Above the Planet
Level 3 Civilization could not possibly travel at the speed of light, so after learning the so-called Interstellar Transaction Market fleet's course, Yue Yuan was no longer in a hurry.
He immediately ordered the Third Fleet, which was located on the Thirteenth Planet, to activate the interstellar communication array to send a notification to the Strong Artificial Intelligence on the other end, instructing it to prepare for covert operations and combat.
Although there was no human commander, Yue Yuan was not too worried, because although this so-called Interstellar Transaction Market fleet had more than 7,000 ships, they were mostly Residential Spaceship, Engineering Ship and other functional ships. The number of warships was definitely not large, otherwise they would have no chance of escaping.
Meanwhile, the Strong Artificial Intelligence on another star has been developing for over a century. Even if its efficiency is the same as when humanity was only on the Thirteenth Planet, at that time, it would be able to build a million warships every three years. Over a hundred years, it would have at least thirty million warships.
It seems exaggerated, but with Strong Artificial Intelligence and abundant resources, the productivity of a technological civilization is indeed that powerful. If Strong Artificial Intelligence were unleashed, it could absolutely become a disaster for most lower-level civilizations.
Of course, this only applies to most Low-level Civilization. Civilizations like humanity, which have mastered Strong Artificial Intelligence manufacturing, are not afraid of the so-called legendary 'Artificial Intelligence disaster'. After all, if they really encountered an Artificial Intelligence Civilization, even if it was just a matter of outnumbering warships, humanity would not be afraid.
That being said, after giving instructions to the Third Fleet, Yue Yuan turned his attention back to the planetary bases in front of him.
There's no rush to pursue the Crimson Flame Civilization. We can explore these bases first before setting off. The enemy has already walked right into our trap, so it won't matter if the three human fleets arrive a few years later.
"Commander Yue, my fleet has deployed robots to conduct reconnaissance within the base." This report drew everyone's attention to their respective Work Platform.
With Strong Artificial Intelligence, humans no longer need to rely on manual detection as before. In other words, no matter how dangerous a planet is, how many conspiracies and traps are laid, it poses no threat to humanity.
From another perspective, humanity's level of civilization has truly surpassed the Planet-Class, and any dangers that cannot reach space are no longer on the same level as humanity.
Technological advancements don't stop there. We can see that human landing operations no longer need to deploy a bunch of artificial satellites in advance to provide signals to robots and various equipment on the ground, as was done before. Instead, by simply activating the Neutrino Communication of the Great Fleet, we can ignore the blind spots of the planet itself and achieve global interconnection and communication.
In fact, this is something that even humans at the Level 2 Civilization can do.
The difference from the previous Level 2 Civilization stage is reflected in the application of robots. The realization of True Nano Technology, coupled with the human's mastery of mechanical technology, has kept human achievements in humanoid robots at the forefront.
This is precisely why many people continue to engage in mechanical research after the emergence of Strong Artificial Intelligence, and of course, the support of the New Government is also indispensable.
In fact, human mecha technology is one such product. With the support of Nanotechnology and Mechanical Mastery, human mecha, or Tactical Armor, is extremely agile. In addition, with its built-in human microcurrent sensing Operating System, Tactical Armor is as easy for humans to control as an extension of their own limb.
It's no exaggeration to say that every human wearing Tactical Armor is Iron Man, or rather, a top candidate to pilot a Gundam.
Of course, humans mainly use this thing for activities on planetary surfaces. If we want to use it in war, we still need the miniaturization of Magnetic Propulsion technology and a series of supporting weapons, energy systems, life support systems, buffer systems, and so on.
The physics of the real universe is different from that of the movie world; there is no such thing as being able to ignore acceleration simply by wearing a mecha suit.
Getting back to the main point, once a fleet of millions of exploration robots landed, the general outline of the planet before humanity was gradually revealed.
Yue Yuan first looked at the Crimson Flame Civilization's Base No. 2, which was built on a satellite similar in size to Mars. In the overview map transmitted back by the probe, the mineral distribution of this planet was rendered in red.
After being scanned by the elemental scanner, the distribution of the planet's mineral resources quickly came into view. The mineral resources are mainly basalt, and the exposed basalt contains very rich ilmenite, accounting for 10%, with a total reserve of about 6.5 x 10^15 tons. All of these are exposed mineral resources, and it is with these resources that the Crimson Flame Civilization has built a massive number of warships here.
Other elements such as chromium, phosphorus, potassium, and rare earth elements are also abundant, and the mining difficulty is very low. It seems that there is a reason why the Crimson Flame Civilization regarded this place as its core area.
This planet, like most Rocky Planet in the universe, has no atmosphere.
Yue Yuan raised his hand and tapped the projection screen. A small image on the screen switched to the interior of the base, from the perspective of the landing robot. The image showed that the base was remarkably well-preserved, with all the facilities still gleaming with a new metallic sheen, showing no signs of damage.
Humans certainly don't have the access code to the Crimson Flame Civilization base. The reason these robots were able to enter the base was because they opened the doors by force, or more specifically, by using Positron Cannon.
The first step was to naturally open the outermost hatch of the base. After opening the hatch, humans could see from its structural design that this civilization, which originated from the Interstellar Transaction Market, was a race whose life forms required a gaseous environment to survive, because the first hatch was an airlock.
However, when the human robots found the passage into the base through the airlock, they discovered that, given the size of the exploration robots, they were simply unable to enter through the passage.
The passage is circular, with a diameter of only sixty centimeters.
"Are the life forms in this Interstellar Transaction Market really this small?" The First Mate of the Lyra asked curiously upon seeing the passageway.
"Maybe it's the ventilation ducts or something," the Second Mate chimed in, though he didn't seem very confident.
The facts tell humanity that this passage was indeed the entrance and exit channel for individual lives of the Crimson Flame Civilization, and the name of the Crimson Flame Civilization was only learned by humanity after exploring these three bases.
It's not that the Crimson Flame Civilization intentionally left its name behind for humanity to know, but rather that humanity learned about it from scattered information during the exploration process.
Apart from this, no other information about the Crimson Flame Civilization was found within the bases. In short, these three bases are now just empty shells.
As for the technological data, forget about it. When the Crimson Flame Civilization left, they took all the Central Computer they could carry with them, and everything else they couldn't take was destroyed.