Chapter 792: Chapter 422: Varo Civilization, Justifiable Defense!
In the dark, icy-cold starry sky,
visible space ripples began to appear.
A total of eighty-eight totally black ink-like spacecraft appeared within the solar system.
Naturally, they had come through a spatial node near Pluto.
Just like Su Ping, who went from a spatial node near Taiyin to the side of Karlo Civilizations’ Mother Star.
However, from the appearance and number of the spacecraft that showed up this time,
their level of technological civilization was somewhat higher than that of Karlo Civilization and Water Blue Star.
This was an interstellar fleet from a civilization known as the Varo.
Their appearance near Pluto was naturally no coincidence.
It was because their civilization had recently detected, through gravitational waves, an anomaly that had occurred near Jupiter.
By analyzing the spatial fluctuations caused by this anomaly, they were initially thrilled to discover a spatial node in their own star system that connected to this other star system.
Then, their scientists realized that the star system where the anomaly had occurred harbored a substantial amount of rare minerals compared to their homeland.
To the Transcendent, these minerals were Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
To civilizations at the level of space and gravity technology, they were also extremely precious and important special creations.
Many creations that could be called "black technology" often required these special minerals to be crafted.
Because of this, the scarcity of rare minerals and the rapidly increasing corresponding demand had become one of the main contradictions in Varo Civilization.
This made even the top leaders and military of the Varo Civilization quite aware that unknown space was filled with unpredictable dangers,
yet they still decided to invest substantial resources to explore it.
And after gathering intelligence from the first wave of reconnaissance satellites,
combined with previous observational data of the related star systems,
they concluded that there was only one nascent intelligent civilization that had just emerged from the embrace of its Mother Star in the solar system.
They impulsively decided to mobilize the interstellar fleet, hoping to colonize this strange and weak civilization in one fell swoop, and then use the labor and resources of the others to help them mine the rare minerals in the solar system.
The commander of the fleet was a Varo General with extensive leadership experience.
In his three hundred years of service, he had been to twelve different Constant Star systems and had made significant contributions to the civilization.
Regarding such impulsive entry into the solar system,
unlike those who were excited and thought that this time would usher the Varo Civilization into another golden age,
this commander had some worries.
At the meeting, he pointed out the blurry images captured by the first batch of reconnaissance satellites.
There, in the orbit of the pale blue planet with obvious signs of intelligent life, apart from the already known moon,
there was an additional small asteroid.
This made the commander suspect that this was not just some asteroid, but something akin to the Varo Civilizations’ planet fortresses.
Of course, the committee members didn’t agree with this opinion.
The expert teams they had assembled used numerous cases and scientific theories to explain why the scene was different from what had been detected earlier.
After all, reality isn’t a movie. Given the vast distance and so many unforeseen factors,
not detecting a small asteroid was perfectly understandable, coincidental, and consistent with mathematical probability.
As for that intelligent civilization,
through the experts’ diligent search of astronomical data from the past,
it was certain that at least a hundred years ago, this intelligent civilization had not been able to leave their Mother Star.
Even now, though there appeared to be bases on various planets,
one could tell that the technology involved was not advanced—
certainly not compared to that of the Varo Civilization.
Of course, whether it was the commander, the committee, or the expert team,
regarding the scientifically unfathomable Golden Leaf Bodhi Tree on the moon,
they all considered it to be some large-scale energy projection involving the spiritual totems of the intelligent civilization.
And they believed this civilization must be one highly devoted to deities,
otherwise, they wouldn’t waste so many resources sustaining such an energy-consuming entity.
"Is this the Constant Star System that caused the gravitational wave detector to alarm an anomaly?"
"It seems we are in luck this time, only five percent of the ships needed repairs after the space jump."
"As for the crew members who are severely unwell, currently only one percent."
The Varo Fleet’s commander, stroking his pale green chin, looked at the report and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
His greatest fear was that a problem with this space node would lead his fleet to perish before even engaging.
For now, it seemed that the god of fortune was protecting Varo Civilization.
"I apologize, weak indigenous civilization, but for Varo to continue being great, your era must end,"
the Varo Commander reflected internally.
He was about to issue the command, following the planned itinerary first to check what exactly was happening near Jupiter.
Suddenly!
The Varo Commander saw an urgent report delivered by his adjutant.
And upon activating the projection, he witnessed a scene that baffled him.
In the image, a being from an intelligent life form, dressed in strange clothes and wielding a cold weapon,
was floating in the starry sky without any equipment support,
and suddenly propelled itself rapidly closer to one of Varo Civilization’s supply ships.
The crew members on the Varo Civilization supply ship were somewhat dumbfounded,
not sure what to do. Most suspected that they were hallucinating due to the space jump,
while a few immediately used detection equipment to focus on the other party and reported it right away.