Li Chen looked at Noah's physical projection beside him with a puzzled expression.
Clearly, the current Star-Level Shelter had already taken in all the survivors from around the world.
It had even taken in aliens who belonged neither to the Star-Level Shelter nor to this planet.
They had all been brought aboard as well.
No matter how one looked at it, the Star-Level Shelter and Earth counted as a single whole.
Yet their civilization levels had to be calculated separately?
What kind of nonsense was that?
Li Chen said he simply could not understand it.
In response to the host, the reason civilization levels are calculated separately is very simple.
According to the provisions of the Cosmic Laws, you and your Star-Level Shelter no longer belong to Earth Civilization.
Your Star-Level Shelter is already an independent civilization, and an illegal, unregistered civilization at that.
Only after you complete the application, file the registration, and receive approval can the Star-Level Shelter and Earth be considered a single whole.
The higher level of civilization development between the two will then be used for the calculation.
Noah's answer left Li Chen wanting to speak but stopping himself.
He felt a little frustrated inside.
He wanted to say something, yet did not know where to begin.
The rules had all been made by others.
Wasn't whatever they said simply final?
Of course, Li Chen was not blaming Noah or the Noah Civilization behind him.
After all, the ones who had established such rules were not the Cosmic Civilizations of the Orion Arm Tenth District.
They were higher-level beings.
"I thought we'd already reached the level of a Level 1 Universe Civilization..."
Li Chen came back to his senses and did not continue dwelling on the matter.
In any case, he could not break those