Barnard's star is a red dwarf star with very low mass.
It is located near the star Beta Ophiuchi, about 6.2 light-years from Earth.
Although this galaxy is very close to the solar system, for some reason, humans in the 21st century don't care much about it. It's not even known how many planets it has.
More than five hours later, Chen Yu's spacecraft penetrated into the eight satellites of No. 38 and No. 59. The isotope material analyzer and circular polarization life scanner both showed "civilization" reactions at the same time. (For the description of the two instruments, you can read Chapter 328.)
"Sure enough, there are aliens, and they are so close to the earth..."
Slowly flying above the gaseous planet, Chen Yu looked at the countless satellites orbiting under his feet, full of interest: "This is really a barren galaxy, with only one small red dwarf star and one gaseous planet. Civilizations thrive on satellites. , the living conditions must be very unstable. I’m a bit curious about their social structure.”
"Zi Zi..."
At this time, the signal receiving module of the spacecraft suddenly received a quantum signal communication.
"It seems they have discovered me."
Turning around and facing the camera, Chen Yu couldn't help but laugh out loud: "It's true that things are changing. This time it's our turn to be awesome."
As he spoke, he straightened his hair and connected to the quantum communication.
"Whoosh!"
Inside the spaceship, a virtual screen suddenly unfolded.
On the other side of the screen, hundreds of alien creatures were floating.
They seemed to have been smashed into a metal shell, with only two fleshy, triangular visual organs exposed in the middle.
"Hello, powerful human civilization. I am the emperor of the Core Empire of Consciousness."
"Do you all know about the fleet?" Chen Yu raised his eyebrows.
"Yes." The alien creature headed by it changed the metal shell into ink color: "On the huge scale of the universe, any interstellar civilization must complete psychic communication, that is, quantum communication. Therefore, everything that happens in the NP05 galaxy, the Empire Saw it."
"That's quite convenient and saves me having to explain."
"It's just that we didn't expect that you would come at a speed 5,000 times faster than the speed of light. This kind of technology is miraculous, as great as the Divine Crown of Will."
"It's okay, it's okay, so-so." Chen Yu accepted the praise confidently: "Are you silicon-based life forms? How come you are the same as robots?"
"We are carbon-based organisms just like you. According to your understanding, these metal shells are considered clothes." The alien creature led by it rose half a meter higher: "But these 'clothes' are connected with our will, and they are also It can be understood as our skin. The empire will soon pass a bill and all people will complete self-death. By then, by studying the technology we left behind, everything will be clear."
"Wait a minute." Chen Yu was stunned: "You said you want to kill yourself? Suicide?"
"Yes."
“Whole civilization commits suicide?”
"Yes."
"ill?"
"The gap between civilizations is insurmountable. The death of reason is the only honor left by losers."
Hearing these words for the third time undoubtedly gave Chen Yu a stronger impact: "I can't understand your thinking. Doesn't this make the enemy very happy?"
"Personal emotions are not important, resources and costs are the most important. Any conflict will lead to a waste of resources, so measuring each other's strength and reducing losses is the way to survive for civilization." The emperor's eyes lit up blue, Display a human face in front of you.
"According to our data, human facial expressions are an important part of information communication, so in order to facilitate smooth communication, it is better to re-enable this human avatar."
Chen Yu nodded: "Okay, I feel better. But I still can't understand your thinking."
"Because..." A bitter smile appeared on the human face: "You are thriving in a rich solar system..."
Hearing this, Chen Yu was stunned.
The emperor continued: "You have also seen that here, there is only one red dwarf star and our crown - the gaseous planet. Their resources are single and the cost of collection is high. More resources are obtained from numerous small satellites. Digging inside.”
"But the combined mass of these small satellites is not as good as one Mars in the solar system. Therefore, since the birth of civilization, we have been constrained by poverty."
"Every piece of iron, copper, and rare earth elements is a treasure more important than life. In many cases, ten lives are needed to exchange for one gram of resources. For thousands of years, the importance of resources has penetrated into everyone's mind. Within the will of each living individual.”
"The fleet that you destroyed so easily is already the entire metal accumulation of the empire over tens of millions of years. Unless there is another breakthrough in materials science, we will never be able to build such a huge fleet."
After finishing his words, the emperor paused for a moment and shook his head: "Maybe in your opinion, our cost-saving method is stupid. But without this stupid method, our entire civilization would not be where it is today. As early as atomic energy The era is wasted in various contradictions and wars."
"So..." Chen Yu hesitated: "Your war is just to compare your card strength?"
"Yes. The losers leave their resources for the winners to use, allowing the winners' resources and lives to be spent on more meaningful development."
"I almost understand."
"The empire is already a loser, and the future will no longer exist. I hope you humans will cherish the resources we left behind. Although these resources are insignificant in the eyes of rich humans, and cannot even compare to the light energy released by the huge sun, for us For me, they are everything.”
Chen Yu: "..."
"Finally, as the emperor of the empire, I want to praise the solar system on behalf of the whole people." The man's face showed a fanatical expression: "What a magical place of the crown! There are stable main sequence single stars, great light energy, billions of The asteroid belt, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter... light and heavy elements, springboard space, resources and conditions required for the development of civilization are all there. As long as there is no internal friction or squandering, human beings will definitely become the lucky ones to shine in the galaxy! I Praise you, you are the incarnation of the divine crown of will..."
Standing in the spacecraft, looking at the aliens on the other side of the screen who were in a "carnival", Chen Yu felt complicated and didn't know what to say.
[I feel ashamed.]
[Same as above.]
[Different living environments have created two different civilizations. But no matter from which perspective, this imperial civilization is great.]
[Genius is on the left, madman is on the right. They looked like rational lunatics before, but now they feel more like emotional geniuses.]
[Can you eat it if you crack the shell?]
[Eat, eat, eat! I just want to eat it! Is the metal case easy to remove? It should be good for boiling and drinking soup.]
[Hey, has the UP owner forgotten the main purpose? Aren't you looking for "help"?]
"Humanity, the bill has been passed, and the empire will begin to self-destruct immediately." The emperor cleared the human face avatar and floated closer: "Please remember that we are the core civilization of consciousness. This magnificent universe has also been here before. Goodbye."
"I...fuck, wait...wait a minute!" Chen Yu came to his senses instantly, waved his hand and exclaimed.
"Clang."
But it's too late.
On the other side of the screen, all the alien creatures really fell into boxes, making a "ding-ding-clang-clang" sound when they fell to the ground.
"All...all dead?" Chen Yu couldn't believe it.
Metal shell: "..."
"You guys are in such a hurry! You want to save some electricity bills, right?!"
Metal shell: "..."
(End of chapter)