Star Fleet, Starting with Datafication

Chapter 224 The Mysterious Solulan: Pollution and Normality

Gazing at the bustling scene in the picture, Qingyang felt a sense of unease.

According to the information, the entire territory of the Sorulan Dynasty was distorted by memes, and the entire civilization was transformed into a bizarre and terrifying paradise of pollutants.

There are also countless strange creatures from the Heavenly Realm!

Even if this bizarre distortion is not like the monstrous mutations Qingyang had seen before, but rather it controls the existing civilization's machinery and corrupts it for combat.

They cannot reproduce and thrive like normal organisms.

The scene before him was a true picture of civilization; Qingyang could even see some scholars explaining their ideas.

The surrounding juvenile creatures were excitedly debating.

Most importantly, the local network showed absolutely no alarm or response to this!?

"StarNet, is there a problem with that life-bearing planet four thousand light-years away?" Qingyang finally asked.

Although this does not match the data, StarNet did not detect any anomalies or signs of meme contamination.

"Star of Truth?"

[Same as above]

"..."

Qingyang fell silent for a moment at the simplicity of the Star of Truth, then turned his attention back to the distant planet.

After a moment of contemplation, Qingyang decided to rephrase his question: "Is this planet part of the territory of the Sorulan Dynasty?"

Yes, Commander Qingyang. Because the basic framework of this universe has not yet been fully analyzed, detailed information is unavailable.

However, StarNet has confirmed that this is indeed the ruins of the Solulan Dynasty.

Qingyang understood and asked the Star of Truth again. After receiving a satisfactory reply, Qingyang no longer hesitated.

They immediately put away the rest of the starships and sent only the Eternal to speed towards a distant planet.

As the Eternity drew closer, the number of starships around it gradually increased, but they showed no hostility toward its arrival.

Several transport ships even sent inquiries, asking Qingyang and his group if they were exploration ships from other civilizations traveling to the area.

Qingyang replied normally, but his inner doubts grew stronger.

Is this really the ruins of the Solulan dynasty?

at the same time.

The other three exploration fleets no longer waited for the other fleets, but instead exchanged opinions and followed the Eternal Fleet into the portal.

As the scene shifted, the three fleets immediately appeared in a hazy purple starry sky, where dim stars, exuding an eerie light, shimmered faintly within the purple mist.

Before the three fleets could react, eerie shadows began to wander in the purple mist surrounding the combined fleet!

Immediately, a series of piercing yet mentally-shaking shrieks resounded directly in the minds of the three fleet creatures.

"Spread out! Activate the meme filter, main gun array, prepare!"

Almost simultaneously with the attack, the three captains reacted instantly, and a dense barrage of beams and light spears suddenly tore through the purple mist.

It struck the strange creature within the purple mist!

It was a creature about 100 kilometers long, resembling a giant fish, with its crystalline skeleton covered in dry scales that revealed black particles that swayed incessantly.

Each shake causes a large number of black particles to spread out.

At the same time, the surrounding purple mist will become slightly denser.

As the battle's shockwaves spread, thousands of giant fish phantoms of varying sizes reappeared around the three fleets.

"Prepare for battle, Kayunsi. Analyze the retreat route. This area is under high enemy surveillance; we cannot linger here."

......

"A fish-shaped warship, that's interesting."

Gazing at the hundreds of warships before him, each about a hundred kilometers long, resembling swimming fish, their blue-purple scale armor radiating high-dimensional energy fluctuations.

Qingyang couldn't help but become interested.

Without any obvious naval guns or attack modules, these fish-like creatures have a simple appearance, similar to the T5 starships, and their attack methods are unknown.

[Please note: Visitors must register a temporary identity at the Starport; otherwise, they will not be able to navigate freely within the Solulan Kingdom.]

As the Eternity drew ever closer to the planet, which was 70,000 to 80,000 kilometers in diameter, several nearby starports sent messages to it.

Seeing this, Qingyang hesitated for a moment, then decisively controlled the Eternal to head towards a starport.

Given the current situation, it's best to avoid conflict for now and first clarify the specific circumstances here.

This place doesn't look like a ruin at all.

Registration does not require disembarking from the warship; instead, a gigantic tree-man, standing a thousand meters tall, floats directly in front of the Eternal to conduct a one-on-one registration.

Looking at the enormous tree-man before him, brimming with the power of higher-dimensional life, Qingyang was filled with awe.

The race is born with abundant life energy, and with a little cultivation, it will possess the characteristics of a higher-dimensional life form. The Sorulan Dynasty must be among the top in the ninth-level civilization.

"Respected visitor from the divine realm, I am the adjutant to the governor of the third starport on Planet Keta. May I ask if you wish to register a temporary identity?"

The kind and peaceful voice echoed in Qingyang's mind. Just as he was about to confirm it, a scene suddenly flashed before his eyes.

The enormous tree-man suddenly grew to ten thousand meters tall, its entire body covered with twisted, thick, fleshy branches, and its eerie trunk was permeated with a purple mycelium-like substance.

The treant's originally kind face was now distorted beyond recognition, and its two pairs of energy pupils turned into a dim purple flame!

The surrounding fish-shaped warships were also decaying, their tattered scales emitting large amounts of black particles...

Before Qingyang could react, the scene before him distorted again.

The eerie scene vanished as well, as if it had never existed.

Suddenly, a kind voice drew Qingyang's attention back: "A visitor from the Divine Realm? Are you listening?"

Upon hearing this, Qingyang first took a deep look at the giant treant, and then said, "That's right, you need to process an identity. Sorry, someone contacted me through the Heavenly Realm just now, I was distracted."

The enormous divine tree-man in front of him smiled calmly: "I understand. No matter which advanced civilization, the divine realm is indeed the busiest group."

"Are you here in Sorulan to purchase the Life Essence?"

Qingyang said, half-jokingly, "Yes, there are also a lot of rare resources. Do you have any recommendations for places to go?"

"The life essence should naturally be purchased from the Soru Star Region, as it is a rare resource... There are quite a few resource companies in the Wansen Star Region."

As the tree-man swiped out a screen with sides of 100 meters to start operating it, he laughed.

"Temporary identity processed, guest of the divine realm. This is a civilian star map that I am giving you privately, marking all the scenic, cultural, and commercial areas of my Sorulan."

As he spoke, the tree spirit transmitted a data to him.

Qingyang's will and spirit towards the outside world are indeed at the Divine Realm, so this Divine Realm treant naturally doesn't mind cultivating a relationship with him.

The relationships between the divine beings are still very precious.

Qingyang did not refuse. After accepting the star map data, he chatted briefly before the Divine Realm Treant left, citing busyness as the reason.

Watching the giant divine tree-man disappear into the distance, Qingyang turned back to look at the dozen or so core crew members.

Did you see what just happened?

Zhao Zunhai and Gu Xing nodded: "The intense meme distortion power disappeared in just a moment."

“That divine tree-man was indeed completely distorted just now, but there are no problems with its detection now,” Tianling added.

As the chosen one of the shattered gods.

Regardless of strength, as long as one's status is not as powerful as the Shattered God, theoretically, the aura of any memetic contamination cannot be concealed from Tianling!

Qingyang frowned, his mind swirling with a vast amount of spiritual energy.

In just a moment, thousands of possibilities were eliminated.

"In that case, there are only three possibilities left."

The first type is that we fell for it as soon as we entered the ruins of the Sorulan Dynasty; this is an illusion.

The second possibility is that the Soruland dynasty was not completely polluted, and a considerable portion of it remained in a normal state.

The third possibility is that we encountered a spacetime anomaly and arrived at the former Soluran Dynasty, or that this place is a spacetime fragment projection of the Soluran Dynasty.

Qingyang analyzed: "The first possibility can be ruled out, since the local area network's current program is connected to the main server, so illusion magic is useless."

The second possibility is also unlikely, otherwise a level nine civilization, as a high-level combat force facing destruction, would not ignore the destruction agreement.

That leaves only the third possibility... even if it isn't, it must be related to the power of spacetime.

Zhao Zunhai's eyes suddenly lit up.

"A natural treasure of the time and space realm!"

Chapter 225 Ji Shang's Premonition Upon Arriving at the Ruins of Qingyang

A natural treasure of the time and space realm?

Qingyang raised an eyebrow. Could it be... that this was also due to Gu Xing?

"Of course, the possibility of time-space divine power cannot be ruled out, but the probability of this is even lower than the probability of time-space treasures appearing," Zhao Zunhai added.

Spacetime divinity is extremely rare because the concept of spacetime is too general and vague, making it far more difficult to cultivate and master natural divine will than other categories.

Therefore, the appearance of the spacetime divinity was extremely terrifying. It is no surprise that each spacetime divinity is a top-level divinity. A mere level nine civilization would not leave behind any traces of meme contamination.

I fear that the entire territory illuminated would instantly transform into particles swept away by the torrent of spacetime.

While time-space treasures are equally rare, they appear much more frequently than time-space divinity. Items that have been illuminated or used by time-space divinity become time-space treasures.

Qingyang looked around and agreed, "Covering a range of at least hundreds of millions of light-years is indeed something only a spacetime treasure can do."

Natural environment?

The universe will not allow such a crucial framework as spacetime to have flaws.

"Our primary task at present is to explore the surrounding area, identify the source of danger and the origin of spacetime interference as much as possible, and avoid direct conflict with the Sorulan Dynasty as much as possible!"