Perseus Arm
Of course, before mining, the entire satellite fragment mine must be thoroughly explored to ensure absolute safety before commencing, in order to prevent the existence of creations like the Silver Mist that caused heavy losses to humanity. At the same time, safety measures must be prepared.
Since the Silver Mist Incident, humanity has been constantly vigilant about unfamiliar planets and places, and the Silver Mist Incident has become an indelible chapter in human history of space exploration.
Humanity not only deployed tens of thousands of Crimson Flame Civilization probes, but also sent a massive number of Probe Spaceship to investigate. Of course, the Kuntai People, Nair People, and Dog-Headed People races were not idle either. Like the Crimson Flame, they took the lead for humanity. Their individual lives directly piloted Level 3 Civilization ships, warships, and Probe Spaceship equipped with Warp Engine to conduct on-site investigations at the satellite debris sites.
Instead of being unhappy with the arrangements made by humans, these vassal races were very proactive in completing the tasks. This was because they would gain Contribution Degree for completing tasks assigned by Human Civilization or for contributing to the entire Human Civilization Great Fleet. They could then use these Contribution Degree to exchange for their own technological products from humans, or even purchase a Level 4 Civilization Residential Spaceship.
Under such temptation, several other races also became entangled in the competition, making it impossible for them not to work diligently.
After round after round of exploration, humanity has finally confirmed that this Rocky Satellite in orbit around Gaseous Planet poses no danger, and not even a trace of technological artifacts has been found. It seems that the Unknown Civilization packed up very cleanly when they left, leaving not a single screw behind.
Humanity's plan to infer the technological level of Unknown Civilization through technological creations has failed, but there's nothing to be disappointed about. After all, humanity didn't have high expectations for this anyway, and not finding it saves us the trouble of each person testing and worrying.
After the information from their respective probes was collected and sent to the human Flagship Lyra, scientists quickly deduced the power of the Unknown Civilization's weapon based on the size and distribution of the satellite fragments. It was highly likely that the weapon was Planet Destroyer Cannon like the one used by humans.
Having reached this conclusion, and considering the possibility that Unknown Civilization also followed this path, their technological level becomes readily apparent—highly probable to be similar to humanity's current level. However, the time factor must also be taken into account. This Unknown Civilization arrived here at a level comparable to humanity, not at the present moment, as they may have surpassed their previous level after many years of development.
However, this is not the focus of this human exploration of the satellite fragment mining site. The human exploration has two main focuses: one is to ensure safety, and the other is to confirm that the current situation is indeed the work of Unknown Civilization mining, and not some other situation such as war.
In other words, there really was a civilization that, at some unknown time, crossed over from the Perseus Arm and arrived at the Orion Arm.
After reaching this conclusion, the human leadership thought of a very famous organization: the Perseus Commonwealth!
"Commander Yue, we're really going to enter the Perseus Commonwealth's sphere of influence this time," an advisor said in Yue Yuan's office.
Besides him, there were several Command Department members, Jupiter, Man Yuemei, Yi Kai, and others present. Except for Yi Kai was just there to chat with Yue Yuan about Life Science, the others were there to discuss their upcoming arrival at the Perseus Arm.
As the advisor said, they were worried that their trip would lead them into the territory of the Perseus Commonwealth. After all, they had only just arrived, and humans had already discovered traces of Unknown Civilization in the Perseus Arm. Who knew if they would be discovered by the Perseus Commonwealth once they reached the Perseus Arm?
"Staff Officer He, have you forgotten that, as far as we know, the Perseus Commonwealth, as a Level Six Civilization organization, only means that the founders of their organization were born in the Perseus Arm, not that they are necessarily in the Perseus Arm. You know, the Silver Heart Alliance Broadcast also mentioned the Perseus Commonwealth back then... well, when the Awakener 'Illusion'' led us away, the Perseus Commonwealth also participated in the battle at that time, which means that the Perseus Commonwealth appeared in the Orion Arm."
At this moment, a member of the Command Department, who was sitting calmly on the sofa, immediately helped Staff Officer He recover that memory from who-knows-how-many years ago. He continued, "Besides, given the nature of the Harvesters, if they knew that the Perseus Commonwealth had been hiding in the Perseus Arm, they would have no reason not to go to the Perseus Arm to look for them..."
"That makes sense!" Seeing everyone talking, Yi Kai, who had been listening for a while, couldn't help but speak up as well, "In my opinion, it's more than that. Didn't the Awakener 'Illusion'' say before that he was going to fight the Harvesters? That's Extragalactic Civilization fighting against Milky Way Galaxy civilization. I think the Perseus Commonwealth, as a top power in the Milky Way Galaxy, has no reason not to participate in such a big event. Even if they don't participate, they will definitely focus their attention on that."
So even if their lair is still in the Perseus Arm, we don't need to worry too much in the short term. Besides, we're just searching for the Small Universe left behind by the Precursor. Once we find them, we'll be safe. After we come out, we can just follow our current route back to the Orion Arm, right?
"That's true, but has Academician Yi considered why that Unknown Civilization would travel from the Perseus Arm to the Orion Arm?" A member of the Command Department who was deep in thought turned his head to look.
"What does this have to do with us going to find the Small Universe left behind by the Precursor?" Yi Kai also turned his head to look over, and the two looked at each other.
"Of course it's related. Why would an Unknown Civilization leave the Perseus Arm? We don't think it's possible to cross the arm for no reason, unless..." Man Yuemei put down her teacup and joined the conversation. She said, "Unless something happened in the Perseus Arm back then, causing some civilization to risk crossing the arm in search of a way out. Well, there's another possibility: that Unknown Civilization, like us now, learned that there were some Advanced Civilization Ruins in the Orion Arm."
"We don't even know when that Unknown Civilization passed through here, and that Unknown Civilization might just be a Wandering Civilization!" another member of the Command Department chimed in, treating Yue Yuan's office as a Conference Room.
"What's the point of discussing this now? We've come this far, we can't turn back now, we have to go to the Pioneer Small Universe." Zhu Pete, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but express his opinion as the group of people kept talking.
He's right, we definitely have to go.
However, this is not entirely accurate, because a reasonable analysis can better help humans who have arrived in the Perseus Arm to understand the situation in their star system, thereby directly influencing their daily navigation and strategies for dealing with potential Alien Civilization.
"Do you all still remember the news we got from the fake Interstellar Transaction Market of the Crimson Flame Civilization about the destruction of the Solar System?" At this moment, Yue Yuan, who had been silent all along, suddenly looked around at everyone and spoke up.
"The Chief of Staff is saying that the civilization that destroyed the Solar System and the Centaurus Three-Star System might be related to this Unknown Civilization?" Everyone must remember this, so as soon as Yue Yuan finished speaking, someone answered, "That's not right. I remember the news said that the one that destroyed the Solar System was a Level 5 Civilization. Level 4 Civilization doesn't have the ability to destroy a star."