It's reasonable for me to have a two-way foil for a second-level civilization, right?

The port gate opened slowly, and the shuttle smoothly sailed into the command ship under the control of the shipboard computer.

After ten minutes.

There was a rush of footsteps in the corridor in the central area of ​​the command ship.

At the same time, Tang Hairong's excited voice came from afar.

"Come, come, old Wang, I'll show you a big baby."

Wang Man: "???"

There is always something wrong, is it his illusion?

Wang Man followed Tang Hairong into the office suspiciously.

"Click."

The office door was closed.

A few seconds later, a slight exclamation came from the door.

……

"Fuck?!"

Looking at the holographic image in front of him, Wang Man exclaimed in a low voice, "Isn't this a Dyson ring?!"

"Yes, but not entirely." Tang Hairong explained with a smile.

"This is actually the first version of the design of the circular space habitat."

"Each concentric ring can accommodate people, but considering that we don't have such a big demand at present, we reduced it to a single ring structure."

While speaking, Tang Hairong raised his hand and gently moved the holographic projection.

The nested structure constructed by six concentric rings with successively increasing radii began to rotate.

This incomparably regular rotating image caught Wang Man's eyes, which relieved his impatience.

"So, how are you going to mine?" He slowed down a bit and asked softly.

"Simple." Tang Hairong smiled even more, "Just a little modification."

"A high-energy laser generating device and a gravitational field generating device are installed on the ring."

"Like a Dyson ring, it 'wraps' the planet to be mined."

"After the Star Destroyer blows up the planet, the division and smelting work will be completed directly in situ."

"The difficulty of the project is not high." Tang Hairong pondered for a moment, "How about this, give me a few years, and I will help you get a prototype out."

……

The earth calendar is 3620 years.

[Star Devourer] The giant planetary mining device followed the fleet to the target star system.

In order to keep up with the fleet's sailing speed, Tang Hairong even frantically added a curvature engine to [Star Devourer].

But I have to admit that this operation has greatly increased the efficiency of the mining team.

Standing by the porthole of the planetary-level command ship, Wang Man looked at the six huge concentric rings at the same level in the distance, with emotion in his eyes.

This is the unexpanded appearance of [Star Devourer], which not only facilitates its navigation into the curvature, but also makes it easier to "swallow" planets into it.

Under Wang Man's gaze, [Star Devourer] slowly sailed towards the light gray iron planet covered with large and small craters.

Then, like a star ring, it was set around the planet.

Under Zero's remote control, [Star Devourer] slowly unfolded and began to rotate continuously.

The planets to be mined are right at the center of these constantly rotating concentric rings.

Accompanied by a purple light, the [Suzaku] Star Destroyer blew the mining horn.

[Star Devourer] also began to generate a gravitational cage around the planet.

Everything is on track.

……

452 light-years away from the star system Kepler 4.

A slightly old detector with traces of time on its surface slowly moved forward.

The direction it is going is the relatively dense star field of the star system where the Kepler 452 star system is located.

Chapter 678 Talodan Civilization

As the lens gradually zoomed in, the whole picture of this lonely detector gradually became clear.

Different from the regular manufacturing style of human civilization,

It is difficult to see edges and corners on this detector, and even the various internal circuits present round arcs full of charm.

The surface of the ellipsoidal detector was covered with a thick layer of dust, and even the outer casing was damaged a lot.

Those are interstellar dust stuck to its surface. Obviously, it has gone through a long interstellar journey.

However, on the dusty detector, those oval lenses are extremely bright and clear, without the slightest sign of being corroded by dust.

shhhhhhhhhh...

A few wiper-like objects swept gently, taking away the dust that had just been stained on the lens.

The detector seems to have received some instructions, and a lens slowly adjusts its direction.

Its target is the star system Kepler 4, which is 452 light-years away.

With its observation, the quantum signal is continuously transmitted to the distance.

……

Ten light-years away.

On the edge of a small star system, a not-so-large fleet is docked.

It can be seen from the shape of the starship with an ellipsoidal structure that the lonely probe running alone in the vast universe was sent by this fleet.

In the center of the fleet is an exceptionally large starship.

Obviously, it is the flagship of this fleet.

On the flagship of the ellipsoid, arcs full of wonderful charm are outlined. It seems that in this civilization, arcs are synonymous with beauty.

Combining arcs one by one could have built a huge and charming pattern.

But the traces left by the artillery fire have destroyed this beauty.

Melted armor, exposed wiring, components with a little black smoke...

All of them showed a sign - this poor fleet seemed to have just experienced a round of extremely tragic war.

Talodan civilization.

This is what this poor civilization calls itself.

Flagship interior.

One by one, the creatures with round bodies and fine hair on the surface of the body operated the booster and slid quickly in the zero-gravity environment.

The black and white fluff, combined with the chubby figure, is hard not to remind people of a creature.

panda.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that these Talodan people were more than 80% similar to pandas.

The only difference is that their facial shapes are softer.

A pair of bright eyes are inlaid in their heads like jewels, and the small feeding organs are hidden under the black and white down.

Not to mention the perspective of other races, just from the perspective of human civilization, these mellow creatures are mainly cute.

……

Tallodan Fleet, Flagship.

A variety of high-precision instruments are installed in a spacious and bright room.

In line with the aesthetics of civilization, almost everything in the room has no edges and corners.

Even the corners of the room itself are rounded, even though this will waste some valuable space.

This is the onboard laboratory of the Talodan fleet.

Its main task is to accept the data returned by various detectors and perform corresponding calculations based on these data.

Since the escape began, this laboratory has been carrying out an important work-finding habitable star systems.

"Damn intruders." A Talodan complained in a high-pitched voice. "If it weren't for them, we wouldn't have to live in such a cramped environment!"

"Yeah, Mullen, you're right. The zero-gravity environment is really not a place for people to stay. I haven't learned to use this booster until now!"

In the distance, another Talodan echoed and responded: "I really don't know how long these intruders will chase."

"When?" The Talodan man named Maron sneered, shook the black and white fluff on his body, and said angrily, "Who knows?"

"Milo, in order to get rid of their pursuit, we have already lost 80% of our fleet!" Mullen stretched out his little paws and hugged his head with some collapse, "Those starships have all been wiped out!!"

Milo sighed, put down his work, and murmured in a low voice: "Yes, our technological level is not much different from theirs, but our weapons and equipment are far behind..."

Hearing this, Mullen's mood became more and more broken: "I said it, I said it at the time, we should study some necessary weapons and equipment! But..."

"But no one agrees with my proposal, no one supports my plan!!"

Milo fell silent.

After a long time, it opened its mouth slowly and replied in a shrill voice: "Mallen, you know, our civilization hasn't had a war for a long time."

"Also, we've never had contact with an alien civilization."

"No one would have imagined that the first contact with an alien civilization would have such a result..."

Before the words fell, a low siren sounded, interrupting the argument between the two.

"The detector sent back abnormal data!"

Mullen was the first to react, and he hurriedly controlled the booster to slide towards the computer not far away.

"Wait, wait for me!" Seeing this, Milo frantically controlled the booster on his body, "I, I don't know how to use this thing..."

After stumbling, it finally managed to reach Mullen's side.

"What data?" It yelled excitedly, "Has a habitable star system been discovered?!"

Find a habitable star system, and then continue to develop and live peacefully.

This is the belief that supports all Talodan people after the Talodan civilization began to flee.

Marlon didn't speak, just stared at the screen blankly.

"Hey, what about you?"

Milo bumped into Mullen beside him lightly with his chubby body, squeezed out a space, and quickly looked towards the screen.

"This……"

Like Mullen, Milo fell silent.

"This, is this true?"

After a long time, Mullen's voice came from beside him.

There was a little trembling and confusion in the voice, and even a bit of despair and panic.

"No, it's impossible, why, how could such a thing happen..."

Milo shook his head again and again, he couldn't believe the data he saw.

"How could there be a planet missing suddenly?!" It frantically threw itself on the computer in front of it, quickly adjusting the calculation program with its little paws.

"It must be a calculation error!" Milo said confidently, "Or, there is a problem with the detector!"

"Wait a minute, I'll check the algorithm right now."

It glanced at Maren who was standing still in place beside him, and shouted hurriedly: "Don't just stand still!"

"Hurry up and get the observation data of other detectors!"