With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 469: Recession and Scam (Two in One)

[The Violet calendar is the calendar used by the previous queen after she ascended the throne. Now we have adopted the Ophelia calendar. ]

In the communication interface, Ophelia's body surface was flashing with a faint fluorescent light as she explained in detail to Chen Fan.

Chen Fan was not too surprised by this phenomenon.

The history of Xinalo civilization is too long.

For a history of tens or even hundreds of thousands of years, it is normal to adopt a calendar based on the replacement of empresses for the sake of convenience.

Amidst the fluorescent lights, Ophelia continued to add: [As I recall... it should be the 42nd year of the Ophelia calendar.]

"42 years..."

Hearing this familiar number, Chen Fan was stunned, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Why is it 42 again..."

At that time, in order to resist the possible arrival of the giant star scorpion, [Su Zheng] broadcast a 42-second signal to the entire node universe.

And now, he happened to come to the anti-universe in the 42nd year of Ophelia calendar and formed an alliance with the Xinalo civilization.

The former has given rise to a series of abnormal situations in the node universe. What consequences will the latter have?
In the former case, the 42-second signal sent by [Su Zheng] came from a mysterious broadcasting civilization.

So what is the relationship between the latter and broadcast civilization?
"...Coincidence?" he murmured to himself.

【What's wrong? 】

Ophelia immediately noticed Chen Fan's distraction: [Is there something wrong with this time? ]

Chen Fan fell silent and did not respond to Ophelia's words.

After a long while, he slowly shook his head: "Nothing, just... a little coincidence."

Having said that, the expression on his face was extremely solemn.

But all this...

Is it really just a coincidence?
He couldn't help but ask himself this question in his heart.

For a moment, Chen Fan felt confused and uneasy.

He calmed himself down and looked back at the translation interface.

……

Violet is in the 20th year of the calendar.

I received a message from the last of the Royal Exploration Fleet.

Relying on the warped space of the Star God, the Xinalo Royal Fleet has explored all star systems in the Milky Way where life may exist.

Can……

Still nothing gained.

In such a huge river system, there is no sign of life. This is really...

It's so despairing.

on the other hand.

Although warping space can save us a lot of navigation time, the super-standard exploration that lasted for seventeen years still consumed a lot of resources.

This is even worse news for the Xinalo civilization, which is already in decline.

The royal family has decided to abandon this exploration plan that has no end in sight.

As for ordinary people...

Still living the same numb life as before.

I once again recalled what the previous queen, Her Majesty Ratiya, had mentioned: Nowadays, very few Xinalo people are curious about the starry sky above their heads.

'The endless planets in the starry sky are all the same, they are nothing more than the product of various materials piled up in different proportions.'

——This is how the Xinalo people outside the Imperial City described the starry sky above their heads.

They looked up at the stars just to better pray to the star gods.

This is definitely not a good thing for the development of civilization.

If we continue like this, sooner or later, we will sink into this starry sky.

then……

For the future of Xinalo civilization, for the first time, I ignored everyone's opposition and directly used the Queen's Order.

Let the Royal Exploration Fleet explore further afield!
Since there is no sign of life within the galaxy, let's go to the surrounding galaxies!
Go to more distant galaxy clusters!!

In such a vast universe, how could there be no life other than us?

If this is true, it would be too cruel.

No?
……

Violet is in the 21th year of the calendar.

I still underestimated the difficulty of ultra-long-distance sailing.

Compared with exploration within a river system, ultra-long-distance navigation across a river system is obviously much more difficult.

First of all, the first problem is navigation technology.

Even though we have mastered fairly mature curvature technology, we still cannot bear the horrific consumption of a journey of hundreds of thousands of light years without the help of warped space.

Both the material consumption and the time consumption are beyond the ability of today's Xinalo civilization to bear.

Fortunately.

Just a few days ago, the Star God answered my prayers.

He told me a new coordinate.

According to the Star God, there is a warp channel in that star field, which can take Xinalo's fleet to the nearest galaxy.

I asked the Royal Academy.

The researcher told me that the distance between the Milky Way mentioned by the Star God and the Xinaluo star system is about 500,000 light years.

Five hundred thousand light years!
Even the most advanced spacecraft of the Xinalo civilization would have to sail continuously for a thousand years! !
Star God is above!

Since the day the Xinalo civilization entered the starry sky, no one has ever been to such a faraway place!
Trembling in my heart, I tried to ask the Star God about the situation of that galaxy.

but……

The Star God told me that He was not very clear about the situation in that galaxy.

When I heard the news, I couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

In my impression, the star god should be omniscient and all-knowing, and everything under the starry sky is under his control.

It was not until now that I realized that the Star God's omniscience and omnipotence are also limited in scope - this galaxy is the scope of His activities.

I tried to ask the reason, but the Star God did not give me the exact answer.

Helplessly, I can only put aside my doubts temporarily and record them in this log, hoping that the next queen can help me find the answers.

In any case, the navigation difficulties have been properly resolved.

But then, another fundamental problem was put before the Royal Exploration Fleet.

communication.

The Xinalo civilization has mastered fairly mature tachyon communication technology, and conventional tachyon communications are sufficient to handle all matters within the galaxy.

But at a distance of more than half a million light years...

Far from enough.

Unless we can find a way to significantly increase communication power or improve communication accuracy.

This in itself is not an easy thing.

This is especially true for the Xinalo civilization, whose technological development has gradually stagnated.

……

Violet is in the 25th year of the calendar.

Time flies.

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye since the expedition to the Milky Way was officially launched.

During the past five years, research on tachyon communication technology has almost come to a standstill. No matter how the Royal Academy tried, there was no sign of improvement in the accuracy and power of tachyon communication.

Just like any other technology.

'Our civilization has hit a real wall.'

A royal researcher said this when reporting to me on the progress of his research.

I don't want to admit it.

……

Violet is in the 30th year of the calendar.

The researcher was right.

After ten years of research, I finally acknowledged this reality - without further breakthroughs in basic technology, it would be difficult for the Xinalo civilization to progress as before.

Our civilization has already touched upon the real barriers.

But the expedition plan cannot be terminated.

Even if there are communication problems, the expedition plan must continue!!
There is no other reason.

The situation I was worried about before finally came true.

The numb life day after day has caused serious internal conflicts in the Xinalo civilization - an addictive "light drug" has appeared in many cities outside the imperial city.

……

"Light medicine?"

Chen Fan raised his eyebrows and turned to look at the communication interface that was still going on: "Queen Ophelia, do you know about this?"

【…】

In the communication interface, Ophelia was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slowly: [Of course. ]

Chen Fan didn't say anything. He looked through the many documents attached to the log while waiting for Ophelia's explanation.

After waiting for a while, Ophelia let out a long sigh: [You should know that the brains of the Xinaluo people are very sensitive to light. ]

Chen Fan nodded silently.

[Light is our way of communication. A few short flashes of light not only contain conventional information, but also contain many of our physiological and psychological conditions.]

[For this reason, light therapy has become a very effective medical treatment. ]

[To put it simply, it is to stimulate the brain with the help of some light containing specific information, so as to relieve our mental stress. ]

Looking at the information appearing in front of him, Chen Fan's face suddenly showed surprise.

This strange treatment method was indeed beyond his expectations.

Ophelia frowned slightly, as if she was recalling something: [As technological development gradually entered a stagnant state, the mental state of the Xinaluo people began to deteriorate. ]

[Just as Violet said in her diary, a civilization formed by multiple life forms will inevitably have many characteristics of this life form. ] [For example... the Xinaluo people are social creatures, so the Xinaluo civilization will also be "afraid" of loneliness. ]

[This symptom is not obvious inside the parent star, but as we move out of the parent star and leave the star system, this strange phenomenon becomes obvious.]

[Perhaps because they have seen the vastness of the universe, every Xinaluo person longs to see a higher life form with which they can communicate...except for the Star God.]

"The convergence of civilization and life forms." One's electronic synthesized voice suddenly sounded, "The Sociology Branch has conducted quite in-depth research on this. I just checked and found that there are more than 100,000 papers in this subcategory alone."

Hearing this, Chen Fan couldn't help but twitch his eyes.

Wow, 100,000 papers in one subcategory!

It turns out that the Sociology Department’s love of watered-down papers is not for nothing!
[In short, in such an environment, phototherapy has become a very popular industry. ]

[Almost every Xinaluo person will receive some light therapy in their free time to relieve the depressed emotions in their hearts.]

【Gradually, a more extreme product emerged.】

[It can deceive the brains of Xinaluo people through relatively complex light, thus making Xinaluo people fall into a dreamlike scene. ]

【This is what is called light medicine. 】

[Due to its excellent efficacy, which can even produce immediate effects on severe depression, light medicine quickly spread in Xinaluo society. 】

Ophelia's expression was filled with helplessness: [At first, Violet and the royal family, who were so focused on the expedition plan, did not notice the problem until an unreasonable decline occurred within the civilization.]

[Historical records show that since the birth of light medicine, in just three years, the GDP of the Xinaluo civilization has dropped by 40% from its peak.]

[This is a very shocking number, but the more shocking ones are yet to come. ]

[According to the statistics of the Xinaluo Royal Family, in the three years of recession, the growth rate of the medical industry alone exceeded 100000%, which is a thousand-fold increase.]

【After further investigation, the royal family discovered the problem with the light medicine. 】

[It is highly addictive and dependent. At first, a course of treatment only lasted more than ten minutes, but later, a course of treatment even lasted more than ten hours! ]

[What's more, I am immersed in the illusory world created by light medicine almost every moment! ]

[Under Violet's orders, the royal family destroyed all the light medicine equipment within the civilization with thunder and lightning.]

[But... the situation did not improve afterwards. ]

[Every Xinaluo who stopped using the light medicine experienced withdrawal reactions to varying degrees, and some even suffered from severe depression. ]

[At that time, the suicide rate of the Xinaluo civilization reached more than 10,000 times the previous level. ]

Chen Fan looked at Ophelia in the picture in astonishment.

The GDP has been halved, the suicide rate has increased ten thousandfold, and the whole nation is addicted to "light drugs"...

How is this different from a terminal illness?
If Chen Fan had not known that the subsequent Xinalo civilization still had the strength to resist the invasion of the Star Giant Scorpion, he would have even thought that the Xinalo civilization was going to be extinct just by hearing this!

This is a real death spiral of civilization decline!

Theoretically speaking, without external help, a civilization would never be able to break free from this level of death spiral on its own!

"Oh my god..." Chen Fan couldn't help but swear, "Can this fucking person be saved?"

"What did the previous queen do?"

Having said that, he quickly turned his gaze to the loading interface.

When Chen Fan didn't notice, a hint of confusion flashed in Ophelia's eyes, and then she also cast her gaze towards the loading interface.

……

Violet is in the 31th year of the calendar.

I came to this secret room again.

Unfortunately, the expedition plan has come to a standstill, and the log recorded this time has nothing to do with the expedition plan.

The investigation and cleansing of the light medicine has been completely completed, but the decline of the Xinalo civilization has already taken shape.

I tried to ask the Star God for help, but...

The Star God had no way to deal with this.

He wants to help us, but...

He couldn't even understand the situation within the Xinalo civilization, so naturally he couldn't be of any help.

In the eyes of the Star God, the empty starry sky is not boring - perhaps this is related to His habits. According to records, the Star God spends a considerable amount of time in deep sleep. It would be great if the Xinaluo people could do the same...

Is the Xinalo civilization destined to perish under this starry sky?
Do not!
I can not be reconciled!

As the Queen of Xinaluo, I will never allow the Xinaluo civilization to end in my hands! !

Three whole days!

I stayed still and locked myself in this secret room thirty kilometers underground, trying to find a solution from the many investigation results.

Finally, I saw a seemingly insignificant detail - the illusion created by the light medicine can be self-woven. According to the royal survey results, more than 80% of the Xinalo people will choose to weave illusions related to alien civilizations.

I think I roughly know what to do.

……

Violet is in the 32th year of the calendar.

I succeeded.

At my request, the Xinalo Royal Family forged an exploration report of the Xinalo Royal Family's exploration fleet.

In this exploration report, the exploration fleet successfully discovered traces left by alien civilizations.

Through research and analysis, it can be basically confirmed that this trace comes from the galaxy closest to us - yes, it is the galaxy that the Star God once mentioned.

The credibility of this report is actually not very high. After all, all the traces were actually forged by the royal family and the research institute.

It is somewhat ironic that the expedition plan I proposed earlier, which was opposed by countless people, has become the most powerful evidence for this report.

In their view, it is precisely because traces of alien civilization have been discovered that I am pushing forward the expedition plan at all costs.

This report directly detonated the already shaky Xinalo civilization.

In just a few months, a new wave of exploring alien civilizations has been set off within the Xinalo civilization!

History repeats itself once again.

However, compared with the previous ones, after countless years of accumulation, this exploration boom is even more...

terror!
Almost every Xinalo person enthusiastically invested his time and savings in this expedition plan.

This has become the biggest scam in the history of Xinaluo civilization. Perhaps, I will be nailed to the pillar of shame of Xinaluo civilization.

But anyway, I succeeded.

I successfully pulled the Xinalo civilization out of decline.

Even civilization began to recover at an unimaginable speed!!
As for the follow-up to this scam...

To be honest, I don’t know how to solve it.

but.

As long as there is no breakthrough in communication technology, the expedition plan cannot be truly implemented, and the Xinalo civilization will have enough time to develop.

Perhaps, this mess will have to be handed over to the next queen?

Although I don’t know who the next queen will be, but... let me apologize to you here first.

……

"..."

Chen Fan looked at Ophelia, who had already fallen silent, with a strange expression.

From the flickering light on Ophelia's body, he realized a key piece of information: "You... don't know about this?"

Ophelia's eyes twitched slightly: [Of course I don't know. ]

[According to the royal records, Violet just happened to discover traces of the existence of alien civilizations. Thanks to this, the Xinalo civilization just happened to get out of decline and launched an almost fanatical exploration plan.]

[Who knows, who knows...]

Who knew that the blame would fall on her!

Ophelia's face turned slightly pale and her chest kept rising and falling.

Obviously, she was very angry about the diary in front of her.

That's understandable.

If the giant star scorpion had not appeared, Ophelia would most likely have to face the wrath of countless Xinaro people as soon as she became queen, as well as many subsequent sequelae.

"What about the follow-up?" Chen Fan suppressed his laughter and asked again, "What did Violet do next?"

【Follow-up?】

Ophelia shrugged: [A breakthrough in communication technology has been achieved, and the expedition plan has been successfully implemented.]

[Initially, the expedition fleet's exploration progress will be announced.]

[But the fleet only found sporadic evidence, but no real alien civilization.]

[As time went by, the Xinaluo people gradually began to live a normal life. ]

[But compared to the past, our desire for extraterrestrial civilizations has completely exploded. Not only are we expeditionary fleets, we have even begun to build various large-scale broadcasting equipment to try to contact possible extraterrestrial civilizations.]

[The wide-area tachyon broadcast array at that time was a product of research at that time. ]

Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully.

It is not difficult to see from Ophelia's words that the Xinalo royal family...or Violet, must have concealed most of the truth!
His heart moved and he looked again at the latest data read out.

……

Violet is in the 35th year of the calendar.

Three years! Only three years have passed!

There has been a breakthrough in communications research!

damn it!
Who knew that those ubiquitous light stones could be used to transmit information! And on such a large scale! !

If this research is true, then the expedition fleet can set off right away? !

It’s over, it’s over…

How can I make up this lie...

or……

Should I find a reason to end my term early and directly pass the mess to the next queen?
No, no, I'm not dead, there's no point in doing this...

Delay! Yes! Delay for time!
Occasionally release some fake information to prolong the exploration time as much as possible!
It's normal to take some time to explore an unknown river system, isn't it?
correct.

Light stone!

And light stones!

The mining of light stone must be completely banned to prevent accidental information leakage! !

(End of this chapter)