Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

The Earth and the Imperial flagship were traveling towards each other and stopped when they were a million kilometers apart.

These are, after all, the flagships of two level-eight civilizations.

Even without considering the complexities of docking interfaces and the ship's internal environment, it is still an impractical idea for such a large number of warships to dock face-to-face.

Therefore, at the suggestion of human civilization, the final million kilometers were to be completed by their respective shuttles.

The Civilization Meeting Area is a huge circular platform built in space.

Considering the size of the Tenth Empire's inhabitants, the platform is quite large—fifty kilometers in diameter and one hundred and fifty meters in "height".

The internal environment was also modeled after the Empire's home planet.

It can be said that human civilization has laid bare all its sincerity for this meeting.

The hatches of the flagships of both civilizations opened, and two fleets of shuttle ships of different sizes slowly sailed toward the meeting platform.

……

With a major battle imminent, all procedures were simplified, including meetings between the two civilizations.

Just a few hours later, this meeting, which will surely be recorded in history, came to an end.

Lu Yongchang sat in the shuttle in a daze, staring blankly at the starry sky outside the porthole, recalling the meeting just now—the information brought by the Tenth Empire was too explosive, completely stunning him.

First of all.

The issue of troop strength deployed by the rural faction.

This far exceeds the number observed by the Cosmic Listening Project—to date, dimensional beings from all dimensions of the universe are heading towards the Boötes Void, and conservatively estimated, their numbers should be over five million.

Second.

The actions of the pastoral faction completely disrupted the balance of power in the universe.

The Cleaners also began mobilizing their forces on a massive scale—conservative estimates suggest that at least hundreds of millions of star systems dispatched expeditionary fleets.

The number of troops involved is unimaginable.

These two pieces of news alone completely shocked Lü Yongchang.

Heavens above! Earth below!

What heinous things has human civilization done that have angered both heaven and man?!

It was just dealing with a few dimensional creatures, wasn't it?!

Isn't that unnecessary?!

Today, human civilization has an army of less than 500,000.

The disparity in combat power between the two sides... using fireflies and the bright moon as metaphors is an exaggeration of the size of the human fleet.

Of course, this does not mean that human civilization is weak.

With the existence of Zero, given time, the size of the human fleet will surely easily surpass that of the Cleaners civilization.

But this will take time!

Lots of time!

Even with exponentially growing facilities like self-splitting probes, it would take considerable time to complete the cosmic listening program, let alone the much more complex tasks of building starships and war fortresses.

Of course, the Tenth Empire brought not only bad news, but also some good news.

At the urging and suggestion of the Empire, the neutral faction chose to join the war.

As for their stance... without a doubt, it is naturally human civilization.

Needless to say, the most important point is the dimensional ascension technology mastered by human civilization.

Faced with a potential cosmic war that could break out at any moment, Lü Yongchang naturally did not hesitate and readily agreed.

Once the neutral faction's fleet arrives on the battlefield and participates in the war, human civilization can directly publish all its research findings on four-dimensional cavitation.

Moreover, Lü Yongchang even proactively increased his bargaining chips—if the war is won, human civilization can even publicly reveal its low-dimensional technology.

……

the other side.

Inside the shuttle of the Tenth Empire, the Supreme Emperor's performance wasn't much better.

Even though the meeting had long ended, he was still deeply shocked.

Initially, the Empire's home planet classified human civilization as a silicon-based civilization.

At that time, they also had a disguise as the Enroget civilization.

Now that things have come to this, even the emperor of the empire would not dare to bring up such a matter.

Later, the true name of human civilization was revealed, and the Silicon-based Alliance also believed that it was a rare carbon-based-silicon-based composite civilization.

The same applies to the information the empire possesses.

But after they actually met, they suddenly discovered a problem.

Silicon-based? What the hell is there any silicon-based life?

A purely carbon-based civilization!

Unbelievable!

A carbon-based civilization has mastered such advanced computer technology and even passed the initial test of the silicon-based alliance...

Compared to the information that followed, the above information was only a minor shock.

Human civilization has not only mastered the technology of dimensional ascension, but also the technology of dimensional reduction possessed by lower-dimensional beings!

They were even willing to share it publicly!

What the hell!

What a stroke of luck!

If it weren't for the inappropriate occasion, the Supreme Emperor of the Empire would have even wanted to swear a few times!

Damn it, how are we supposed to find a four-dimensional void?!

If we had known this would happen, the Imperial fleet should have turned back to the Laniakea Supercluster immediately!

The emperor carefully picked up a CD in front of him, and for a moment a sense of regret arose in his heart.

According to the chief scientist of human civilization, this hard drive contains all the observation and experimental data related to four-dimensional cavitation!

Given the vast difference in technological development between the two civilizations, the hard drive did not contain any advanced technologies mastered by human civilization.

What?

Why not just transmit remotely?

There's a saying that goes, "No matter how much bandwidth you have, it can't compare to a truck full of hard drives."

The same applies to the interstellar era.

Data on a CD-ROM would take at least ten days to transfer remotely via quantum communication!

He carefully put down the CD in his hand and turned his complicated gaze to another CD.

If the information above brought shock to the Empire, then the information on this hard drive was downright terrifying.

"The origins of the Pastoral Faction, and the Annihilation Plan..."

What do you think?

The emperor looked at the imperial scientists beside him and asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, we need some time to analyze the data on the optical drive." Meeting the Emperor's gaze, a member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences hesitated before speaking. "But judging from the words of that chief human scientist just now..."

"Although I hate to admit it, it's probably true."

"..."

In the silence, a very slight tremor came from the deck of the shuttle—the shuttle had returned to the Imperial flagship.

"Immediately conduct a comprehensive analysis of the data on these two hard drives."

"Dimensional ascension technology is listed as the highest priority research task of the Imperial Academy of Sciences."

"The information about the pastoral school..."

"After confirming its authenticity, I will apply for the fifth Neutral Faction Supreme Conference."

P.S.: Thanks to Cupwine for the expert verification!

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