Starlight in the Abyss
Chapter 473

Making an Example of Them

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These civilized beings have committed various serious crimes in other civilizations, either killing other civilized beings, manipulating other civilized beings to secretly kill each other to achieve their own goals, or secretly seizing power in other civilizations, caring only for their own pleasure and disregarding the development of other civilizations.

"The Alliance has given you everything. Whatever you want, the Alliance will provide it to you free of charge. Yet you are still not satisfied and have committed these crimes that damage the Alliance's reputation and interests. I don't need to explain right and wrong. Although the Alliance has not formulated relevant laws, as advanced civilized beings, do you not even have this much judgment?" Hu Yu said angrily.

"After deliberation by all the leaders of the Alliance, you are now put on trial. Your crimes are unforgivable, and you are all sentenced to death. Execution is to be carried out immediately. At the same time, I want to warn all civilized beings in the Alliance not to harbor any illusions. Furthermore, as advanced civilized beings, you must be aware of the consequences. By the time the Alliance discovers this, it will be too late. Execute!"

"General, spare my life!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I will never do it again, please spare me."

No one paid them any attention. The spaceship carrying them slowly flew towards one of the stars in the Alpha Centauri. The material of the spaceship was not enough to withstand the star's high temperature. This scene was played simultaneously in the Alliance and in all the civilizations under the Alliance's jurisdiction.

This event further enhanced the prestige of humanity and the Star Ring Alliance, making technological advancement and joining the Star Ring Alliance the goal of every civilization.

This matter quickly passed. As beings of advanced civilization, they do not need laws to restrain them. They fully conform to civilized values in their behavior. They only made a mistake because they were too relaxed during this period. One shock was enough. Now, every being who goes to other civilizations is polite, and every action reflects the quality and atmosphere of the alliance.

In 63735 AD, a miniature spaceship traveling 30,000 light-years outside the galaxy discovered traces of Mechanical Civilization. This Mechanical Civilization's fleet was moving at a high speed, reaching 7,000 times the speed of Mechanical Civilization, much faster than the 6,000 times the speed of light for human spaceships. After tracking for a period of time, the miniature spaceship lost track of the Mechanical Civilization's fleet.

Hu Yu was puzzled. Wasn't the Great Star Region Civilization constantly hunting down the Mechanical Civilization? Why was there still such a large Mechanical Civilization fleet undiscovered? Could it be that the Mechanical Civilization had expanded elsewhere and was preparing to wreak havoc in the Milky Way again?

Instead of reporting it, Hu Yu sent more miniature spaceships outside the galaxy. Hu Yu always felt that the vast space outside the galaxy was not as quiet as it appeared. However, the airspace outside the galaxy was too large, so large that even the fleet's current technology could not monitor it all. If the miniature spaceships hadn't been lucky, they would have had no chance of discovering the traces of the Mechanical Civilization.

Centuries later, the miniature spaceship that had originally discovered the Mechanical Civilization's Mechanical Civilization spotted it again. However, this time the Mechanical Civilization was thousands of light-years away and was coming from behind the miniature spaceship. Hu Yu finally understood why the Mechanical Civilization had not been detected by the Great Star Region Civilization.

If Mechanical Civilization stayed in one place, even if they extracted energy from the fourth dimension, they would be detected by the Great Star Region Civilization. However, since they are now extracting energy while traveling, it would be difficult for even the Great Star Region Civilization to detect them unless they were extracting energy from the fourth dimension in large quantities and over a long period of time, since the space of the fourth dimension is too vast.

The last thing that puzzled Hu Yu was why the Mechanical Civilization didn't leave even though they knew the Great Star Region Civilization was besieging them. With their strength, leaving the Milky Way would be no problem at all. Even if they suffered heavy losses, they didn't leave. What was in the Milky Way that was worth the Mechanical Civilization's risk, or were other galaxies even more dangerous that the Mechanical Civilization dared not go to?

For many years, the Great Star Region Civilization has been pursuing the Mechanical Civilization Mechanical Civilization, but has never been able to capture its leader. The Mechanical Civilization is only a rudimentary civilization in the Large Star Region. Now that Hu Yu has the strength to fight against Mechanical Civilization Mechanical Civilization, he also wants to try to find it. Firstly, the Mechanical Civilization has attacked human fleets many times, and secondly, if he can capture the Mechanical Lord, the benefits will be countless times greater than those of the current Superintelligent Robot.

However, the Mechanical Civilization fleet that Hu Yu discovered already numbered one trillion ships. Currently, the alliance does not have such a large fleet to counter it. Over the years, Hu Yu and the academicians have been thinking of various ways to increase the shipbuilding speed. Now, the speed of the planetary shipbuilding machine has reached its limit, and the third shipbuilding method proposed by the academicians is undergoing final research and development.

The first method is conventional assembly line shipbuilding. The second method is planetary shipbuilding machines, which integrate the assembly line and increase the shipbuilding speed. The third method is injection molding shipbuilding, or casting shipbuilding, which is similar to how ancient humans poured molten iron into sand molds to make pots, pans, knives, swords, and other utensils.

It's simple and quick; warships can do the same now. Human warships are different from those of other civilizations. In terms of materials, the Reversed State of humans can replace all materials, except for some circuits and certain special parts that cannot be replaced.

Academicians have been researching injection-casting shipbuilding for a long time, but injection-casting shipbuilding is also very difficult. As we all know, the ancients could easily make a solid iron ball by pouring molten iron, but they could not make a hollow iron ball in one process. To make a hollow iron ball, the ancients could only make two hollow hemispheres first, and then find a way to put the two hollow hemispheres together.

The same principle applies to shipbuilding today. Warships have complex internal structures and countless pieces of equipment. Academicians have previously tried building only the hull of the warship while manufacturing the internal equipment using conventional methods, but calculations showed that the speed would not be much faster.

However, the situation is different now. The fleet can now create hollow spheres using casting. With the involvement of the fourth dimension, many things that were impossible before can now be done.

The academicians are designing and researching four-dimensional molds. Although the fourth dimension is involved, if injection molding is to be used for production, it means that many materials need to be changed to the Reversed State. The Reversed State material is similar to bricks and has no electromagnetic properties. The academicians need to improve some equipment and use as much Reversed State material as possible. The more Reversed State state materials are used, the faster the shipbuilding speed will be.

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