Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

"..."

Emperor Eugene looked at the crew member who had asked the question with a bewildered expression.

"What the hell?!"

Its lips twitched, then it roared in fury, "Are you blind?!"

"Still want to fight? Are you looking for death?!"

The crew members silently lowered their heads, enduring the emperor's wrath.

"Then, what should we do now?"

Emperor Eugene fell silent instantly.

for a long time.

It slightly opened its pointed beak and squeezed out a word from between its fine teeth.

"wait."

……

Type 053C "Golden Crow" battleship.

Fan Ping watched the images transmitted back by the probe with great interest.

"This Eugene civilization is quite bold!"

"With such a huge power disparity, they still dare to attack?"

The vice-captain beside him chuckled and replied, "A space pirate civilization, huh! It would be strange if they weren't bold!"

"But then again, I have a feeling there's something wrong with this fleet..."

"Old Fan, did you notice?" The vice-captain frowned slightly and asked hesitantly.

"Um……"

Fan Ping's expression turned slightly grave, and he nodded thoughtfully: "It seems to be a standard-issue warship."

"Excellent!" The vice-captain's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands excitedly, saying, "That's a standard-issue warship!"

"That's where the problem lies!"

"Under normal circumstances, space pirate civilizations don't have standardized warships!"

Having said that, the two understood each other's meaning.

Fan Ping stared intently at the warship in the center of the defensive formation, swallowing hard. "You mean...?"

"Did we run into a big fish?"

"A big fish...it must be a big fish!" Seemingly afraid of being overheard, the vice-captain subconsciously lowered his voice. "It might be a small flagship of one of the Eugene Fleet's squadrons!"

"We need to act quickly!"

"These contribution points...tsk tsk tsk..."

Fan Ping's breathing quickened slightly, and a greedy glint appeared in his eyes.

At this moment, what appeared in his eyes in the holographic projection was not a fleet in a defensive posture, but contribution points flying everywhere and available for use at will!

"Let's attack?" the vice-captain's voice rang out again. "Before anyone else gets here, let's finish this battle as quickly as possible and capture all these warships..."

Fan Ping remained silent and pondered for a while.

"We can't hit them directly."

He slowly shook his head and said, "Our weapons are too powerful."

"What if it really is some important person..."

Fan Ping's lips twitched slightly, and he said with a pained expression, "I can't bear to part with these contribution points that are already in my hands."

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

Upon hearing this, the vice-captain was also caught in a dilemma: "Persuade them to surrender?"

"Can you persuade them to surrender?"

"Me?" Fan Ping shook his head, asking with an incredulous look, "Why do you think I would try to persuade someone to surrender?"

"Can you?"

The vice-captain spread his hands and shrugged: "Coincidentally, I don't know either."

"Who among decent people would try to persuade someone to surrender?"

Fan Ping: "...Then what should we do?"

The vice-captain looked at the holographic image in front of him with a helpless expression.

"How about... we give it a try?"

……

Eugene flagship.

"Your Majesty, a new communication request has been detected!"

A panicked voice rang out in the command center: "The signal is coming from that warship!"

"Connected!"

Upon hearing this news, Emperor Eugene subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief—at least the other side hadn't directly used weapons to blast it into dust.

After a short wait, the signal gradually stabilized, and a smooth, large face appeared on the big screen.

Emperor Eugene shook his head subconsciously.

It has no scales, so ugly.

The large face on the screen also subconsciously frowned.

Lizard people, disgusting.

A series of gibberish sounds came from the speaker, and the translated Eugene text appeared on the screen.

This is the territory of the Pan-Human Federation of the Galactic Galaxy.

[Eugene Civilization, your actions have constituted...]

[Please immediately disarm all forces and accept punishment; otherwise, your fleet will be attacked by human warships!]

Emperor Eugene's vertical pupils dilated rapidly, and anger flashed in his eyes.

Disarmament?

Since it was elected emperor of the Eugene civilization, it has never been asked of such a thing before!

Just as it was about to say something, the scaleless creature in the picture stopped its reciting "chanting" and said something else.

Of course, you can also choose to join the Galactic Pan-Human Federation.

We can forgive and forget your previous offenses.

Emperor Eugene: "???"

What is that?

After a brief moment of stunned silence, it finally came to its senses.

"impossible!"

"The free civilization of Eugene will never become a subordinate civilization to any other civilization! Never!"

boom!

The moment the words left his mouth, a violent explosion erupted from the side window, illuminating the entire dark command center.

Do it?

They've already made their move?!

Emperor Eugene felt his mind go blank. Shouldn't they have discussed it further under normal circumstances?

Why aren't they playing by the rules?

Suddenly, it felt a pang of regret.

Did it just refuse too decisively?

"Your Majesty! They've destroyed a probe!"

A hoarse roar came from beside me.

"A detector?" Emperor Eugene looked at the sailor who had spoken with some confusion. "What detector? Our detector?"

"No! It's their own detector!"

Emperor Eugene: "...???"

Perhaps sensing the rising anger in the emperor's eyes, the crew quickly pulled up a video recording: "Look, just now, a warship from human civilization fired a shell, and then... one of the probes exploded."

Emperor Eugene stared blankly at the scene before him.

That's right.

Judging from the video footage alone, such a bizarre event did indeed just occur.

For the first time since becoming emperor, it felt that its brain was not enough.

What kind of operation is this?

To start an internal conflict in front of the enemy?

However, to be fair, the power of this attack was indeed very great. If he wasn't mistaken, it should be an antimatter weapon.

If it hits the Eugene battleship...

It suddenly shivered.

Before it could fully process what was happening, the chattering sound came from the speaker again.

To be honest, this is the least powerful weapon on our warship; you should have seen how much damage it can cause.

We, the human civilization, are a peace-loving race, and we are unwilling to use such powerful weapons against you.

[As long as you agree to join the Pan-Human Federation, all previous misunderstandings can be wiped clean.]

【otherwise……】

Emperor Eugene stared blankly at the text on the large screen.

You call this advocating peace?

"I……"

It steadied itself and glanced once more at the silver-white detector that had long since turned to ashes: "On behalf of the Eugene Civilization, I join the Galactic Pan-Human Federation."