Will the out-of-control servitor meet the cosmic cat?

There is one thing to say, this is the first time after the Star Ai war, Hong has confronted an opponent of equal strength in industry and fleet.

Although the fleet of extinct units was strong back then, in fact, their total civilization power, production capacity, industrial potential and other values ​​were all far behind the cat alliance. The advantages of a star system have not been brought into play at all.

This is also the reason why Hong was not afraid of procrastinating against the opponent back then - with the blessing of many advantages, as long as they help humans defend their solar system and prevent extinct units from gaining the huge potential of this galaxy, their chances of winning will only be delayed. big.

But this time, things are very different.

The total power is nearly 30% higher than that of the Cat League, and there are three more galaxies than the Cat League. Although the fleet power ratio cannot be as high as the Cat League, there is still a lot of room for development. The fleet capacity is comparable, and the industry Potential might even be slightly better.

Moreover, according to Hong's preliminary observations, the other party is not like the Qien Empire, which is self-styled and resistant to the advancement of AI technology. Judging from the configuration and operational efficiency of the industrial network, it is at least level 2 AI operating, or even Level 3 AI is possible.

In addition, if the opposite is a racial cleanser, or a racial cleanser whose thoughts are controlled by a purely conscious creature by some means, the attraction and cohesion of its thoughts are almost full, and it is impossible to fight against the Chien Empire like humans and Rockman. Rely on ideology, materials, and technical support to support a Chien Democratic Resistance Army.

This will be a head-to-head, all-out war that is evenly matched.

A life-or-death duel destined to have only one survivor.

Although there are already a lot of Cat League fleets, if all the fleets are dispatched, due to their heavy weight and the large range of warp speed required, the Glory can only transport them at most about 15 kilometers in one warp speed voyage.

In the universe, there is no difference between this distance and being close at hand-this makes it difficult to transfer large-scale fleets efficiently with the help of warp speed engines, and has to use working fluid engines to slowly climb as before.

However, this is not enough.

The Cat League needs to assemble more fleets.

"Considering the composition of the mission's fleet and the difficulty in completing the technical indicators, I have decided to temporarily stop adding new arsenal ships, and only ensure that the current 200 ships are maintained, and all spare production capacity will be transferred to the production of single pushers. The capital ship and the Oluga-class tactical support ship."

In this regard, everyone expressed no objection - in fact, before meeting the religious order, the cat alliance had already begun to gradually reduce the importance of the arsenal ship in the fleet.

It’s not that missiles are useless. High-speed missiles equipped with nuclear warheads will always be the most powerful and violent direct kill in space warfare. This is beyond doubt. As long as they still need nuclear bombs to execute severely damaged enemy warships, It is impossible for missiles to withdraw from their armed queue.

The real reason is that the solid-core nuclear thermal missiles currently used by the cat alliance are not enough.

Although the technology is mature and the cost is low, it is undeniable that its maximum jet speed of nine kilometers per second severely limits the maximum speed of the missile.

The 20km/s DV is enough to fight the 2.5-kilometer battlefield in the past, but in the era when the range of the capital ship has reached [-] kilometers, such performance is not good enough.

After all, the penetration rate of a missile that has to fly within the range of the enemy's main gun for more than 20 minutes is ugly.

After several failed attempts to develop the next-generation nuclear thermal missiles, the Cat League began to gradually reduce the proportion of missiles-the missiles used in previous wars were basically the previous reserves, and few were newly built in recent years.

In order to make the missile reappear, the most important thing is to miniaturize the gaseous core that can only be used on interstellar missiles, and at the same time reduce the cost to ensure that its cost-effectiveness is sufficient.

This is not an easy task. The gaseous core itself is a new technology with low maturity. Coupled with its high requirements and cost, Maomeng does not think that it can complete the technical breakthrough of the gaseous core shipborne missile in a short period of time. .

Therefore, now that the missile technology does not meet the needs for the time being, it has become a more sensible choice to switch to the production of the single pusher class with laser as the main weapon and the Oluga class with electromagnetic gun as the main weapon.

After all, their technology fully meets the needs, and it is very easy to carry out subsequent small-scale upgrades. It is easy to expand, and it is more in line with the current environment facing the Cat League.

Over the past few months, the Cat League basically has a good understanding of the conventional forces of the religious order. Although there may be many errors in details, at least the approximate number and combat power level are not a problem.

From the perspective of the conventional fleet alone, the current combat power of the church is slightly inferior to that of the cat alliance, and the combat power ratio is almost 1 to 1.2. However, because the enemy has operated in this galaxy for many years, a large number of them have been used to fight against other A fortress and defense platform of an alien civilization, coupled with the nuclear space minefield at the entrance of the wormhole, Hong has no plans to enter the enemy galaxy for a storm.

So far, the biggest variable in the religious order is the hideous purely conscious creature, and the unknown ancient civilization equipment headed by the warp-disrupting force field.

And the primary goal of Hong's next intelligence work is to find out the composition of these things.

This will definitely be very difficult. After all, when fighting against cleanliness, it is useless to install spies and other means. All information must be found to "steal" without entering the interior of the other party's civilization.

Things like civilization power, total fleet size, and industrial production capacity affect the whole body. Normal civilization can interfere with her judgment at most. If she wants to hide it completely, it is something that is just a dream. Hong wants to "steal" It is not difficult to come out.

But like that purely conscious creature, it is very difficult to obtain information—not to mention that all the Tukeka who know a little about it are the most loyal believers of the Pure Church, even if they are tortured to extract a confession. Confess their supreme gods to "alien scum" like her.

She couldn't even project her influence into the Tukeka society, and she couldn't even fulfill the precondition of "catching people" to extract a confession, which obviously didn't work.

"We need to find a way to get in touch with the civilization that Tukeka calls Taga."

Both Maomeng scholars and Hong made such a judgment.

Although according to the intelligence analyzed in the Tukeka civilian network, this Taga civilization does not seem to be a good thing. In history, there was a dark history of extinction of an ordinary civilization that entered the interstellar era.

But everyone thinks that they have been beaten like this. If there is no external interference, it will be a certain future of genocide. No matter how xenophobic civilization is, it will not show face to the only cat alliance that has a chance to save them now, right?

Even if it is a cleanliness, it is correct and wise to take the opportunity to break out of the blockade again by pretending to be a snake and let the alien scum bite the dog.

It turns out they were wrong.

This Taga civilization seemed to disdain to communicate with them at all, and turned a blind eye to their repeated attempts to get in touch, as if they had never received any messages from them from the beginning to the end.

If it wasn't for Hong being able to detect the civilian signals on the opposite planet, knowing that there are people living on it, and having a high-power antenna capable of receiving interstellar communication, Hong might even think that this is a desolate and desolate planet.

"Why is that?"

Hong felt completely incomprehensible.

This is no longer a matter of being extremely xenophobic or not, it's like being completely brainless-in order to maintain your xenophobic reputation, you would rather give up the possibility of your own civilized survival?

Hong felt that this was not normal, but she had no clue.

After all, if she was this civilization, and seeing other variables added, she must do everything possible to get in touch with the other party to see if there is any opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

Waiting is doomed to perish, but hard work has a silver lining. A normal person should know how to choose.

But there is no way, the facts are here, after confirming that the other party is not willing to communicate for no reason, Hong also gave up her plan to obtain information from other civilizations that are at war with the other party, as she did with Kion before.

It seems that we still have to find another way.

Looking at the reddish-brown planet that looks delicious, Hong thought so.

......

"It can be confirmed that the other party has given up trying to contact us."

"Great..."

Hearing this, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

"We're safe...at least for now."

A taga who seemed to be the highest status here added.

Their appearance looks a bit like the penguins on the human side, but their bodies are more well-proportioned and stronger, and the legs hidden in the hair are also more flexible, which can ensure that Taga has the normal ability to walk and even trot on land.

"You must remember that you must not have any fluke mentality, and you must not make the same mistake again." The leader Taga straightened up and wrapped the red scarf around his neck. The evil god who feeds on sneaks in again-we have no chance to do it again.

"If it comes in again, it will be a disaster for our race."

"There must be no possibility of their consciousness slipping in—absolutely!"

"Yes!"

The subordinates replied in unison, appearing very determined.

Rather, after the evil god swallowed the souls of most of the civilization's population due to carelessness, it is impossible for them to have any indeterminate elements.

Although they still don't know the strength of this newly entered civilization, the equipment left by the pioneers clearly tells them that this new civilization also exudes a strong subspace biological atmosphere-this shows that they It is also a civilization that has been completely corrupted by warp creatures.

Just like that Tukeka, it is a sad civilization that is destined to be completely eaten and completely extinct by subspace creatures in the near future.

A group of pathetic creatures who have been labeled as prepared ingredients, but still don't know it.

This is true whether it is that Tukeka or this unknown civilization.

The Taga just need to guard their home planet and wait quietly for the day when they self-destruct.

Fifty years of life is like a dream and an illusion.

Volume [-] The Road to the Cat Alliance: Chapter [-] Intelligent Creature Hunting Ground

From the moment the entire race was corrupted by subspace creatures, civilization has already entered the inevitable countdown to the end.

Rather than saying that they used their souls to find demons in exchange for powerful power, it is better to say that the subspace creatures have put them all in their mouths, and only have to swallow them last.

No one would think that a subspace creature would be merciful at this last step, not to mention that as a predator, it did not let go of the prey in its mouth. The documents left by the pioneers have clearly shown that subspace creatures and this Cosmic beings are inherently hostile.

This kind of hostility is not only the relationship between the predator and the prey, but also comes from the essence of the life forms of the two—the subspace is the dark side of the universe, and almost everything bred in it is tit-for-tat with the universe. Water and fire are incompatible and irreconcilable.

They are eternal enemies.

Moreover, according to Taga's research, this pioneer civilization may have been able to output the energy of an orange dwarf star close to their parent star every second at its peak, directly controlling thousands of surrounding galaxies, and has become famous among nearby civilizations. There are surnames, and the conclusions drawn by the pioneers are also the common conclusions of the known interstellar society at that time, and they are the truths that have been confirmed countless times since many billions of years ago.

Although the range of the known interstellar society of the pioneers at that time was only a few thousand light-years, compared with the Milky Way with a diameter of [-] light-years, it could only be said to be the tip of the iceberg, but from the records of the pioneer civilizations found by the pioneers, all Documented and confirmed the reliability of this conclusion.

Taga didn't think there would be any exceptions to such a well-tested theory, otherwise the records would have pointed out that - even if there were really a tiny bit of possible exceptions, it would not be such an ordinary one. Small and weak civilizations will encounter it.

How could it be such a coincidence, right?

According to the conclusions of the pioneers, first of all, the low-level subspace creatures acted entirely on instinct, and their behaviors could only attack and devour immediately, or feel the danger and give up predation.

And after devouring enough civilizations, advanced subspace creatures with their own intelligence, they can at most barely control themselves to launch direct attacks without meeting them, but passive corruption and marks will still exist, and this is not true. The time to launch an attack cannot last too long.

The reason is very simple, although speaking from an overall perspective, the subspace creatures came to invade the universe, and wanted to destroy all the intelligent creatures in the universe, and turn their material universe into a subspace.

However, when it comes to individuals, they don't have so much righteousness—they are here to hunt, to avoid powerful opponents in the subspace, to obtain energy from this universe to maintain their lives, and at the same time Let your own strength become stronger.

Although it can suppress one's appetite in a short period of time, creating a less dangerous appearance, so as to lure those arrogant intelligent life into thinking that obtaining their power is safe, or that the cost is not that big, but this is destined not to will last long.

Of course, if this corrupted race can continue to maintain foreign wars and continuously acquire a large number of alien populations to fill it, then this relationship can indeed last for a long time-after all, advanced subspace creatures also know how to kill chickens and take eggs The truth is, if this civilization can provide it with a steady stream of food, then it will not be stupid enough to eat it directly.

However, according to the records of the pioneers, the civilization in the Milky Way that has been in collusion with the subspace creatures for the longest time has lasted about 2 earth years from its complete corruption to the devouring of the whole family Other civilizations uniformly convert the earth time) time.

It seems to be quite a long time, but you must know that during this period, during the development of this civilization, at least hundreds of alien civilizations have been extinct. The human population is used as food to barely guarantee that this subspace creature will not be so hungry that it will eat their "egg-laying hen".

However, one thing to note is that the more the creatures in the subspace eat, the stronger they will become, and the stronger the appetite, the greater the appetite, and then force the corrupted civilization to find a civilization with a larger population and higher intensity of consciousness to destroy—once it arrives The surrounding civilizations are strong enough, and on the day when they are so strong that even if a subspace creature dies in person, it will be difficult to defeat, it will start to devour its own population.

Again, they are here to hunt, just like the wild animals on the ice sheet of the mother star. If the risk is low, they may still help their corrupt civilizations to fight and see if they can defeat other civilizations , but if the enemy is strong enough to feel the threat of life, then it will naturally not risk its life to fight against it.

They are just here to eat, not to die.

If you can't get enough food, the cost is at best to be forced to go back to the subspace and snatch the prey with other powerful subspace creatures, but if you are left in this universe and killed, then you really have nothing .

Especially at the advanced stage, most of their opponents have enough subspace technology to start effective countermeasures, or even trap them in this universe and beat them. The risk of doing so is even greater.

Even the carnivores on the ice sheet know to give up hunting if they might get hurt, let alone the advanced subspace creatures with higher intelligence level?

In fact, that civilization was ultimately destroyed in this way—after the surrounding civilizations all united to encircle and suppress this corrupt civilization, it was difficult for this civilization to break through the encirclement even though it relied on raising intelligent creatures for a period of time. But in the end it was destroyed in the mouth of the hungry warp creature.

After knowing that they could no longer provide more food, this subspace creature did not hesitate at all, devoured the entire civilization overnight, turned it into its own nourishment, and then left this universe—the next thing, the pioneer The authors left no further records.

Of course, there may be records left, but they have not been recovered. After all, this is an ancient history millions of years ago. It is normal for dilapidated ruins and incomplete or even lost records to be handed down.

In short, this is the final outcome of all civilizations corrupted by subspace creatures, and it is the common conclusion of all cases that have been studied by the pioneers for hundreds of millions of years since there are historical records.

Without exception.

"So, how many years do we have to wait before those two corrupt civilizations die naturally?"

A young Taga raised its short wings and asked the teacher.

"Although the pioneers did not directly record it, according to our analysis of its remaining documents, when it is impossible to obtain a large-scale foreign population replenishment, within a few years at the shortest, and within a few decades at the longest, subspace creatures will It will start to devour its own subordinate races, and this process varies from a few years to a few decades depending on the population and the appetite of subspace creatures."

"Therefore, sticking to the planetary position and ensuring that these two corrupt civilizations cannot be supplemented by foreign populations and can only kill each other until they finally explode themselves is the first and only effective coping strategy for our Taga civilization after losing space. "

Teacher Taga explained.

"As long as we don't leave the range of the Precursor's Relic-Mind Protector, and block all external channels that may spread pollution to us, these weak subspace creatures will not be able to corrupt us.

"Actually, according to our detection, judging from the intensity of consciousness leaked out by the two corrupt civilizations, the subspace creatures behind them are still in the stage of just gaining consciousness, and the slightly stronger one may have about 2000 years , the new and weaker one, the strength is very low, maybe only a few hundred years or even a few decades.

"Subspace creatures of this level are far from meeting the strength requirements to leave the subspace and enter this universe. They can't even come to this universe for even a second. There is no need to worry about them coming to this universe to find them in person. our trouble."

"Teacher, teacher." Another juvenile Taga raised a wing, wondering, "But, isn't this just guessed from the fluctuations in their corrupted civilization? Is it possible that they hide it deliberately, or that the time is too long?" Short, it’s too late to corrupt them too deeply, so what about the weaker ones?”

"Good question. Being able to raise this point shows that you have thought about it seriously and deserves encouragement." The teacher first praised the quick-thinking little Taga, and then explained to everyone, "However, everyone can fully understand this point." Don't worry, because it's totally impossible."

"Because if its corrupt civilization, this kind of existence that is not its own body, keeps emitting obvious fluctuations, it means that it does not know how to restrain its breath at all-this kind of fluctuation is actually a very waste of energy. A large amount of energy is dissipated into the universe without any effect, no matter how powerful the subspace creatures are, it cannot be accepted, after all, this is their source of life.

"Anyone who has learned to restrain fluctuations will definitely restrain their fluctuations as much as possible to reduce the loss in the middle-although depending on the strength and level of strength, such fluctuations may also have very little residue, but this is not based on All of our detectors of this kind can detect.

"Therefore, subspace creatures either don't know how to converge at all; or they converge directly to a level that our technology can't detect. There is no intermediate state-the subspace creatures have the ability to see through camouflage within a certain range , so there is no possibility of pretending to be weak to attract other creatures, and those with too large a gap can be crushed to death at will, and there is no need to do anything extra.

"As for the weaker fluctuations caused by the lack of time for corruption, there is indeed a possibility, but it only exists at the stage when the corruption has just begun and most of the population of the whole family is still alive - and according to our observations, this is already a completely corrupted state. civilization, so the possibility does not exist."

"Understood, thank you teacher."

Little Tajia nodded, indicating that he understood.

"So, to sum up, in the case that they cannot enter this universe by themselves, they can only come into physical contact through corrupted individuals, or search for our soul fluctuations in the warp.

"And as long as we don't take the initiative to call on them, with their abilities, we still can't find traces of our souls from the chaotic subspace—thus, besides sticking to the planet, blocking any possible pollution communication is also an important precaution. The most important.

"Do you understand?"

"understand!"

The young Taga said in unison.