Star Fleet, Starting with Datafication

"I understand. How long will it take?"

It is estimated that it will take two star-years for the StarNet to ensure that the average environmental quality here continues to improve.

Qingyang nodded slightly: "Is it alright for the mechanical legion to guard this place?"

[StarNet has deployed three Defender X-type defensive units to guard this area. If Commander Qingyang encounters danger in the Star Cluster Domain, he can request to deploy these units.]

Oh?

Although we don't know how strong this defender is, the name itself suggests he's not simple. The official names of the Alliance products are never fancy.

Moreover, even StarNet believes it can help them resolve certain dangers.

"Understood." Qingyang nodded, his consciousness sweeping over the 20,000 starships within the Eternal Star Space.

Without hesitation: "Direction confirmed, Star Cluster Region, let's go!"

Having a chosen one of the macroscopic celestial realms, the direction and distance of the star cluster domain are naturally not difficult to obtain; perhaps such a distance is extremely far even for a level seven or even level eight civilization.

However, for the Eternal Fleet, which possesses the Starry Sky Space, it is only a journey of two or three days.

Even if dozens of buffer shields are needed along the way to ensure that the storms in the original starry sky do not pose a threat, it will take at most four days to reach the Star Cluster Domain.

As Qingyang gave the order, a ripple immediately appeared in the surrounding space, and then the entire Eternal Ship disappeared without a trace.

Only the bustling Star Harbor area remains.

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Lilu Star Harbor.

A large space port on the outer edge of the Star Cluster, its overall shape resembles a reclining cylinder, with a cross-sectional diameter of millions of kilometers.

Its length reaches more than 30 million kilometers, and there are thousands of other celestial structures in the surrounding area that are hundreds of thousands of kilometers long.

Its functions include commerce, warehousing, factory maintenance, and many others.

The densely marked shipping lanes connect starports and major structures, with countless spaceships moving rapidly through them.

As a well-known starport located billions of light-years away, it handles tens of millions of ship traffic daily.

Along with the surrounding galaxies and planets within tens of thousands of light-years, the area is extremely wealthy, with a strong atmosphere of commerce and adventure.

Tens of thousands of creatures from different civilizations and ethnic groups can usually be seen here.

You can encounter creatures from almost any civilization, whether they are of low or high level.

Of course, the currency used for mutual transactions is a unified currency, an energy coin issued by the two dominant civilizations and regulated by the Destruction Protocol.

It is basically formed from a tiny wisp of universal psionic energy combined with basic particles.

Even if it's just an energy coin, the energy and elementary particles it contains are enough to power a surface civilization for a long time.

Dozens of these are enough to power a surface civilization to advance to a level two civilization, consuming all the materials and energy during the process!

Although it is not as good as the kind of currency made from basic particles, rare particles, and a mixture of high-dimensional energy and rare energy, it is still quite valuable.

"Sir, please accept this."

Qingyang smiled and accepted the card from the blue-skinned fishman: "It's a pleasure to cooperate with you."

Having arrived here half a day ago, the transmission fluctuations in the Starry Sky Space have been identified as macroscopic celestial transmissions, thus attracting the attention of many companies in this starport.

After all, warships capable of using the Macrocosmic Sky Sphere for projection and navigation must be at least at the peak of a Level 8 civilization, or even more likely at the Level 9 civilization.

At the same time, through Chang Xi's data query, Qing Yang also gained some understanding of the social model and basic economy of the Star Cluster Domain.

The pattern is similar to Qingyang's guess. Apart from some lost civilizations and forgotten empires that have "closed their borders," almost all civilizations will engage in trade with each other.

Besides the two dominant civilizations, even level 10 civilizations can be found in the vast interconnected market of the Star Cluster Domain!

As for how to ensure fairness and convenient communication, the two dominant civilizations constructed a huge virtual data network and transportation network throughout the star cluster.

Ensure that all civilizations can move and communicate quickly within the star cluster, and grow rapidly through communication.

Having roughly understood the purchasing power of energy coins, Qingyang took out a massive amount of basic particle resource crystals and a large amount of technical data from a level seven civilization, in exchange for a large sum of energy coins!

A full five trillion!

Based on the purchasing power of energy coins, the GDP of an ordinary level 7 advanced civilization over five years is estimated to be around this level.

This price was lowered by Qingyang's quick action; otherwise, it would have been even higher.

There was no other way; the resources drawn from the black hole at the center of the star cluster, as well as the technological data provided by the seven level-seven civilizations, were simply too numerous.

"This is my Sokula Company's Black Gold VIP customer certificate. Please keep it safe," the Blue Fishman said with a smile, tapping the terminal on his wrist a few more times.

Then, a screen popped up on the wristband terminal that Qingyang had temporarily simulated.

[Whether to accept identity credentials]

[Five trillion energy coins have been deposited into your account]

As a high-dimensional data life form, and with the local star network controlled by the main star network program, it would be extremely easy for Chang Xi to create a fully compliant identity terminal.

Qingyang, being so friendly with such benefits, naturally wouldn't refuse.

The main body of the Sokula Company is a level nine civilization, and many of its things are very useful to Qingyang.

For example... various rare resources that can be processed by data.

After seeing off the general manager of the fishman branch, Qingyang and the others got up and left the meeting room, boarding the star shuttle and heading towards their next destination.

Star Cluster Explorers Association

This is a product that will inevitably emerge in a highly social universe.

As expected, the project was spearheaded by the dominant civilization, with many level 10 and level 9 civilizations also participating and sharing information on exploration areas and dangerous locations.

It can also be considered a mercenary organization. As long as the price is right, war can be considered an adventure!

Qingyang wasn't particularly interested in the information about the exploration areas, but he could receive commissions from level nine or even level ten civilizations.

This is what Qingyang values.

Before the StarNet arrived, all of Qingyang's actions were aimed at establishing a foothold and conducting detailed surveys of various advanced civilizations in the alien universe.

Now that the StarNet main server can communicate in real time, the Gate of the Universe is also nearing completion.

The developmental period is naturally skipped significantly.

The core objective is to thoroughly understand the detailed information about these advanced civilizations in other universes, as well as the current situation of this universe!

Of course, there is also pan-human civilization.

These top-level civilizations' databases must contain a great deal of records about various civilizations in the universe!

Especially with a level ten civilization, the chances of determining the coordinates of the general human race by accessing their civilization records are definitely higher than if one were to encounter one on one's own.

Obtaining an explorer's certificate was not difficult for Qingyang; it was merely a simple demonstration of his higher-dimensional will.

The Star Cluster Gold Explorer certificate was obtained in no time; the processing speed was ridiculously fast.

Ignoring the branch leader's attempts to persuade them to stay, Qingyang and the others quickly returned to the Eternal.

Having secured basic access to the Star Cluster Domain and the necessary funds, Qingyang naturally had no desire to linger.

"Chang Xi, check the Explorers' Association's database and see if there are any extra-human civilizations in the Star Cluster Domain."

"clear."

Qingyang glanced at the Star Cluster Wide Area Data Network and saw a large number of requests to add contact information; he immediately chose to block them.

Only a few keywords were set, and communication will be completely blocked as long as the keywords are not triggered.

Looking at the ships coming and going around the berth area, Qingyang was filled with emotion.

It must be said that without a stable civilization with absolute suppressive power, it is very difficult for a large-scale cosmic society to take shape.

However, the star cluster universe is different; it is a cosmic society constructed entirely by subtle habits and environment.

The premise of a cosmic social system is that countless civilizations share roughly similar moral views and values, which makes it incredibly difficult to achieve.

As luck would have it, the values ​​and morals of the Star Cluster Universe are basically the same as those of humans.

Slaughter, open experiments on intelligent life, extermination, and treating intelligent life as food are all unacceptable.

If it becomes too serious, it will arouse public outrage and the judgment of the top civilization.

Of course, in the case of a war of civilizations, engaging in a war of extermination would not result in judgment or sanctions, but would only severely damage one's reputation and credibility.

"We found the commander. There are about sixteen of them, all from pan-human civilizations."

The weakest is a surface civilization, the strongest is a peak level eight civilization, and the rest are level three to level six civilizations.

Fifteen of these civilizations maintain contact and diplomatic relations, and their relationships are relatively good. The basic treaty of the star cluster prohibits interference with surface civilizations; therefore, surface humans have not joined.

Qingyang was slightly pleased; he hadn't expected there to be sixteen!

To understand how to identify pan-human civilizations, we need to know that these civilizations evolved independently from single-celled organisms to their full potential without any interference.

In other words, within a star cluster hundreds of miles away, fifteen miracles of civilization have occurred.

— Highly similar intelligent life evolved in different places!

"I didn't expect one of them to be a peak level eight civilization. This at least confirms that the Pan-Human Civilization isn't doing too badly in the Star Cluster Domain."

Even in the Star Cluster Domain, an eighth-level civilization is quite impressive!

Leaving aside the hegemonic civilizations that remain aloof from worldly affairs, there are only six or seven level-ten civilizations in the Star Cluster Domain.

There are only about twenty level nine civilizations, and level eight civilizations are equally rare, with only about two hundred.

Even if we include all civilizations in the entire alien universe, the number would only increase by about a quarter at most.

This demonstrates just how rare an eighth-level civilization is.

Placed in the vast and boundless star clusters, due to the three-dimensional structure, even within a range of trillions of light-years, there might not be a single level-eight civilization!

After a moment's thought, Qingyang asked curiously, "What's the name of that peak level eight civilization? Do you have its exact coordinates?"

Chang Xi blinked and smiled, "The detailed coordinates of the Tianming Empire are open..."

“Tianming…that’s quite close to the naming culture of Kyushu,” Qingyang said with a smile.

The Eternal then quickly took off and re-entered the starry sky, heading straight for its destination.

Qingyang did not intend to confront the higher-ups of Tianming Empire directly this time, but rather to look at things from a citizen's perspective.