"The other party seems to have discovered our whereabouts that we deliberately revealed? It seems that they have mastered the quantum radar." Lu Yao looked at the various feedbacks from the system, especially the movements of the other party's reconnaissance spacecraft flying towards this side, and judged the current situation.
"A curvature engine that is fifty times the speed of light and has mastered quantum radar. Although their level of armament is not yet known, such a level of technology can definitely be regarded as an advanced civilization even in the Milky Way. But such a civilization, why What if we choose to leave our original river system and live in exile in extragalactic systems? Extragalactic space is definitely not a friendly place." Lin Xu sighed.
"Perhaps there is some reason why they have to do this? For example, they are being hunted?" Nan Zhu thought for a while and said.
"What level of pursuit is it necessary to escape from the river system? Normally, the galaxy is so vast, no matter where you hide, you can evade pursuit." Lin Xu said that he could not understand.
"Is it possible that the existence that is chasing them is so powerful that they no longer have a foothold in the galaxy where they are?" Lu Yao also speculated.
"Even in the galaxy under the rule of the Galaxy Alliance, if a certain civilization carefully avoids remote galaxies within the galaxy, the Galaxy Alliance will not be able to completely control every corner of the entire galaxy. So being able to cross a technological level is not enough The civilization of the river system is forced to escape to the extra-river space with a narrow escape, what kind of existence will it be?"
Lin Xu became interested in the fleet in front of him, or what should be called the escape fleet, and what it was evading pursuit of.
At this moment, the reconnaissance spacecraft on the opposite side approached the Skylark at a speed of a hundred times the speed of light, and at the same time sent a quantum communication request to the Skylark.
It was a reconnaissance spacecraft about a thousand meters in size, far larger than the Skylark.
It looked like it was crushing the Skylark, but the crew members on the reconnaissance spacecraft did not dare to be careless about the small spacecraft in the distance.
Precisely because of its small size, it represents a higher technological content.
Because based on the current technological level of the Escape Fleet civilization, the curvature engine's size of a kilometer is already the limit.
Moreover, their curvature engines can only achieve a hundred times the speed of light at most, and only when the burden is small enough, such as the curvature engines used on reconnaissance spacecraft.
As for the motherships of the escape fleet, due to their huge burden, they can only reach fifty times the speed of light at most.
But the small spaceship in front of me is only a hundred meters in size, and it can travel through extragalactic space at a thousand times the speed of light.
The technical gap is terrifying when you think about it.
So they didn't despise each other just because the other was just a small spaceship.
The same goes for the top brass of the escape fleet.
Everyone knows that when the gap in technical level is large enough, even though this is just a small spaceship, it may even have the ability to destroy the entire escape fleet.
So contact was cautious from the beginning.
On the Skylark, Lin Xu accepted the quantum communication request from the other party.
The first thing delivered is the other party's language data packet, which is the basis for communication between the two parties.
Just looking at the language module in the data package, Lin Xu had a strange expression.
Chinese, again Chinese.
Has Chinese really become the universal language of the universe?
However, when he thought about the river system that they came from, it was the river system that Lin Xu was going to, and the river system that humans had once stopped in. Lin Xu was not surprised anymore.
Obviously, the target river system this time should have been greatly influenced by humans, so much so that Chinese has become a lingua franca for external communication in a sense.
As a result, communication between the two parties was quickly established.
Although the message Lin Xu sent was also in Chinese.
But the other party didn't know that Lin Xu also spoke Chinese.
I thought Lin Xu chose to talk to them in Chinese after analyzing the voice packets they sent.
This made the reconnaissance spacecraft of the escape fleet very excited.
Since the other party is willing to communicate in their own language instead of sending their own language packages and communicating in their own languages, this is a manifestation of goodwill.
So the reconnaissance spacecraft politely proposed to the Skylark a request for a transaction between the two parties based on the benefits of the fleeing fleet's senior management, and it was a technical transaction.
"Deal? Master Lin Xu, do you want to agree?" asked Miss Qiu, who is responsible for operating quantum communications.
"Yes, if they have the technology suitable for trading!" Lin Xu didn't mind trading, but he didn't think the other party could come up with the technology that interested him.
"The other party wants to trade curvature engine technology." Ms. Qiu reported again.
"Warp engine? Are you trying to increase the speed? It's a good idea, but do they have any technology that can be exchanged?" Lin Xu was noncommittal.
Immediately, the quantum communication device received a large number of research report data packets on a certain material from the other party.
Looking at the massive data packets, Lin Xu became confused for a moment.
Even if it's technical trading, you don't have to tell everything about the technology you want to trade right from the beginning.
"This does not seem to be technical information, but a data report obtained after research on a certain material called Cleaner Armor." Miss Qiu said after a general glance.
"Cleaner armor?" Lin Xu's heart moved.
"Ask them about the origin of the Purifier armor."
At the same time, Lin Xu also ordered Yinghuo to analyze the report on the Cleaner armor mentioned in the data package.
Soon, Yinghuo's analysis was the first to end.
"Master, according to the data provided by the other party, the strength level of this material called Cleaner Armor is roughly equivalent to that of materials polymerized by nanobots. It cannot be used as a building material, nor can it be used as a production material for autonomous mechanical polymers. , a civilian-level strength material." Yinghuo quickly came to a conclusion based on various experiments conducted in the data package.
"In other words, it is of no use to us." Lin Xu nodded.
"I can't say it's useless, but it's basically useless." Yinghuo answered extremely cautiously.
At this time, the exile fleet on the opposite side made a decision after internal discussions, or they did not expect Lin Xu to ask about the origin of the Purifier armor.
Anyway, finally the message was sent again.
As the information appeared on the holographic projection display, everyone in the cockpit suddenly had strange expressions.
It is recorded above about the origin of the Purifier armor.
At the same time, this information also explains why the exile fleet chose to live in extra-river space.
Obviously, the other party also saw the doubts of Lin Xu and others, so they simply told the truth without hiding anything, which was also a gesture of goodwill.
According to the description of the Exile Fleet, the Purifier armor comes from a group calling themselves the Purifiers.
No one knows where they come from, no one knows whether they are one race or a combination of races.
All I know is that they call themselves the second sons of mankind.
At the same time, every thousand years or so, they will carry out a great cleansing of all civilizations in the entire river system.
No civilization can survive the purges of the purgers.
Even if it barely survives the purge, the technological level of the entire civilization will inevitably regress back to the planetary age, or the pre-nuclear energy age.
If you can't handle the cleaning, you'll have to go back to the Stone Age.
The Exiled Fleet Civilization was one of the civilizations that barely withstood the purges of the Purifiers in the past millennium and only regressed back to the planetary age.
But no matter how hard they continue to develop technology, it is theoretically impossible to survive the next purge.
Therefore, after two hundred years of hard work, the Exiled Fleet Civilization used the technical data retained in secret to re-develop the warp engine technology and made a decision.
They want to escape that hopeless river system with no future.
Even if you have a narrow escape, you must leave.
So they built a huge exile fleet, took as many people as possible with them, and embarked on this desperate voyage.
The Exile Fleet did not deliberately hide its current difficult situation.
Because of their situation, it is actually not difficult to judge.
It's better to be honest.
After reading the information in front of them, Nan Zhu, Mu Xiyue and Lu Yao looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
In the end, it was Nan Zhu who shook the fox's tail and was the first to break the silence.
"Master Lin Xu, this second son of a human being is definitely a fake, or simply a traitor. Doing such things in the name of a human being, do they have a grudge against the human being?" Nan Zhu said angrily.
"Who knows, but since these purifiers call themselves the second sons of mankind, they should at least have some understanding of mankind." Lin Xu said noncommittally.
"Who knows, maybe I just dug something out of some ruins unintentionally. I thought I inherited the mantle of mankind, and then I called myself the second son of mankind." Nan Zhu only realized what he said when he finished speaking, and then he said to himself He was shocked by his own words.
"Human relics? Did those cleaners really dig up human relics?" Lu Yao's eyes widened.
Although the previous human relics were all successfully obtained by Lin Xu as expected.
But who knows if there will be an accident this time?
"No, I just said casually, it shouldn't be like this. Human remains are not so easy to dig up." Nan Zhu quickly added.
"Who knows, everything is possible. But maybe this Purifier armor should be replaced and studied." Lin Xu made a decision.
"Sir Lin Xu, the technical information on the curvature engine for the transaction has been prepared. With their technical level, with the help of this information, they should be able to double the sailing speed of the curvature engine." Miss Qiu under Lin Xu's order , sorting out a piece of technical information that Yinghuo had packed.
"Then send it over." Lin Xu lay on Nan Zhu's lap, closing his eyes and enjoying the knee pillow. Nan Zhu was still caressing Lin Xu's face with his big tail, massaging him.
"Understood." Miss Qiu pressed the send button, and a piece of technical information precious enough to cause wars among countless cosmic civilizations was sent.
It was as if he was not worried about the other party not abiding by the agreement.
This is also true. If the other party hands over the Cleaner Armor according to the content of the transaction, everyone will naturally be happy.
If the other party breaks the contract, then Lin Xu will have no choice but to take it upon himself. I believe that the one who will regret it in the end is definitely not Lin Xu.
After the other party received the technical information, the quantum communication even lost the signal for a while, but it was quickly connected again.
Apparently the other party was also restrained by Lin Xu's generosity and was in a hurry.
The technical information was sent directly. Shouldn't there be a step for both parties to carefully exchange it with each other?
You just went straight to stud, what should I do?
I don't know if I felt an invisible confidence from Lin Xu's atmosphere.
That kind of confidence is like saying, I'm not afraid of you breaking the contract, you can try breaking the contract.
As a result, the exile fleet did not dare to break the contract.
Even at a faster speed, the Cleaner Armor was sent to the Skylark in an unmanned spacecraft according to Lin Xu's request.
It was as if he was afraid that if he was a second late, the other party would think that he was going to break the contract.
On the mothership of the exile fleet, countless senior officials and scientists continued to pay attention to the launched unmanned spacecraft.
The size of the unmanned spacecraft was as big as the Skylark. At the same time, the unmanned spacecraft did not have the ability to travel in curvature. After being launched, the speed quickly dropped to below the speed of light.
And behind the exile fleet mothership.
The executives and scientists of the exile fleet were very confused as to how the Skylark was going to receive this unmanned spacecraft.
Is it necessary to wait for the exile fleet to leave before the other party takes over the unmanned spacecraft?
That makes sense.
But they just feel that what this civilization, which can travel across extragalactic space at a thousand times the speed of light, must do is not that simple.
Then, they saw it through the holographic image fed back by the quantum radar.
In front of the unmanned spacecraft, a hole suddenly opened.
That's right, it was a hole that swallowed up the unmanned spacecraft at once.
The unmanned spacecraft carrying the Purifier armor disappeared into space.
"what is that?"
"Replay, replay, watch it again, quick."
"It seems to be a space passage, that is a space passage."
"Space teleportation? This is impossible. Space teleportation is theoretically impossible."
"That's just our theory. Higher civilizations and more advanced theories may be feasible."
"But, but, even if it is feasible, how did they do it, open the space channel at a random location, or where was the spacecraft transported to?"
The scientists were in a quarrel, and no one could convince anyone.
The senior officials of the Exile Fleet were thankful that they had abided by the agreement and completed the deal.
Otherwise, once the two sides start a war, the Exile Fleet will never win simply by relying on this ability to randomly open space channels at any location.
No wonder the other party is so sure that the transaction will be completed successfully, because even if it does not succeed, they still have the force to force the transaction to succeed.
"The opponent's spacecraft has passed us." The navigator reported.
The scientists paused their bickering and looked at the star map showing a huge fleet and a small spaceship passing by in the empty extra-galactic space.
"They seem to be going in the direction we came from." A scientist said in surprise with four arms folded together.
"Are they going for the purges?"
"Do you think that if there is a conflict between this civilization and the Cleansers, who will win?"
"I admit that this civilization is indeed very strong, but it's just compared to the Cleansers."
At the mention of the Cleaners, a look of fear suddenly appeared on everyone's face.
Even if this civilization is very strong and can even open space channels at will, they don't think this civilization has any chance of winning when facing the Cleaners.
"Okay, this is no longer something we should consider. Let's think about how to thoroughly understand the technical information early. If we can really double the speed of the curvature engine, then we may really be able to successfully conquer everyone. Take them all to that new river system."
For a time, all the exile fleet scientists started to look forward to it.
The Skylark, which had already crossed the Exile Fleet and left, disappeared from the Exile Fleet's quantum radar after traveling to a certain distance.
He had deliberately leaked his traces to the other party before, but now that the deal was completed, there was no need to continue to reveal his traces.
So the Skylark disappeared again, and then stopped.
Immediately afterwards, the Skylark began to prepare for a space jump.
At this time, Lin Xu had returned to the earth and saw the Cleaner armor in the unmanned spacecraft.
Looking at the unmanned spacecraft in front of him, which was similar in size to the Skylark, there were large pieces of armored shell with traces of battle damage.
Lin Xu was a little confused for a moment.
Because Lin Xu sensed the feeling of nanorobots from the armor shell in front of him.
It's as if these armor shells are composed of nanorobots.
But it's very different.
Because nanorobots will enter an extremely active state when they are around humans.
That kind of active state will even make the dependents with intermediate authority aware of it.
In the beginning, Mu Xiyue determined Lin Xu's human identity through the unusual activity of this nanorobot.
But now, although Lin Xu felt that these armored shells were similar to nanorobots, they were not active when they saw Lin Xu.
Not even a reaction.
It's like being dead.
Lin Xu even wondered if this was the armor made by some cleansers who collected the "corpse" of nanorobots after they were inactivated and only used their strength.
"Sir Lin Xu, why do I feel that these armors seem to be nano-robots, but they don't seem to be the same. There is always a sense of plausibility." Nan Zhu got closer and observed, and was the first to raise doubts.
"I think it's similar, but something's wrong." Lin Xu nodded and shook his head.
"These nanorobots don't respond to my orders. No, it's more like these nanorobots. They don't have this function, so they can't respond." Mu Xiyue tried to control the so-called Cleaner Armor, as usual with nanorobots. He released his sword energy, but failed to control it in the end.
"Yinghuo, what do you think?" Lin Xu asked.
"Master, this requires further testing."
"Then let's get started." Lin Xu nodded.
As a result, the so-called Cleaner Armor was sent to various laboratories, and various experimental reports and data testing reports came out like water.
Lin Xu, on the other hand, still returned to the familiar courtyard, watching the drama in boredom, waiting for the result.
As expected, Lu Yao ran to the library to continue writing questions.
Seeing Lu Yao disappearing on his own initiative, Nan Zhu also took the initiative, even pulling Mu Xiyue to attack together, and even put on specially prepared equipment.
Lin Xu, who was watching the drama, originally just wanted to take a rest, but in the end he couldn't bear the pressure from Nan Zhu and Mu Xiyue, and was soon brought into their rhythm.
That was it, until Lin Xu completely suppressed the two of them and decided the winner.
The report from Yinghuo also came out.
Lin Xu, who was entangled by Nanzhu's fox tail, read the report through the information transmitted by the nanorobot in his consciousness.
At the same time, the report was also sent to Miss Qiu who was preparing dinner next door, as well as Nan Zhu and Mu Xiyue beside her.
"It's really a nanorobot? No, a simplified version of a nanorobot?" Nan Zhu looked at the report and widened his charming fox eyes.
"The materials combined into the Cleaner's armor are very similar to nanorobots. However, they cannot be regarded as nanorobots in the strict sense. They are more like simple nanomaterials that can be ever-changing." Mu Xiyue read Analysis on the report.
"Nanomaterials? A simplified version of nanorobots?" Lin Xu frowned slightly as he looked at the final definition in the report.
"Simplified version of nanorobot? It cannot accept instructions and cannot be flexibly controlled. It is more like a nanomaterial produced in a specific factory and can be flexibly combined into various devices? Well, I still don't understand, why not just use nanorobots? "Nan Zhu seemed to have given up in the end and sighed.
"Maybe they can't use nanobots?" Mu Xiyue guessed after thinking for a while.
"So they really dug up human remains?" Nan Zhu couldn't help but say again.
"Can you think of something better? It's not so easy to dig up human ruins." Mu Xiyue said speechlessly.
"Maybe we won't really understand the reason for all this until we actually meet the so-called purge." Lin Xu also shook his head.
Yinghuo's report was very detailed, explaining in detail the differences between this nanomaterial, or a simplified version of nanorobots, and nanorobots.
Lin Xu quickly finished reading the report, but it did not relieve the doubts in his heart, but made him more doubtful.
What exactly are the so-called Cleaners, and why do they clean the entire river system every thousand years?
Is the second son of mankind that they call themselves really just a self-proclaimed one, or does it really have anything to do with mankind.
They have to clean the river system every thousand years. Is it an order from humans?
Or maybe it's just like Nan Zhu said, he just dug up human remains, so he calls himself the second son of mankind.
Also, since he calls himself the second son, does he also have the eldest son?
All in all, we may really have to wait until we reach the target river system before we can find the answer.
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