231: More advanced civilizations, civilizations within the galaxy

Lin Yang's eyes flickered slightly.

According to the System, a space hunter of Solo's caliber shouldn't possess tens of billions of star crystals, which was highly unusual.

Since he wasn't supposed to have such wealth, it was highly probable that these star crystals were due to him having a powerful older brother as a backer.

Therefore, the greater the value and quantity of these star crystals, the more formidable Solo's older brother would be.

This was not good news for Lin Yang.

Furthermore, even if his guess was wrong, and these star crystals weren't acquired by Solo because of his brother.

Nevertheless, since these tens of billions of star crystals were so valuable, he might get into big trouble because of them.

An innocent man is guilty only when he possesses a treasure.

These were lessons learned from the blood and tears of our ancestors over thousands of years.

When a person's strength is insufficient to possess and protect wealth far exceeding their own, it will inevitably lead to trouble.

Thinking of this, the excitement he had just felt from obtaining a large amount of spoils of war was considerably diluted.

The System also followed up, saying, "Yes, Host, your understanding is correct. The more star crystals there are, the greater the trouble Solo has stirred up behind him, but you don't need to worry too much. This is a huge fortune, and your country has an ancient saying that you should have heard."

"What ancient saying?" Lin Yang was startled.

"Money makes the world go round!" the System said bluntly.

"...What do you want to say?" Lin Yang frowned.

"Responding to Host, such a massive fortune can be used to purchase many powerful weapons to arm your Ecological Base."

"Purchase weapons?" Lin Yang was surprised, "Do you mean... to go to other advanced technological civilizations to acquire equipment??"

"Yes, Host, these tens of billions of star crystals are enough to arm the entire Tiangong Base to the teeth, and even arm Blue Star!"

The System gave an affirmative answer.

This answer made Lin Yang's heart pound.

Go to other technological civilizations?!

This...

Isn't that a bit too exciting?

"Sys, System, are you... serious?" Lin Yang's eyes involuntarily widened a bit, and he subconsciously clenched his fist.

However, it wasn't nervousness, nor fear.

But anticipation!

It was excitement!

It could be said that anyone who has received modern education since childhood is full of infinite yearning for the universe and starry sky!

Lin Yang was no exception.

Now being able to come into contact with other extraterrestrial civilizations and see the worlds of other civilizations in the universe, just thinking about it was exciting!

"Of course I'm serious, Host, if you don't use such a huge fortune, wouldn't it be a waste?"

The System said so.

Lin Yang then asked with some doubt, "Didn't you say before that you couldn't detect the existence of other extraterrestrial technological civilizations? Now you can? Do you know the coordinates of those advanced technological civilizations?"

"Responding to Host, previously the System could not inform you about extraterrestrial civilization information for various reasons, including but not limited to you being too weak at the time, not having enough energy, and Blue Star's coordinates not yet being exposed."

The System explained.

"But with the arrival of Solo's fleet, the System hacked into their intelligent System and obtained the specific coordinates of some technological civilizations. You now also have enough energy and strength for interstellar travel. After calculation by the System, you have reached the minimum standard for contacting other extraterrestrial civilizations. Therefore, the System can now provide you with the coordinates of other advanced extraterrestrial civilization empires."

"Oh, okay, then, are there other extraterrestrial civilizations in the Galaxy?" Lin Yang asked again, a question that almost all Blue Star people would be curious about.

"Responding to Host, there are other extraterrestrial technological civilizations in the Galaxy, but not many. The strongest among them is only an ordinary Third-Level Technological Civilization, called the Iron River Federation, located in the center of the Galaxy."

"Hmm? There really are other technological civilizations in the Galaxy?" Lin Yang's eyes widened.

"Yes, Host."

"Then why haven't any extraterrestrial civilizations in the Galaxy arrived for so many years?" Lin Yang was again somewhat puzzled.

"For so many years, various countries have sent out different cosmic signals trying to contact extraterrestrial civilizations. Since they are so much more technologically advanced than Blue Star, they should be able to detect the signals Blue Star emitted, but it seems there has been no response."

"Responding to Host, there are not many other technological civilizations in the Galaxy, and most of them are in the nascent stage of technological civilization and are very far from Blue Star, temporarily lacking the ability to respond to signals."

The System explained again.

"Besides, although the only Third-Level Civilization, the Iron River Federation Empire, has the ability to receive and respond to signals, the cosmic signals emitted by Blue Star with its technological level of the past century, after traveling a certain distance in the universe and with the electromagnetic interference present in the universe, would decay to a nearly undetectable level, so it is normal that they were not discovered by other technological civilizations."

Lin Yang's brows furrowed instantly: "That's not right. If that's the case, then why were the signals emitted by Unpretty and them discovered by Solo a while ago?"

"Host, the reason why the cosmic signals emitted by Unpretty and them were discovered recently is, firstly, because they obtained research inspiration through the technology exchanged from the Tiangong Base, upgraded to a new radio signal technology, which allowed the radio signals to travel further in the universe."

"Secondly, Solo's fleet happened to be in the Galaxy at that time, thus intercepting the signals emitted by Unpretty and them, leading to Blue Star's exposure."

The explanation given by the System made Lin Yang frown, feeling it was a bit too coincidental.

But at present, besides this possibility, there was no other better reason to explain it.

This made him ponder.

However, Lin Yang quickly stopped thinking about it. Since it was already exposed, there was no point in thinking too much. What needed to be done now was to quickly improve their own technological strength to deal with the troubles that would soon arrive.

"System, so we are going to that Iron River Federation to buy weapons and equipment?" Lin Yang then asked.

"Responding to Host, the Iron River Federation is only an ordinary Third-Level Technological Civilization, which is of little significance to you. The System has already found other more suitable targets for you."

The System spoke, startling Lin Yang: "You mean, go to other large galaxies??"

"Yes, Host, the System recommends you go to another peak Third-Level Technological Civilization outside the Galaxy—the Red Thunder Empire!"

"Red Thunder Empire? Peak Third-Level Technological Civilization?" Lin Yang couldn't help but repeat.

"That's right, Host, the gap between an ordinary Third-Level Technological Civilization and a peak Third-Level Technological Civilization is not just ordinary large. A peak Third-Level Technological Civilization can easily annihilate dozens of ordinary Third-Level Civilizations!"

"Your Moon Base's weapon System power is already at the level of an ordinary Third-Level Technological Civilization. There's no point in going to an ordinary Third-Level Technological Civilization to buy weapons anymore."

"The Red Thunder Empire is the closest and most powerful peak Third-Level Technological Civilization Empire to you, and it's not far from achieving Fourth-Level Civilization."

"In the Red Thunder Empire, you can purchase sufficiently powerful armed forces!"

The System's words made Lin Yang's heart stir slightly.

A more advanced technological civilization!

A technological civilization spanning the Galaxy!

What would such a technological civilization world be like?