Star Fleet, Starting with Datafication

Looking at the 5% drop in the combined shield, Qingyang's lips twitched, almost forgetting another function of the Starry Sky Network.

Ensure that the fleet sailing within it is not harmed by the raging power of the stars...

“Commander, this star system…” Chang Xi’s gentle voice came from the side, attracting Qing Yang’s attention.

What comes into view is an enormous galaxy.

Countless stars twinkled, interspersed among them were many strange and wonderful planets and star continents.

This aligns with the researchers' predictions.

However, one thing surprised Qingyang and the others greatly: the vast starry river in front of them was radiating a surging spiritual energy!

Psychic energy is not a natural form of energy, but rather the power of will exerted by living beings through their own will and spirit in conjunction with the higher dimensions of the universe.

It belongs to a kind of idealistic power; the stronger the will and the more determined the spirit, the more terrifying the spiritual power of communication becomes.

The powerful can even use the power of psychic energy to directly confront divinity!

The Alliance's Extraordinary system is a power that has been sublimated from psionic energy.

In short, psychic energy is very special. It primarily communicates with powerful cosmic forces and higher-dimensional projections, and usually only a very small number of individuals have the chance to do so.

The star system before me is filled with dazzling psionic energy, a sight quite rare even in the vast universe.

"Gentle spiritual energy... full of life force." Gu Xing raised his hand and released a ray of Yang energy, his tone filled with emotion.

Qingyang did not linger any longer and quickly controlled the Eternal to rush towards the magical and vast star river in front of him. He was very curious about what was going on that made this star river, which was millions of light-years in diameter, filled with psionic energy!

Upon entering the galaxy, Qingyang immediately discovered a network of shipping lanes within the hyperspace region of this galaxy, with powerful space anchoring technology isolating the nearby space storms.

"It's about four times more efficient than the original hyperspace travel...that's not bad."

Belya commented.

Looking at the magnificent starry sky around them, the soft, multicolored starlight helped everyone relax a little after arriving in this alien universe.

Qingyang looked around and released the Star Harmony monitoring terminal that was waiting in the Starry Sky. All areas of the entire starry sky and what was happening were collected in real time in the spatial horizon.

Every corner of the galaxy, even the dust on every planet, is under the surveillance of the Star Harmony Terminal. Even special energy clusters and spatial structures cannot escape its reach.

A detailed star map of this galaxy was quickly drawn on the Eternal's control panel, and people watched as the star map gradually became clearer on the screen.

Qingyang smiled with satisfaction: "Not bad, let's make this star system our base camp for now."

[Note: 4,853 interstellar civilizations have been detected.]

[Note: A large amount of information about the will of living planets has been detected.]

[Attention: Soul-based life force information detected]

[Note: A unique cosmic ecological region has been detected.]

[Alert: Unknown data processor detected, suspected high-level AI. Status: Not yet activated]

The monitoring terminal's previously normal prompts suddenly increased in speed, and the prefix was changed to "alarm".

Qingyang, who was about to observe the state of the alien civilization, immediately put his curiosity about the first four prompts out of his mind.

"Mark the coordinates and go take a look."

Chapter 179 Mechanical Planet, Level 10 Technology Module?!

A brilliant starry sky.

An ordinary, rocky planet slowly revolves around a pale purple star.

Compared to planets teeming with resources and unique life forms, it was so insignificant that even a Type I civilization that had just broken away from its home planet wouldn't bother to look at it.

Suddenly, the rocky planet was in outer orbit.

The massive Eternal departed from the starry sky, its hull, like a dazzling stream of light, reflecting starlight.

In the control room, gazing at the rocky planet below, Qingyang's expression was inscrutable.

"Is this the mechanical planet? Are there any others in this galaxy?"

Only one similar mechanical planet was discovered in this galaxy; the strength of other intelligent mechanical planets did not meet the required standards.

Qingyang seemed to be deep in thought as his immense spiritual power swept across the rocky planet, while simultaneously casting a massive probe across it.

Excluding the outer rocky crust, the mechanical planet is about 23,000 kilometers in diameter, comparable to a normal planet.

In terms of size alone, it is not even as large as some level 2 processors of level 5 intelligent machines, but the technological strength and some structures contained within it are still difficult for Qingyang to understand.

Some modules even had force fields that could hinder mental power. Although they did not obstruct Qingyang's mental scan, the slight resistance still surprised him.

It's important to know that this planet is currently completely shut down.

This shows that what hinders Qingyang's higher-dimensional spiritual power is not the equipment, but the material itself!

Higher dimensions are extremely difficult to access. Even a level seven civilization would find it difficult to create a material alloy with higher-dimensional properties, let alone a virtual power like mental energy.

"Mechanical technology equivalent to at least an eighth-level civilization, could it be an eighth-level intelligent machine?" Qingyang frowned.

Belya immediately said, "Commander, please allow Vice Commander Changxi and Lieutenant Lilith to cooperate with the research institute and provide an answer within one hour at the latest!"

Of course, there's also the cooperation of the local area network.

Seeing that the investigation had not revealed any classified information, Qingyang simply said, "Thank you for your help, Chang Xi and Lilith."

“No problem, Commander,” Chang Xirou said with a smile, connecting 80% of the computing power to the research megacomputer.

Lilith was also very interested: "Okay."

Seeing this, Qingyang smiled and continued to scan the mechanical planet with his mental power, while activating the concealment module to its fullest extent.

Make sure not to disturb this planet that is suspected to be an AI, otherwise this galaxy with a diameter of only a few million light-years cannot withstand the destruction of an eighth-level AI.

Qingyang will not act rashly until accurate information is available.

"The neutron collapse bomb is in level two activation. If things go wrong, wipe out this mechanical planet."

After saying that, Qingyang looked at another plan.

[Construction of the Initial Base in an Alternate Universe]

Even though the alternate universe is not as vast as the main universe, it is still boundless to the Eternal Fleet.

And unlike the vast universe, this place has the powerful support of the Star Sea Human Alliance.

There are no supplies or backup bases here.

Therefore, Qingyang decided to build an initial base with two colossal structures, which could generate a fixed industrial system comparable to the size of a civilization!

When the time comes, let Lilith take over the data, and it will be a veritable level seven intelligent mechanical civilization!

At most, their scale is smaller than those genuine intelligent mechanical civilizations, but their quality is much stronger.

Will Lilith be his greatest help in exploring the other universe?

Legion-type star fleet?

A special type of space fleet?

As long as you have enough high-dimensional data life forms, unless it's the alliance's top legion fleet, how could you possibly defeat the mechanical civilization controlled by high-dimensional data life forms?

Moreover, by the late stages of the Star Fleet, the distinction between special forces and legions was no longer so clear.

Qingyang smiled smugly. He had spent a lot of Star Points to buy a basic technology tree of a level seven intelligent mechanical civilization from the Alliance for this moment!

As long as industry and resources are in place, raising an army will not be a problem.

With the Eternal Fleet's formidable combat power, it could easily withstand a peak level seven civilization head-on.

However, the problems lie in resources and industrial scale.

Resources are manageable; a level seven civilization possesses basic and rare particle decomposition technology. However, relying on only two Celestial Craftsmen for industrial scale is somewhat slow.

Qingyang's idea was to find a level 6 peak intelligent mechanical civilization, have Lilith directly seize control of the central processing unit, and take over the existing industrial system for subsequent upgrades.

The colossal structure is used to manufacture equipment for a Level 7 advanced civilization.

Ideally, one should encounter an intelligent machine that has just advanced to a level seven civilization and has been developing for less than a thousand years.

Fighting against these established level-seven intelligent mechanical civilizations is currently too troublesome, and there's no guarantee of any gains.

The gap between a Level 6 civilization and a Level 7 civilization is a chasm, and coupled with the equal-level advantages of the AI ​​civilization, the Eternal Fleet also faces certain risks in dealing with it.

As for the location of the base, the current Star River Qingyang is quite satisfied. The high-resource star river with millions of light-years is enough to serve as the main base.

It's not very big, and its location is quite discreet!

The psionic environment is rich in rare resources!

The environment and ecology are also excellent, which is highly appreciated by human aesthetics.

What Qingyang needs to do now is to eliminate all threats or situations that may lead to exposure.

First, there's the planet we're on now, and then there's the equipment that advanced civilizations might have left behind.

Then came the interstellar civilization of this galaxy...

Qingyang narrowed his eyes, hoping these civilizations would be perceptive, as he would surely reap the benefits.

If anyone lacks the foresight to see it, Qingyang wouldn't hesitate to transform into a natural disaster and sweep across this galaxy.

The alliance's reputation wasn't built through diplomacy or words, but through battle!

Martial spirit is also a defining characteristic of humankind!

"Commander, we've made a discovery." Belya appeared in the control room via shipboard teleportation.

Qingyang looked ahead.

Belya immediately reached out and drew a panel.

"Based on research and local star network scanning, some of the technologies on this mechanical planet are at level seven, and the core module structure is suspected to be at level ten."

We have some understanding of some of the core technologies and functions of it.

If this galaxy reaches a certain standard, the core module of this mechanical planet will activate, instantly creating a data life form, and the core module will transform into a processor!

Qingyang asked in confusion, "Processor? Level 10?"

He had already guessed that this planet might be a means for other universes to clean up unqualified civilizations. But it was just a small galaxy. Was it an exaggeration to use a processor at the level of a level 10 civilization?