Epoch

The first Duoqi Race to be converted was not an important figure, but after a successful case and several rounds of verification to ensure the success rate, the conversion of relevant Duoqi officers was put into the process.

A few days later, the Swarm obtained some more precise intelligence.

The Star Sea Technology Alliance does exist, and the descriptions of its strength are largely accurate. The Alliance was initiated by a civilization called Ji, a remarkably ancient civilization that has existed for at least hundreds of thousands of years. Whether any other civilizations existed in this star system before the Ji civilization is unknown.

However, according to the publicly available history of the Star Sea Alliance, the Ji civilization was the earliest to appear in this star field. In their very primitive times, they gave birth to a "Saint".

The name of the "Sage" has been lost to the annals of history, but his contributions have been recorded. In that primitive tribal era, when the Epoch Clan relied on grinding stone tools to hunt and fight each other to make a living, he already realized that the starry sky above was the future of the race.

He quickly shared his ideas with the tribal chiefs and gained their support. He then traveled all over the Epoch Clan's Mother Planet and persuaded all the tribal leaders.

In an era when even the most basic means of transportation—wild animals—had not yet been tamed, it is impossible to know exactly how the "sage" traversed mountains and rivers, crossed the globe, and persuaded all tribes. But it is understandable, since all early civilizations have various forms of primitive worship and mythology.

Regardless of what actually happened during that period, the Epoch Clan quickly ended the war, and the various tribes formed Council of Elders nearby. Through this cross-organization, they quickly achieved formal unification, and the Council of Elders became the highest authority.

Having eliminated internal strife, the Epoch Clan soon experienced a technological explosion and maintained this state. In just about a thousand years, they emerged from ignorance and set foot on their Mother Planet.

Although the script felt strangely familiar to Rowan, it was indeed a remarkable achievement. In just a thousand years, the story had progressed from the Stone Age tribal era to the early interstellar era, a record that has remained unbroken in the Star Sea Alliance to this day.

With rapid advancements in technology, the Epoch Clan quickly conquered the satellites of their home Mother Planet and established colonies, marking the beginning of a normal interstellar civilization's development.

During this period, the Epoch Clan, whose ideology was constantly evolving, gradually abandoned many useless traditions. But miraculously, the original Council of Elders was preserved and continued to exist.

Without external enemies to restrain them, the Epoch Clan quickly took control of their home Mother Planet and began exploring surrounding star systems. Gradually, the surrounding star systems were also brought under their control.

As time passed, the Epoch Clan's technology finally reached a bottleneck. The speed of their spaceships limited their continued development. The Epoch Clan had initially been confident that they would soon break through this bottleneck, just as they had encountered countless similar situations before.

But this bottleneck was more stubborn than imagined, holding the Epoch Clan hostage for tens of thousands of years.

During this period, although technology did not advance, the Epoch Clan forcibly expanded using a method of travel that could not exceed the speed of light. However, the result of this forced expansion was increased distance, making the transmission of the Council of Elders' will inefficient.

Even the most united civilization composed of intelligent individuals will breed ambition when lacking necessary constraints. Due to weakened control, the colonies surrounding the Epoch Clan gradually slipped out of the control of the Council of Elders.

This act of division, unprecedented since the beginning of time, enraged the Council of Elders. Thus, war, inevitable and predictable, broke out.

Because of the vast distances, mobilizing troops can take hundreds of years, and issuing an order can take several years, or even decades.

In such circumstances, the war would be protracted.

According to the Star Sea Alliance's historical records, this period, known as the Dark Era, lasted for over 20,000 years, even exceeding the history of the Epoch Clan.

The war also changed from a war between the Council of Elders and the outer colonies into a multi-party war. At its most chaotic, more than a hundred forces even emerged in more than a dozen star systems.

Years of war caused many things to disappear into history, and even led to the regression of the Epoch Clan's technology and the annihilation of its civilization.

But destruction often breeds new life, and the thrill of life and death quietly broke through the bottleneck that had confined the Epoch Clan's technology.

Engines that can propel vehicles faster than the speed of light and instant communication that transcends distance—these technological advancements have made distance no longer an issue.

Thus, the Epoch Clan was reunited, and they once again experienced rapid development.

While developing, the Epoch Clan has also been summarizing its past experiences. After all, technology will eventually face another bottleneck, and if that bottleneck cannot be broken, perhaps this dark history will be repeated.

This is Epoch Clan, who have experienced a long war, do not want to see again.

Through continuous summarization, the Epoch Clan discovered that the reason why they had been unable to break through the technological bottlenecks was because long-term homogenized learning had caused their thinking to become rigid.

At times like these, besides relying on enduring the long hours in the hope that some individuals will have a flash of inspiration and break through the constraints, all that's left is to rely on external stimuli.

The previous breakthrough clearly relied on the second method, but the Epoch Clan does not want to experience that kind of external stimulus again.

However, the first method is rare and unpredictable; such a flash of inspiration may never come our way before civilization disappears.

Therefore, the Epoch Clan began to explore other avenues.

During their previous expansion, the Epoch Clan discovered several Life Star, some of which had already given rise to life. However, at that time, the Epoch Clan often used violent means to directly transform the planets into environments suitable for their Epoch Clan habitation before allowing them to migrate there.

However, this change in environment will kill almost all native life on the planet. Even those that survive will usually be extremely simple in structure and will no longer have the potential to give rise to new species.

But now, the Epoch Clan has changed its approach. Since internal strife within their own clan is unacceptable, they will cultivate an enemy to provide so-called external stimulation.

The new mode of travel gave the Epoch Clan a wider range of exploration. Soon, a newly discovered Life Star came into the Epoch Clan's view.

After some planning and preparation, a large-scale experiment began.

Despite the meticulous care and nurturing of the Epoch Clan, the process of life evolution is a long and arduous one. The history of the Epoch Clan is insignificant in the grand scheme of life evolution.

The Epoch Clan quickly realized that relying on natural evolution was far too unreliable. Therefore, with some "necessary" intervention, the primitive species on the planet developed rapidly.

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