observational point of view, there are already several focused A and B stars that are fading their light. ”

"This is not a symptom of a star crash...... It looks more like something is obscuring the star? ”

While they were still speculating, Li Wenyuan, the mastermind behind all these changes, had already begun the final steps of the Dyson sphere.

Even this huge structure that surrounds the stars would take him years to build, and the only good news is that the Dyson sphere doesn't need to be fully built to function as a basic "power generator".

But it was useless for him to ask for so much energy, and the current energy output was seriously overflowing for him, and he would never have built so many Dyson spheres if it weren't for the energy needs of the "core database".

This time, he broke the tradition of "hoarding" for a long time and used the resources that had been stored in the space warehouse for a long time to build a Dyson sphere.

He likes the sense of affluence of watching a large number of resources explode, and when building huge buildings, he basically maintains an extreme abundance of resources, only using "output" to support the construction consumption, and never uses the part of the hoarding.

This time, though, he even found an O-shaped giant star, the kind that was just a little close to an explosion, and built a Dyson sphere on top of it.

The so-called "just a little" will take tens of millions of years on the interstellar time scale, but the production capacity is huge, and there is absolutely no problem in meeting the needs of the "core database".

As a result, he completed several Dyson spheres in a few years, and at this time, the galactic civilization was still arguing within the community about how much and where to build the "public Dyson sphere".

But it was also at this time that civilizations that paid attention to type A and B stars also received "anomaly reports" from their respective observatories.

They secretly explored the source, and finally found that those "suspected obscured" stars were actually built there by someone who built Dyson spheres, brand new.

It's nothing in itself, but the identity of the builder makes them have to pay more attention.

Because of this, to a certain extent, it can be regarded as a change in the "guardian".

Although the "guardians" have changed a lot in the galaxy, if you have to say, the two resolutions of the galactic crisis are enough to call it quite a big change.

But this kind of "anomaly", the galactic civilizations can easily see the reason, in order to protect them, there is nothing to do.

And this time, this situation of building a large number of Dyson spheres at the same time made everyone uncertain.

“…… According to the Observatory, the 'Guardians' suddenly have a huge energy demand, perhaps far greater than the total needs of civilization. Let's talk about it. ”

The leader of the Tinder Alliance still had a report on the table, and then the surrounding senators began to discuss it.

Although there are many conjectures, the general direction has not changed.

They all thought it was the 'Guardian'' that the galactic spacecraft had finally found what they had been looking for, and that the Dyson spheres were built for that.

Of course, they can't compare the changes of the "guardians" with the movements of the "civilization annihilators", and if this lost mechanical intelligence wants to destroy the galaxy, they will be finished long ago.

After two crises, they have long engraved in their hearts the trust and respect for their "guardians".

As long as it is not the "guardian" who directly drives the battleship to bomb them, they will feel that anything related to the "guardian" is an act of "special meaning".

Although exchanges between civilizations should not be such "emotional", the so-called "trust" and "friendship" are based on eternal interests.

But the "Guardian" is clearly beyond this rule, and he is not on the same level as the other galactic civilizations at all.

Even if the change of the "guardian" is really a bad start, they can only pinch their noses and admit it, after preparing the fire, they should resist resistance, and they should lie down.

And judging from all indications, it is obvious that the "guardian" will not do such a thing as "destroying the galaxy".

They trust the lost mechanical intelligence, and they trust it unconditionally, just as the Guardian has protected the galaxy without expecting anything in return.

"I hope the 'Guardian' has really found what he's been looking for...... A mechanical intelligence who has worked for an unknown amount of time is also time to retire......"

Some of these people actually feel sorry for the "guardians".

They don't know exactly when the "guardian" was born, but they know that it must be a long time ago.

The hardware upgrade may never have changed the essence of that string of data, and if the "guardian" has never changed, then it is a machine that has been working for at least 10 million years.

"Metal eternal" is not entirely true, it's just that time has not yet come to the point of "metal decay".

If you let a person work alone for thousands of years, this kind of loneliness is terrifying just thinking about it, and you can't take it for granted that the other person is mechanical and intelligent.

The words of the person who felt sorry for the "guardian" resonated with everyone, and they began to feel sad.

The people of the Tinder Alliance seem to have a strong capacity for empathy, and it's no wonder they put so much effort into protecting Indigenous and wildlife.

Looking at this scene, the leader of the Tinder Alliance also felt something, and thought silently: "Maybe...... Only when we are strong enough can the 'guardians' retire one day......"

There are civilizations like the Tinder Alliance that are happy that "the 'guardian' has finally been found", and naturally there are civilizations that don't care about it.

Not everyone can understand the hard work of a "mechanical intelligence", but the idealistic civilizations who completely disagree with the legitimacy of "mechanical intelligence" are more sensitive to the changes of the "guardians".

Although the "guardians" appear to be "mechanical intelligence" in all their ways, they firmly believe that this is only appearance.

They have flexible criteria for judging what is "imitative data of consciousness" and what is "true consciousness".

Mechanical intelligence and mechanical intelligence are not the same, some can be worshipped by statues, and some can only be dismissed as "iron cans".

They delved deeper into the realm of the mind and emotions, and they felt that only a truly loving "saint" would make two moves to save the galaxy without expecting anything in return.

And the "austerity" of the "guardians", who had been looking for something in the galaxy for thousands of years, seemed to them to be much more determined than the vast majority of monks.

In a certain civilization with a strong religious atmosphere, a "sage sculpture" has even been created for the "guardian" to worship this "guardian of the galaxy".

So in those idealistic civilizations, they are basically people who are as reassuring as the Tinder Alliance, and they feel that the "guardians" can finally stop the "guardianship" process that has been going on.

But whether they care or not, at least these civilizations don't feel that the "guardians" are a danger to them.

However, there are still a small number of civilizations that are deeply concerned about the movement of the "guardians".

This part of the civilization has never been afraid to speculate on the galactic civilization with the worst malice, even if the other party is a lost empire that has protected the galactic twice.

Even if they knew very well that the "Guardians" would not be able to resist if they really wanted to destroy the galaxy, they did not know what the "guardians'" motives were for destroying the galaxy.

But this did not prevent them from wanting to make some preparations for resistance and survival, and in the end, they set their sights on the legacy of the "Silent One" and the "Civilization Annihilator".

The "Guardians" ignore the legacies of the two lost empires, and the community naturally accepts these places with the relics of the lost empires.

Until now, these places have been in the process of exploitation and cooperation, but the civilizations with a sense of urgency want to find a way to preserve the fire with the help of those legacies before the "guardians" become more frequent.

At this time, Li Wenyuan, as the highest consciousness of the "guardian", has built the vast majority of Dyson spheres and perfected the energy pathway.

The stellar energy absorbed by the Dyson sphere is being wasted and has not yet been sent to the core database.

Just waiting for Li Wenyuan's instructions, this small complex that inexplicably needs a huge amount of energy will reveal the secrets hidden in it to him.

(End of chapter)