Chapter 210 The initiative must always be in your own hands "Mr. Fox, I'm sorry you can't rest for a while." "It's okay, you can always ask me anything you want to know." The fox's attitude remained unchanged, that is, absolute cooperation. Fan Ren had some guesses about this, but it would take some time for him to understand it further. He said, "How much do you know about the construction technology of that dreadnought?" Fox shook his head and said, "The technology of this dreadnought is the legacy of our civilization. I can provide you with the technology for hull construction and theoretical technology for structure. But I'm sorry, the firepower configuration, armor repair technology and other technologies on this ship are not our civilization's own technologies. These are the technologies that our civilization bought in the star market back then. I don’t know much about this, I was just a combatant of our civilization, I’m not good at technology.” Hearing this, Fan Ren was immediately surprised. He always thought that the Fox Civilization could compete with the powerful Sirius Civilization. Although it has been defeated and extinct now, it at least has certain technical strength.
But they never expected that, except for the hull material and structural design, all other aspects of the opponent's dreadnought were purchased. Wait, Star Domain Market, this is a term I have never heard of before. Fan Ren hurriedly asked, "What's going on with the Star Domain Market?" Fox answered whatever he had to say, and immediately said: "In the central region of the Milky Way, as the area with the richest resources, there are five major civilizations that constitute the Milky Way Alliance. Under the rules they set, broadly speaking, whether it is the Sirius civilization, your civilization, or other civilizations hiding in the corners and never showing up, as long as they are carbon-based creatures and born in the Milky Way, they are all part of the Galactic Alliance. Under this rule, all civilizations are eligible to go to the star field free trade market formed by them in the center of the Milky Way and freely buy any possible things and technologies. " Fox said this, looking at the detention room, and said with emotion: "Even a complete Titan-class battleship can be bought as long as you have enough star coins." After he finished speaking, the meeting room fell silent. They had previously focused their attention on the Sirius civilization that was right in front of them, and thus ignored other civilizations that were farther away in the Milky Way. I didn't expect that there is such an organization in the center of the Milky Way. "Describe in detail everything you know about these five civilizations, as well as everything about the star market and the Galactic Alliance." Hearing the human's somewhat urgent question, the fox nodded and began to introduce calmly. The historical origins of the five advanced civilizations in the central region of the Milky Way have long been impossible to verify. All we know is that the other party has formed the Galactic Alliance and established a free-trading star market. As long as they are carbon-based biological civilizations and have the initial ability to navigate the star system, they can go and register to become a formal member of the Galactic Alliance. not only that. On several arms of the Milky Way, there are space gates built by these five major civilizations, which can directly connect all the way to the central area. Any spacecraft can pass through these space gates harmlessly. Its purpose is to promote trade and technological exchanges among various carbon-based civilizations. These five civilizations seemed to be the supreme rulers who were high above. They firmly controlled the star market and collected taxes from it.
But perhaps it was because the fox's knowledge was limited, or perhaps the distance was too far. Even if it went through the space gate, it would take a very long time to arrive. Moreover, the fox also revealed that the road to the center of the galaxy was not safe. For example, a few doors ahead of the Alpha Centauri gate is the capital star of Sirius. In order to pass through that star gate, one must obtain the consent of the Sirius civilization. Further ahead, there are various interstellar pirates lurking around the star gate at any time, waiting for passing spaceships from other civilizations to plunder them. As he said, the universe is not safe. There was one more thing he didn't say, that they themselves were a pirate group. However, due to their lack of strength, they can only hide in remote corners. And the fox also said that no spacecraft has passed through the star gate of the Alpha Centauri system for nearly a hundred years. It's very poor here! With the other party's introduction, a larger chapter of the universe than what they had previously understood slowly unfolded before everyone's eyes. There is not only the Sirius civilization, but also the five hegemonic civilizations in the center of the galaxy. Judging from the fox's introduction, these five overlords seemed to have no ill intentions. They just sat in their high positions with peace of mind, collecting taxes from transactions between civilizations. But no one in the meeting really thought so. "What are star coins?" Fan Ren did not dwell on it for too long and asked a key question. "It is a virtual currency jointly issued by the five major civilizations and can be used throughout the Milky Way. The central bank is located in the central star system of the Milky Way. And branches are set up in the capital planets of the major civilizations in the region. The nearest branch is the capital planet of Sirius." Fox spread his hands and said helplessly: "Unfortunately, I have to tell you that there are still tens of thousands of star coins in our pirate group's account, but how much are these star coins worth?" He thought for a while and then said, "Let's compare it with silver-like supermetals. One million tons of silver-like supermetals cost about 1 star coin. And these silver-like supermetals, after atomic-level processing, cannot even be used to build a space shuttle." The fox paused, then dealt another severe blow to Fanren. “This price is for products that must be transported to the central area in person. Of course, they also have a star market set up in the Sirius capital star field, but you know the prices. Another way is to use a smuggling company's transportation contract and hand over your goods to them for transportation to any place you want to go. Similarly, the price often exceeds the value of the goods themselves. The methods I mentioned are the only ways for most low-level civilizations to earn star coins. I'm sorry I didn't just refer to your civilization. Because you don’t have technology and products that can be sold at a high price.” From the other party's words, Fan Ren finally understood why the fox civilization could build such a powerful warship relying only on material processing technology and structural technology of its own design.
Sell resources and buy equipment! This scene is so similar to the many small countries in the former Blue Star civilization. After Fox said this, not only him, but everyone present including Ye Rongshan was stunned. “Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that civilizations can freely declare war on each other, but the prerequisite is that they need to pay a huge fee to the Galactic Alliance. I am not satisfied with what you said. Our home planet's civilization was unable to keep up with the financial resources. Rather than being defeated by the Sirius civilization, it is more accurate to say that it was a tragedy caused by the inability to afford weapons and resources after the economic collapse. That's why I ended up forming a pirate group." Fan Ren nodded, and his whole mind suddenly became clear. I finally understood why the fox said before that Sirius looked down on the civilization of the solar system. This is the key point. Declaration of war! On the other hand, in the eyes of the other side, the value of today's solar system civilization is not even as great as the cost of declaring war. "Thank you. If you have other questions in the future, I hope you can maintain this cooperative attitude. This is your opportunity." Fan Ren's words were very vague, but the fox on the other side relaxed after hearing them. At least for the time being, there will be no threat to life. As a wanderer who survived the civilization extinction war, he couldn't just die here. Ah Dai directly cut off the unilateral communication here. In the conference room, Fan Ren looked at Ye Rongshan standing beside him, only to see a hint of surprise on his face. Now I was surprised by the simple and crude structure of the Milky Way described by the fox. The same is true for all benevolent people. This seems very magical, but when you think about it carefully, it is very real. He calmed himself down and said slowly: "Based on the other party's description, I think we must make adjustments to our future development." He looked at everyone in the meeting and said solemnly: "Obviously, in this universe, there are not only crises, but even major crises that endanger survival, but at the same time, there are also various opportunities. For example, this so-called interstellar market, it gives us an opportunity!" "Ah Dai, our annual maximum output of silver-like supermetal, converted into star coins at the rate of 1 tons for star coin, is approximately how much?" "23 star coins! That's 230 billion tons." Hearing this, Fan Ren's mouth twitched. so little! During the meeting, after hearing Ah Dai's reply, not only Fan Ren, but everyone else had different expressions on their faces. Only at this moment did I understand what the fox had said before, that is, why the Sirius civilization had to use means to oppress other civilizations within its sphere of influence and collect basic minerals for them. The root lies in the star coins! And obviously, according to the fox's introduction, the technical strength of the Sirius civilization itself may not be particularly strong, but they can use a large amount of basic resources to exchange for star coins, and then purchase weapons and equipment to maintain their absolute strength in this star field. At this point in the meeting, the general situation has become very clear. Then, we need to discuss how to deal with it. Ye Rongshan sat next to him and said nothing. He looked at Fan Ren who was in deep thought, with anticipation in his eyes.
Sensing that he was being paid attention to, Fan Ren turned around and gave Mr. Ye a confident smile. "So, we'll do it in two stages." "Because the development of our civilization is not very impressive at present, the leakage of electromagnetic wave signals still remains at the current level. At the same time, we will vigorously develop the mining of basic minerals in the coming period. We will consume part of these minerals ourselves, and sell part of them on the star market. Regarding the sales method and the plan for contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, this will be discussed later. At the same time, we still need to vigorously develop scientific research. In this regard, Xinghai will maintain the attitude of the past 50 years and devote all our financial resources to scientific research. From Fox's description, we can actually see that even though the Sirius civilization may not be as technologically strong as we imagined, they only rely on purchased equipment and technology to maintain their deterrence against surrounding forces and their high-pressure rule over the forces under their command. What we need to know is that although our current technological strength is still very backward, the technology and weapons and equipment we purchase ultimately require a huge amount of basic resources in exchange. From another perspective, if we can design and manufacture a spacecraft of the same level and performance as that dreadnought one day in the future, then it is conceivable that by then, we will be able to maintain our position against the Sirius civilization with just this one skill.” Fan Ren's tone was a little excited. He is very confident in technology. He has a civilization spark system in his mind, which gives him an absolute advantage in technological research and he will not be stuck on a certain technology for too long. The only thing missing is time. However, time can now be traded for resources. They can use the star coins obtained from resources to purchase some weapons and equipment, as well as some affordable technologies, to enable the Blue Star civilization to have the ability to protect itself. After all, there are some other civilizations within ten light years around. If you act like a turtle for too long, you will inevitably reveal your true colors occasionally. If you keep hiding behind closed doors, you might be attacked by other civilizations in the future. This time it was the Fox Pirates. They were poor and had only one dreadnought, and they were captured because they were careless and underestimated the enemy. So what about next time? Who can guarantee that other civilizations will only send one dreadnought like the Fox Pirates? You know, this thing may be expensive, but considering the size of a civilization, it is not unaffordable. Just 30 light years away, on the capital star of Sirius, there are several Titan-class warships. Of course, according to Fox's description, this Titan-class battleship of the pre-human civilization seemed to be more advanced, because its size was 20 kilometers larger than the conventional Titan-class battleship. This was difficult for the fox to understand, and Ah Dai and Fan Ren were not clear about it either. But none of this matters. The Conqueror can only be used as a trump card in times of extinction crisis. In a conventional war, it will always remain in the state of a research laboratory, or in stealth mode and hide. Fan Ren looked at everyone in the conference room and saw that no one objected, so he continued, "When we grow to a certain scale, we will build a space gate in the solar system." When he said this, he saw that everyone's eyes were a little solemn, but Fan Ren did not show any fear and said firmly: "This is a path that must be taken. At that time, we will go to the capital of Sirius and sell the materials we can produce there, which may be ore or other materials. In this way, we can buy other technologies and weapons and equipment we need." Fan Ren paused for a moment, and at this moment in the meeting, even the breathing seemed to have stopped.
“By then, our human civilization will be completely exposed in the Milky Way and will officially become a member of the Galactic Alliance. By then, perhaps for a period of time, because of the cost of declaring war, we may still have some opportunities for safe development. But the cruel thing is that once we develop to a certain level, we will inevitably attract the interest of other civilizations, and then war will be inevitable." When the mortal said this, his gaze turned to the fox in the holding room, a smile appearing on his lips. "Thank you Mr. Fox for giving us such a huge amount of information." Then he said with a hint of determination in his eyes: "The next step is the other stage I want to talk about. If we can develop stably to that stage, then after determining the strength of the civilizations in the surrounding galaxies, we will use the Alpha Centauri system as a hub to conduct trade and technological exchanges with the surrounding galaxies. Of course, war might break out. But the point I want to make is that war will not disappear just because you hide in the solar system. Through the fox's words, we can clearly see that when a civilization develops to a certain stage, the resources of the galaxy are simply unable to meet their development needs. At this time, it could be trade or it could be war. In short, expansion is the eternal theme of civilization development." After Fan Ren finished speaking, no one objected and everyone fell silent. The meeting ended in silence. But Mr. Ye and Liu Shengzhan did not leave. Of course, when there were only three of them in the meeting, Ye Rongshan looked at Fan Ren very seriously for a long time for the first time. Then he shook his head and said, "I don't really support your idea. To be honest, it's too radical." At this moment, even Liu Shengzhan, who had always been radical, couldn't help but nodded. Fan Ren's eyes flickered and he sighed. The fox's words revealed a massive galactic alliance. But at the same time, it also reveals a very realistic and cruel thing. Just because something has no value doesn’t mean it’s absolutely safe. It’s just the cost of declaring war! Why are so many forces under the Sirius civilization struggling to make ends meet? Isn't it because after being defeated in a war, they become slaves of the enemy and can only make a living in this way? So how can we be sure that when human civilization is detected by the other side in the future, the other side will not treat human civilization in the same way? Instead of passively expecting others to show mercy, it is better to actively develop your own strength. As for development, perhaps we can accumulate technology slowly by working behind closed doors. But who can guarantee the absolute safety of human civilization during this time? No one can guarantee it. He has a system. As long as he can get access to other technologies, whether it is reverse engineering or analogy, the experience value of his system will definitely increase significantly.
His technology unlocking speed will also increase rapidly in a short period of time. By then, with technology in hand, they will truly have an umbrella of protection for development, rather than just relying on the high cost of declaring war and praying that the other side will "look down on" them and let them go, as described now. That's so insecure. Fan Ren looked solemn and looked straight at Ye Rongshan without any reservations. Then he said slowly, "Master Ye, believe me. I will always lead Daxia on the right path. The initiative must always be in our own hands.” (End of this chapter)