Volume 3 Chapter 145: Terror of Being Controlled by the Cleansers
"The other party seems to have discovered our intentionally exposed whereabouts? It seems that they have mastered the quantum radar." Lu Yao looked at the various feedbacks coming from the system, especially the actions of the other party's reconnaissance spacecraft flying towards this side, and judged the current situation.
"They have a curvature engine that travels fifty times the speed of light and have mastered quantum radar. Although we don't know the level of their armaments yet, this level of technology is definitely considered an advanced civilization even in the Milky Way. But why would such a civilization choose to leave its original galaxy and go into exile in an extragalactic galaxy? Extragalactic space is definitely not a friendly place." Lin Xu sighed.
"Maybe they have some reason to do this? For example, they are being hunted by someone?" Nanzhu said after thinking for a while.
"What level of pursuit is necessary to flee the galaxy? Normally, the galaxy is so vast that it should be enough to avoid pursuit no matter where you hide." Lin Xu expressed his incomprehension.
“Could it be that the existence chasing them is too powerful, so that there is no place for them to stand in the galaxy they are in?” Lu Yao also guessed.
"Even in a galaxy ruled by the Galactic Alliance, if a civilization carefully hides in a remote star system within the galaxy, the Galactic Alliance is not capable of completely controlling every corner of the galaxy. So what kind of existence can force a civilization whose technological level is not enough to cross the galaxy to flee to the outer space at the risk of death?"
Lin Xu became interested in the fleet in front of him, or should it be called the escape fleet, and the target of pursuit they were trying to evade.
At this moment, the opposing reconnaissance spacecraft approached the Skylark at a speed a hundred times the speed of light, and sent a quantum communication request to the Skylark.
It was a reconnaissance spacecraft about a kilometer in size, much larger than the Skylark.
It looked like the Skylark was crushed, but the crew members on the reconnaissance ship did not dare to be careless about the small spaceship in the distance.
Precisely because of its small size, it represents a higher technological content.
Because with the current technological level of the escape fleet civilization, the curvature engine can only reach a kilometer in size, which is already the limit.
Moreover, their curvature engines can only achieve a maximum of 100 times the speed of light, and that is when the burden is small enough, such as the curvature engines used on reconnaissance ships.
The mother ships of the fleeing fleet, because of the huge burden they carry, can only reach a speed of fifty times the speed of light at most.
But the small spaceship in front of us is only a hundred meters in size, yet it can travel in extragalactic space at a thousand times the speed of light.
The technological gap between them is terrifying to think about.
So they did not look down on the other party just because the other party was just a small spaceship.
The same was true for the top brass of the escape fleet.
Everyone knows that if the gap in technological level is large enough, even though it is just a small spaceship, it may even have the ability to destroy the entire fleeing fleet.
So the contact was cautious from the beginning.
On the Skylark , Lin Xu accepted the quantum communication request from the other party.
The first thing transmitted is the other party's language data packet, which is the basis for communication between the two parties.
Just looking at the language module in the data packet, Lin Xu had a strange expression on his face.
Chinese, Chinese again.
Has Chinese really become the universal language of the universe?
However, thinking again that the river system they came from was exactly the river system that Lin Xu was going to, and it was the river system where humans had once stayed, Lin Xu was no longer surprised.
Obviously, the target river system this time should have been greatly influenced by humans, so much so that Chinese has become a common language for external communication in a sense.
As a result, communication between the two sides was quickly established.
Although the message Lin Xu sent was also in Chinese.
But the other party didn’t know that Lin Xu was also speaking Chinese.
I thought Lin Xu chose to speak to them in Chinese after analyzing the voice packets they sent.
This greatly excited the reconnaissance ships of the fleeing fleet.
Since the other party is willing to communicate in their language instead of sending their own language package, and they communicate with each other in their own language, this is a manifestation of goodwill.
So, in order to benefit the top brass of the fleeing fleet, the reconnaissance ship euphemistically proposed to the Skylark a request for a transaction between the two parties, and it was a technology transaction.
"Deal? Lord Lin Xu, do you agree?" asked Miss Qiu, who was in charge of operating quantum communications.
"Sure, if they have technology suitable for the transaction!" Lin Xu didn't mind making a transaction, but he didn't think the other party could come up with technology that would interest him.
"The other party wants to trade curvature engine technology." Miss Qiu reported again.
"Curvature engine? Are you trying to increase the speed? Good idea, but do they have any technology that can be used for exchange?" Lin Xu did not comment.
Immediately afterwards, the quantum communication device received a large number of research report data packets about a certain material sent by the other party.
Looking at the massive amount of data packets, Lin Xu became confused for a moment.
Even if it is a technical transaction, you don't have to reveal the technology you want to trade right away.
"This doesn't seem to be technical data, but a data report obtained after researching a material called Cleaner Armor." Miss Qiu said after a rough glance.
"Cleaner Armor?" Lin Xu's heart moved.
"Ask them about the origins of the Cleaner Armor."
At the same time, Lin Xu also ordered Yinghuo to analyze the report on the Cleaner Armor mentioned in the data packet.
Soon, the analysis of Yinghuo was completed first.
"Master, according to the data provided by the other party, the strength level of this material called Cleaner Armor is roughly equivalent to that of the material formed by the aggregation of nanorobots. It cannot be used as a building material, nor can it be used as a production material for autonomous mechanical aggregates. It is a civilian-grade strength material." Yinghuo quickly came to the conclusion based on the various experiments conducted in the data package.
"In other words, it is of no use to us." Lin Xu nodded.
"It can't be said to be useless, but it's basically useless." Yinghuo answered very cautiously.
At this time, the exile fleet on the opposite side, not knowing whether they made a decision after internal discussion, or they did not expect Lin Xu to ask about the origin of the Cleanser Armor.
Anyway, the message was finally sent again.
As the information appeared on the holographic display, everyone in the cockpit looked strange at once.
The above records the origin of the Cleanser Armor.
At the same time, this information also explains why the Exile Fleet chose to exile to the extragalactic space.
Obviously, the other party also saw the doubts of Lin Xu and others, so he simply told everything without hiding anything, which could be regarded as a gesture of goodwill.
According to the Exile Fleet, the Cleansers armor came from a group that called themselves the Cleansers.
No one knows where they came from, no one knows whether they are one race or a combination of multiple races.
All we know is that they call themselves the Second Sons of Humanity.
At the same time, every thousand years or so, they would carry out a major cleansing of all civilizations in the entire river system.
No civilization can survive the cleansing of the Cleansers.
Even if it barely survives the cleansing, the technological level of the entire civilization will inevitably regress to the planetary era, or the pre-nuclear energy era.
If it can't withstand cleaning, then we'll have to go back to the Stone Age.
The Exile Fleet civilization was one of the civilizations that barely withstood the cleansing of the Cleansers in the last millennium, only to regress to the planetary era.
But no matter how hard they continue to work on developing technology, theoretically they will not be able to survive the next cleansing.
So after two hundred years of hard work, the exiled fleet civilization, which used secretly preserved technical data to re-develop the curvature engine technology, made a decision.
They wanted to escape from that hopeless river system with no future.
Even if it means risking death, we must go.
So they built a huge exile fleet, took as many people as possible, and embarked on this desperate voyage.
The Exile Fleet did not deliberately conceal its current difficult situation.
Because of their situation, it is actually not difficult to judge.
It's better to be honest.
After reading the information in front of them, Nanzhu, Mu Xiyue and Lu Yao looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
In the end, it was Nanzhu who broke the silence first by wagging his fox tail.
"Lord Lin Xu, this so-called second human son is definitely fake, or he is simply a rebellious son. They do such things in the name of humans. Do they have a grudge against humans?" Nanzhu said angrily.
“Who knows? But since these cleansers claim to be the second sons of humanity, they should at least have some understanding of humans.” Lin Xu said without comment.
“Who knows? Maybe he just accidentally dug something out of some ruins and thought he inherited the mantle of mankind, and then called himself the second son of mankind.” Nanzhu reacted as soon as he finished speaking, and then he was shocked by his own words.
"Human remains? Did those cleansers really dig up human remains?" Lu Yao's eyes widened.
Although the previous human relics were all successfully obtained by Lin Xu as expected.
But who knows if there will be any accidents this time?
"No, I just said it casually. It shouldn't be like that. It's not so easy to dig up human relics." Nanzhu quickly made up for it.
"Who knows, everything is possible. But this Cleaner Armor, maybe we should really switch it over and study it." Lin Xu made a decision.
"Lord Lin Xu, the technical information of the curvature engine for the transaction has been prepared. With their technical level, they should be able to double the speed of the curvature engine with the help of this information." Under Lin Xu's order, Miss Qiu was sorting out a copy of the technical information that Yinghuo had already packaged.
"Then send it over." Lin Xu lay on Nanzhu's thighs, closing his eyes and enjoying the pillow on his knees. Nanzhu was still stroking Lin Xu's face with his big tail to massage him.
"Understood." Miss Qiu pressed the send button, and a piece of technical information precious enough to cause countless wars among cosmic civilizations was sent out.
It was as if he was not worried at all that the other party would not keep his promise.
This is indeed the case. If the other party hands over the Cleaner Armor as per the terms of the deal, everyone will be happy.
If the other party breaks the contract, then Lin Xu can only take it himself. I believe that the one who will regret it in the end will definitely not be Lin Xu.
After the other party received the technical information, the quantum communication even lost the signal for a while, but it was soon reconnected.
It was obvious that the other party was also intimidated by Lin Xu's generosity and was in a panic.
They just sent the technical data directly. Shouldn't there be a step for both parties to carefully exchange the information?
You're just going all in now, what should I do?
I don’t know if it was because I felt an invisible sense of confidence from Lin Xu’s aura.
That kind of confidence is like saying, I'm not afraid of you breaking the contract, you can try to break the contract.
As a result, the exiled fleet did not dare to break the contract.
Even at a faster speed, the Cleaner Armor was sent to the location of the Skylark on an unmanned spacecraft according to Lin Xu's request.
It was as if he was afraid that if he was a second late, the other party would think he was going to break the contract.
On the mothership of the Exile Fleet, countless senior officials and scientists continued to pay attention to the unmanned spacecraft that was launched.
The size of that unmanned spacecraft was as big as the Skylark. At the same time, this unmanned spacecraft did not have the ability of curvature navigation. After being launched, its speed quickly dropped below the speed of light.
And behind the Exile Fleet mothership.
The senior officials and scientists of the Exile Fleet were all confused as to how the Skylark was going to receive this unmanned spacecraft.
Does it mean that the other party has to wait until the exile fleet leaves before taking over the unmanned spacecraft?
That does make sense.
But they just feel that what this civilization, which can cross extragalactic space at a thousand times the speed of light, has to do is definitely not that simple.
Then they saw it through the holographic image fed back by the quantum radar.
A hole suddenly opened up in front of the unmanned spacecraft.
That’s right, it was a hole that swallowed the unmanned spacecraft in one swoop.
The unmanned spacecraft carrying the Cleaner armor disappeared into space.
"What is that?"
"Replay, replay, watch it again, quickly."
"It seems to be a space passage. It is a space passage."
"Space teleportation? That's impossible. Space teleportation theoretically cannot exist."
"That's just our theory. A higher civilization with more advanced theories might be able to do it."
"But, but, even if it is feasible, how did they do it? Open a space channel at a random location, or where was the spaceship teleported to?"
The scientists were arguing with each other and no one could convince anyone else.
The top leaders of the Exile Fleet were celebrating their success, as they had abided by the agreement and completed the transaction.
Otherwise, once the two sides go to war, the Exile Fleet will definitely not win just by relying on its ability to randomly open space channels at any location.
No wonder the other party is so confident that the transaction will be successfully completed, because even if it fails, they have the force to force the transaction to succeed.
"The enemy spacecraft passed us." the navigator reported.
The scientists then stopped arguing and looked at the star map, which showed a huge fleet and a small spaceship passing by in the empty extragalactic space.
"They seem to be heading in the direction we came from." One scientist said in surprise, hugging his four arms together.
"Are they going after the Cleaners?"
"Who do you think will win if this civilization clashes with the Cleansers?"
"I admit that this civilization is indeed very strong, but only compared to the Cleansers."
As soon as the word Cleaner was mentioned, a look of fear suddenly appeared on everyone's face.
Even if this civilization is very powerful and can even open space channels at will, they don't think this civilization will have any chance of winning when facing the Cleansers .
"Well, this is no longer something we should be thinking about. Let's think about how to learn the technical information as soon as possible. If we can really double the speed of the curvature engine, then we may be able to successfully bring everyone to that new galaxy."
For a moment, all the scientists of the exile fleet became excited.
The Skylark, which had already passed the Exile Fleet and left, disappeared from the Exile Fleet's quantum radar after traveling a certain distance.
I had deliberately revealed my whereabouts to the other party before, and now that the transaction has been completed, there is no need to continue revealing my whereabouts.
Then the Skylark disappeared again and then stopped.
Then the Skylark began to prepare for space jump.
At this time, Lin Xu had returned to Earth and saw the Cleaner armor inside the unmanned spacecraft.
Looking at the unmanned spacecraft in front of him that was similar in size to the Skylark, the large pieces of armored shell still had traces of battle damage.
Lin Xu was a little confused for a moment.
Because Lin Xu sensed the feeling of a nanorobot from the armored shell in front of him.
It’s as if these armored shells are made up of nanorobots.
But it is very different.
Because nanorobots become extremely active when they are around humans.
That kind of active state would even be noticed by clan members with intermediate authority.
At the beginning, Mu Xiyue determined Lin Xu's human identity through the unusual activity of these nanorobots.
But now, although Lin Xu felt that these armored shells had similarities with nanorobots, they were not active when they saw Lin Xu.
Not even a reaction.
It's like being dead.
Lin Xu even suspected that these were the "corpses" of nanorobots that had lost their activity that were collected by the Cleaners, and then made into armor using only their strength.
"Lord Lin Xu, why do I feel that these armors are like nanorobots, but they don't seem to be. There is always a sense of confusion." Nanzhu came closer to observe and was the first to raise the question.
"I think it's similar, but it's not right." Lin Xu nodded and shook his head.
"These nanorobots don't respond to my orders. No, it's more like these nanorobots don't have this function, so they can't respond." Mu Xiyue tried to control the so-called Cleaner Armor and release sword energy like she usually controlled the nanorobots, but failed in the end.
"Yinghuo, what do you think?" Lin Xu asked.
"Master, this requires further testing."
"Let's start." Lin Xu nodded.
Therefore, the so-called Cleaner Armor was sent to various laboratories, and various experimental reports and data detection reports came out in a stream.
Lin Xu returned to the familiar courtyard, watching TV series boredly and waiting for the result.
As expected, Lu Yao went to the library to continue doing exercises.
Seeing that Lu Yao disappeared on her own initiative, Nanzhu also took the initiative, even pulling Mu Xiyue to launch an attack together, and put on specially prepared equipment.
Lin Xu, who was watching a drama, originally just wanted to take a break, but he couldn't bear the pressure from Nanzhu and Mu Xiyue, and was soon drawn into their rhythm.
This continued until Lin Xu completely suppressed the two and the winner was decided.
The report from Yinghuo has also come out.
Lin Xu, who was entangled by Nanzhu's fox tail, was reading the report in his consciousness through the information transmitted by the nanorobots.
At the same time, the report was also synchronized to Miss Qiu who was preparing dinner next door, as well as Nanzhu and Mu Xiyue beside her.
"It's actually a nanorobot? No, a simplified version of a nanorobot?" Nanzhu looked at the report, his fox eyes wide open with charm.
"The materials that make up the Cleaner armor are very similar to nanorobots, but they cannot be considered nanorobots in the strict sense. They are more like a simple nanomaterial that can change into a myriad of forms." Mu Xiyue read the analysis in the report.
"Nanomaterials? A simplified version of nanorobots?" Lin Xu frowned as he looked at the last definition in the report.
"A simplified version of nanorobots? They cannot receive instructions and cannot be flexibly controlled. They are more like nanomaterials produced in a specific factory and can be flexibly combined into various devices? Well, I still don't understand why we don't just use nanorobots?" Nanzhu finally gave up and sighed.
"Maybe they can't use nanorobots?" Mu Xiyue guessed after thinking about it.
"So they really dug up the human remains ?" Nanzhu couldn't help but say again.
"Can you think of something better? It's not so easy to dig up human relics." Mu Xiyue said speechlessly.
"Perhaps we can only truly understand the reasons behind all this after we actually meet the so-called Cleansers." Lin Xu also shook his head.
Yinghuo's report is very detailed, detailing the differences between this nanomaterial, or a simplified version of nanorobots, and nanorobots.
Lin Xu quickly finished reading the report, but his doubts were not resolved. Instead, he became more confused.
What exactly is the so-called Cleanser, and why does it cleanse the entire river system every thousand years?
They call themselves the second sons of mankind. Is it really just a self-proclaimed title, or do they really have any relationship with humans?
They cleanse the river system every thousand years. Could it be an order from humans?
Or maybe it was really like Nanzhu said, he just dug up some human remains, so he called himself the second son of mankind.
Also, since he calls himself the second son, does that mean he also has an eldest son?
All in all, we may have to wait until we reach the target river system to find the answer.
