It is 700 million light years away from the Milky Way.
Boötes is empty.
Silver Empire.
"This civilization is very powerful. It has deployed more than three million warships. Even among fifth-level civilizations, there are few military forces that can reach this level."
Inside a building.
Number 2 was looking at the live scene transmitted back from 700 million light-years away, and the face under the veil was full of sighs.
This is not a mockery, but a sincere sigh.
After all, the number of fleets a civilization has is usually determined by two factors.
The first is civilized population.
The second is the interstellar industrial manufacturing power of civilization.
For a civilized population, it is easy to understand.
If you don't have enough people, you won't be able to support such a large fleet.
Of course, basically every civilization that can survive to the fifth level has a history of at least tens of thousands of years, as long as it is not a race that has difficulty in reproducing...
There is basically no shortage of people in this regard.
However, population alone is not enough; the other aspect is the manufacturing power of interstellar industry.
After all, it's not enough to just have people and no battleships.
Building a fifth-level civilization battleship is a complicated process, and most importantly, it requires a large amount of resources, and among these resources, there will definitely be many scarce resources.
Therefore, the average fleet of a fifth-level civilization will not exceed one million, unless it is a crazy and violent attack without regard to other aspects of development.
This situation will not be reversed until the sixth level civilization.
because...
Space particle reconstruction technology is a technology extended by the further utilization of space technology.
This technology has also been recognized by high-level civilizations in the universe...
The symbol technology of the sixth-order civilization.
With this technology, resources are no longer a problem, and production efficiency will no longer restrict the production efficiency of a civilization.
From then on, the entire civilization will enter a new fast lane.
Therefore, in the universe, there is a huge divide between fifth-level and sixth-level technological civilizations.
As far as a sixth-level civilization is concerned, no matter how weak it is, its number of battleships will never be less than five million.
Some powerful ones may even have tens of millions of battleships.
"No. 2, don't you think these battleships are...different from the previous ones?"
"It is indeed different, but it is still based on the same civilization design style. It is definitely the same civilization."
Hearing what the other elder said, No. 2 nodded.
How could he not see this?
After all, compared to the previous battleships, this one is obviously a notch weaker.
However, it can be judged from the design style that these two battleships belong to the same civilization, so he did not think so much.
After all, under his own Silver Light Empire, there are legions of different levels, and the lowest ones are only at the level of fifth-level technological civilization, right?
There's nothing surprising about this.
However, Number Three on the side didn't see it that way.
"No. 2, do you think these are affiliated civilizations under that civilization?"
"The possibility is very low. After all, they themselves are only a fifth-level civilization, and then they equip their affiliated civilization with battleships that are close to a fifth-level civilization?"
"That's right..."
Number Three nodded and said no more.
After all, this is really unlikely.
Different civilizations, different experiences, different logics.
In this universe, although there are more than a dozen ninth-level technological civilizations, their logic has always been...
For the cannon fodder corps attached to the civilization, low-level battleships will suffice.
And our own civilization, with its ninth-level civilization warships, can suppress any disobedience.
To put it bluntly, it is a kind of control with absolute strength.
Therefore, no one has ever thought of controlling it in other ways.
But the Federation is different. As far as the current Federation is concerned, its own population is small and it cannot build a huge fleet of millions.
However, there are too many threats in the surrounding area, so it is necessary to have a large number of troops.
Therefore, the federation chose arms control.
I can give you things, but these things given to you are also controlled by our federation.
As long as you obey, you can keep using these things.
But if you don't obey, these things can be turned into scrap metal in an instant.
Another point is that the Federation accidentally developed space particle reconstruction technology just a few decades after entering the fifth level.
The productivity of a sixth-level civilization, coupled with the population, may not be as good as that of a fourth-level civilization.
As a result, productivity directly became excessive.
If it were just the Federation itself, it might not be able to use even 10% of today's productivity. Wouldn't that be too wasteful?
If this is the case, then use the excess productivity to vigorously build warships.
On the one hand, arm the affiliated civilizations to give them stronger combat effectiveness and become an important support for the Federation in the war.
On the other hand, we also use armaments to completely control these affiliated civilizations so that they cannot escape from the federal control.
However, this is not important.
At least...
In the eyes of the senior officials of the Silver Light Empire, it was not important at all.
Because even the Empire's third-class army has a full billion warships, which is more than three hundred times the number deployed by the Federation at the entrance of the passage.
There is not much suspense in finally taking over the Federation.
As for how much it will cost, no one cares.
It's just a third-class imperial army. Even if everyone dies, who cares?
"Okay, there's nothing interesting about the battle over there. There is a result in the end. You can just learn more about it."
"We are not together today to discuss this matter."
Number 1, who rarely spoke, suddenly spoke up.
The others also came to their senses one after another.
That's right, they gathered together again, not caring about this kind of battle, which no matter what the outcome, was unimportant.
But...
"No. 5, you are responsible for this matter. Please tell me."
"Well, since the first-level special life form was brought back six years ago, we have used imperial technology to accelerate its evolution process, and two years ago, we promoted him to the sixth level."
Oh, so fast?
I originally thought it would take about ten years!!
After hearing No. 5's words, everyone else present sighed in their hearts.
At the very beginning, they were worried that although they successfully obtained the first-level special life form, whether they would be able to complete the climb from the fifth level to the ninth level within a thousand years...
Everyone is still a little unsure.
After all, every advancement of an individual biological civilization requires more time.
The promotion of a fifth-level civilization to a sixth-level civilization should take about ten years, even with the technical assistance of the Silver Light Empire.
But this guy completed the entire promotion process in less than five years.
Too fast.
Is it a racial trait?
Or should I say...
No one knew, but they knew something else.
With such an evolutionary speed, it should not be a big problem to reach a ninth-level biological civilization within a thousand years.
But just when everyone was excited.
Number 5 spoke again.
"Although it evolves very quickly, this race is in some trouble."
"Well, what's the trouble?"
"Its evolution requires huge amounts of energy to support."
"What kind of problem is this? Which of the individual evolutions of higher-order biological civilizations does not require the support of huge energy?"
Everyone was a little disdainful.
Isn’t it just energy? As a ninth-level civilization, we still lack energy?
Give as much as you want, as long as you can eat it.
"It's not what you think. What this race needs is life energy, and it is extracted from the swallowed organisms during the digestion process after eating."
"To put it simply..."
"He needs to devour creatures, the more powerful the creatures..."