Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 603 - 599: Deceitful Civilization

Everyone gazed at the departing alien spaceship, discussing the newly signed treaties and the curvature knowledge they had received for free.

This knowledge was something a third-level civilization could only dream of acquiring, potentially requiring thousands to tens of thousands of years to pursue.

But now, humans could obtain it just by signing a treaty, complete with a whole set of systematic theories, which could directly enable them to reach three times the speed of light.

It was really hard to describe the feeling, how could one put it? Reflecting on past experiences, technology was not the most valuable; spiritual wealth was more precious. Zhang Yuan gently shook his head; anyway, relying on oneself was the right choice.

Several relevant scientists were on the spaceship, discussing various formulas and theorems, verifying them with computers.

"How about this formula? It seems to be a variant of our ’Alun substitution formula.’"

"Yes, it looks different but is actually the same thing."

"There is also this parameter, slightly different from ours; let’s simulate it with a computer."

Several hours later, they reached a preliminary conclusion.

"These pieces of knowledge are mainly theoretical; most of the formulas we have derived are correct, but there is a small portion we don’t have yet..."

One diplomat curiously asked, "Are these freebies just common knowledge? Do we not have it?"

"Yes, these pieces of knowledge, indeed, we still do not possess," the scientist said earnestly. "This represents a whole new field, many things that seem very basic to them have yet to be systemized by us."

"This is the advantage of interstellar exchanges. A civilization will always have its limits, even two civilizations will; our current population of 150 million is also not quite sufficient."

"However, there is no need for everyone to be discouraged."

Zhang Yuan nodded and said with a smile, "This is a bigger trading market, attracting civilizations from thousands of light-years around. Level 4 civilizations are certainly not lacking here. We might not be powerful, but we are not weak either; first, we must assert our stance clearly..."

"We should spend some time here, after all, enabling us to investigate more thoroughly and learn more."

After wrapping up this matter, the group first rested at the embassy within the trading market, then reported back to their headquarters about their safety.

The knowledge they had just acquired was transmitted back.

Lastly, they applied to the headquarters for a transport ship, to carry various pieces of stationary machinery to the Dyson Sphere, to establish a real embassy, rather than just using a spaceship as a facade, which was too humble.

After completing all their tasks, they rested briefly for half a day...

The very next day, the group split into different directions, some seeking aliens for business negotiations, others engaged in technology exchange, political discussions, and treaty signings with alien civilizations.

It was undeniable that this market had numerous protocol organizations, like technology exchanges, industrial production, cultural exchange, and even debt swap organizations, essentially a myriad of credit debt trading civilizations able to loan and repay debts.

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If humans were too lazy to mine War Stars, they could buy production capacity and have other civilizations mine them. The prices for labor and production capacities were clearly marked.

There were also organizations that set technology standards, which were ambitious scientific institutions.

Most civilizations had developed independently from ancient times, and under prolonged exploration, their technology standards varied, making mutual technology exchange incredibly complicated.

This was like during Earth’s time, where different countries had different electrical standards—some nations prescribed 220 volts, others 110 volts, making the electrical appliances incompatible. The railway gauges of different countries vary, and trains cannot continue beyond borders because the tracks either widen or narrow.

And then there are the differences in races, cultures, and languages, superficially labeled as "diversity"...

But all in all, having a common standard later made communication much smoother, and most things could be directly utilized. Some aliens also came to lobby, suggesting that if New Human Civilization joined such technology standard organizations, they would gain a series of benefits.

The prosperity was eye-opening, far surpassing what they had seen at the Huantai Civilization Trading Market!

There were even some military alliances inviting humans to join a unified front, where signing a simple treaty was all it took, surprisingly simple and difficult to comprehend. Joining such military alliances allowed for the mutual development of military spaceships to deal with the chaos after market relocation.

Of course, these military alliances could not be signed recklessly, even though they did not seem to be very binding or contain any apparent traps. As newcomers, humans had too little information; on what basis should they form military alliances with others?

Moreover, exposing their spaceship’s performance parameters and choosing joint development was relatively unwise.

Currently, the only trustworthy allies were the "Tos Civilization," with whom humans had worked for thousands of years. They understood the Tos Civilization deeply, and there had been extensive cultural exchanges. At most, both could form a semi-military alliance, staying independent from each other, and it was impossible for one side to command the other...

Joining such a bizarre alliance was indeed strange...

Time gradually passed, and after a month, humans had a rough understanding of the trading market.

The Dyson Sphere was indeed vast, so immense that any building or spaceship could roam inside it...

and the host of the trading market, the Ji Haman Civilization, a Level 5 Civilization, did not have a very large population. They had almost devoted all their energy to the vast construction of the Dyson Sphere, leaving little effort to manage the market, hence forming so many non-governmental organizations.

This delegation of power was something people had not encountered before and seemed somewhat different from the initial Huantai Civilization Trading Market...

"With so many civilizations gathered together, focusing only on exchange and not warfare, it thus began a barbaric growth!"

Zhang Yuan was certain; inside, there were many deceiving civilizations, containing massive traps, and treaties could not be carelessly signed.