"Crystal Messenger, would you like to visit our territory?" Hu Yu asked.
Over the years, Hu Yu had dealt with this envoy from the Crystal Civilization many times. Although they hadn't become close, Hu Yu had a very good impression of the envoy. Moreover, the envoy was very dedicated and responsible, patrolling the area under his jurisdiction year-round.
Logically, the Crystal Civilization had already analyzed the spaceship provided by the Heavenly Peak Civilization and obtained what they wanted, so they didn't need to continue the mission of patrolling the galaxy. However, they did not stop; instead, they intensified their patrol efforts.
The Crystal Civilization's envoys also expressed their respect for Hu Yu's dispatch of 60 billion Reaper to patrol the river system. However, their fleet was already engaged in defensive operations and could not spare more fleets to maintain the stability of the river system. Hu Yu's addition made their patrol work much easier.
To this end, they also established a long-term communication mechanism with Hu Yu. This Terminators, as the envoy of the Crystal Civilization, was responsible for contacting the Human Civilization. The two sides communicated information about the swarms. The arrival of high-level swarms could be easily wiped out by the Reaper, while the arrival of the Queen Swarm was dealt with by the envoy of the Crystal Civilization.
"Thank you for the kind invitation, General, but I don't have time right now. I just received a message from a higher dimension that a lower-level civilization may be conducting high-energy physics experiments, and I must go and take a look."
"In that case, I won't insist you stay."
Hu Yu was preparing to return to the base when he saw a creature that was almost transparent float out of the spaceship. Hu Yu had dealt with the Crystal Civilization envoys many times, and this was the first time he had seen their biological form. This action moved Hu Yu deeply. If the envoys did not trust humans to the extreme, they would never have walked out of the spaceship like that.
They were only about one meter tall and seemed to have little mass. Their upper bodies were round spheres with numerous long and short tentacles below, somewhat like jellyfish on Earth, except that their upper spheres had many more organs, perhaps for sight, hearing, and so on.
He drifted in the desolate starry sky. Hu Yu looked at him carefully for a long time but found no energy life support system. Hu Yu, who was used to such things, did not investigate further. Since Hu Yu was not on the Reaper, he projected his own image next to the Crystal Messenger as a sign of politeness. This was the first time that the beings of the two civilizations had met.
"General, our Crystal Civilization and your Human Civilization maintain friendly exchanges. Through these years of interaction, my leader and I have come to greatly appreciate and recognize your Human Civilization. Our Crystal Civilization is an ancient civilization, and as the Terminators who patrols the galaxy, I naturally know more than others. This spaceship does not belong to our Crystal Civilization and is not safe. There are some things I would like to inform you of in advance, General."
"Please speak, sir."
"Does the general know which Great Star Region Civilization this area belongs to?"
"I'm not quite sure. I only know about the Heavenly Peak Civilization in the Great Star Region Civilization."
"General, according to the classification, our Crystal Civilization and your Human Civilization both belong to the Yun San Civilization."
" Yun San Civilization?"
"Yes, the Yun San Civilization is a civilization many times older than our Crystal Civilization. I've heard they've existed for at least 5 billion years, making them the oldest existing civilization in the galaxy. Some say Yun San Civilization may have existed for tens of billions of years. This is something no other civilization could possibly know except for the Yun San Civilization itself."
"Wouldn't the Yun San Civilization be the most powerful of these five civilizations?"
"No, as far as we know Yun San Civilization is about the same strength as the young Heavenly Peak Civilization. In fact, the technological levels of the five civilizations are now quite similar. Since the arrival of the Zerg, the strength of the Great Star Region Civilization is basically the same. They are all Great Star Region Advanced Civilization, and their fleet sizes are also roughly the same."
"That's true, their fleet is all being used to fight the Insect Race."
"General, I want to tell you that if the Yun San Civilization asks you to carry out dangerous missions, you must not go."
"A dangerous mission? Why?"
"The general should know that the Great Star Region Civilization is not a god; they are merely a slightly more advanced civilization than us, and this advancement is only in terms of technology. They, too, have selfish desires and various ideas. Perhaps they have grievances against you, perhaps you have unintentionally offended them, or perhaps they simply don't like you. Although they are not yet at the point of directly attacking you, they are perfectly capable of engaging in some minor actions."
"I understand, I understand. But our Human Civilization has never offended them, nor have we had any dealings with them. They shouldn't treat our Human Civilization like this, especially this Yun San Civilization, which I've only just heard of today."
"I was just telling the general that the Yun San Civilization is actually quite good. They usually keep a low profile, and we hadn't even heard of such a Great Star Region Civilization before the Zerg swarm arrived. It's lucky that our Crystal Civilization and you were assigned to the Yun San Civilization; if we had been assigned to the Demon Scorpion Civilization, we would have been in a much worse situation."
" The Demon Scorpion Civilization? Yet another Great Star Region Civilization?"
"Yes, the Demon Scorpion Civilization should be the second oldest civilization, second only to the Yun San Civilization in terms of existence time. Of course, this information is not very reliable, but that's what everyone says. Before the arrival of the Zerg Swarm Demon Scorpion was the only primitive civilization in a Large Star Region sector among the several Great Star Region Civilization, and it was at the bottom. They survived because they had a long development period and were lucky. This civilization is very jealous of the Small Star Sector Civilization with potential and often makes some underhanded moves."
"Jealousy? What's there to be jealous of? They're already high and mighty."
"General, your humankind has developed so rapidly that you cannot comprehend what it feels like to be a civilization that has developed for billions of years. Imagine if you hadn't made any progress for billions of years, how would you view a rapidly advancing, less advanced civilization?"
"I understand, Envoy. Could you check if these coordinates are within the territory of the Demon Scorpion Civilization?" Hu Yu informed the Crystal Envoy of the coordinates of the former territory of the Xuan Star Civilization.
"Indeed, General, what's wrong with these coordinates?"
"It's a long story. There was also a rapidly developing Small Star Sector Junior Civilization at this coordinate. More than 10,000 years ago, a large swarm of Zerg suddenly descended upon the center of their territory. Although they were able to deal with the Zerg, they also paid a heavy price. At that time, we had some entanglements with them and it was inconvenient for us to take direct action, so we waited for Great Star Region Civilization to appear. However, we waited for a very long time and no Great Star Region Civilization came. In the end, we had no choice but to send our fleet to help."
"That's it, it must be the Demon Scorpion Civilization. This isn't the first time they've pulled these kinds of dirty tricks, so we should be glad we don't have to fight alongside them. Although we've never dealt with the Demon Scorpion Civilization before, everyone knows Demon Scorpion Civilization, domineering, and difficult to deal with."