Enemy in the Light, Us in the Dark
This statement establishes the nature of the matter: humanity will inevitably take action, whether for the sake of the Dog-Headed People or the so-called Interstellar Transaction Market, but how to act still requires careful planning.
Humanity is now almost entirely in a state of hibernation, and it's impossible to wake everyone up for matters that need to be discussed. Therefore, matters like making plans still have to be left to higher authorities.
Just like these High-Level Personnel who have been awakened now.
Of course, if we're going to seek an explanation from the Interstellar Transaction Market, we must be fully prepared.
Therefore, Yue Yuan and the other decision-makers in the meeting room immediately analyzed the so-called Interstellar Transaction Market from a series of factors such as distance, location, technology, warship performance, and star system situation, and began to gradually formulate a plan from scratch.
After a period of discussion, Man Yuemei, who was sitting to Yue Yuan's right, spoke up, "Colleagues, according to the Dog-Headed People's intelligence, this Interstellar Transaction Market possesses artifacts from Level 4 Civilization. Although we don't know what they are, we must take this matter very seriously."
"Vice Commander Man is right, but how should we be careful?" Bu Guiyu spoke very directly.
Man Yuemei didn't mince words and directly stated her thoughts, saying, "First, we need to be clear about our purpose. Our goal is to take down this so-called Interstellar Transaction Market, but we must be strategic in our actions. Therefore, we cannot simply rush in aggressively and start fighting as soon as we meet."
After Man Yuemei only said the beginning, Yue Yuan roughly knew what she was thinking. However, Yue Yuan did not stop her, but listened quietly to Man Yuemei continue.
As a leader, Yue Yuan had no need to show off his intelligence in this setting.
At this moment, Man Yuemei paused for a moment, took a sip from the water bottle on the conference table, and then continued, "The other party claims to be an Interstellar Transaction Market, so we will go there as guests. We can take the opportunity to ask to buy Level 4 Civilization artifact. Then we will know whether the other party truly possesses Level 4 Civilization artifact and what a Level 4 Civilization artifact is."
"Playing along with their plan is fine, but what can we use to prove that we have the ability to purchase artifacts created by Level 4 Civilization?" asked a committee member who had already caught up with the line of thought.
"This." Man Yuemei pursed her lips, swallowed the water she had just drunk, and then, without her making any further movements, the large screen in the Conference Room lit up.
Everyone turned to look and saw a series of golden images playing on the big screen. Everyone present recognized these images; they were images of the Wolf Planet.
It's that Sentient Life -Life Planet that humanity encountered back then, the one with Levorotatory DNA.
After the image appeared, Man Yuemei said, "The value of Life Planet in the eyes of Cosmic Civilizations has been confirmed. We can use the coordinates of Life Planet as bargaining chips. I don't believe they won't be tempted."
"Of course, in order to make them think that they have gotten a great deal, when we present this Life Planet to them, we must act as if we have never seen the world and do not understand the specific value of Life Planet. Well, it is best to pretend that we were born in this star system and are encountering Alien Civilization for the first time."
"Only then will they feel comfortable showing off their Level 4 Civilization creations in front of us. Now that the enemy is in the open while we are in the dark, the chances of success are very high. Once we can detect whether the other side truly possesses Level 4 Civilization creations and what Level 4 Civilization creations are, then we will have a good understanding of both ourselves and our enemy. When we make our move, our chances of winning will be even greater."
"Furthermore," Man Yuemei glanced at Yue Yuan, noticing his composed demeanor, and continued, "Regarding the Interstellar Pirate, if they are in league with the Interstellar Transaction Market, then the Star System controlled by the Interstellar Transaction Market cannot be limited to the locations they are currently broadcasting. This is something we should be aware of. I think we can send intelligent probes to investigate during our journey to the Interstellar Transaction Market. If that's the case, we can prepare countermeasures early to avoid any unforeseen events where we escape one danger only to fall into another."
Exploring surrounding Star System is a necessary operation. After being chased by that Artificial Intelligence Consciousness for hundreds of years, and after the change in consciousness during the Level 3 Civilization war, humanity has placed even greater emphasis on exploring the Target Star System and surrounding Star System.
This is not just a military issue, but a matter of life and death for the entire civilization. After all, no one wants to arrive in a Star System only to find that there is already a Star System there.
Then, the war between Human Civilization and the Kun-Tai Civilization will truly be repeated.
The higher-ups in humanity are also puzzled by the possibility of encountering other civilizations. Logically speaking, the universe is so vast that it is impossible for humanity to keep encountering other Alien Civilization. Moreover, they have heard of the existence of various alien alliances.
This kind of encounter always gives people the feeling that the universe is not silent, but very lively. So why haven't we been found by aliens in the billions of years of human evolution? This is a contradictory question.
Of course, scientists from multiple disciplines, including astronomers and biologists, have come up with an explanation for this problem by combining humanity's experiences with the information obtained from the Awakeners: the long voyage hypothesis.
More and more people now believe in this hypothesis.
If this is true, then current Human Civilization and other Alien Civilization should belong to the same period of civilization. Well, on a cosmic scale and on a timescale of life evolution, a difference of hundreds of millions of years is actually considered to be the same period.
What humans don't know is that the Awakeners did mention the Previous Generation Voyager, but not to humans; rather, it happened during a conversation among individuals within the Awakeners themselves.
The reason the Awakeners came to the Milky Way Galaxy was partly due to the events of the Previous Generation Voyager.
However, that's a story for another time. At the current level of Human Civilization, knowing this wouldn't help. It's something only Level Six Civilization is qualified to do, and humanity is still far from that level.
Getting back to the main point, after Man Yuemei laid out all her thoughts, another discussion about how to deal with the Interstellar Transaction Market broke out in the Conference Room.
After a while, Yu Nanfeng, who had been mostly silent, spoke up, "Speaking of Level 4 Civilization creations, we actually have one too."
"Professor Yu is talking about the Warp Engine?"
The one asking the question was Gu Younian. He wasn't a veteran of the Callisto Base Earth Era, so he only learned about the Warp Engine after he became the adjutant of the Lyra.
After learning of the existence of the Warp Engine, he was always curious as to why, despite having Warp Engine, it was never used. He later learned that it wasn't that humans didn't want to use it, but rather that they didn't know how.