Academician Xiao has moved all of his biological planets here. There are just too many insect corpses here. There are even dozens of living insects thousands of kilometers long that are bound by the Reversed State in the starry sky. These are all Academician Xiao's treasures. Hu Yu directly dispatched 5 billion Reaper to protect the entire star field, allowing Academician Xiao and his group to do whatever they wanted here.
The starry sky returned to its pristine state, and Planetary-Level Civilization were gradually placed into new stellar orbits. For these Planetary-Level Civilization, the turmoil of the past few centuries had left a profound mark on their history: endless swarms of insects, massive fleets of civilizations, and astonishing technology—all of this filled them with boundless imagination about the starry sky.
These advanced Planetary-Level Civilization are generally able to get back on track after such a disaster, which greatly stimulates their interest in developing technology. As for Stellar-Level Civilization and Star System-Level Civilization, they already have the ability to leave their planets, and their understanding of the universe and their ability to withstand disasters far exceed those of Planetary-Level Civilization. As long as nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely invest more resources in technological research and development, and they will make leaps and bounds in a short period of time.
The Star Ring Alliance returned to peace. This disaster also brought considerable benefits to the Star Ring Alliance. First, the Sand Star Civilization South Star Civilization, after analyzing the warships of the Flying Bear Civilization and with the help of human scientists, coupled with the relentless exploitation by the leaders of the two civilizations, finally mastered the technology of space attacks and stepped into the Small Star Sector Junior Civilization. At this point, all the civilizations in the Star Ring Alliance except for the Great Cang Civilization were already Small Star Sector Civilization.
The Quaking Star Civilization and Zhalong Star Civilization are not far from becoming Small Star Sector Intermediate Civilization. Their space attack capabilities have been greatly enhanced. With the help of humans, all six civilizations have built planetary shipbuilding machines, and their annual warship production has reached more than 5 million ships. Although this is still only half the speed of humans, it is several times faster than their original shipbuilding speed.
Now, Hu Yu has instructed the Sand Star Civilization South Star Civilization to begin shipbuilding as well. Hu Yu has realized that fighting the Zerg swarm requires not only cutting-edge technology, but also that the warships of Small Star Sector Junior Civilization can play a significant role if their numbers increase.
Tens of thousands of planets within the Alliance slowly orbit thousands of stars, hundreds of billions of warships of all sizes and shapes are neatly arranged, and various other spacecraft, transport ships, civilian ships and so on shuttle between planets. The Alliance has developed from almost nothing to its current state in just tens of thousands of years.
The Crystal Civilization didn't go far; it simply settled in a star system two thousand light-years away from the Alliance. The leaders of the Gemini Civilization expressed their desire to join the Star Ring Alliance several times, but Hu Yu brushed them off. The leaders of the Gemini Civilization weren't annoyed; like the Crystal Civilization, they settled in a nearby place. The three major powers formed a triangle, with the activity area of the lower-level civilization in the middle.
The three civilizations were protecting these lower-level civilizations and ensuring their safety. As for the Aquila Civilization, after the insect plague, it stayed quietly in the Alliance for a while and now it's unknown where it has gone in the Milky Way.
In the year 48,000 AD, more than 2,000 years had passed since the insect plague. The number of Reaper had reached 80 billion, and Stinger had reached 100 billion. Moreover, all of them were Small Star Sector Advanced Civilization that had deployed the Fourth Reversed State and completed weapon system upgrades. The number of warships of the other civilizations had also increased by 10 to 20 billion, barely recovering to the level before the nine civilizations besieged the alliance.
Academician Xiao's research on mechanical bodies has yielded results in just over 500 years. Through collaborative work with Academician Zeng, the two have created a machine similar to a mechanical body.
Unlike the humans or animals originally synthesized using atoms, the replicated mechanical beings possessed consciousness. Although Academician Xiao had anticipated this, he still found it astonishing. The consciousness of the mechanical beings was not naturally endowed, but rather a loophole in the rules of the Alpha Universe. This loophole allowed the mechanical beings to gain consciousness, and this loophole also worked in the three-dimensional universe. It is possible that such loopholes also exist in the three-dimensional universe, but the probability of such loopholes appearing is far smaller than in the Alpha Universe. Although the three-dimensional universe is perfect, it is only relative, not absolutely perfect.
The replicated mechanical bodies, like the captured ones, are full of aggression and uncontrollability. These mechanical bodies cannot be used directly by the fleet. If they are not absolutely controlled by humans, it is tantamount to planting a time bomb for the fleet. When the number of mechanical bodies increases, it will be the day the fleet is destroyed. To this end, the two academicians found a way to combine biology and machinery through research on mechanical bodies.
Combining biology and mechanics is not a particularly advanced technology, but imbuing a machine with biological consciousness is another matter entirely. Thanks to the efforts of two academicians, a Little Crab, a precious possession of Academician Xiao, perfectly replaced the consciousness circuitry of the mechanical body. From then on, the Little Crab completely regarded the mechanical part as its own body, while the original mechanical body's consciousness had long since dissipated.
This isn't the Little Crab controlling the machine. The Little Crab's intelligence is low, so even if it controlled the machine, it wouldn't be of much use. The current mechanical entity is the Little Crab's consciousness and cognition, and the machine's intelligence, similar to when the Little Crab entered the Nebula Main Consciousness. However, this time it's a combination of biological and mechanical elements, making it significantly more difficult.
These mechanical beings will never be able to rebel, because their Consciousness Field is absolutely loyal to humanity. They are absolutely obedient to humanity from the depths of their consciousness, and the word "rebellion" will never appear. Academician Xiao is very certain of this. Moreover, these mechanical beings have no emotions. At their core, they are still just intelligent robots.
The new mechanical bodies are designed to look like ordinary robots, but their work efficiency and capabilities far exceed those of computer-controlled intelligent robots. Moreover, they can use their extensive knowledge and logical abilities to handle all problems in the production process, and they can even find solutions to problems on their own.
As long as humans give them instructions, they will complete everything autonomously. For example, if Hu Yu asks them to build a Reaper, they will complete everything from selecting a planet and refining elements to production, processing, assembly, and test voyage. Even a single robot can complete this series of tasks, which is something that current intelligent robots cannot do.
The only difference is that they have lost the ability to replicate themselves. The option of replication has been forcibly eliminated by Academician Xiao and Academician Zeng. Each replicated mechanical body requires the consciousness of a Little Crab to invade before it can be put into the production line. Fortunately, Academician Xiao has enough Little Crab to temporarily cope with the use of these mechanical bodies.