Barnard is a red dwarf of very small mass.

Located near the β-star of Ophiuchus, about 6.2 light-years away from the Earth.

Although this galaxy is very close to the solar system, for some reason, humans in the 21st century didn't care much about it. They didn't even know how many planets it had.

After more than five hours, Chen Yu's spacecraft went deeper. In the eight satellites of No. 38 and 59, the isotope matter analyzer and the circular polarization life scanner both showed "civilized" reactions at the same time. (For the instructions of the two instruments, you can read Chapter 328.)

"Sure enough, there are aliens, and they are so close to the earth..."

Flying slowly above the gas planet, Chen Yu looked at the countless satellites orbiting under his feet, full of interest: "This is really a barren galaxy, with only one small red dwarf and one gas planet. Civilizations all reproduce on satellites, and their living conditions must be very unstable. I am a little curious about their society."

"Sizi..."

At this time, the spacecraft's signal receiving module suddenly received a quantum signal communication.

"It seems they have discovered me."

Turning around and facing the camera, Chen Yu couldn't help laughing: "It's really a turn for you. It's our turn to be awesome."

As he said that, he sorted out his hairstyle and connected quantum communication.

"Swoosh!"

A virtual screen suddenly unfolded inside the spacecraft.

Hundreds of alien creatures are floating on the other end of the screen.

They seemed to be hit in a metal shell, revealing only two fleshy, triangular visual organs in the middle.

"Hello, powerful human civilization. I am the emperor of the core empire of consciousness."

"You all know about the fleet?" Chen Yu raised his eyebrows.

"Yes." The alien creatures led by the head transformed the metal shell into ink: "Under the huge scale of the universe, any interstellar civilization must complete spiritual communication, that is, quantum communication. So the empire saw everything that happened in the np05 galaxy."

"That's quite convenient, so I can't explain it."

"We just didn't expect that you would come at a speed of 5,000 times higher than the speed of light. This technology is magical, as great as the crown of will."

"It's okay, okay, average." Chen Yu accepted the praise with confidence: "Are you silicon-based life? Why are you the same as a robot?"

"We are like you, and are also carbon-based creatures. According to your understanding, these metal shells are considered clothes." The alien creatures led by the head rose by half a meter: "But these 'clothes' are connected to our will, and can also be understood as our skin. The empire will pass a bill immediately, and the whole nation will complete its own death. At that time, it will be clear to study the technology we leave behind."

"Wait a minute." Chen Yu was stunned: "You said you want to die by yourself? Do you commit suicide?"

"Yes."

"Suicide in full civilized manner?"

"Yes."

"ill?"

"The gap in civilization cannot be overcome. Reason goes to death, which is the only honor left by the loser."

The third time I heard this kind of words undoubtedly gave Chen Yu a stronger impact: "I can't understand your thinking. Isn't this making the enemy very happy?"

"Personal emotions are irrelevant, resources and costs are the most important. Any conflict will bring waste of resources, so measuring each other's strength and reducing losses is the way to survive in civilization." The imperial emperor's eyes lit up blue light, showing a human face in front of him.

"According to our information, human facial expressions are an important part of information communication, so in order to facilitate smooth communication, it is better to re-activate this human avatar."

Chen Yu nodded: "Yes, I feel much better. But I still can't understand your thinking."

"Because..." A bitter smile appeared on the human face: "You are thriving in the rich solar system..."

Hearing this, Chen Yu was stunned.

The emperor continued, "You also saw that here there is only one red dwarf and our divine crowned gas planet. Their resources are single, the collection costs are very high, and more resources are mined from many small satellites."

"But these small satellites have a combined mass not as good as one Mars in the solar system. Therefore, since the birth of civilization, we have been bound by barrenness."

"Every piece of iron, copper, and rare earth elements are treasures that are more important than life. Many times, a gram of resources often requires ten lives to be exchanged for. For millions of years, the importance of resources has penetrated into the will of every individual living."

"The fleet that you easily destroyed has been the entire metal accumulation of the empire for millions of years. Unless materials science breaks through, we will never be able to build such a huge fleet."

After the words finished, the emperor paused for a moment, manipulated the human face and shook his head: "Maybe in your opinion, our way of saving costs is stupid. But without such a stupid method, our entire civilization would not have reached this point today. As early as the age of atomic energy, it was consumed in various contradictions and wars."

"So..." Chen Yu hesitated: "Your war is to compare the strength of the card?"

"Yes. The loser leaves resources to be used by the winner, so that the winner's resources and life can be consumed in more meaningful development."

"I almost understand."

"The empire is already a loser and the future no longer exists. I hope you humans will cherish the resources we leave behind. Although these resources seem insignificant to the eyes of rich humans, and are even less than the light energy released by the huge sun, for us, they are everything."

Chen Yu: “…”

"Finally, as the emperor of the empire, I want to praise the solar system on behalf of the whole people." The human face showed a fanatical expression: "What a magical place of the God-Crown! There are stable main sequence single stars, great light energy, hundreds of millions of asteroid belts, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter... all the light and heavy elements, springboard space, and resources and conditions required for the development of civilization. As long as there is no internal friction and no squander, human beings will definitely become lucky people shining in the Milky Way! I praise you, you are the incarnation of the God-Crown of Will..."

Standing in the spaceship and looking at the alien who was in a "carnival" on the other end of the screen, Chen Yu was in a complicated mood and didn't know what to say.

【I feel ashamed.】

【Similar to above.】

[The different living environments have created two different civilizations. But from which perspective, this imperial civilization is great.]

[Genius is on the left, madman is on the right. Before, they looked like rational madmen, but now they feel more like emotional geniuses.]

【Can you eat it by knocking on the shell?】

[Eat! Just think about eating! Can the metal shell be easily disassembled? It should be good to boil water and drink soup.]

[Hey, did the up master forget the main purpose? Didn’t he seek “help”?]

"Human, the bill has been passed, and the empire will soon begin to die. "The emperor cleared his face and avatar and floated close to him: "Remember, we are the core civilization of consciousness, and this magnificent universe has also been here. Goodbye."

"I...dum, wait...wait for a while!" Chen Yu instantly came back to his senses and waved his hand to exclaim.

"Clang."

But it's too late.

I saw that on the other end of the screen, all the alien creatures really landed in boxes, and fell to the ground and "ding ding ding clatter" sounded like a piece.

"All... are dead?" Chen Yu was incredulous.

Metal shell: "…"

"You guys are so anxious! To save some electricity bills, right?"
Chapter completed!