Undercurrents Stir
Unbeknownst to the Silver Heart Alliance, the Silicon-Based Collective was already looking for a way out.
"Has the Star River left?" At this moment, the leader of the Silicon-Based Collective asked. As he spoke, his body moved with metal, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into some kind of probe the size of a planet.
The direction was towards the star system where the Silver Heart Alliance warships were located. Clearly, the Star River he mentioned was the warship that had previously gleamed with Star Gleam.
He couldn't imitate those special effects-like twinkling Star Gleam, for no other reason than that they were a unique visual effect of the Silver Heart Alliance's Characteristic Technology.
"They've left, heading towards the Perseus Arm. No other escort warships have been detected," replied Deformed Metal, also in the form of a planet-sized probe.
"It seems the Silver Heart Alliance has truly come with sincerity this time. After being suppressed by the Harvesters for millions of years, they finally couldn't hold back anymore," the leader, who had transformed into a probe, said with a mixture of worry and joy.
The joy stemmed from seeing hope in destroying the Electron Warship. The sorrow, however, came from being moved and troubled by the Silver Heart Alliance's determination.
The leader of the Silicon-Based Collective believes that the Silver Heart Alliance's determination is likely due to the acquisition of some Characteristic Technology.
He knew about the Silver Heart Alliance's activities over the years. They not only plundered Low-level Civilization and forced them to join their alliance, but they also targeted high-level civilizations. They recruited many level four and Level 5 Civilization, and even a few ordinary Level Six Civilization joined the Silver Heart Alliance.
The leader of the Silicon-Based Collective felt that those ordinary Level Six Civilization might not have much hope of developing Characteristic Technology, but the Level 5 Civilization might be a different story. Perhaps, over the years, the Silver Heart Alliance had mastered some kind of Characteristic Technology by cultivating other individual civilizations.
The sudden surge of activity from the Silver Heart Alliance instilled a sense of urgency in the leader of the Silicon-Based Commonwealth. He even questioned whether the Silver Heart Alliance's approach was truly effective. The Silver Heart Alliance had been gathering up Low-level Civilization throughout the Milky Way Galaxy, taking entire civilizations with them, all in the hopes that one day one of those races would develop a talent for a particular technological path. They were no different from the Harvesters, and in some ways, even more Harvesters.
The civilizations they gathered under the guise of an alliance have actually been stripped of their development potential. As long as they join the Silver Heart Alliance, all the achievements will belong to them.
Perhaps only those civilizations that joined after reaching Level Six Civilization have a certain degree of freedom. And the so-called alliance is essentially a group of vassals of the main civilization of the Silver Heart Alliance.
The Perseus Commonwealth is in a better position by comparison.
However, none of this matters to the Silicon-Based Collective. As long as the Silicon-Based Collective exists, the leader will not allow any silicon-based civilization to join other organizations.
At this moment, another message appeared in the leader's Thinking Organ through the internal channel. "Leader, the Star River has gone out of detection range. Should we have the Dragging Small Universe Team change direction?"
"No rush, let's wait a bit longer and get the clearing of the flight path done first," the leader replied.
This Small Universe is not the Small Universe where their main body is located, but it is still very important. The fact that the Silver Heart Alliance could find it made the leader very uneasy.
If the information is leaked to the Harvesters, then this Small Universe is finished.
Before long, once the wake-up work was completed, the individual Deformed Metal of the Silicon-Based Collective transformed back into individual Warp Engine, disappearing with their Small Universe to who-knows-where.
Meanwhile, the Silver Heart Alliance warships on the other side had a clear objective. After leaving this star system, the warships maintained Warp Speed Travel and directly embarked on a cantilever crossing, heading straight for the Perseus Arm.
It was still a warship, without any Escort Ship, and this warship was very confident in its combat capabilities.
In fact, although the Perseus Commonwealth is called the Perseus Commonwealth, its main body is not necessarily in the Perseus Arm. It's just that the Level Six Civilization that created this community was born in the Perseus Arm.
However, the Silver Heart Alliance knew that the Perseus Commonwealth had established some contact points on the Perseus Arm, through which they could contact their main body.
Of course, there are also some hidden Small Universe, but the Silver Heart Alliance does not currently know where those Small Universe are.
This is the norm for Level Six Civilization.
Not only the Perseus Commonwealth, but also the main bodies of the Silver Heart Alliance and the Silicon-Based Collective are hidden in their own Small Universe, and the Small Universe Civilization Main Body the inhabitant civilizations must be extremely secretive.
The same applies to the Small Universe of the Silicon-Based Collective. It wasn't the main Small Universe of the Silicon-Based Collective, but rather one of their Small Universe.
Yes, the Silicon-Based Collective is more than just a Small Universe.
Similarly, the Perseus Commonwealth and even the Silver Heart Alliance are also like this; they have many Small Universe.
Such is the nature of technological civilization: once they master a technology, they can create a Small Universe within the Great Universe, and then create two or three. Thus, the technology to create Small Universe is a masterable technology, not an unreplicable Black Technology.
The reason why these alliances, communities, and coalitions need so many Small Universe is largely because of the Harvesters. To avoid the Harvesters, most of them hide in their Small Universe.
At least these Level Six Civilization have tacitly concealed their Civilization Main Body, making them difficult to find.
Take the Silver Heart Alliance for example. Despite their widespread broadcasts, those broadcasts are not their main force, but rather fleets deployed from various Small Universe throughout the Milky Way Galaxy.
Upon receiving responses from other civilizations, they do not bring them back to their main Small Universe's microcosm, but rather to other Small Universe. Furthermore, the dialogue between the Milky Way Galaxy Axis Alliance and the Silicon-Based Collective reveals that the so-called Harvesters are not particularly interested in Low-level Civilization.
For humanity, the most dangerous entity is the Silver Heart Alliance, which directly sweeps away weaker civilizations entirely. Of course, humanity doesn't yet know what the Harvesters are, but thanks to the initial series of disasters, they were fortunate enough not to have chosen to believe the Silver Heart Alliance's broadcasts.
After a brief meeting, the Silver Heart Alliance and the Silicon-Based Collective parted ways, while the Extragalactic Civilization they spoke of continued its quiet exploration of the Milky Way Galaxy, attempting to find traces of the Previous Generation Voyager they mentioned.
As the warship of the Silver Heart Alliance stated, the Awakeners at this moment operate in groups of three, exploring the Milky Way Galaxy, or more often, a single warship acting alone.
The Awakeners once encountered a Perseus Commonwealth fleet and, in order to maintain a low profile and remain hidden, destroyed it. Now, they continue their search throughout the Milky Way Galaxy, upholding their commitment to discreet exploration.