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

Chapter 540 A glimmer of hope

"..."

Wang Jing was a little dazed. With Chen Fan's reminder, the scene that was almost abandoned in the corner of her memory slowly emerged in her mind.

"I do seem to have some impression of this."

She raised her hand and hesitantly swiped it across the holographic interface.

Dense log information quickly appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and then the ship's main brain marked a line of navigation log that was pressed to the bottom by countless observation records and mission records.

Wang Jing moved her fingers slightly, and the inconspicuous line of the navigation log unfolded.

This is a complete star map that encompasses the entire node universe.

In the star map with a pure black background, countless star points gather together to form a macro structure of various shapes, but the overall structure looks like a city wall.

This is the Interstellar Great Wall.

Outside the cosmic bubble, it is the only cosmic structure that can be directly observed with the naked eye.

Inside these magnificent Great Wall structures, there are dark holes that look like bubbles.

The sizes of voids vary, some are only millions of light years across, while others are hundreds of millions or even billions of light years across.

Under the influence of dark matter and macroscopic gravitational effects, these voids are almost randomly scattered inside the interstellar wall. From the appearance, there is almost no difference between them except for the difference in scale.

next second.

An orange-yellow light spot slowly lit up in the deep star map.

Chen Fan's mind moved, and he quickly identified the coordinates of the orange light spot - those were the coordinates of the ghost fleet's first jump.

The white dotted line symbolizing the starship's track starts from this orange light spot and extends straight to a newly appeared orange light spot in the distance.

One, two, three...

A total of 8192 orange light spots appeared in the star map one after another, and combined with the bright white starship route, they formed a spherical structure that almost covered the entire universe bubble.

And at the very center of this spherical structure is the supermassive black hole where Chen Fan and Wang Jing entered the anti-universe.

"...all the coordinates should be here." Wang Jing's voice came from the side.

"That's all?"

In the communication interface, Chief Lu carefully examined the star map, and his originally anxious expression relaxed: "A total of 8192 targets. Compared with the previous entire universe bubble, the scope of investigation has been greatly reduced."

"The Academy of Sciences will dispatch additional ships as soon as possible to conduct investigations and testing."

"If we're lucky... we'll probably see initial results within 12 hours."

Listening to Chief Lu's words, Wang Jing's expression changed slightly: "Chief Lu, there is one thing you may not be very clear about..."

"what?"

"The node universe once gave birth to a true level II artificial intelligence, [Su Zheng], whose combat power far exceeded that of a regular level eight civilization."

Wang Jing narrated in a low voice: "In theory, [Su Zheng] should be the first advanced civilization to have a head-on collision with the Apophis giant scorpion."

"In fact, the fundamental reason why the Apophis giant scorpion appeared in the anti-universe also lies in this Level II artificial intelligence."

"I remember now." Chief Lu thought for a moment and said suddenly, "I think I have seen this mission report. So [Su Zheng] should have been locked up in the electronic prison by Ling, right?"

"What do you want to clarify?"

"In order to resist the attack of the Apophis giant scorpion, [Su Zheng] has carried out a certain degree of displacement and transformation of the black holes in the node universe." Wang Jing's face was full of helplessness, "So, unlike the hollow structure of the normal universe, these holes..."

“There are black holes, plural.”

"I have conducted preliminary observations. The number of black holes in these 8192 cosmic void structures..." Wang Jing paused, "A conservative estimate is over ."

"This is the data sample after eliminating all the small micro black holes."

Listening to Wang Jing's words, the faint smile on Chief Lu's face finally disappeared. He frowned and said, "It is a big project to conduct a comprehensive detection of 100,000 black holes."

"And it's still in the node universe." Wang Jing sighed softly, "Large starships that can quickly complete exploration missions can't get into the node universe at all, and small starships..."

"Not only is the detection speed slow, but I estimate that it will be difficult to mobilize so many small starships that meet the standards from the surrounding universe in a short period of time."

"This is indeed a big trouble..." Chief Lu frowned and fell into deep thought.

Seeing that things had once again reached a deadlock, the anxiety that had been lingering in Chen Fan's heart became stronger again.

——The anti-universe bubble and the node universe collapsed at the same time. Not to mention the crisis that the Human Union might face, at least his hometown was completely gone.

As a time traveler, he didn't have any relatives in the true sense, and this explosion would blow his hometown away...

Who can bear this horse riding!

then……

After hesitating for a long time, Chen Fan cautiously asked Wang Jing, who was also lost in thought.

"Academician Wang, what exactly are the standards for small starships that you mentioned?"

"There is no specific standard." Wang Jing did not take Chen Fan's question seriously. She just gave a vague answer, "The macro channel is inside the black hole. Therefore, to stimulate the macro channel, to put it bluntly, is to stimulate the black hole through space-time fluctuations and gravitational fluctuations."

"In theory, only a small starship of at least level eight civilization can have this capability."

"Space-time fluctuations..." Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully, "What if we use the space-time resonance effect?"

"Then the standard may be lowered a bit. Starships from level 6 or 7 civilizations may be able to meet the standard. However, if this is done, the number of starships required will be staggering..." Wang Jing suddenly came to his senses and paused, "You kid... why are you asking this?"

"What? Can you also conjure up a bunch of level six and level seven starships for me?"

As she spoke, she shook her head and turned her attention back to the holographic interface in front of her.

She didn't notice that the moment she finished speaking, Chen Fan's expression suddenly became serious.

He sat up straight, raised his hand to open the communication interface, and clicked on Mochi's communication number.

After communicating with the round black and white ball in the communication interface, a faint smile suddenly appeared on Chen Fan's face.

"Academician Wang, 20 million small starships that meet the Human Alliance's seventh-level standard, plus 50 million small starships that meet the sixth-level standard, is that enough?"

Chen Fan's voice echoed in the communication channel, and the expressions on the faces of Wang Jing and Chief Lu, who were struggling to think of a solution, froze at the same time.

"Take, take the young master?!"

Wang Jing stood up from the driving seat of the research ship, and even the tone of her voice was a little strange: "Where the hell did you get so many small starships from advanced civilizations?"

"Did you go robbing?"

This was Wang Jing's immediate reaction.

Conventional small starships are nothing. After all, for a slightly stronger interstellar civilization, the number of small starships is basically an astronomical figure.

But if it is a small starship of level seven or level six, it will be different.

The distribution of civilization strength in the pan-universe is arranged in a pyramid. As a standard high-level civilization, considering that the scope is limited to the cosmic bubble around the node universe, the number of all level 6 and level 7 civilizations is actually not large - the location of the node universe is already considered the frontier area of ​​the human alliance. At the same time, the territory of these high-level civilizations in the universe is usually quite wide, and accordingly, those starships are also very loose.

Under such conditions, it is impossible to mobilize tens of millions of small starships that meet the standards in just over ten hours...

This difficulty cannot be said to be small, it can only be said to be quite great!
"Just tell me if it's enough?" Chen Fan asked cheerfully.

"Wait a minute..." Wang Jing's eyes twitched, and she raised her hand to call up a holographic interface, "I have to calculate first... You better not be fooling me..."

"enough."

Just as Wang Jing began to output a series of complex numbers to the ship's main computer, Chief Lu's voice came quietly from the communication channel: "Zero has already calculated that a fleet of this size is enough to have a strong enough impact on black holes and macro channels through the resonance effect of space and time."

"Chen Fan, where are those starships?"

Chief Lu looked at Chen Fan with burning eyes: "If we are closer to the node universe, maybe we can really catch up..."

"They are in the node universe." Facing Chief Lu's gaze, Chen Fan's mouth corners slightly raised, "To be more precise, they are all in the central black hole star field of the node universe."

"...Are you talking about the fleet left behind by Su Zheng?"

Wang Jing seemed to have thought of something. She stopped calculating and frowned, "As I recall, those warships were basically destroyed in the war, right?"

"Even if some warships have relatively complete functions, it would take a lot of time to temporarily build the underlying operating system for tens of millions of warships and temporarily test the functions of various warships!"

"Even with Zero's help, this is not something that can be done in just a dozen hours."

Chen Fan looked at Wang Jing in surprise.

After hesitating for a moment, he scratched his head and said, "But... I didn't say that I used the battleship left behind by [Su Zheng]."

"......?" Wang Jing was stunned, "Then you..."

"Are you really going to rob?"

……

A few minutes later.

"Dena civilization?"

Looking at the Mashu sitting upright in the communication interface, Wang Jing felt that her brain was a little confused: "You mean, some time ago, the Dena civilization sent a large-scale scrap recycling fleet through the star gate into the node universe?"

"You're still using Chen Fan's identity information?!"

Noticing the simultaneous glances from Wang Jing and Chief Lu, Chen Fan calmly glared at Mochi, who had exposed all his secrets, and then coughed softly, "Academician Wang, I remember...according to convention, the disposal rights of these gadgets should belong to the investigators, right?"

"???"

Wang Jing's eyes widened. "You call that billion-dollar fleet a trifle?"

"cough……"

Chen Fan looked away awkwardly: "They are all the same..."

"Yes, that's right!"

"I asked Academician Song, and he said that the Administration does have this practice!"

Facing the scrutinizing gazes of the two big guys, Chen Fan did not hesitate at all and directly put the blame on Song Ziliang who was far away in the main universe of the Human Union.

Sorry, Ziliang-san.

Someone has to take the blame for this.

At worst, he could give some of the commission given by Dena Civilization to Song Ziliang, as spiritual compensation to him.

Just give 20%... No, 10%.

Chen Fan made up his mind silently.

"...Wait!" Wang Jing looked at the information on the holographic interface beside her, "I was wondering why this Dena civilization sounded so familiar. Isn't this civilization that engages in pan-universe waste recycling only at level five?"

"When did they achieve a technological breakthrough? And were they able to produce tens of millions of advanced starships at once?"

"Uh..." Chen Fan's smile became more and more stiff. "I heard it, but I only heard it!"

"Because the warships left behind by [Su Zheng] are relatively high-end, the Dena civilization temporarily rented corresponding starships from many advanced civilizations in the universe..."

Wang Jing fell silent again: "..."

A level five civilization rented tens of millions of starships from level six and level seven civilizations. Even though they were all small starships, this financial strength should not be underestimated!
You know, it is difficult for some weak level six and level seven civilizations to have so many starships available for deployment at once!

"Damn..." She stared absentmindedly at the dim starry sky outside the porthole, "The waste recycling business... is it so profitable?"

Chen Fan's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "I heard that... they completely emptied all the foreign exchange reserves of the Dena civilization for this recycling operation, and they were completely bankrupt."

"You are quite clear about this, kid." Wang Jing glanced at Chen Fan coldly, "Okay, since the Administration has this practice, I will not pursue the responsibility, and I will not say anything to the Dena Civilization."

"Xiao Song's side..."

"Just fine him his salary and bonus for the next ten years." Chief Lu, who was listening happily, said casually in the communication interface, "It can be considered as an unintentional good deed, so a small punishment will be enough."

Wang Jing nodded silently and looked at Chen Fan again: "Why are you still standing there?"

"Why don't you contact the Dena civilization quickly?"

Chen Fan came back to his senses abruptly, and while responding to Wang Jing's words, he quickly dialed a communication method that had been recorded on the smart terminal a long time ago.

[The first person to speak out in the People’s Federation]

of course.

This note did not escape the attention of Wang Jing and Chief Lu.

Looking at the two people's subtle eyes, Chen Fan felt that he was completely socially dead.

He looked at the unconnected communication interface with despair. Since he joined the Administration, he had never hated this waiting interface with the notes and avatars deliberately enlarged so much - you TNND, hurry up and answer the phone! !
"Welcome to Dana Waste Recycling Co., Ltd. This is Li Te. May I ask what you may have..."

An extremely deep voice, even with chest resonance, rang out in the cockpit. Then, the waiting interface that made Chen Fan feel extremely anxious slowly dissipated, and was replaced by a humanoid intelligent creature with gray skin, a hard shell and fine scales on its back.

"…Mr. Chen Fan!"

The moment he saw the communication interface clearly, a look of deep surprise suddenly appeared on Li Te's face: "Long time no see!"

"...The notes are good and very vivid."

At the same time, Chief Lu's teasing voice came from the communication channel.

Chen Fan's face froze.

tired.

At this moment, the idea of ​​letting the anti-universe bubble and the node universe explode on the spot even flashed through his mind - it would be better for this world to be destroyed.

(End of this chapter)