Whatever other technologies might be like, in terms of warp technology, Human Civilization would definitely stay ahead of the other civilizations, if only by virtue of its ability to detain a "Cosmic Debt Collector."
And events unfolded just as expected. Human Civilization took only eight thousand years to complete the corresponding creation, and in a very short time, successfully verified the "two-pronged" method.
In fact, by this point, Human Civilization could already have announced that it had successfully joined the ranks of Cosmic Civilizations, but after a private exchange with the Awakener Civilization and Divine Matrix Civilization, both advised Human Civilization to hide it for a while first.
In their words: whether Human Civilization announced it or not would have no effect on everyone's development anyway. After all, Human Civilization's success involved its own Characteristic Technology field, and other civilizations could not replicate it. In that case, it would be better to keep it hidden for now and announce it only after ordinary civilizations succeeded.
That way, they could still keep a card up their sleeve.
The humans, who understood what the two civilizations meant, did as advised.
But that did not mean Human Civilization stopped researching Vacuum Zero-Point Energy. The conventional methods of the various civilizations still had not been realized, and Human Civilization would also devote part of its scientific research force to them. Naturally, the more complete a Technology Tree was, the better; no civilization ever thought it had too much technology.
At the same time, Human Civilization also had to consider the applications of Vacuum Zero-Point Energy.
The moment success was announced internally within the civilization, the design of new ships had already begun.
Because of the spread of the Catastrophe Zone, large-scale shipbuilding here was definitely unrealistic, so Human Civilization planned to use this period