Otherwise, even if the Resonance Assembly were held only once every thirty years, many Level 1 civilizations simply couldn't keep up with the time constraints.
Even so, many Level 1 civilizations in the Star Alliance send their representatives in batches; while the representatives from the last gathering are still on their way home, the next gathering has already begun.
After the last Resonance Assembly, the Phase Creation Civilization moved to a location near the Law String Civilization, although their location didn't really make any difference to Wen Jing.
As elders of the Star Alliance, they also "sensibly" used their influence to collect information on numerous Tier 1 civilizations under their control and sent it to Wen Jing.
Wen Jing, of course, accepted all offers.
However, due to the low efficiency of information carriers in a Level 1 civilization, her contact frequency with the Phase Creation Civilization increased, becoming once every ten days, similar to her initial contact with the Forging Alliance.
This was clearly Phase Creation Civilization by the Xiangzao civilization to increase their contact with her.
This time, however, the place where Phase Creation Civilization Wen Jing not the solemn hall of the previous visits, but a secret room that utilized their most advanced technology.
"Lord Atom Controller, we have something important to report to you!"
The Reconnaissance Clone abruptly pulled its thoughts away from the short video content that the Strongest Clone was watching, setting aside the speculation that 'whether Meng□□'s love for watching cat videos means the teacher can definitely be resurrected,' and came back to its senses.
"... Um?"
The leader of the Phase Creation Civilization a gaunt octopus, used several tentacles to create a kind of particle ink spray in the air, conveying a wealth of information to her:
"Thanks to your discovery of the zero-point energy spectrum, we have recently made a major breakthrough, completing a deep scan of vacuum structures that was previously impossible..."
During this period of contact, the Phase Creation Civilization also noticed that Wen Jing was more 'absent-minded' than before.
However, because their status as a Level 3 civilization was so intimidating, and they didn't know the reason, they dared not be negligent.
Some scholars have even developed models suggesting that the information that the Atom Controller can reveal to them is subject to a certain 'flow' limit. Even if they try to increase the frequency of communication, the other party will still control the total amount of information exchanged, causing them great anxiety.
Looking at the language of the Phase Creation Civilization before him, Wen Jing took a little longer than usual to understand that the project being demonstrated used an amplified zero-point energy spectrum as a 'probe' to send a series of logical detection pulses into deep space.
These pulses do not carry mass and energy, but rather complex mathematical codes. It can be said that the Star Alliance's Type II civilizations are all conducting research in similar directions, hoping to obtain the possible 'echoes' of higher dimensions.
Wen Jing has been paying close attention to this matter.
She is now a practitioner of both technology and the extraordinary, so naturally she is interested in whether the real universe can reach a unified theory with the Ancient Wilderness universe.
This was one of the considerations behind using [ Natural Lever ] to help the Star Alliance complete their exploration.
"During the 137th pulse sequence of the detection, we received an echo, but it did not originate from our predetermined target direction, and its encoding format was understandable and superior to ours."
"Have you discovered other civilizations more powerful than yours?" Wen Jing countered via Mental Link.
Being superior to the Phase Creation Civilization indicates stronger technological capabilities, but being 'understandable' means it hasn't yet reached the level of a third-tier civilization.
According to the Star Alliance scientists' deductions, a major characteristic of Type III civilization technology is its 'incomprehensibility,' such as the Wen Jing they perceive.
"That's exactly right." The leader of Xiangzao immediately explained to Wen Jing, "Moreover, after a comprehensive Analysis, we can basically confirm that the other side comes from our former mother civilization... Changheng."
"Due to ideological differences within our civilization, Changheng once experienced a great war that led to its division. We then broke away from it and discovered other partner civilizations with similar ideologies in the universe, thus establishing the current Star Alliance."
Following the other party's explanation, Wen Jing immediately accessed the historical information of the Phase Creation Civilization and obtained the relevant information.
The Phase Creation Civilization did not develop step by step from the primitive civilization, but rather it was a new civilization re-established by a part of the Changheng Civilization after they broke away.
She hadn't noticed it before because there was too much information about civilizations. From an efficiency standpoint, she prioritized learning the tech tree that yielded the most Skill Points and could directly increase her combat power.
While knowledge from subjects like sociology and history can also earn Skill Points, the amounts are relatively small, hence they are ranked lower.
"No wonder their technology started so advanced; I used to think it was due to their race..."
Then the question arose.
It's not that there won't be disagreements and wars within a civilization; the key point is that once civilizations reach level two, productivity is liberated, and many contradictions such as unequal distribution and class issues no longer exist. So, what becomes the source of conflict?
A civilization has a strong sense of cohesion.
Even in Blue Star civilization like Wen Jing's previous life, which had not yet reached the threshold of a Level 1 civilization ('colonizing the home planet'), the basic Blue Star human identity was greater than national identity.
Furthermore, if there were truly hidden dangers of major contradictions within the Phase Creation Civilization, it should have split long ago. Why did it only split after developing into a Level Two civilization?
Wen Jing asked the leader of the Xiangzao sect this question.
In the past, she would have Analysis and summarized the information herself, but now she's being lazy about such trivial matters, letting the other party explain directly...
The leader of the Xiangzao civilization spat out a few more ink circles. "Before reaching Level Two civilization, we didn't discover any other civilizations. It wasn't until our technological level broke through Level Two and we began to expand our exploration on a larger scale that we encountered our first one."
"However, none of the civilizations we've encountered possessed a technological level superior to ours..."
Even the top-tier Forging Alliance could act arrogantly and domineeringly in the surrounding area, and the people of Changheng at that time were even more fortunate.
They were born with gravitational organs, skipping humanity's long exploration and deduction of spacetime, and had the concept of spacetime integration very early on. It can be said that relativity is common knowledge that everyone in Changheng understands.
Moreover, unlike the Forging Alliance, trading, seizing, or even enslaving a low-level civilization was completely unprofitable for the Changheng Civilization, which was already at level two at the time.
Just like someone with a yard who needs some soil wouldn't go to the mountains to find an ant nest to dig, let alone find and control some ants to dig for them; they could just shovel it out from their own yard.
Therefore, the Changheng Civilization adopted a kind of silent observation that can be described as very 'high-quality' in the universe, much like the Law String Civilization discovered the Forging Alliance but did not take any action, only leaving behind a probe.
However, after observing other civilizations for a long time, the Changheng Civilization gradually developed disagreements on how to treat them.
"The turning point came when a scholar proposed the concept of cultural contagion—"
"All actions of observing, understanding, and exchanging ideas with other civilizations will be subject to the cultural influence of those civilizations."
"The level of infection is divided into three levels..."
"A mild degree of compassion and sympathy for other civilizations leads to helping them develop and progress; a moderate degree involves one's own attitude towards things and the choices made being influenced by the other culture; a high degree involves a change in one's original values, choosing to embrace the other culture."
The level of cultural influence has never been determined by technological or military strength.
Just as the ancient nomadic civilization of Huaxia conquered the agricultural civilization of the Central Plains by force, it was culturally influenced and assimilated in return.
Therefore, the Changheng Civilization gradually split into two factions: the Purity Faction and the Inclusivity Faction.
The former believes that all foreign cultural influences should be rejected, while the latter believes that absorbing the strengths of other civilizations is a sign of progress.
Purity Faction believe that the Inclusivity Faction ' foolish 'pacifism' and 'pro-foreignism' stem from cultural influence and should be excluded from the circle of civilized decision-making to prevent them from leading civilization astray.
The Inclusivity Faction, on the other hand, believes that the Purity Faction are not only stubborn and inflexible, but also opportunistic and cruel.
If we truly want to trace the origins of cultural influence, then the citizens who observed other civilizations in the past were doing so for the sake of the entire civilization. Now, proposing a theory of civilizational purity erases the past contributions of others and excludes them from the core circle of civilization. Who can tolerate this?
Upon reaching the second level of civilization, basic needs are fully met, and the people of Changheng possess exceptionally high moral character, resulting in an extremely strong sense of self-esteem—truly embodying the saying, "A person lives for a breath of air."
"The ideological struggle is escalating and has expanded to the political level..."
"Upon discovering a unique gaseous civilization that had not yet reached Level 1, a Purity Faction border guard, disregarding the objections of the civilization observers, launched an attack directly with his own personal weapon, destroying that civilization."
"The impact of this event completely shattered the stalemate between the two factions, leading to a full-blown civil war."
"Ultimately, after a long war that nearly destroyed civilization, we completely broke away from the Purity Faction and headed in opposite directions into deep space, becoming a completely different civilization."
Upon hearing the description of the incident, Wen Jing unconsciously thought of something.
"That gaseous civilization... is it this?"
She manipulated the inkjet spheres created by the leader of the project, outlining a unique art form.
That was the art of the first alien civilization she encountered when she first began her exile in the universe—the now-extinct ' Weavers.
The leader immediately recognized it, excitedly shaking his tentacles. "Yes, this is a relic of information we created to commemorate the Weavers Civilization."
"This tradition dates back to our time of independence. Every three years or so, we release it into the universe. The fact that you picked it up is an incredible, cosmic coincidence!"
"Just as I thought." Wen Jing thought to himself with a sigh.
The Weavers Civilization has been destroyed, so there must be someone else capable of spreading these messages throughout the universe.
Moreover, the cataclysmic disaster mentioned in their final historical records was caused by the individual weapons of the Changheng Civilization... This clearly demonstrates the technological gap between them.
But even though the Weavers Civilization has disappeared on a physical level, it has survived in another way.