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Chapter 1530 - 1418, Silicon-based life

Chapter 1530: 1418, Silicon-based life

"Silicate-based lifeforms? Are you sure?!" The Stellar-level entities present were all visibly shocked.

Of course, they dared not exhibit their shock openly; at the very least, they kept their expressions composed and only displayed their agitation through private chat networks.

News about the rebel organization planning to attack Fegg Hub wasn’t surprising to them.

After all, when the neighboring Lunya Hub came under attack earlier, everyone realized that such hub assaults were bound to recur, especially for those hubs closer to Lunya and relatively weaker in strength.

Fegg Hub happened to meet both criteria—"close proximity to Lunya" and "comparatively weak power." The Stellar-level entities had long been mentally prepared for an attack from the rebel organization.

But this—silicate-based lifeforms—was an entirely different level of concern!

They could remain composed about the rebel organization; silicate-based lifeforms, however, couldn’t be ignored in the slightest. The situation might have escalated to unimaginable severity!

"Ashley, are you absolutely certain there’s really silicate-based lifeforms involved?"

"This is no small matter. If it’s true, it might send shockwaves throughout the entire Milky Way!"

"Are we dealing with low-tier silicate life or high-tier ones? If it’s low-tier, perhaps it’s an accidental occurrence?"

The Stellar-level figures bombarded Ashley with questions.

Ashley, however, was resolute. She immediately replied, "I can confirm it’s silicate-based lifeforms, and it’s not just some low-tier accidental passerby.

I sensed that the silicate-based lifeform possesses at least Planet-level strength. Its true essence is at least Planet-level, or to be precise, Planet-level Seventh Rank."

"Planet-level Seventh Rank?!" The Stellar-level figures were once again stunned.

Due to significant differences in biological traits, high-tier cultivators among silicate-based lifeforms are exceedingly rare.

The Holy Song Database provides detailed statistics: the number of Crystal Blue Community cultivators above Planet-level Fifth Rank is even smaller than the number of Stellar-level entities within the Holy Silver Federation.

Judging by their status within their civilization alone, this Planet-level Seventh Rank silicate-based lifeform is on par with these Stellar-level elites!

"Planet-level Seventh Rank..." Daland Military Chief’s gaze turned rigid. "If Ashley’s account is accurate, then this is truly monumental!"

Speaker Lemo suddenly declared, "Time is of the essence. I will personally investigate this matter now."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Speaker Lemo severed his spiritual power connection to the private chat network and vanished into the skies, teleporting directly to the Seventh Star Region.

Half an hour later, he returned to the hub, reconnected his spiritual power to the private chat network, and spoke in a somber tone: "Indeed, Ashley wasn’t mistaken—it’s a Planet-level Seventh Rank silicate-based lifeform."

"It’s true then!" Daland Military Chief, Chief Soren, and others all gasped audibly.

This time, things might truly spiral out of control!

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Speaking of silicate-based lifeforms, one cannot ignore the differing biological compositions of the two major civilizations: the Holy Silver Federation and the Crystal Blue Community.

The Holy Silver Federation is primarily composed of carbon-based lifeforms.

Carbon-based lifeforms consist predominantly of protein, calcium, and water, with the most iconic examples being the Holy Silver Human Race.

Following a two-million-year-long journey, the Holy Silver Human Race emerged from the Holy Silver Star, wielding unparalleled mastery and application of spiritual energy, eventually achieving dominance over two star systems.

The Crystal Blue Community, on the other hand, is radically different.

The Crystal Blue Community’s primary species isn’t carbon-based but rather mechanical beings composed of silicon.

The reason they’re categorized as silicate-based lifeforms stems from the origins of Crystal Blue civilization as a subterranean rather than surface-level society.

Approximately 240 million years ago, on Crystal Blue Planet, the planet’s core contained an enormous cavity surrounded by layers of rock, metal, and radioactive materials.

Silicon-based civilization emerged here as microscopic robots possessing rudimentary circuits materialized within the cavity. Feeding on radioactive substances and improving their circuits via metal, they eventually attained intelligence through circuit enhancement.

Over the course of prolonged civilization evolution, these silicate-based lifeforms successfully emerged from their subterranean cavity and extended their reach across the planetary surface and the stars.

Their expansion was swift!

Unlike carbon-based lifeforms, which have natural reproductive cycles—where even an exceptional Holy Silver Human might only produce a few offspring in a century—silicate-based lifeforms can endlessly replicate themselves in factories. As long as materials are available, they can manufacture an innumerable number of their kin!

Thus, after emerging from their underground confines, it took merely a few million years for them to conquer their entire star system and commence external expansion, aiming to dominate larger territories.

The subsequent history grew exceedingly intricate.

By then, carbon-based forces had risen across the supergalactic cluster. Although silicate lifeforms replicated rapidly, their external expansion inevitably led to conflicts with carbon-based civilizations.

Through several rounds of intelligent machine crises and silicon-carbon wars, Crystal Blue civilization’s expansion was ultimately halted, and their forces were confined to their own star system.

Since then, the silicate-based lifeforms of the Crystal Blue Community had refrained from initiating further expansions—high-tier silicate lifeforms never left their star system, with only occasional low-tier individuals venturing out for trade or travel.

But now, a high-tier silicate-based lifeform was present in their hub!

Everyone was already aware that the rebel organization was covertly backed by the Crystal Blue Community.

"Could it be..." An identical thought arose within all their minds simultaneously: "The Crystal Blue Community is finally about to intervene in the Milky Way?!"