Wandering Meteor
Chapter 358 - 357 Extinction Fishing

Chapter 358: Chapter 357 Extinction Fishing

Now, the vast Wandering Star System is flying in the dim Universe.

Constant Star Lu Chen suddenly said, "I am really fed up, after flying hundreds of light years, not even a planet mass of material has been absorbed, who the hell did this, plundered so thoroughly?"

Compared to increasing hundreds or a thousand Constant Star Masses after flying a few hundred light years as in the past, Constant Star Lu Chen is in despair.

"Using the words of fishermen on Earth, this is called extermination fishing!" At this moment, Green Star followed up with a tease.

Constant Star Lu Chen didn’t get angry, instead, the term "extermination fishing" sparked a sudden realization in his heart.

Because he suddenly discovered that he seemed to be practicing extermination fishing as well; all along his journey, he had absorbed almost everything he could.

Unless some particles were too far away or too small to be effectively locked by gravity, everything was captured, similar to the extermination fishing that doesn’t spare even newly hatched fry.

It’s conceivable that the majority of civilizations in the universe probably plunder interstellar material in this manner, which explains why Cosmic Space has become so empty since the Cosmic Crisis erupted.

However, even so, Constant Star Lu Chen didn’t indulge in too much self-blame or guilt. After all, although plundering resources in the universe and fishing appear similar in form, their natures are quite different. Fry can grow and reproduce in water, but interstellar material in the universe doesn’t reproduce; instead, gathering material is what might eventually lead to life, so in this sense, their natures are actually opposite.

Moreover, according to the final outcome of the law of entropy increase in the universe, heat and energy will eventually spread uniformly throughout Cosmic Space, leading to a massive extinction of cosmic life forms, and naturally, both biological and celestial life forms will resist entropy increase to survive, especially under the current crisis of the universe ceasing to expand.

While Constant Star Lu Chen and Green Star were teasing each other, the Wandering Base suddenly sent an important message.

Scientists within the Wandering Base detected that about a million light years ahead, which was originally the head position of the Jupeng Constellation nebula group, a giant star system is flying towards their Wandering Star System.

After learning about this message, Constant Star Lu Chen immediately inquired in detail and then learned that this giant star system was the headquarters of the Electromagnetic Civilization. This information was detected by the largest Superluminal Detector within the Wandering Alliance. Inside that giant star system, there were very obvious Light Points phenomena that corresponded with the Electromagnetic Star People. In addition, observing most of the planets within the giant star system also confirmed that their appearance and technological level were exactly the same as the previous ten Electromagnetic Civilization Planet Flying Devices.

Once it was confirmed that the giant star system ahead was indeed the stronghold of the Electromagnetic Civilization.

Constant Star Lu Chen immediately convened a strategic discussion meeting within the Wandering Alliance, gathering all key members to discuss how to face the impending crisis. Although a distance of a million light years was still far, for a Level 4 Civilization, for a civilization capable of wormhole traversal, this distance was actually not too far.

Under the chairmanship of Constant Star Lu Chen, the meeting concluded smoothly, and the Wandering Alliance arrived at its final decision.

They decided to bravely face this challenge, defeat the Electromagnetic Civilization, and transform all the resources of the Electromagnetic Civilization into their own.

The reason for making such a decision was firstly because the Electromagnetic Star System was approaching their Wandering Star System, clearly seeking revenge for the previous incident. This also meant that there was no chance of reconciliation between the Wandering Alliance and the Electromagnetic Civilization. The possibility of bypassing was also very small, as the Electromagnetic Civilization, coming for retaliation, would certainly not let them escape. Therefore, everyone unanimously felt that instead of wasting energy and diminishing their prestige by detouring, it would be better to defeat the opponent head-on.

Secondly, everyone believed that the Wandering Alliance had the strength to defeat the Electromagnetic Civilization, so naturally, they wouldn’t let go of this opportunity handed to them on a platter!

Once the final strategic decision was made, the Wandering Alliance did not complacently await the arrival of war but activated their combat self-check and combat upgrade at once. Although they had won comprehensively in the last battle, it was only against a team of the Electromagnetic Civilization, not their main force.

Lu Chen, the leader of the Wandering Alliance, knew this very rationally.

If they wanted to ensure a completely successful defeat of the Electromagnetic Civilization, they must enhance their combat power again to possess factors of combat strength that were beyond the information controlled by the Electromagnetic Civilization.

Currently, the greatest combat power of the Wandering Alliance was the Dark Gold Battle Star, as evidenced by its performance during the last confrontation with the Electromagnetic Civilization. As for the batch of Metallic Battle Stars that started with the third phase of the New Star Project, they were finally completed recently.

However, just like the first batch, only the appearance of a hundred planet masses of Dark Gold No.6 was built, but the internal structure had not started yet. This was because the Wandering Alliance needed to observe whether those individuals who voluntarily converted from biological to Celestial Life were stable and safe. This was also one reason Lu Chen proposed to first conduct a pilot experiment before proceeding with the internal construction of the remaining Dark Gold Battle Stars.

After all, converting biological life into a Celestial Civilization was no trivial matter; a slight error could lead to irreversible doom!

To ensure there were no issues with this process and technology, Lu Chen decided to personally understand the situation of the ten Dark Gold Battle Stars. Among them, Dark Gold No.1 to No.5 adopted the second scenario, that is, converted from biological life to a Celestial Civilization; Dark Gold No.6 to No.10 adopted the first scenario, that is, equipped with the Flow Base Microsystem using mechanical principles.

Among these two batches of prototypes, the five Battle Stars using mechanical principles performed stably, completing any training, tactical cooperation, and transform actions precisely and accurately, truly living up to the reputation of the mechanical system. However, the performance of the five Dark Gold Battle Stars, which used the Life Conversion Technology, was not as flawless; whether it was tactical cooperation or precision of transform movements, they were somewhat lacking. However, assessing the combat power of Dark Gold Battle Stars should not solely rely on this—indeed, during the last surprise attack on the Electromagnetic Civilization’s ten Planet Flying Devices, the completion speed of the ten Battle Stars had its respective advantages.

This indicated that both schemes could, to a certain extent, maximize the combat power of the Dark Gold Battle Stars.

Thus, next, it was necessary to understand some factors beyond combat power, such as the maintenance of the Dark Gold Battle Stars and the psychological state of those who voluntarily underwent Life Conversion.

Starting with the maintenance issues of the Dark Gold Battle Stars, during this period of actual application, the maintenance effort required for those using the mechanical system was significantly more. If subjected to external attacks or affected by cosmic radiation, there could be some minor faults in the operation of the Dark Gold Battle Stars. Although the robots participating in this plan were very intelligent and had strong self-regulating capabilities, often correcting minor issues themselves, they could not compensate for the hardware conditions needed during system operation. Meanwhile, the Dark Gold Battle Stars using the Life Conversion Technology did not have these problems and barely required any human intervention for maintenance because this Life Conversion Technology fundamentally differs from mechanical principles and does not require stringent hardware support.

Of course, this is not to say that Life Conversion Technology does not need hardware, just that it does not have as many requirements as the mechanical system.

After all, the traditional intelligent systems were products proposed in the 21st century, already possessing a long history since then, it would be hard to believe they are not outdated.

Although some aspects of mechanical systems have been improved with ongoing technological advancements, limited by computer principles, they can never breakthrough. Thus, the overall architecture of the systems has not changed, still needing electricity, computing cores, data storage, and other hardware conditions for support.