Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

Inside the command center of Earth.

In the holographic projection, the remaining 16 probes circled a big circle and launched an "attack" on the human fleet again.

The result is predictable.

Under the obstruction of the battleships of Jinwu, these probes successfully turned into pieces of space junk.

But there was one probe.

It luckily "avoided" the fate of turning into space junk-it was successfully captured.

This probe, which looks full of technology, stayed quietly in the cabin of Xuannv II.

With the cooperation of several robots, the communication equipment in the probe was quickly dismantled.

In Earth, Lv Yongchang was concentrating on issuing orders to Zero.

As for Zero, he controlled the robot to perfectly execute Lv Yongchang's orders.

The probe was dismantled bit by bit, and the various equipment inside was exposed to everyone.

"This..."

Lv Yongchang looked at the picture in front of him and was a little speechless for a while.

"How could this happen..."

The internal structure of the probe is not complicated, and it is even a little crude.

The technological content of most of these devices is not even as good as that of human-made detectors!

This technological appearance, this extremely powerful mobility...

Shouldn't this be an advanced detector made by the other civilization? !

But why is there such a shabby thing under the bright and beautiful appearance? !

Lv Yongchang sat on the chair with a sullen face and took a deep breath.

Although he felt like he was being played by an advanced civilization, he thought about it and his depressed mood suddenly became much better.

At least, there are still some things worth learning in this detector.

Power.

Like human civilization, this technological detector also uses Hall propulsion devices and fusion reactors.

Unlike human civilization, their Hall propulsion devices use a new type of architecture.

Coupled with a more energy-efficient fusion reactor...

Just these two technologies, human civilization has made a fortune.

However, this also brought new doubts to Lv Yongchang.

"Could it be... that the other party has just entered the third-level civilization?"

Otherwise, he couldn't find the reason why the other party did this.

Only fleets that have just entered the third-level civilization will use some old facilities as consumables.

Lu Yongchang's eyes were full of confusion.

After thinking about it for a long time without a solution, he shook his head helplessly: "Forget it."

"Instead of thinking about these things, it is better to prepare for the battle as soon as possible."

...

The flagship of the little gray man.

Alarms sounded one after another.

The little gray commander sitting in the first position had already stood up from his chair.

It was breathing rapidly, and its pupils trembled slightly as it looked at the big screen in front.

"What's going on!"

"Why can the other party find our detector?!"

"Aren't they a second-level civilization?!!"

The commander's slightly sharp voice echoed in the flagship.

At the same time, its sinister eyes slowly swept over everyone.

The technicians who were responsible for evaluating the other party's civilization level at the beginning lowered their heads.

Every little gray man's face flashed with embarrassment and confusion.

"Technician No. 126!"

"Tell me, what's going on!"

Seeing no one answer, the commander couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and called out the name directly.

The technician whose name was called had a visible hesitation on his face.

It raised its head helplessly, just in time to meet the commander's cold eyes.

Technician No. 126 trembled violently.

"But, maybe we made a mistake in our assessment..."

It considered its words and explained carefully: "We got too few data samples, so it's inevitable that there will be mistakes..."

"Then what level of civilization do you think the other party belongs to?" The commander's face became more gloomy.

The losses caused by the technicians' wrong assessment are not important.

If the other party belongs to a true fourth-level civilization, then their early actions are tantamount to seeking their own death!

"..."

Technician No. 126 did not answer the commander's question immediately.

After thinking for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said firmly: "Level 3!"

"At most, it's level 3!"

"They can't be level 4 civilizations!"

"Otherwise, we should have been caught long ago!"

"I believe that no civilization can tolerate this level of provocation!"

The commander did not express his opinion, but just sat quietly in the chair, staring blankly at the large screen in front of him.

The signal of the last detector also disappeared on the screen.

For a long time.

Thinking of the current state of the fleet, a ruthless look flashed in the commander's eyes.

"Except for the detector."

"All starships go to the target star field!"

"Our incomplete technological system will be improved!"

"Prepare to enter the curvature navigation state!"

"We go ahead of the other side!"

...

One month later.

Human fleet.

During this month, everyone's nerves were stretched to the extreme.

Even in order to find the enemy one second earlier, the human fleet completely gave up hiding and directly turned on the maximum power active detection equipment.

But...

After a whole month of detection and scanning.

No trace of an enemy was found.

Even a single detector was not found!

Sitting in the command center, Lv Yongchang's eyes were filled with fatigue.

He habitually raised his head and glanced at the holographic projection in front of him.

As usual, the vast space.

On the star map on one side, the distance between the human fleet and the Gliese 555 star system was a little further away.

"I really don't know what they are doing..."

"Aren't they just a few detectors destroyed? They were scared away?" He muttered to himself, and the doubts and fatigue in his eyes became more and more intense.

Fortunately, this month was not a complete failure.

After a month of "overwork", the next generation of fusion reactors and Hall thrusters have also shown some signs.

With a stable development environment, the interstellar navigation capabilities of the human fleet will be further improved!

By then, the shield technology should also be put on the research and development schedule.

Human civilization will also enter the threshold of the third-level civilization!

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

Just as Lu Yongchang's thoughts were gradually dispersing, a harsh alarm accompanied by a flashing warning light pulled his thoughts back!

He subconsciously raised his head and looked at the star map in front of him.

Dense white bright spots.

"..."

Lv Yongchang's face changed drastically, and he subconsciously held his breath!

How could it be...

How could there be so many starships? !

...

5AU away from the human fleet.

Countless starships with different styles and broken surfaces slowed down and slowly sailed towards the target.

When all the starships arrived at the target location, an order from the flagship appeared in front of all the little grays.

Attack!

The moment the order appeared, a long flame was sprayed from the tail of each starship!

Like pirates, they accelerated madly and rushed towards the human fleet far away at 5AU!