News of the Sun's Destruction

"One hundred thousand doses of the potion require one hundred thousand scientists from your civilization in exchange." The Interstellar Transaction Market was straightforward, stating exactly what they wanted.

"Impossible!" the Dog-Headed People Commander replied directly. "As you can see, we are not the Civilization Main Body, but merely a fleet that has come to make a deal. Our scientists are not here."

That's what they say, but in reality, the Dog-Headed People have no scientists at all.

Hearing the Dog-Headed People Commander's words, the Interstellar Transaction Market became even more certain that the Dog-Headed People civilization that had come to trade had no aversion to trading its individual lives.

Yes, the Dog-Headed People Civilization. This is the name humans gave to these Dog-Headed People in the outside world, and the Dog-Headed People like it very much because humans tell them that dogs are humankind's most loyal friends.

The composition of the Dog-Headed People Fleet was clearly visible, confirming that what the Dog-Headed People said was true. This was a fleet specifically there for trading. Civilizations that are aware of the dangers of the universe generally wouldn't bring their entire civilization along for a trade. Therefore, the person in charge of the Interstellar Transaction Market believed this claim.

After some time, they changed their tune. "Then you'll need to exchange it for 500,000 ordinary life forms. That's the best price we can offer. If you don't have that, you can choose two other Life Elixir. Although they're not as good as the one with the 5,000-year effect, the two together will give you 3,000 years of life, which I believe should be enough for you. To be honest, the civilization that came here to trade before also chose these two."

Individual life, Biosphere Resources, scientists.

The purpose of the Interstellar Transaction Market seems very clear. In short, they want to obtain only a few kinds of transactions, especially for goods that they consider valuable. They are basically unwilling to allow the civilizations that come to trade to use Cold Nuclear Fusion fuel as currency.

I prefer this barter system. Of course, the so-called barter is not actually about 'things', but about living beings, Biosphere Resources, and Sentient Life with dignity and thought.

This also reflects that Sentient Life, Biosphere Resources, and Life Planet are the most precious resources in the universe.

Because all inanimate objects in nature are the same—what minerals, chemical elements, and substances—as long as they are not artificially processed, everyone can find them in nature. The only exception in this universe is the different life forms created by different Life Planet.

Exceptional things are what are precious.

Even though humanity knows that civilizations are common in the universe, life is still very scarce in the vast cosmos. Life Planet are still an extremely rare resource compared to the barren planets in the vast sea of stars.

This aligns with what humanity speculated back then.

No, in fact, humanity's predictions back then were too conservative, and even now, our predictions about the value of Life Planet are still not bold enough.

This is because the level of civilization limits human cognition; there's no way for humans to know how advanced civilizations utilize the resources of Life Planet.

Perhaps only at the level of Level 5 Civilization can one truly utilize the resources of Life Planet; the secret to true immortality lies hidden there. Of course, as the civilization that hosts the Interstellar Transaction Market, they also don't understand this, because they haven't reached that level either.

After negotiating with the other Dog-Headed People, the Dog-Headed People Commander sent another message: "We don't have that many people. How about this, we only need 50,000 Life Elixir, and we'll exchange them for 200,000 lives from our civilization? If you don't agree, then we'll have to give up on the Life Elixir trade, since we don't really need it right now."

Moreover, this isn't Universal Life Elixir. After we purchase it, our own scientists will need to research and analyze it to improve it into a usable Life Elixir. Based on that alone, I don't think it's worth the money of 200,000 ordinary individuals.

"Ah, I take back what I just said. I regret it now. The value of 50,000 Life Elixir is nowhere near that of our 200,000 Sentient Life. Forget it, let's just buy the information we agreed on before."

The Interstellar Transaction Market had a different explanation. "No, no, no, 100,000 units is a single trading unit and cannot be split. The customer may not know that, in our experience, 100,000 units is the minimum standard if you want to research a potion suitable for your own civilization. If it's too few, you might not even be able to develop an improved version before the sample runs out."

"This is even after we've provided you with all the research materials for this Life Elixir. If we only gave you the Life Elixir, even 100,000 doses wouldn't be enough for research," the Interstellar Transaction Market representative added.

Life Elixir Research Data.

This is an essential accessory when trading Life Elixir. After all, it is not Universal Life Elixir, so these research data are necessary so that the scientists of the purchasing party can better and faster convert it into Life Elixir for use in their own civilization.

"I'm sorry, let's buy that information first!" the Dog-Headed People Commander insisted.

"Alright!" The Interstellar Transaction Market seems to be quite legitimate, and they're not forcing anyone to do anything unreasonable.

After agreeing, the two sides began to discuss the pricing of this intelligence. In the end, as previously stated, the Dog-Headed People Fleet had to pay for all the Biosphere Resources on their list.

Although the Dog-Headed People knew it was a huge loss to find news of the Solar System's destruction for humanity, they felt it was worth it, so the deal was quickly finalized.

With the price agreed upon, the next step is for both parties to exchange parameters regarding the survival conditions of various organisms, so that the recipient can modify the spaceship into an environment suitable for these organisms in the shortest possible time.

Only after all this did the actual transaction take place.

As the Dog-Headed People prepared to transport the Biosphere Resources brought by their fleet to the agreed-upon space location, the Interstellar Transaction Market also fulfilled its contract by providing the Dog-Headed People Fleet with information about the abnormal stellar eruption that occurred in the Gould Belt years ago.

"As far as we know, the abnormal stellar outburst that occurred in the Gould Belt was not a single star, but four. One was Yellow Dwarf Star in its prime, and the other three formed a Triple Star System."

"According to reports, it was the work of a Level 5 Civilization that crossed the Perseus Arm, and the specific reason for their destruction of the star is unknown. However, according to a source from a civilization that wishes to remain anonymous, that Level 5 Civilization appears to have defected from the Perseus Commonwealth."

If this is true, then the reason for the destruction of the four stars is probably the war between them, perhaps the work of the defector Level 5 Civilization, or perhaps the work of the Level 5 Civilization of the Perseus Commonwealth.

Destroying stars is nothing to advanced civilizations. In their wars, the act of destroying stars is merely a way to disrupt the battlefield environment, either to create a favorable escape route or to create a combat environment advantageous to their own civilization.

"Oh, by the way, it's said that the reason that civilization defected from the Perseus Commonwealth was that they obtained a Characteristic Technology during a certain exploration of ruins, or that they obtained information about a Previous Generation Voyager. We don't know for sure which one it is, but what we can confirm is that the abnormal explosions of those four stars are definitely related to the Perseus Commonwealth."