Neutron Battlestar!

Defeating the Lucanian fleet once did not have the effect Hawke had expected, but instead reaped a fruitful harvest in the rest of the direction.

With nearly 2,000 Lucan ships and tens of thousands of Lucans, Hawke would be able to quickly upgrade to a Level 3 civilisation.

However, Hawke was very determined to rule out the possibility of remaining in the ε Eri system to continue the fight against the Lucan fleet. The reason was that the Lucan fleet would have at least two weapons that were beyond the capabilities of a Level 3 civilisation, and, in the short term, he did not have the ability to upgrade his ship's performance to match that of the Lucan civilisation.

This meant that escape was inevitable, and all that needed to be considered now was how to escape without being tracked by the Lucca fleet.

Hawk already had a few ideas in mind, such as trying to eliminate the traces of his ship's launch so that it would not be detected by the Lucca civilisation, or creating a false impression to confuse the Lucca fleet, etc.

In the time it took to return to the Eri star system, Hawk received a great deal of technology and basic theory from the Lucanians, which he quickly digested and incorporated into his own theoretical system.

With this knowledge, Hawke was able to quickly construct a blueprint for a new type of ship, and now, upon returning to the Epsilon Eri system, Hawke was able to begin construction of the new ship.

The new ship would have an energy shield system no less powerful than that of the Lucca, and in addition to that, its mobility and attack power would be greatly improved.

The most important thing is the gain over the theoretical system. A level 3 civilisation has already researched a new source of energy that goes beyond nuclear fusion, that is, energy obtained through the decay of the proton-neutron level. In simple terms, it is the formation of new protons or neutrons through the recombination of quarks, in which the heavy elements decay rapidly into light elements, converting at least fifty percent of their mass into energy in the process.

Hawke remembered well that the Earth exploded because, under the influence of some unknown force, the iron-nickel elements in the Earth's core decayed into hydrogen-helium elements, releasing a huge amount of energy that blew the Earth right to pieces. This was a reaction of matter that comprehensively surpassed nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Inspired by the theoretical system of the Lucca civilization, Hawke has tentatively determined the conditions for the excitation of this kind of material reaction, and its large-scale application is expected to be realized within a thousand years.

In addition to this, Hawke also gained a general understanding of the various civilisations in the galaxy.

During the two and a half month journey back, Hawke asked a question to the Luca civilisation: "Is it correct that by destroying the rest of the civilisations, one can gain a boost to one's own civilisation's qi?"

Lucca One replied, "Basically, it is correct. To be precise, it should be that destroying the creatures of the rest of the civilizations can gain a boost to one's own civilization's qi. In other words, even if you destroy just one creature from the rest of the civilisation, you can still receive a certain boost to your own civilisation's luck. The magnitude of the boost is related to the level of technology of the civilization destroyed. But the term qi luck, or luck, is not accurate. In your technology, there is a theory called quantum mechanics, in which the quantum state in a superposition state is indeterminate."

Hawke knew that the most famous conjecture in the principle of quantum superposition was the Schrödinger cat equation. It simply means that, until you look up to see if the moon exists, it is uncertain whether the moon exists or not; it may or may not exist, with a fifty percent probability of each of the two possibilities, which means that the moon is in a state of 'existence' and 'non-existence' at this moment That is to say, the moon is in a superposition of two states, 'present' and 'absent', at the same time present and absent. Only at the moment you look up can you decide whether the moon exists or not, and its state can be determined.

According to quantum mechanics, whether or not the moon exists at this moment is 'determined' by you at the moment you start observing it.

This process by which the state is determined is called 'quantum collapse'.

Hawke nodded in understanding, but Hawke then asked a new question, "What does this have to do with chi, or luck?"

Luca One replied, "There is a great deal to do with it. Under normal circumstances, the moon - eh, that's a pretty name - has a fifty percent chance of being there or not. But making a hypothesis, if you want the moon to exist, before you destroy one of the rest of the civilized beings, the chances of it existing are always fifty percent, no matter how much you expect it to be. But after you destroy a creature from the rest of the civilization, and you expect it to exist, the odds of it existing become fifty point one percent. Simply put, that's it."

It dawned on Hawke.

Hawke understood perfectly. For example, if Hawke expected a powerful alien fleet ahead of him that was completely at his command, the odds of it existing and not existing would each be fifty percent before he destroyed an alien civilization, but after Hawke destroyed an alien civilization, the odds of it existing might become fifty-one percent.

Hawke sighed and continued, "Why? Do you know the reason?"

Luca One shook his head, "No idea."

Each of Hawke's questions was arrived at by asking thousands of Lucasians isolated from each other and comparing the results with Luca One's answers. From this, Hawke was certain that Luca One was not lying.

"What is your civilisation, what is your guess about this?"

"This is what we spent 10,000 Alliance contribution points and exchanged to get it. We only know the conclusion, not the reason. Perhaps ... we are all a piece of data and there is some transcendent, unknowable being watching us in the shadows for the pleasure of making us kill each other." Luca One replied.

Hawke shook his head. The answer was basically the same as not saying anything. Hawke gave up any interest in dwelling further on the subject and instead asked a new question.

"What is the social structure of the so-called Guardian Alliance?"

Luca One replied, "The Guardian Alliance, is an alliance formed under the domination of a powerful civilization called the Guardian Civilization, and under the alliance, there are tens of thousands of different civilizations. The Alliance of Guardians was formed primarily to fight the Scavengers. Within the Guardian Alliance, various lower level civilizations can earn Alliance Contribution Points by doing various tasks, and through the Alliance Contribution Points, they can exchange for various rewards such as technology, super weapons, etc."

"It seems that my guess was right, this Guardian Alliance is indeed a powerful civilization dominated alliance." Hawk thought silently and continued to ask, "What are the Scavengers?"

"The Scavengers are another civilisation. But this civilization is bloodthirsty and tyrannical, and any civilization it finds can't basically escape being exterminated. Our civilisation, Lucca, was summoned by the Guardian Alliance 20,000 years ago and joined it to avoid being exterminated by the Scavengers."

"The Scavengers wiped out the rest of the civilizations, no doubt, for the sake of its own civilizational aura, so I have a doubt, why would the Guardian civilization choose to protect the weaker civilizations instead of choosing to wipe them out outright? Is the Guardian civilization ... really that morally noble?" Hawk asked.

Luca One was silent for a long time before shaking his head, "Maybe you're right. That's the only explanation we have. There is no explanation other than the belief that the Guardian civilization is really morally superior."

Hawke scoffed at this. But instead of dwelling on top of this question, Hawke asked another one.

"What role do tens of thousands of weak civilizations ... hold within the Guardian Alliance?"

Luca One quickly replied, "There are many roles that can be filled. Logistical supply, material transportation, warship maintenance, intelligence gathering and various other tasks. As you may know, our civilisation has leased a teardrop-shaped probe to collect information in the Third Sector, and this is part of the intelligence gathering. The weaker civilisations under the Guardian civilisation would exchange their contribution points for various missions, and with these points they would be able to exchange for technology and the shelter of the Guardian civilisation. Or, there are extremely powerful civilisations that can directly assist the Guardian civilisation against the Scavenger civilisation, and the contribution points gained from such missions are extremely impressive. However, in order to participate in the war between the Guardians and the Scavengers, one needs to be at least a rank six primary civilization."

"Which is more powerful, the Guardian civilisation ... or the Scavenger civilisation? How many levels of civilisation are they both?"

"They are both level six advanced civilizations. The Guardian and Scavenger civilisations are the two most powerful civilisations in the Moorcasian, er, galaxy. Level seven and above civilizations belong to legendary existence and have not appeared in the galaxy for I don't know how many billions of years, and even, it is not easy to say whether level seven and above civilizations, exist in the entire universe or not."

Luca One paused for a moment and continued, "Among the conventional warfare forces, the Guardian civilization has the advantage. At the top end of the battlefield, the Scavenger civilisation has the advantage. This is because the Scavenger civilisation has an ultimate war fortress, the Neutron Battlestar. So overall, it's still the Guardian Civilization that is at a disadvantage."

"A neutron battlestar?!" Hawk asked in surprise.

"Yes, a neutron battlestar." Luca One replied seriously, "The Scavenger civilization got the technology from somewhere, they hollowed out a neutron star and transformed one into a war fortress. It was almost indestructible, at least, and the Guardian civilisation had tried for tens of millions of years to find a way to destroy the neutron battlestar. It was also with the Neutron Battlestar, the ultimate war fortress, that the Scavenger civilisation had the Guardian Alliance dead to rights."

Hawk's heart was so stirred that he could barely contain himself.

"A neutron battlestar! A neutron star can actually be used as a war fortress! I wonder, when will I be able to reach such a level?"