Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 729 The First Transaction

It is a good habit to ask when you don't understand something, but between cosmic civilizations, asking directly when you don't understand something may also cause certain adverse effects, and it is likely to expose your own ignorance and weaknesses. If you encounter a malicious civilization, it may be a disaster.

So even though humans were very confused about this, they couldn't act like they knew nothing because they had boasted before that they were members of the Star Alliance. Even if they wanted to ask, they had to find a plausible reason.

Therefore, under Yue Yuan's instruction, the relevant experts on the Tianqin quickly analyzed the information obtained from the dynamic image civilization so far, with the aim of finding the possible reasons behind the information that was inadvertently revealed.

For example, from the sentence "and the civilization in our galaxy was previously shrouded in the shadow of those level-six civilization organizations", humans came to the conclusion that the improvement of the cosmic environment may be related to those level-six civilizations or organizations that they were previously familiar with.

Thinking of this, humans naturally thought of what the awakener had said before leaving and what they were going to do.

After this, the experts connected the dots and finally came to the conclusion: it is related to the war between the Awakeners and the Reapers!

They speculated that it might be because of the war between the two top level 6 civilizations that other level 6 civilizations in the Milky Way joined in, and they all suffered heavy losses in the end, so that the level 6 civilizations in the Milky Way had to temporarily withdraw from the Milky Way stage and hide to lick their wounds.
Some experts on the human side even boldly speculated on the reason for this result, which is that the Awakeners defeated the Reapers, and then other galactic civilizations saw this and ganged up on the Awakeners, an alien civilization from an extragalactic galaxy, and eventually suffered heavy losses from the Awakeners.

As for the Awakener, it was probably not much better. After all, what humans knew was that the Awakener 'Phantom' did not appear until they walked out of that small universe.

There are only two possibilities in this situation. One is that 'Phantom' was sacrificed, and the other is that the war was beyond the expectations of the Awakeners. They did not expect to face not only the Reapers, but also other level six civilizations in the galaxy.

This guess is obviously wrong, but from the perspective of human beings today, it is understandable to draw such a conclusion, because human beings have obtained consciousness connection devices from the awakeners and know the power of the third-person driving mode. Therefore, such a guess seems reasonable to human beings today.

In other words, it might be because of that war that those top level six civilizations temporarily disappeared, and those previously hidden level five civilizations in the Milky Way all emerged.

The purpose of these fifth-level civilizations emerging
According to the information currently obtained from the dynamic image civilization, human experts believe that these level 5 civilizations are trying to break through the shackles and take advantage of this window of opportunity to reach the level of level 6 civilization. In addition to self-study, the most effective means of civilization progress is communication between civilizations, collision of ideas, etc.
Of course, there are many ways for civilizations to communicate with each other. Destroying the other side to obtain its technological information is also a form of communication, but the cost of doing so is obviously much greater than peaceful communication. In addition, time is tight, and these level five civilizations are not sure how much time they have, so peaceful communication is the fastest way.

After reaching these reasonable inferences, Yue Yuan responded on behalf of the human side.

"I didn't expect to find such a story behind Gaia's consciousness. It seems that our Star Alliance must also replace the Gaia consciousness detection equipment this time. Maybe we will be the next one to pick up the bargain. However, we are new here and don't know your trade methods yet. Let's discuss this matter in detail after we officially discuss trade."

He first expressed that his own Star Alliance was willing to purchase, and then changed the subject.

"Since we are here, we must do trade. However, compared to trade, we are more interested in the war between the top six civilizations at this stage. We have also received some news from the Star Alliance headquarters, but it is not comprehensive, so we are not sure how long our peaceful days can last. It just so happens that you have news products, so I guess this news is also included in the range of products!"

The message sent from the Tianqin was quickly responded to, but it was not what Yue Yuan imagined. The dynamic picture civilization did not directly tell him the relevant news, but asked him back, "Yes, this is indeed a news product, but you also said that your Star Alliance also has relevant news. You are not as ignorant as the Orange Star civilization. You just think the news is not comprehensive enough. In fact, no level 5 civilization can know all this kind of news, so we plan to give you this news product as a token of our trade federation's sincerity. Of course, the premise is that you also exchange the relevant news you know. 】

After seeing such a reply, the humans immediately understood that there was no sincerity here. It was clearly a test to see if humans really had relevant information and whether the so-called Star Alliance that humans talked about really existed.

Such a response also made humans wake up. The universe has not changed. The exchanges between civilizations are still so cautious. Every civilization remains vigilant against unfamiliar civilizations, even in this place that seems to be a real interstellar trading market.

Therefore, exchanging information may very well mean that the dynamic picture civilization really has this intention, or it may be that they all know it and are simply testing whether the information humans say is correct.

If humans have not heard of level six civilizations such as the Perseus Community, the Silicon Federation, the Galactic Center Alliance, the Reapers, and the Awakeners, then they would definitely be exposed.

Fortunately, humans knew something about it, especially thanks to the awakener 'Huan's' instructions before he left, humans even knew where the war took place.

Based on this, humans told the dynamic picture civilization the news they knew first. Names like the Perseus Community, the Silicon Federation, the Galactic Center Alliance, the Reaper, and the Awakener all appeared in the reply information. It was also specifically pointed out that the Awakener was an extragalactic civilization from the Triangulum galaxy, and it was specifically explained that this explosive news was obtained by the leader civilization of the Star Alliance from a shouting call on the edge of the battlefield, which was hard-won after surviving a life-and-death struggle.

He even told the location where the war broke out.

Of course, he did not mention his own speculation about the course of the war. After all, if the dynamic picture civilization knew the course and outcome of the war, it would be exposed.

[I didn't expect that the powerful Awakener civilization came from an extragalactic galaxy. This information is indeed enough to exchange with us. It seems that your Star Alliance also has its own information channels, but it still missed a lot. In that war, there were not only those civilizations, but also a life form called the Remnant who participated and played a huge role, although it was killed by the Reaper in the end.

But he did buy a lot of time for other level six civilizations to eliminate the Reapers' conventional forces, so that even if the plans of the Awakener and the top beings in the galaxy to encircle and suppress the Reapers failed in the end, they still had enough time to severely damage the Reapers' conventional forces.

In fact, we, the fourth-level civilizations and even the fifth-level civilizations, should be grateful for that war. Without it, our current trade union would not be possible. It is also because of it that we have been given a precious period of time for development.

The dynamic picture civilization got the news from somewhere, and described the general situation on the battlefield at that time as if it were there.

It was also through their descriptions that humans first learned of the existence of electronic warships.

(End of this chapter)