Deep Space Fleet

Navigating through the universe with curvature is a very boring thing, even more boring than navigating with gravity near cosmic strings...

The speed of gravitational navigation can reach about 10% of the speed of light, at least you can enjoy the stars outside, which is enough to organize children's cosmology education, but curvature navigation is completely useless.

This rented battle star reached 10 times the speed of light!

In this case, the image observed by the naked eye is disordered. All the stars in front are stacked together, forming a huge light cluster like the sun.

If you use a high-powered computer to distinguish carefully, you will find that there are at least one hundred trillion pictures stacked together in this light cluster!

So that people can't tell which light is emitted by which star.

That is to say, the external observation during the curvature sailing becomes a big difficulty, the faster the sailing speed, the more photons overlap. A special algorithm must be used to separate these overlapping pictures.

This kind of observation algorithm must be studied by the fourth-level civilization, otherwise it is equivalent to flying around with eyes closed, and safety accidents are prone to occur.

After discovering this new phenomenon, humans and the Toth civilization began to study new topics with great interest. Anyway, idleness is idleness, and it is not bad to research this aspect in advance.

If you look at the rear, it is pitch black, whether it is electromagnetic waves or X-rays, there is nothing, it is empty, it can be said to be the purest pitch black in history!

Because there is no speed of matter that can catch up with this planet, all observations to the rear will naturally fail to observe anything.

In this case, the one-hundred-year voyage seemed extremely boring—except for occasional cultural exchanges with the Toth civilization. This guy is someone you need to deal with for a long time in the future, whether you like him or not, he is here and there.

All in all, the basic situation is roughly like this.

Since all the preparatory work has been done, the neutron star-neutron star system must be seriously observed next, so that we can make plans according to local conditions.

So, except for some astronomers and information experts who are studying the light group that is superimposed by a large number of stars, inside the human fleet, hibernation-awakening-hibernation-awakening, these two links alternate with each other like the annual rings of trees .

A 100-year voyage is not too long. Most people only need to hibernate once or twice to reach their final destination.

...

A hundred years passed by so quickly.

In the last few days of the voyage, a team of human diplomats entered the large mothership of the Toth civilization to discuss related cooperation matters. The external structure of the mothership of the Toth civilization is nothing unusual, like a super-large disc.

However, the various structures inside are quite narrow like caves, similar to the pangolin underground city that people encountered in Gliese 581.

This is because the Tuos are good at using ultrasonic sensing and magnetic field sensing, especially ultrasonic waves, which are suitable for playing a greater role in narrow spaces. If it is a wide place, this perception will undoubtedly be much blurred.

For this carefully selected partner, from people's current perspective, it is quite reliable...

Compared with those third-level civilizations that are hundreds of thousands of years old, the Toss civilization is a relatively young civilization, and it took only 40,000 years to enter the interstellar era.

In fact, for many third-level civilizations, hundreds of thousands of years is already a long time, and the development of science and technology has long been almost stagnant. The longer the stay, the lower the probability of breakthrough... That's why A large number of interstellar civilizations are stranded in the interstellar trading market.

It cannot be said that they are a complete civilization of the fallen, but there is not a big gap from that step.

Only a relatively young, energetic, and self-motivated civilization would choose to expend a lot of effort to come to this strange star field and take such a gamble.

In the interstellar trading market, the Toss civilization is known for its rigidity and sluggishness. When talking to them, they always have a tone that is not close to strangers, so that it is difficult to make real friends.

Of course, human beings don't need any real friends. Civilizations that can fully integrate with each other are simply rare. As long as everyone can roughly cooperate, that's enough.

Rather than full-scale confrontation, it is better to cooperate with each other. Anyway, there is an extra fourth-level civilization in the universe, and human beings will not lose a piece of meat, and there will be an extra friendship. Why not do it?

With this in mind, Zhang Yuan was in the diplomatic team and was invited to visit the mothership of the Tuosians.

"Ahem...the scenery inside your spaceship is amazing." Mr. Chen Mu said with a smile.

The lights inside the Tuos mothership are not bright, the air humidity is high, and the air pressure is slightly higher than what humans are used to. However, the oxygen concentration needed by the Tuos people is only about 10%.

People gradually found out that these giant salamanders are quite interesting if they are approved by the other party...

Every Tosi has a tall four-clawed beast as a mount. This beast has eyes, furry, and flexible arms. It seems to act as a soldier in the spaceship.

In order to take care of these intelligent beasts, there is still a soft light inside the Thoth spaceship.

"It's called Momero. After studying hard, its intelligence is comparable to that of our 10-12-year-old children. It can complete some simple tasks. The most important thing is that it has eyes and has been our companion since ancient times."

"They also have their own simple language. We brought them into the spaceship and are an inseparable part of my civilization."

A large giant salamander is introducing its local culture to Zhang Yuan and others. This visual experience of "salamander lying on the back of a hunting dog" is very interesting.

"Aww! Adasiva! Kamajirac!"

Seeing this group of humans in mechs, a Momero gave a loud cry, then stood up straight, as if to say hello.

Zhang Yuan was extremely surprised when he heard that there was an intelligent species with a low level of intelligence inside the spaceship. Later, after listening to the other party tell the whole historical background, he gradually became relieved and understood this culture.

In ancient times, the Tuos people lived in underground caves full of magnetic fields. They evolved ultrasonic and magnetic field perception capabilities, and they were the overlords in the caves.

However, because the living space of the cave is too small, food is scarce, and the population that can accommodate it is not large.

When the population increases, the Tuos people will always get out of the cave and come to the real ground.

The Tosi people without eyes are not very competitive on the ground full of light. On the spacious grassland, there are some creatures that are more powerful than them.

In accordance with the cruel laws of the species' struggle for survival, they either retreated into their narrow caverns and became their own troglodytes forever, or died out on the ground.

However, these Tuos people were very lucky to meet a group of plant-eating creatures "Momero" with so-so intelligence and mild personality!

As a result, the two intelligent species gradually became a companion-like existence, passed through the difficult ancient times, and developed into the interstellar era.

After the interstellar era, the beast "Momero" with a low level of intelligence has no high use value, and can only serve as a guard soldier or do some less complicated handicrafts. The productivity of this handicraft industry is almost negligible for interstellar civilization.

However, the Tuos people still did not abandon their former partners. Every new born baby will choose his companion partner to form a family and stay together for a lifetime.

This is their unique culture...

Zhang Yuan stretched out his hand to tease this furry guy. Momero is a bit like a combination of a large wolfdog and an orangutan. They are vegetarian and do not have a high demand for food, but they are stronger and smarter than wolfdogs.