According to convention, the native star system of the Mason family is called the "Mason Galaxy".
In fact, this is a very small and remote star system.
The Mason Galaxy is in the western region, and it is in the fringe region. Within a hundred light-years, there are only a few small star systems similar to the Mason Galaxy. What's interesting is that the Masons took the initiative to choose this remote star system, and the main purpose is definitely to protect the scientific and technological data in hand. Although after becoming an advanced civilization, the Mason tribe’s jurisdiction has expanded thousands of times and gained control of thousands of nearby star systems, some of which are much larger than the Mason galaxies, not only have more planets suitable for the survival of the Masons, There are also abundant resources. Only for thousands of years, the Masons have not left the Mason galaxy, and instead spent a lot of resources to build the Mason galaxy.
Of course, the current Mason Galaxy is no longer what it used to be.
According to records, the Mason Galaxy originally had only one terrestrial planet suitable for the settlement of the Mason family, but there were also five gas giant planets and three solid planets outside the life zone. Only now, these planets have all disappeared. The five giant planets were transformed into miniature stars by the Mason family, providing 24-hour uninterrupted sunlight for the Mason family’s parent star. The three solid planets have completely disappeared and become part of a huge ring of stars. In fact, the Masons are one of the few civilizations that have built stellar rings in the native star system except for the top civilizations. The center of this huge ring of stars is the mother star of the Mason family, the only surviving planet.
In fact, compared with the star ring, the parent star of the Mason family appears extremely small.
The width of the ecliptic of this huge ring of stars is about 3,000 kilometers, and the thickness is about 10 kilometers, forming two upper and lower regions surrounding the stars. Because of the use of space control technology driven by primal energy, a normal gravitational field is generated, so the upper and lower areas are suitable for living.
In theory, this huge ring of stars can hold at least one trillion inhabitants. If you don’t care about the living environment so much, accommodating ten trillion residents is not a big problem. However, there are not many Masons living in the native star system, perhaps even less than 100 billion.
It is not that the Masons have a small population, but that most of the Masons are distributed in other star systems.
According to the information provided by Amy, more than 95% of the Masons have already left their home planets, most of them settled in colonial galaxies controlled by the Masons, and some went to other civilizations as tech consultants or technologists. However, all those who stay in the local star system are the elites of the Mason tribe, that is, the best scientists, some of whom are well-known in the Galactic Alliance.
Of course, this is normal.
As the only advanced civilization in the Galactic Alliance that builds a country based on science and technology, the scientists of the Mason clan are respected and admired big figures everywhere. Not to mention ordinary civilizations, even three first-rate top-level civilizations and four second-rate top-level civilizations will not rashly offend Mason scientists. In the past few thousand years, many civilizations of the Galactic Alliance have rapidly declined due to the technological blockade of the Masons, and they have been defeated without exception. Because of their technological weapons, even if the Mason tribe has never formed a military force, no civilization dares to be an enemy of the Mason tribe. In fact, in order to please the Masons, many civilizations are willing to provide security for the Masons.
In fact, after the First Greenwich War, the native star system of the Masons has not been threatened. Even in the Second Greenwich War, the Silicon Magic army entered the Western Region and once approached the Mason Galaxy, but it still failed to reach the Mason Galaxy.
For thousands of years, the Masons had enough reason to believe that their native star system was absolutely safe.
That's why the Masons have spared no effort in the construction of the local star system, and they have left all the vital scientific research institutions here.
In other words, those who stayed in the Mason galaxy were all the best scientists of the Mason family and the most important scientific research centers.
In fact, the huge ring of stars is the scientific research center of the Masons. On the ring of stars, it is not the living facilities that occupy the largest area, but the various scientific research facilities. Perhaps the purpose of the Masons who built this stellar ring is to provide a venue for these scientific research facilities. The key is that in the case of the same volume, the surface area of the stellar ring is much larger than that of the planet, so there are more places to build scientific research facilities.
As for the living environment, maybe Masons don't care.
"Did you notice?"
"What?" Yang Yi came back to his senses after hearing Amy's words and looked at her.
"This stellar ring is actually a primordial accelerator, and it is the largest primal accelerator of the Galactic Alliance. It is precisely for the construction of this primal accelerator that the Masons transform the three solid planets into stellar rings. If not for these three planets The volume is large enough, I am afraid that the Mason family will not even let go of their home star. As for the other facilities on the star ring, they were actually built later and were not in the planning of the Mason family at the time." Amy grew out. He said, "In fact, only the Masons can do such crazy things. At least other civilizations will not destroy three planets for this, let alone build a star ring for a scientific research."
"This research is important?"
"You can say that, but I don’t know how important it is. After all, I’m not a scientist." Amy paused for a while before saying, "As early as four thousand years ago, probably during the first Greenwich War broke out. Previously, Mason scientists proposed that the original energy is not a basic energy unit, but is composed of smaller energy particles. Therefore, if we want to make full use of the original energy, we must find the energy particles that constitute the original energy. Of course, The Mason scientist also proposed a theory that has not been proven yet. Because it was just a scientist’s bold guess, we didn’t take it seriously. It’s just that the Mason scientist didn’t think so. In the first time After the Greenwich War ended, the Masons took the opportunity of post-war reconstruction to start building this stellar ring. Because a lot of resources were spent here, the Masons did not expand as quickly as other advanced civilizations after the first Greenwich War. Similarly, no one cared about the Masons at the time, and no one cared about what the Masons were doing."
"and then?"
"It wasn't until hundreds of years later, on the eve of the outbreak of the Second Greenwich War, that when this ring of stars was built, we suddenly realized that the Masons had created a miracle, and it was very likely to change the destiny of all our civilizations. If that The Mason scientists’ guess is correct, and they have indeed found the energy particles that make up the original energy. Our original energy technology will definitely advance by leaps and bounds. As long as the original energy can be used more effectively, it may be possible to master the aerospace technology across the star system. , So as to go to other star systems. It can be said that many people at the time looked at the Mason tribe with admiration, and regarded the Mason tribe’s scientific research as the greatest hope." Amy paused for a while, and then said, "In addition, we have reason to believe , The Second Greenwich War is probably related to this."
"what!?"
"After the stellar ring was built, the Masons conducted an experiment. Only according to the news announced by the Masons, this experiment ended in failure. As for the real situation, we are not sure. Only one thing is certain, even if the experiment has not been obtained. Success is certainly not a complete failure. The Masons must have found something in the experiment, and it is still a very important discovery." Amy sighed and said, "More importantly, shortly after the Masons experiment, The Silicon Magic Alliance launched the Second Greenwich War, and the front was directed at the western region. Although we acted in time, after many hard battles, we disintegrated the Silicon Magic army’s offensive and did not expose the Mason galaxy to attack. Obviously, the Silicon Magic army gave up the closer and more valuable central region, desperately attacked the western region, and even disregarded logistics supplies. Eventually, it suffered a disastrous defeat due to the deepening of the lone army. It is very likely that it will be directed at the Mason galaxy. Yes. According to our speculation, it must have been the experiment conducted by the Masons that alarmed the Silicon Magic Alliance and made the Silicon Magic Alliance realize that we are about to master the technology that transcends the times, and then started the war regardless of the situation at the time."
"This is just your guess?"
Amy smiled bitterly and nodded, and said: "After the war, we contacted the Masons and asked the Masons to hand over the relevant data of that test. Obviously, the Masons did not agree and thought we were blackmailing in the name of war. After that, the Masons broke with us and took refuge in the Star Weavers. However, the Star Weavers were not good masters, and they also knew the cause of the Second Greenwich War."
"This… "
"Of course, the Star Weavers are not as straightforward as we are, but they have taken some thought. However, the result is the same, and they did not get anything from the Masons."
"Then the Masons turned their backs on the Star Weavers and turned to Lei Ling?"
"There is such a possibility, and the rise of the Emperor Wanluo during the Fifth Greenwich War is inseparable from the strong support of the Masons. Simply put, the Masons have been using the three of us in order to protect hidden secrets. The contradiction between the first-class and top-level civilizations. In fact, the reason is very simple. As long as our three first-class and top-level civilizations are still arguing with each other, it is impossible to use the Masons to attack each other."
"In that case, why didn't you unite against the Masons?"
"Obviously, this is impossible." Amy glanced at Yang Yi before saying, "First of all, we don't know the results of that experiment, and we can't be sure whether the Masons have made major discoveries. Second, the Masons The technology is very advanced, even if there is no strong military power, it can destroy everything in our hands. If we start a war, it will only make the Masons take risks when they are desperate. Even if the Masons do not have the strength to die with us, they can We have suffered heavy losses through other means. It is precisely because of these uncertain factors that we have not taken any action, and no civilization dares to wage war against the Masons."
"So, one thing is certain now."
"What?" Amy looked at Yang Yi in surprise.
"The Masons really have no military power. The entire Mason galaxy is in an undefended state, so we don't have to look forward and backward."