Chapter 245: Sirius Prime Star
Perhaps having received information from the front, this fleet’s passage was not subject to any kind of inspection this time.
Fan Ren inside the Peace Messenger saw this situation and couldn’t help but nod inwardly.
At the very least, up to now, this warring civilization that the fox described as extremely terrifying and vicious did not show any aggressive demeanor.
On the contrary, in its attitude toward civilizations at the end of the arm like them, the Sirius Civilization even behaved ‘courteously’.
Thinking of this, Fan Ren couldn’t help but turn his head to look at the fox.
In the fox’s small eyes gazing at the ships belonging to the navy ahead, undisguised hatred was revealed.
Sure enough, one’s butt decides one’s head.
Led by the Peace Messenger, the fleet smoothly entered the Star Gate one after another without hindrance.
This was the second-to-last Star Gate on the route to the Sirius Civilization’s capital star.
After passing through this Star Gate, they still needed to go through a Transfer Star Gate before arriving at the Sirius Civilization.
For spaceships with Warp Engines, this route would take about 5 minutes to complete all processes, including Star Gate traversal.
Meanwhile, the Peace Messenger fleet took nearly 2 months to slowly approach the final Transfer Star Gate.
In the command room of the Peace Messenger, Fan Ren looked at the listless fox and Mai Er, who showed no enthusiasm for life whatsoever, and the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but curve into a smile.
“Alright, on the way back, I can let you enter the Hibernation Pods.”
As the words fell, amid the surprised looks in their eyes, the fleet slowly sailed into the Star Gate.
Sirius Civilization’s capital star domain, this was a star system spanning 200 light years with only one yellow dwarf star.
Unlike the Alpha Centauri star system, although the two had nearly identical sizes, the difference was that the Sirius Prime star system had as many as 23 planets.
Moreover, being selected as the capital star system, it was also one of the very few star systems where the number of rocky planets outnumbered gas giant planets.
According to Mai Er’s introduction, this was, up to this point, the most prosperous star system in the direction behind the arm.
Just like the star systems passed earlier, the rocky planets here had not been excessively mined; instead, many rocky planets here had undergone ecological transformation.
These planets after ecological transformation basically had atmospheric environments suitable for carbon-based organisms to survive.
Here, almost every rocky planet was home to a massive number of intelligent lifeforms from the Sirius Civilization.
The spaceship slowly appeared in deep space.
For this unfamiliar star system, Fan Ren immediately sensed how it differed from the previous two star systems.
It was extremely ‘vibrant’.
In his line of sight, far away, a super massive space building was suspended in space.
At the docking bay entrance of this building, a dense multitude of various types of ships were constantly coming and going.
“This is the interstellar logistics transfer station here, affiliated with the Five Great Super Civilizations.”
Mai Er stared fixedly at the building ahead, unable to hide a trace of envy in his tone.
The interstellar logistics controlled by the Five Great Super Civilizations had profits so lucrative that they made all civilizations drool.
Even in his heart, there was always a suspicion.
The fox beside him unreservedly voiced his thought:
“The reason there are so many pirates roaming the Milky Way Galaxy is very likely the deliberate indulgence by these Five Great Civilizations.
Because only in this way would civilizations without the strength to form escort fleets hand over cargo transportation work to them and pay a huge price for it.
Taking a interstellar logistics cargo ship with a capacity of 1.2 million cubic meters, it can transport about 12 billion tons of silver-like super metal, worth 1.2 million Star Coins.
But the outrageous part is that a single transportation fee is as high as 2 million Star Coins.
At this point, each civilization’s material processing technology comes into play.
With molecular-level compression technology, 100 cubic meters of silver-like super metal can be compressed to 1 cubic meter.
After compression by this process, filling 1.2 million cubic meters would actually make money.
This is also one of the reasons why various civilizations focus their main efforts on material processing technology.
After all, this is a technology that can bring real profits.”
Fan Ren nodded slightly, not paying attention to these matters.
The material processing technology obtained from the fox could already compress 1,000 cubic meters of silver-like super metal down to 1 cubic meter.
According to the fox’s introduction, if a cargo ship were fully loaded, the value would reach 120 million.
With this profit, the 2 million logistics transportation fee didn’t seem so expensive anymore.
He didn’t mind at all the fox’s claim about the Five Great Super Civilizations allowing pirates to roam.
After all, the Azure Phoenix Legion’s current identity was that of a pirate group.
His gaze turned to the star map, which displayed the main information content within this star system.
As the capital star system and a necessary Star Gate route to the Galactic Core, although this was the rearmost part of the arm, it still housed many Galactic Alliance agencies.
Besides interstellar logistics, there was also a branch of the Starfield Market.
That is, without going to the Galactic Core, one could directly query all products available for sale across the entire Milky Way Galaxy star domains at the branch, and complete transactions via remote ordering and entrusting interstellar logistics for transportation.
Fan Ren’s gaze steadied, and his mind couldn’t help but fall into contemplation.
As expected, the Galactic Alliance’s real-time communication system, with no delay and spanning tens of thousands of light years across star systems, was undoubtedly achieved through space technology.
After all, theoretically, apart from cosmic expansion, only the quantum entanglement effect could achieve such faster-than-light phenomena.
But the quantum entanglement effect had many uncontrollable factors.
Fan Ren had unlocked this technology through the system, but this communication method had limitations.
According to the system’s description, without fusion with other unexpected technologies, the maximum distance for effective information communication via quantum entanglement could not exceed 1 light year.
Yet the distance from here to the Galactic Core was a terrifying 25,000 light years.
At such a distance, nothing but space technology could achieve it.
One gravitational wave, one space technology.
Both were still somewhat distant for humanity at present.
Besides these, there was also the Galactic Alliance’s Central Bank branch, similarly controlled by the Five Great Super Civilizations.
Here, every civilization could open an exclusive Star Coin account for itself.
According to Mai Er’s earlier introduction, this central bank was a key means by which the Five Great Civilizations controlled all Galactic civilizations.
Here, not only could civilization entities open exclusive accounts, but individuals, even pirates, could freely open exclusive accounts.
Moreover, it would absolutely keep personal information confidential.
And this central bank was also the only bank responsible for managing and operating Star Coins.
