"Big brother, how did you end up here?" Yan Xue asked, her eyes wide, after crying for a while.
Hu Yu placed Yan Xue on the table. "I've looked for you several times, but I couldn't find any trace of you in the entire galaxy. I guessed you must have come here, so I came."
"I didn't expect you to come."
"A drop of kindness deserves a spring of gratitude. The old patriarch gave us technology back then, and now we naturally have to repay him. Besides, since you call me elder brother, how could I not save my own brother? How could you not even defeat a single Giant General Civilization? With the capabilities of your Snow Tribe, you shouldn't be like this!"
"Brother, we've only been at Sextans for ten thousand years. After we parted ways, the old patriarch left us not long after. I followed your advice and decided to lead the Snow Tribe back to the path of technological development. However, our technology is only enough to protect ourselves. The journey of just four million light-years has taken us more than fifty thousand years."
"I see. Why not stay in the Milky Way and develop? With your potential, you could rise to prominence in 50,000 years."
"Brother, you may not know this, but our people have largely lost their scientific research capabilities due to the genetic modification done by the second patriarch. If we want to rise again, we must restore some of our genes. However, we don't know what our original genes looked like. Fortunately, the second patriarch left a way out: in the Sextans, there is our Snow Tribe's original genetic sequence, as well as some backups of our previous technology. That's why I led the people here."
"I see."
"After arriving in Sextans, we quickly found the genetic sequence based on the information left by the old patriarch. We immediately made modifications, restoring some genes to their original state, and our people regained their scientific research capabilities. However, our technological gap was too severe, and our population was very small. For the past ten thousand years, we have been secretly developing in a small planetary system, building a fleet, multiplying, and searching for a technological backup of the Snow Tribe."
"We accurately located the genetic information, but the technological backup was no longer at the location marked by the second patriarch. It's possible that there was a deviation in the evolution of the galaxy, or it's possible that it was obtained by another civilization. After a long period of secret investigation, we finally discovered that our technological backup had been obtained by the Giant General Civilization."
"And at that very moment, the Giant General Civilization discovered us. Our technological backup was specially encrypted; apart from successive tribal chiefs who knew how to open it, no other civilization could access it. The Giant General Civilization also realized that we were the descendants who left behind the technological backup, so they recently began hunting us down. And then..."
"I understand. So, is this technological backup still with the Giant General Civilization?"
"Yes, I must take it back. We still have very few top-notch researchers. I've discovered that even if we restore our previous genes, our research capabilities aren't as terrifying as the old patriarch described. Something seems wrong, but I can't find the reason. To rise quickly, I can only rely on this technology."
"Okay, I'll get it back for you."
"Big brother, this is Chen Xue, our Snow Tribe's current chief scientist," Yan Xue said, pointing to a Rabbit beside her.
"What? This is the chief scientist?" Li Zhixiong grabbed Chen Xue's long ears and lifted her up. "I need to take a good look. I've been wanting to eat braised Rabbit head for a long time."
Li Zhixiong spoke in a lewd manner, and then deliberately licked his tongue, which frightened Chen Xue so much that her legs thrashed in the air, but no matter how much she thrashed, she could not escape Li Zhixiong's clutches.
Hu Yu took Chen Xue from Li Zhixiong and placed her on the table. Chen Xue was trembling, clearly terrified. Hu Yu couldn't believe that such a small creature possessed such immense power, having once ruled the Milky Way. Nevertheless, Hu Yu pretended to reprimand Li Zhixiong, which finally calmed the Rabbit down.
After a while, the Rabbit analyzed the situation and realized that Li Zhixiong was just joking. However, Li Zhixiong's sudden arrival interrupted them due to preconceived notions, which caused the Rabbit ' analytical abilities to decline.
Just as everyone was casually discussing their situation, no one noticed that a massive energy suddenly appeared out of nowhere, instantly filling the entire Sextans. Even the Conqueror Fleet didn't notice it at all. Hu Yu was still listening to Yan Xue describe the power distribution of the Sextans and the possible coordinates of the Giant General Civilization's base.
Sextans is a unified galaxy, Giant General Civilization is the ruler of the entire galaxy. Normally, all civilizations are distributed around the central black hole of Sextans, with advanced civilizations inside and less advanced civilizations outside. As for the Giant General Civilization, their base has never been seen.
The Snow Tribe possesses unique methods to locate the lair of the Giant General Civilization. However, these core technologies are not fully mastered by the Yan Xue. The second clan leader was merely a minor administrator in the peripheral region and could not possibly have mastered the entire Snow Tribe's technology tree. Furthermore, they abandoned technology altogether upon reaching the Sextans. Therefore, the technology here is not the Snow Tribe's pinnacle. Nevertheless, even if it is not the pinnacle, it is enough to drive the civilization here insane.
After careful research and analysis by the scientific team led by Chen Xue, three coordinates were finally determined. The lair of the Giant General Civilization was very likely located at one of these three coordinates. Hu Yu immediately gathered the fleet and prepared to launch a three-pronged attack on the three coordinates simultaneously. However, Hu Yu suddenly discovered that all the warships were unable to perform warp drive.
A bone-chilling cold instantly enveloped everyone. Even a top-tier civilization like the Fish Horse Star Civilization Large Star Region Top-Level Civilization couldn't possibly allow the Conqueror Fleet to lose its warp drive capability without their knowledge. It was as if an invisible hand had directly grabbed the Conqueror, preventing them from moving.
Hu Yu immediately ordered the fleet to switch to conventional power engines. Fortunately, the conventional power engines were not affected. Academician Qin Yin measured the density of this space and found that the space density was normal. Although it was slightly increased, it should only be due to the battle just now and was not enough to completely disable the warp drive.
This felt like falling into an ice cave. Hu Yu calmed down and organized the fleet to slowly sail forward while preparing for a possible attack. The plan to split into three groups had to be changed immediately. The fleet could not enter the fourth dimension. Fortunately, some fleets were left in the fourth dimension and were not affected. Now these fleets dared not move at high speed and could only sail at low speed with the fleets in the three-dimensional universe. The entire fleet dared not separate again.