I, a ship girl, am the savior of civilization.

In this new era, technology is what truly matters, right?

At first, Veneto felt uneasy about Santi and Laura's actions towards the Earth Alliance, but after realizing that he could repay the three thousand energy coins he owed after ten years by completing the three-phase transaction with the Earth Alliance, Veneto resolutely joined Laura and Santi's team.

Laura is right. To quickly leapfrog beyond a backward stage of civilization, more resources are needed. This is tuition, and it's what the world deserves for supporting the development of the Earth Alliance.

In fact, Veneto is already eager to sign the second and third phase cooperation agreements with the Earth Alliance.

There's no other way; I'm carrying a huge sum of money, and if I don't want to be sold, I, VV, have to work hard!

While Veneto was pondering when he could redeem himself, Laura became interested in the two colony ships she had never seen before.

The ships ordered by the Earth Alliance from the world were only sufficient to explore one colonial route.

Then wouldn't the other one be the responsibility of Huanyu?

Energy coins and resources are secondary; Earth Alliance cannot deliver more resources in the short term, so it's time for the Universe to find new customers.

So isn't this a great opportunity to explore new galaxies?

125. Human Federation

Just as Laura had anticipated, the Earth Federation ultimately chose to seek help from a global corporation and entrusted Laura with the task of searching for the "Autumn Chrysanthemum".

As a diligent woman who travels incognito to build the world, Laura readily accepted the mission to find the Chrysanthemum.

Of course, given the performance of the Dawn, even if the Chrysanthemum has been sailing for several years, Laura could find its location within a month.

However, Laura didn't intend to make this search mission her main task. Exploring galaxies, recording star maps, and finding ancient ruins and interesting anomalies along the way was where the real fun of life lay.

Over the next three months, Laura unearthed an ancient civilization ruin, retrieved a copy of the Third Miss's Holy Words, found the Tianavic star system, the breeding ground of the Space Whales, and incidentally gained +24 to Sociology.

Well, the space whale was eaten by Laura's orange cat, Kitty, which she brought from the Marvel universe.

Occupying most of the galaxy, hundreds of millions of enormous space creatures were powerless against the Flerken. Little Meow was only gone for half an hour, and the entire week suddenly became incredibly empty.

The once-thriving multi-person sports galaxy is now devoid of space whales. Although a small number of space whales may still exist in the Milky Way, with the ancestral galaxy wiped out, the extinction of this species is not far off.

Adhering to the principle of not wantonly exterminating life and punishing Little Meow, Laura briefly borrowed her cosmic authority to transform Little Meow into a miniature, adorable space whale of about the same size as usual.

Until other space whales are discovered, Little Meow will remain in this form for most of the time.

However, watching the little cat tumbling freely in the air, Laura felt that the little cat seemed to quite like the space whale structure.

Along the way, we encountered many anomalies, most of which were remnants of previous civilizations. After one or several iterations, these once glorious traces of technology had weakened to varying degrees.

However, in this iteration, this weakening has stabilized.

This was the original purpose of establishing the Stellar Universe. Multiple iterations of technology were not what Laura was pursuing. In other universes, it is very likely that different high-level physical rules will appear.

Therefore, advanced technology has no value in countless universes. What Laura needs is technology that is highly adaptable and developed from common fundamental laws.

Only such technology can ensure that Laura will not lose her power due to the mutated laws of the universe when she descends to other universes.

Just like the previous Transformers universe, the Transformers universe shows obvious signs of multiple iterations, so the technology in it can still maintain its original level in the Marvel and Stellaris universes without being significantly weakened.

The same applies to the technology within Noah's Light. The mission of the Stellaris universe is to integrate Marvel's technology, summarize and consolidate its non-specialized technologies, and ultimately incorporate them into the Noah technology tree.

Of course, taking a galactic trip is also very important.

During the arduous search, the residual signals from the Qiuju ship's hull were eventually detected by the Shuguang ship's sensors through a wormhole.

"Hmm, let Laura take a look..."

With the help of the Dawn, after passing through the wormhole, Laura discovered that the information from the Chrysanthemum came from an ocean planet with a humid climate and vast oceans, where even the most basic amino acid life forms existed.

A life-bearing planet slightly smaller than Earth, with a mild climate, is the perfect candidate for a colony for ship girls.

Unfortunately, it had already been colonized by the colonists on the Autumn Chrysanthemum.

Both Fantasy Interstellar and Global Giant Enterprise acknowledge the fact that if a life-bearing planet has already been occupied by highly intelligent life and formed a civilization structure, then the entire planet will no longer be a candidate for colonization.

Even if they are so weak that a single escort ship could wipe them out, even if they only occupy a small corner of a continent, this is still their planet.

Needless to say, Fantasy Interstellar is a benevolent civilization.

While global corporations pursue profits, they still have their bottom lines. When it comes to genocide and seizing colonies belonging to non-enemy nations… more money is required!

We need to increase our stake to at least 67% in Universal!

However, considering that all the shares of the global giant are currently in Laura's hands, it's unlikely that anyone can afford to pay this extra amount.

Global Giant is a legitimate company with the mission of building a vibrant galaxy. Laura would never do something that would lower the company's reputation.

However, not seizing territory doesn't mean Laura won't try to claim the corresponding rights to the colonies. If the colonists on the Autumn Chrysanthemum planet are willing to sell other continents, Laura won't hesitate.

"Then let's go down and take a look!"

Laura was quite interested in buying a continent. Judging from the information the Dawn had just obtained after its scan, the colonists on the Chrysanthemum didn't seem to be doing very well.

Around the time of landing on the planet, the Qiuju malfunctioned, and a series of critical equipment, including communication devices, were completely destroyed, leaving them with no possibility of contacting support.

Although they had completed the basic infrastructure, enabling them to live there for a long time, and even established their own civilization, which they named the "Human Federation," they were merely surviving.

Fortunately, the basic science database is still there, and we don't know how much effort the Federation of Humanity put in to restore the level of technology to that of Earth in the mid-19th century.

But honestly, the spirit of the People's Federation is clearly more vibrant than that of the Local Federation. Although their living standards are low, everyone who works gives their all.

If we compare the People's League to the Showa era, then the Regional League is probably a recluse of the Reiwa era.

"With the Human Alliance in such a state, I can't even bear to rip them off..." Laura sighed, a pang of sympathy rising in her heart. "Even if we can't make a deal, let's help the Human Alliance out before we leave."

The massive Dawn was hovering in outer space. With a hull spanning twelve kilometers, it was difficult to find a landing spot near the Human Alliance's base. Therefore, Laura and Veneto, piloting the less than one-kilometer-long Dawn, activated the space bridge and arrived near the Human Alliance's city.

Following the procedures for the arrival of the United Nations, the trio, accompanied by a miniature space whale named Xiao Miao, stepped out of the hatch at the main station in Veneto and officially appeared in front of the United Nations people.

However, before Veneto could even wave his hand in goodwill, a team of fully armed Human Union soldiers wearing Earth Union exoskeleton armor and helmets appeared in front of the three-person friendly diplomacy team from the global giant corporation.

Before Veneto could react, the Allied soldiers pulled the triggers on the three of them.

Under Veneto's incredulous gaze, the old gunpowder-propelled gun sprayed out a large number of bullets, which eventually hit VV evenly.

"clang!"

126. Showa People’s Federation, not yet xenophobic

A familiar scene, but unfamiliar people.

For some reason, Laura suddenly felt a strange sense of empathy.

Of course, it would be even better if the same sound didn't come from oneself.

Without a doubt, the actions of the Human Alliance and the Earth Alliance are vastly different. When global giants descend upon Earth, although corresponding protective forces exist, they generally lean towards peace, unlike the radical actions of the Human Alliance.

Of course, the fact that ship girls have similar appearances to humans and their unique dimensional style makes them more likely to gain acceptance from the Earth Alliance is also a factor.

But in any case, it's outrageous to fire a shot before even seeing what the person looks like.

"Excuse me, this is a global corporation representing the Earth Federation in the search for the Qiuju. Are we in the wrong place?"

Although he really wanted to unleash a barrage of 381mm guns from his ship's rig, Veneto kept in mind that he owed 3,000 energy coins, so he patiently endured the hail of bullets and asked the question.

Regardless, the name of the Earth Alliance must be useful, right?

"The United Nations of Earth? You're from Earth?"

Veneto's words had an effect; a leader in the defensive force gestured to the other soldiers to temporarily cease fire.

"Able to stop bullets and adapt to an uninhabitable atmosphere that has not yet been purified, has the Earth Federation's biotechnology developed to this extent? Or has the Earth Federation degenerated to the point of sending children to carry out search missions?"

"Furthermore, the style of your spaceship is quite different from the previous style of the Earth Alliance. We hope you can provide a reasonable explanation for this."

Perhaps it was the name of the Earth Alliance that resonated with these Human Alliance soldiers, or perhaps it was the loli appearance of Veneto and the other two that made the Alliance temporarily lower their guard. After all, they all had human appearances, which could more or less alleviate some of their worries.

At least now Veneto can finally communicate with the Federation.

Veneto briefly explained the background of his group's presence, stating that the Earth Alliance and the Universe had reached a friendly agreement and exchanged technologies. At the same time, the Universe accepted the Earth Alliance's mission to search for the Autumn Chrysanthemum.

"I see..."

Realizing that Veneto and the others were indeed not human, the Human Alliance soldiers became cautious again. After consulting with the Human Alliance administrator via ancient radio communication, the leader finally made a decision.

Take them into the city.

The People's Union's capital city is built underground, and on the way to a People's Union military base, Veneto also learned some information about the People's Union from the People's Union captain.

"The planet's atmosphere is not very toxic, but long-term breathing can still affect the body. However, the moss in the underground rocks and minerals has a certain purification ability, so our capital city is built underground."

After rambling on about the situation of the Human Alliance, the Human Alliance soldier, who called himself "Deceased," finally took off his helmet after stepping into the underground world.

His lower face was covered with a thick stubble of beard, and his eyes were etched with the marks of time: "The farmers outside can only work for an hour a day. Any longer and they are prone to getting sick. Only we guards can be equipped with sophisticated filters."

Working in toxic atmospheres...

It seems the standard of living in the People's Federation is worse than I imagined.

"So, what exactly happened on the planet that made you open fire the moment you saw us?"

Laura took over the conversation. After realizing that Veneto's special attack attribute against the Chinese was temporarily ineffective in front of these Showa-era Human Alliance members, Laura took back the center position and spoke to the Human Alliance on behalf of the universe.

"That's another civilization, we don't know where they came from. Not long ago, after we discovered each other, they attacked us."

As the deceased described it, images gradually formed in Laura's mind.

While the Human Alliance was struggling to survive, another interstellar civilization suddenly discovered this life-bearing planet and the Human Alliance living on it.

According to the deceased, this should be an exploration team from an interstellar civilization, possessing only extremely weak firepower, and even having to rely on the soldiers on the ship to land.

It was precisely because of this that the Human Alliance was able to barely repel the invaders' attack with the help of some defensive equipment on the Qiuju.

"This is probably a nascent interstellar civilization, which hasn't even formed a formal concept of colonization yet."

Hearing this, Laura shook her head. Whether it was the Phantom Star Empire or the two surrounding interstellar empires, they were remarkably consistent in their approach to colonization. They all pursued peaceful development, and even without many colonies, they would not stoop to the level of plundering.

Unfortunately, the Human Alliance encountered a civilization more inclined towards plunder and violence.

"Indeed, but even so, the experts from the Earth Alliance asked us to try to communicate with those alien shards."

He slammed his fist into the rock wall, then realized his lapse in composure after a moment's thought: "Uh, I wasn't talking about you guys..."

"It's okay, we understand."