Chapter 236: Doubts
Cruelty means that in the Galactic Alliance, one can reasonably and without reason, simply by paying a certain fee, legally declare war on other civilizations.
For example, human trafficking is actually legal trade.
These are undoubtedly cruel.
Illogical means that the development of civilizations does not rely on improving technological strength, but solely on selling large amounts of resources to purchase weapons and equipment, spaceships, and other high-tech products to improve strength.
With strength, one has the qualification to expand territory.
How to put it?
Fan Ren couldn’t help but think of the five super civilizations in the galactic core.
Perhaps all of this development is under their deliberate control.
After figuring this out, he continued to ask: “Tell me about your army.”
Mai Er, upon hearing this, put away his sad emotions and replied: “Our Hans Civilization currently has five small flagship aircraft carriers, over 100,000 battleships, 200,000 cruisers, and nearly one million various small specialized ships.
All of the above numbers are fully assembled spaceship warships.
Excluding these, we currently still have over 50,000 battleships waiting for assembly.”
“No money?”
Fan Ren raised a seemingly ridiculous question.
Mai Er nodded helplessly upon hearing this: “Yes, we have no money to purchase the assembly for these over 50,000 battleships.
The reserves of the few rocky planets remaining under our civilization are not much, and these funds must be temporarily reserved for other uses.”
“Declaration of war?”
Fan Ren raised his eyebrows, looking at Mai Er with deep meaning on his face.
“Wise as you are, exactly. These are reserved in case unexpected situations arise, such as that Solar System Civilization suddenly registering in the Galactic Alliance during the war, then our civilization would have to pay a declaration of war fee, so this money is reserved for emergencies.”
“Why was that civilization existing in the Solar System singled out by you? There are not a few civilizations around here with strength similar to yours, why specifically you?”
Mai Er hesitated upon hearing this, his gaze subconsciously glancing at Dan Wu not far away.
Dan Wu’s face showed no expression, and he lifted the gun barrel slightly.
That pair of lifeless eyes made Mai Er not doubt at all that the other would hesitate on the option of pulling the trigger.
“Our civilization previously observed a campaign erupting at that galaxy edge.”
After saying this, his gaze glanced at the Fox nearby, and he continued.
“The ultra-long-range detection technology procured by our civilization from the Starfield Market is a technology that uses gravitational wave detection methods, and it is extremely expensive.
But with the support of this technology, we were able to detect some details of that war.
We know that a dreadnought warship appeared there.
And obviously, within ten light years around here, the only civilization with a dreadnought warship is the Fox Pirate Group’s one, which originates from a legacy left by their civilization.
Therefore, we determined that the Fox Pirate Group had appeared here.
As a long-established pirate group, the Fox Pirate Group does not have any large-scale conventional firepower under its command.
Perhaps because of some issues between them and the Sirius Civilization, the Fox Pirate Group’s activities are extremely cautious.
This is the first time in nearly a hundred years that we have discovered their traces.
Since they dared to appear here, it must mean there is value here worth their attention.
At the same time, we discovered that the civilization here has not registered in the Galactic Alliance.
So at that time, we determined that this is a galaxy where an emerging civilization exists, rather than as recorded in the Galactic Alliance, a dead galaxy with no resources.”
Fan Ren’s eyes flickered as he said softly: “Does the Galactic Alliance have records about the Solar System?”
Mai Er nodded upon hearing this: “Yes, it is recorded that this is a recorded galaxy that has long been mined empty.
This is also one of the reasons why, all along, that place and the Ross 154 system have had no civilizations visiting.
Even if a new civilization is born there, before their population develops to a certain extent, no other civilizations would be willing to spend large amounts of resources to invest there.”
Fan Ren breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, doubts arose in his heart.
The Solar System actually has recorded information in the Galactic Alliance.
And the most crucial point is that this information is not real, obviously having a certain misleading nature.
That is, the resources of several planets in the Solar System were not mined empty, but have never been mined at all.
What is the reason for this!
Glancing at the Fox, the other also couldn’t help but show confusion.
Fan Ren secretly put away these thoughts to ponder slowly later. He turned his gaze to Mai Er, thought for a moment, and continued to ask: “According to what you said, you were attracted here by the traces of the Fox Pirate Group, so what about the other civilizations around here? Would they also detect this information?”
Upon hearing this, Mai Er shook his head: “Probably not. The probe satellites for this gravitational wave detection technology are extremely expensive.
If our civilization were not facing a resource crisis, we would not spend huge sums to procure such equipment.
Of course, that war was definitely noticed, but we don’t know how these civilizations specifically judged it.”
Fan Ren breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
This is good; he even hopes that humanity will never be discovered, so they can slowly and steadily develop science and technology.
But this is obviously not very likely.
However, for now, it seems there is still some time left for Human Civilization.
But going to register in the Galactic Alliance, this issue can no longer be delayed.
He looked at Mai Er and asked again: “As you said, your Hans Civilization’s resources are extremely critical, so don’t you have any thoughts of exploring in other directions?”
Mai Er couldn’t help but smile bitterly again upon hearing this.
“No opportunity. The key star gate hubs to the galactic core are all controlled by various Level 3 civilizations.
These star gates allow civilian fleets of a certain scale to navigate freely, but involving armies is completely impossible.
And further back, as you know, we are at the end of the arm here, and beyond that is basically a piece of interstellar space spanning billions of light years.
We have no way to retreat.”
As Mai Er said this, a hint of deathly pallor appeared in his eyes.
He continued: “Actually, at the root, it’s not just our Hans Civilization; the other civilizations around here are in similar situations to ours.
Perhaps in decades or centuries, when the planetary resources they hold are exhausted, they will ultimately be left with only two paths.
One, submit to the Sirius Civilization, become a subordinate civilization under them, and provide human resource value for their development.
Two, declare war on the Sirius Civilization and completely eliminate this roadblock on the way to the galactic core.”
A gleam appeared in his eyes as he murmured: “The closer to the galactic core, the richer the resources there.
There are many unclaimed galaxies!
Very many!
As long as you have manpower, material resources, and the ability to defend the galaxies there to a certain extent, you can freely mine the required resources!”
