Chapter 199: The Distorted Tech Path of the Precursors! Max-Level Megastructure Upgrades!
"This time, the new interdimensional world is Pacific Rim!?"
Li Ang was slightly stunned. The difficulty of this dimensional dungeon was higher than that of the Netherworld universe, but not by much.
He would need to mobilize more LA Corporation forces and deploy Infinity -class starships, while also dealing with more tedious post-mission tasks. However, overall, the mission's difficulty level was still manageable.
After all, given the current technological strength of his universal LA Corporation , not to mention the Kaiju, even if the Precursor civilization showed up, they would be crushed under the barrage of starship bombardments.
"Pacific Rim... giant mechas, genetic monsters, aliens."
Deep in thought, Li Ang began to recall details about the Pacific Rim universe.
According to his memory, Pacific Rim featured a species of extraterrestrial beings known as the Precursors.
They had identified Earth as a target for colonization as far back as the Triassic period. However, the planet's environment at the time was not yet suitable for their habitation, so they decided to wait.
That wait, however, coincided with humanity's technological explosion, ultimately rendering their efforts futile.
"The Precursors' tech seems focused on biotechnology and wormhole technology, with no other particularly powerful breakthroughs."
As his recollection deepened, Li Ang pieced together the technological aspects of the Precursors.
In Pacific Rim, the Precursors possessed advanced biotechnology and hyperspace capabilities. They could establish "wormholes" to connect their homeworld to other planets, enabling long-distance interstellar colonization.
In essence, their "hyperspace technology" was like a knockoff version of the Stargate! It wasn't bad, but nowhere near top-tier.
However, the Precursors' technological tree was fatally flawed, with an abstract and puzzling development approach.
Their core technologies were hyperspace tech and genetic modification. To advance these areas, they exhausted their homeworld's resources, leaving their living conditions severely degraded. Ironically, their species had lifespans reaching millions of years.
Despite possessing a near-Bug-level hyperspace technology, the Precursors didn't prioritize developing starships, mining, or construction technologies to efficiently exploit resources for colonization.
Instead, they fixated on using genetic engineering to create Kaiju as weapons and planetary terraformers—an approach with woefully low efficiency.
It was akin to pairing a top-tier RTX 4090 graphics card with a garbage-tier i3 CPU, squandering critical developmental resources.
"I recall their wormhole tech wasn't that impressive either. Compared to Stargates, the difference is like night and day."
In Li Ang's impression, the Precursors' wormhole technology had an energy transmission cap.
Their wormhole devices could only transport three to four Kaiju at a time and couldn't handle mass deployment. After each use, the wormholes also required a cooldown period.
Moreover, their homeworld's resources had already been exploited to the limit. Creating additional wormhole devices would require extreme measures—perhaps even planetary destruction!
This resource limitation was one of the reasons they didn't deploy a full-scale Kaiju swarm tactic on Earth.
Another reason was that the Precursors were simultaneously colonizing other planets, splitting their bets. Earth was just one piece of their broader strategy.
Regardless, the limitations of their wormhole technology paled compared to Li Ang's Stargates, which were vastly superior.
As such, Li Ang's primary interest in the Precursors' technology lay in their genetic engineering.
"Their Kaiju are intriguing. They could be used for power generation or as biological weapons for the LA Corporation ."
Li Ang thought to himself.
The Precursors could harvest biological samples from various planets, combining them with their genes to create cloned Kaiju weighing between 3,000 and 10,000 tons.
Yes, these 50-meter-tall behemoths weighed less than 10,000 tons—something Li Ang found utterly absurd.
Compared to Godzilla, whose height ranged from 50 to 100 meters and weight from 20,000 to 100,000 tons, even the most basic version of Godzilla would dwarf the largest Kaiju in Pacific Rim.
Nonetheless, the Kaiju weren't entirely without merit.
They possessed hive-mind consciousness, enabling synchronized information sharing and coordinated swarm tactics.
Additionally, their waste and blood were highly toxic, causing severe environmental pollution.
While not overwhelmingly threatening, the Kaiju were incredibly annoying, often leading to mutually destructive outcomes when dealt with using conventional firepower.
Fortunately, Li Ang had recently acquired the Manticore Virus. By extracting genetic samples from the Kaiju or the Precursors, he could engineer a targeted lethal virus—no surgery or medication required, just a few spores to do the job.
After analyzing the Precursors' tech, Li Ang shook his head and chuckled.
"If only they had arrived 200 years earlier with their Kaiju, humanity wouldn't have stood a chance."
"But as fate would have it, they came during humanity's technological boom. A 2.6-level civilization was outmaneuvered by a civilization not even at Level 1."
For reference, the Trisolarans—also a Level 2 civilization—almost annihilated humanity. Yet, the Precursors, nearly a Level 3 civilization, were humiliated by a 0.8-level humanity.
This starkly demonstrated the disastrous consequences of skewed technological development.
Choices always outweigh effort.
After summarizing the enemy's capabilities, Li Ang turned his attention to humanity's forces in the Pacific Rim universe.
According to the original timeline, the first Kaiju emerged in 2013, wreaking havoc on cities like San Francisco and San Jose before being neutralized with tactical nukes.
However, subsequent Kaiju incursions became increasingly frequent, with shorter intervals between attacks.
Clearly, the Precursors' homeworld was on the brink of collapse, leaving them desperate to relocate.
Humanity, having exhausted its nuclear arsenal, formed the Pan Pacific Defense Corps (PPDC) to build giant mechas—dubbed Jaegers—as alternatives to nukes.
While initially effective, the Jaeger program faced financial and resource constraints, forcing world governments to shift priorities to building ineffective defensive walls.
By 2024, the Jaegers launched a desperate counterattack, ultimately destroying the Precursors' wormhole and homeworld with a nuclear strike.
"A 2.6-level civilization reduced to this state—it's truly pathetic," Li Ang mused.
After reviewing the timeline, he estimated his requirements for the mission: 10 Infinity -class starships, 22 armored cruisers, and a comprehensive plan to eliminate the Precursors' homeworld.
He was also pleasantly surprised to discover an additional mission tied to the conquest:
[Side Mission: Conquer the Precursor Civilization]
Reward: Max-Level Tech Upgrade Point
"Excellent! This is just icing on the cake."
The upgrade point could max out any of his mega-structures or key technologies, such as Stargates or genetic matrices.
After careful consideration, Li Ang decided to use it on the yet-to-be-unlocked Matter Decompressor, prioritizing resource acquisition over tech research.
With this decision made, he prepared for the mission ahead, confident in his ability to conquer yet another interdimensional world.
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