Ten light-years is located at the edge of the solar system. Humans can observe the situation here through astronomical telescopes. For any detection spacecraft, some conditions within the ten-light-year area can be observed, such as life reactions and other things. s things.
Just like Yu Zhiqian's current spacecraft has flown several light years away, it can still detect signals from the earth and satellites orbiting the earth.
"How long does it take to complete the jump?"
The spacecraft is now moving forward at full speed. Although it has not yet reached the speed of light, Yu Zhiqian can see that the planet outside has been stretched too fast.
"There is still about one minute left to reach the jumping point. According to the energy response of the jumping point, the opponent thinks it will take about three minutes to complete the jump!"
"Where did the other side come from!"
"The specific jump time point cannot be detected, but according to the energy response wavelength, the opponent may have jumped from an area of more than 10,000 light years!"
"so far?"
"Yes!"
Yu Zhiqian couldn't understand the technology of time and space jump, but an unknown civilization 10,000 light years away came to the earth and said that it was the ambassador of peace on the other side. Yu Zhiqian really didn't believe it, and there was a time and space jump point close to the earth. What do you think? They all seem to be headed for the earth.
When Yu Zhiqian came to the time and space jump point, he felt a little familiar and couldn't help but rang the sound of a detector that was around Mars last time. He couldn't help but frowned: "Last time, I remember that a similar device was found around Mars, but it was just a detection device. The devices all belong to Yiqu people!
After hearing Yu Zhiqian's words, the deputy robot immediately turned on the scanning device, searched around Mars, and found the detector Yu Zhiqian said: "That is a signal detector, which can detect the information of spacecraft passing nearby. It is a low-level surveillance system for advanced civilizations." A means of waiting for civilization!”
"What's the meaning?"
"Higher civilizations in the universe need to plunder the resources of lower civilizations to improve themselves, because the planets where civilizations appear have the basic materials needed for life, and these materials will more or less strengthen high-level civilizations to a certain extent. Therefore, advanced civilizations will randomly place detectors in some areas. Once energy fluctuations are detected, they will be monitored and transmitted back, so..."
"You mean, Earth's civilization has been exposed?"
"Your Excellency Commander, Earth's civilization has been exposed since the moment the first satellite was launched into the sky. However, because the energy is too small, higher civilizations will not pay too much attention to it. However, the last time your spacecraft passed by, it may have been detected. It may have It will be considered that you already have basic space exploration capabilities!"
"So the spacecraft coming this time may be heading for the earth!"
"There is a 90% probability that it is coming to the earth!"
After hearing this, Yu Zhiqian nodded slowly. The system was so eager to give the spaceship to him before, obviously because it was worried about an accident. Now it seems that it is indeed the case. Even if Yu Zhiqian does not engage in space tourism, humans will still explore Mars if they prepare to do so. Once discovered, humans may not be able to resist by then!
"If it is discovered by an alien civilization, what will happen to the earth's civilization?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, if the Earth's civilization cannot resist the invasion of higher civilizations, it will become a colonial planet for lower civilizations. The so-called colonial planets are to continuously mine some minerals needed by higher civilizations, and then transport them back to higher civilizations to use them as resources. When the collection is over, the life of the earth is basically over!”
"Is this battle necessary?"
"It has been clearly detected that the detectors around Mars are Yiquren's detectors. If the spacecraft coming out of the space jump point is Yiquren, then it is certain that the Yiquren detection and reconnaissance team will follow up after determining the situation on the earth. The colonial battleships are rushing to Earth!"
"So, kill them?"
"If it is shot down, it can only buy the commander about a month of earth time. After one month, if the Yiqu people's detection spacecraft does not send back any information, the Yiqu people will send a certain size..."
After Yu Zhiqian heard this, he fell into silence. He did not expect that this would be the result.
"A month?"
Yu Zhiqian raised his head and looked at the starry sky. A huge crisis on the earth had actually appeared.
At the time-space jump point, the surrounding space has begun to distort, and a Yiqu people's spaceship is making a time-space jump.
The Yiqu people are all giants, with an average height of more than five meters, so their spaceship is also very huge. At this time, in the control room of the spacecraft, the three Yiqu people were bored and closed their eyes to rest.
When jumping in time and space, the spacecraft will interrupt all calls and signal transmission. Everyone has no entertainment activities and can only be in a daze quietly. People who have been wandering in the universe all year round have long been accustomed to it. This time it is only a 10,000 light-year jump. , it only takes three days to complete. If it is more than 30,000 light-years away and there is no entertainment activity for seven or eight days, everyone will go crazy.
"Didn't it appear that there were some ancient civilizations just now receiving signals from the Earth more than 30 years ago? How come space tourism is already happening now!"
The commander of the Seeker said slowly and leisurely.
"You know this place, I don't even know it!"
"You may not have taken a good history class, so you don't know this history. Our civilization visited this planet a long time ago. If you read the book carefully, you will know that at that time they still relied on the most primitive form of transportation, the horse. You Have you seen it?"
"I haven't seen it before. I can't afford that thing now. It is said that only the rich people in Zhongzhou Star can afford it!"
"Well, I don't know what's going on with that planet. I hope we can find a planet with high resources. In this case, we can occupy some places in advance and make a fortune!"
The Yiqu people were already a cosmic civilization tens of thousands of years ago. This kind of human beings are recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas on Earth. At that time, they first visited the Earth. However, at that time, the production capacity of the Earth's people was backward and it was impossible to exploit them. It was something that was needed, so I just skipped it, leaving a detector to wait for later development, and then come over for colonization.
This method is the most commonly used method among cosmic civilizations. As for why not help the people on earth improve their technology and then let them mine it? Just kidding, how long will it take to teach a group of barbarians to use tools? It also has to be transported from the other side of the distant galaxy.
Equipment, these all require manpower and material resources. The purpose of colonizing planets is to plunder wealth rather than invest.
As long as they wait for the planet to develop, wait for the technology to reach a certain level and be able to exploit the resources they need, and then send people over to occupy it, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?
The Yiqu people have a very long lifespan, more than ten times longer than the people on Earth. They can afford to wait. They have been colonizing the planet in this way for tens of thousands of years, and the effect is very good. The investment is almost zero and the return is high, so the Yiqu people also
We are implementing this plan unswervingly.
"Maybe, but I looked at the ancient information and it seems that the people on that planet are roughly similar to us, but they are all like dwarfs and dwarfs!"
In the eyes of the Yiqu people, whose average height is five meters, earthlings are indeed dwarfs.
"Okay, the time jump is about to end, and the energy shield is ready to be activated to avoid being attacked by others!"
"I know, what kind of enemies can there be in this poor place? Could the Trisolarans appear here? It's so remote, I think the Trisolarans don't even know about this place!"
Even so, the Yiqu people quickly opened the energy shield and turned on the weapon system. This is some common sense in space navigation, because when the spacecraft jumps in time and space, the energy fluctuations are too huge and can be easily captured.
Easily caught by others.
Some interstellar pirates will basically stay near the time and space jump point. When a spaceship completes the jump, they will instantly launch an attack, causing the spacecraft to lose power, and then they can easily rob the spacecraft!
"Countdown to completion of jump, 10.9.8..."
When the countdown ended, the spacecraft had arrived at the edge of the Milky Way solar system from a distance of 10,000 light-years. Then a faint blue light flashed past, and the spacecraft's protection system was activated.
"Let me tell you, there could be someone attacking us in this place, it would make a big fuss!"
When wandering in the universe, there is danger at any time. When encountering a spaceship, both parties will turn on their weapon systems. The universe is so big. If someone robs you, they will directly sink you. There is no law to restrain it.
"What's on the other side?"
As soon as they finished speaking, they saw a spaceship much larger than them floating quietly in space not far from them.
"Damn it, it's a battleship!"
"Why is there a battleship here? Is he also preparing to make a time jump? Is it our ship? Why don't I see the sign of our ship!"
A Yiqu man asked three questions in a row. On the planet where he made a living, he encountered a strange spaceship, and the other party was much more powerful than him.
"Have you ever seen a spaceship that is about to jump turn on its weapons system? Damn it, surrender. At least the spaceship will not be sunk, and at most it will lose some money, but it is not okay to drive a battleship to rob a remote planet like this.
I know what the captain of this fleet thinks!"
"Should we jump right now?"
"It takes half an hour to prepare for the jump. Do you think the other side can't feel the energy fluctuations of our spaceship? Damn it, I don't want to die so early. Even if I am captured by pirates and taken away to work on some colonial planet, I will die in a few decades.
I can live, but I don’t want to die in outer space!
In the colonial era, everyone cherished their lives. Yes, they cherished their lives. Most countries in the interstellar era controlled resources that exceeded the population limit. Everyone enjoyed these various benefits, so everyone did not want to die.
Everyone wants to work hard to survive, so when they encounter an irresistible enemy, most people will choose to surrender.
When encountering interstellar pirates, most of the time, if you can't defeat them, the best way is to surrender immediately. After surrendering, the interstellar pirates will either plunder the spacecraft for supplies and energy, but generally will not take the spacecraft away.
Or rob the entire spaceship, but there are not many people who do this, because if you rob cargo and other materials, it is very easy to do it, but if you rob the spaceship, it is more difficult to do it, and you will be easily caught, so it is more difficult to do it.
Most pirates would not choose this.
Of course, there are also some pirates who will capture people and sell them to some planets. Because human resources are precious, people have become valuable. Some resources and minerals can only be mined by human beings because robots cannot operate.
These people will all be sold here.
Of course, some people are sold to some planets to work as service personnel. The more advanced civilization people are, the more popular they are on such planets.
"Okay, but I think we should ask them as a routine. If they have no ill intentions, would it be too stupid for us to surrender directly?"
The commander of the battleship whispered, and the others looked at each other and nodded: "Okay, I think so. Enter the public communication channel and see what the other party is planning to do. Maybe they are just
It's just that I noticed energy fluctuations and entered a combat state.
On the spaceship, Yu Zhiqian looked at the spaceship that appeared in the distance and touched his chin. This spaceship was about the same size as his previous star-level spacecraft. The system estimated that the combat power was even lower than his star-level spacecraft. The Yiqu people sent this
Plant a spaceship to kill Yu Zhiqian.
Some people on the spaceship who were not playing games also saw the spaceship appearing on the opposite side. They couldn't help but panic and looked at each other: "What happened? Why is there a spaceship?"
"Have we encountered aliens?"
"I don't know, is Yu Zhiqian planning to sell us to aliens?"
There was some panic in the entire spaceship. When Yu Zhiqian found out, he turned on the radio: "Don't panic, everyone. This spaceship is an alien spacecraft we encountered by chance. It belongs to the Yiqu people. We are negotiating!"
Yu Zhiqian didn't know how to negotiate, so he could only look at the auxiliary robot beside him. He often fought, but they were all on the ground. Fighting Yu Zhiqian in space was really just once.
"Commander, there is no need to worry. After evaluation, even if the opponent empties all their energy, they will not be able to break through the ship's defense. We only need one shot to penetrate their energy shield!"
The words of the auxiliary robot made Yu Zhiqian feel a little more at ease. After all, the opponent could not beat him, and he was the kind who tried his best to hit himself, but could not penetrate his own defense.
"Then can I communicate with the other party? Ask the other party what they want to do!"
The auxiliary robot slowly shook its mechanical head: "Your Excellency, Commander, when encountering such a situation in the interstellar, it is usually the disadvantaged party who speaks. They will ask about our demands. If they can satisfy us, They will try their best to satisfy them, and many spaceships will rob other spaceships when they encounter them in space!"
