Metode eksplorasi Dinasti adalah dengan secara bertahap memperluas jangkauan eksplorasi. Flotil bersiap ke pelosok dan kini sedang memulai eksplorasi dari pinggiran.
Di batas Sistem Bintang dari Gugusan Cahaya Serpul, sebuah flotil eksplorasi tiba di sebuah planet hijau. Lencana sebuah Peradaban Sistem Bintang tersulam pada armor kapal-kapal angkasa, dan mereka ditugaskan untuk meneroka wilayah ini.
"Keluar dari hyperdrive, tiba di tujuan. Menyeimbangkan suhu mesin hyperdrive."
"Probe planet telah diluncurkan. Menguji lingkungan dan sumber daya di planet ini."
"Mengaktifkan pemindai kekuatan hidup dan mencari tanda kehidupan."
Di ruang kontrol utama kapal induk, staf flotil eksplorasi sibuk mengoperasikan peralatan, sementara komandannya berlari-lari menunggu hasil tes.
Swoosh!
Tiba-tiba pintu terbuka sekaligus, dan seorang pria bertepung pelindung berat masuk.
Komandan kapal pun berbalik dan berkata sopan, "Kapten Kreb, apa yang bisa kami bantu?"
"Aku hanya iseng-iseng saja," kata si pria bernama Kreb dengan tidak sabar.
Dia adalah salah satu Supers Bertingkat Bencana di peradaban anak buah ini dan bertanggung jawab atas keselamatan mereka.
Namun, peluang baginya untuk bertindakan pasti terlalu sedikit, dan Kreb hanya ada sebagai asuransi. Karena itu, ia tidak terlalu senang mengambil pekerjaan seperti ini dan merasa waktu latihannya terbuang.
Setelah menunggu cukup lama, hasil tes pun keluar dan ditampilkan di layar ruang kontrol.
"Komandan, data telah dianalisis. Ini adalah planet yang dapat ditingani, dan sumber dayanya juga melimpah. Kami juga menemukan jejak kehidupan di planet ini, dan sudah menemukan 730.000 spesies berbeda. Ada satu spesies cerdas di sini, dan saat ini mereka berada di era suku. Tingkat kecerdasan mereka mas masih tidak diketahui, dan populasinya sekitar 120.000."
Tampilan spesies cerdas ini kemudian muncul di layar. Ia seperti goblin dengan banyak kendala pada kulit putihnya.
"Spesies cerdas ya. Cukup baik." Komandan mengangguk. "Hubungi mereka sesuai aturan."
Dinasti memiliki aturan tentang prosedur kontak dengan peradaban asli. Mereka akan mengambil pendekatan yang berbeda tergantung situasi. Untuk natif yang tidak menghankamancam langsung, biasanya mereka akan mendekati dengan fokus damai dan pendidikan. Inilah metode yang Han Xiao gunakan saat menghubungi natif di Planet Pangurus.
Flotil kemudian mendarat di hutan, dan pasukan darat mulai menghubungi suku asli. Suku asli ini cukup takut dan kaget, namun sangat ingin tahu terhadap makhluk asing yang tidak dikenal.
Dengan bantuan alat terjemah, flotil eksplorasi berhasil menyambungkan komunikasi dengan suku asli. Mereka menjelaskan niat mereka kepada natif dan menggunakan berbagai diagram untuk menjelaskan situasi di alam semesta yang ditelusuri. Mereka juga memperkenalkan Dinasti Kemerahan kepada natif dan menjelaskan situasinya.
Dokter pendamping pun mulai menguji natif untuk memastikan tidak ada virus asing di tubuh mereka. Banyak sekali contoh seperti ini, dan mereka mulai memeriksa struktur biologis natif.
Segalanya tampak berjalan lancar, dan Kreb sedang berjalan di kamp.
Tiba-tiba, ia melihat seorang natif keluar dari barisan dan mencurigakan menuju rumah natif lainnya.
Kreb tidak terlalu memikirkan hal ini dan ingin melanjutkan jalan, namun tiba-tiba merasakan rasa bahaya.
Ia sempat berhenti. Sebagian besar Supers Bertingkat Bencana memiliki indera yang sangat tajam dan dapat mendeteksi ancaman. Kebanyakan Supers andalkan intuisinya.
"Ada yang salah..." Kreb mengerutkan kening dan mengikuti natif mencurigakan itu. Lalu ia membuka pintu kamar dan masuk.
Natif itu memiliki punggung menghadap pintu dan berbalik ketika mendengar sesuatu. Seolah-olah ia terkejut melihat seseorang muncul di belakangnya.
"Apa yang kamu lakukan?" Rasa bahayanya semakin kuat.
Detik berikutnya, ekspresi natif itu berubah jahat, dan ia mengeluarkan pisau tulang untuk menancapkan ke leher Kreb.
Whoosh!
Sejenak, angin menerpa, dan Kreb langsung muncul di depan lawannya. Lalu ia mengusir pisau itu dengan ringan dan memegang leher natif itu.
Ia tidak tahu niat natif ini, namun tidak salah juga untuk menghentikannya.
Namun, sebelum ia sempat menginterogasi, natif itu tiba-tiba gemetar dan mengeluarkan air liur, lalu meninggal.
"Bunuh diri?" Kreb terkejut.
Tepat pada saat itu, terdengar desis ketika pintu terbuka, dan Kreb keluar sambil memegang mayat. Ia menyadari ada kekacauan di sekitar dokter. Sejumlah besar dokter berkerumun di sekitar alat medis seolah-olah mereka menemukan sesuatu.
Kreb pun mendekat dan bertanya kepada penanggung jawab dokter.
"Apa yang anda semua lakukan?"
"Yang Mulia, lihatlah laporan gen ini!" salah seorang dokter berkata dengan ekspresi aneh. "Kami menemukan kesalahan besar pada gen spesies ini. Bahkan ada jejak bahwa gen-gen mereka telah dimodifikasi, yang menyebabkan setidaknya 80% kapasitas mental mereka tertekan! Dengan kata lain, seseorang sedang mencoba menekan kecerdasan mereka!"
"Kamu bilang mereka adalah makhluk yang dididik seperti binatang?" tanya Kreb.
Tiba-tiba, terjadi sesuatu!
Boom!
Semua orang merasakan tanah yang berguncat.
Sesaat kemudian, alarm berbunyi di seluruh kapal angkasa.
"Peringatan! Peringatan! Terdeteksi reaksi energi tinggi, membandingkan reaksi energi ke database... perbandingan selesai. [Ledakan Energi Psionik Primordial] memiliki kecocokan 99,8%. Evakuasi segera! Evakuasi segera!"
"Energi Psionik Primordial?!"
Ekspresi semua orang berubah drastis.
Kreb tiba-tiba kelihatan terpikirkan sesuatu dan menghancurkan kepala mayat asing di lengan angkuhannya. Lalu ia mengeluarkan isi kepalanya, dan sebuah chip mekanis kecil jatuh ke lantai.
Tepat ketika melihat chip mekanis ini, mata Kreb lancip dan ia memahami apa yang terjadi.
Ini adalah detektor kekuatan hidup. Dengan kata lain, detektor ini akan mengirimkan sinyal ketika kekuatan hidup tuannya lenyap, dan memicu suis atau peralatan di sisi lain. Ledakan Energi Psionik Primordial mungkin terkait dengan detektor kekuatan hidup ini!
Boom!
Permukaan planet langsung runtuh, dan energi biru psikis mendesak dari bawah tanah.
Berlanjutnya, seluruh planet tercemar.
Gunung, sungai, hutan, daratan, lautan, langit... semuanya ditelan oleh energi psikis biru dan menjadi bagian dari Energi Psionik Primordial!
Ia mengembang tanpa batas!
Segalanya ditelan dan dicerna oleh cahaya biru. Flotil eksplorasi tidak dapat meloloskan diri dari cepatnya penyebaran energi danpun ditelan oleh energi itu.
Kreb bergegas keluar dari kapal angkasa dan ingin melarikan diri. Namun, cahaya biru yang tak berkesudahan menelan dirinya. Di hadapan Energi Psionik Primordial, seorang Supers Bertingkat Bencana hanyalah seorang makhluk biasa.
Skenario yang sama terjadi di beberapa planet di Gugusan Cahaya Serpul.
...
Belum lama sejak pertemuan terakhir, namun semua organisasi yang mengikuti eksplorasi pun berkumpul kembali di ruang rapat Planet Mercusuar.
Ini adalah pertemuan darurat, dan Han Xiao beserta Beyond Grade As lainnya segera diserukan untuk hadir.
Melatih kematian di layar, suasana di ruangan itu terasa berat.
"Flotil eksplorasi kita mengalami kecelakaan di Gugusan Cahaya Serpul," kata Tarrokov dengan suara serius. "Lebih dari 6.000 kapal perang hancur dengan lebih dari 7 juta korban, termasuk dua Supers Bertingkat Bencana."
Sesaat kagau melanda.
"Apa yang justru mereka temui? Apakah mereka bertemu dengan peradaban yang kuat?"
"Bagaimana bisa ada natif yang begitu kuat di Gugusan Cahaya Serpul?!"
Mata Han Xiao lancip. Ia hanya tahu bahwa peradaban asli ini membuat masalah bagi Dinasti, namun tidak jelas detailnya. Bagaimanapun, ini terjadi saat versi diperbarui, dan pemain tidak merasakannya secara pribadi. Mereka hanya memahami apa yang terjadi dari latar belakang informasi.
Tarrokov mengangkat lengan untuk menenangkan kerumunian sebelum berkata, "Kekuatan peradaban asli ini jauh melebihi imajinasi kalian. Mereka menguasai energi psikis, dan flotil yang hilang ini bertemu dengan Ledakan Energi Psionik Primordial. Kami meyakini ini adalah jebakan yang disiapkan oleh peradaban asli yang tidak dikenal."
Saat kata-kata itu mengalir, semua orang hadir tidak bisa tidak menarik napas dalam-dalam.
Mereka bisa menerima sebuah peradaban asli memiliki pasukan yang kuat. Dengan teknologi kapal perang Dinasti, menekan sebuah peradaban asli bukanlah masalah. Terlepas seberapa kuat pun pasukan biasa, mereka tidak akan mengancam flotil eksplorasi.
Namun, hal yang berbeda jika peradaban asli telah menguasai energi psikis!
Di bawah aturan Tiga Peradaban Universal, alam semesta yang ditelusuri melarang penggunaan Energi Psionik Primordial untuk senjata. Kekuatannya menakutkan, dan polusi yang ditimbulkannya bahkan lebih parah.
Untuk berpikir, bahwa justru natif ini menguasai energi psikis!
Bagaimana mereka bisa naik dari pohon bakat teknologi?
Apa punya teknologi lain yang kita tidak tahu?
Semua orang hadir penuh waspada dan waspada.
Rasa hadapi peradaban asli yang kuat seperti ini benar-benar berbeda. Di Masyarakat Galaksi, bahkan jika seseorang tidak mengerti teknologi, mereka setidaknya mengetahui keberadaannya. Tapi saat menghadapi peradaban asli yang kuat dan belum pernah ditemui sebelumnya, siapa yang tahu teknologi aneh apa yang bisa muncul tiba-tiba?
Banyak peradaban pernah mengalami era perang eksplorasi dan merasakan deja vu. Tidak ada yang tahu kartu trumps dari peradaban lain, seperti Gelembung Transpor Multi-Dimensi Federasi Cahaya, Tiang Seribu Dewa Gereja Mistik, dan transformasi Peradaban Evolusioner.
Peradaban asli ini tentu tidak terikat oleh aturan Masyarakat Galaksi dan tidak akan ragu untuk menggunakan energi psikis seenfree. Seperti memberi pistol kepada seorang anak kecil. Semua orang hadir merasa tingkat kematian kali ini akan tinggi.
"Apa rencana Dinasti?" tanya seseorang.
Tarrokov sebaliknya dingin, "Situasinya masih tidak diketahui, dan peradaban asli ini tidak ramah dan menyimpangkan ancaman bagi kita. Menurut 'Aturan Eksplorasi: Aturan Kontak', kami akan menggunakan metode ke-24."
Banyak yang terteguk kejut mendengar itu.
Ini adalah metode terakhir. Dibandingkan metode lainnya, metode ini sangat sederhana. Mereka menggunakan perang untuk mencapai tujuannya dan berhenti ketika peradaban lawan terjajah atau punah.
Peradaban yang berhasil keluar dari era eksplorasi dan menjadi penindas di alam semesta pasti tidak pernah baik hati.
Eksplorasi di Dunia Berkedip-Kedip agak mirip dengan era eksplorasi, bedanya adalah Tiga Peradaban Universal sudah menjadi penindas. Mereka yakin menggunakan cara yang lebih halus, memberi peradaban lemah kesempatan untuk melindungannya.
Makin kuat natif, semakin ketat sikap Tiga Peradaban Universal.
Peradaban asli yang telah menguasai energi psikis tentu sudah menyimpangkan ancaman, dan Dinasti Kemerahan tidak akan ragu untuk membunuhnya sejak dini untuk mengurangi
The dynasty’s exploration method was to steadily expand their exploration scope. The exploration fleet had just entered both Star Clusters and was currently starting their exploration from the borders.
At the border Star System of the Dust Light Star Cluster, an exploration fleet had arrived on a green planet. The insignia of a Star System Civilization was inscribed on the armor of the spaceships, and they were in charge of exploring this region.
“Exiting hyperdrive, arriving at our destination. Cooling down the hyperdrive engine.”
“The planetary probe has been released. Examining the environment and resources on the planet.”
“Activating the life force scanner and checking for signs of life.”
In the main control room of the flagship, the staff of the exploration fleet were busy operating various equipment, and the commander was pacing around to wait for the test results.
Swoosh!
The door suddenly opened, and a man clad in heavy armor walked in.
The commander of the ship then turned around and said with respect, “Captain Kreb, do you need something?”
“I am only here to take a look,” the guy called Kreb said impatiently.
He was one of the Calamity Grade Supers in this subsidiary civilization and was in charge of their safety.
However, there would obviously be far too few opportunities for him to take action, and Kreb was only there as insurance. As such, he was not too happy to take on such a job and felt that it was a waste of his training time.
After waiting for a while, the test results were out and displayed on the screen of the main control room.
“Commander, the data has been analyzed. This is a habitable planet, and the resources on the planet are also rich. We also discovered traces of life on the planet, and we have already discovered 730,000 different species. There is one intelligent species on the planet, and they are currently in the tribal era. The degree of their intelligence is still unknown, and their population is about 120,000.”
The appearance of this intelligent species was then displayed on the screen. It looked like a goblin with plenty of creases on its white skin.
“An intelligent species. That isn’t too bad.” The commander nodded. “Make contact with them according to the rules.”
The dynasty had rules about the procedures of coming into contact with the native civilizations. They would take a different approach depending on the situation. For such natives that did not pose any threat, they would usually approach them with peace and education as the main focus. This was the method that Han Xiao had adopted when he came into contact with the natives on Planet Pangurus.
The fleet then landed in the forest, and the ground troops started to make contact with the native tribes. These natives were both afraid and shocked but extremely curious about these unknown beings at the same time.
Under the aid of the translation tool, this exploration fleet successfully set up a communication bridge with the natives. They explained their intentions to the natives and used various diagrams to explain the situation of the explored universe. They also introduced the Crimson Dynasty to the natives and explained the situation to them.
The accompanying doctor also began conducting tests on the natives to check for any unknown viruses on the body of the natives. There were far too many of such examples, and they began to check the biological structure of the natives.
Everything looked as though it was progressing orderly, and Kreb took a stroll in the camp.
He then suddenly saw a native leaving the line and suspiciously heading toward the house of another native.
Kreb didn’t think too much about the matter and wanted to continue walking but suddenly felt a sense of danger.
He immediately froze in place. Most Calamity Grade Supers had extremely astute senses and would be able to detect threats. Most powerful Supers trusted their instincts.
“Something seems wrong...” Kreb frowned and followed the suspicious looking native. He then pushed open the room door and walked into the native’s room.
This native had his back toward the door and turned around upon hearing something. It was as though he was shocked by someone appearing behind him.
“What are you doing?” The sense of danger grew even more intense.
The next moment, the expression of that native turned malevolent, and he took out a bone dagger to stab it toward Kreb’s neck.
Whoosh!
A gust of wind blew past, and Kreb instantly appeared before the other party. He then knocked the dagger away lightly and held the native by the neck.
He did not know the intentions of this native, but it would not be wrong for him to stop the attack.
But before he could even interrogate the other party, the native suddenly trembled with foam coming out from his mouth, and he died.
“He committed suicide?” Kreb was shocked.
Right at this moment, a gasp could be heard by the door, and Kreb ran out while holding onto the corpse. He then realized that a commotion was going on around the doctors. A large group of doctors were crowded around a medical instrument as though they had discovered something.
Kreb then went forward and looked at the individual in charge of the doctors.
“What are all of you doing?”
“Your Excellency, look at this gene report!” one of the doctors said with a strange look on his face. “We realized a huge flaw in the genes of this race. Furthermore, there are traces of their genes being modified, which resulted in at least eighty percent of their mental capacity being suppressed! In simple words, someone is trying to suppress their intelligence!”
“You mean to say that they are a being reared like animals?” Kreb asked.
Right at this moment, something happened!
Boom!
Everyone suddenly felt the ground beneath them tremble.
The next moment, an alarm went off in all the spaceships.
“Alert! Alert! Detecting high energy reaction, comparing energy reaction to the database... comparison complete. [Primordial Psionic Energy Explosion] has a 99.8% match. Evacuate immediately! Evacuate immediately!”
“Primordial Psionic Energy‽”
Everyone’s expression changed greatly.
Kreb suddenly seemed to have thought about something and smashed the head of the strange corpse in his arms. He then poured out all the contents of the head, and a small mechanical chip flowed out.
The instant he saw this mechanical chip, Kreb’s eyes narrowed, and he understood what was going on.
This was a life force detector. In simple terms, the detector would send out a signal when the life force of its host was lost, and it would trigger a switch or equipment on the other side. The Primordial Psionic Energy Explosion was probably related to this life force detector!
Boom!
The surface of the planet immediately collapsed, and a psionic blue energy erupted from underground.
Following which, the entire planet became contaminated.
The mountains, rivers, forests, land, ocean, sky... everything was swallowed by the blue psionic energy and became part of the Primordial Psionic Energy!
It expanded without end!
Everything was swallowed and disintegrated by the blue light. The exploration fleet was not able to escape from the rapid expansion of the energy and was swallowed up by the energy.
Kreb charged out from the spaceship and wanted to escape for his life. However, the endless blue light swallowed his figure up. In the face of the Primordial Psionic Energy, a Calamity Grade Super was no more than an ordinary living being.
The same scene occurred on a few planets in the Dust Light Star Cluster.
...
It had not been too long since the last meeting, but all the organizations participating in the exploration were gathered in Planet Lighthouse’s conference room once again.
This was an emergency meeting, and Han Xiao and the other Beyond Grade As were urgently summoned to attend the meeting.
Looking at the casualties on the screen, the atmosphere in the room was heavy.
“Our exploration fleet met with an accident in the Dust Light Star Cluster,” Tarrokov said with a grave voice. “More than six thousand battleships were destroyed with more than seven million casualties, including two Calamity Grade Supers.”
A small commotion was immediately created.
“Just what did they meet? Did they meet a powerful civilization?”
“How can there be such powerful natives in the Dust Light Star Cluster‽”
Han Xiao’s eyes narrowed. He only knew that this native civilization created trouble for the dynasty but was not clear about the details. After all, this matter happened during the version update period, and the players did not experience it personally. They only understood what had happened from the background information.
Tarrokov raised his arms to get everyone to remain silent before saying, “The strength of this native civilization is far more powerful than your imagination. They have grasped psionic energy, and these fleets that were lost met with a Primordial Psionic Energy Explosion. We have reason to believe that it is a trap set by this unknown civilization.”
The moment these words were said, everyone present could not help but take in a deep breath.
They could accept a native civilization having a powerful army. With the dynasty’s battleship technology, suppressing a native civilization would not be a problem. Regardless of how powerful an ordinary army was, they would not be able to threaten their exploration fleet.
However, things were completely different if the native civilization had grasped psionic energy!
Under the rule of the three Universal Civilizations, the explored universe prohibited the use of Primordial Psionic Energy for weapons. Its strength was terrifying, and the pollution that it caused was even more severe.
To think that these natives actually grasped psionic energy!
Just how did they climb up the technological skill tree?
Could it be that they have other technology that we do not‽
Everyone present was filled with wariness and caution.
The feeling of facing such a native civilization was completely different. In the Galactic Society, even if one could not grasp some form of technology, one would know of the existence of the technology. But when facing a powerful native civilization that they had yet to see before, who knew what kind of strange technology they would suddenly bring out?
Many of the civilizations had experienced the exploration warring era and felt a sense of deja vu. None of them knew the trump cards that the other civilizations had, such as the Federation of Light’s Multi-Dimensional Sky Opening Transportation Device, the Arcane Church’s Ten Thousand Deity Scepter, and the Evolutionary Civilization’s transformation.
This native civilization naturally would not be restricted by the rules of the Galactic Society and would not be bothered about casually throwing psionic energy around. It was like giving a child a pistol. Everyone present had a feeling that the death rate this time would be high.
“What is the dynasty’s plan?” someone asked.
Tarrokov said coldly, “The situation is still unknown, and this native civilization isn’t friendly to us and poses a high threat to us. According to the ‘Exploration Rules: Rules of Contact’, we will be adopting method twenty-four.”
Many of them could not help but gasp in shock upon hearing that.
This was the final method. Compared to the other methods, this method was extremely simple. They would use war to achieve their motive and stop when the opposing civilization was enslaved or wiped out.
A civilization capable of walking out from the exploration era and becoming the tyrant of the universe definitely was not kind.
The exploration of the Flickering World was a little similar to the exploration era, and the difference was that the three Universal Civilizations were already tyrants. They were confident of employing more gentle means, and this gave weak civilizations the chance to protect themselves.
The more powerful the natives, the stricter the attitudes of the three Universal Civilizations.
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