"See? We're about to enter the Insect Zone. We can basically ignore the progress here Youwei now, and we don't need to worry about Little Liu either. So we desperately need this defense system. The First Reversed State can't stop the attack from the Fish Horse Star warships, and neither can the Second Reversed State. We'll be at war with the Fish Horse Star Civilization sooner or later. If we can't enter the Great Star Region Civilization in time, this defense system will be even more valuable. Even if we do enter the Great Star Region Civilization, with this defense system combined with the Fourth Reversed State Armor and the space-swapping defense, what level of survivability will the warships achieve? Besides, something even the Great Star Region Civilization can't obtain is probably more valuable than Dongdong said, so I think it's very necessary to go."
"Academician, it's not that I don't want this defense system. There's no reason to have too many of these good things. I just can't let so many of you academicians take such a risk."
"If it's safe there, I'm not interested. The more dangerous it is, the higher its value and the harder it is to obtain. It means there are many things we don't yet understand there. Even if we can't get the defense system, it will be of great help to us in other ways."
" Academician Li Youwei's Fourth Reversed State, Academician Liu Bo's Basic Space, Academician Zhou Xiaohua's four-dimensional travel, and so on, have all been without any breakthroughs for a very long time. If we can enter this Matter River, we might find some inspiration, which would be of great help to our own research."
"Yes, General, I am willing to risk going. I have been studying Basic Space for over 20,000 years, and my head is spinning, but I haven't made any progress," Academician Liu Bo said, shaking his head.
"Me too. I've always wanted to integrate the method for entering the fourth dimension left by Mr. Daozi, along with the four-dimensional network that allows us to trace our origins. Although it's only been a little over two thousand years, like Academician Liu, we've made no progress. So I hope to make a trip there; perhaps I can find some inspiration."
"General, me too."
I want to go too.
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"We all want to go, General, please let us go."
"You guys... alright, I know it's no use trying to persuade you, but you absolutely must ensure your safety before crossing. Leaving aside the dangers of the Matter River, just getting through the Insect Zone is already difficult for us."
"General, we'll find a way."
" Academician Zeng, what exactly is the Matter River?" Wen Zhonghua asked.
"This is the first time I've heard of such a thing. The information from Dongdong is that the Matter River is a river composed of matter, somewhat similar to Nebula Region. Nebulous matter travels around a galaxy slower than that of a typical celestial body, but Dongdong's information shows that the Matter River is traveling twice as fast as a celestial body. It's very strange."
Is there any other information?
"There's not much useful information. I guess the leaders of the Carina Civilization wanted to test our capabilities. The most useful information is just a coordinate, about 80,000 light-years away. Even if we rushed there now, it would take us 20 years."
"Academician, even if we want to go, we'll have to find a way through the Insect Zone. I estimate that the Zerg there are at least Tier 20 or higher, and there are even a few higher Tier 20s. Our current fleet size is insufficient to handle them, and reaching the coordinates without alerting the Zerg swarm is almost impossible."
"Yes, that's exactly what's giving me a headache. The Carina Civilization went together with hundreds of Small Star Sector Civilization and countless warships. We can't possibly find them to go together now; we can only go alone. Even with the Reversed State Armor, we're not confident."
"Academician, since we can't go for the time being, and the leader isn't in the galaxy anymore, I'd like to go find Minister Luo. I haven't been able to contact them for several days. Although Mr. Daozi said they're fine, I still want to know how they are doing."
"The galaxy is so vast, where are we supposed to find him? If there's no reconnaissance system near the Alliance, we might not be able to spot Minister Luo Minister Luo if he's tens of light-years away from us. Besides, Minister Luo could be moving at any time; he might return to the places we've already searched, causing us to miss each other."
"General, there's no need to worry about Minister Luo others. Since Mr. Daozi said they're alright, they must be. On the contrary, we need to think carefully about where the leader has gone. Although I've never met the leader, he holds a very high place in my heart, and I also hope to find him," Academician Liu Bo said.
"Where has the leader gone? Sigh," Hu Yu sighed.
"General, the leader has reached the Star System Level before us. Just as Daozi said, he might have gone to other dimensions. Director Xu's abilities far surpass ours," Academician Zeng comforted him.
"Also, there's no need to worry about Minister Luo. Our Photon Seeding Plan has already started. As time goes by, the photons will travel farther and farther. Once our photons have spread throughout the galaxy, finding Minister Luo will be a very easy task."
"It would take at least tens of thousands of years."
"Yes, right now we're using long-term seeding, with very few points of photon generation. Short-distance photons aren't very meaningful. Our photons won't just be in our galaxy, but will also be heading towards other galaxies. If we can solve the fusion problem of the four-dimensional channel based on the four-dimensional channel created by entangled photons, maybe in the future we'll be able to travel to other galaxies through other dimensions."
"Academician, you don't need to make empty promises to us. Even if photons could reach extragalactic galaxies, it would take at least several million years. Even the nearest Andromeda, Andromeda, would take 2.5 million years. We'll have to wait a long time."
"Haha, whether it works or not, we should keep thinking about it. What if it succeeds? Then the photonic foundation we've laid can be put into use immediately. Right now, the roads are being paved and the vehicles are being built, all proceeding simultaneously."
"Since Minister Luo and the leader are unable to find him for the time being, what should we do next?"
"This is a matter of great importance, and it's up to you to handle it. I just want to get to the Insect Zone as soon as possible!"
"We've already activated over a thousand planets at full capacity, but the Reaper production is only 2 million ships per year. Even if we increase production to 5 million ships per year, it will still take 20 years to reach 100 million ships, and over 20,000 years to reach the 100 billion level. If we exclude the garrison fleet, that time will double. Academician, we started late. Other Small Star Sector Civilization have accumulated their massive fleets over countless years. If we have to wait another 40,000 years before we can set sail, we're afraid of Zerg swarm anomalies; they won't give us that much time."
"This is indeed a problem. Although we have automated 99% of our work, we still need 1% of the human resources to participate. Our current population is only 300 billion, and this 1% gap takes up more than 50 billion people. If we need to increase production to 5 million ships, we need half of the population to participate. This is an unreasonable social structure."