The Extermination of Two Types of Civilization
After glancing at everyone in the control room and seeing that everyone had arrived, Captain Boren simply began the introductions.
At the center of the round table, a giant polyhedral projection appeared out of thin air.
The above is some background information about the mission.
"This is a joint mission."
"The mission is led by the small destroyer A61, with us, A73, providing support."
"The mission objective is to eradicate the Zerg civilization— the Evil Shadow Eye Monster Civilization."
Information about various types of Zerg was continuously displayed on the projection.
It is a life form called the Evil Shadow Eye Monster, whose distinctive feature is that its head is covered with eyeballs.
Spreading in the form of Zerg civilization, 17 functional sub-life forms have been discovered so far, among which the parent species' rank is unknown!
Individual strength ranges from the sixth to the twelfth rank, a huge span.
Preliminary predictions suggest that the parent body's rank is between 12 and 14.
Captain Boren raised an eyebrow and revealed the information with excitement.
"Hehe! This is a big mission, a total of 26,000 military merit points."
"I specifically asked Lieutenant Colonel Kali for these; we'll take 40%, that's 10,400 points in total."
"Thanks to Lister, you did a great job on that previous extermination mission! Now our warships can participate in these kinds of civilization extermination missions!"
Upon hearing about this military merit point, everyone's faces lit up with excitement.
The usual tasks range from 1,000 to 3,000 points, and anything above 3,000 points is barely considered a big task.
Such military merits exceeding 10,000 points are actually only encountered once every year or two.
"Captain, you truly are amazing! To actually get a mission related to this Zerg civilization!"
"I wish every mission from now on would be related to the Zerg and Mechanical Civilization Zerg!"
"I've never seen anyone with low military merit who was involved in any of their missions."
Truman then excitedly envisioned the scene.
The surrounding officers all nodded in agreement upon hearing this.
Only Lister was unaware of the situation, and he secretly noted down this information.
Captain Boren burst into laughter, looking as if there was more good news to come.
"Haha! Don't just dream about it, the opportunity has arrived!"
"Lieutenant Colonel Kali mentioned to me that if we can successfully complete this mission, the military merits we receive for future missions on the ship will not be low!"
"Even in another year or two, our warships will have the opportunity for promotion."
The upgrade of the warship represents a significant improvement.
Not only was Captain Boren promoted to lieutenant commander, but the warship was also upgraded to a medium-sized cruiser.
The level of the mission and the amount of military merit will be significantly improved, and with military merit, everyone's strength will naturally improve rapidly.
It can be said that the entire Civilization Army Group is essentially a snowball model, just like the resources in the recruit camp, the stronger the group, the more concentrated they become.
After everyone's initial excitement, Vice-Captain Brody, standing to the side, added with a serious expression.
"Don't get too excited, everyone! The mission isn't over yet!"
"After all, this is a mission from the Zerg; don't let your guard down!"
"That's right! Although our mission this time is support-oriented, it's quite difficult."
"Oni, you'll be responsible for eliminating the Mother."
Oni is the ship's gunnery officer, and his strength is comparable to that of a 13th-tier ship, an A-rank ship. In theory, this strength is sufficient to match the rank of major.
However, the requirements for a major are different from those for a junior officer, as they require a certain amount of military merit and additional qualifications.
"Lister, the focus of this mission still lies with you."
Major Boren gave a brief briefing to the various departments, and finally looked at him.
"The final mission to eliminate the Evil Shadow Eye Monsters requires you to lead a team aboard the A61 destroyer for a landing and clearing operation."
"Command for the clearing operation is with the A61 destroyer; our main role is to provide support."
"Due to the involvement of the Zerg, this mission has a special mortality rate standard, which is controlled to be below 8%."
"Try to select some elite soldiers to go down, ensuring their survival while cooperating with the mopping-up operation."
"The main tasks can be handled by their destroyers."
"Understood, Captain!"
They were worried that Lister, having just joined the Civilization Army, might not be fully aware of the situation as this was his first joint mission.
Captain Boren then patiently added another sentence.
"Actually, we snatched this task from them, so let's try to avoid conflict."
"Of course! If they go too far, don't hold back! I'll be there for you!"
As the meeting ended, Lister followed Captain Cohen.
The other party immediately noticed, and after exchanging glances, they went to his office in the Administration Department.
"Minister Lister, you didn't call me here just to talk about taking a vacation, did you?"
Minister Cohen simply handed Lister a glass of water, but his face showed some suspicion.
He was naturally the first to know that the other party hadn't completed their personal mission, fearing that Lister was trying to use the mission to take endless vacations.
"That's not it. There's something I'd like to trouble Minister Cohen with."
"Go ahead and tell me, what is it?"
"Could you please leave this task for me?"
Upon hearing this, Minister Cohen also sensed something amiss and tentatively began to probe.
"Secretary Lister, you wouldn't happen to have some connection with Powell, would you?"
Having worked in administration, I understand many things and relationships quite well.
"I guess so. He's still useful to me, so I want to keep him around for a while."
"If it's just a mission bounty, you don't need to worry."
"This mission has been up for 170 years. As long as he remains in the Yalan Civilization, no one will accept it."
"If you're really worried, I'll have someone at headquarters keep an eye on things. If someone else takes on this mission, they'll pass it on to you first."
"Thank you so much, Minister Cohen!"
With someone keeping an eye on things, Powell's forging skills will still be of great use to him, at least until the dawn of the space age.
"Hehe! It's nothing, you don't need to worry about it."
If the warrant for his arrest is actually lifted, he can't do it.
But the fact that simply saying hello to a friend at headquarters would make Lister, an Overlord Tier officer, owe him a favor made Cohen readily agree.
"Minister Li, is there anything else?"
Don't worry, I'll definitely help you if I can.
Seeing that Lister showed no intention of returning to prepare for battle, Cohen couldn't help but ask again.
There's a few more things I'd like to ask you.
"Regarding this mission, I'd like to know why missions involving Zerg and Mechanical Civilization Zerg award particularly high military merits?"
Upon hearing this, Cohen was taken aback at first, and then looked at Lister again.
Realizing that the other person came from a less civilized background, she immediately understood and explained to him.
"This is actually stipulated in the constitution of the Galactic Federation."
"Zerg-like and Mechanical Civilizations Zerg not permitted within the Federation; if they do, they must be eradicated!"
"When these two types of missions are involved, there will be additional military merit subsidies from the Federation Military District."
Why did it go extinct?
Lister immediately understood the significance of the increased military merit points for the mission.
However, he did not understand the reasons for the extermination of the two great civilizations.
He didn't care about the Zerg civilization, but he was concerned about the Mechanical Civilization. Considering the Alchemy Ruined City on Merrick Planet and Kavin, who had joined the Leviathan Civilization, their current goal was to create a new Mechanical Civilization.
This is the main reason why Lister was concerned.
"The constitution of the Galactic Federation was originally drafted by two major Level 4 civilizations."
"Although the Leviathan Civilization later advanced to a Level 4 civilization, it did not amend its constitution, so this has remained the established rule."
"If you're talking about the root cause of their extinction, it should be that these two types of civilizations were not under the control of the Galactic Federation!"
"Or rather, they are essentially appropriating our federal resources without contributing anything to us."
After leaving Captain Cohen's office, Lister continued searching for general information in the federal database using the chip.
Indeed, as Captain Cohen said, the Zerg civilization was only interested in consuming planetary resources and constantly multiplying.
As for Mechanical Civilization, there is relatively little recorded information.
Unlike Zerg civilizations, which arise from natural mutations, Mechanical Civilizations are generally created by another civilization.
The records don't provide much information. The Mechanical Civilization is characterized by a high degree of autonomy, with highly convergent interests among individual members, and extreme rationality. Its development consumes enormous resources but it cannot contribute to the Galactic Federation.
Ultimately, only the development of mechanical technology is permitted, but the birth of Mechanical Civilization is not.