These Skylu people, who looked like a combination of goblins and orcs, were actually a scientific team. Their duty was to find resource planets and habitable planets for the Skylu civilization.
Although the Skylu civilization already had the ability to terraform planets and adapt them to their own habitation. But most Skylu people still liked to live on planets with natural ecosystems.
Skylu was a huge interstellar empire, and it was normal for rich merchants and nobles to own manors in several or even dozens of star systems.
Some Skylu nobles also liked to play god role-playing games. For example, if the expedition team discovered a civilization that was relatively backward in terms of civilization form, it would be a more realistic example.
It was a planet whose civilization progress was still at the stage of 0.2 ~ 0.3 primary civilization of the universe (about one or two thousand years ago on Earth). The civilization on this planet still didn't know why the sun, moon, and stars rose and fell, and didn't know that the earth under their feet was actually a sphere. They also blamed natural disasters on divine punishment or something.
In the eyes of the Skylu people, although these civilizations had their own writing and their own cultural customs. But in fact, they were no different from wild animals.
In fact, all civilizations lower than the primary form of the universe were regarded by the Skylu people as beasts. Civilizations that could not carry out interstellar travel were not worthy of talking to them about civilization.
Have you ever seen how people on Earth raise pets? Give them some water, give them some food, give them some small toys. When they were happy, they would tease them a little, and when they were unhappy, they would tell them to go away.
It was just that most of the pets raised by people on Earth were cats and dogs, while the pets raised by the nobles of Skylu were those from primitive civilizations. They played the role of the gods of this civilization, taking life and death from these civilizations.
Because for these civilizations with a civilization level of only 0.2 ~ 0.3, the scientific level of the Skylu people was no different from that of the gods.
The Skylu civilization was a civilization that lacked entertainment, so this kind of god role-playing game was very popular among the big nobles and big businessmen. Although the Nova Corps had a clear rule that it was a serious violation of the law to forcibly interfere with the progress of a civilization below level 1 (primary form of the universe).
But the main power of the Nova Corps was concentrated in the Milky Way, and its jurisdiction over the Andromeda System was actually not that strong. So many Skylu nobles still did this secretly. They also needed to find some fun in their lives!
Also, the Skulu people's concept of living was completely different from that of the people on Earth. Just like the people on Earth, a few people squeezed into a small house that was only a few dozen square meters, which was completely unreasonable in the eyes of the Skulu people.
As the center of Skuru's civilization, Skuru Planet only had tens of millions of people living on it for a long time. Other habitable planets may only have a few million or even a few hundred thousand people.
The material resources owned by each Skulu were unimaginable to the people on Earth. Even an ordinary Skuru born on a resource-rich planet had more resources than many countries on Earth could have at birth!
The Skulu people lived more scattered lives and were more self-centered. But on the other hand, the Skulu people were also more bored.
Think about it. When you open the window in the morning, your front garden is as big as Australia, and the Aegean Sea is the swimming pool in your back garden. The Sahara Desert is a sandpit for your children to play with and build piles of sand.
You are indeed rich in materials. As long as a Skulu has a few mechanical butlers to help him deal with the problem of resource extraction, then he can live without anyone for the rest of his life. Simply put, he can become the ultimate otaku!
It is difficult for ideas that lack communication to blossom with any sparks, just like the Trisomorph in the famous science fiction novel. Their civilization could beat Earth countless times, but they did not give birth to charming art.
The same was true for the Skulu people. Their entertainment was to go to the low-level civilized planets they bought and play gods, and the only thing left for them to do was to watch gladiatorial fights. There were a few famous gladiatorial planets in the universe, and the Skulu people were all extravagant guests.
The development of science and the development of art were not equal. The birth of art was often a flash of inspiration for some people, which was like an accidental event. Sometimes it could be a continuous flash of inspiration, of course, sometimes it might not even appear once in thousands of years. Just like not everyone can be an artist or write a novel or something.
And these Skuru people were shouldering the mission of the Skuru Empire to find suitable resource planets, habitable planets, and even entertainment planets for their country to play gods for fun.
However, there was a small accident when they were traveling in space. A cosmic tide swept them into a small wormhole. This was as dangerous as entering a whirlpool while sailing in the sea.
They did not know how long they had been traveling in the wormhole, and they did not know where they were going. The captain decisively ordered the jump escape device to be activated, and then he and a dozen of his crew members were teleported to this place.
He did not know what planet he was on, and he did not even know which galaxy he was in. Because this was an unexpected event, what the captain was most afraid of now was that he was on a planet without any civilization. On a barren planet like that, it would be completely over.
"The air is breathable, we do not need to use armor, and there is water and microbes in the air. This is a planet with life. "Among the eight crew members, the only one whose external detection equipment was not completely damaged was the captain's adjutant.
"My detection equipment is also not working, and I can't find anything more. A lot of functions are missing, and the emergency jump just now caused a huge impact." The captain had expected the adjutant to be able to say more, but the adjutant said this apologetically and awkwardly.
The captain could only nod helplessly. This was an accident, and the adjutant could not be blamed. However, if there was life on this world, it was very likely that there would be a civilization.
For example, the captain had already scouted out the camp area where Reed, Dum, and the others were camping. There was light at the place where they had set up camp, which was very conspicuous in the wild.
"Artificial light?" The captain had already determined that this was not a natural light source. If there was an artificial light source, it proved that this civilization had at least mastered ignition technology. Being able to master fire and tools was already the most basic form of civilization.
However, the captain prayed that there was not a group of primitive people living here, because if that was the case, he and the others might not be able to go home. Of course, it was best not to have a group of civilization that was too advanced. Who knew if the advanced civilizations similar to the Skolu had the same hobby as the Skolu people.
When that time came, it would be troublesome if they were kept as pets. The captain's worry was not unnecessary, but there were indeed many advanced civilizations that had this hobby of enslaving lower civilizations, even if it was a serious illegal act.
The captain and the others prepared to quietly approach the place with the artificial light source, and then observe the level of civilization of these indigenous people.
It would be best if this was a civilized planet with a level of civilization of around level 1. In that case, they could think of ways to use the resources of this planet. They could even contribute an entertainment planet to the Empire.
Until now, the captain had not forgotten his mission. He was really a good captain who devoted himself to work, a good captain of the Skolu people! Of course, if the Earthlings knew the thoughts of this Skolu captain, how they would react, that was not something the captain had to consider.
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Reed and the others' campsite.
Reed was still arguing with Dum. They were arguing about whether this alternative ecosphere should be destroyed. Susan watched the two men quarrel, unable to get a word in edgewise.
She could only turn on a portable projector that Reed had brought, and find a movie that had just been released this year to watch.
Will Smith starred in "Men in Black," about a group of secret men in black who were responsible for managing aliens who came to Earth. This year's box office was huge, and Susan had a hunch that this film would definitely have a second or even third installment. Maybe there would even be a spin-off cartoon or something.
"I said, this is a project that I worked hard to make. I can use this place to create an ecosphere, a complete ecosphere! "Reed yelled at Dum.
Dum didn't budge an inch against Reid. "Just you alone? Do you think that a university student like you can replicate an entire planet, or even the evolution of an entire civilization? Using your haemorrhagic potion to promote the evolution of a civilization of thousands of years in ten years? Do you want to promote it a little more, or even a million years? Or rather, create another intelligent race! "
Reed was very annoyed. He was not usually a male human who could not listen to others' advice. But when this matter might involve his face in front of his mother, Susan, he felt that he had to fight for it. The saying that love can make people irrational was not just empty talk.
"But you have to try everything. Do you know how beneficial it is for our graduation thesis to do an entire ecosphere evolution project? You can even get an invitation from a better academic institution and stay in the United States. You don't have to go back to that poor and backward Latvia! "The young Reed said a little irresponsibly.
"Don't you want to stay here? Or do you like that shabby Latvia that much?! "Reed raised his eyebrows and spoke in a slightly arrogant manner.
His attitude and the tone in which he looked down on his hometown infuriated Dum. Without any hesitation, he pulled out the thermos gun that he had just made from his waist and aimed at Reed. He did not even think before pulling the trigger.
"No! Dum! Stop! " At this critical moment, Susan, who had been watching the two of them, flew over and crashed into Dum. This caused the muzzle of Dum's gun to deviate.
The ray of the thermos gun almost brushed past the outside of Reed's arm. Reed was shocked. He really did not think that Dum would really dare to shoot. He was so scared that he could not even stand steadily and fell to the ground.
And Reed was not the most frightened. The one who suffered the most was Captain Skylu. He and his crew observed the arguing natives from afar. They had originally planned to continue observing for a while.
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