Starting from a top student and marching towards the sea of ​​stars

Chapter 542 This is our bottom line

After discussions among the top Robot Federation officials, they decided on the next few plans.

The first plan is to try to break away from Titan and expand their exploration and even domination to the depths of the wider universe. They firmly believe that limiting their civilization to Titan is as short-sighted as a frog in a well.

The second plan is to complete the analysis of the robots' genetic code so that they can find out why their lifespan is too short and how to extend it.

If the intelligent creatures of a civilization only have a short lifespan of a few years or even months, it will be difficult to achieve stable development of the civilization, and the managers of the civilization will also have to quickly carry out innovations and replacements.

They hope that at least those elite-level robots can have a lifespan of several decades. In this way, their civilization will not experience frequent fluctuations and the robots on Titan as a whole will have stronger cohesion.

In addition to this, they are also studying whether there are other "biological" forms in the universe besides their own robotic form.

After all, according to their own definition of "living things", this kind of robot is the most typical "life form". Apart from the way this robot is constructed, it is difficult for them to imagine that there are life forms in this universe that are completely different from them.

But they still feel very curious about the existence that created them. Since this existence can create them out of thin air, it must be much more advanced than them. This fantasy and exploration of unknown things makes them feel curious and awed.

After learning about the Robot Federation's ideas, Ning Chen and Song Xiyun both realized that this family civilization would probably soon achieve some new technological breakthroughs.

"Ning Chen, if they continue like this, even if they still can't break through the atmospheric barrier we set up for them, they will at least be able to solve the problem of their own genetic program coding. When this happens, their lifespan may even exceed that of humans..."

Ning Chen did not deny Song Xiyun's statement, but Ning Chen did not think that this was a big threat to them.

"Song Xiyun, actually, when I set a lifespan limit for these robots in the beginning, it was not to make them have a very short lifespan. My most important purpose was to allow them to evolve quickly and find the most suitable way for their civilization to survive and develop. Now that this robot civilization is relatively mature, it is time for me to have a longer individual lifespan."

In fact, this is somewhat similar to the history of human development and evolution. Human ancestors also did not have a very long lifespan, but as civilization has developed step by step to today, humans can already live over eighty years, and this lifespan will continue to rise.

As for breaking through the atmospheric barrier of Titan, Ning Chen will still impose strict restrictions. At least before figuring out the movements of that alien civilization, Ning Chen cannot let these robots full of uncertainties leak out easily.

And at this moment, Ning Chen's eyes suddenly changed, and it was obvious that something important must have happened just now.

"Ning Chen... Has that alien civilization already replied to us?"

Speaking of which, Song Xiyun has been looking forward to this news for a long time, because according to normal time calculations, if that alien civilization really replied to the Blue Star civilization, these electromagnetic wave signals would have almost reached the Blue Star by now.

Hearing Song Xiyun's words, Ning Chen nodded and replied:
"Yes, I just received their reply. The information is basically the same as what we predicted before. You can check the specific content yourself..."

As he spoke, Ning Chen sent the translated electromagnetic wave message to Song Xiyun through the brain's biological computer program.

Looking at the deciphered information, Song Xiyun couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"Ning Chen, from what I understand, this is the first time that this alien civilization has shown such a friendly attitude towards us. It seems that they are still somewhat wary of us disseminating the location information of their civilization."

"That's natural. No matter how advanced a civilization is, they still don't want their specific location information to be exposed. And in the information we sent before, we have already shown that we have such capabilities. No matter what, they definitely don't want this to happen."

In addition to expressing a friendly attitude toward the Blue Star civilization and willingness to stop further attacks on the Blue Star civilization, this alien civilization also truthfully informed the Blue Star civilization of the fact that they had launched a quantum array at it.

"Ning Chen, you also predicted this matter accurately. The quantum array they launched this time won't have any other mechanisms, right?"

"Don't worry. Since it is a quantum array that can be transmitted at the speed of light, the energy and information it can carry must be very limited. Otherwise, its running speed in a vacuum would be greatly reduced. This kind of thing that can facilitate information exchange between the two sides will have more benefits than disadvantages for both civilizations."

Not long after, Ning Chen detected the quantum array flying towards the Blue Star and skillfully transformed it into a quantum instantaneous communication device.

At this point, the Blue Star civilization has historically established a stable information exchange channel with an alien civilization. Even if the two sides still do not frequently transmit information, this is also a meaningful thing.

But Ning Chen was not confused by these developments and the alien civilization. Ning Chen knew that these so-called "friendliness" were probably just false, just like the calm before the storm, which required people to be doubly vigilant.

As Ning Chen expected, shortly after this, Ning Chen detected some signals that were very unfavorable to the Blue Star civilization.

At a distance of about three light years from Blue Star, Ning Chen detected traces left by a suspected space fleet. According to the location information of this alien civilization, it is almost certain that these space fleets originated from this alien civilization, and their destination is Blue Star.

This information basically proves that this alien civilization only pretended to reach a reconciliation agreement with the Blue Star civilization, but secretly did not stop sending space fleets to the Blue Star civilization, and still treated the Blue Star civilization as an opponent that must be eliminated. "Ning Chen, this alien civilization is indeed a civilization that is not worthy of trust. Those seemingly friendly messages are just to stabilize us. Fortunately, we did not take these messages seriously, otherwise, we would really face the crisis of the extinction of the entire civilization."

"Of course, as I said before, the most important thing is what they do, not what position they express. According to the flying speed of these space fleets, it is estimated that in another hundred years, or even shorter, these space fleets will be able to reach the Blue Planet."

This speed actually exceeded Ning Chen's previous expectations, because the speed of these space fleets has reached 5% of the speed of light, which is a powerful aerospace technology that the current Blue Star civilization cannot achieve at all.

Moreover, according to the analysis of their trajectories, these space fleets are likely to continue to accelerate, and it is entirely possible that the speed can be increased to 10% of the speed of light.

"Ning Chen...what should we do next? Since we have already detected such a signal, we can't just not put up any resistance, right?"

"Of course, now is the time to demonstrate the effectiveness of this quantum instantaneous communication device. Since they broke their promise first, there is no need for us to continue to save face for them."

Immediately, Ning Chen edited a piece of information about the evidence of these space fleets and sent it to the alien civilization through quantum communication equipment.

With the help of quantum instantaneous communication equipment, this information was instantly transmitted to the alien civilization five light years away. After learning the news, the top leaders of these alien civilizations immediately began to discuss it urgently.

"I can't believe that the Blue Star civilization learned about this news so quickly. Our space fleets were clearly well hidden and were still a long way from the Blue Star, but they still couldn't escape the eyes of the Blue Star people."

"Sir, it seems that the technology of the Blue Star civilization is indeed advanced enough. Otherwise, they would never be able to detect a space fleet more than one light year away. Next, we need to make some changes to our plan."

In fact, they originally established instant communication with the Blue Star civilization not in order to allow the Blue Star civilization to inform them of this information in the first place, but now that things have come to this, they can only accept this result.

"Sir, I think we can explain to the Blue Star Civilization that this was just one of our previous actions. Now these space fleets have already begun to slow down and prepare to return. After all, the detection through electromagnetic wave information has a large delay, and what they received is only information from a few years ago."

This approach was approved by many high-level officials of alien civilizations, which made them immediately decide to respond to the Blue Star civilization in this way.

But Ning Chen was not so easily fooled. After comprehensively analyzing various information, Ning Chen quickly noticed some contradictions.

"If our communication still lacks sincerity, I don't think there is any need for us to pass on any more information. These space fleets have obviously continued to accelerate towards the Blue Planet after you proposed the settlement agreement. If you really insist on doing this, I can now send the location information of your civilization to all parts of the universe..."

Ning Chen's words soon had a very good deterrent effect, forcing this alien civilization to admit what they had done.

"Mr. Ning Chen, please forgive us for not telling you the truth before. These space fleets are necessary arrangements we made in the nearby galaxies, and the ultimate goal is not to attack your Blue Star civilization. If you still don't believe it, you can put forward some of your conditions, and we will definitely try our best to agree to them."

"It's very simple. I will set up a boundary within the solar system and install a complete information detection system here. Once we find any signal of your civilization crossing this boundary, we will immediately send out the specific information of your civilization. This is the bottom line of our Blue Star civilization. There is no room for negotiation on this matter..."

The boundary set by Ning Chen is naturally divided according to the farthest boundary of the solar system. This distance basically covers the diameter of one light year around the Blue Star, which can be said to be a relatively safe distance.

This time, the alien civilization did not respond to Ning Chen's message immediately. It can be seen that they were indeed discussing this issue seriously.

Because they know that if they continue to deceive the Blue Star civilization this time, the Blue Star civilization will really be able to do such a thing.

There is no benefit for them to let the specific location information of their civilization be exposed. At least from now on, they will definitely not choose to break the bottom line of Blue Star civilization immediately.

But at the same time, they faced another problem.

Even if they really followed the request put forward by the Blue Star Civilization and did not step into the restricted area set up by the Blue Star Civilization, they might not be able to ensure the safety of their own civilization.

Because this allowed the Blue Star civilization to completely seize the initiative in their own hands, they became more powerful and became the passive party.

Such a result is naturally unacceptable to them. No matter what, they still have to ensure the initiative of their own civilization, at least they must not always be led by the Blue Star civilization.

"Sir, we can agree to the conditions of the Blue Star Civilization, but we must also put forward our own conditions. Since the Blue Star Civilization has proposed a bottom-line restricted area with a diameter of one light year, we must have enough freedom outside this restricted area, and we can even deploy our space fleet outside this restricted area in advance."

"That's right, sir. This way, we can ensure that we can launch an attack on the Blue Star civilization immediately when necessary. Otherwise, if the Blue Star civilization suddenly leaks the location information of our civilization, we won't even be able to stop the transmission of this information."

(End of this chapter)