179: Chapter 179 Construction, Communication, and Access

Di Qiling saw the location it was pointing to, nodded, and said, "That works."

"Besides that, you also need to dispatch personnel responsible for industry, urban construction, and resource management to interface with us. Aside from providing some technology and equipment, the actual implementation must be carried out by yourselves."

"The purpose of the [Galactic Extraordinary Council]'s support is to help your entire civilization accelerate its transition into an interstellar society. Through this kind of transcendent city construction, we aim to foster talent across your various industries and establish a complete set of interstellar categories, laying the groundwork for future emigration to other star systems, basic foreign trade, and the construction of interstellar spacecraft—technologies essential for a conventional interstellar civilization."

Cassandra then added.

"We will establish an [Interstellar Transit Trading Market] on Pluto to provide a channel for the entire Black Iron Human Race to trade goods with the outside world."

"This market will be under our supervision, so there is no need to worry about issues such as safety."

"And because of the [Galactic Extraordinary Council]'s initial protection agreement, merchants and interstellar corporations from other civilizations coming to set up shops in the trading market will stop at this market on Pluto. Once it is built, you will also need to dispatch a few transcendents to serve as the persons in charge of interstellar trade."

"Savage said that your spiritual tea has a unique flavor and could be traded as a transcendent beverage. As for other things, you will have to rely on developing your own characteristic economy, as most ordinary technological commodities in interstellar society are relatively cheap."

Taking this opportunity, the Incarnation extended an invitation to the three of them to build closer relations.

"The three of you, I have recently advanced the spiritual tea tree to a superior grade. The flavor is quite different from the previous medium grade, so please come to my dojo to have a taste."

Cassandra and Di Qiling had originally intended to politely decline, as they had matters to attend to since just arriving, but seeing that it was an invitation from this mid-tier Tianhe Zhenren, they naturally did not want to slight him, so they nodded one after another.

Seeing that the Incarnation had boosted the spiritual tea tree by one level so quickly, Savage was slightly surprised.

However, at their level, computational power and comprehension are greatly increased. For entry-level skills, they can usually master them to the first-tier superior grade after just a simple study.

What is truly difficult are skills at one's own level, which involve various laws and require one to comprehend laws unrelated to the Dao, which is very time-consuming.

A smile then appeared on his face as he led his two colleagues toward the top of Tianhe Peak.

"You two haven't tasted that spiritual tea; it will definitely open your eyes. It lacks the violent effects of concoctions prepared by the Apothecary profession and is very suitable for those of us who comprehend laws."

"Oh~ since you recommend it so highly, Savage, we certainly must give it a good taste."

The three of them headed to Yinhan Mansion on Tianhe Peak, while the other transcendents interfaced with the transcendents who were disembarking from the warships, arranging the subsequent series of matters.

As the [Galactic Extraordinary Council]'s construction team arrived at Blue Star, they were the first to deploy small mobile communication ships, setting up communication base stations throughout the Solar System for the use of the transcendents.

Shortly after they arrived, the Incarnation noticed that the communicator on his arm had turned into a bronze-colored bracelet, displaying a signal that the network was connected. At this moment, the group was tasting the newly cultivated first-tier superior grade famous tea.

Savage saw the bronze-colored bracelet on the Incarnation's arm, paused, and then said.

"It must be the engineering ships starting to set up temporary communication stations. Speaking of which, Zhenren, you haven't entered the Galactic Network yet, right? You should take a stroll through the online trading module inside; you should be able to find some things that interest you. The other modules aren't very interesting."

The Incarnation opened the interface of the communicator while asking with some confusion.

"Oh~ why do you say that, Lord Savage?"

At this moment, Cassandra, who looked amazed after tasting the spiritual tea, signaled Ling Li to pour another cup before speaking to the confused Incarnation.

"Zhenren, you may not know this, but communication equipment below the high tier suffers from extremely severe latency. Breaking news on the Galactic Network takes about 10 years to reach here from our [Galactic Extraordinary Council] headquarters."

"If it's nearby, it's a different story; it takes anywhere from a day to a month to quickly receive news information within a radius of 1000 light-years. Relying on this type of communicator, if you want to seek out relics falling from deep space, you can never get there while they're still 'hot.' That's why, aside from the online trading module where pre-ordering isn't time-sensitive, the rest isn't very interesting."

The Incarnation was somewhat surprised by such severe latency, as he had previously read in "galaxy general knowledge" that there were devices for real-time communication, though it hadn't gone into detail and had only mentioned it in passing.

The Incarnation asked the group curiously, "I recall that there should be devices for real-time communication. Why is there still such a great delay?"

Seeing that he was asking about technical matters, Di Qiling explained to the Incarnation.

"That kind of real-time communication generally consumes some sort of one-time treasure, or it requires high-tier equipment directly. The cost is comparable to the value of those relics, and life forms below the high tier can hardly afford it. Even for us, we only initiate real-time communication at a great cost in extremely urgent situations, but this cost will also cause a mid-tier level 3 communicator to be scrapped."

"In a universe with such rigorous physical laws, breaking the speed of light is extremely difficult. To then utilize the Dark Universe for faster-than-light communication and control the communication latency of the entire Milky Way Galaxy to within 10 years is already the pinnacle of mid-tier technology. All civilizations in our [Galactic Extraordinary Council] have overcome countless obstacles to achieve these current results."

"For high-tier real-time communication, it doesn't utilize this set of communication theory. Instead, it uses one's own law vibrations or high-value magical artifact laws to communicate with fixed high-tier communication base stations, which then distribute it to other users you wish to communicate with. It's not on the same line as conventional technology, and the costs are even more precious."

Savage then said slowly, "Fortunately, once you reach the transcendent level, 10 years or so for the initial and mid-tiers is just a blink of an eye; for us, it's nothing."

The Incarnation didn't say anything to this. Being able to break the speed of light and even navigate faster than light in the Dark Universe was already an achievement of a civilization of unknown level in science fiction. Only civilizations that have mastered the rules have the ability to conduct real-time communication.

However, the Incarnation recalled that it took [Galactic Extraordinary Council] just over a month to arrive in the Solar System by spaceship, which differed greatly from what was introduced in "galaxy general knowledge".

"Normal navigation speeds are basically on par with communication speeds; it takes at least eight or nine years to get from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy to the current Orion Arm. This is the most mature navigation system currently available, with a peak speed reaching 10,000 light-years per year, which is already an unimaginable speed."