Chapter 560 - 261: First Contact, Dragon Lizard People, Galactic Situation

Chapter 560: Chapter 261: First Contact, Dragon Lizard People, Galactic Situation

However, its gaze toward the group seemed to hold not just curiosity and wariness, but also a hint of yearning.

The taller, more robust Dragon Lizard Person next to it had more pronounced Dinosaur features on its head. Its body was covered in tough-looking skin, and it clearly appeared stronger than its companion.

The Dragon Lizard Person swung a large hand and patted its teammate on its long-necked head, motioning for it to adjust the communication device.

Soon, after a series of guttural exchanges between Ling Yi and them, the two sides came to a temporary understanding, confirming that neither party held any hostile intentions.

It then waved to its teammates, who were standing guard with cannons not far behind, to lower their aimed muzzles.

Lin Feng remained silent, his body coiled and tense. He watched the two Dragon Lizard People’s every expression and movement, ready to act if anything seemed amiss...

He would grab Ling Yi, take to the sky, and make a hasty retreat.

At least for now, the other party didn’t seem to possess any Flying Ability. In terms of mobility, Lin Feng and his nine Genetic Warriors held an absolute advantage.

Fortunately, the exchange between the two sides was quite harmonious.

Since Lin Feng couldn’t understand the so-called common language of the Milky Way Galaxy they were speaking, he couldn’t get a word in even if he wanted to.

It wasn’t until both parties finished their discussion and were turning to leave that Ling Yi began to translate the contents of their conversation.

"They’re mid-level armed personnel from the fleet. There are six survivors in their squad. Because their formation is still intact, they were dispatched with other squads to the exterior of the spatial rift in the Trial World to explore the Land of the End and gather more intelligence on the Alien Zerg Race..."

"It’s been confirmed that Blue Star is their Ancestral Star—the place where they originated. They’re the original owners of the Dinosaur fossils you’ve excavated."

Lin Feng wasn’t surprised. He was more concerned about something else.

"Did you ask why they left in the first place?"

Ling Yi shook her head.

"The Dragon Lizard People are rather evasive about that topic, so I didn’t press for details. The group that arrived on Blue Star this time is one of their vanguard forces. That outer space Spaceship you saw above the stratosphere when you first came to the Northern Capital?"

"That was their vanguard exploration Battleship."

"Unfortunately, it was discovered by a Tier Four Realm King and crashed."

"They have a general understanding of the situation on Blue Star now."

"However, they are shocked by the evolutionary development of your kind—Synapsida, or to be more precise, Mammalia. Humans."

"Though the Zerg Race invasion is partly responsible for that, just as colonization, on some level, can stimulate the development of a less advanced local civilization."

"Regardless, from a Level perspective, humanity has already entered a quasi-evolutionary civilization. In another few thousand or tens of thousands of years, you could have started an age of universal evolution."

Lin Feng shrugged, unimpressed.

’That’s just rhetoric from those looking at the big picture. The impact of such monumental change on the individual is often devastating. Judging by the destruction of human habitats and the plummeting population, the scars can never truly heal.’

’The two sides have become mortal enemies, and it won’t end until one is either wiped out or driven from the Solar System.’

Lin Feng’s brow furrowed in displeasure.

"Get to the point. How are they going to send Qin Hu back?"

A faint smile touched the corners of Ling Yi’s lips as she let out a soft laugh.

"The Dragon Lizard Captain I negotiated with has already had their engineer contact a nearby exploration team to bring Qin Hu over."

"From the looks of it, Qin Hu is still alive and well."

"Our squad has little value for capture. They could see that the two of us aren’t original consciousness bodies, so even if they arrested or killed us, it wouldn’t have much of an effect on our true selves."

"This time, a few of the Tier Three Commanders from their Battleship decided not to enter the Land of the End. It was a precaution to prevent their own intelligence from being compromised."

Hearing Ling Yi’s explanation, Lin Feng let out a sigh of relief. He then changed the subject to a smaller detail.

"That common language of the Milky Way Galaxy you just mentioned?"

Ling Yi smiled and began to explain.

"That’s a story from long ago, after we passed through a Wormhole and entered the Milky Way Galaxy. When the Zerg Race invades the civilizations of other Fixed Star Systems, they read and absorb some of the local common knowledge..."

As she spoke, the two of them returned to their squad’s position.

Ling Yi cleared her throat, repeated the news about Qin Hu, and then began to elaborate on what she knew about the state of the Milky Way Galaxy.

"The Milky Way Galaxy, because it is so vast and empty, has never been unified since its birth."

"Its diameter is one hundred thousand light-years. It’s a disc structure formed by four main spiral arms, with a gap of forty-five hundred light-years between each arm. These gaps are vacuum zones, poor in matter, making space travel through them fundamentally impossible."

"The central region of the Milky Way Galaxy is mostly populated by old stars. It’s close to the supermassive black hole at the center, creating a cosmic environment that is both harsh and extremely unstable."

"With widespread supernova explosions and gamma-ray bursts, it’s not suitable for the development and evolution of life..."

"Therefore, civilizations are mainly concentrated in the middle and outer sections of the four spiral arms. Over ten billion years of evolution, this has led to the formation of the four great Divine-level Civilizations of today."

"They established their Eternal Divine Kingdoms, each occupying the most fertile Star Realm within their respective spiral arms of the galaxy."

"But even so, ruling the hundreds of billions of Fixed Star Systems along an entire spiral arm is no small challenge."

"This is because, during interstellar travel, the cost of inefficient voyages can easily exceed the value of any resources plundered."

"Even if they could expand into new living spaces, the time required for development and construction is simply too long. Furthermore, they would face issues like breaks in the continuity of a colonial civilization’s heritage and even technological regression."

"So, aside from a few established space trading posts and trade-focused Star Realms, most remote Fixed Star Systems are either left to their own devices or completely abandoned, allowing the life within these Star Systems to evolve and go extinct naturally..."