Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 596 - 592: Really Too Big!

Chapter 596 -592: Really Too Big!

Seeing everyone deep in thought, the information expert Li Zhendong stood up first and said, “Although there are only 20.55 years left before we depart from the entire trade market, it should be enough time for us to gather some information.”

“We are at least a Fourth-level Civilization, so if any danger arises, escaping shouldn’t be a problem. This trade market shouldn’t really be a gathering place for a Level 5 Civilization…”

“It seems like there are some Third-level Civilization planet fortresses nearby… it looks like they are Third-level Civilizations, so we don’t need to worry too much.”

“Mr. Li is right,” an astronomer chimed in. “We did observe some War Stars of Third-level Civilizations. These planets don’t have the usual obelisk-like curvature engines on them. So, we believe they are Third-level War Stars, and there are quite a few of them, not just one or two.”

Photographs taken appeared on the screen.

According to human knowledge, planet-level curvature engines are usually numerous, ranging from hundreds to thousands, scattered across the surface of the planet. These engines resemble TV towers—of course, much taller, ranging from several dozen to hundreds of kilometers in height. They work together to form a curvature bubble that is just slightly larger than the planet itself.

A curvature bubble isn’t a conventional species, but rather highly distorted space. Matter can freely enter and exit the curvature bubble, undergoing only some degree of force without much alteration.

However, the entry and exit of matter do affect the curvature bubble itself. Therefore, typically, the tower-like engines rise dozens or even hundreds of kilometers above the planet’s surface, thus they can be observed.

Now, since no high towers have been observed on the surface of these War Stars, people naturally believe that these civilizations are not Fourth-level. Unless humans are all mistaken, or these War Stars belong to Level 5 or even Sixth Level Civilizations using a different kind of navigation technology…

That probability is almost negligible.

“What if this place is entirely populated by Level 5 or Sixth Level Civilizations?”

“Then that would be even better!”

“Maybe we can encounter a civilization from the Gaia Faction and beg for something…”

All eyes then turned to Zhang Yuan. If begging was truly an option, he was likely the one who would have to step forward.

Zhang Yuan felt a bit embarrassed; a gathering place for Level 5 Civilizations, these people were thinking too far ahead! After contemplating for a while, he indicated, “In any case, it’s best for us to gather more information here… Whether we choose to flee or face it head-on, the political landscape of the Milky Way is inevitably changing; it won’t stop changing simply because we choose to bury our heads in the sand like an ostrich.”

“Knowing more is always good…”

“What… begging… ha, let’s not get our hopes up too high.”

“Right, I think so too.”

“So, we should still dispatch diplomats to explore. We need to know more and learn about this Dyson Sphere.”

As the discussion continued, most people agreed with this open viewpoint. A few conservative participants wanted to say more but ultimately held back their words.

We’re already here; we surely can’t be too scared to step through this threshold, can we?

As the fleet advanced gradually, two days later, a round flying disc appeared ahead, not very large, about 50 meters in diameter, blinking with bright white light, indicating the human fleet’s direction of travel.

The deeper we go into this eerie place, the more asteroids and other debris appear, along with large clusters of plasma clouds, probably various defense structures.

The six Mother Ships of the humans docked on the outer edge of the star system, still over two hundred astronomical units away from the Dyson Sphere. Getting too close would risk collision with various asteroids.

After a while, the round flying disc transmitted a message: “Greetings, New Human Civilization! I am ‘Catalanpus-3,’ the artificial intelligence of the trade market, and will be responsible for guiding your civilization. You can contact me at any time to dispatch a ship to enter the inner domain.”

“We have already received information from another trade market, the Huantai Civilization, and are aware of an outline of your civilization. Please proceed with identity verification. After verification, you can enjoy a series of privileges for returning customers.”

A thought struck Zhang Yuan; indeed, the information between each Amoeba Faction market could be interconnected and communicated at superluminal speeds. Therefore, the reputation of a civilization was extremely important.

All the government personnel were quite excited, and the identity verification was also very simple, involving appearance, gravitational environment, atmospheric pressure, atmospheric concentration, and other series of living parameters. Then they released some videos and audio, which were sorted out in about fifteen minutes.

Zhang Yuan curiously looked around with a telescope, noticing many planet-level fortresses also docked numerous astronomical units away in the nearby space. Compared to these planet fortresses, human spaceships indeed looked like little pigeons.

Even the Titan level, the largest spaceship humans could manufacture, still wasn’t big enough compared to a real planet.

However…

These planet fortresses lacked warp speed!

At least, no high, hundred-kilometer protruding obelisks were seen on the surface of the planets, meaning that these planet fortresses were 90% likely to be war stars of a third-level civilization.

This realization gave them a sense of superiority, as fourth-level civilizations were still in the minority.

“…Having a war star is nothing special, it’s just a matter of enough time accumulating. If you trade warp technology for a war star, these third-level civilizations would probably scramble to trade!”

Li Zhendong suddenly asked with red eyes, “Do you think we can buy a war star with AmiBa points?”

“Of course! And I think it won’t be too expensive.” Zhang Yuan pondered for a while, now said, “Labor and time should not be considered valuable, right? One is low-value-added that anyone can do, and the other is high-value-added.”

“Alright, let’s rest for today, and we leave tomorrow! Then everything will become clear.”

The New Human Civilization moved very quickly. After reaching the designated docking site, people observed distantly for a while, without much lingering, and immediately organized a team. Diplomats and scientists had a meal together, got to know each other for a bit, and then arranged for rest.

Zhang Yuan was, of course, on the list. As a renowned scientist, though not a professional diplomat, serving as a science advisor was no problem for him. Moreover, as a Transcendent and an important member of the Scientific Staff Department, he had a high status and was able to to some extent decide what to purchase, what mission to accept, and so on.

On the other hand, Zhang Yuan, as one of humanity’s most valuable talents, these superdimensional perception scientists, having earned 6000 AmiBa points from the Tos Civilization, theoretically could replicate the same feat with other civilizations!

That was indeed a very good thing.

With such thoughts in mind, the next morning, about two hundred scientific expedition members entered the most advanced human transport ship, the “Thunder 10,” and followed behind the small spacecraft “Catalanpus-3.”

The “Catalanpus-3” seemed aware that the New Human Civilization possessed curvature technology, as this small spacecraft directly unfolded its curvature bubble and began to travel at high speed.

With no other option, people could only start the curvature engine and follow behind, traveling at about 0.1 times the speed of light. This speed was actually quite fast, quickly leaving the mother ship fleet behind.

On their journey, people saw a massive amount of planets, which could not even be called true planets, but rather were just oversized meteorites with even sharp edges, yet their mass was comparable to real planets, and no one knew their origin.

There were also Jupiter-like planets that were unusually large, with mass reaching two thousand times that of Earth. These planets, being much larger in mass than Jupiter in the Solar System, attracted a lot of meteorites.

“Maybe they’re the raw materials for building a Dyson Sphere?”

“But even if you emptied the planets around a nearby constant star, there shouldn’t be this much raw material, where did it come from?”

About three hours later, both parties arrived near the Dyson Sphere. Due to the high gravitational forces of the constant star, it was no longer possible to use warp speed, and only then could people see the true details of this Dyson Sphere…

Even for someone like Zhang Yuan who had lived for thousands of years, he was struck dumb with amazement.

It was too big… really too big!

Even the word “massive” seemed unable to capture a thousandth of its enormity.