How Many Divisions Does the Interstellar Transaction Market Have?

It's normal that there aren't many guests; that's in line with the definition of this star system.

With sparse Star System and relatively Safe Star Region, it would be strange if civilizations could gather in such star regions.

Human speculation suggests that this Interstellar Transaction Market likely originated from somewhere trying their luck here, hoping to find a few civilizations with limited understanding of the cosmic environment in this remote place, and then acquire Life Planet through this method.

After all, in the vast universe, it is extremely difficult for a Level 3 Civilization to actively find Life Planet. They would have to explore Star System one by one, and it would take tens of thousands of years to explore a star field that is only a few hundred light-years wide.

Humans make reasonable guesses based on their own navigation technology, judging others by their own standards.

They think that active exploration is too difficult, but if it's done through Interstellar Transaction Market, it becomes much easier. All you have to do is shout a few times in one place, and if any civilization within hundreds of light-years receives the message, there's hope of catching a fish.

Then just wait.

However, this approach has both advantages and disadvantages, the latter being the extremely high risk. If there happens to be an advanced civilization in this star system that is interested in the civilization making the call, it could very well lead to a catastrophe.

Humans believe that the Interstellar Transaction Market probably took this into account, which is why it emphasized in its broadcasts that it was backed by Level 5 Civilization and that it was a member of the Merchant Alliance Interstellar Transaction Market.

However, from a human perspective, especially after learning about the fate of the Dog-Headed People Fleet, this claim seems even more absurd. For one thing, the idea of Interstellar Transaction Market was used by humans to deceive the Nair Civilization before, and as for the Merchant Alliance, they probably just copied it after hearing about the reputations of the Top Civilization in the Milky Way Galaxy.

I don't know about advanced civilizations, but it's hard for humans to believe in alliances between less Low-level Civilization, for no other reason than that communication and movement are too inconvenient.

After discussion, the human decision-makers concluded that if Merchant Alliance existed, and this so-called Interstellar Transaction Market was an organization under the so-called Level 5 Civilization Crimson Flame Civilization, then they should be equipped with Hyperdistance Communication tools.

However, whether they are communicating with Dog-Headed People or with humans now, they still use light-speed communication, which is obviously unreasonable.

Furthermore, according to the Dog-Headed People's intelligence, there were no items related to Hyperdistance Communication on the original list of this Interstellar Transaction Market.

Considering all these factors, humanity believes that this so-called Interstellar Transaction Market is nothing more than a black market.

Of course, it is not yet clear how many divisions this so-called Interstellar Transaction Market has, so after the First Fleet Humanity made contact with it, it did not take immediate action, but instead communicated with it first in accordance with normal procedures.

And so, this conversation ensued.

"Haha, first of all, let me introduce myself. We are the Earth civilization, a civilization that loves peace and communication with other races. We are also a civilization native to this star system. We set sail after receiving the broadcast information from your trading market. After hundreds of years of travel, we have finally arrived at our destination."

As you know, in order to reach this place and communicate with you as quickly as possible, we have traveled without stopping for supplies. Therefore, before engaging in trade with you, we hope that you can provide us with some supplies to replenish our resources, while we also need some time to rest and recuperate.

The long journey has caused various malfunctions in our fleet, forcing us to stop. Haha. Some of the cannons are even rusted, can you imagine? Rust! Oh, what a damn manufacturing process. If you had rust-proofing technology, I think we could close our first deal very soon.

Price is not an issue. Although we are a civilization native to this star system and haven't seen much of the world, we know what is most valuable among interstellar civilizations. We won't hide it from you; we possess two Life Planet, both Great Universe treasures discovered during our years of exploration in this star system."

The two sides belong to different races and have just established communication, but after using each other's Clear Code dictionaries for a while, communication is no longer a problem.

It's certainly not a matter of voice communication, but rather the exchange of Electromagnetic Wave, which are then translated using their own civilization's systems. In this scenario, even if there is voice communication, it would be achieved through human megaphones, just as the Awakeners did initially.

The truth is, different races and life forms in the universe have different forms and cannot communicate with each other using sound. Some life forms even communicate with each other using pheromones. If such aliens really exist, then they definitely cannot communicate with each other using sound.

That said, after the humans introduced themselves and replied to the message, the Interstellar Transaction Market quickly responded as well.

"Greetings, Earth Civilization. As an Interstellar Transaction Market, we naturally welcome civilizations from afar, especially kind and powerful ones like your Earth Civilization. Even without any transactions, our academic exchanges alone will undoubtedly benefit both of us greatly."

Haha, but as an Interstellar Transaction Market, trade is naturally the primary focus. You mentioned you possess two Life Planet; could you please send us some information so our scholars can verify it? Sorry, no offense intended, it's just a requirement of the Interstellar Transaction Market procedures. Speaking of procedures, we need to report the size of your fleet to us, and you must follow our instructions to the reception area so we can prepare various supplies for you."

While replying to the message, the Interstellar Transaction Market also sent humanity a star map, just as it had done with the Dog-Headed People Fleet. Of course, the wording and tone were much better, suggesting they knew humanity was Level 3 Civilization.

This difference in attitude further confirmed Yue Yuan and his group's suspicions: the civilization hosting this Interstellar Transaction Market was a Level 3 Civilization.

"No problem, we'll do as you say. We'll have the fleet speed up to your designated location. However, we need to expedite the resupply of supplies and fuel. We've traveled a long way, and our fuel won't last much longer." The human side casually made up a statement and then sent over the number of warships in the First Fleet.

Then Yue Yuan and his group pondered how to detect the military strength of the Interstellar Transaction Market. However, before he could send another message, they discovered some unusual information in the star map sent by the Interstellar Transaction Market.

It was discovered by Gu Younian, the adjutant of the Lyra. He was pointing to the Reception Area designated for humans by the Interstellar Transaction Market and said, "Look, everyone. The Reception Area that the Interstellar Transaction Market previously designated for the Dog-Headed People Fleet was the orbit of this planet, but now they have designated a piece of empty space for us."

Everyone looked and saw that it was indeed so.

Such an anomaly made everyone even more convinced that this Interstellar Transaction Market was not a good place. It was probably because they heard that humans had suffered from fuel and supply shortages and various problems with their ships after their long journey, that the Interstellar Transaction Market changed its original reception location.

The purpose is self-evident: they definitely don't want humanity to resupply in this star system, and in this way, they want to control humanity.

However, the Interstellar Transaction Market is going to miscalculate this time, because the humans' claim of a lack of fuel resources was actually a deliberate slip-up to see if they had any malicious intentions.

Now that I see it, it's indeed true.

This reaction led to a new round of assessments of the military strength of the Interstellar Transaction Market within humanity. Although humanity has not yet actually detected how many warships the Interstellar Transaction Market has, the fact that they still harbored malicious intentions after seeing that the First Fleet possessed seven million warships indicates that they have at least seven million warships in this Star System.

Or perhaps they are extremely confident in their own combat abilities.