Stellaris from the Automata Era

I don’t know where Hong gets the confidence from.

Of course, even if Mao Meng is so open-hearted, whether the Earth can handle dark matter is still another matter.

Just as Hong said, there is a huge gap and generation gap in technology between the two sides, not to mention that a wrong technology will undoubtedly increase the difficulty for one party to learn.

Moreover, the routes between the Earth and Mao Meng are different. Taking all factors into consideration, whether they can learn it is another matter.

But on the other hand, if the human form can really replicate dark matter technology, based on the research cooperation between the two parties, Maomeng will still be the one that benefits.

Who needs the unfamiliar psychic engine when you have the familiar dark matter!

Then the terms were happily negotiated again, and everyone felt that they had made a lot of money.

A win-win in every sense of the word.

But before Yan Luo had time to exchange some words of pre-congratulation with Hong, the smile on his face quickly disappeared.

This was naturally noticed by strong artificial intelligence.

But before she had the time to ask the reason, she immediately heard Yan Luo's struggling voice.

"You reminded me too late. My Cygnus exploration and research vessel has crashed."

Chapter 290: It’s bad, the battle has to start early!

It is undeniable that the accident of the research vessel made Yan Luo worried again.

It’s not that we are worried about the people on the ship. With the advantage of the psychic network, the explorers’ data will be returned and their bodies will be restored quickly.

What he was really worried about was the causal curse brought about by the research vessel's accident, and the subsequent events that made him extremely anxious.

As one of the four vendors in the Koprulu sector, the surrounding mud, and the depths of the subspace, the fall of the research vessel is like a diligent plot-driving machine, which always brings him different surprises or shocks.

However, he actually knew in his heart that this was just the survivor bias. After all, as a scientific research vessel at the forefront of Earth's exploration of the universe, it could have problems for no reason. It was just like a parachute sold on Taobao that couldn't open in the air, and the buyer could give you a bad review afterwards. It really was a fishy thing!

So what happened this time and how to deal with it are what Yan Luo really needs to consider.

It is not just a human on Earth who is thinking about this question, but also a fallen ruler huddled in the Cygnus region.

"This thing... belongs to the Earth Empire, right?"

"I don't think so. The style is different from what is recorded."

"But the latest intelligence shows the style of the Earth Empire is the same! This is Earth's!"

"Yes, you're right, they look alike! Very similar!"

Enough! The ruler of the ancient military isolation tribe almost wanted to cover his face.

Its cabinet seemed to have flipped on some strange switch and was about to burst into chaos.

In fact, there is still a platform and intelligence network for mutual communication among the fallen. Except for a certain fallen who is addicted to petting cats every day and has stagnated the cause of scientific and technological revival, the fallen who consciously recover some vitality communicate quite frequently.

The name of the evil of the earth is known to everyone from the solar system to Lyra to Cygnus.

The Fallen had already labeled it as a target of special attention, and they were sharing intelligence with each other.

The main reason is that in the history of the cosmic era, there has never been a dominant civilization that can be like it, which has the energy left to resist the three disasters that came out after defeating all the fallen.

It's like a response mechanism born out of the laws of the universe to defend the starry sea.

To be honest, given the current situation of the Earth, it is difficult to regard it as an indigenous civilization that is trying to climb the scientific ladder.

And in this cosmic cycle, it is even more explosive, with a similar beginning, similar rulers, and similar psychic powers that can shake the universe.

Brother, why don’t you stop pretending and just use the title of a corrupt person?

Although I really want to label the Earth as a decadent civilization, but... looking at the Earth's technology tree that has been almost washed out to a blank slate, it is difficult to express any decadence.

Aboriginal? Degenerate? Aboriginal? Degenerate? This...

You must know that although the so-called hegemonic civilizations are young, they are the ones who determine the upper limit of the current technological level, and it is probably not just the technological level.

The ancient tribe of military isolates are stubborn and full of youthful vigor, but if they are faced with the Earth who have been reincarnated as indigenous people, they will have to consider whether to fight hard or not.

The ancient tribes had indeed never suffered much loss until they became one with the Earth. Only then did they realize another truth.

No wonder every Fallen is so cowardly. It is simply because it is difficult for the Fallen to fight against the hegemonic civilization in the late stage.

But how can their past pride make them swallow their anger? Since they cannot defeat you head-on, then just waiting for you to be swallowed by the end of the universe will also be considered a victory.

And it would be even better if the Earth could withstand the cruelty of the universe.

The ancient race that has fallen once will tell the Earth what the experience of their predecessors is on the same starting line. When that time comes, we will fight hard, fight hard, fight the war of doomsday, fight the war of heaven.

The ideas and strategies are indeed correct and highly feasible.

However, the current operation of the Impure World Reincarnation on Earth has really made the ancient clan a little confused.

Seeing that the other party seemed to be about to become the indigenous overlord again, the ancient tribe, who had forced themselves to calm down, had to think about whether the past interactions between the two sides could be considered the beginning of a friendly exchange.

Of course, this is just a dovish idea. The complexity of civilization is not just about one school of thought.

"The newly relaunched Earth Empire is at its weakest right now! Don't fool yourself with excuses of friendly exchanges! We nearly shed our last drop of blood!"

What is national hatred and family feud? This is national hatred and family feud!

Those who talked incessantly and delivered radical speeches with ferocious faces were mostly members of the ancient tribe who were considered old.

Advanced technology gives them a longer lifespan and also makes their memories last longer.

In their view, the bloody past cannot be washed away by time.

They may have been rational before and able to support a comeback strategy, but they had no choice before their demise.

And when they met again in the new era, the memories of that humiliation began to attack them.

More importantly, technology may allow them to live longer but it will definitely not be infinite. At this age, it is difficult to feel fear, after all, they are not on a path of blood and pain.

Seeing that their former rival is about to make a great revival and feeling that the end is approaching and there is no sign of the next cycle, anyone would become radical.

"But the fleet...is not ready at all."

This is the real problem. There are no doves or hawks in the world. When it comes to issues of principle, they all point to one core issue: fighting early or fighting late.

In fact, there has always been a consensus among the fallen devices themselves, that is, they are notoriously high.

The distance from Cygnus to the solar system is only a few thousand light years. Not to mention anything else, I'm afraid half of the ships would run aground on the way.

The remaining half will be thrown onto the earth's land at any time. This is no longer a problem that can be solved by the logistics uncle cursing and picking up a wrench to fix it.

If they set out like this, it would not be a matter of revenge, but would only add to the opponent's record and blood debt.

They say the earth is currently at its weakest, isn't that the case with them?

Do you really think that the decadent civilizations of the past have to use force to exchange past grievances and opinions? Why do we have to wait until the later period?

It’s not that we can’t fight, but that we dare not fight!

Taking this into consideration, the hawks immediately decided to go back and consider the issue of "starting friendly exchanges."

It is still true what was said before, when faced with the choice of living on one's knees or dying standing, life will instinctively choose the former.

But after all the discussion the ancient tribes had, they still had a more important core issue that had not been resolved.

"Everyone, we just shot down an Earth ship. Considering their past behavior, how do you think we should respond?"

“…”

Oh no, the war has to start early!

Chapter 291: When there is no threat, the neighbor becomes a threat

In fact, when the fallen ancient tribe was anxiously thinking about preparing for war, the earth far away in the solar system had not yet discovered who took action.

The psychic data reflow technology quickly resurrected the deceased scientific teams, and considering that they paid such a great price for the noble cause of the Earth, Yan Luo also expressed that he must go in person to pay tribute to these victims.

So there is a reason why Earth’s scientific research vessels are still fully crewed despite having such a high accident rate.

However, after the condolences, a huge problem arose when facing the review of the accident.

"Actually, we don't know what happened. After we jumped out of the subspace, the alarm sounded a high-energy alarm, and then we were gone."

Well, this testimony is of no use at all.

Although many people may be able to guess the whole picture of the matter from a God's perspective, from the perspective of the parties involved, the current evidence is simply not enough to restore the course of events.

To be honest, Mao Meng may have reminded Yan Luo once before. If he can't distinguish between right and wrong... I mean, if he is decisive enough, he should lead a large army to Cygnus to avenge the ancient clan.

However, the universe is too vast and dangerous, and Yan Luo is not sure whether this is the trouble caused by the ancient clan.

It's like you are a new transfer student, and someone has told you in advance that there are a few bad guys who like to bully you in the school, but looking at the glue smeared on the chair, you can't be sure who wants to bully you?

You can't just go to each of them and beat them up, right?

Well... actually it's not impossible, but as mentioned before, there is no absolute certainty of victory against a fallen Yan Luo. Even if the opponent is on a downward slope like the Blue Star Police, facing its past and legacy, Yan Luo can only express condemnation and strong condemnation.

More importantly, even if he really wanted to march to Cygnus to discuss compensation with the other party, considering the distance of thousands of light years, it would take half a year just to march with the current technology. He could only calm down and think about whether it was worth it.

Moreover, the world of martial arts is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and social customs. The same is true for the universe. When facing a war between civilizations that could lead to the destruction of a nation or a race, decision makers need to consider it carefully.

"So we don't have a faster way to get to Cygnus?"

After understanding the key point of the matter, Yan Luo quickly turned his attention to the twins who usually handled affairs.

As former management-type humanoids, Popola and Divara have completely surpassed the new-style humanoid leaders, but based on their own personalities, they can easily be divided into one of civil and one of military.

For questions about distance like this, you can just ask Bopora directly.

"Sir, you also know that our geographical location is not very good."

In fact, the earth is more like a corner of the universe, in terms of the hyperspace channel.

It was once said that there is only a tiny way out for the Earth, leading directly to the muddy side of Lyra.

Considering the fact that the space-time channels are connected to each other or in parallel like a spider web, this is simply an incredible thing.

It’s like the original builders hurriedly opened up the route, then found a small blue broken ball in front of them and quickly ran away.

"So the fastest way to Cygnus is to travel through the subspace. However, there's still a lot of fog in the mushroom area. Maybe there's a new road there."

"Anyway, do we still need to go back and deal with mushrooms?"

Indeed, the reason why there was such a fierce "friendly exchange" with the slime was not just because the Earth's scientific research ship was knocked down by the slime.

Another big part of the reason is that from the perspective of time and space, the road to the outside world has been blocked by mud, and their areas are too close to the core area of ​​the earth.

After Yan Luo tore the mud apart to create a large buffer zone, the outward road led directly to the galaxies around Lyra.

From the perspective of the star map, although Lyra and Swan have the same surname, they are at opposite distances.

However, Yan Luo had only followed the route to connect with Mao Meng, and there was a large group of invisible war fog beside the mushrooms.

Judging from the characteristics of the hyperspace channel connecting the entire universe, there might actually be a new route point.

The only problem is how long this route takes and the specific attitude of the mushrooms.

"Maybe we can try to initiate a diplomatic activity with Mushroom." Yan Luo stared at the star map and asked the Gemini's opinion.

Come to think of it, he has indeed neglected the mushrooms since he dealt with the slime.

Moreover, the topic has shifted from the road to Cygnus to the diplomacy of mushrooms. It seems that the main line has jumped a lot, which is confusing.

But to be honest, if we get to the heart of the matter, we will immediately find that the focus is not on the so-called exploration of maps, but on the threats that the Earth needs to face.

There is a possible threat from the ancient race far away in Cygnus itself, but it is too far away after all, and Yan Luo seems unable to see any changes in the short term.

However, another question derived from Cygnus instantly reminded Yan Luo whether there was another civilization around him that he didn't know much about?

Suddenly he remembered a sentence that someone had said before: when you are not a threat, your neighbor is the biggest threat.

Then he turned around and could only slap his head and wondered how he could have forgotten about those mushrooms?

It is undeniable that the militaristic mushroom is indeed quite intimidating, although previous experience has shown that the mushroom may be a more steadfast ally.

But everything in the past was just a pile of programs. In the real world, you can't complete a perfect social interaction by just clicking the mouse.

So when Yan Luo came to his senses, he felt a little uneasy in the dormitory.

As for whether mushrooms can threaten the earth, this question is actually not very important now. When Yan Luo says that it exists, it would be better if it really exists.