In the bridge, everyone's expressions were a little solemn.
Anyone can tell from Jiang Xingchen's words that this is not an ordinary civilization, but a high-level civilization.
Even one level higher than the Federation!!
It's like the third-order civilization used energy weapons and jump technology to press the second-order civilization to the ground and rub it.
The fourth-level civilization uses more powerful energy weapons and shield technology to make the third-level civilization doubt its life.
The fifth-level civilization sacrifices space shields and space weapons, making military technology below the fourth level almost meaningless.
So, what is the concept of a civilization that is at least level seven or eight?
I'm afraid there's no need to send out a fleet. Just one battleship can destroy the entire federation, right?
If there is a difference of one level, everyone can still be willing to resist desperately.
Then the difference is two levels, or even three levels.
Resistance loses any meaning.
This is how the age of the universe shows itself. It does not mean that you can create miracles if you have courage and a strong will.
This kind of thing only happens in movies.
In particular, a country in the home star era that shoots films and television works all day long to resist aliens. For people in the interstellar age to watch these films and television works, it would be ridiculous.
"Order all fleets to leave the Small Magellanic Cloud immediately!"
"Yes, Commander!"
On the side, Ling Xiao nodded solemnly.
However, just when Ling Xiao was about to deliver the order...
"Commander, the reaction of the unknown fleet...disappeared!!"
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Magellan Jr.'s situation shocked the entire federal hierarchy.
It means that a civilization of seven or eight levels, or maybe even a higher level, has appeared, which makes everyone extremely nervous.
However, according to the report sent back by Jiang Xingchen.
That high-level civilization didn't seem to have any intention of taking action against the Federation. It just took away the insect chrysalis transformed by the Queen of Zerg and left.
As for how they left, no one knows.
However, even so, just as a precaution, the military still ordered the pioneering fleet...
Order to cease all military operations in the Small Magellanic System.
This is also something that can't be helped.
Who knows what the relationship between this high-level civilization and the Zerg is? What if it continues to attack the Zerg and attracts a blow from them?
Anyway, stop first.
On the one hand, let the Central Academy of Sciences analyze the small amount of data and imaging data.
On the other hand, I also want to wait and see before making subsequent plans.
Therefore, after receiving the order, Jiang Xingchen also retrieved all fleets that were hunting high-level Zerg, and asked the mercenary fleets of affiliated civilizations that launched a frontal offensive to also retreat to the federal-controlled area.
Redeploy all lines of defense and then take no further action.
One month later.
The first news came from the Central Academy of Sciences.
Based on the analysis of some acquired data and the 0.07 second image.
It has now been determined that the attack used by the other party when destroying the unmanned Pangu-class battleship contained time technology.
Although I don't know how they did it, they just accelerated the time of the attack without reflecting the universe or the Pangu-class battleship.
In the view of federal scientists, this is simply impossible.
but...
The facts are before our eyes.
It can only be said that the cognition of the federal scientific community, if placed in the entire universe, is still not much different from that of a primitive civilization.
This was a blow to the scientific community.
However, there is also a good side to this matter, and that is...
I understand the gap between myself and higher-order civilizations.
Don't be afraid if the enemy is too strong. What you are afraid of is that you don't know that the enemy is too strong, and you still think you are strong all day long.
Now, now that we know the gap between the Federation and higher-order civilizations, then...
Just try your best to catch up!!
Even if it takes a year, ten thousand years, or even longer!!
There is a saying among humans that if you forget to fight, you will be in danger.
So, if you think about it from this perspective, this is indeed not a bad thing.
Only when a powerful enemy threatens itself can the Federation develop with all its strength, right?
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Federation year 41.
Two years have passed since Magellan Jr.'s incident.
Although the Federation has been very stable in the past two years, it has not fought any wars.
However, Jiang Xingchen went a step further.
The previous military merits were added together, and he was finally promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, thus removing the word "agent" in front of the commander of the pioneering fleet and becoming the official commander.
Similarly, Duan Xingke and Mu Qianshan also took off the word agent, were promoted to major generals, and became the official commanders of the First and Fourth Legions.
And over there at the Central Academy of Sciences.
There is also good news.
Among the wreckage of the unknown civilization battleship sent back from Sextant A, the energy technology has finally completed all the analysis work.
To everyone's surprise, the energy module contained fragments of the star core.
What are star core fragments?
Simply put, they are fragments of the planet's core.
Except for the Death Star, all planets have star cores inside, and the younger the planet, the more active its star core is.
At the same time, the characteristic of the star core is to absorb space particles (i.e., dark energy), and then through a series of reactions, generate energy that can maintain the vitality of the planet.
In essence, the star core is infinitely close to the concept of perpetual motion.
In terms of energy intensity, the energy system produced by this technology is no more powerful than the zero-point energy module.
But it has advantages that zero-point energy modules cannot match.
Essentially, the zero-point energy module is like a rechargeable battery, and if you want to recharge it, you must master the corresponding technology, forcibly open a channel to connect to other multiverses, and extract vacuum zero-point energy from subspace.
But the star core energy module is different. In theory, if this technology is installed in a warship, it can maintain the operation of a warship for at least hundreds of millions of years.
Because this thing absorbs space particles and continuously converts them into energy.
Space particles, also known as dark energy, are the basis of the universe and can be said to be everywhere.
Maybe your warship has been in service for hundreds of years, and even after it is decommissioned, the star core energy module is still very young and can be disassembled and installed on a new warship.
Therefore, many scientists from the Central Academy of Sciences call this energy system...
"Heirloom" energy system.
Isn't it just a family heirloom...
It may have experienced the decommissioning of hundreds or thousands of warships, but it is still full of vitality, isn't it?
However, this solved a big problem for the Federation.
Many places that originally used zero-point energy can be replaced by this energy system in the future.
For example, various interstellar industries, or those warship production lines that use space particle reconstruction technology.
Even battleships can be loaded with this energy and used in conjunction with zero-point energy modules.
In this case, during non-intense battles, you do not need to consume the zero-point energy module, but use the star core energy module.
Even in the event of a fierce battle, the continuous output of the star core energy module can alleviate part of the consumption of zero-point vacuum energy.
After all, even today's federal zero-point energy module production capacity has expanded tenfold.
But it is still a scarce item and cannot be used on a large scale within the federation.
Therefore, the emergence of star nuclear energy technology has great significance for the Federation...