Encounter and Tacit Understanding

"Why should I know? Whatever your plan is, all I need to do is destroy that Electron Warship." The Remnants seemed very confident. After saying that, he stored the expected start time and area of the plan into his Thinking Organ, and then continued to vibrate the spacetime ripples, "I need a promise."

"Explain!"

"After the Electron Warship is destroyed, whichever organization of yours embarks on the Great Voyage Road must prioritize providing me with the supplies and fuel I need along the way."

"Don't worry, our Silicon-Based Collective agrees. It'll be a pleasure working with you!"

The Remnants did not reply, but instead activated Optical Invisibility again, concealing himself once more in the Void.

The leader of the Silicon-Based Collective knew that he had successfully persuaded this being. Although it seemed that he had not said anything, this was how it was among Level Six Civilization. Except for beings like the Harvesters, they all basically knew that leaving the Milky Way Galaxy was the only way out.

No, perhaps the Harvesters also know this, but they have a different view of the Great Voyage. In their minds, perhaps the Great Voyage can only be initiated by their civilization alone, and other civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy can only exist to enhance their own power.

Of course, it's also possible that they believe that by concentrating all the civilizations with Characteristic Technology in the Milky Way Galaxy into their own, they can break through the constraints of Cosmic Civilization. Otherwise, their behavior of plundering technology everywhere would be inexplicable.

But regardless, from the perspective of the Silicon-Based Collective, the Harvesters are the biggest cancer in the Milky Way Galaxy.

The various shapes of the Silicon-Based Collective's creations did not linger. They once again writhed in metal, rapidly transforming into enormous Warp Engine before disappearing into the Void.

Their mission was accomplished; now all they had to do was wait.

What are we waiting for? Of course, we're waiting for the Harvesters to appear, and for Harvesters to go and cause trouble for that Extragalactic Civilization.

Although they intend to deal with the Harvesters, the Silver Heart Alliance clearly does not plan to confront Harvesters head-on; they intend to observe from the sidelines for the time being.

Yes, that's why the Silver Heart Alliance previously spread the word throughout Milky Way Galaxy that Awakeners with Characteristic Technology had arrived.

They knew the Harvesters well. The Harvesters possessed Electron Warship, were extremely arrogant and didn't even take any Level Six Civilization seriously. So even though the Harvesters knew that the message was spread by the Silver Heart Alliance and that it might be a trap, they would still go and try it.

It wasn't that they were stupid, but rather that they were fearless; they believed that absolute power could shatter all conspiracies and schemes.

Indeed, during the time the Silicon-Based Collective was in contact with the Remnants, many Harvesters warships were searching for the Awakeners's location in space. Once they found it, war would be inevitable.

As for the Remnants, after the Silicon-Based Collective went far away, he did not stay in this Void Star Region, but instead went into the interior of the Milky Way Galaxy in his own way.

The Silicon-Based Collective did give him coordinates, but not precise ones, since no one knows where the Harvesters will encounter that Extragalactic Civilization.

Therefore, the so-called coordinates are merely places where the Awakeners have appeared, as discovered by the Silver Heart Alliance.

The Milky Way Galaxy is vast; even Level Six Civilization would need over 460 years to traverse it at full speed. Fortunately, the coordinates of several star systems provided by the Silver Heart Alliance are not far apart, so they can still get there as long as they detect any issues in a particular star system.

As the Remnants of Individual Civilization at the Level Six Civilization, he understood this, so he simply chose a random route and sped towards the interior of the Milky Way Galaxy.

As can be seen, his mode of travel is very similar to that of the Silicon-Based Collective. He first removed the Optical Invisibility barrier, then the red light on his body turned into a dazzling blue light, and then he also entered Warp mode and disappeared into the visible universe.

Time flies.

Time in the universe seems extremely cheap; a hundred years or so pass in the blink of an eye.

During this period, humanity also worked diligently to build the 6,674 Astronomical Unit -long ladder in its pursuit of reaching Level 4 Civilization. That star field was already a bustling scene, with each developed Star System a vibrant construction site.

On those planets, even from space, one can see rows of gleaming, metallic mechanical devices on their surfaces. The planetary orbits are filled with various hovering platforms— Low Earth Orbit, geostationary orbit, and high Earth orbit—like Space Fortress fortresses suspended in mid-air, with short-range transport ships constantly moving between the planets and these platforms.

Looking at the entire Star System, if the probes are sensitive enough, they can see that these transport ships are like Meteorite Belt, connecting each Rocky Planet and Space Base.

They transported resources from the planet into space, and then long-range transport ships carried the supplies to construction bases located several light-years or even tens of light-years away.

In this process, individual beings of the Crimson Flame Civilization replaced the Intelligent Program and took on the task of transporting materials.

Their presence is felt in every developed Star System.

The Little Grey mining robots also played a significant role in this process. Those planets that appear from space as just patches of gray metallic material floating around are the Little Grey mining robots.

The mining method of the Little Grey Form robots is similar to that of Silver Mist, directly breaking down minerals into piles of metallic elements, which are then transported to space by transport ships.

After years of mining, Rocky Planet have become riddled with holes, and many of them have lost their original spherical shape.

Humans are devouring these eight Star System like locusts; in fact, judging from the changes in the shapes of these planets, they could perhaps be called planet devourers.

Human Civilization's technology cannot destroy a planet all at once, but through mining, it can gradually erode Rocky Planet one by one.

While humanity was busily transforming eight Star System into a vast construction site in the starry sky, a fleet of warships suddenly appeared amidst the stars on the other side of the cosmos.

This warship squadron consists of about a hundred warships, each about two thousand kilometers long, but they look quite ordinary. However, they have one distinctive feature: their paint scheme is uniformly black.

These ships are completely different in style from the previous Silver Heart Alliance warship. Clearly, these warships are not Silver Heart Alliance warships.

Almost at the same moment that the warship squadron exited Warp into the visible universe, about three light-years away, a huge Rectangular Warship also exited Warp.

Immediately afterwards, as if they were perfectly coordinated friends, they disappeared from the visible universe at the same time, and then appeared simultaneously in two other locations several light-years apart, and then disappeared and appeared again.

It was as if it were flashing Teleportation.

Both are constantly disappearing and reappearing, and their positions and distances are constantly changing.