The Wanderer, which was returning to the star jump zone, received a new statement of friendship from the civilization.
The words were much more humble than before, and they hoped that the Wanderer would stay for an in-depth discussion.
Being friendly and helping them …
The scientist was shocked. "Isn't this asking for trouble?"
When they came, they were full of suspicion.
Now that they were about to leave, they began to persuade them to stay.
Then they realized that it was Lan Mu's detached attitude that had completely shocked the civilization.
"Envoy, you already expected this?"
"Ah … I learned it from others." Lan Mu laughed.
"Why did they have the courage to fight before, but now they don't even have the courage to do so?" Everyone was puzzled.
Lan Mu said, "It's still a chain of suspicion. In a situation where information is unequal, their imagination scared themselves, and I only magnified this suspicion and left some leeway. They widened the technological gap between us out of thin air. "
This was a behavior he learned from the Amon civilization. To deal with civilizations with a huge technological gap, a detached attitude was the best weapon.
In the words of Earth, it was pretentious.
Of course, the Amon civilization called it: Individual Spaceship Guide to the Interstellar.
Lan Mu was just experimenting, and now that he saw the reaction of the civilization, he found that it was quite useful.
To put it bluntly, this civilization was just a test subject to test some of the methods of interstellar travel that he had obtained from Yun Shinian's book.
The little information that the Amon civilization had left in Yun Shinian's book had already allowed Lan Mu to see that this was a bragging civilization.
This method was often used by the research ships of the Amon civilization, and what they used was the chain of suspicion.
The chain of suspicion was a natural distrust born in a situation where information was unequal.
Therefore, the research ships of the Amon civilization liked to turn this kind of bad situation into a situation that was beneficial to them.
For example, if the research ship came to the territory of a civilization, the other civilization was weaker than them, but because there was only one research ship, if a fight broke out, the research ship would not have the ability to retreat unscathed.
In this situation, it was time to use the technological advantage and the chain of suspicion to fill in the gaps.
Contempt, detachment, and an invincible attitude. It was as if a research ship was enough to look down on the entire civilization.
In the end, the research ship easily crossed the territory. As for the civilization that was angry, they did not dare to act up.
Instead, he had to endure hardships and develop his skills.
The universe was a mysterious place. There was no public order, and the vast space itself was a kind of veil. The difference in technology was a natural hierarchy. In a sense, technology was limitless. Who knew how big the gap would be? It could very well be the gap between a god and an ant.
As long as the technology displayed was not understood by the other party, the chain of suspicion would magnify the gap by ten thousand times.
Of course, if the other party understood your technology and the gap between you and them wasn't big enough, you couldn't use this method. Otherwise, you would die a horrible death.
The Book of Yun Sui Yue said that many individual spaceships of civilizations did this, and this kind of bragging was popular throughout the universe.
As long as the method was done correctly and didn't actually hurt the other party, this method was very effective.
Sometimes, the other party knew that you might be bragging, but they didn't dare to act recklessly. This was because the difference in skills was real. He didn't know if it was a difference of one level or a difference of several levels. He was afraid of the 'what if'.
Civilizations were very cautious and would rarely gamble with the survival of their civilization.
'What if' was the most important link in the chain of suspicion. Many civilizations could not get rid of this logic lock.
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On the way back, Wanderer received more than ten messages, all of which were sent by that civilization.
However, there was no reply.
Now, the ruler was regretting it. He thought that he had missed his first friendly contact with an alien civilization and lost the shortcut to technological advancement.
Notify, read, and leave. It was as if he was really just an observer.
To the ruler, who had never come into contact with other civilizations, the Wanderer represented a mysterious super civilization in the universe.
The disregard or disdain for low-leveled civilizations had been imprinted in his bones.
The contempt of passing by and taking a look, the disregard of prayers and communication, and the absolute suppression of technology.
These were all normal. The other party's skills were probably unimaginably high.
The ruler even thought that this civilization was extremely friendly by notifying them before reading the data!
"How friendly. They're so powerful, but they still have to notify us …"
"Luckily, they're just passing by and don't even bother to attack us. Otherwise, my immature words might have caused a misunderstanding."
Seeing that the Wanderer ignored them, they had no choice but to watch.
When they used the astronomical telescope to observe the sudden abnormality of the star, a black dot was constantly moving in the violent energy flare, like a sunspot.
"What's that? A sunspot? "
"That should be their pet, right?"
"It's actually true! How can there be creatures living in the star! "
"Science is endless … It's not that they're lying, it's just that we're too ignorant."
"Quick! Observe with all your might! Maybe we'll find something! "
They did not have the ability to rush over. It would take them at least a few years to get there slowly.
Therefore, all they could do now was to observe as much as possible.
At this time, Lan Mu on the Wanderer had already used the Bastet metal to retrieve the Golden Crow.
After sealing it in the charging room again, the spaceship began its ninth jump.
It disappeared without any hesitation, making the civilization that was observing them regret their decision.
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Most of the time, interstellar travel was boring.
On the 27th jump, the Wanderer finally encountered something.
They were now 100 light years away from Earth.
When the spaceship arrived at the star system, Eve immediately detected a high-energy reaction.
"High-energy reaction residue detected. Calculating the energy decay rate, an energy beam passed by here about five years ago.
"High-energy level is the energy produced by the collision of particles … ten to the power of twenty.
"It's enough to travel thousands of light years in space before fading away."
Everyone was shocked. This was a super energy cannon. Could it be that there was a war nearby not long ago?
"What's the power of this energy?" Lan Mu asked.
"A direct hit is enough to destroy a planet the size of Jupiter," Eve speculated.
"… Star Destroyer Cannon?"
Lan Mu had a weapon that could be called a Star Destroyer Cannon in the technology bag. It was the most advanced weapon technology. After all, it was not easy to directly destroy a planet.
Of course, Cell's transformation could do it, but it required Cell to be at an extremely close distance.
For a technological civilization, using cannons to destroy a planet was a very wasteful thing. There were countless simple and labor-saving methods. There was no need to be so violent.
Therefore, the existence of the Star Destroyer Cannon was used to destroy planets on extremely distant scales, which was why it was invented.
Destroying an enemy planet from hundreds of light years away was not something Sha Luneng could do. He could not even see it …
There was almost no practical use for the Star Destroyer Cannon.
There were two difficulties. The first was the energy decay. During the process of transmission, energy weapons would continue to decay. If the distance was too far, it was very likely that the weapon would be destroyed before it reached its destination.
The second problem was the accuracy. It required extremely high observation and calculation ability. In layman's terms, one had to be able to see clearly and predict accurately.
Not all civilizations could see clearly. For example, Lan Mu's technology bag did not have that kind of precise detection ability.
In other words, in many worlds, the top technological civilizations could not see clearly a galaxy from a hundred light years away.
At this scale, everything was a blurry dot. They did not even know if there was a planet, let alone hit it.
It was more likely to hit a star. After all, a star would emit light.
"Can you calculate where it will land?" Lan Mu asked.
Eve was silent for a moment before saying, "I can't calculate. I can only make a rough guess. The energy beam fired in this direction will probably pass through the next galaxy we jump to."
"…"
Everyone looked at Lan Mu. They didn't know who had fired the cannon. They didn't know how far it had come from, and they didn't even know who it was aimed at …
And it would pass through the next galaxy they wanted to reach.
"How many jumps do we need to take a detour?" Zhuo Yue asked.
Eve quickly replied, "Yes, three times."
Taking a detour in the universe was not as simple as taking a turn.
Lan Mu: "No detour, we'll go straight!"
The next galaxy was only a few light years away, and it had been five years since the light beam.
There was no way they would be hit by the light beam.
Thus, they took another jump. It had been almost seven days since they left Earth.
They had just arrived at the next galaxy when Eve detected an explosion.
The dust cloud created by the explosion of a planet presented a beautiful scene in space. More than a hundred million kilometers away from them, the dust cloud spanning millions of kilometers was still spreading.
Looking at it with the naked eye, a dark red mist formed by the debris of the planet was like a broom, and its tail was still moving at a high speed, growing larger and larger.
It would take at least tens of thousands of years for the dust cloud to settle.
"Okay … we hit the jackpot."
There was no doubt that the high-energy light beam had hit a planet in this galaxy.
What was even more striking was that an unmanned interstellar station near the galaxy sent them a stern announcement.
"We declare war! No matter where you come from, no matter why you attack, no matter how strong you are … "
"For your unforgivable behavior, we can only retaliate with war!"
"Until one side completely disappears."
Lan Mu was speechless. Based on the communication method of this unmanned station, the technology of the civilization that was hit was only slightly better than the previous civilization.
It used the same communication method as the Wanderer, microwave communication.
However, compared to the civilization that launched the Star Destroyer Cannon, this was too insignificant.
If the attack came from ten light years away, that civilization was almost at the level of the top technological civilization in other worlds.
If it came from hundreds of light years away, it meant that its technological strength had surpassed all the civilizations that Lan Mu knew of.
Let's call them the civilization that launched the cannon. The angry declaration of war from the civilization that was hit could not be transmitted to the civilization that launched the cannon at all.
This was the difference between a god and an ant. The so-called declaration of war was just a joke.
However, his subordinates said.
"Special Envoy, they seem to be declaring war on us …"
"…"
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I missed yesterday, so I'll make up for it today.
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