With the Bio-Assisted Chip, Liu Hai became like someone who had rediscovered a long-lost hobby, immersing himself endlessly in an ocean of knowledge.
Aided by the computational power of the Biochip, Liu Hai's absorption of knowledge was no longer mere memorization—he began to grasp deeper understanding.
After realizing this benefit, Liu Hai instructed the Intelligent Nexus to retrieve the complete system of scientific knowledge, starting from the basics. He didn't aim to master everything, but as technology advanced, lacking foundational knowledge would make it impossible to formulate sound plans or avoid overlooking critical technologies that could derail progress.
To better control the Seed Ship—this enigmatic vessel of an unknown civilization—Liu Hai had no choice but to build a corresponding knowledge base.
Liu Hai wasn't the only one learning. Once he discovered that the Biochip could enhance comprehension, he distributed a simplified version of it to the researchers. In the Twin Star System, there were now over 100,000 researchers, and the number was still growing.
To accelerate technological integration, entire research cities had sprung up, and Space Research Stations were constructed in large numbers. Various research facilities occupied a significant portion of the Seed Ship's production capacity, which was also one reason warship production had slowed.
Fortunately, in another year or two, once these research facilities were completed, full attention could shift to warship production. With the Seed Ship handling all core components, the Shipyard's operations would become far more efficient.
Thinking of the Seed Ship, Liu Hai impulsively checked its upgrade resources. Currently, the equivalent of one transport ship's worth of resources was being fed into the Seed Ship daily, yet the upgrade progress had only reached 2%. That was absurd.
After the first upgrade had brought massive improvements, Liu Hai had eagerly anticipated the next one. Based on the provided technology, it should propel them straight to the level of an advanced interstellar civilization.
If he could wield weapons of Tier 7 or higher, what would there be to fear in a supercluster where the highest was only Tier 6?
But the results left Liu Hai bewildered. How could years of resource investment yield only 2% progress?
Reviewing the Seed Ship's upgrade requirements again, he confirmed it only demanded matter and energy—no specific quantities were listed. Upon consulting the Intelligent Nexus, he learned that the next level required fundamental particles as material components and was tied to his own ideological framework. It wasn't just a simple upgrade.
Liu Hai pondered this and realized the requirements bore some resemblance to the conditions for becoming a Lord in the Federation—both involved mental and spiritual aspects.
Unable to get further answers from the Intelligent Nexus, Liu Hai set the issue aside, unwilling to waste more time and energy on it.
Instead, he continued studying while fine-tuning construction plans. Whenever he discovered a highly useful but previously overlooked technological point, he would add it to the researchers' curriculum. For now, the priority was mastering practical technologies that met production needs and offered significant utility.
In what felt like the blink of an eye, a year passed—Liu Hai had been so engrossed in learning that he barely noticed.
It can only be said that in the vastness of space, time truly holds little importance. A single voyage could easily span several years.
The earliest crew members of the Starsea Fleet have now risen steadily through the ranks, securing their places within the Star Sea Group and serving as role models for newcomers.
Over the past year, the Brolly Star System has grown increasingly well-developed, with various living facilities spread across every corner of the system. Numerous Fully Automated Ecological Plantations provide the group with high-quality agricultural products, while a full range of recreational amenities ensures that part of Liu Hai's payroll flows back into his own hands, forming a stable financial cycle.
Strangely enough, Li Yali recently reported that many Federation exploration vessels have been spotted in the vicinity, their movements growing more conspicuous by the day.
Liu Hai's interest was piqued. Could the military have actually discovered something?
Linking to the detectors, he pulled up data on several star systems fifty light-years away. Tracing the trajectory of the military's exploration ships, Liu Hai did indeed uncover something.
The military had extracted something from the stars in nearby star systems and was now following the arrangement of these systems in a continuous search. However, Liu Hai's detectors hadn't been deployed too far—beyond three hundred light-years, all traces of military activity vanished.
In those star systems, the military's exploration vessels now operated openly, repeatedly scanning stars and planets, while the main fleet remained hidden in the shadows, unmoving.
"Did they really find traces of that Starry Sky Behemoth? After all these years, could it still be lurking in this star region?"
Puzzled, Liu Hai dispatched a batch of fifth-level detectors from the Gemini Starfield, cautiously tracking the military's path via the Angel Destroyer.
It wasn't that he had any designs on the Starry Sky Behemoth—he simply feared that the creature might still be in this region. A terrifying entity that even a fifth-level civilization's forces could only use as bait was something best detected early and avoided at all costs.
If it turned out the beast was still alive in this star region, he wouldn't hesitate to sell off his entire operation and relocate to another galactic arm to start anew. After all, the Starry Sky Behemoth was no Katon Civilization—its danger level was off the charts.
Maintaining a cautious distance, the Angel Destroyer moved slowly, dropping detectors in each star system it passed to check for anything unusual.
Half a year later, having traveled over two thousand light-years from the Brolly Star System and traversed hundreds of star systems, they finally caught up to the military's exploration vessels.
"This star system is odd. The geological formation suggests it's only a little over a billion years old, yet its star is already evolving into a red giant. In just two or three hundred million years, it will fully transform, consuming the entire system."
Liu Hai, who had been studying, received an urgent alert from the Angel Destroyer. Upon connecting to the projection, he immediately noticed something amiss—the star's life cycle was progressing far too quickly. Normally, it would take tens of billions of years for a star to reach this stage, yet this one had done so in just over a billion. What could be accelerating its demise?
Several fifth-level detectors slipped silently into the star system. The moment they entered, they picked up multiple exploration vessels hovering in the Oort Nebula, as if searching for something.
Several probes separated and entered the system, scanning each planet one by one, yet no anomalies were detected. The final scan of the star also revealed nothing unusual—it appeared exactly as a star should after billions of years of burning, with no loss of mass and no signs of artificial interference in its internal reactions.
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