CHAPTER 312: CHAPTER 196: THE 1ST INTERSTELLAR TARGET_2

Even when it comes to navigation, it’s actually very rare for civilizations to open new routes.

What’s more, the universe is truly vast and boundless.

How many fixed star systems are there in the entire Milky Way Galaxy?

Over 400 billion.

No civilization can fully explore it all, and crucially, there is no need. If one relies on this exploration method to find civilizations, the cost is enormous.

Moreover, for powerful civilizations, only other powerful civilizations hold value.

Powerful civilizations are bound to explore the cosmos and will eventually step into the dark abyss of the "Mude System," one after the other.

For instance, isn’t Human Civilization planning to search for other D-level civilizations at this moment?

"Does that mean this civilization is the type that develops cautiously?" Tao De quickly asked.

"Exactly."

Shen Shi nodded and once again raised his hand in front, with the entire Cosmic Star System continuing to enlarge constantly, finally locking on to a planet.

At the moment they saw this planet, everyone widened their eyes.

For no other reason than this planet being azure in color.

If not for the atmospheric pattern above it and the land distribution looking vastly different from Blue Star, from a distance, many people’s first reaction would have been that they were seeing their Mother Star.

"Cosmic People are very similar to us."

Alongside the words came the appearance of the Cosmic People beside them.

Indeed, they are very similar to humans.

They are clearly evolved from terrestrial mammals, and it’s very possible they evolved from primates like apes because they also have four limbs, a torso, and five senses. Although it looks quite peculiar from a human aesthetic perspective, they aren’t ugly.

Primarily, their eyes are larger — probably more than twice the size of the largest human eyes.

They have a slender and tall physique.

Even their skin is very similar to humans, with a fair complexion.

If there is any difference, it is probably that their hair is red, they have some light red fuzz on their bodies, lack eyebrows, and have an additional red tail.

Yes, this is also a species with tails.

"I’ve noticed that quite a few species have tails, which can help creatures maintain balance to some extent," someone couldn’t help but say.

"Exactly." Shen Shi looked at the person speaking, smiled, and said, "But it also means that such civilizations haven’t abandoned primitive violence due to technological development."

"..."

Some people also understood.

Indeed, when is it necessary to maintain balance? Obviously during highly agile activities.

Apes need to climb, need to jump, humans do not.

For instance, the Daike People, their tails are even deadly weapons. Even if a Daike person came to Blue Star without any devices, just relying on their most primitive bodies, they would also be one of the strongest predators.

This has also shaped the wild nature of the Daike People and their culture.

Everyone’s eyes once again gathered on the "Cosmic People" in front of them.

So, this species is also...

"Cosmic People are a very interesting species," Shen Shi began to explain about this species, "Their star system environment is very similar to Blue Star, both being very warm and suitable for life, and the Cosmic People themselves evolved from a type of creature similar to apes."

Beside the Cosmic People appeared a slender monkey with bright red fur.

Tall, thin.

This is the first impression people have of this monkey.

But someone seemed to have realized something.

"They look kind of like flames."

"Yes." Shen Shi smiled, "The fur of the Cosmic People emits light, and at night, they really look like blazing fire. Probably in their ancient times, they survived in this way in the harsh and primitive jungle. However, the reason I say Cosmic People are special is because their civilization’s development is actually built on ’relics.’"

"Relics?" Someone was taken aback.

"Actually, you can’t really call it relics. This planet was visited by a powerful civilization tens of thousands of years ago, even before the Daike People appeared. They left some traces there and then left, so from the very beginning of their birth, the Cosmic Civilization has been in the company of these high-tech relics. This is why, until they developed into a D-level civilization, they still didn’t dare to deeply leave their star system — they already knew that there was a civilization laid out throughout the cosmos," Shen Shi said.

This statement made some members of the Human Civilization present couldn’t help but feel a bit envious.

Humans are just too naive.

That’s why they always think about venturing deep into the universe and exploring it.

However, even if they were like the Cosmic People, they might not necessarily be able to develop safely for so many years, given how close they are to the Daike People. The Daike People had already discovered Blue Star, but they were just too lazy to harvest it.

"So, it seems the Cosmic People have not realized the cruelty of the Mude System," Tao De pondered, "Sounds like a decent species, but can they meet our needs?"

"The level of development of the Cosmic People’s civilization is not low." Shen Shi once again opened a series of documents, "They had already left their Mother Star 1,600 years ago, and a thousand years ago successfully developed the Curvature Engine. Although they haven’t developed the Jump Engine, with their level of research on curvature, they are fully capable of handling the production work related to the Curvature Oscillation Period and other related devices. Of course, more importantly, we can make them aware of the danger, and maybe cultivate them as a reliable subordinate species."

In fact, in the future history, Cosmic People are not very favorable.

They were discovered by the Daike People about six hundred years later.

After experiencing a war, although the Cosmic People were not exterminated, as a D-level civilization, their culture and heritage were also destroyed, and they languished for a full 2,400 years, always lingering as a D-level civilization. One might even say they couldn’t even compare to the Human Civilization of the No. 1 Future World.

Therefore, when it was realized that this civilization hadn’t yet been discovered by the Mude System, Shen Shi had an idea.

Perhaps, he could use this civilization in the role of a "Savior."

Yes, use.

Shen Shi does not naively believe that Human Civilization has the qualifications to save others in this cosmos, nor does he naively believe that the Cosmic People will have a better future with the participation of Human Civilization.

He doesn’t care about these things.

He just thinks this Cosmic Civilization is more useful compared to others who have already joined the Mude System and have already established fear towards the Daike People and even the Mude System.

And useful enough.

Although they have only recently stepped into the D-level domain not long ago, their population is not small, and their quality is not low. At worst, after some training, they should be able to speed up the construction of the Star System Fortress.

However, while Shen Shi was talking, he noticed many people were looking at him.

"Surprised at how detailed my knowledge is?" Shen Shi laughed.

"Indeed, a bit." Tao De didn’t hold back, asking rather curiously, "Has Star Sea’s understanding of this Star Domain exceeded that of the Mude System?"

Shen Shi had already said earlier that even the Mude System hadn’t discovered this civilization that had reached D-level, yet Shen Shi clearly knew how far this civilization had developed in terms of technology.

This inevitably made them have a new perception of Shen Shi and Star Sea in terms of intelligence.

"More precisely, it’s not that it surpasses the Mude System, but it surpasses the Daike Civilization." Shen Shi shook his head, saying, "Star Sea’s biggest advantage lies in the aspect of jumping, as you might have noticed, as early as when we attacked nodes, Star Sea could quietly jump thousands of ships without Jump Engines to Blue Star. Just this one piece of technology actually surpasses B-level, perhaps reaching the A-level domain. However, in the Mude System, it has become widespread, with costs reduced to the minimum, and you should understand what this means."