In the core conference room, the civilized leaders fell silent once again.
Everyone is thinking about this matter in their hearts.
The large force changed its course. It can be clearly seen that their main goal is still space navigation, not contact with the fleet of human civilization - including war, exchange, trade, annihilation, etc., no matter what method of contact.
But they sent a small spaceship here. What did they want to do?
"No matter what the purpose of this fourth-level civilization is, in their opinion, they all think that their purpose can be achieved through this mere spacecraft. If they are malicious, then what they think is that this
Just one spaceship can overwhelm all our combat forces."
A war commissioner said slowly.
He did not speculate on "what if this fourth-level civilization is well-intentioned". The reason is simple and there is no need for it.
What civilization leaders need to ensure is the safety of civilization. If this fourth-level civilization is well-intentioned, then our side does not need to make any preparations at all. All preparations made by human civilization are only used to face "this fourth-level civilization".
This is a situation where super civilization is malicious".
Zhao Changxing looked at another war commissioner. This war commissioner was known for his strategic vision.
He has the ability to judge when a new technology has just appeared, or has not yet appeared, but only exists in theory, to determine what application scenarios this technology will have in real battlefields, and how it can be applied to its full potential.
to produce the maximum combat power, or how to prepare for it, and what impact it will have on the overall form of war, what changes, etc.
Over the past hundred years, the rapid advancement of science and technology in human civilization has given rise to numerous new technologies. And his arrangements and predictions have been proven correct and even advanced in actual combat exercises countless times. As a result, his
The position has also been established.
At this moment, Zhao Changxing hoped to learn from him whether, in the form and mode of warfare of a fourth-level civilization, it was possible for one battleship to overwhelm a peak third-level civilization with up to one million battleships.
Humanity has not reached the fourth level of civilization. However, the overall technological level of the fourth level civilization can be temporarily predicted. This gave the war commissioner the basic conditions for speculating on this issue.
At this moment, his expression was extremely serious. He knew that his judgment would, to some extent, determine the decision-making of the entire leadership and the next strategy of the entire civilization.
He closed his eyes and began to think carefully.
More specific model building, numerical calculations, etc. are no longer necessary at this moment. Because too much has been done in the past.
After a moment, he shook his head.
"Impossible. Based on our current data and speculations on the technology of the fourth-level civilization, I can conclude that even a peak-level civilization of the fourth-level cannot possibly compete with one battleship against a million battleships of a peak-level third-level civilization.
"
Hearing this, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"But... maybe there is another possibility."
This turning point made people think about it again.
"Beheading, kidnapping, coercion." He spat out three words.
Zhao Changxing frowned slightly.
In a head-on confrontation, one battleship cannot be the opponent of millions of battleships. But if this battleship relies on its own powerful strength and performance to drive straight into Huanglong, it will defeat Yuanhang No. 1, where all the leaders of civilization are present at this moment.
Capture the spaceship and then use it to blackmail the entire fleet into doing something?
This situation is possible.
Zhao Changxing said solemnly: "Everyone will disperse to different spaceships immediately. At the same time, the human civilization government will issue an announcement. Any civilization leader who falls into a state of coercion will immediately lose his qualifications as a civilization leader, and any orders issued
All are invalid. Including me. At the same time, if the spaceships in the fleet are of certain importance, if they are supplies, they will be dispersed immediately. If they are important data, they will be backed up immediately."
"yes."
Realizing the urgency of this matter, the civilization leaders immediately began to evacuate and arrived at dozens of other spacecraft located in different places in the fleet. Then they logged into the virtual conference room and continued this process in cyberspace.
Meeting.
"Strategic forecasts cannot be 100% accurate. The omission of any detail may lead to the final result being very different from what we thought. This is also the case now."
The War Commissioner continued: "Based on the existing conditions, I can only make this judgment, but please note that this may be wrong."
Without reaching the level of fourth-level civilization, it is impossible to fully understand what kind of existence a fourth-level civilization is. Maybe a small detail that has been overlooked by people has developed into an extremely important technology in the fourth-level civilization stage, and led to its
Has there been an earth-shaking change in combat effectiveness?
Maybe this spaceship can really fight against millions of warships?
Zhao Changxing nodded slightly: "Any judgment must be made based on the existing information. We just do our best to prepare. Next, let's take a look at this spacecraft that represents the will of civilization and comes to contact us. What exactly will it do?
Maybe you want to do something."
Time passed slowly. Soon, the spacecraft that had been observed by people began to decelerate rapidly in the vast space. The direction of its tail flame jet was roughly aimed at the human fleet, so its brightness
It increased rapidly and became more conspicuous.
The distance between the two sides is shortening rapidly. The string in people's hearts is getting tighter and tighter.
An army of hundreds of millions is ready. Millions of warships are lined up in an array, and countless automated combat equipment can be activated at any time. The eyes of tens of billions of people are watching it, not daring to relax at all.
"Based on the current speed, the two sides will reach the closest distance in about an hour!"
Because of the relativistic effect, the speed of time that you and the spacecraft feel at this moment are not consistent. One hour is only what you feel, and the intelligent life in that spacecraft will feel it is shorter.
In the virtual conference room, dozens of civilized leaders are all online, always waiting for any latest news.
"Report! We have received a radio signal from the other party. It is being deciphered and is expected to be completed within five minutes."
At this time, the Peripheral Intelligence Office sent an important message.
People's spirits were tense again.
Everyone is aware of the importance of this message. Because it is obvious that the purpose of the fourth-level civilization to contact the human civilization fleet is highly likely to be contained in this message.
"Threat? Coerce? Ask us to surrender? If we don't surrender, send a fleet to attack? This spaceship is just a messenger?"
At this moment, the civilized leaders had thousands of thoughts running through their minds. But no one expressed their speculations.
"Report! Information decoding completed!"
A text message was immediately put on the screen in front of every civilization leader.
"The war affecting all the top civilizations in the river system has begun. The entire river system will face disaster. Soon, even this space will be affected. Only the further edges of the river system can allow us, middle and low-level
Civilization has found a place to live. It's too late to escape with all your strength now, so why are you still advancing towards the interior of the river system?"
"Um?"
Zhao Changxing was startled when he saw this piece of information.
He didn't expect at all that the content of the message would be like this.
Could it be that the purpose of this spaceship breaking away from the main force and approaching the human fleet alone was to warn the human fleet?
Are they well-intentioned?
"A war that affects all the top civilizations in the river system"? Is this referring to the "star disaster" mentioned by the Cadilla civilization? Is it a series of strange changes in the direction of the internal direction of the river system that we have observed with our own eyes before?
Are these three the same thing?
Soon, even this space here will be affected? Is this war, or star disaster, still expanding in scope?
Is there only a place to live on the edge of the river system? Was it because of this incident that the super civilization inexplicably teleported human civilization across thousands of light-years?
At this moment, countless thoughts quickly passed through Zhao Changxing's mind.
"Send them the following message in the other party's language and text: Our civilization has previously observed some strange phenomena from the inner direction of the river system, such as the disappearance of stars, suspected space distortion, etc. I don't know if this is because of what you said.'
"Due to the impact of war? And, how fast will the disaster spread? How far away can it be safe to escape?"
"Yes. Already sent!"
People began a long wait again.
At this moment, both parties have different perceptions of the passage of time. And because both parties are moving too fast, the time required for information transmission is greatly extended.
During this waiting, it was not until the spacecraft passed by at extremely fast speeds less than a million kilometers away from the outermost detector of the human fleet that the reply finally arrived.
"This is war. We don't know how fast the disaster will spread. It depends on the mood of the top civilizations participating in the war. As for where it is safe, we also don't know. We only know that the farther away from the river system, the safer it will be.
.Okay, run away quickly, I want to return to civilization."
Zhao Changxing said solemnly: "Continue to send the following message: Thank you for your warning. Could you please tell us the name of your civilization. If we meet again in the future, we will express our gratitude to you in person."
During another long wait, the battleship got further and further away. It wasn't until the detector was almost unable to capture its coordinates that the reply finally arrived.
The voice of the head of the Intelligence Department rang out.
"Leader, because the signal interference was too strong, we were unable to fully capture this message. We only received the first two words. However, due to the lack of subsequent information, we were unable to translate these two words into human language alone.
Without translation, if it is directly transliterated, it would probably be pronounced like this.
Mortias."
"Let's call them the Mortias civilization." Zhao Changxing murmured, "Mortias, Mortias..."