Star Fleet, Starting with Datafication

As soon as they stepped through the gate, Qingyang and the others automatically appeared in a luxurious area.

The area covers several square kilometers, and the huge, luxurious sofas suspended in the air, the high-end beverage floating platform, and the surrounding entertainment, ecological, and information areas all indicate where this place is.

A standard auction room designed to accommodate only one group of guests.

Qingyang and the others were not surprised. They each found a sofa and sat down to wait for the auction to begin.

Spatial expansion technology is very common among level eight civilizations.

"The auction of the eighth-level peak civilization and several ninth-level commercial groups should have many other useful items besides that statue."

Zhao Zunhai flipped through the auction information panel, his eyes full of interest.

Besides Zhao Zunhai, who was looking for unusual collectibles, Gu Xue, who came along, was also interested in shopping and auctions, curiously looking at the items up for auction.

Qingyang and Changxi quickly browsed the resource wholesale market.

It must be said that a level eight peak civilization has quite a few channels for purchasing rare resources.

If it's a level seven civilization or a regular level eight civilization, you won't find any rare materials on the market at all; they're basically all for personal use.

And this is still the raw resource required for the T5 starship data resources. If it were the kind of raw resource that could be used to manufacture the T4 starship.

Even among the peak civilizations of level eight, this would probably be considered a strategic control level.

It either contains special high-dimensional energy or possesses powerful and rare characteristics.

Qingyang looked at Zhao Zunhai: "How many energy coins would it cost to buy that statue?"

"According to calculations, it should cost less than 800 billion energy coins to win the bid," Zhao Zunhai replied after briefly glancing at the acceptance price.

Qingyang nodded slightly: "Leave 1.5 trillion energy coins, and use the rest to purchase rare resources."

If 1.5 trillion were given to a lower-level civilization, it could probably buy the entire technology tree of a peak civilization from level two to level six, complete with detailed tutorials and advanced derivative technologies.

However, this is only enough for two or three slightly better items.

There's no way around it; even a small fluctuation in profits from a commercial activity between advanced civilizations is enough to cause dramatic changes in tens of thousands of lower civilizations.

Perhaps this is a direct manifestation of the gap between civilizations.

Thinking of what the data said, obtaining an energy coin could lead to a technological explosion and a new surface civilization.

Qingyang smiled and shook his head. The universe is also a large society, and on a macro scale, civilization can be regarded as an individual life.

Looking at it this way, many things become clear.

Chang Xi did a simple calculation and exclaimed in surprise, "Based on the price fluctuations of more than 600 kinds of rare resources, the resources that 3.5 trillion can buy can allow the Eternal Fleet to expand by another 5,000 ships!"

Qingyang's expression lit up: "Oh?"

Technical data from a Level 7 civilization is actually worth so much?

You should know that there are tons of these things in the StarNet database!

Even if the Alliance were to use a single advanced optical computer matrix to deduce a level 7 technology from scratch, it would only take a few days.

“Selling Level 7 technical data is not a sustainable business. It’s fine if it happens occasionally, but if it’s dumped on a large scale, it might attract the attention of the Destruction Protocol.” Qingyang finally gave up on this plan.

If the actions of the Destruction Protocol are considered part of the cosmic order, then occasional technology sales can be seen as good fortune for other civilizations, and the Destruction Protocol can simply ignore them.

Large-scale trafficking would undoubtedly be forcing civilizations in the universe to grow too quickly, and the destruction agreement would inevitably cause trouble for the traffickers.

Under normal circumstances, things are fine, but when faced with destruction and some powerful enemies, the conceptual loopholes arise from the fusion of actual civilization's foundation and fortune with superficial combat power.

That would be enough to bring this civilization to its utter ruin.

The Suoyang Empire was destroyed because of a loophole in its destiny. It wasn't because of forcing growth, but because of the excessive losses in military strength in a short period of time.

Qingyang said thoughtfully, "If the technology isn't good enough, then let's look at the physical products. See if there are any high-quality, low-priced products in the Alliance's technology database that can crush the Star Cluster Domain's material alloy market."

Ideally, it should be a product that sells well in an eighth-level civilization!

My alloy material boasts strength comparable to top-tier materials, yet its bulk price is 25% lower than that of typical top-tier materials.

Just thinking about it makes me want to make money.

As for disrupting the market... this isn't our own universe, so let them disrupt it. Besides, it's just a market of an eighth-level civilization; how strong can the enemy be?

"There really is. A technology developed by an eighth-level civilization in the Star Sea region was exchanged for other technologies through technology exchange and alliances."

"It meets your requirements." Chang Xi replied after a moment.

Many civilizations in the Star Sea region and alliances exchange various technologies. As long as the technology of the trading civilization is not too advanced and it is not considered forcing growth, the universe doesn't care.

“Buy it with Starpoints and let Lilith produce it.”

"clear."

Distinguished guests, the auction is about to begin.

Qingyang and the others immediately stopped talking and looked through the virtual simulation image at the huge display stand in the center.

[First item auctioned: Planet Gaia, number ..., with a 500-year residency right]

Starting bid: 100 billion energy coins

Planet Gaia...

Qingyang was slightly surprised. Gaia was a unique feature of this alien universe, similar to a life-bearing planet with abundant high-dimensional energy or pure spiritual energy.

An environment that can comprehensively transform and elevate life is beneficial even to civilizations at levels eight or nine!

Most importantly, this kind of planet possesses a conceptual ability—to adapt to civilization!

That's right, it's not life adapting to the environment, but the environment adapting to life.

For example, if civilization's development leads to significant pollution, then Gaia's planet will rapidly evolve to devour the resources that grow from this pollution.

Furthermore, these resources greatly contribute to the development of civilization.

Even if an organism has a genetic defect, Gaia can evolve substances that can compensate for that defect after living there for hundreds of years...

If a civilization were to emerge on such a planet, it would probably take less than five hundred years to develop from a primitive civilization to an interstellar civilization!

Of course, Qingyang was not interested in this.

It's just surprising how rare it is to find such a naturally occurring life-bearing planet.

The Alliance possesses many planetary terraforming technologies that can be used to create ecological planets that surpass Gaia's.

According to the Alliance's life-cycle classification, Gaia is at most a B-level life-bearing planet.

[Second Auction Item: Macrocosmic Celestial Realm - Star God Remains (Torso)]

Starting bid: 50 billion energy coins

Zhao Zunhai suddenly spoke up: "According to the information, the Star God is a naturally high-dimensional life form. If the body is intact, the museum should be able to mobilize its former power."

Upon hearing this, Qingyang did not hesitate.

[One hundred billion]

Chapter 220 Qingyang: "An old acquaintance?!"

[Bidder No. 90781 bids 100 billion, five-second countdown begins]

[Congratulations to player number 90781 for obtaining the Star God's Torture]

Although the Star God was a god in life, that was only in life. Even if his body still contained a lot of spiritual energy and special power after death, his strength was far less than that of a normal god.

As for biological research, the Star Gods are beings born from the macroscopic celestial realm, not physical beings, but rather beings similar to will-based beings.

Even if they were to take on physical form, their essence would not change. Studying them is not much different from studying a mass of willpower and spiritual energy.

Advanced civilizations do not need to be studied, and low-level civilizations cannot be studied.

In short, 100 billion is the maximum value for the Star God's torso, which is primarily valued for its collectability.

Having successfully acquired the Star God's torso, Qingyang continued to observe the auction. The auction, organized by an advanced civilization from another universe, featured many very interesting items.

The third item...

The subsequent dozens of items did not interest Qingyang and his group, but the bidding was still fierce for other civilizations.

One of the drugs, called Radia Membrane Sublimation Liquid, sold for three vials for a staggering 500 billion energy coins.

Qingyang discovered that this potion was essentially a super-weakened version of the Source of Idealism.

“If the Tree of Idealism were to grow, even a single drop of its essence could be diluted into hundreds of doses of this potion…” Qingyang’s eyes lit up.

Although the Source of Idealism is extremely useful to higher-dimensional beings or divinity, it is obviously more cost-effective to sell a single drop and use it to expand the fleet's resources.

[Lot 63 - Massive Ruins - Sorulan Dynasty Entry Marker (with Star Chart) - Starting Bid: 10 Billion Energy Coins]

The Solulan dynasty?

Qingyang looked at Changxi, who smiled slightly: "The Sorulan Dynasty was once a level nine advanced civilization in the Star Cluster Universe. It provoked a powerful being who was suspected of surpassing the level of a superior god."

This caused the entire civilization to be swept away by a meme contamination, but this contamination did not turn creatures into monsters.

Instead, they transformed into flesh-and-blood monsters with the instincts of their former professions. Rather than flesh-and-blood monsters, they were more like killing monsters with mechanical programs.

They will use their former skills and abilities to control equally distorted and corrupted weapon warships to attack any enemies that enter.

However, killing them will yield some pure psionic cores, and the technology and various warehouses of the level nine civilization are also of great value.

Furthermore, due to the intense divine attention, the ruins of the Sorulan Dynasty attracted a large number of special life forms and naturally occurring higher-dimensional species to inhabit them.

Qingyang immediately became interested: "How large is the area of ​​the Sorulan Dynasty ruins?"

"It's only about one size smaller than the original territory, falling within the normal range of a level nine civilization, with a diameter of over ten billion light-years," Chang Xi replied.

Such a vast area of ​​ruins...

It has to be said that Qingyang was indeed tempted, or rather, extremely tempted!

"Entry marker... Is something like this necessary to find the ruins and enter?" Qingyang's eyes flickered.

Should I spend some Truth Points to find and enter the ruins area, or buy this token?

"Bid 50 billion!" In the end, Qingyang chose to spend energy coins.

With several fleet expansions, Truth Points are running low as the fleet is being built up.

The reward entrusted by the Black Dragon Emperor was not yet available because Lilith had not completely eradicated the Seven Star Cluster.