Chapter 235 The Cruelty of the River Alliance Mail looked at the fox, his eyes revealing a strong sense of exploration. Seeing this, Fan Ren couldn't help but smile slightly. He nodded and said, "You guessed right. Go on." Hearing this, Maile turned around and a flattering smile appeared on his face again. "Our Hans civilization was registered in the Galactic Alliance 200 years ago. At that time, the Alliance rated us as a standard second-level civilization." "How to evaluate and what are the evaluation criteria?" Fan Ren interrupted when he heard this. Melton paused, with some doubts in his mind, but when he saw the armed man pointing an electromagnetic rifle at him, he became obviously timid. “It was assessed by the Alliance Committee of the Joint Organization of the Five Super Civilizations. Their standard is that a civilization that possesses intra-planetary navigation technology is a first-class civilization. When it reaches the stage where it can travel across galaxies, it will be classified as a level two civilization. The third-level civilization is different from this assessment method. According to their standards, only civilizations with super flagships can be selected as third-level civilizations.
As for the fourth-level civilization, only civilizations that have made breakthroughs in space technology can be rated as fourth-level civilizations. Oh, by the way, according to the standards of the Galactic Alliance, the five super civilizations in the center of the Milky Way are now level five civilizations." After he finished speaking, Fan Ren nodded secretly in his heart. What he said was basically the same as what the fox said. The only difference was that he knew more. This may be because the other party is a high-level member of the Hans civilization, and since the Hans civilization is now active, he naturally has a clearer understanding of the rules of the River Alliance. It's a good target for intelligence exploration. "continue!" Upon hearing this, Mailer glanced at Fanren's face, and when he saw his satisfied expression, a hint of joy suddenly appeared on his face. “As a second-level civilization, our Hans civilization currently has a population of 150 billion. Among them, 120 billion people are engaged in mining, 5 million are in the military, and the rest are infants and young children who are temporarily unable to move. At present, our civilization owns territories including the Tiancang 5 and 6 star systems. There are 7 rocky planets and 12 gas planets in these two galaxies. However, by the time our expedition fleet set out, two of the seven Earth-like planets under our civilization had been completely harvested. The reserves of silver-like supermetals on the remaining four planets have also begun to become critical. Based on the amount of mining done by our civilization in recent years, it is estimated that the silver-like supermetals on these Earth-like planets will be mined out within 100 years. Oh, if calculated according to the specific time, there should be 75 years left. Moreover, as the population grows and more people are engaged in mining, I think this time will be shortened to 50 years. That is to say, if our civilization has not discovered any new rocky planets in 50 years, then we will only have one last way to go.” "What way?" After being interrupted by Fan Ren, Maile's eyes revealed a hint of gloom, and then he continued: "Join the Sirius civilization, become a secondary civilization under their command, accept their protection, and work for them, that is, mining."
Hearing this, Fan Ren was somewhat puzzled and asked, "Why not develop technology to improve productivity in other areas? Why are we so eager to join the Sirius civilization?" Maier shook his head and said, "There is no chance. Do you understand? The R&D investment cost of a technology far exceeds the price of mature products in the star domain market. And you must know clearly that there is no shortage of space technology that only level 4 civilizations have in the star domain market. This kind of technology cannot be solved by time. If it were that simple, then there would be some very ancient third-level civilizations in the Galactic Alliance, but they still cannot find the key to the door of space technology. Not to mention, we are a low-level civilization that has just entered the Galactic Alliance and has only developed for a few hundred years. In this case, the new technology that we have invested a huge amount of manpower and material resources in research and development has no advantage over the more mature and leading products in the star market. We do not have a healthy development environment at all. Therefore, in the Milky Way Alliance, civilizations that lose their basic mineral sources will also lose their qualifications to survive. You know, in this situation, even if the Sirius civilization does not take action, other surrounding civilizations can use the remaining resources in their hands to consume the fleet of our Hans civilization. And thus eat up our civilization. Relatively speaking, although the Sirius civilization treated their secondary civilizations very harshly, at least no genocide occurred. Even some civilizations with fast population growth have a very good status within the Sirius civilization." Upon hearing this, Fan Ren couldn't help but nod secretly. In a sense, population is the token of allegiance for these low-level civilizations. The Sirius civilization controls a large number of star systems, but the number of mining workers is extremely limited. As an emerging third-level civilization with many fleets, it is the best time to expand its territory. Naturally, it is very covetous of the large population of these low-level civilizations. This is also a way out. There is also some very good news in this passage. That is, in the short term, human civilization will not be threatened by Sirius civilization. But at the same time, there is another crisis. These are the low-level civilizations surrounding the Alpha Centauri system. The resources in their hands are decreasing day by day, posing a great threat to human civilization. He could even imagine discovering that the solar system was a largely undeveloped galaxy. These civilizations will immediately spend huge amounts of money to declare war on human civilization in the solar system. As he got to know the Galactic Alliance better, Fan Ren gradually realized the importance of resources. But there's another problem. "You just said that the resources under your Hans civilization are not abundant, so what's the benefit of declaring war on you? And obviously, the resources within this ten light years are not abundant. What do they need so many people for?" Faced with this question, Maile smiled bitterly. "Sell star coins. Unfortunately, our civilization's reproductive ability is very good. In the Galactic Alliance, civilizations with excellent reproductive abilities like ours can be sold at a good price in the star market." Fan Ren instantly understood what the other party meant. It is clear that reproductive capabilities are not similar among civilizations in the Galactic Alliance. For example, in humans, a woman can give birth to one baby per year on average.
If it is completely relaxed and some compulsory measures are taken, the human reproduction rate can be rapidly increased in a short period of time. This means that humans are, in some sense, more similar to Hans civilization. They can also be sold at a good price in the star market. Star coins can be used to purchase weapons and equipment. Fan Ren couldn't help rubbing his forehead. The development of this galactic alliance is not only extremely cruel, but also extremely illogical. (End of this chapter)